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The DAILY PRESS lr, the only newspaper In Newport News that receives lull Associated Press report.. VOL. X.. NO. 7?. RUSSIA ROOSTS ON VOLCANO'S CREST General Upheaval in Capital and Country Fxpected With Ad? vent of Spring. TIRKORISTS SHOW ACTIVITY Workmen Oelievecl lo Be Acting Un? der Instructions Prom Revolutionary Leaders?People Impatient at Ditin torlneijs in Ushering in Reforrr.s Presr. Reveals Rottenness. illy Associated Press.) RT. PRTRRSBUfitJ. April r,.?The prospects of a general upheaval njt iho city ami country, with fho advent of spring, increase daily; Evidence no cumulates ihn! the radical forces are acting In unison ami waiting a signal which it Is generally hoi loved will I'm given shortly alter the Russian Kas? te r. Tim terrorist:: are showing prral activity ami reports front nil over tho country prove that the workmen, who iu many eases have boon formulating petty demands, which are no :>onner granted than they are succeeded by others, are acting under directions from the revolutionary leaders, who ate only biding their lime. People Be.-.oming Panicky. The employers frankly admit Hint it Is impossible ;o try te continue their businesses and some of I hem already have shut down. The people nie plainly becoming panicky nnd the au? thorities' also eannot conceal their alarm. The guard regiments, which usurlly go lo cump in April, will be retained hi St. Petersburg. It is announced, until June, ostensibly in Older to al? low the camps lo he nlcnped in view of the danger of cholera, which is ic gnrded as being so serious thnt the sanitary authorities hn'vc ordered tnc Immediate cleaning of the. streets, sewers, cesspools' und canals of the cupilul and have issued specific III? st rum ions to householders, especially iu ? the poorer districts, whore thw people live iu cellars. Impatient at Dilatory Tactics. The dilatory ladles of Iho govern? ment. Ill elahoraling tin; scheme for popular representation,'provided for In the Imperial rescript of Match It. tends to intensify the licnteheas of the com? ing crisis, as the- liberal* are firmly convinced :!-at ibe real purpose' of the hureauf iaey. If ibe crisis be. passed, is to smother I lie whole reform move? ment. The stnle ol public opinion on ihis subject is apparent from the fact, ihat over 300 municipal councils and. public Institutions have nlrendy peti? tioned for participation in the task of working out 'he project. In the meantime whit lr. now call? ed the constitutional prpai adds fuel to the flames by onleiiu.; on a cam? paign for exposing the corrupt ion ami venality in various branches of the iidmlnisl ration Rotten Stale of Affa't.s Prevails. Old scandals, relativ.? to the trans? portation of merchant freigprs rspc (daily on the Sllerlan Railroad, have ho/an revived and from documentary evidence Ibe : lost rotten stale of af? fairs Is shown r. exisl. As ihc niliira.'y authorities cunt ml transportation on the .Siberian railroad lite general stuff Is issuing permits for every car and merclinuts desiring io ship goods if. Irkutsk or further pant are compelled to buy such certificate's, a regular I i n Hie In thein hnvlng been exposed.pet .nils bringing from $300 to $?00 the authorities then shlppliigljlho goods hs munitions of war! while l he Inner are side tracked. GERMANS LOOK FOR EARLY PEACE Berlin Hcks That Czar Alone Stands Out For Continuance of the Disarttous Contsst. ? " '.