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THE DAILY. PRESS
Is the only, newspaper
in Newport News that
receives full Associated
Press report. ?
VOL. 'XL, NO. 97
10,000 ACRES BURNED
IN 1HE 'FRISCO FIRE
Within (lie Area Destroyed There
Were More Than 100 Banks
and Other Bio Houses.
230,000 PERSONS ABE HOMELESS
Many Great Works Though are Left
lustact and There are Homes Be?
longing to 150.000 Persono Still
Standing?Military Rule Relaxed
and Visitors Flock to Ruins.
(By Associat. d Press.)
SAN FRANCISCO. CAL.. April 211?
An engineer states' that the nrca de?
vastated by;.f]rq In San Francisco ap?
proximates iti.OIIO acres or about fif?
teen square miles. There are few cit?
ies in the world where so much val?
uable properly is contained in an
equal territory;
Within this fifteen square tulle.;,
were nearly 1.00 banks, some of tho
finest buildings in the world, thou?
sands of mercantile und manufactur?
ing establishments and more than
230.000 inhabitants, besides 40.000
transielants. Notwithstanding ttie
enormous mid widespread destruction
the homes of 150,000 people arc still
standing and practically uninjured.
Shipyards Not Destroyed.
There still remains the grent ship
yards at the Potrerp. lite Pacific Mail
docks, the slock yards at. South Sbii
Fratielseo. the docks and manufac
tttries along Ihc water front front
Mission creek to Hunter's Point, the
mint, the poslofflce and a largo re?
tail -district on Filltnore end Devlsa
dero streets.
The relief work lias made rapid
progress. II is now in the. hands of
the military authorities mid bits been
perfected and systemlzed until the
feeding hud sheltering of the thous?
ands of hungry and homeless people
Is going on uxpudlt lously.
Scarcity of Sugar.
Five hundred teams tire hauling sup?
plies to the sixty odd relief depots to?
day. There is still a scarcity of su?
gar und coffee and mi urgent ami
pressing need for more blankets,
cots, tents, owing to the unusual cold
nights for this season of the year
w'bich now prevail.
With tjie relaxaf n of the military
liiw ami aboil mil g of parses thou,
amis of? curiosity seekers' wero at?
tracted from across I he bay yester?
day and today, hundreds gazed sadly
upon the .ruins of their homes ami
dug through the ashes for some
treasured memento'.
Seattle Sends Volunteer Doctors.
The steamer Bttckman, of the Alas?
ka Hue. in command of Captain E. B.
Wood, arrived here late last night
with volunteer physicians. Rod Cross
nurses, and a cargo of 2.200 tons of
provisions and supplies for the hume
iess people of this city.
The vessel made a record run from
Seattle, but encountered off Capo
Blanco a terrific sea which crew and
passengers said was caused by a sub?
terranean eruption and which for ti
time, threatened to engulf the ship.
Banks Open For Business.
"Bankers' Row" Is being organized
on La Ouna street, west of La Fay
el to Square. Tho Crocker-Wool worth
National Bank, tho Central Trust
Company and the. Mercantile Trust
Company, already have placed 'their
cotton banners on residences over?
looking Hie tented camps of the re?
fugees in tho square
Santa Rosa's Dead: 41.
SANTA ROSA. CAL.. April 26.?The
latest figures show 41 dead. 03 inju?
red and seven missing here.
'MORE TROOPS FOR 'FRISCO.
War Department Will Send 2,500
Soldiers There and at Once.
'WASHINGTON, April 215.?(The
war 'department has decided to sou l
General Greely at. San Francisco the
additional' 2,500 troops dhat bo bus
askcrd 'for.
This action followed' the receipt of
urgent telegrams from General
Gre'eJy in one of which "de.said:
NEW
"Not only is the present force inade?
quate to fully gutird the interests of
the city, but thuy have been neces?
sarily overworked und are overtaxed
today.*'
"The spirit and conduct of the
11oops, officers and men has sus?
tained the high standing of Ameri?
can army and a continuance of phy?
sical stress und mental responsi?
bility is not. advisable in the present
high tension of uffairs."
IN HONOR OF MR. KENT.
Y. M. C. A. Members Will Give Re?
ception Monday Evening.
The members or the Young Men's
Christian Association will give a re?
ception from R |o S o'clock Monday
evening at the Association -build
' ihg in honor of Mr. C. C. Kent.
I Jr., who retires as general secretary
lot the association on May 15, after
liTtcen years or splendid service.
I Tuesday Mr. Kent, goes to Clif?
ton Forgo to assume charge of the
railroad Y. M. C. A. at that place.
