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THE ' PUNTER'S IOAN AND SAVINGS I 'BANK. AUGUSTA, GA.j Pays Interest on Deposits. Accounts . Solicited. L. C. HAYNB, 'President, CHAS. C. HOWABI>,< ?lif Cashier. VOL.69. T, VROR WORLD. Over Seven Hundred Li Excursion Stearne WOMEN AND CHILDREN FRANTIC Story- of a Frightful Disaster That . Cost Many Hundred Lives-Fixing the Responsibility- Heartrending Scenes. . -The latest facts obtainable concern ing he awafui disaster that befell the excursion steamer General Slocum near New York on Wednesday have been given o * up to Saturday. No greater calamity has been recorded in modern times. The 2,000. pleasure-seekers from St Mark's Lutheran. Sunday school wera exposed to sudden and frightful deaths and it seems that not less than 700 of these perished either by burning cr by drowning. The story of the calamity is told by ihe following press dispatches: A Tragic Tale of Death. One of the most appalling disasters la the history of New York, tragic in its immensity, dramatic in its ep.'sodes and deeply pathetic in the tender age of most of Its vicitms, took place Wed nesday in the East river, at the en trance to Long Island Sound, within a short distance of the New York shore, within sight of thousands of persons.' the majority of whom were powerless tc minimize the extent cf thc catas trophe. By the burning to the wr.ter's edge of the General Slocum, a three-decked excursion steamer, the largest in these waters, mere than 600 persons, the ma jority of whom were women and chil ^dren, were burned to death or drowned by jumping overboard or by being thrown into the whirlpool by the lurching of the vessel and thc frantic rush of the panic-stricken passen gers. . Approximately 500 bodies have been recovered and are now being tragged at the morses of Bellevue Hospital j^ttd. Harlem. Divers" were still busy at ? late hour talcing bodies from the hold of the vessel; which they say is .?pyp^ed wi th. the remains of hum'aa be-: fcaye ?OL ue?n''ierrjvgrecr^ It is the-season of Sunday sc&oot-ex cursions in New York and LonkIsland Sound,-the latter one of the mos^ pic ture ague bodies of water in the c?iin try. . : . treat preparations had been made lor the seventeenth annual excursion of the Sunday school of St. Mark's Ger man Lutheran church, the congr?ga tion o? which is drawn from the dense population of the lower East and West Sides, and the General Slocum had been chartered to carry the excursion ists to Locust Grove, one of the many resorts on Long l3land Sound. 1 he excursion was in charge of Rev. George C. F. Haas, pastor of che church. The vessel was commanded by Capt. William Van Schaik, one of thc best known excursion boat cap? tains in New York harbor. He has commanded the General Slocum for al most the entire time since she was built in 1891. The number of excur sionists on board is variously estimated at from 1,500 to 2,500, but according io an official statement issued by the Knickerbocker Steamboat Company, Talliaferro Renominated. Jacksonville, Special.-The State and Congressional committees "met separ ately here to canvass and report the vote in the last primary. The vote was officially announced as follows: For Senator: J. P. Taliaferro, 24.056; J. N. C. Stockton, 20,695. For Con gress, second district: Frank Clark, 9,806; J. M. Barrs, 7,339. For Governor: N. B. Broward, 22,979; R. W. Davis, 22,265. - . 19 Killed by Mine. Tckio, By Cable.-While the Taihoku was engaged in laying- mines at the entrance to Port Arthur last night a mine exploded killing two officers and 3even men. The Taihoku, which is a naval transport, was not seriously in jured. "Chicago, Special.-A special to the Daily News from Tokio says: "The of ficer killed in the accident to the tor pedo-laying ship. Taihoku. was Lieu tenant Commander Oda. He was the inventor of the Japanese mine and, by his great activity and skill throughout the operations before Port Arthur, had added largely to his reputation. The Taihoku at the time of the accident was under "a her.vy fire from the Rus sian forts and torpedo boats." * Tariff on Round Bales. Washington, Special-The Inter state Commerce Commission fixed June 29 as the date for oral argu ments in Washington, in case of the Planters' Compress Company, against tha Cleveland, Cincinnati, Chicago & St. Louis Railway Company; the Cen tral of Georgia