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FOR MORE FARMERS! " ] i President Makes Urgent P!ea | at College Celebration. COMMENDS ALL TOILERS! Agricultural Colleges of the Country j Are Boosted and Boys Are Urged j to Pav Mar* Attention to Scientific Methods. Speaking upon the topic, "The Man ! Who Works with His Hands," President Roosevelt said, in part: "The fiftieth anniversary of the j founding of this college is an event of national significance, for Michigan was the first state in the union to found this, the first agricultural college in America. The nation is to be i congratula.ed on the fact that the < congress at Washington has repeatedly enacted laws designed to aid the j several states in establishing, and i maintaining agricultural and mechani- | cal colleges. "For at least a generation we have been waking to the knowledge that there mus: be additional education beyond that provided in the public school as it is managed today. Our j school system has hitherto been wellnigh wholly lacking on the side of industrial. training, of the training which fits a man for the shop and the | farm. We of the United States must j develop a system under which each ! i oViol] Ka cn j 1UUI V iUUCU tillicu ouau wv ?.?, as to be effective individually as an j economic unit, and fit to be organized j with his fellows so that he and they j can work in efficient fashion together. ; '\L>ut it is a curious thing that in | industrial training we have tended to j devote our energies to produce high- ! grade men at the top rather than in | the ranks. Our engineering schools, I for instance, compare favorably with the best in Europe, whereas we have done almost nothing to equip the private soldiers of the industrial army? the mechanic, the metal worker, the carpenter. Indeed, too often our schools train away from the shop and the forge; and this.fact, together with the abandonment of the old apprentice system, has resulted in such an absence of facilities for providing i trained journeymen that in many of ! our trades almost all the recruits j among the workmen are foreigners, j Surely this means that there must be j some systematic method provided for j training young men in the trades, and j that this must be co-ordinated with ! the public school system. ! "There is but one person whose wel- I ic as vital to the welfare of the I whole country as is that of the wageworker who does manual labor, and that is the tiller of the soil?the farmer. If there is one lesson taught by j history it is that of the permanent j greatness of any state must ultimate- j ' ly depend more upon the character of i its country population than upon anything else. "Ambitious native-born young men j aina women who now tend away from the farm must be brought back to it, j and therefore they must have social as well as economic oportunities. Ev- j cryching should be done to encourage the growth in ihe open farming country of such institutional and social movements as will meet the demand of the best type of farmers. There should be libraries, assembly halls, social organizations of all kinds. The school building and the teacher in the * school building should, throughout the country districts, be of the very highest type, able to fit the boys and girls not merely to live in, but thoroughly to enjoy and to make the most of the v country. The country church must be revived. All kinds of agencies, from rural free delivery to the bicycle and the telephone, should be utilized to the utmost; good roads should be favored; everything should be done to mane it easier for the farmer to lead the most active and effective intellec tual, political and economic life."Tfce farmer must prepare for using the knowledge that can be obtained through agricultural colleges by insisting upon a constantly more practical curriculum in the schools in which his children are taught. He must not - lose his independence, his initiative, ? J 1. 1 Jhis rugged selt-sumciency; auu yet ue must learii to work in the heartiest co-operation wi:h his feliows. t President Roosevelt delivered an address Friday afternoon on the campus of the Michigan Agricultural College at Lansing, which was the climax of the semi-centennial celebration of the founding of that famous institution. "SOMEBODY ELSE'S TURN." If President's Answer to Expressed Hope That He Would Run Again. At Rockwood, Pa.f through which President Rooseveit passed a: 11:10 o'clock Saturday Mr. Roosevelt shook hands with a hundred or more people. "Hope you will be a candidate again," shouted one man, to which the president replied quickly: "NO, no. Somebody else's turn next time." r- ; r-?. a \/C . j. "V 5 f SOP TO THE RAILROADS ! ? I | Handed Out by President Roosevelt in ! i \ Speech at Unveiling of Gen. Law- . ton Monument in Indianapolis. President Roosevelt was the prin-! cipal speaker in Indianapolis Thurs-1 day at the decoration day exercises j and tiie unveiling of the Lawton men- j ument. As