Statu Secretary -L. A. Coulter will
pay cepeclal attention to the local
association nnli tliu board of direc?
tors id able to secure a proper suc?
cessor to Air. Kent.
TEXAS HLY FOUNDERS
"Hoodoo" Battleship Continues to
Got Into Trouble.
HOLE PUNCHED IN HER SIDE
While Destroying a Derelict Warship
Suffers Accident That Comes Near
Sending Vessel to the Bottom of
the Ocean?Now in Boston
(By Associated Press.)
BOSTON, MASS.. April 26.?Tho
battleship Texas arrived here today
after, a dangerous experience in a
storm while on her way from Charles?
ton. S- C to this port, to which was
ordered for permanent repairs on ac?
count of an accident sustained while
blowing up of a derelict of the Flori
da coast.
The battleship has a hole on the
bow as a result or striking a part of
the wrecked derelict.
This wnstpntched nt Charleston, so
that the vessel could sail for Boston,
but the temporary repair work was
weakened during a gale on the way
up the coast and a great volume nt
water poured into the berth deck of
the battleship. Vlgyrous work nt the
pumps relieved the danger. The Tex?
as was placed in the dry dock imme?
diately on h6r arrival here.
IENTZ BETB PRELIMINARY
HEARING IN THIS C TH MAY 5.
Soldier Accused of Forgery and Rob
hing the Mails Lodged in Jail
Here.
Corporal William Ijentz,' who was
recently arrested at Portress Mon?
roe 'by Postal Inspector Bulla, on
the charge of robbing the United
?States malls, will-be given it prelim?
inary hearing before United States
Commissioner A. C.. Garrott, in this
city rjn M'ay 5. Lentz is now in the
cito' jail bore, where he will be held
until the hearing.
The' accused soldier has retained
Attorney R. M. Lett, to represent
him at the tral.
?Lenlz h also wanted by the local
police on the charge of forgery.
Thai charges the outcome or the
one placed against the soldier by In?
spector Bulla.
ONE KILLED IN WRECK.
Southern Work Train Derailed While
Going to Clear the Track.
DAN-VIM iE, VA., April 26.?A.
southbound Southern Railway work
train,, carrying p. derrick car was
wrecked this evening near Chat ham,
killing one and injurying two of the
crew.
The train was en route from the
shops at Monroe to a point hear
Greensboro to remove a wrecked
locomotive. It was running at a high
rate of speed and the impetus caused
the car carrying the heavy derrick
to turn over.
|J. f. Madison, of Charloltosvilie,
Vn.. was Inatmntly mashed to death
and E. H, Gregor anil AV. H. Tucker,
both of 'Monroe, ?were hurt. The
track was cleared el 9 o'clock to
PORT NEWS, VA., FI
STATE MILITIA UPHELD
BY GOVERNOR PARDEE
Politics of the "Peanut" Variety
Has Entered Into the Cali?
fornia Catastrophe.
CRITICISM OF GUARDS RESENIE1
San Francisco Officials Would Much
Prefer to Have Their City Guarded
by Uncle Sam's Regulars Who
Know How to Obey Orders and to
Keep Order. t ; j
(By Associated Pickb)
SAN FRANCISCO, April 26.?Gov
enor Pardee visited San Francisco
and attended a conference of Major
General Greely, Major Schmitz: Dr.
Deviiie. of tho Red Cross, aud mem?
bers of the citizens committee. Gov?
ernor Pardee brought up the request of.
Mayor Schmitz and his committee for
the withdrawal of (lie hatloual guard
from San Francisco.
- Pardee Plays Politics.
Governor Pardee spoke highly In
favor of .the uational guard and re-,
furred to the splendid service par
formed in Hie war with Spain. Ho
said lie regarded tho request for with?
drawal as a reflection on a well or?
ganized and highly efficient body of
men. The Governor said that bo was
indignant over the ?ttltudj taken
against the guard and the charges
preferred against, them.
In fact be was so indignant that ho
thought it best not to make any
further remarks.
No Official Charges Made.
.Mayor Schmilz immediately replied
that he and his committee had not
made any charges against the guard.
On the contrary, they had thanked
tiie governor for the militia'* servic?
es. If charges had been made, they
were made by Outsider's; Mio object
in making the request for tho with?
drawal of teii troops was to concen?
trate the control of the city In the
federal troops and to prevent conflict
of orders.
The Slate troops hftve not yet been
I withdrawn ami the. meeting adjourned
[ without any announcement that they
would lie.
Railways Ready to- Start.
I There was a long discussion over
? the advisability of, starting a number
of electric slreel railway lines.
I General Greely announced tit noon
'today that the army had taken over
I control of the relief stations for the
distribution of food.