and the Missouri, Kan sas & Texas-Railway -Companies, in volving freight tariffs on the round cot ton bales. , Killed by Assassin's ..Bul lett. St; Petersburg, By Cable-General Bobrikcif, the governor general of Fin land, was shot and mortally wounded at ll o'clock Thursday morning at the entrance io the Finnish Senate, at Helsins?ors. The assassination was commited by a man named Schau mann. tUe-sou of a Senator, who Imme diately committed suicide. .Gen; Bob .rikoa \Vas shot in thc neck and stom ach and was Drought to St. Petersburg in a dying condition. ives Lost By Disaster to r Near New York 'owners of the Slccum> the humber of J passengers waa 873, that being o.ne ? third cf the vessel's license! capacity. 'Thc Slocum had reached :a point I uear the Sunken Meadows, off 135th I street, Manhattan .which is at the ex trem? eastern end of Randall's Island-, when fire broke out in a lunch room"on the forward deck. The blaze was caused by the overturning Q( a pot of grease. The headway of the vessel and a high wind almost instantly fanned the insignificant flame into fury. Ef forts were at once directed to subdu ing the fire, but they were futile. The blaze spread aft with ?lmost lightning rapidity? Captain Van Schaik, in the pilot house, had been^informed of the outbreak of the fire, and realizing the danger, decided to send his vessel to shore at 134th street .At this point there are-a number of yards and sr eral huge oil tanks, and the captain j was warned that to attempt t? l??d at I this point would endanger the property a'?d perhaps further imperil the scores of people, who had already b'??n fright ened into ? state of almost uncontrola ble excitement. Changing the big steamer's course slightly, he headed for North Brother Island, half a mile away. By this time the flames were rushing by leaps and bounds from the forward part of the ship aft The women and children began to jump from the vessel into tb&seething water below, and scores weredrowned. The upper deck fell in, crushing hun dreds in its fall, and hundreds more were suffocated by the heat. The scene "was heart-rending in the extreme. The blame bas not been fully located. The Number of the Dead. New York, Special.-At midnight the. j [ authorities at the morgue made the of ficial announcement that 559 bodies had been recovered. .Of these 517 had been identified and 32 of those remaining .vere charred beyonfcrecognition. Later a the day Friday ffp'r bodies were re- J covered at North Bather Island 'by ? .escuers at work boats and taken j c] ?shore. They Weregtemoved to thejT 31 a ar norghe and areJnclF^ed. in .the total.. The -morgjie'^offic??js ;!;?nly -Friday^ !>m^van^^ lehtified at the Alexander avenue sta^ ?on on Wednesday within two oipthree ours after the accident anjL^turned K?r_ to f|riftndb^ifj}i^^t?tives. These rought the list up to 559 recovered ead. Friday evening the body of a girl of ight years which was' declared by neighbors to be that of the little daugh er of Henry Heinz, of Front street, i as washed up against the side of ty ;:er at the foot of Clinton street in the? Sast river, hardly a block away from he girl's home. The tide by a strange .agary had carried the little body from he scene of the calamity of North 3rother Island down through the nar cw channels of the river to this point ?o near her home. The girl's mother, Vlrs. Annie Heinz, is among the dead. There has been great difficulty in the natter of recovering and identifying :he dead. There are a number of places where ;he living'may have landed, and it is 2elieved that many now reported .miss ing are safe and eventually ? will be heard from by the officials who have the rescue work in hand. Incised, to aight a surprising number of persons reported to these officials that they had ht ft ot S? CC h? tl tl lj ei a tl I. b t< a k b Transports Sunk by Russians. Tokio, By Cable-All doubt as to the sinking of the transport Hitachi and Sado by the Russians has been re moved. Three hundred and ninety-sev en survivors of the Hitachi have arriv ed at Moji and 153 survivors of the Sa do have arrived at Kokura. Details ot the destruction of the two transports and the full, extent of the casualties are not obtainable. : ?,;*' Railway Bridge Burned. Spartanburg, S. C.. Special-The Southern Railway bridge over Broad *river, on the Spartanburg & Asheville line, 50; miles north of Columbia, was partially burned at 6 o'clock Wednes d?y morning. Passenger train No. 9, north-bound, was saved from running Into the bridge by a negro, who signaU led with a red petticoat The conduc tor and crew and volunteer passengers formed a bucket brigade and succeeded in subduing the flames, but not until half the bridge 'had been consumed. Trains for Asheville are coming by way of Greenville to" Spartanburg. The origin of the fire is unknown. ---?