( iftv Associated Press.) "BERLIN Ami; r..? Peace at an eaily dato is regarded as probable by the Gorman embassy at St. IVersbiiig, Iho Associated I'ivks Is Informo.j. and. In consequence, of dlspnlehes reeclvol frAnrtbere 1 y the government.'during ti?c lnat? three deys, this opinion eb.cu NET Iniea In official ilrole-a for sho first lime since. I lie war begun. Tht? Russian Fmperor. It is true, has mil. yol decided "or peace, hul ilii* Crand Huk M i.ml practically, all Ihol mouthers of ilio t.imrl who have, act-ess to ihn emperor art? for peacA Irresalo.'ci^ Stands Alone. Ills mnh.Miy is d?serihe-l in the .cos sip that goi's about *here us standing liloiie. irii somii fly. Tili? eonsidora lions that Kill! delay lil-i decision tiro personal noes, ho feftll"}' thai his reign is a I'niltiri if Russia does not win the war and thai Iiis prestige as a sover nigh will be I-nil a', home and in for? eign countries, hut ho cannot yei bring himself lo si)?MI; I ho word I hat. will set the peace noc ? lotions in mot ion. In the in rill. time, the prospect r.f peace and flu? Incertitude of tiic em? peror weni.:on>; Use military ndiv.lnis lrat ion and delays lite execution of plans lor hesh armies and the gather? ing of new ?st:;;| i'es. GEN. KUROPATKIN LOST 107.000 MEN Thoae Arc thr Figuren Made Up From Complete Returns of Battle of Mukden. (By Associated Preas.i HARBIN. April "i.?Complete re? turns received at lieadquurlers glvo tlto total Russian losses in killed, wounded and prisoners at ihe bnUlo of Mukden as i.Ot.PlM). ' The wounded are being lakoii away from here over the Siberian railroad as rapidly as possi? ble, in order lo free the hospitals pre? paratory lo a renewal of the fighting. lly Gbneral Llnovllch's orders Un? hands play dally at all various posi? tions. HAVING TROUBLE WITH WITNESSES Intimidation Probably Pelng Used in the Breatfiitt County Feud Murder Cases. (By Associiitcii Press.) LEXINOTON, KY.. April ?.-Oft ac? count of continued absence of (lie Slate's witnesses the case against Judge James llargis. Stale Senator Alexander Hargis. Klbeti llargis and Sheriff Edward Callahan, charged with complicity in Breathilt county fond murders, was postponed until Fri? day. Absence of Die witnesses caused the attorneys in the case to engage in a tilt, it being charged (hat what was called "Breathilt county methods" of intimidation, were being indulged in lo keep important witnesses away from i he I rial. The court cut short the colloquy by postponing ihe case, at the same time announcing a determination to bring witnesses into court under an order of arrest and to place them in jnil dur? ing tlto trial. MAN WHO FOUGHT ON J HE MERRIMAC Another Survivor of the Famous Old Ship's Crew Answers the -ast Roll Call. (Hy Associated. Prosa.) NORFOLK. V A . j April 5.?Dnnlpl Kitpwics, 7."i years old. one of the few survivors of rhoso who fought on the Confederate Ironclad Merrimae, in the tight with the Monitor, in Hampton Roads, during the Civil war is dead. lie.was a veteran of two wars, hav? ing served in the United Slates navy (faring ihe Mexican war. On (lib Mcrrlmne during ihe Hamp? ton Roads fight i-e was a gun captain and commanded the hlg Dnhlgreit gun crew (hiring tlio two days' fight. DARK HORSE WON. Sergeant Louis Werner Made Chief of Police of Richmond. (Special to tho Daily Press.) RICHMOND, VA., April J,.?Ser? geant. Louis Werner was tonight elect? ed chief of police of Richmond to suc? ceed Captain E. P. Hillce. , Werner's name had not been men? tioned for the place and. he was not a .candidate. He has been on the force many years. ,. Yacht Sylph at Jacksonville. (By Associated Press.) JACKSONVILLE. FLA., April fi.? The President's yacht arrived today from a trip tip the St. John's river. Mrs. Roosevelt loft the boat at Green Cave Springs and went to St. Augus? tine for a visit of a few days. All tho children remnined on Urn yacht and will await Mrs. Roosevelt's return hove. ; *h .- ? ? :- ??? ??.'???'