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J)i T''j" jcSJr '' 11 i . . V A VOL. XIX. NO. 97. WILMINGTON, N. C FRIDAY, APRIL 27. 1906. FIVE GENT I ) I I t ) V NEXT IN RICHMOND 1907 Reunion of (he United Confederate Veterans CHOSEN - BY I1CCLII1T1 All the Present Officers Were Re elected Without Opposition No ISuincs of Great Importance Transacted Recommendation Will be Made to the Different States to lenion Ex-Slaves Who 1 ollowed Their Masters to the War Brilliant ed since the last re-union. Because of the great confusion in the hall, . Chaplain General Jone3, who had un dertaken to read the report, was com pelled to abandon his task and the report, after .being adopted, was order ed printed. General Clement A. Evans, or Georgia, presented the report of the historical committee, and taking warning by the fate of the chaplaiu general, said that he would not at tempt to read the report, but would file it with the officers of the re-union and he asked that his action be ap proved and his report accepted. His wish was adopted by the convention. General" Evans prefaced his report proper by a few words relative to the material prosperity of the nation at large and the south in particular. The next business on the programme was the selection of a place for the next re-union. Mayor McCarthy, of Richmond. Va., presented the claims of that city, and the loud cheers that greeted him, together with the cries of "Richmond." "Richmond," that came from all parts of the hall clear Iv foreshadowed the result. When the Mayor concluded there were loud cries of "'Question." "Question," the dispo- S If CONTROL Will Direct the Distribution of Relief Supplies TROOPS REMAN in cur sition of the re-union being to vo'e before any other invitations had been extended. J. R. Stratton, of Richmond, second ed the invitation of Mayor McCarthy, Grand Bali Given at Night The Bki and Gen. Lee presented Mrs. Holmes, f it irh mnn1 tha nroeiIPnr nr 1 11 P I b i t ,i : .3 . , l-irrwh. in lu, .',...., r T...i.... i iucuiuouu, me- pirauciii yi w Jefferson Davis Monument Assoeia n.oou jien are Expected to be in Line. New Orleans, April 26. The formal business of the Sixteenth annual re-union of the United Confederate Veterans came to a close this afternoon. One tion. who told of the final completion of the. work of collecting the necessary funds for the monument. She promis ed that if the re-union would com next year to Richmond, that the un veiling would take place at that time Colonel Bennett H. Young, of Louis ville, seconded the nomination of Rich mond, and General Cabell for the trans-Mississippi department. General Request for Withdrawal of Nation . al GuarrJlNot Acted On. ! 'Request Considered by Governor Par dee as a Reflection on the 3Ien and He Waxed Indignant Over the Atti tude Taken Control of the Relief Fund Centralized in One Body. Work of Sanitation is Progressing. Camp for Chinese to be Establishexl. to the finance committee. He stated that the idea was to centralize the con trol of the fund in one body. General Greely announced at noon today that the army had taken over control of the relief stations for the distribution of food. Distribution will be under a system devised by Dr. De- vine, the special agent of the Red Cross Society, sent here by President Roose velt. 'General Greely said that waste and "repeating" under the new system would: not occur. Colonel George Torney, who is in im mediate command of sanitation, an nounced that the situation was en couraging. Every precaution had been taken in the city parks, where tens of thousands of people were finding shel ter. The control of the city parks had been transferred to the city board of health and Colonel Torney said that the" daily reports of1 Dr. James W. Ward, health officer, were favorable. If a suggestion of against aineu yybi Torney is adopted, a camp for Chinese will be established on the golf links of the! presidio, controlled by the army. Colonel Torney said the Chinese, con fident of the ability of the federal government to give them the fullest protection, had expressed their willing ness to camp there. 