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TWO NOTEWORTHY- ADDRESSES
Former Nominee Parker, Mayor McClelland,
Senator Newlands and Other*
Address 700 Democrats at the
Waldorf-Astoria, Parker Receiving
^ an Enthusiastic Hearing.
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' New York. Special.?Sever, hundred
Democrats attended the Jefferson day
banquet of the Democratic Club oi
New York at the Waldorf-Astoria
Thursday night. There were many
there of national reputation, and chief
among these were Judge Alton B. Parker,
Democratic nominee for President
last November.
In the banquet room portraits of
Jefferson were conspicuous. In addi'
tion to Mr. Parker, the speakers were
' United States Senator Newlands, of
0 Nebraska, Mayor McClellan. of New
York. Congressman Henry T. Rainey,
of Illinois, and J. J. Willett, of Alabama.
Senator Carmack, of Tennessee,
was the only one of those expected to
speal^ who could not attend.
Mi*. Parker was the first speaker,
and he was enthusically received.
Frequently he was interrupted by applause.
The speech was on the future
of the Democratic party and was replete
with suggestions for harmony
and urgent appeals against sectionalIsm.
John Fox, president of the club,
>jfrfcsided, and his brief speech introducing
Judge Parker was applauded.
Mr. Parker said:
I do not come here to make excuse
or explanation about the past to promote
any personal purpose or ambition
for the future, or to further the ends
of any section, faction or interest. 1
am moved solely by a desire to commune
freely with my countrymen who
believe that the time-honored doctrines
of the Democratic party, as deduced
from the great policies defined by the
man whose birth we here commemorate,
and established by the founders
are still true, still alive, still worthv
of acceptance and devotion, and still
necessary, if our institutions are to be
maintained in their early vigor and
purity.
It mjiy- be conceded that they are
r? not new-fangled or hysterical. We
can also justify the claim that they
are not destructive to any legitimate
political or industrial interest:*, or sub
erse to those conceptions o;' liberty
and free institutions for which our
fathers suffered. They have approved
themselves in peace and war. Under
their sway, our people increased !n
number, wealth and power, the poor
and oppressed from other lands found
. refuge and welcome, population spread
gradually over territories peacefully
acquired, and industry was free, while
thxes were low and so distributed as
to discourage monopoly. When these
principles dominated our policies there
was no thought of conquest, or of
protectorates over distant, alien, and
turbulent peoples; there was no talk
of alliance with the great; no question
of making ourselves collectors of
debts, good, bad. just or fraudulent;
and no suspicion that anywhere in ihe
lexicon of free government there was
to be found the word "subject."
SOME ELEMENTS IN RECENTPOLITICS.
We meet after defeat which was
easy to foresee and predicted. It was
preceded by division and faction in our
v- ranks over a period of eight years and
~th6y have done their worst. It was
emphacized by the use of governmental
power for partisan purposes, by the
1 reckless and unprecedented expenditure
of money and by demagogic appeals
to interests as wide apart as the
poles. We have left to us only the
smallest measure of power in either
house of Congress; we have lost
States whose confidence we had long
By Wire and Cable.
A large fleet of warships and colliers
is reported to have been seen
250 miles northeast of Madagascar,
steaming east.
The allotments of the new Japanese
loan were oversubscribed maty times
- in the various money centers of the
world.
Secretary Hay arrived at Gibraltar
much improved in health.
The House of Commons adopted a
motion declaring that the Chamberlain
fiscal program would be detrimental
to the shipping interests.
The situation in Macedonia is giving
rise to some anxiety and notice has
been served on the Cretan insurgents
to disarm in 36 hours, on pain of international
intervention.
State Treasurer Lacy issues a circular
advertising for bids for $250,000
in 4 per cent, bonds authorized by the
1 * *vnoee
recent Legislature iu mu ci^.
Bids must be submitted by noon May
lOtb and be accompanied by certified
checks on a basis of $1,000 for bid for
$50,000 in bonds.
Pointed Paragraphs.
A man could build a twenty-story
office building while a woman Is making
her plans to wash her hair.
There is no love where there are none
to be loved.
Manhood is always marred by being
--#*cver on the make.
Many a man has to be broken up before
he can be built up.
r You cannot kindle the fire of truth
^ by whittlings from the Word.
Divine strength is essential to divine
service.
Liberty is quite different from hospitality
to lies.
Revivals do not come in aswer to
prayers of rivalry.
Mighty little of the bread of life
comes from the crusty man. *
Some men would rather argue about
dietetics than eat their dinner.