-?? V"PORT NEWS, VA., 1 THOMPSON TREATED HIS WIFE BRUTALLY Typical Mountaincr Now Under Arrest Charged VViih Mur? dering; Mis Spouse WERE NOT LIVING TOG1THER Prisoner Said to Have Cursed the Wo? man and to Have Declared That He Didn't Cere if She Perished?Sensa? tional Stcriet Are Told hy the Neighbors. (Special to Die Daily Pross.) RICHMOND VA.. Ajjiil ."..--W. .1. Thompson, a typical mountaineer' was arrested ul Cluirloltesvlllo today charged with I he mm der of his wife ami two children. The charred bodies of Iho Ihi'uu were fmmd in Hie ruin* of i heir bouse at Shad well. AlhemarlQ county, Priday. Thompson nnd his wile did not live together ami had had disagreements. He denies his guilt. Mr. Robert !.,???> Smith, of Richincnd. brother of iho lead woman, has been at Shad well investigating the affair. Mr. Smith. J('.-om|Kinied? hy his bioth or-inlaw. J. \V. Ruiler. renehetl Char loitesvllle early Sunday morning, but being unable In make eoncriicn for Shudwell. iii3 two wore compelled to walk ami could not f:ee the remains of their rel i:ives. which bad just been sent lo the burying grounds, about four miles away. Eody Viewed by Jury. At the coroner's inquest, which was held Saturday, the body of Mrs. Thompson was examined by Dr. Peer man, the foreman, but no decision was. reached. Upon ai riving at Shad well Mrs. Thompson's relatives lost no time in making a careful inquiry of neighbors and friends regarding the mystery. From P. M. Smyth." agent at the Shad well railroad office, it was learned that. Mr. and Mrs. Thompson bad nor. hten living together since Jan. 1, and up to thai time her husband had treated her iu a very brutal manner. At one time, It Is said. Thompson's brother held Mrs. Thompson while her hus? band boa: her In n cruel manner, which caused the wife lo be confined in bed for several weeks. After learning this, Robert nilb ami Mr. Sutler made an examination of the burned building, but only suc? ceeded in Unding a skitil of one of iIig children and several small bones. Expressed Brutal Sentiment. On inquiry at the home of Mrs. Steward, the nearest neighbor. it was learned :.hnt the couple had not gotten nicng well together prior lo January; that ai one time Mr. Thomp? son had left bis home for his work upon the mountain nearby, nnd that upon his non-arrival at the lime prom? ised Mrs. Thompson undertcok to hunt for him. although the snow lay about two feet upon the ground. She lost, her way, ami upon hearing her cries Mr. Thompson exclaimed: "D? her. he would let her perish hut for his two children * At the homo of Mrs Spruce, nnolher neighbor,. It was learned that -Mr. 'I bonippon on the previous Sunday bad driVen; away. Charli.? Thompson, the i7ryear-obl son of Mrv Thompson by her former marring?. 11 also was learn? ed that Mrs. Thompson and her chil? dren had spent the? previous day with Mrs. Spruce and had left, nt G o'clock for her honte, nbout two miles distant. This was the last seen of Mrs.. Thomp? son by any of lite neighbors, i Dragged Bodies From Debris. Before leaving she invited the chil? dren of Mrs Spruce to spend the fol? lowing day ht h?" house; but upon ar? riving (here the following morning the llitle oner, wer.' surprised to find the house burned to the ground and the charred bodies of Mrs. Thompson and her two children lying among the burn? ing embers. The children, however, succeeded in dragging the bodies firm the debris. Being suspicious from what he had learned. Mr. Stullb cnnmunlcated with Captain M lea jit h Woods, of Charlottes vllle', who was -nefructed to make a thorough investigation to find nut If murder w.i.4 ccmmittr.il. as the vil? lagers seem to think. Mrs. Siewar?' said that.upon her ar? rival at the burned home she met Mr. Thompson, wiio did not seem to be uffoeted aXlll! by his loss. FljuilSDAY, APRIL S f \ ? ? PRESIDENT GUEST OF 'f ONE STAR" STATE Ills Progress Across Indian Tcrri ?j tory and Texas Con linons Ovation. ' f liUGItiLC FOR STATEHOOD ? t. Marty. Full-Blcoded lhtl<<ins in Audi? ences Which Cre-ted ChieT Execu ? * ? tive?Urged Highest Standard cf CJtizen.