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HEROIC SHAFT
TO JEFF DAVIS
Unveiled at Ricfcnmd Amidst the
Cheers and Tears of Old Heroes.
LOVING TRIBUTE IS PAID
Ceremonies Were Preceeded by Magnificent
Parade and Orators Laud Memory
of South’s Dead Chieftain.
An everlasting memorial of Jeffer
son Davis, the patriot and statesman,
who was the chosen leader of “The
Lost Cause,’’ and the first and only
president of the Confederate States of
America, was unveiled in Richmond,
Va., Monday, as the crowning feature
of the annual reunion of the Confeder
ate veterans.
Under a perfect sky, with bands
playing crashing music, in which
"“Dixie” and “Maryland” were promi
nent, the remnants of the armies of
the gray passed through the streets
■of the Virginia capital, and out on
splendid Monument avenue, where the
shaft stands. Every member of the
body of old men who were able to walk
at all took part. The day and the
event will live forever in the mem
ory of those present.
Second only to the tribute given
to the memory of Dixie Land’s great
chifetain were those offered on every
hand to the women of the south, whose
gift the monument is. The ceremony
was one of the south. No other sec
tion had any part in it. The veterans
who fought for the “Lost Cause,’’ were
gathered together to pay their trib
ute to the man whose memory is re
vered above all others. The speeches
counseled the teaching of loyalty to
the cause for which the southern
.states struggled, but there wms noth
ing in the teachings but what elicited
the sympathy and approval of visit
ors from other sections..
That the great multitude had gaih
-ered for one purpose alone was evi
denced by the attitude of the people
toward William Jennings Bryan, who
was the guest of the reunion.
He was given a remarkable ovation
as he drove through the streets in
the line of march, and cheered to the
echo as he mounted the stand just be
fore the program was begun.
At the conclusion of the unveiling
ceremony there were a number of
calls for him to address the people,
but these were immediately drowned
in a chorus of “No, no, no!” many
times repeated. The objections came
from everywhere, and were led by
rthe women of the Jefferson Davis
Monument Association. General Ste
phen D. Lee, grand commander, who
presided at the stand, announced in
ringing tones: “There will be no poli
tics here.”
As soon as his name was called,
Mr. Bryan made a movement as
though to withdraw from the stand.
He realized that if he appeared be
fore the people a political motive
would be attributed to him by many,
and for- that reason he had opposed
going on the stand at all. The prompt
suppression of the calls saved an em
barrassing situation.
One of the most touching incidents
of the day was the presentation of
the descendants of Mr. Davis to the
great throng.
This occurred at the conclusion of
the program. Mrs. J. Davis Hayes of
■Colorado Springs, Colo., was led for
ward first and introduced as the daugh
ter of President Davis and then fol
lowed Mrs. Alice Hayes and Jefferson
Hayes Davis, whose name was trans
posed by an act of the legislature to
perpetuate the name of the Confeder
ate chieftain; William Davis Hayes
and Mrs. Webb, all children of Mr. and
Mrs. Hayes.
Last of all, Davis Hayes Webb, the
great-grandson of Mr. Davis, was in
troduced. The great crowd cheered
-each one enthusiastically and kept
Mrs. Hayes to the front of the stand
many minutes bowing acknowledg
ments to their plaudits.
The event was a fitting close to
what is universally recognized as
probably the last “great gathering of
the Confederate veterans.”
three lose life in flames.
Man, Wife and Child Cremated in Fire at
Newark— Many People Rescued.
Three lives were lost and thousands
of dollars’ damage was done in a fire
which smarted shortly before 2 o’clock
Monday morning in Newark Turn Ver
eln hall, at Newark, N..J.
Eight families occupied the floors
above the hall and the policemen were
kept busy rescuing women and chil
dren.
FRED BUSH GOES FREE.
Atlanta Man, on Trial, Accused of Send
ing Explosive Bcmb to Young Woman,
is Acquitted by Jury.
At Atlanta Friday afoernoon, after
being out one hour and ten minutes,
the jury brought in a verdict of not
guilty in the case of Fred Bush, charg
! ed with sending an infernal bomb to
; the McCarthy home on the night of
May 8.
The case went to the jury at exact
ly 2:30 o.'clock, and at 3:40 the ver
dict had been made.
The state introduced comparatively
little new evidence, and none of it of
! a direct nature. The defense, on the
other hand, produced no witnesses
whatever, although it had summoned
several. Its efforts were directed, for
the most part, in an attack against
the prosecution’s testimony. It was
largely a battle of lawyers, both sides
making able and, at time, heated ar
■ guments.