Colonel George Torney, who is in
Immediate command of sanitation, an?
nounced l bat I he si! nation was en?
couraging.
Protection for Chinese.
If a suggestion made by Colonel
Torney is adopted, a camp for Chi?
nese will be established oil the golf
links of the Presidio, controlled bv
the army. Colonel Torney said the
Chinese confident of the ability of the
federal government to give them pro?
tection, bad expressed their willing?
ness to camp there. The Dual dispo?
sition of thesu people could then b'i
made as the city saw fit.
RECITAL AT ACADEMY.
Music Department Pupils to Enter?
tain Tonight,
The pupils of tin; music depart?
ment of the Newport News Academy
will give a recital at the Academy
building this evening at 8 o'clock
for the frlentta of the class and
school.
Tho following program has been
'j ranged for I he event:
Mintielte. 'Miss Hazel Weaver?Pad
erwski.
D.tnoe of the Sylphs. Hiss Anna
iRelle Snuford?Klein.
Little Reunion. Miss Eulalia Velleins
- -B?rgintiller.
The ?Styreinne, Miss Marguerite Sib
iey?Itiirgm tiller.
Fiesb Life, ?Miss Gladys Hanger?
S>jiin tiler.
'Hunting Song. Miss Fannie Binder
? Mendselssohn. .
To the Playground, <Miss Fannie Har?
ris? Lichner.
The- Nightingale, Miss ?adle Carter
?Kali ak.
Polish Lt>ncc, M'iss Atla Smith?
?Sehawenka.
Night in Venice. Miss Louise Carter
??Brown.
Slumber Sweetly, Miss Marie Turner
?Beaumont.
Moonlight on tiie Hudson, Miss Sallie
(Jorbelle?Wilson.
Gavotte, Miss Bessie Richardson?
Sfelbel.
Last ?mile, Miss Agne? Epes?Wol
leuhnupL
jSIDAY,APRIL 27, 10
Tariff discussion I
waxes hot in house
Sulzer, o! New York, Takes Time
to Advance His Ideas on
Merchant Marine.
REPUBLICAN DEFENDS THE TRUST
Demccats Criticise Post Oftice De?
partment for Forcing Certain Mail
Boxes on Farmers When They Can
Just as Well Make Their Own Re?
ceptacles. t ,
(By Associated Press.)
WASHINGTON. April 20.?The ag?
ricultural appropriation hill again fur?
nished the theme for discussion .11
the House today, although but few
references were made to the subject
matter of the bill.
Under the latitude of gcucral do
halo the leaders on. the eRpubllcan
side began "medicine making" for
the approaching congressional 'cam?
paign, Mr. Hepburn (Iowa) predicting
that tariff revision and protcetloa
would furnish I he main issue of the
eainpui.cn
Merchant Marine Discussed,
Mr. Boutell. (Ill) replied to the
"walch trust" speech of Mr. Raiucy.
Iii) while Mr. Sul/.cr (N. V.) talked
on the American merchant murine
and Mr. Sims (Tumi) on free rural
delivery boxes.
Mr. Sims inveighed against the post
office tlcpurttncut compelling the
fanners of the. United States to pur?
chase "trust made rural free delivery
boxes" instead of permitting the
farmers to make his uwn rural box.
Steel Rail Cause Argument.
Mr. Hepburn took up tite charge
made by Mr. Raiucy I III) that steel
rails made in the UnituTJ Slates were
sold cheaper abroad than in this coun?
try ami challenged him to furnish Ihe
proof .
Mr. Rniiioy was Instantly on hi.-,
?feel, asserting ihm .laut?'-: .1. Hill,
president of the Northern Pacific had
testified lo the fad before a suna:'.'
sub-commit I re investigating t lie sub?
ject of trusts a few years ago.'
Mr. Williams (Miss) said that the
late Daniel Lament had told him the
same tiling in so many words and he
was authorized then to use his name
and he would produce the evidence
in due season. ?'! challenge Its truth"
I heatedly replied Mr. Hepburn "It's
.a bold, baseless charge; its very au?
dacity lending color lo it." ?
Bryan.Hearst and Company
Mr. Hepburn said that the Demo?
cratic party has now a triple tieudcd
leadership, "Bryan. Hearst and Com
puny."
"No we have Roosevelt ? with us"
yelled Mr. Gained (Tenn.) amid ap?
plause from Ihe Democratic side.
Mr. Gaines (Teiih) said that '.lie
Republican congress could easily vole
$2.r>00.000 of the hard taxed money
of the people out of the treasury for
suffering San Francisco but refused
itp say a word toward giving them
j relief in the way of removing the
tariff on structural Iron
Soooner Answers . Bailey.