# The only good thing about post-mor|
tem praise is that no one believes it.
ft A joint indictment was returned at
ft Cleveland against A. B. Spear. Cashier
^^>f the closed Citiaens' Mationafcfcmk
wxd Mrs. Cassle I> Chadwick,^
ain Different Views of
Democracy
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commanded, and the number of Gover- i
nors and State legislature? under our j
control is surprisingly small.
We may. however, recall that this is!
not the first time that the party has
been in what seemed to be a hopeless
minority. It was so from I860 to 1S67
when a great wrong which has been
far-reaching in its effects upon morals '
and justice, left it in a minority for i
another eight years. But when its con- j
dition was least encouraging, it was I
still the same consistent advocate ofj
patriotic and manly policies as when J
it was in the full plentitude of power !
during the first sixty years of the last;
century. Rallying about its natural 1
leaders?as courageous and patriotic j
as any known to our political history? I
it was then, as always, its virtue to be
a national party. These leaders kept I
themselves in touch with every ques- j
tion of current interest, in every ham- i
let of the Union. Nothing American j
was alien to them.
POWER OF THE PARTY AS A!
MINORITY.
During the Civil War more than 500.- i
000 Democrats stood on each side of
the firing lines of the two great armies
which faced each other, all believing
themselves right. On the morrow
of Appomattox, they, the victors and
the vanquished, had scattered to their
respective homes, all bent upon promoting
peace, all understanding each
other in theii trials, all facing the
same great problems. In the foulest of
all days in our national life?those of
so-called reconstruction?these soldiers
largely recruited from other peaceful,
patriotic men in the Nort#, were found
voting together.
During this period there came to the
front in our national councils the great
historic figures of Thurman. Hendricks,
Bayard, Seymour. Hancock. McClellan
and Tilden. In the face of prejudices
and opposition, which might well have
daunted the bravest, these men were
able to combat and to overcome that
sectional policy which at one time almost
dominated the whole country.
When, in spite of aggressions, fairly
divided between the misuse of military
power, and deliberate, studied corruption
of the suffrage, these men had
been successful, they were reinforced
by Lamar, George, Hampton, Hill,
Vance, Morgan, Vest and many other
strong and patriotic men from the
South.
Added to these leaders, who. in the
field of national politics, so nobly united
to combat human passion at its
worst estate, were hundreds of thousands
of sturdy men in the North, who,
as Governors, members of Sta$e Legislatures.
committeemen of every
grade, and private citizens, carried the
struggle of free government down Into
the smallest political divisions of the
country. Everything was won except
the presidency, in spite of which Democracy
was able from 1868 to 1885 to
keep at bay the enemies of good will.
NO ROOM FOR SECTIONALISM.
So. too, there is altogether too much
talk about an Eastern, a Western, a
Southern, or some other Democracy,
when the essence of the party is its
national character and the entire absence
of sectional features. The control
of the party machine in one city
or another, in this or that State, or |
even in the country, is not a matter J
either important or interesting to the J
great body of Democrats.
THE KIND OF ORGANIZATION
NEEDED.
I would not for a moment convey
an impression that organization is not
important. It is even more?U is vital,
if we are to give effect to the principle
and policies which buttress our party
faith. But, however necessary and vital,
it may be useless?a mere empty
bauble?if it is viewed as the end rather
than the means. We are confronted |
by forces which, when not purely personal,
are almost wholly mechanical.
They are represented by a party, wellmanaged.
indeed, in that two-thirds
of the Union to which it restricts its
activities. It has everything that patronage
can suggest or imply. In return
for favors received it sells to the
highest bidder or freely gives the
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Big Deal in Oil.
Beaumont, Tex., Special.?The largest
deal in oil ever made in the South
took place Friday. Messrs. Carnes,
Bass & Benckenstein, of Beaumont,
purchasing from Messrs. Laertel &
Cafferty, of Franklin, 1,750,000 barrels
of oil in storage at Jennings. The
sale gives the purchasers a total of
3,000,000 barrels in storage at Jennings.
Greenville, S. C., To Have a Permanent
Fair?Striving to Raise $15,000.
Greenville, Special.?The people of
this city have for several weeks been
striving hard for the organization of a
permanent fair association. Subscriptions
lists were circulated last week
and at a meeting of the subscribers,
held in the council chamber last evening,
a permanent organization was effected.
The name of the association will
be the Piedmont Fair Association.
The meeting last night was harmonious
and more than one hundred subscribers
were present. The total subscription
to date amounts to $10,250. It
is the purpose of the directors to raise
$15,000. It is thought the Greenville
Trar-tion oomnany will be called upon
to assist In raising the remainder.
News of the Day.
Chariman Frick. of the Equitable
Life Assurance Society, has called upon
President Alexander for a complete
statement of all the affairs of the soj
ciety.
! The prudential committee of the fdr,
eign mission board of the Congregai
tional church decided to hold on 10
; Mr. ^Rockefeller's gift of $100,000. Rev.