was generally anticipated, j "the president took advantage of the j opportunity to discuss exhaustively J the national railway situation and to J outline the administration's program j if rpornlqjinn aiiri control. The speaker was greeted by an j audience of several thousand people j from Indianapolis and the surround- j ins territory. Enthusiasm manifested j itself in continuous cheering, as the j president spoke in the most optimistic terms of the railway situation, declaring emphatically that there was no occasion for alarm or uneasiness, and that the administration proposed holding the balance of justice exactly even as between the carriers j and the people, la part he said: "For more than one reason I am | peculiarly glad that this year 1 speak ( on memorial day in the state of In- j diana. There is not another class of I our citizens to whom we owe so j much, as to the veterans of the great J war. To them it was given to per- j form the one feat with which no, other feat can be compared, for to j them it was given to preserve the j union. "You have left a country so genu- j inely reunited that all of us now, in uriiatovor nart of this union we live, < have a right to feel the keenest pride,, not only in the valor and self-devo- J tion of you, the gallant men who wore the blue, but also in the valor j and self-devotion of your gallant opponents who wore the gray. "The hero whose monument we to-1 day unveil, by his life, bore singular : testimony to the completeness of the j reunion. General Lawton, in his you:k, 1 fought gallantly in the 6ivil war. Thirty-three years afterward he again ' marched to war, this time against' a foreign foe, and served with dis- j tinguished ability and success as a j general officer, both in Cuba, and in the Philippines. When he thus served it was in an army whose generals j included not only many of his old comrades in arms, but some of his old J opponents also, as General Wheeler and General Fitzhugh Lee. Under him J j ?both among the commissioned offi. cers and in the ranks?were many men whose fathers had worn the blue ! serving side by side with others [ whose fathers had worn the gray ; 1 i?? Amnoi/ionc nnw ariH nnth | (JUL <111 A.UIUiiV/Wixo wv ? , vMU , | ing but Americans, all united in their | j fealty and devotion to their common | flag and their common country." [ Reverting to the issues of the day, j the president said in part: i "Great social and industrial probi lems confront us, and their solution demands on our part unfaltering courage, and yet a wise, good-natured selfj restraint; so that on the one hand j we shall neither be daunted by dif! Acuities nor fooled by those who would seek to persuade us that the difficulties are insuperable; while on the other hand we are .not misled into showing either rashness or vindictiveness. i "One great problem that we have i before us is to preserve the rights j of property; and these can only be | preserved if we remember that they j are in less jeopardy from the social! is: and the anarchist than from the I predatory rich man. "Every federal law dealing with corporations or with railroads that has been put upon the statute books I J + lot.* civ voarc Vine hopn A I UUI U15 lut: iaai oi.v ? ~ ~ ? _ j step in advance in the right direction, i "There can be no swerving from j the course that has been thus mapped out in the legislation actually enact| ed and in the messages in which I j have asked for further legislation. We i best serve the interests of the honest ! railway men when we announce that we will follow out precisely this i course. It is the course of real, of ! , ultimate conservatism." __________________ | GROUND BROKEN AT SEATTLE For Alaska-Yukon-Pacific Exposition to Be Held in 1909. With most impressive ceremonies, ' ground was broken at Seattle Saturj day for the Alaska-Yukon-Pacific ex! position, which will be held in 1909,' j opening just two years from date. The j day was a holiday. ; Thp ritv presented a gala appear j ance, and, amid the blare-of trumpets, the marching of a military pageant, j inspiring speeches and banqueting,the I inauguration of active work on the ! Pacific world's fair was celebrated. ! IN HONOR OF JEFFERSON DAVIS I i j All Trains on Seaboard Will Stop for Five Minutes, i President Garrett of the Seaboard ! Air Line railway has issued an order ! that all trains stop for five minutes J at 1 o'clock the afternoon of Juno j 3rd, when the Jefferson Davis monuj ment is being unveiled at Richmond, j Mr. Garrett is from Mississippi and I is a great admirer of Davis. JEFF DAVIS SHAFTi Is Unveiled at Richmond By Veterans and Daughters. AN i IMPOSING CEREMONY Great Demonstration Ensues as Can- ' vas is Drawn and Tearful Eyes Greet Magnificent Figure of South's Cherished Idol. An everlasting memorial of Jeffer son Davis, the patriot and statesman, ! who was t5ie chosen leader of "The | Lost Cause," and the first and only \ president of the Confederate States of