WASHINGTON. April 20.?In the
Senate today Mr- Snootier spoke for
three hours on the railroad rate
question and then gave notice that he
would continue his remarks tomor?
row. Ho addressed himself especially
lo Mr. Bailey's amendment taking
from the inferior federal courts the.
right, to enjoin against the execution
of the orders of the Inter state com?
merce commission, contending that
such nn exercise of imwer would he
the first step toward the destruction
of the power of the judiciary and re?
sult, in an undesirable blending of the
co-ordinate branches of government.
The bill making an appropriation of
$300,000 for the employment, of extra
labor at the Marc Island (California)
navy yard was passed.
RAN INTO AN ORDINANCE.
Local Knights of the Grip Forced to
Take Out Licenses in Williamsburg.
Three salesmen from local con?
cerns went to Williamsburg yesterday
with trunks filled with samples, bent
Upon doing ihe sort, of business that
would astonish 1 he natives, hi the
party were Messrs. C. A. Lindsay ami
R. B. Walls, representing the Fashion
Shoe Store, and Mr. J. A. Charles, of
A- G- Cofer and Co.
They iptlckly ran Into a Wll'ltuns
burg ordinance and the. long-distance
telephone, line was soon doing a land
office business. The salesmen called
up headquarters with the information
that a license was necessary to do
00.
bu.sinesa among the denizens of ve
undent capital. They must have hat!
something In sight, howuver. for It is
said ttutt they scoured the necessary
permit ami Unit when they came in
on lite evening train last niglil they
wore broad smiles of satisfaction.
Home Wedding.
Mr. .h&ob O. Parker and Miss
Dcccie Lassitor were married Th?r.;
day al the home of the bride, 532
Thirly-IIUh street, by itcv. IM. L.
Uryant.
Judge Barham a Delegate.
Judge; T. .1. Harham will leave
next. Wednesday for Birmiltighaiii,
Ala., to attend the quadrennial gen?
eral conference of the Method ist.
episcopal church. South, as one of
the V light la Confederate delegates.
Game Tomorrow.
Tile local baseball team and (ho
Norfolk Collegians will play on the
Casiuo park tomorrow afternoon al
3 o'clock, Reynolds will pitch for
idiials.
Memorial Day Observed.
JACKSONVILLE FLA.. April 2fi --
Memorial Day was observed by the
Confederate Veterans, daughters of
the Confederacy and Sons- of Veter?
ans here today.
RECEIVER FOR HOWIE
Creditors of the False Prophet
Want Their Cash.
BANKRUPTCY SUIT UNDER WAY
Zion City and its Deposed Leader
Still Manages to Stay in the Lime
Light of Publicity?More Rotten?
ness Laid Barr,
(Hr Aj20c.latcd Press )
QIWCAGO. ILL., April VU. ?? Added
to his oilier trotthiJohn Alexander
I.'owle hi.-: been attacked In bank?
ruptcy proceedilies. A petition wl.ts
liLd by .oino (if his erodilots in the
Kedcral Courts', asking thai l) ?wie be
dec lit red u bankrupt.
A rei eiver.dilp. the t-ttm.d Dowlu
has faced, also was n'oked for. Tlti?
court action did ' not emanate from
Urn Vch iu vamp, it la .-aid. but wli ;
hi.11 led by individual cretli torsi ?who
t registered claims Hgtiliist the found?
er of Klon City amounting to about j
*',CO(i.
It Iii alleged in the petition that, j
Dowic. while knowing hlmuvlf in?
solvent, Iransfet red ji'.'.'Ot) worth of
property to aertaiu credltbra In pre
ference to petitioners, ami llius- vlq- ?
loted the bankruptcy laws, il'ollow
ittg lite tiling of (lie petition for a
receiver was made before Judge
I.HUdis, who will enjerlulu il in court
next. Monday morning.
With /ion City already in an un?
settled st.jte. the court proceedings
lhrealeit lo nlsritjii the 1ow'n. Friends
of the two rival leaders and other
creditors In, the various institutions
of Zlcn fear such serious complica?
tions may arise u.i to wreck the en?
ter prise which Dowle brought out
of the fermor receivership;
HAMMOND GOES TO GRAND JURY
Preliminary Hearinp In Police Cobn
Waived by Counsel.
In the police Court yesterday
morning, 'lSdwin Curtis Hammond
the negro who shot, and killed his
wife on the night of April U, waived
the preliminary examination, his at?
torney, >Mr. It. M. Lett, appearing
lor him.
'Hammond was committed to jail
to await action of the grand jury.