" * ' ?? JJnn ?Kn Annn?(irt
I Ur. WaSQIDglUU Uiauucu, nuv
I the acceptance of the gift, made a
i caustic statement concerning the comi
mittee's action
The Pennsylvania legislature has
passed a bill appropriating $100,000
for a display of the State's resources
at the Jamestown fair.
The Hebrew "Standard, of New York,
in an editorial, severely criticises the
approaching marriage of Miss Rose
S. Pastor to Mr. J. G. Phelps Stokes.
The Democratic Club of New York
j has withdrawn former Mayor Van
! Wyck as toast master at its Jefferson
day dinner tonight and has substituted
John Fox. president of the club.
Pawnbroker Stern failed to identify 1
j J. Morgan Smith as the man to whom I
|hf sold the pistol with which Caesar
2Jounji was killed.
the Ingenuity of monopoly can suggest,
as within ife scope or interest, is
withheld.
When we can control once again
these training-schools for the higher
politics, we shall have little need to
trouble ourselves overmuch about candidates
for President, because we shall
have laid, deep and strong in the people's
will, the necessary foundations.
Then, ant! only then, may we look with
hopefulness and confidence to the country
at large. Then we may go North,
or Soi^th. East or West, for candidates,
certain of their fitness for the work in
hand, and of their acceptableness to our
countrmen.
Bryan at Chicago.
Chicago. Special.?Subjects of national
significance to the Democratic
party were discussed by several leading
orators of the party at a Jefferson
club banquet held at the Sherman
House in commemoration of the birthday
of Thomas Jefferson. The dinner in
a measure resolved itself into a jolification
over the recent election of Mayor
Edward F. Dunne, who is a director of
the club. The mayor was among the
speakers who responded to toasts. All
the speakers referred to municipal ownership
and to Mayor Dunne's election
on a municipal ownership platform.
William Jennings Bryan and George
Fred Williams were the principal
speakers from out of town. Mr. Bryan
spoke on "Thomas Jefferson* 'and his
remarks .were greeted with unstinted
applause.
He responded to the toast "Thomas
Jefferson." He said in part:
We are told that when Moses, the
first great law giver, had attained his
majority, he looked upon the burdens
of his countrymen and sympathized
with them. Although he had been
adopted by a princess and was heir
to a throne his heart led him from
the palace and the society of princes
to companionship with his oppressed
brethren. When a leader was needed
to break the bondage of the Israelites
and guide them in the formation
of a nation, this sympathy fitted him
for his work. And no one, it may be
added, does a great work whose heart
does not beat in sympathy with the
masses, ever struggling, ever in need
of help.
Thomas Jefferson, although not
reared in the environment of royalty,
was born and educated among the
people who least sympathized with the
rights and interests of the common
man. His heart, too, was touched by
the struggles of his countrymen, and
he early became their champion, al
though in so doing he alienated the
landed aristocracy and educated classes.
In wealth he was the equal of the
wealthy, and his learning brought him
into association with scholars, but heart
kept him in touch with the plain people.
and he earned the right to be
called the First Great Democrat.
It was not that he was the first to
conceive of Democratic principles or to
preach the doctrine set forth in the
Declaration of Independence. That doctrine
was not a new one; but he gave
fitting expression to the doctrine at
the time of its greatest triumph. The
aspiration for self-government was
born with man. It has been the inspiring
cause which has led people in all
ages to struggle for freedom of conscience,
freedom of speech, individual
liberty and the recognition of the rights
of man. Some in all ages have found a
selfish reason for applauding monarchy,
but at no time has there been universal
acquiescence in arbitrary power.
He lived before the invention of the
railroad, and before the country had
witnessed the colossal centralization of
wealth, but viewing as he did every
question from the standpoint of the
people, and hating, as he did, every attempt
to divert the profits of industry
from the producers to the "idle holders
of idle capital," we have a right to
assume that he would today stand
with the people for the regulation of
railroads and the extermination of private
monopoly.
No one can imagine Jefferson as tolerating
the impudent claim of the railroad
magnates that they have a right
to determine abritrarily and without
appeal the rate to be charged for the
transportation of passengers or freight.
What an opportunity the present contest
would give him for the arraignment
of human greed and for the defense
of human rights.
Jefferson's love for mankind was his
controlling passion, and it extended to
generations unborn. As we celebrate
his memory on the anniversary of his
birth, we can say as those could say
who lived when he did. "We love him
because he first loved us."
Conspiracy Charge Dismissed.
New York, Special.?The indictment
charging Nan Patterson with conspiracy
with J. Morgan Smith and Mrs.