-? 45 Flood Victims at Santiago. Santiago de Cuba, By Cable.-The worst storm of a decade began Friday and culminated Monday night in four teen Inches of rain, which fell in five hours, accompanied by a ..hurricane. The lower village of El Cobre has been destroyed. Forty-five persons are known to be d?ad and scores are miss ing. Bodies:are floating in the Cobre river. T\ enty bodies have been recovr ered by boats patroling the D?y. A Notable Address. . Atlanta, Special.-The address cf Hon. James H. Eckles, of Chicago, to day was the feature, of the University of Georgia commencement. The large and cultured audience greeted him most heartily and throughout the address the applause of the audience was al most continuous. The -impression made was profound. Major General Henry C. Corbin has been ordered to command the division of the Philippines, succeeding Major General Wade, the order-to take effect in October. _ been saved, thus cutting th? ?st c missing down considerably, as well a tii? probabl? mortality list. Many persons were injured in tb panic that followed the breaking out o the flames oh the G?n?ral Slbcum, am -t least 200 persons were taken to chi hospitals. Not a death has occurred S( far among ihe??, and ?nany of- then ha^? already been discharged., J Perhaps tio ?host remarkable case ii tne many appalling experiences o those who were on thc Slocum was cha of Miss Clara Hartman, who was pick ed up for dead, towed behind a boat foi several miles, wrapped in. a tarpaulii and tagged as dead, apd then, r?cov?rec consciousness ac. the Alexander avenu< police station. It is m now believed sb' will recover. . Although many of the. bodies taker to the morgue were very badly muti lated and the clothing in many cases almost entirely burned off, valuables have been taken from them and are in the keeping of the city officials tc the extent of $200,000 or more. Several of the men and women had the saving? of a lifetime ^on them wliC? they per ished. Much jewelry, it is reported to th? police, has been lost, but an expla I nation may be found In the fact that it I was desroyed in the firse rather than stolen by ghouls. The official investigation into the cause of the disaster is being vigorously pushed, and with a determination to fix the responsibility and punish the par ties charged with the appalling loss of life.' Secretary Cortelyou Of the Depart ment of COnim?re? anet L?bdr, w?l per sonally undertake th? .investigation iuto the . disaster, ?n behalf cf the gov ernment; District-Attorney Jerome and his assistants are working energeti cally on the. case, and officials of tho coroner's office have made considerable progress in? the way of gathering evi dence; which will be presented on Mon ea/, when the coroner's inquiry will begin. There is in the coroner's pos session a standpipe taken at his direc tion by a dive." from the submerged wreck. The Valve of the pip? is closed tight, sh?wipg that .?o us? was made of rbis pipe iii fighting the flames on the Slocum. Statements were made to the coroner today by several of the steamboat employes who will appear as ? witnesses at the inquest that the cap tain of the Slocum sailed his boat a instance of between three and four ?:iles after the fire broke out before beaching her. Several watches show ?d that more than half an hour had ?lapsed from the breaking out of the ire unti Ithe boat was run ashore, all he, watches which were taken from )od!es of the drowned stopping be ween 10:10 and 10:20 in the morning. Estimates as to the number, of d till :vary greatly, and this may 'ccount?d for by reason of the o report to the proper ?uthe he part pf many wi lure bn lally registered ?s m^Xc^n ?ality saved Already 539 bodies ha,? een recovered, of which' ?bbnf *n e tain unidentified. ThcL ? i ,50 re" iildren, .243 women aQV ?Ude 2T hirteen officers of St Mari,? men .?iamon?