'The final disposi tion of these people could then be made as the' city saw fit. ' . , SPOONER ON RATES Speech Directed to Amendment Offered br Bailey ST. JOHN'S DEFEATS CAROLINA WILL CONTINUE REMUS Address Was Technical and Quoted Freely Legal Decisions day of the re-union proper is left and that will be devoted tn thA-nnrado I George P. Harrison, of Alabama, pre that the re-union come to Birming the veterans. Richmond, Va., was selected as the ! ham Governor J. E. Johnson, of Ala- place for holding the next re-union, the choice being made By acclamation The only competitor of Richmond was Birmingham, Ala., but the sentiment in favor of Richmond was so strone , u uirmmgnam am next re-union in Richmond uvv me maiier 10 come to a vote uuu wunarew in iavor - Richmond bama, also made an energetic speech in behalf of Birmingham. General Car wile, of South Carolina, seconded the nomination of Richmond, and Chap lain General Jones extended his per sonal invitation for the holding of the General Harrison, of Alabama, who t 1 1 . . 1 "W-k J . A. X before a mil . aa tk- , "7 " spoKen ior uirmingnam, seeing :nc that the mdhument ot - JMrsoi Davis ! 'tsatescr ,ronf'y ln ,f IS tr hp nnvotla1 tn r J U 1 . 1UV.UU1UUU, ,"l"u'1-" imji. v,uuuiuuii i " . rQ Birmingham and Richmond was select ear was a potential influence with .. f . i eu wuii a roar ox cueers. man of the old soldiers. i,, sented by the committee on resolutions The present officers of the organiza- JL Je-!,'!d.bZ.?lamaUo?- and adopted: ucius iiij iiijiiii ii i 1 1 f I r i s made against any of them. The re-union, viewed from a busi ness standpoint, was uneventful. The chief new measure of importance to b,e adopted were one which will recom mend to the different states that pen sions be paid to slaves now living, who followed their masters to the war, and one which declares in favor of the set ting apart of one day in the year by 'That any camp which has failed to I pay its per capita tax for five years may have its charter suspended after .due notice has been given. ; That all camps be urged to use ' every effort to raise funds for the 1 monument to Confederate women. I "That the action, of the Grand Camp of Confederate Veterans in the depart ment of Virginia in attempting to preseive the earth works in and each camp for organization for memo- j around Petersburg be endorsed." rial services m behalf of the confed- j The adoption of the resolutions clcs erate dead. I ed the work of the convention and an They day closed with a great ball in : adjournment was taken. honor of the visiting veterans, which : The afternoon session was brief, bus-w-as held tonight in the auditorium. j Iness being pushed through with the The parade tomorrow is excected to utmost dispatch. The committee on be the feature of the re-union. Tho column is to stalt at 11 o'clock from resolutions presented 5 supplemental report, declaring in favor of a recom- the corner of Canal and St. Charles I mendation to the several southern street, pass along St. Charles street t: states that pensions be paid by each Lee Circle, three fourths of a mile dis- I state to slaves who followed their mas- tant. around the circle and back on ; ters to the war. Some years ago a res Canrp street to Canal where it will be " olution was passed at a re-union de reviewed by General Lee, making a to- : claring in favor of a provision for the tal march of one and a half miles. A presentation of medals to the man who number of brilliant features have been arranged for the parade, of which the massing of over a thousand children at Lee Circle, in such a manner as to form a confederate flag, will be one of the most striking. It is believed that, Including the veterans and all other or ganizations in line, there will be about 10.000 men in the parade. With the exception of the time con sumed in the presentation to General W. L. Cabell of a gold medal by the veterans of Arkansas, the second day of jhe Confederate re-union was, in its opening hours devoted strictly to business, the reports of the committee on credentials, the Battle Abbey, an1 historical committee being received and approved. The report of the committee on cre dentials, which wa adopted, gav3 a total of the camps represented as 755 and the aggregate of votes as 2,315. Tho votes by states were as follows: Alabama, 171; Arkansas, 139; Dis trict of Columbia, 7; Florida, 80; Geor gia. 199; Illinois, 2; Kentucky, 125; Louisiana, 170; Indian Territory, 49; Maryland, 111; Mississippi 196; Mis souri. 78; North Carolina, lloj Ohio, 2; Oklahoma, 24; South Carolina, IP.G; Tennessee, 1S Northwest Division SI; Virginia. 113; Texas. 447; West Vir ginia. 