Smith, wrongfully to obtain money
from Caesar Young was dismissed in
the court of general sessions at the
request of Assistant District Attorney
Rand.
The court reserved decision in the
Smiths case.
CARRIE MUST BEHAVE.
Or She Wil Be Sent to Jail For Six
Months. With a $250 Fine.
Witchita, Kan., Special?In district
court, Carrie Nation, Myra McHenry
and Mrs. Lucy Wilhoit were found
guilty of destroying property. Mrs.
Nation was fined $250 and four
months in jail. Mrs. McHenry twc
months and $150 and Mrs. Wilhoit 2a
days and $150. The sentences wer?
suspended, pending good behavior. Th<
offense was committed September last
when the women broke windows of a
wholesale liquor house.
Hay Improving.
Nervi, Italy, By Cable.?The condition
of Secretary Hay improves daily.
He received a visit rrom Ainoassauur
White, who stopped here on his way
to Rome. Mr. Hay discussed principally
questions interesting Italy and
America, chiefly emigration matters
and King Victor Emmanual's proposal
for the establishment of an international
chamber of agriculture, giving
verbal instructions to Mr. White on the
subject. The latter expects to arrive in
Rome- Saturday.
Statehood Convention Called.
Oklahoma City, Okla.. Special?The
single-Statehood executive committee
of Oklahoma and Indian Territory Fri
day afternoon decided to hold a State
hood convention at Oklahoma City
July 12. Representation is based or
500 delegates, 250 from each of the
Territories. A formal call will be is
sued by the committee for the conven
tion, in which particular stress wil
be laid on the matter of creating i
way by which Oklahoma and Indiai
Territory may be separated from anj
connection with New Mexico in tht
omnibus Statehood bill
fflWEsnlow
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New York's Most Colossal Playhouse
Opened to the Public
THE OPENING OF THE HIPPODROME
Play House Unique in the Amusement
World For Its Size and the Character
of Its Performances, is Christened
by a Standing Room Audience.
New York, Special.?The Hippodrome,
New York's newest and largest
place of amusement, was opened to
the public Wednesday (night, under
the management of Thompson & Dundy,
and every one of the 5,200 seats
were taken, some of them having been
bought at high premiums, and wherever
there was standing space, it was
filled.
The Hippodrome stage is remarkably
large, and at times was crowded.
Hundreds of persons and many animals,
including elephants and. horses,
were in view at one time, making a
very animated and.picturesque stage
fecene. The circus specialties introduced
were unusually good.
The Hippodrome is unique in the
amusement world, both in the great
size of the playhouse and in the character
of the entertainment it offers.
The management frankly admits
that the whole great enterprise is experimental.
It is an entirely mew
venture, in every way, and is alout
the most elaborate entertainment
attempted under one roof, combining
as it does a dash of everything except
grand opera and tragedy. It is a spec;
tacular drama, a circus., musical comedy,
vaudeville and menagerie, and
the highest priced seat is $1.50. Another
feature is the reserving of every
seat in the house, from the 25
cents gallery to the boxes. The building
occupies the block on the east
side of Sixth avenue between Fortythird
and Forty-fourth sereets, a distance
of 200 feet, and extends back
toward Fifth avenue 240 feqt. It is
of brick, marble and steel construction
and architecturally to very handsome.
It's capacity is 5,200 and its interior
arrangements present many features
novel in this country. Behind fourteen
rows of orchestra seats are the stalls
and then a line of boxes encircling the
promenade, and in these, smoking is
permitted. The stage is 200 feet between
walls and has a total depth of
110 feet. A better idea of its size may
be obtained from the fact that the back
drop curtain of the Hipperdrome is 85
by 200 feet, while the average playhouse
curtain is 25 by 35 feet.
President Has Fine Sport.
Frederick, Okla., Special.?Wednesday
was au ideal dav for President
Roosevelt and his party in the big Pasteur
reserve. The weather has been
cool and cloudy. The party goes out
at 6:30 each morning and returns to
camp about 11 o'clock for dinner. FresM
horses are saddled by attendants an?
a new start is made at 1:30 in the afternoon.
One of the diversions of the
camp was a series of foot races in
which the President participated.
The dogs are so accustomed to pursuing
wolves that they left off chasing
a wild cat when a wolf was scented.
In one of the runs a wolf was chased
over the hills and across creeks and
through timber for ten miles. The pace
w*as fast and when the wolf was cap'tured,
there were only four of the party
within sight of the animal?Bob
Burnett. Guy Wagner and John Abernathy,
three old cow-boys, and President
Roosevelt.
! Saves Others By Confession.
Jacksonville, Fla.. Special.?Isham
Edwards, who is confined here with
two other negroes, unuer sentence of
death for the murder of School Super- I
intendent N. W. Eppes, near Tallabas- I
see last August, has confessed the
crime, declaring that Caldwell and
Larkin, the other negroes, are innocent
and were not connected with the killing.