The state introduced three witness
es. They were Patrolman McGill, John
Ballinger, a negro messenger boy; and
1 Ed McGill, a white messenger boy.
Patrolman McGill testified to having
seen Bush twice on the night of the
explosion, and at a time an hour or
more after Bush had said he was in
his room asleep.
The negro boy said that Bush look
ed like the man who gave him a
package in front of 1 North Forsyth
street, on the night of the explosion.
He could not identify him positively,
however, and his testimony was ruled
out.
The McGill boy simply testified as
to having taken the package from Bal
linger and delivered it at the McCar
thy residence.
Bush’s statement was in the nature
of a general denial of what the state
charged against him. He protested
that his wish to interfere with the
proposed marriage between Doolittle
and Miss Katie McCarthy, for whom
I the machine was intended, was a
business one, as Doolittle spent too
much time at the phone talking to
her.
Bush was unperturbed throughout
the trial. Not even when Mr. Hill
pointed him out to the spectators and
the jury as the guilty man did he
wince. He talked on the stand with
out nervousness, and deliberately. He
detailed all his movements on the
j night of the explosion.
Mr. Hill had characterized the rela
tions between Bush and Doolittle as
strange ones, and said that the affec
tion shown by Bush to Doolittle sur
passed that of a man for a woman.
He made an able speech. Mr. Good
win, associate counsel for Bush, de
clared that the newspapers had black
| t-ned the characters of both Bu3h and
Doolittle, but he was interrupted by
the court and told to confine his ar
gument strictly to the evidence in the
ease. Mr. Rosser, chief counsel for
Bush, also took a fling at the “argus
eyed” reporter.
On the announcement of the jury's
verdict applause broke out in the
! court room. The judge cautioned the
I spectators about making any display.
The depuiy sheriff rapped loudly for
order, and the judge demanded to
know who had applauded, but nobody
could tell him.
“I do not mean to say that I ap
prove or disapprove of the verdict,”
! said Judge Roan. “There has been a
i fair and full trial, and twelve good
men have made a verdict. I simply
' wish you to understand that the court
' room is not a place for any such dis
! play, no matter what the verdict may
be.”
BODY IMPALED ON PICKET FENCE.
Man Falls From Balcony of a Building to
Tragic Death.
While talking with some friends, B.
C. Peters, an employee of the South
ern Bell Telephone company, fell
over the balucter of the second-story
porch at the Bell hotel at Cartersville,
Ga., and as he dropped toward the
ground his body was impaled on a
picket fence. Two of the pickets pass
ed through his body, causing death
an hour later.
RICE LANDS ARE SUBMERGED.
People Refugee to City from Flooded Dis
trict in Louisiana.
Flood refugees are poruing into
Lake Charles, La., from Cameron par
ish, a county of nearly 1,500 square
miles, much of which is under water,
from record-breaking rains, ri3ing riv
ers and a wind which has blown the
Gulf of Mexico water inshore.
Nine families on a special train ar
rived from the Sulphur Mine district,
where about ten thousand dollars
damages has bene done. No loss of
life has been reported.
! GRAY HEROES
OF LOST CAUSE
Gather in Seventeenth Annual Re
union at Richmtnd.
ENTHUSIASM RAMPANT
Meeting the Largest Held Since Confed
erate Veterans’ Association Was Or
ganized-Warm Welcome Given.
With the largest number of Confed
erate veterans gathered together
since the war, and the vast horse
show building, in which the conven
tion was held, beautiful with flags and
bunting and portraits of the leaders
of the Confederacy, the seventeenth
annual reunion of the Confederate
Veterans began at Richmond, Va.,
Thursday morning under the most au
spicious conditions.
When, at ten o'clock, General Stith
Bolling, acting temporarily for Gen
eral Lee, called the convention to or
der, almost every chair in the build
ing was occupied and the benches
around the sides of the hall were fill
ed with the surviving remnants of
the glorious army of the Confeder
acy.
General Bolling introduced .Rev. J.
William Jones, chaplain general of
the grand camp, who presented Rev.
Dr. J. J. Gravatt of Richmond and
the latter offered the opening prayter.
Governor Swanson of Virginia, amid
the wildest enthusiasm, welcomed the
veterans to the Old Dominion.
Mayor McCarthy of Richmond wel
comed the visitors to the city, which
forty-five years ago they defended
against the armies of Burnside, Pope,
McClellan, Sheridan and Grant.
B. B. Morgan of the local camp
of Sons of Veterans added the wel
come of those he represents to the
welcomes which already had been ex
pressed.
