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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. / 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 •“ " ~ 1