The trio were convicted of murder
in the first degree at the last term
of the circuit court and received the
death sentence. The confession was
made public and it is believed that it
will result in the release of Larkin
and Caldwell.
Pension Board Delinquent.
Washington, Special.?Commissioner
of Pensions Warner has cited ten members
of the board of pension review to
show cause why their services should
not be dispensed with. This action was
taken by the commissioner because of
the discovery of serious delinquencies
In the allowance of pensions to members
of a Pennsylvania regiment, or ganized
in 1861, but which never participated
in the sendee. Applications
from members of Mercer's brigade,
New Jersey National Guard, in which
the same circumstances control, have
Also hppn allowed.
Many Reported Dead.
Vicksburg, Miss.. Special.?JJany
persons are reported to have been killed
and injured in a wreck on the Yazoo
& Mississippi Valley Railroad,
fourteen miles north of here, at midnight.
The northbound fast passenger
train and the southbound passenger
arc reported to have collided. All
physicians in the city have been called
to the scene of the wreck.
Harper Bankruptcy Hearing Postponed.
Bristol, Va., Special.?The failure
of counsel for the creditors to appear
at Big Stone Gap, Va.. caused the postponement
of the bankruptcy hearing
of Edward L. Harper, former president
of the wrecked Fidelity National Bank
of Cincinnati, until April 27th. Harper
and his counsel were present.
Harper will remain at Big Stone Gap
until the 27th inst.
News of the Day.
It is reported the timely interference
by French troops saved the Sultan's
forces from a rout by Moroccan rebels.
American Ambassador Joseph Choate
was elected by English lawyers to the
position of master of the bench of the
Middle Temple, a rare honor conferred
upon outsiders.
Counter proposals affecting the bill
for the separation of church and state
in France were discussed by the Chamber
of Deputies.
The British budget for .the last fiscal
fear, shows a surplus of ^5,000,000 and
t year of good business, r *
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APPOMATTOX AGAIN
Tar Heels and Virginians Hold a Love
Feast on Field of Battle
CAROLINA MEMORIAL UNVEILED
Three Thousand Persons, Over Three
Hundred of Them From North Carolina,
Attend the Exercises Upon the
Old Battlefield of Appomattox Court
House ? Governor Montague Enthusiastically
Welcomes the Tar
Heel Visitors.
Lynchburg, Va., Special.?The celebration
of the Appomattox anniversary
and the dedication of North Carolina's
memorial to her gallant sons, who cut
so great a figure there, was in every
respect admirable, in conception and
in execution. Genial as was the
weather with all its spring softness
it was not more genial than
the welcome given by glorious
old Virginia to our Governor
and the veterans and the guests from
the Old North State. Nothing marred
the symmetry of the affair, and it
was a love feast of Virginians and
North Carolinians. Governor Glenn
and Governor Montague met here in
the morning and at once established
the entente rordiale and every one
of the visitors and visited followed
this example. Governor Montague
made a charming impression on the
North Carolinians, and as for Governor
Glenn every Virginian who met him
sings his praise. All the speeches of
the day were struck upon a high and
clear note, full of devotion to both
States, and yet above all a deep and
enduring loyalty to their country.
Virginia's daughters, in a most beautiful
way, manifested their sympathy
with the occasion and what it celebrated.
Mrs. Garland Jones and Mrs. K.
B. Hall, both of Raleigh, are the only
ladies who came over with the Governor's
party.
They were met here by a notable
assemblage representing Virginia
Daughters of the Confederacy, of
which they are so prominent members
at home. The Virginia Daughters
were made guests on the Governor's
Pullman and were Mrs. A. F. Anderson,
Mrs. Benjamin Nowling, Miss
Mollie J. Early, a niece of General Ju*
bal Early, Mrs. Herbert Watts, Mrs.
Francis. Miss Lucy Langhorne, Mrs.
James T. Carter, Mrs. Klrkwood Otey,
who is the president of the Lynchburg
Ladies' Memorial Association,
Mrs. Arthur L. Powell, Miss Katherine
Horseley, and Mrs. Hettle Bowley.
These ladles are members of both
Kirkwood Otey and Old Dominion
Chapters, United Daughters of the
Confederacy.