20; Pacific Division, 18. Following the adoption of the report of the committee on credentials, the veterans of Arkansas presented a writ ten address to General Cabell, and passed over to General S. D. Lee, the beautiful medal intended for General Cabell. General Lee added to the ad dress of the veterans a few eloquent words of his own, and then pinned the medal upon the breast of General Ca bell. The latter, struggling with his emotions was about to reply when 3 beautiful young lady. Miss Alice W. Park, of Texas, presented him with a huge bunch of roses which complete,! his discomfiture. He closed his speech of thanks with the assertion that he would not accept for his share in the civil war "a lump of gold as big as Texas with a diamond in it as big as Arkansas." showed the greatest courage in any battle in which the confederate troops were engaged. The resolution has been neglected heretofore tmt today it was resurrected and it was decided that It shall be put into effect at once. It was also provided in the resolu tion passed this afternoon, that if the soldier entitled to the medal is dead jand his heirs cannot be located, the medal shall be presented to the Battle Abbey to be erected at Richmond. The next business was the election of officers for theensuing year, and all the present officers wer re-elected by acclamation. General S. D. Lee, the commander-in-cief. General W. L. Cabell, the com mander of the trans Mississippi depart nfent and General Walker, commander of the department of Northern Virgin ia, made brief speeches r thanks for the honor bestowed upon them. Letters regrett'ag inability to be present were recei "d from Mrs. Jeffer son Davis. Mrs. T. J. Jackson, Mrs. George E. Pickett. Generals S. B. Buck ner, Marcus J. Wri-ht and Basil W. Duke. Mrs. John H. Tagan. wife cf the last surviving member of the cabinet of President Davis, was nresented to the convention and heartily "cheered- The convention then formally ad journed to meet in Richmond. Va.. iu 1907. The grand ball given tonight in hon or of the veterans of the confederate army was a most brilliant affair. The wither was too warm for much danc ing for any excepting the younger gen eration and after the ball had formal in ooened they were left in full posses sion of the floor. The grand march was led by General S. D. Lee and Mrs. Braxton Bragg, and after its conclu sion a quadrille entitled "The So-thern r-j" was danced by sixteen couples. The following were the officers elect ed todav -at the convention of the Sons of Veterans: Commander-in-Chief Dr. Thos. M. Owen, of Montgomery, Ala. Depart ment Commanders Army of Tennessee R. t?. L. Bvnum; army of Northern San Francisco, April 26. What to do with the immense amount of money that has been contributed to the relief of the San Francisco's homeless people was the question that today received careful consideration by all those now engaged in relief work. So many in quiries have come to the heads of the various departments, civil and mili tary asking for and by whom the money contributed would be expended that The Associated PFess was asked to communicate to the country the as surance that every dollar would be put to the use for which it wras intended. At noon today the distribution of food to the city of San Francisco was for mally turned over to the United States army, under tins system many abuses that have prevailed intne giving out of supplies by various local and outside relief organizations acting indepen dently, will be discontinued. The impression wrhich seems to have prevailed in eastern cities that there was friction over the concentration and distribution of Red Cross supplies was corrected by Dr. Devine. general agent of the Red Cross Society, who re peated his assertion of yesterday that absolute harmony prevailed and that the work was carried on to the entire satisfaction of everybody. The reports from the leading hos pitals of the presirio and at Golden Gate park today showed that the num ber of patients is fewer than yesterday. The decrease due to the fact that the privilige of free transportation over the railroads to any part of the state ex pired at noon today, and many of the patients who were suffering from minor injuries and complaints left the hos pitals in time to take advantage of the generosity of the railroads. San Francisco, April 26. Governor Pardee visited SanFrancisco today and attended a conference of Major General Greely, Mayor Schmitz, Dr. De vine, of the Red Cross, and members of the citizen's committee. Governor Pardee brought up the re quest of Mayor Sshmitz and his com mittee for the withdrawal of the na tional guard from San Francisco. Governor Pardee spoke highly 111 favor of the national guard, and re ferred to the splendid service perform ed in the war with Spain. He saia he regarded the request for withdraw al as a reflection on the well organized and highly efficient body of men. The governor said he was indigiiaiu over tne attitude xaKen againsr AREA DESTROYED BY FIRE i About 10,000 Acres, a 15 Square 3Iiles