America, was unveiled in Richmond, I Va., Monday, as the crowning feature of the annual reunion of the Confederate veterans. Under a perfect sky, with bands playing crashing music,- in which 'Dixie" and "Maryland" were prominent, 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 memory 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 section had any part in it. The veterans who fought for the "Lost Cause," were gathered together to pay their tribute to the man whose memory is revered above all others. The speeches counseled the teaching of loyalty to the cause for which the southern states struggled, but ttiere was no.ning in the teachings but what elicited the sympathy and approval of visit; ors from other sections. That the great multitude had gathered for one purpose alone was evidenced 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 before 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 the women of the Jefferson Davis Monument Association. General Stephen D. Lee, grand commander, who presided at the stand, announced in ringing tones: "There will be no politics here."c 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 before 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 embarrassing 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 forward first and introduced as the daughter of President Davis and then followed Mrs. Alice Hayes and Jefferson Hayes Davis, whose name was transposed by an act of the legislature to perpetuate the name of the Confederate chieftain; William Davis Hayes and Mrs. Webb, all children of Mr. and Mrs. Hayes. Last of all, Davis Hayes Webb, the I great-grandson of Mr. Davis, was introduced. 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 PERISH IN FLAMES. Man, Wife and Child Are Cremated in a Fire at Newark, N. J. Three lives were lost and thousands of dollars' damage was done in a fire which started shortly before 2 o'clock Monday 'morning in Newark Turn Vereiu hail, at Newark, N. J. Eight families occupied the floors above the hall and the policemen were kept busy rescuing women and children. HAYWOOD JURY SECURED. | Twelve Men Finally Selected After Long and Laborious Effort. Twelve men to try William D. Hayj wood for his life on the charge that j he murdered former Governor Frank Steunenberg, have been finally chosen at Boise, Idaho, and bound by- oath to j deal justice between state ana prisoner. The wearisome work of jury selection ended unexpectedly Monday afternoon. w ' ... / ... GRAFTERS ARE GRIPPED. Greene and Gaynor Must Serve Sentences of Four Years and Pay Fine of $575,000. The sentence of the federal court in the famous Greene-Gaynor case, involving over half a million dollars j fraud in government contract work in Savannah harbor, was affirmed Monday in an opinion handed down by the United States circuit cour. of appeals at New Orleans, The sentence is four years' imprisonment each and a fine aggregating $575,000. Judges Shelby and McCormick handed dot/n the opinion, which was on an appeal, and Judge Pardee dissented, j Benjamin Greene and John F. Gay *1- ~ nn 1 93 ilUI , LUC uciciiuamo, ?? assignments of error. Most interesting of these was the claim that their extradition 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 another. Upon this point the court says: "It is not usual, nor would it be expedient or practical, for a warrant of extradition to describe the crim9 with all the fullness that would be required in an indictment. While extradition and indictment must be for che 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 not 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, nevertheless the parties to this treaty could have taken action to make the instrument cover the offense and that such action would have applied to a previously committed offense. _ On the ground that they were fugitives from justice the court dismissed - " ' ' 1. -Ci. il,. tne aeienuaius piea iur ueutoii. ui iuc 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 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 documentary evidence should not have been allowed and that the charge of the trial judge was erroneous and in any ordinary case would warrant, if not absolutely require, a reversal. The first indictment Jn this case was found in Savannah in Deceipber, 1S99, so that Monday's decision comes after seven years and nearly six t months' continued fighting against government prosecution. Greene and Gaynor can now either apply for a rehearing or go to the supreme court on a writ of certiorari. 