-.hip For tu? Red Man -Is in p|fl? Fettle. . i-? flly Associated Press.) UAI.LAK. TICXAH. April r..-rTUb Profridrni tonight is tho guest of the Lette Star Stale. Till) special train hearing the Presidential parly arrived iii'DnJIus over the Missouri. Kansas & Texas Railroad promptly at iJ;2(J o'clock tonight. Retjopl ion coin in III ePs were in at? tendance when the train rolled into Uie^fepot and the chief executive was driven; tint.ugh the stroots lo a pub? lic stand near Hie Oriental hole), where" ho delivered an address. The streeti. were densely packed with citi? zens and vlsitois and Hie reception lie eordcct- Die President was nothing short of a continuous ovation. ? After delivering bis spcceii tho Presi? dent and party attended a dinner at the Orlentnl hotel, tendered by tho citizens of Dallas. Leaves For Waco This Morning. His train will leave, foi Waco, Aus? tin and Sah Antonio a: :V4<> o'clock to? morrow' niprnlng. The President's train crossed tlto State line., iptp Texas early in the nr iternojim 'ami Benison .was reached at 3:35 o'clock. Preparations for the ar? rival ot the train had been r atio, tho yards had been cleared Df cars and all work was suspended. An immense crowd had gathered to greet. I ho President, who waf: standing on Ihr rear platform, smiling and bowing his acknowledgments lo Dm cheers which greeted him as soon ns the (rain stopped. A party of i.cl.obl children advanc? ed to Die platform and presented Die President with a magnificent floral of? fering In lb.; shape til a Texas Hag. A card attached read: ? From tie; School Children. "Presented I y Ihe children of Die public school * as a weleont-j l o the President. The State of Texas and the city of Denison." In presenting the (lornl offering Miss Pauline Everett, ns spokeapmu, Bind: "In formet times the children si row? ed flowers in the pathway' of Wash? ington and Uifayette: today Die school children of tho I'rst free public school building ever erected in .Texas give yon this Horn I emblem, signifying hon? or and integrity." The President replied briefly. When the train pulled out for Sher? man the President standing on Die platform, waved his hand and smiled in response to Die repented cheers. Also Spoke at Sherman. At Sherma i. one of tho largest crowds of Die tiny gioeted Die Presi? dent, lie was escorted to st stand, where lie npokc for fifteen minutes. Cannon boome I and the city was in gala nttiro in honor of the vWflors. From 8hetmr.li the train maintained its schedple to Dnllns. The Pretidenl was in splendid spirits after Die long day's rlile nn'. shortly before teach? ing Dallas cat'l in answer to u puesiinn that he never felt better in his life. MATTER OF GRAVE RESPONSIBILITY President Urges Residents of Indian Territory to Realizj What New ReljHon Would Mean, MUSKOQfJfi. I. T., April 5.?Ten thousand people greeted the President at Mnakoge?. He had not intended leaving the. train at hat point, but when he saw "he sfand erected for.hint and the thousands of eager, waiting ?people, ho left the car. mounted tho stand and spoke for five minutes. He was receive 1 by the |cetil com? mittee headed by Pleasant Purler, chief of Die ''.???v'; Nation. Excursions worp run by .11 Ihe railroads, and not for years have so many fulldilooded In? dians.of nil natlomi v{filled, the city. , 1905. Ah the President left tliv> train llifl crowd gave a mighty i hn r und. as tic mounted I lie speaker's stund find bowed. :i itou ol' ilie plains who hail elliulieil it icie'rttph |?'lo culled out ? ?'Hello, oh I pal: \\i> uro wlih yon" The Presided ueknowleilRe.il Ihc KUltl iai Inn with a smile ami a wave of ills hand. Two thousand school children hm! gathered In an enclosure near, Hie si ami ami gave r fine, salute. Questioi of Responsibility. The ProSid-rnil sail in part: "I link forwanl lo nteMloti. your senators nnd congressmen not long he tun, I cr ncstly hope I but as you enter rtnie lu.od yon will realize the immense re? sponsibility that .