General Bolling introduced the com
mander-in-chief of the Confederate
Veterans, General Stephen D. Lee,
and the old soldiers rose to their
feet and received him with the ut
most enthusiasm. General Lee assum
ed the gavel of the presiding officer
and delivered his annual address.
He said, among other things, that
the coming of a confederate to Rich
mond was like the return of a long
absent child to its mother —that Rich
mond is to the Confederate what Ca
lais was to that French prince who
compelled to live in England, said:
"When I die you will find engraved
on my heart the one word,‘Calais.’ ”
At noon the first session of the re
union- adjourned for the veterans to
take pare in the unveiling of the
equestrian statue of General J. E. B.
Stuart, erected by the Cavalry As
sociation of the army of northern Vir
ginia.
The parade incident to this cere
mony started at 2 p. in., and was a
brilliant pageant. T he weather vas
beautiful and the display was witness
ed 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
125,000 to 150,000. There were about
10,000 actual veterans in the city. Of
Sons of Veterans and other auxiliary
bodies, military, etc., there were
about 20,000, and in addition to these
there were about 20,000 visitors
drawn to the city by the reunion cer
emonies.
Forty Thousand Men Idle.
According to the figures based on
an investigation conducted by Har
bor Commissioner Stafford, there are
approximately 40,000 persons idle in
San Francisco as a direct result of
the existing labor troubles.
r SNOW FLURRY IN NEW YORK.
Gotham Citizens Treated to Weather Freak
at Threshold of Summer.
Snow fell in New York Sunday. The
flakes did not fall to the pavements,
but coming from a colder strata they
swirled about the tops of the skyscra
pers and before dissolving added a
midwinter touch to the most remark
able June that New Yorkers have
known.
In the Catskills, where many New
Yorkers have already taken up sum
mer quarters, there were two 'heavy
snow squalls during the day.
GRAFTERS LOSE AGAIN.
—i —
Greene and Gaynor Must Serve Four Yeari
and Pay Fine of $575,000 According
to Appellate Court Decision.
The sentence of the federal court
in the famous Greene-Gaynor case, in
volving over half a million dollars
fraud in government contract work in
Savannah harbor, was affirmed Mon
day In an opinion handed down by
the United States circuit cour; of ap
peals at New Orleans. The sentence
Is four years’ imprisonment each and
a fine aggregating $575,000. Judges
Shelby and McCormick handed down
the opinion, which was on an appeal,
and Judge Pardee dissented.
Benjamin Greene and John F. Gay
uor, the defendants, appealed on 193
assignments of error. Most interesting
of these was the claim that their ex
tradition from Canada, a case which
went to the privy council of England
before being finally tried, was Illegal.
They claimed they were extradited
upon one offense and tried upon an
other. Upon this point the court says:
“It Is not usual, nor would it be
expedient or practical, for a warrant
of extraditipn to describe the crime
with all the fullness that would be
required in an indictment. While ex
tradition and indictment, must be for
the same criminal offense, it does not
follow that the crime must have the
same name In both countries.”
The defendants were extradited for
an offense for which they have been
twice indicted.
Replying to the contention that their
offense was noc extraditable under the
treaty the court holds first that it. was
extraditable and then argues that even
if the treaty did not on its face allow
extradition for their offense, neverthe
less the parties to this treaty could
have taken action to make the in
strument cover the offense and that
such action would have applied to a
previously committed offense.
On the ground that they were fugi
tives from justice the court dismissed
the defendants’ plea for benefit of the
statute of limitations.
Judge Pardee, In dissenting, goes
further even than upholding the plea
of illegal extradition and that for the
statute of limitation. He says, quoting ,
from a court decision:
“It is better that a person should
escape altogether than a Judgment of j
conviction of an infamous crime '
should sustain where the record does
not show clearly that there was a
valid trial.”
He holds that the introducing of
accounts of defendants as documenta
ry evidence should not have been al
lowed and that die charge of the trial
judge was erroneous and in any or
dinary case would warrant, if not ab
solutely require, a reversal.
The first indictment in this case
was found in Savannah in December,
1899, so that Monday’s decision comes
after seven years and nearly six
months’ continued fighting against
government prosecution. Greene and
Gaynor can now either apply for a re
hearing or go to the supreme court
on a writ of certiorari.
While tlia attorneys for Greene and
Gaynor will not discuss their future
action in the case pending the receipt
of the full decision of the circuit court
of appeals, it is expected that the
fight In behalf of their clients will b<T
carried to the United States supreme
court. Every possible appeal will be
resorted to in behalf of the convicted
men.
WOMAN POSES AS NOTE RAISER.