It was 12:30.when the band crashed
into "Dixie," Tind after a burst of
cheering the exercises began, the wait
being rather tiresome and the sunshine
hot amid close set trees. Every inch of
space within hearing was filled. Chairman
Henry A. London, as master of
ceremonies, announced the opening
prayer by Chaplain James A. Weston,
major of the late Thirty-third Regiment,
saying that Mr. Weston, forty
years ago, was a faithful soldier in an
earthly war, but ever since has been a
faithful soldier of the cross. Chaplain
Weston's prayer was for blessing and
peace for all parts of our common country,
for love of union of these States
and readiness and willingness to devote
our highest energies to the maintenance
of our union; for blessings upon
every Confederate grave. He said most
touchingly: "We commend to thee, O
God, these survivors of our most worthy
cause." -
unairman L.onaon, in a iew aumirably
phrased sentences, referred to the
memorial which marks the closing
scenes of the Confederacy, saying that
the veterans of the Stars and Bars had
endured four years of suffering and
privatians which marked life in that
army, had been brave always, constant
always, self-forgetting and exhibiting
.the highest type of patriotism; that on
this last day they were found in battle
array as if on dress parade and charged
as enthusiastically, with the old
rebel yell, as they had done when they
fought at Manassas almost four years
before. He told of how General Bryan
Grimes had with his troops, mainly
North Carolinians, some were Virginians,
had a clear read to Lynchburg,
and so notified Gen. Lee; that Gen.
Lee had to send three mesages to Gen.
Grimes to withdraw before that gallant
soldier did so. Asthe Confederates withdrew
the enemy rushed forward, when
Coxe's brigade charged up this hill and
at this very spot fired the last volley.
There is no disparagement of the bravery
or the endurance of any Confederate
soldier, but with the fortune of war
that North Carolina should be in a position
to do things that were done here,
and it has so come about that Grimes
planned the last fight; that last Federal
battery was captured on yonder
hilll by Roberts' brigade; that last skirmish
was fought on yonder side of old
Lynchburg road by the Fourteenth and
Twenty-fourth North Carolina Regi
LUUUU9, VJI laiuci IUCU liaguivuw, au?
the last charge made and the last volley
flred by the organized infantry of
Coxe's brigade. North Carolina is proud
of these things, but does not boast of
them, as her sons only did their duty.
Governor Montague made a splendid
address and was followed by Governor
Glenn, whose oration was a masterP
piece of impassioned eloquence.
In closing, he told about what happened
at Appomattox and what North
Carollnans did there. His impassioned
words and forceful gestures putting
thb whole power of t*nt scene on that
awful day forty years ago before his
hearers like a painting on a wall, bold
and vivid in every particular. His eulogy
of that superb soluier. Gen. Bryan
Grimes, was splendid, and his tribute
to the gallant Generals Coxe and Roberts
brought general applause, as he
turned to the latter, who sat upon the
stage, the youngest Confederate brigadier.
He told how General Lee. after
Coxe's charge, had asked what
troops those were, and upon being told.
tie said: "Goa oiess i\orin Carolina.
The Governor told ebout the troops
North Carolina furnished in the war.
and how the State had lost one-third
of all lost during; the war by the Confederacy:
of how sixty regiments of
North Carolinians hatkfceen put into
Virginia. The GovermWexpressed his
pleasure that all VirgiRans here by
their smiles and words h A made North
Carolina welcome and de^cred that if
they ever came to North ^arolina to
mark the grave of the hurftlest Virginia
veteran buried tfcm^r he would
open to them bis arn^ps wide as he
could stretch them Kid his people
would be with-him in such a greeting.
The ode of professor Stockard was
beautiful and w^^much feeling
was
day
AN ARMY OF OVER A MILLION
3y Next Spring the Total Military 0*
ganization Will Exceed that Number. (
Tokio, By Cable.?Japan is meeting
! :he Russian plan of reorganization
md reinforcements of its Manchurian
irmies with extensive expeditions
'rom its own military organization. I
The details and figures are carefully
:oneealed of what seems to be a plan
? double the present army units, but
t is reliably estimated that by autumn
aexf the total military organization
will exceed a million men actually emaloyed
in the field. The fighting force
s roughly estimated at 700,000 men,
with increases largely In the infantry
ind artillery, although an enlargement
:n the cavalry branch is also contemplated.
As a result of the manufacture at ths ,
arsenals in Japan together with captures
and purchases of guns, it is pre- *
dieted that this year will see a Japan- (
?se artillery superior to that of the (
Russians in quality as well as numerically,
and it is confidently believed
that the Russians will be incapable of 1
overcoming those numerical disadvan- t
tages. Wherever railway improvement^
are possible they will be carried out,
when Japan will be sufficiently strong ^
lo take and hold Harbin and simulta- "
neously operate against the Russian t
forces to the eastward of that city. (
Industrial Agents Meet. t
Asheville, N. C., Special.?The c
Southeastern Railway, Land and In- t
luspial Agents' Association held its (
smi-annual meeting at the Battery ?