-esl.s -Pinn you. Stale, luipd is a lirst-cl?ss thing, it you use it right. It will iu- a mighty poor thing if yon don't " Slatehood was the President's text a' this place, lie told the people that Indian Territory probably would conm into the t'nlon of Slntes in n yenr's I line. "I.el the, childr->n come lo the front " said the President-tis the crowd throng? ed around bis tar and Hie children did come lo iho front with a rush, ibe oliler people standing aside to make room. The President, after re? penting the remarks bo made earlier In the day regarding statehood said' Glad to See School Children. "I am particularly glad to greet everywhere I have been today so muny school children. I need not tell you that what really counts in any Stale Is the cbaraele: of the men and women who make up. that St tue. You have a wonderful cllmute. Volt nre develop? ing great industries. Rut all I but will not avail IT you don't, have the right type of men und women In ihe Slate. That Is what counts." NEGROES WAITED FOR MANY HOURS Remained at Parsons, Kas.i Prom 4 to 7:30 a. m. to Se? the Preqld.snt. !i ':"'??". ??' '?'??' v .'7 ' "* '?' PARSONS. KA3.. April fi? Presi? dent Roosevelt was routed out before breakfast today. The presidential special stopped tit Parsons, Kns.. nl 7:110 o'clock to citing' engines and a?crowd of live thousand persons gath? ered around the private ear "Rochet" nnd attracted :hr ul.oninm of the oc cttpanta by shouts of "Where Is he?" Severnl negroes called "We have been waiting since I o'clcek to see yon." ? The President hurried his dressing and stopped to the tea'- putt form, where be was cheered. The (Vowd was not .?a* isfcl willt merely seeing the President and in response lo a de? mand for n speech be addressed ilia people briefly. TEDDY JOLLIES % PEOPLE OF I. T. Says They Ar? Eligible For Stntehocd. Little City of Vinita Profuse ly Decorated. VINITA. I. T.. April f..?President Roosevoll pntd n tribute tc. Ihe people of Indian Territory ?im commended thorn ns ellgiii'n for statehood, in a brief speech it Vinitit, where n stop of two mlnutoi we* made at 9:08 a. m. The little citv was more profusely dec? orated than any'place through which the president hi! Irnin had pnsscd. Tho station was decorated with flags ami hurting and an immense sign suspended n't the point where the Presitfeui spoke bore Ihe words: "Wel? come to our Prosid"" iL ' As the triin slowed down a salute was fired. Crowds of people, c.u foot or horsebi:cl< and in vehicles of nil kinds, pressed ah cut the train. A slop not. In the so'jet'.nle was made at Wag? oner. Seve.'iM htmtlred people wero waiting about the iepnt plnifmm. It hnd been lntonl<<il that Hie. train should slow lo ' i. in order that ihc citixens might 3Ce ihe President. The train stopp?I long enough for the President to lallt to the people on the question of Hinte' i ? I tor the territory. HIGH STANDARD FOR THE INDIANS President Says They Should Be Brought to the Moat Advanced Standard of Citizenship. ATOKA. I. T., April 5.?President Roosevelt nnd his putty were greeted here by five thousand people, Including (Continued on Ktfth r-age.i THE WEATHER. C.iin ami colder in east, fair h' west. Fri? day, lair, wanner; brisk northwest wimlu. PRICE TWO CENTS FOR FlTZHUfifl LEE lie 5p,-aks Before the Legislature in Behalf of the Jamestown Six posit ion. Hi; JOGS