Devastated. Oakland, Cal., April 26. The Oak land Tribune today says: An engineer states that the area de vastated by fire in San Francisco ap proximates 10,000 acres or about 15 square miles. There are few cities in the world where so much valuable property is contained in an equal terri tory. Within this 15 square miles, were nearly 100 banks, some of the finest buildings in the world, thousands of mercantile and manufacturing estab lishments, and more than 230,000 in habitants, besides 40.000 transients. Notwithstanding the enormous and widespread destruction, the homes of 150,000 people are still standing, and practically uninjured. .There still re main J:he .'great ship yards at the po trero, the Pacific Mail docks, the stock yards at South San Francisco, the docks and manufacturies along the water front from Mjssion Creek to Hunters Point, the mint, the postoffice and a large retail district on Fillmore and DeVisadero streets. 1 Wisconsin Senator Tried to Define the Difference Between "Jurisdiction" and "Judicial Power- In the House Republican Leaders Begin "Medicine 3Iaking' for the Approaching Cam paign Hepburn Predicts" That Tariff Revision and Protection Will he the Main Issue. Score Was 5 to 1 Results of the League Games Played Yesterday. Annapolis, Aprid 26.The St. Johns college base ball team today defeated that of the University of North Caroli na by a score of 5 to 1 in a game that interesting throughout. The score h e St. Johns. ..... .0 1 1 0 2 0 1 0 05 7 5 Carolina 100 000 0001 5. 1 SOUTH ATLANTIC. Macon, April 26. The score: R. H. E. Macon SOlOlOOOx 5 7 0 Jacksonville ...0000000000 4 2 Bateries: Nickens and Harniver; Clark and Shea. Time 1:30. i Umpire Mace. Savannah, April 26. The score: R. HJ3. Savannah .....10 00 00 0 2 x 3 9 4 Charleston .....0000020002 7 4 Batteries: Hoff and Curran; Savldge and Reisinger. Umpire Matthews. Time 1:50. TRIAL OF DR. CRAPSEY Prosecution Abruptly Ends its Case. Lawyers for Each Side Will Sum Up Today. Batavia. N. Y., April 26. The trial of Rev. Algernon S. Crapsey. of Rochester before an ecclesiastical court of the Protestant Episcopal church is nearing: its close. The pros ecution abruptly ended its case today, The defence endeavored to present the testimony of a number of prominent clergymen as to whether or not Dr, Crapsey's sayings constituted heresy. but the court ruled the testimony out. on the ground that no man could qual uy as I an expert in doctrine, and on the furrier ground that the witnesses were called to express opinions on subjects which were before the court for decision. The lawyers for the prosecution and defense will sum up tomorrow. : ' The most interesting: incident of the day was an exchange between Judge Stiness; for the prosecution and Ed ward M. Shepard. for the defence,' to which Judge Stiness declared the ques tion atj issue was not whether the doc trines jof the church were true, but whether Dr. Crapsey's views were in accord j with those doctrines. Mr. Shepard said the question wras whether a clergyman drivei: to the" conclusion that the creed has a certain meaning, has the right to prt .Ii ithat interpretation.! TOWN SWEPT BY TORNADO Everytlihig in its Path Leveled. Eleven Persons Killed guard and 1 auitnibL 1 11 tin 1 the charges .pr-"--red Confederate Mem- Vfrsrinia. G. R. Wyroan. of Louisville; orial Association upon the BatUe Ab- trans-Mississippi, J. M. Tisdale, of bey was presented. It declared in cf- , Greenville, Texas. . In fact, he was so in dignant he thought it best to make no further remarks. ; Mayor Schmitz immediately replied that he and his committee had not made any charges against the guard, on the contrary, they had thanked the irovernor for the militia's services. If charges had been made, they were made by outsiders. The object in mak ing the request for the withdrawal of the troops was to concentrate the con trol of the city in the federal troops, and to prevent conflict of orders. I i The state troops have not yet with drawn, and the meeting adjourned without any announcement that they would be. " There was a long discussion over the advisibility of starting a number of electric street railway lines. The com mittee did not feel that all danger of fire from this source was passed and the mayor finally appointed a commit tee to investigate and report on this subject. . , v Captain Payson of the water commit tee, made a report on the water sup ply. He said that a number of the city's most important reservoirs had been destroyed or much damaged, and the water pipes were in no condition to meet the demand. There was no storage water for fire purposes, and