wrk Hotel here Tuesday. This associ- t
ition is made up of the officers of the i
various railway systems operating in c
;he territory south of the Ohio and Po-. t
:omac and east of the Mississippi 1
rivers, having in charge the develop- i
ment of the industrial, immigration j
md land interests along their respec- .
tive lines. It is organized for the purpose
of enabling the various members 1
x> confer regarding general plans and t
methods for the upbuilding of the j
South. The following railroads are .
represented in this organization:
Southern Railway, Seaboard Air Line,
Atlantic Coast Line, Norfolk & Wes- (
tern Railway, Illinois Central Railroad, t
Louisville & Nashvlll6 Railroad, Ala- ,
bama Great Southern Railway, Central '
of Georgia Railway, Georgia South- 1
em Sr Florida Railway. Florida East 1
Coast Railway, Nashville, Chattanooga ,
& St. Louis Railway, Atlanta % West
Point Railway, Western & Atlantic
Railroad, Macon, Dublin & Savannah >
Railroad. Atlanta, Knoxville & North- <
era Railway, Atlantic & Birmingham
Railway.
The land, industrial and immigration '
work of the South is a subject of vast 1
importance and is receiving most active ]
attention at the hands of the road cor- j
porations interested in the general development
of the country served. The
development of this work in connection i
with railroads has only been within the ]
last few years, and railroads without )
land grants had departments organized
expressly for the purpose of looking 1
after the material development of the <
| cities, towns and counties through {
| which they run. The Southern railroads ,
I were first to take up this work.
Tunnel Under Lookout Mountain. j
Knoxville. Tenn., Special.?W. J.
Oliver & Company, railroad contrac- (
tcrs of this city, received advices from
Piesident Samuel Spencer, of the
Southern Railway, awarding to that
! firm the contract to build the tunnel ,
under Lookout Mountain, near Cbatta- ,
' nooga, on the Southern's extension (
fiom Chattanooga, to Stevens, Ala- ,
bama. The price involved in the contract
is not mentioned, but it is sup- .
posed to be between two million and
three million dollars. Work is to be ,
begun at once.
Asked to Exhibit at Jamestown.
Boston, Special.?A delegation of
Virginia citizens called upon Governor
Douglas at the State house to urge
the desirability of having a Massachu- '
setts exhibit at the exposition to be 1
held at Jamestown, Va., in 1907, to j
commemorate the settlement of (
Jamestown. The delegation asked tne i
Governor to send a special message to
the Legislature, recommending participation.
I
Wrecked by Dynamite.
Blossburg, Ala., Special.?an explo|
sion of dynamite wrecked the house
of William Cate. colored, and a white 1
miner named Alexander, both non-union
miners. A 10-year old daughter of
Alexander was killed, and two other
children in the same family were bad- ,
ly injured. The explosive was placed
on the front porch of the Alexander (
house. A strike of the union miners
has been on since last summer. i
Safe Blowers in Georgia.
Thoma8ville, Ga., Special. ? Safeblowers
did distmctive work before
daylight Sunday morning at Meigs. f
The postoffice was entered, the store of ?
J. L. Johnsien, postmaster, was rob- t
bed, and the safe of the Atkinson Mer- j
cantile Company blown to pieces. It ^
is supposed that the crime was com- !
mitted about 3 o'clock. Tools were I
taken from a near-by blacksmith shop. I
An opening for explosives was made, i
and both safes were completely wreck- i
ed. The job was an awkward one and 1
".Ahoht,, tho a/nrlr af nmafpnrs I
Local parties are under suspicion, but i
no arrests have been made.
Telegraphic Briefs.
It is reported that 470 soldiers of v
the Gurkha regiments were buried
alive and the town of Palampur wrecked
by the East Indian earthquake. h
The British House of Commons li
again passed the bill legalizing mar- o
riage with a deceased wife's sister. h
The German Reichstag adjourned c
until May 10th. ti
In the French Chamber of Deputies, o
Foreign Minister Delcasse made a
statement on the Morrocan situation, t
Judge Edward F. Dunne, Mayor- v
elect of Chicago, arrived in New York, jj
and at a meeting, toid the Municipal
Ownership League there hov; the \Yrs- ^
tern city expects to accomplish the f
change from private to public control ^
of street railways. f
Some interesting figures on the cost [
of producing gas and electricity were produced
at the investigation into the 2
lighting of New York City. a
"The United States as a world pow- f
er" is the topic of discussion at the. *
annual meeting of the American Acad- 1
M^^^Political and Social Science in' 1
WON'T ARBITRATE J
Castro Declares He Will Not Come i? ^
Terms With the United States
*
PRESIDENT DEFIANT IN BIS REPLY
Venezuelan Secretary of Foreign Affairs
Says the Asphalt Case Will Not
be Withdrawn From the Courts, and
the Olcott Case Will Not be Re-8ub,
mitted to Arbitration "if the Wholo
American Army and Navy Come to
Venezuela."