1 While the attorneys for Greene and Gaynor will not discuss their future action in the case pending the receipt Oi the full decision of the circuit cour: of appeals, it is expected that the fight in behalf of their clients will be carried to the United States supreme court. Every possible appeal will be resorted to in behalf of the convicted men. RAISED A TEN-DOLLAR NOTE. \ Young Woman Pleads Guilty and Gets Five-Year Sentence. At Baltimore, Monday, Miss Bessie L. Bond, aged 26, 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 churcb treasurer. She raised a $10 bank note to $100 with ciphers cut from other notes, and turned over the bill to the pastor of the church as par: of the conference fund. The imposition was detected when the pastor attempted to deposit the money. COUNTER MOVE BY PRINTERS. Typographical Union to Combat Action of Mannufacturers' Association. At a recent meeting of the Atlanta Typographical Union a resolution was adopted, requesting the International organization to set aside $500,000 to be used against the proposed warfare on union labor. The National Manufacturers* Association of America has pledged itself to set aside annually $500,000 to fight labor unions. This action on the part of the typographical association is intended as a counter tnove. HOLMES PLACED ON TRIAL. Cotton "Leak'' Grafter Arraigned in Court at Washington. The trial of Edwin 3. Holmes, Jr., formerly assistant statistician of the department of agriculture, on the charge of supplying advance information on the cotton crop reports to New York brokers, was begun in the supreme court of the District of Columbia Monday. CRIZZLY* VETERANS' I I l Cf the Lost Cause Gather in j Reunion at Richmond. : | WELCOME ENTHUSIASTIC j i | Seventeenth Annual Meeting of Old Heroes Largest Since the War. City Gaiiy Bedecked for the Occasion. i i With the largest number of Confed- > \ I ^ *?Af Awnnc f a rrrv * Unw i Clate ?CLCiailO 5UL11C1CU lU^CCUCl ' since the war, and the vast horse [ show building, in which the conven- j tion was held, beautiful with flags and j bunting and portraits of the ieaders ! of the Confederacy, the seventeenth j annual "* reunion of the Confederate Veterans began at Richmond, Va., Thursday morning under the most auspicious conditions. When, at ten o'clock, General Stith Boiling, acting temporarily for General Lee, called the convention to order, almost every chair in the building was occupied and the benches around the sides of the hall were filled with the surviving remnants of the glorious army of the Confederacy. General Boiling introduced Rev. J. i William Jones, chaplain general of j the grand camp, who presented Rev. Dr. J. J. Gravatt of Richmond and the latter offered the opening prayer. Governor Swanson of Virginia, amid 1 the wildest enthusiasm, welcomed the% veterans to the Old Dominion. Mayor McCarthy of Richmond welcomed the visi:ors to the city, which forty-five years ago they defended against the armies of Burnside, Pope, | McCleilan, Sheridan and Grant. B. B. Morgan of the local camp ! i of Sons of Veterans added the weli nf tho<;p he reoresents to the | welcomes which already had been ex! pressed. J General Boiling 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 utmost enthusiasm. General Lee dssum- ! 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- 1 mond was like the return of a longabsent child to its mother?that Rlchj mond is -to the Confederate what Cal 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 reI union adjourned for the veterans to take part in the unveiling of the ,equestrian statue of General J. E. B. Stuart, erected by the Cavalry Association of the army of northern Virginia. The parade incident to this ceremony started at 2 p. m., and was a brilliant pageant. The weather was beautifpl and the display was witnessed by a vast concourse estimated to number 75,000 to SO,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 I of the street. ! The whole number in line and mon | the sidewalks is estimated at from 125,000 to 150,000. There were aoout 10,000 actuai ve;eran3 in the city. Of Sons of Veterans and other auxiliary bodies, military, etc., there were f about 20.000, and in addition to these 1 there were about 20,000 visitors ' drawn to the city by the reunion ceri emonies. Forty Thousand Idle in Frisco. 1 According to the figures based on an investigation conducted by Harbor Commissioner Stafford, there are approximately 40,000 persons idle in San Francisco as a direct result of the existing labor troubles. IT WAS HAILING SOME. ice Pellets Cause Heavy Damage in [ Texas?More Than a Foot Deep. , 1 One of the worst hailstorms that i ' ever visited Texas prevailed in the vi' cinity of Llano Friday night. It was , of such violence that wire fences were torn down and a large number of cattle, sheepf hogs and chickens killed; roofs torn off and trees stripped of leaf and limb. Ten thousand acre's of growing crops were completely ruined. The hail was more than a foot deep over the stricken district. TROOPS WERE NOT NEEDED. Roads Refused to Haul Negro Excur 1 sionists to Andersonville. The Americus, Ga., light infantry re' ceived a telegram Wednesday after1 noon from the office of the adjutant general canceling orders previously issued for the troops to proceed to Andersonville for preserving order on federal memorial day, the railroads having declined to operate negro excursion trains as heretofore. IN RECEIVING "VAULT iI Body of Mrs. McKinley Rests Beside That of Her Husband?Funeral Services Marked by Simplicity. The body of Mrs. Ida Saxton Mo* '/If '1 Kinley now rests by the side of that,^j| M of the late President McKinley in the ygmm receiving vault at West Lawn ceme* Ijery at Canton, Ohio. || The simple funeral services held at.. nlsKl the McKinley residence Wednesday: afternoon were witnessed by a distlnguished company, including President ial Roosevelt, Vice President Fairbankit.