-the dead, nno "7?? S church .e;among the dead, one af ? c?urch ;Swoman:;.The firgt tuntlf b/mg Cpng the^ictims wa* ?S?l-< from , ^?ak-.wTflfr i .Juffig. held ?odavd om frights Nb ^iKn^or'?pi irriing or ?v?^i^ns-^fr^^^x^l?er i^^&u.^yas held om "fright'; No ^igna^ot^* irningor- ?vqyii?ns^f^x^^xna^ ineHr^^vTffsT?oIloWed 'byr ? score of hers, which were attended by thou ihds^ of persons from the East Side immunity, where most of the dead ad lived. Tomorrow there will be iree hundred or more funerals and ?irty-two unrecognizable bodies now 'ing at the morgue will be placed, ach in a separate coffin and in a sep rate hearse, and laid away in the Lu ieran Cemetery, at Middle Village, L. The city has arranged for their urial, a plot large enough for the in ;rment of 250 bodies having been set side in this cemetery. All the un nown dead will be placed here side y'side. Many thousands of dollars have been, ubscribed to the relief fund. General Uhler, of Washington, sup rvising inspector general of steam oats, Collector Stranahan, General Markson, the surveyor of tne port, and .ocal Supervising Inspector Rodie and >umont had a conference this after lopn and arranged for the inquiry into he Slocum disaster ordered by Secre ary Cortelyou. The session was secret but it was earned that the character of the life >reservers and fire equipment of the Jeneral Slocum received lengthy cod iideration.. . Richmond, Va., Special.-Dr. Rich ird Mcilwaine has tendered his resig lation as president of Hampden-Sid *ey College. He also resigned as pro fessor of moral philosophy and Bible ?tudy. The beard of trustees accepted Iiis resignation and then elected him to the professorship above named. He re serves his decision for a month. $150,000 Fire in Virginia. Richmond, Special-Fire at Norton, Wise county, Va., Wednesday night de stroyed the whole business section of the town, causing a loss of about $150, 000, partly insured. One man was se verely injured by jumping from a win dow. Option to Cortelyou. Westfield, Mass., Special.-Secretary of the Department of Commerce and Labor George B. Cortelyou, received an ovation here when he re-visited the town where he formerly attended school. That night Secretary Cortelyou delivered the principal address at a banquet given by the board of trade. Lynched by Negroes. La Grange, Ga., Special.-News has just reached here that a negro by th? name of Jonah Woods, who lived ir the country near Texas Court Grounds in Heard county, about 25 miles fron La Grange, was lynched by other ne groes. Woods was a deacon in his church and a pious old negro. It is sai( he discovered a number of negroe? playing craps and threatened that b would report them to the officers. Broker Indicted. . ... New Orleans, Special.-'Wiin?ih Har vey of the firm of Drews & Harvey sugar brokers, was indicted Wednes day afternoon for Obtaining money un der false pretenses. Harvey is allege to have received $10,000 from the Mor gan State Bank on a fraudulent bill c lading for 75 barrels of sugar. Harve ia said to be out of the country. Joseph Loveday, an aged Southon er formerly of Washington, wa found dead in a hallway in Phllade phia, FIVE VESSELS SUNS Total Amount of Damage Done to th< Japanese Mf ' BUND LUCK Ot5 RUSSIAN FLEE? .-:-. Two Japanese Sailing Vessels Added to the Three Transports Lost-13 Transports Exposed to Capture by the Raiders: Tokio, by Cable-The remarkable raid of the Russian Viadlv?stdcK squadron evidently is dye?. ?he squadron disappeared off Cape Hari ashi, steering to the north, and lt has not been reported since: It is asv sumed tb be returning to* Vl?d?vck stock. Whether ur not a portion of Vice-Ad miral Kamimuri's squadron is await ing the Russians off Vladivostock is a carefully guarded secret. Assuming that Vice-Admiral Kamimura. dispatch ed some. of his vessels to Vladivo stock when he learned that the Rus sian squadron was off Ik? Island, these ships would haV? had. ?mpM time td arrive there ahead of the Russiads ?rid will he ready tb give hattie;. The weather has been, foggy; and thus conditions have been against the Japanese. It ls reported that thc raiding Rus sians captured a British steamer laden with coal bound south from the isl and of Yezo and sent her to Vladivo stock with a prize crew, hut the re port is not confirmed by the Japanese Navy Department. The transports Sade, Hitachi and Izuini wer? the oiiiy one^ rJV?rh??l?d by the Russians: J?pan h?d ?3 trans ports in and near the .strait of K# rea the morning the Sadd arid thS Hitachi were caught, and she was for- ! t?nate that only the three ships men- | tioned were overtaken by the enemy. I It is impossible to get complete I facts concerning the sinking of the Hitachi. She evidently failed to stoj wheu signaled to do so sian vessel. The fiaim^ Captain Campbell^PPTTrn TP *us; ter of tho Hitar^PthT EnSi.h ?at Planned toj?