THEIR MEMORIES Reminds Them That Their Own and Four Other Great S'.a'.es Were Carved Prom One of Virginia's.Coun? ties?An Adrhlror of Lincoln and 1 Grant. ~ - . (fly Aasoeintcd Pirns.) SPRINGFIELD. ILLS April --"I come tonight 10. say io yon people of 5 Illinois thai yhu nre-.t not forget Unit your Stale was a groat county of Hip Slate of Virginia.?lim county of Illi? nois?Ilm county from which five great ' Stater, have hoon olived" said (?enernl Plixhugh I .on. pi e udeiit of (he .laities town Ter-cenleun'.itl Exposition, at 'ho Illinois assembly chamber tonight. Oeiiornl Loe addressed a joint, meet? ing of Hie members, ashing Unit 1111-.. nois be represented at the eelobralion at Hampton Roads in May. 1:107, of tho 3U0th nnnlverBary of ihe landing of ihpj ' English colonists at .latiiestown nipl ihe former Confe lor r.e loader .met.. wlih a warm recepfitm. r-rowtl? of the Country. He made a long an.I eloipient ad? dress, reviewing tho grow Hi ?( Ilm country from Hm time of Its discovery by Columbus ami when ho concluded the General held an informal . reccp lion, scores of the member* of the leg? islature! pressing forwai I to greet and shako hjntie with him. Donor il wfliyiiproduccd by Rep? resentative I roui tcnii lie (.refilled his remarkj .by"; referring to Linen!;., "whose memory today," said General Lee, "isrevered in the South just as |t is ? in other sections of our common country." Ho said he came to speak of the birth of Hie .country. \vhic|ii should bo celebrated as well ns'liili" birth of a great individual. Is an Admirer of Grant. Two or three times General Leo re? ferred to General Grant and tho hit? ter's' failure to send cards -to him (General Lee) when the former Wns in Richmond. "Today." he continued, "I am as., great an admirer of TJ. S. Grant as bo has in Illinois. That lime is over. Wfl. are back in the same country, hack' under the same Hag, with the snipo destiny. We hive had a. war since' with a purple throne across the seit. It taught its what a great country this is. And also it. brought .Northern, npd Southern soldiers together hmlcr tlto same Hag and under the same blanket." General Leo concluded by nsking Illinois to be there, to participnlo and. put up u building. WOMAN IS DEAD; HUSBAND IS HELD Peculiar Tragedy Comes to Notice of the Police Authorities of the Quaker City. Oiy Associated Prew?j PHILADELPHIA, April fl.?Mrs'. Urania Cundy, aged 211 years, of Pinch OgTie, Long Island, died in a hospital, hero this aftVrnoon from a bullet, wound in the heud which, according to Porcy Cliudy, her hushuml. was self inflicted. Tiie shooting occurred lit Pairmounf Park and Cnndy is under arresl in the Park Guardhouse. Tho luisband says Mrs. Cundy enmo lo visit him and together they visited the. pari... He says Mrs: Cundy wits de? mented. Cundy, who Is 25 years old. admitted to the police that he purchas? ed Hie revolver for the purpose, ho said, of killing himself ami his wife. The police say Cundy claims that, while sitting in the park Mrs. Cundy secured the revolver from his pocket, anil, before he could disarm her, she had shot herself. He hunted up a park guard and the hitter found the revolver lying in Hie woman's lap. Cundy says his wife had been an In? mate of un insane asylum in this city from November, 100"!. to January; JftfM. Previous to that time she had-attempt? ed snicldo by cutting her throat with glass. In the "Strangers" Lot. <Br Associated Press.) NORFOLK. VA.. April '..?Tile ieln tives ir. Savannah. I!;?.. of Kuith Tur?' nei, the 22-year-nhl girl vim commit? ted suicide here yeslerdpv, by taking morphine, not having claimed her body; friei.dH here of the suicide hnvo taken charge of tit.) corpse and wil( bury it in the '?strunger-v-' lot In Kill); woo'd cemetery, this city.