Caracas, Venezuela, By Cable.?
'President Castro will not withdraw
he New York & Bermudez Asphalt
Company case from the Venezuelan
:ourts and will not re-submit the 01:ott
case to arbitration, if the whole
American army and navy come to Ven>zuela."
This emphatic statement of General
Uejado y Barra, the Venezuelan
secretary of Foreign Affairs, reflects?
he spirit of the reply which President
Castro made to the recent proposition
>f the American State Department for
he arbitration of the BCrmudez and 01:ott
cases. It was generally rumored
hroughout Venezuela that the demand
>f the United States was little less than
in ultimatum to General Castro, and
he reply of the Venezuelan President
vas awaited with Interest. Predictions
>f intervention from the refusal of Casro
to yield were freely made and there
vas much uneasiness when it was anlounced
that the Venezuelan governnent
had not only refused the demand
o arbitrate the case, but had supplenented
its refusal with a request that
he United States declare whether It
las any respect for the sovereignty and
he courts of Venezuela.
Voorlv turn wanlra hava naoaoH atflfHI
Castro made bis reply, and as no ac:ion
has been taken by the United
States and no farther demands hare
)een made, the last demand of the
United States has gone the way of
nany previous requests for arbitration,
ind the incident is practically closed
is far as its discussion tn Caracas is
concerned.
President Castro and his advisors
claim that to re-open the Olcott case
would be an insult to Holland, as Mr.
Berge, who acted as umpire, is a wellknown
Dutch diplomat They also
hold that as Venexuela was denied the
right to have the arbitration of the
Belgian waterworks case re-opened
uone of the other cases settled under
the Washington protectols shall be reconsidered.
It 1# emphatically denied
In the reply of President Castro that
there are any claims pending between
the United States and Venezuela. Hs
again reiterates that the New York ft
Bermudez Asphalt case now in ths
Venezuelan courts, is a national and
uot an lnternatlon one.
President Castro and the members
of his cabinet take the ground that
while the government stands for the
general principle of arbitration, it will
not have a case wrested from its
courts to be carried before a board of
arbitration.
The charges that Venezuela Is not
saying its obligations to creditor nan
iioos under me waauiugtuu piuicvww
?re denied by administration officials.
President of Ticket Agents.
New Orleans, Special.?F. S. Mont
gomery, of Vincennes, Ind.. was elect
ed president of the International Asso?
ciation of Railroad Ticket Agents.'
Other officers elected are: J. H. Hannan,
of Walden, Mass., first vice prest
dent; C. G. Cadwallader, secretary,
and Elwood Ramsey, treasurer The
association decided to reduce the Initiation
fee to |10 and to make that
include the dues for the first year.
Vessels Near Philippines.
Manila, Special.?The British steamel
Empire, just arrived here from Australia,
reports that on the night of
April 9 she sighted a large war vessel
in Basllan Strait, between the islands
of Mindanao and Basiian. The war
vessel approached closely and then
disappeared down the coast of Mindanao.
Her nationality could not be determined,
but it la believed that ah*
was Japanese.
Hargis Trial Begins.
Lexington, Ky.. Special.? After several
adjournments because of the abtences
of witnesses for the State, the
rial of Judge James Hargis, Senator
iargis, Elbert Hargis and Sheriff Edvard
Callahan, for the murder of
darshal Cockrell, was called. The
irosecution elected to try Judge James
iargis first. The work of empanelng
the jury was at once begun, 500
nen having been summoned as a spec
'? nravath
<*l vcuuc. :uutu yt?fiMw
lere over the triaL The court house
vas crowded.
HAWK AN EASY VICTIM.
Voman Captured Domestic Bird of
Prey With Bonnet.
Mrs. John Hart of near Tonlevflle
ad an unusual experience with ?
irge hawk a few days ago. She went
ut into the yard and saw a large
awk on top of one of her largest
hickens, with its talons buried into
ho chicken preparatory to carrying It
ff for a feast.
But the chicken was too large for
he hawk to carry away against Its
rill, and it was not inclined to be a
arty at the hawk's dinner, with the
iawk master of ceremonies. Conse
luently the hawk was unable to rise
rom the ground with its victim, and
Irs. Hart went to the chicken's decnse.
She first started to therhouse
or the gun, but the hawk suddenly
et go of the chicken, which ran away,
ind Mrs. Hart pulled off her bonnet,
md throwing it over the ^?wk, capured
it and carried it into the house
ind bound it with twine until her hue
land came home. It was a very large
iawk and able to put up a good tight
-Larue Herald.