^refuserl?f ? mas; lt is said the1 thp fdS sUrr^?ihe?d1:J Wn Campbo|?tn0d?0^d, ^quired The ?sser?ou &Z f- ?P* *?l ?Poa the life botts in?SfflP,ans flre<? escaping frora7ha7anna^lcil *ed wera fea* been fully Stagg?0* ******* - cdbr?tvf-^3qu. ? failure t0 catchtl *&&*? ?I Je fog off GaS? 0ff%?^8 ? Jprea, when the TL=? the coast <f Sg^o was ? s^?anfge transpor? ?ither . T-esign from the navy or com nit suicide. The popular demand fo :is replacement is growing, but th public is without information as to th nature of his orders br thc plans o the naval campaign, and fails to mat allowance for the limitation of coi ditions. Vice-Admiral Kamimura's squadron was lying off Tsu Island when the raie ing Russians reached Okind Islanc He immediately started in pursuit o the enemy, but rains obscured th] sea and an electrical storm interfej; ed with his system of wireless tel? graphy, and the only possible indict ment against him is one of'lack ol good luck. The Japanese generali/ magnify the importance cf this Rus sian raid, which has no material el feet upon the war. It was a despea ate venture, and it is believed herl to have succeded only through blinj luck. The Yatawa and the Ansei, twl sailing ships were sunk by the Rus sians on Thursday between Ko Is] and and Okushiri Island off tho "wes coast of Yezo and north of the Tsi gani strait. Thirty-seven suvivorj reached Essashi on Thursday aftej noon. This makes a total of five Jap( nese ships sunk or destroyed by th Russian raiders. Entire Regiment Went Down. St. Petersburg, By Cable.-A dispatc] from Mukden says that according trustworthy advices received there a| entire infantry regiment, with its con mander, was sunk in the transporl Hitachi and Sado. The same dispatd says that according to Chinese statj ments attacks made by the Japanese Port Arthur have been repulsed wilj heavy losses. Suicide in Mississippi. Jackson, Miss., Special.-J. B. Mil treasurer of Summit, and a promine citizen of south Mississippi, committ suicide here early Sunday, havii come to a local hotel for the purpoi He left notes to several persons, e plaining that he had not the coura, to'commit the act at his home, and ?S daring that it was done because was embarrassed financially. It w learned today that his accounts treasurer of Summit are all right, a that his financial difficulties were/p< sonal. He was about 60 years ot age, Confederate veteran, and prominent secret orders. Some Russian. Blunders. General Kuroki's Headquarters in t Field, Via Fusan, By Cable.-Genei Kuorpatkin is assembling forces at K Cheng. A great battle is expect within a monti. The Rusians again, their attempt to relieve Port Arthi were permitted to select their own bi Reground, and again they greatly m judged the Japanese numbers and U disposition of their forces, and ag? were out-generaled. Russian Loss About 2,000. St. Petersburg. By Cable.-Abou eleven hundred men wounded at tnt battle of Vafangow, including fifty-fivjj officers, have reached Liao Yang. Th|< total Russian losses are about tw^ thousand. General Stakelberg's forCg is marching north, the railroad belrjjr unable to transport more than a fop thousand men. Special dispatches sa the Russians at Vafangow had 45 ba!1 talions against 44 Japanese battalion! The Japanese had great superiority Kj artillery, having more \h*n 2Q0 gump MERE IS NO SENSATION tient That Examination Wi? nw a Sensation Not Correct. >? special committee, consisting of ?rv Butler arid R?prtiaentftt?ves ifo^L^?nd Richards, * which was fed t?y the last L?gislature w?i rori- bf examining the books pf ^officers, including those of the fey of State, finished its work week. The committee has been We'd two weeks with the assis | of an expert. The committee Wake its for'm?l report tn the fcgislature, hut in view of th? *that various reports had gotteii Ss tp its findings, the committee flout a statement to the effect the?? was notliiiig sensational to ^statement 6C the committee ?made to the newspapermen by Jfet, and as yet rio notification has ffama?? to Mr'. Gantt. He. is.now {phis residence here -and under rfe?ment o? a P?ysician for ku nf??uble. He said that as he knew .'rig. of a statement officially and EsKseen any members of the com ?