There will be no grand jury until
the June term of the Cor|?oratiou
Court.
Paria to Maintain Order.
?PARIS, April 2?.?The prefect of
police, M. Lcpine, this afternoon
made a reassuring reply to hundreds
of letters which anxious citizens ad?
dressed to the police. He.sard that
all precautions- had been taken to
maintain order in the streets May I.
King-Leftwich.
Mr. James A. King and 'M.lsa Cora
Leftwlch were married' Wednesday
evening at the home of Rev. W. C.
Hubbard. Immediately after the
ceremony the young couple left for
Washington to spend their honey?
moon.
THE WEATHER
Partly cloudy Fri?
day and Saturday,
warmer Saturday, va?
riable winds.
PRICE TWO CENTS
CONFEDERATES MEET
IN RICHMOND 1907
Brand Reunion Will Come lo a
Close Today With a Big Street
Parade In New Orleans.
ALABAMA GIVES WAY TO VIRGINIA
Old Veterano Anxious to Visit Clly
Then ao the Jefferson Davis Monu?
ment io to he Unveiled?Big Dance
in Honor of the Visitors in Creccent
city-. ' ?'!.,. .'itkjlitt
tL *-*i -?
(By Associated Press)
NEW ORLEANS, April 26.?The
formal business of the slxteeuth an?
nual re-union of the Confederate Vet?
erans came to a close this afternoon.
One day of the reunion proper is left
and thai will be devoted to the parade
of tho veterans.
Richmoud. Va.. was selected as the
place for holding the next leuniou.
the choice being mado by acclama?
tion. The only competitor of Rich?
mond was Birmingham. Ala., but the
sentiment In favor of Richmond was
so strong that the advocates of Bir?
mingham did nut allow the matter lo
come to a vote and withdrew In favor
of Richmond before a roll call w.ts
ord'Tcd. *
To Unvcjl Monument.
? The fact that tho monument of Jef?
ferson Davis is to be unveiled In
Richmond next year was a potent III
liuence with many of the old soldiers.
Tho present officers of the organi?
zation were re-elected by acclamation,
there being no nominations bel?g
mado against any of them.
Thu reunion from a business
standpoint was uneventful. The chief
iiew measures' of Importance to be
adopted us one of tiie convention:will'
reccOinmcud to Hie state that pen?
sions be paid lo slaves now living
Who, followed llielr masters to the war
and one which declares in favor of
I he -selling apart of one day in the
year for memorial services In behalf
of the Confederate dead.
The day cl'jsctl with a great ball lu
honor of the visiting veterans, which
was held loulgiil. in I be auditorium.
The parade tomorrow Is expected Id
be (he lealure of the reunion. The
column is to start at II o'clock from
the punier of Canal and St. Charles
.street passing along SI. Charier. 10
Lee Circle three fourths ol u-little dis?
tant, where it will be reviewed by
General Lee, linking total inarch of
otic and a half inllus.
Many brilliant lent it ten hate been
at ranged tor the parade of which a.
manner as lu form a Confederate flag
will be one or the most striking. It
Is believed that including the veter?
ans and all other organizations in
line, there will be about lu.Odd men in
the parade
MASONS IN A WRECK.
Apollo Commandery in on a Tour
of Dixie Land.
COLUMBIA. S. C. Ait'll 26.?
Apollo coiii'truhdsry Knights Templar
or Troy, N. V., arrived in Luis city
on a special train on their pilgrim?
age through the south, after a faw
hour:; of delay, caused by a collision
with friight cars tat Swansea.
Mrs. Joseph T. Bayues, Troy, N.
Vi, hud her arm broken and the wife
of Genera) Jamei IL 'Lloyd, also of
Troy, suffered from the shock.
The visitors were welcomed by
Governor D. C. Heyward, after which
they were given a iyploal ?Southern
barbecue by Columbia commandery.
The party left here for Ricbinoud to?
night.
SAN FRANCISCO FUND.
More Than Eight Hundred Dollars
Has Been Subscribed Here.
The local San Francisco Relief
Fund hm; passed the $800 mark and
is expected that 11.000 will have been
raised within the next few days. The
fund was Increased yesterday as fol?
lows:
B. P. O. lilks. $100.
F. G. Kipper. $?.
Total to date, $806.4?.
To Elect Truotee.
Col. Maryus Jones, president of
the heard of aldermen, has Issued si
call for a joint meeting of the two
bto-nchee of the council Tuesday
nicht for Hii purpose of electing a
school trustee lo fill the vacancy
caused by the refusal of Captain A.
B. Mallett to serve as u trustee from
.the ? first district.