Miss Bond Pleads Guilty and is Given Five
Years at Hard Labor.
At Baltimore, Monday, Miss Bessie
L. Bond, aged 2G, pleaded guilty in
the United States court to note-raising
and was sentenced to five years in jail
at hard labor. Miss Bond was a church
treasurer. Sh e raised a $lO bank
note to SIOO with ciphers cut from
other notes, and turned over the bill
to the pastor of the church as par:
of the conference fund. The imposi
tion was detected when the pastor
attempted to deposit the money.
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HEAVY HAIL STORM IN TEXAS.
Flood of Icy Peliets Over Foot Deep Wreaks
Enormous Damage.
One of the v/ors; hailstorms that
ever visited Texas prevailed in the vi
cinity of Llano Friday night. It was
of such violence that wire fences wero
torn down and a large number of cat
tle, sheep, hogs end chickens killed;
roofs torn off and trees stripped ol
leaf and limb.
Ten thousand acres of growing
crops were completely ruined. The
hail was more than a foot deep ovei
the stricken district.
NEXT REUNknf..
IN BIRMINGHAM
Gray Veterans at Richmond Re-
Elect all Old Officers*
LEE STILL AT THE HELM
Important Resolutions I ormulated by Ccm
mittee are Adopted and Place for Next
Year’s Gathering Decided Upon.
The grand camp, United Confeder
ate Veterans, at Saturday s session in
Richmond, re-elected its general of
ficer as follows:
Commander-In-Chief, Geheral Ste
phen D. Dee.
Lieutenant General Department
Army of Northern Virginia, General
Irvine Walker.
Lieutenant General Department of
Tennessee, General Clement A. Ev
ans.
Lieutenant General Trans-Mississip
pi Depar:ment, General W. -L. Cabell.
All of the officers were chosen by
acclamation.
Birmingham was the city chosen
for the next (eighteenth) annual re
union of the veterans. Other cities in
competition were Ban Antonio and
Nashville. The vote stood about 1,000
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 General S. D. Lee, Senator Jr.o.
M. Daniel and Colonel Robert E. Lee,
Jr., be printed in pamphlet form for
distribution, and endorses the objects
and aims of the Arlington Confeder
ate monument In Arlington National
Cemetery.
On the correct representation of the
Confederate battle flag, the resolutions
submit as a subs.itHte, "That the ac
tion of this association at its conven
tion held in Nushville, Tenn., in 1904,
be endorsed and reaffirmed.”
The report favors the preservation
of all papers, manuscripts and histori
cal sketches of the Confederate States,
and recommends the endowment of a
Confedera c hospital in the home for
merly owned by "Stonewall'' Jackson
at Lexington, Va.
The report recommends the tabling
of the request of the Daughters for n,
change of the rules governing the
bestowal of the crosses of honor, so
that they may be worn by the de
scendants of tile recipients.
It thanks congress and the presi
dent for returning the captured battle
flags and for appropriating $200,000
to mark the graves of Confederate sol
diers buried on northern soil, it like
wise thanks the Twenty-third New
Jersey infantry fo rerec;ing a tablet
at Salem church to the Alabama sol
diers with whom it was engaged.
PUGH SIX
The report urges that the southern
I states give each Confederate soldier
a testimonial of his record, and whet
the end comes an appropriate burial,
also that the division commanders
shall constitute the executive commit
■ tee of the association.
It declares that the title of gene
shall be borne only by those v
had that title during the war. It a
recommends the tabling of the r
luLlon passed by the Daughters i
providing that no state sponsors i
maids of honor be appointed. It II
wise recommends the tabling of
resolution regarding a monument
the women of the south, and extei
sympathy to the family of Mrs. .
Kinley.
The report Is signed by Joseph
Johnston of Alabama, chairman; J
P. Hickman of Tennessee,
B. W. Green of H. E. I
Is of District of Columbia; Alberf
Eatopianial of Louisiana; Thcl
Spight of Mississippi; W. H. S. j
win of North Carolina; L. S. Go||
Northwest Division; E. K. Gore®
Texas; Samuel Pasco of Floriddi
L. Schumpert of South CarolltJl
FOR ALASKA-YUKON-PACIFIC BM
Ground is Broken at Seattle Withgf
Blowout—Will Be Held in 19oJ|
With most Impressive cerenM
ground was broken at Seattle 1
day for the Alaska-Yukon-Pacll
position, which will be held ill
opening just two years from dal
day was a holiday.
The city presented a gala J
ance, and, amid the blare of trl
the murching of a military m
inspiring speeches and banqut# ,
inauguration of active work
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