^^ie could of course make no "iSint." He will likely hear from committee as soon as he is able to flowing is the committee's state Be'c?mmiltee has carefully gone ngf? vouchers iii ike office and Sining of a st?rt?hg ol; sensation liare to report:,. Nb. final f?port Dl?"made .until Mr. Gantt,, who is ?ill, can bb seen; and even then |ommittee will not make the.re Jmtil the next session of the Gel 1{j Assembly. This is required by o far as the general result of the Jespiation is concerned we find thar I f e. has been no bookkeeping, and. ^??p'ert, Mr. Hollis, of Gaffney, has vbver those itt the office nacl care Collected all the vouchers so ??we now have ? complete record f?ry thing that has passed through 'fends of the. .Secretary' of State. JPfie books were checked up from JUHTY 23, 1903, when Mr. Gantt aa dea; office, .and although we went u,$nb further it is probable that i'those from 1896 to that date ;also be gone over." . jiNew Cl?mson Scolarshlps. county superintendents ^recc'iving numerous '^dlic?ti?ri arfi^fc^ ? exami_ ?nliries as to the tl H1 W'^iil?ilily^il J&ior the Clemson college sc??^ 4?p? this yea? This is because of fflM provided by the last session?of ?iJlatur?, each being worth $100, Ses the holder tb take thc ag B course. The examination wm. td Julv 6, and circulars are-now lent out to the various counties the number to which each is en ^corresponding with Sal all of them roust ?OTB 5>T, but the law has been irrrer^ -so that a student need not nee ly, apply for entrance in the pian class but may stand fer any fothers. Students who make at SO per cent, on these examifid "including history, English, etc., [entitled to admission in tba pre jr class on September 14. Those hire to enter higher classes must by September 8. KA New Water Power, fson, Special.-News has been here of a proposed power Jbe constructed on the Savan |r at some place near Calhoun 0. H. Sheffield is the owner proposed site. Speaking of the |||plant Mr. Sheffield says that itention of the company that g$the poWer will be used in El Jiut as yet nothing definite can K^out. At the place where the j??0?be erected the river is about "tgwid'e and it is estimated that [Bpower can be developed. Mr. jSfs not saying much on the |yei. he gave out enough to as " public that the dam will be ?t^sTprobable that if constructed pationtwill be on the Georgia th"e>river. This, however, would ino grjeat disadvantage to South ^a tovras wishing to utilize the There are a number of towns ls side--of the Savannah which I be greatly benefited by such an rise, and it is hoped by the peo Ithis section that the plan may successful and be carried out. fandidates from the Sixth. lames R. Coggeshall of Darling * Mr. Walter Hazard of Georga |ave filed their pledges and have the race to succeed Hon. R. B. ?rough as congressman from the ptrict. Mr. Coggeshall has led lslative ticket in his county in |t two elections and was chair the important committee on ls. He was also an influential of the judiciary committee and popular with and highly ro by the members of the general |ly. It is believed that he will solid vote cf Darlington county. Izard is a well known citizen getown where he is a prominent cessful lawyer. It has been sev since he served in the legis jbut he was regarded as one of ingest and most forceful men uring his term of service. He in every way to fill the duties Jffice and will be a factor in the Columbia State. /o Ice Plants to be Built. ;eburg, Special.-A petition for Ission of incorporation for tho Ice Company of this city was the Secretary of State Satur e corporators are: J. W. H. G. Bryant, H. C. Wanna Isadore Rich, W. P. Fairey, |rley, J. W. Berry and Wm. C. The captital stock will be and a 15 tor plant will be The best moa?rn machinery ised and the plant will be in next season. isl 3 its n .ki! infs. eral Colonies Coming. jJia, Special.