consequently no means of protection .against fire if it would break out at this time. Chaiiman James D. Phelan, made a statement for the finance committee. He said that the plan for the hand ling of the relief fund as outlined in President .Roosevelt's proclamation cf Bellejvue,' Texas, April 26. A torna do which swept through this place to night diestroj'ed everything in its path, and as a result practically the entire town is a mass of ruins, only three buildings now standing, at least eleven persons are dead and a number are injured! The tornado was followed by fire which consumed the wreckage. This ! report is being sent from the top of ia telephone pole, a mile from Bellevue, but it is as close as a wire can- bej had. The town of Bellevue consisted of over 200 houses. The tornado was a mile wide and traveled for a distance of eight miles, leveling everything in its path, running crops and destroying all farm houses and barns on the way. This section is thickly settled and it will be tomor row before there are complete reports of the dead. Practically every house was1 equip ped with a storm cellar and the peo ple ran; to them as soon as they heard tornado approaching. Those who had no. storm cellars or who could not reach them were the ones who suffer ed, j Last winter many lives were lost in the same neighborhood by a tornado. Programme for Confederate Memorial I Day. (Special to The Messenger.) Raleigh, N. C, April 26. The official programme for Confederate memorial day ceremonies here have been an nounced, W. H. S. BriXgwyn delivers the address on "Matt pan!OTi" Joshua B. Hill will act as chief marshal. The ladies memorial association and the daughters of the confederacy will serve dinner to veterans. Washington, April 26. In the senate today Mr. Spooner spoke for three hours on the railroad rate question, and then gave notice that he would continue his remarks tomorrow. He addressed himself especially to Mr. Bailey's amendment taking from the inferior federal courts the right to en join against the execution of the orders of the inter-state commerce commis sion, contending that such an exercise of power would be the first step to ward the destruction of the power of the judiciary and result in an undesir able blending of the co-ordinate branches of government. He also dis cussed at length the distinction be tween "jurisdiction" -and "judicial power". The address was technical, and consisted largely of quotations from legal decisions. The Wisconsin senator referred to a case in which the attorney general had criticised a judicial decision, and had been replied to by the court. Mr. Bailey suggested that interesting as this episode had been, it was not as interesting as a "more recent epi sode", referring to the president's criticism of Judge Humphrey In the beef packing cases. "Has Judge Humphrey gone back on the bench to respond to the criti cism of . himself 7" asked the Texas senator. "Has the senator jurisdiction to ask that question?" queried Mr. Spooner, and replying said that he had not, but that he had "judicial power to do so." The bill making an appropriation of $300,000 for the employment of extra labor at the Mare Island (California) navy yard, was passed. The senate adjourned until tomorrow. Augusta, April 26. The score: R. H. E. Columbia 0100000001 4 2 Augusta ...01025000 x 8 12 2 Batteries: Allred and Dunn; Holmes rand Carson. Umpire Dover. Times 2:00. j AMERICAN. At Washington, 5; New York, 3. At Philadelphia, 0; Boston, 12. At St. Louis, 1; Chicago, 3. At Detroit, 3; Cleveland, 2. NATIONAL.. At Boston, 1 ; Brooklyn 3. At New. York, 4; Philadelphia, 3. At Chicago, 4; Cincinnati, 2. At Pittsburg,-St. Louis, rain. SOUTHERN LEAGUE. At Atlanta, 1; Nashville, 3. At Birmingham, 4; Montgomery, 3. At Shreveport, 1; Memphis, 5. At New Orleans, 4; Little Rock, C. VIRGINIA STATE LEAGUE. At Richmond, 3; Lynchburg, 6.' At Roanoke, 4; Danville, 0. At Norfolk, 2; Portsmouth, 1. OTHER GAMES. At New Haven: Yale 17; Manhat tan, 0. Death of Mrs. Elizabeth Syme Wil liams. (Special to The Messenger.) Raleigh, N. C, April 26. Mrs. Eliza beth Syme Williams, relict of Major B. D. Williams, of Warrenton, and daugh ter of John W. Syme of Petersburg, died here today, aged seventy. SITUATION QUIET IX PARIS All Precautions Taken to Maintain Order on May. 1st In Stike Circles the' Men are Calmer. THE HOUSE. Washington, Aprih 26. The agricul tural bill again furnished the theme for discussion in the house today, al though but few references were made to the subject matter of the bill. Under the latitude of general debate the leaders on the republican