^ Governor Harris, former Governor Herrick and many high officials, both,:t'j^|-l of the nation and stale. -WM During the funeral and the progress >ja || j-i-. ? Vi/\ AAmAtnv'ir oil htttfl* UJ. LUC LUll.C5e IV IUC v,cu?ivt; uii uUU4 ness in Canton not absolutely nece?*|l ^3 s-ary ceased. Banks, stores, factories- Jaj amusement houses and parks all clos^-sa ed in honor of the distinguished dead m and school children were dismissed'!!! 'ill from the day's tasks. The old-fashioned McKInley rest- ;||3| dence, roomy though it is, was not:1rawj3 nearly large enough to accommodate-^8-a the thousands of people who wished-^j _l|a to attend. When seats had been found'S.WM for the distinguished guests and more,||;>f|a intimate friends and relatives, heretJSv'|l was little space left. Flowers, with the roses which Mrs^ T|8 McKInley loved predominating, filled $|;ilS the house. So numerous were the ral remembrances, not only from Ohio ; but from all over the nation, that thawi ^?8 greater part of them had to be sent||^|jl to the cemetery ahead of the funera^S The streets in the neighborhooi^j^B containing hundreds of carriages, roped off, street car traffic stopped:^.? and the entire police force of Carttoa^ ^fl assisted by some from nelghborihg^-'^ cities, preserved order. . Secret service men from Washinjfr^JjM ton, alert for the safety of the pre^g*|H ident, mingled with the crowd. " % The heavy black casket rested the library in the same place that body of President McKInley was plf^^-JjaM 1 ed after the tragedy at Buffalo. | The funeral service was brief | was confined to the Methodist l5pu|9j:|gH copal ritual and four songs identica^^^J i with those sung at the funeral of j late president. The songs-were: ! tiful Isle of Somewhere," "Lead Kin<E^I|M j ly Light," "Nearer, My God, to Thee-,^^g and "The Angel." The services were | conducted by the Rev. Dr. Holmes, fori^la mer pastor of that church. . The pallbearers were: Judge HeaqjjyjB W. Harter, John C. Dueber, JosephM^^H Bierchel, Robert A. Cassidy, Georg?^9 i B. Freaz, who were honorary pailbear^ljffl | ers a tthe funeral of President McKin^^|a| i ley and Austin Lynch, R. S. ShieldiS^^H j and. Judge C. C. Bow. Secretary of the Treasury Cortc^m^S | you was in charge of arrangement%j^^|>^ i the McKinley hom,e. ;9 r The receiving vault, which is sti&jSJjfl guarded by United States regulars, J,,1? will be the resting place of the bodlefr^lfl of both Mr. and Mrs. McKinley untii^a^j the magnificent mausoleum, built' 'UxtigHH public subscription, is completed, proofsVr^ | ably in September. " When the services in the cemetery }H were over, the presidential party iTe^.^ ; turned immediately to the Baltimort|l| ||g 1 and Ohio depot, where the 4:35 train idw | for Indianapolis was taken. 9 ] "DIRTY HAND GOOD AS ANY." i u/,. D?marv nf President in i'lj j !?? ?% w. j of Railroad Machinists. ' '-W&B i "A soiled hand looks as good to ^|g i me as any other," announced "Preafc||ffl ; dent Roosevelt Wednesday morning j Newcastle Junction, Pa., while In ! act of greeting a lot of machinists ||j ! from the Baltimore and Ohio railroad^! II 1 shops. The presidential train en ^ i route to Canton, was late arriving V ^ I and remained only u few minutes. ! Crowds of railroad men were on hand ! to greet the president. A clerk shook |g hands with the president, but the'J"i | others held back, when Roosevelt *' stretched out his arm and clasped the' dirtiest hand of all, saying honest grime made no different to him. Then j he was cheered again and again. i NEQRO HANGED FOR ASSAULT. Buck High Pays Penalty of Heinous ^ || Crime at McDonough, Ga. i Buck High was nangea m >, ough, GA, Wednesday morning at 10:30 o'clock. His neck was broken .^1 by the fail, and he died almost in- / "J stanliy. /y'SB He was convicted at the April term M this year of Henry superior court for " J criminal assault, and sentenced to be ia hanged. Hi? victim was a four-year- 'J|B old girl of a prominent white man, i'JS and the crime was committed the lat- .Tt|| ; ter part of March. ^ :-,|9 ! AS SECURITY FOR ROOM RENT. 1 ;|jf Body of Murdered Priest Was Left in i Large Trunk. Rev. Kaspar of the Armenian Apostolic Church of Hoboken, N. J., was v murdered in Xew York City about a ^ week ago. The body was found Son- -J| day in a itulik, which nau. uccu ---a as security for room rent by two <||h j Greeks, who had engaged a furnished ;:j| ; room of' Mrs. Henry Sherer,