-Mr. E. J. Wat missioner of immigration, is to return from New York and make arrangements for g of several colonies to this 'ord has been received from L.he steamship companies are Jxe necessary arrangements transportation of tho imml ting Victor Emanuel's award ia the glo-Brazilian arbitration, regarding : frontiers of British Guiana, favors ?at Britain. i GLORIOUS MARCH. e?erans of Southerd Confederacy Cheered at [very T?rn. ni A LON(i UNE OF HEROES. he .Old Men Marched Unflinchingly, Though the Step Faltered ai f ?rhe? -The Marchers Representative of the Whole South. Nashville, Tenn., Special.-As a fit ing climax to the reunion of the Jnited Confederate Veterans, Nash ville and her thousands of guests ;ave the veterans as they marched proudly through densely crowded ?treets, ari ovation which1 Will live eng in the memory of its recipients', xs well as those who pa'id1 the honor. The day was warm, but the old men marched unflinchingly, although the step at times faltered. There waa much confusion, caused by poor polic ing along the route, but the start was made at the hour set, and the last vet eran passed the reviewing stand two hours later. The Seventh Cavalry Baud, United States army, led the parade, and this organization, as well as the ni?nf other hands in the long ling, played only four pieces, but gave them over and over again, ?? folJoWs? "Maryland, My Maryland," " My Old Kentucky Horne," "The Girl ? left bef hind Me," and "Dixie." United States mail carriers, at several places ?i??g the line, supplied ice water to the thirsty veterans. The parade was representative, not only of every Southern State, but many citnips located in tho far West; one in Montana ?nd another in Ohio had delegations ifi line. The Fourth division, composed principally' of camps from Tennessee, AlabamS; Georgia and Mississippi, carried away the honors for the greatest number of men in line. The Virginians were an imposing body of men and were^grven many si cheer. The Fourt^^igade," North Carolina, bead^jfby a camp Jrom AshevillByD>^ring hornet neots 'in^tn^ii^lies of trees, and head ed by a drum corps of veterans, which now musters but four members, was one Of the features of the parade. Alabama's "jcilow hammers" were heartily applauded. Many of the camp representations were noticeabij In the reviewing stand on sprue street was a distinguished companj including Mrs. John B. Gordon, th widow of the former commander-ir chief, and her daughters; Col Philli] Fall, of Houston, Texas, a membe of General Lee's staff; Mrs. John C Brown and Bishop and Mrs. Fitzgei aid, of Tennessee. Mrs. Gordon stooi at the front of the reviewing stand and drawn up across the streot wer< General Lee ?.nd his staff. The veter ans cheered their leader to the ech< as they passed, and many rushed ou of line to grasp his hand. Then thej turned and saluted the widow ol? G?il eral Gordon. Mrs. Gordon was ?eeplj moved at tho manifestations of affec tic-n. Her emotion was quite percept! ble as the Georgia division bore pasl the reviewing stand the flag of the Confederacy that had been made from the ribbons that bedecked the grave of her beloved husband. Another affecting incident was the welcome and enlute of the old Stone wall Jackson Brigade as it passed. The grizzled warriors, bearing the tat tered and battle-scarred flag they had carried through victory and defeat alike, stepped out of line and with one accord saluted Mrs. Gordon and Gen eral Lee. Eloped from Bedford City. Roanoke, Spe cial.-Miss Clara Trent, a well-known young lady of Bedford county, eloped Lo Bristol with Mr. Jack Hatcher, of Vinton, the couple bent on matrimony. There waa no particular objection to the marriage, but the elopement was prompted by a spirit of romance. Telegraphic Briefs, Robert S. Freeman died from the ef fects ot chloroform in a Norfolk hos pital. In a battle near Vanfangow, 50 miles north of Port Arthur the Rus sians claim to have repulsed the Jap anese. Another hitch occurred in the nego-' dations with Raisull, the Morocco ban dit, with regard to the release of Ion Perdicaris and Cromwell Varley. Empress Augusta Victoria received a delegation of the International Coun cil of Women in Berlin. Mgr. Falconio, Apostolic Delegate in the United States, arrived in Rome on a visit. Mr. George J. Gould took luncheon with the President yesterday. Pension Commissioner Ware is pre paring to dismiss clerks in bis office so as to reduce the bureau's expenses ?25,000 a yeai-. Democrats carried most of the Vir ginia town elections without opposi tion. Six men were injured in an explo sion