side began "medicine! making" for the ap proaching congressional campaign, Mr. Hepburn. Iowa, predicting that tariff revision and protection would furnish the main issues of the campaign. Mr. Boutell, of Illinois, replied to the watch trust" speech of Mr. Rainey, of Illinois, while Mr. Sulzer, of New York. talked on the American merchant ma rine, and Mr. Sims, of Tennessee, on free rural delivery boxes. Mr. Sims inveighed against the post- office department compelling the farm ers of the United States to purchase "trust made rural free delivery boxes" instead of permitting the farmer to make his own rural box. Mr. Hepburn took up the charge made by Mr. Rainey, of Illinois, that steel rails made in the United States ; were sold cheaper abroad than in thisJ country., and challenged him to fur-; nish the proof. Mr. Rainey was instantly on his feet, j asserting that James J. Hill, president ' of the Northern Pacific, had testified to the fact before the senate sub-committee investigating, the subject of trusts several years agOi Mr. Williams, of Mississippi, said that the late Daniel Lamont had told him the same thing in so many words, and he was authorized then to use his name and he would produce the evi dence in due season. "I challenge its truth," heatedly re plied Mr. Hepburn. "It's a bold, base- Paris, April 26. The prefect of po lice, M. Lepine, this afternoon made a re-assuring reply to hundreds of let ters which anxious citizens had ad dressed to the police. He said that all precautions had been taken to main tain order in the streets May 1st, and prevent attempts against life or prop erty. Besides thefull police force which will be on the duty, reinforce ments consisting of 28,000 infantry cavalry and artillery, will arrive here tonight, tomorrow and Saturday. These troops will be disposed through out the city with precise orders. Spe cial surveilance will be maintained over the water and gas conduits. In addition to the troops mentioned, eight squadrons of cavalry relieved from duty in the mining regions have been brought to Paris, and dragoons and hussars are coming from, many other points. In strike circles the .men are much calmer. There has been no renewal of the disorders and the return of the northern iron workers to their fac tories indicates a partial break up. of the movement in the mining regions. The workmen in numerous addi tional trades have announced their ad hesion to the eight-hour movement, but - the railroad men and employees of the provision trades do not intend to strike. j The announcement this afternoon that the big department stores will re main open as usual served to re-as sure the public. The government ! has received the most positive assurance that the labor leaders do not intend to permit any disorder May 1st. Accordingly the government's view is that there is not in the slightest danger of serious trou ble. . ' GOLF TOURNAMENT Resulted m a Tie and Will be Played Off Next Thursday Afternoon. A mixed foursome tournament took place on the links of the Cape Fear golf club yesterday afternoon and there were 24 entries. Quite a uarge crowd was in attendance. The match result ed in a tie between Miss Frances Chad- bourn and Mr. E. C. Holt and Miss less charge; it's very audacity lending Seabrease and Major Lucas. The tie color to it" will be played off on next Thursday af- Mr. Hepburn said that the democrat- ternoon. A handsome cup Is onerea as ic party has now a triple headed lead- a prize. , . .' ership, "Bryan, Hearst and company." i After the match refreshments were No, we have Roosevelt with us," served at the club house and the af- yelled Mr. Gaines, of Tennessee, amid ternoon was spent most delightfully Every One Needs outdoor recreation. There is no better nlace to snend a dav in the open Wednesday was perfectly satisfactory 1 atr than at the beach. applause from the democratic side. Mr. Gaines, of Tennessee, said that the republican congress could easily vote two and a half millions of dollars of the hard taxed money of the people out of the treasury for suffering San Francisco, but refused to say a word toward giving them relief in the way of removing the tariff on structural iron. The house adjourned until tomorrow. by all who were in attendance. Golf has proven more popular during the past winter in this city than ever be fore. Large crowds always go out now whenever a tournament is to take place. , A volcano has become active ln New Mexico. This will make Arizona still more reluctant about being tied up with such a territory. Chicago Record-Herald.
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