on the steamer Concha at the Newport News Shipyard. Dr. Edwin A. Alderman, of New Or leans, was elected president of the University of Virginia. The Supreme Court or Missouri af irmed the verdict of guilty of bribery n the cases of Emil Hartman and tulius Lehman, of St. Louis, and granted a new trial to R. M. Sny ler. Employes of the Springfield (Mass.) Arsenal represented to President toosevelt that Colonel Phipps, the omm?nder, has arbitrarily reduced heir wages. It is thought that Powell Clayton, jnbassador to Mexico, who is now in "vashington, will not return to his ost. Hon. W. J. Bryan in a letter sever- ! r scores Judge Parker's candidacy. KEWS? GLEANINGS. Railroads fire restricting rigidly th Ssuance of passes this year. Playing brigand in the street is fl .opulor game with Morocco small boys. Officers in the Cunard line's Boston service were ordered to discontinue at tentions to women passengers. A Canadian egg merchant proposes to ship his wares to Great Britain packed in barrels and frozen solid. There is a strong movement to re store the practice of* corporal punish ment in the public schools of New York City, Two thousand five hundred clerks in Wall Street, New York Ci ly. have lost their places on account of the "hard times." The British Foreign Office holds the opinion that no arbitration treaty be tween England and the United States Iii necessary. Although the number of immigrants is smaller dian usual the new low prices of steerage passage are bringing a'most undesirable class. George Wagner, of Bridgeport, Conn., said to be the last member of a ..Thirteen Club," most of whom have died by their own hands, committed suicide. A fad for hypnotism recently se cured a hold on the school-boys in Aurora, Ul., grew to such alarming proportions that a local principal had to forbid if. The "gentlemen" burglars who have preyed upon yachts and houses along the coast of the Long Island Sound in previous years, have made their an nual appearance. Counsel for William Jennings Bryan said that there would be no contest by Mr. Bryan over thc request of Mrs. Philo S., Bennett io have ."?7;">,000 from the Bennett cstnte turned over to her ?Uisolutely. Curious Guam Superstition. Iii tho Island of Guam a curious superstition is held by tho natives. They believe that on a certain night all of the dead come forth from their graves and walk around, having a good time. To facilitate the festive occasion a candle is kept burning on every grave through the night. Since its organization the Civic FeoV eration is said to have averted 125 strikes. Last year 2020 railroad men were killed in the United States and 30,254 were injured. In the German Parliament there are over tighty representatives of work ingmen. The strike of coal miners in the Fifth sub-district of Ohio has been declared off and about iOOO men returned to work. In the Austrian textile industry the working hours are ten to eleven a day. Men's weekly wages average $3.00. women's $1.50. The Erie Railroad Company has dis charged ten per cent, of its working force, or 10S men from its shops in Susquehanna, Pi? A lockout of :V mt HOC masons ai.d bricklayers has been declared in Buf falo, because the men rtfused to lay brick on concrete foundations. In England there are five labor rep resentatives, in the House of Commons, and at the next election it is believed that thirty more will be elected. ' Loss?s incurred by the strike of the workers at the naphtha wells, Baku, Russia, amount to no less than 1,400, 000 pounds to the owners alone. The commercial telegrapLers have called their iutcrnational convention for June 10, the anniversary of the great telegraphers' strike of 188S. The mill of the International Paper Company, at Glens Falls, N. Y., is closed as a' result of a strike, even, the. rivermen, log sorters and drivers having gone out. Because much of the work now done in the Chicago stockyards by women is declared ..brutalizing and tending to dull the feminine sensibilities," the la bor union will ask the packers to re place them with men. Faithful Public Servant. Warren W. Emory ?f Range, N. H., has served thirty-six consecutive years as town clerk, thirty-one as town treasurer and twenty-five years as postmaster. He also served in the legislature for two years. Farrand. Organs The Bese in the world. 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