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VOL. XL, NO. 98
VETE BANS IN IK
Confederate Reunion Gomes lo a
Close In a Blaze of Glory in
', rue Crescent City.
COLUMBIAN CREW IN PARftDE
One of the Most Inspiring Sights Was j
the Flag Formed by the Many School
Children In Honor of the Old Sol?
diers?General Lee Leads His One'
Time Followers,
(|ty Associat>d Press.)
NUW ORLEANS, April 27.?For twu|
'days I ho Confederate re-unlou has de?
voted Itself to hnsiiiess-today was glv
en over ti? the glorification of the
cause thai died long since, but still
lives mi
Today's great parade lu honor of lhe|
Confederacy, was sot in motion by a
signal gun frUni tiro cruiser Columbia'
The day was ideal lit all respects for]
the event.
Thu hour set for the formation was
11 o'clock aud the time for the muve*|
merit of the column thirty minutes lut
er.
Line of March.
The line of march was from Canal
street along St. Charles lo the Leu
Circle, three-fourths of a mile away,
around -the circle nnd back to Canal j
street, upon camp street, which is b'lt.
one block from St. Charles street. The
utmost distance marched by any or?
ganization was u little more than two]
? miles.
An escort pf- mounted .police-, came I
first ' nrtd taWti' Major General Albert,
listoplnal. the chief "rriurshal of thu.
parade, with a glittering staff in gray j
and gold.
General Lee Leads Column.
After this clattering group of horse?
men came General Stepben D. Lee. the
conihiaiider-in-ohief of the United Con
feder-atfj veterans and .the members of
Ids staff. The ladies of I ho Confeder?
ate Southern Memorial Association
and the Daughters of the Confederacy
in .carriages were next. The old sol?
diers were ucxl in line, the traIts-Mis?
sissippi department, under General W.
It, Cabell. having the right or the line
nnd followed by the Tennessee depart?
ment General Clement A. 10vans, anil
the Army of Northern Virginia, under
General 0. Irvine Walker.
Old Soldiers Cheered.
The old soldiers were ns n matter vif
course the chief objects of Interest to
the crowds that lined the street and
their welcome was most hearty and af?
fectionate. They repaid tholr greeting
in kind as they strode aloug yelling
and waiving their hals.
General Lee mounted upon a superb
gray horse, was an especial object of
admiration and merely as n picture,
he deserved nil that he received. His
great popularitly, added to his hand?
some appearance, produced a continu?
ous chorus of cheers as be rode along
hat in hand.
General Cabell rode with nn old.sol?
dier holding his bridle for the gener?
al's hands are none too strong these
days and It is not certain ho could re?
strain a fractious horse for any great
length of time. He was the reclplopt
of much attention throughout tlie pa?
rade.
Accident Narrowy Ayerted.
Adjutant General Mickle, who rode'
a bay horse, fair to look upon, aud
difficult to sit upon, proved himself
a most, accomplished horseman ami
early in the day while riding along Ca?
nal street was compelled to throw him?
self from the saddle to prevent his
horse from falling over on him.
General Clement A. Evans of Geor?
gia, who is the mildest of men in ordi?
nary life, looked the picture of the
fighting man be really is ss he swung
his spirited horse from side to side.
General Ryans was cheered most
heartily as he rode along.
Old Uniforms in Line.
Of the veterans the Tennessee con?
tingent, evoked perhaps the most, ap?
plause, for ttic reason that several
cumps carried muskets and worke uni?
forms of faded Confederate gray.
Several battle flags that, had seen
service in the civil war were carried
In the parade and all of them wore
objects of pride and regard by the
crowd.
The marines from the Uultod Slates
cruiser Columbia and the National
Guard of Louisiana closed the parade.
The marines especially were wildly
cheered, their excellent marching and
showy, white uniforms catching the
fancy of the crowd.
Children Form a Flag.
At Leo Circle,- .where the parade
turned lo retrace Its steps toward Ca?
nal street, nn enormous Confodorafo
flag was formed by grouping hnn
"dreds of school children. The young?
sters and the veterans mutually cheer
NEW'P
ed themselves hearse, as the old sol
dlerB passed' by.
At Canal aiid Camps streets General
Lee and his staff wheeled -lout of
the column add as It passed in re?
view the greatest enthusiasm was
shown at this point, the crowds keep?
ing up a continuous roar of cheers.
The parade thou countermarched
upon Canal steel und the spectacle at
H is point was beautiful and Inspir?
ing. About eight thousand men were
In line.
'WOMAN Killed sister.
Because Woman Made Love to Hus
bany, Jury Sec no Crime in Murder.
(Dy Associated Press.)
ATLANTA, OA., April 27.?The
trial or Mrs. 15. M. Standircr tor the
murder of lier sister. Miss Cliapelle
YVhi/.onanl. IM a roll 1?, last! which was
I begun early today, was concluded
this evening with a verdict of acquit?
tal after ten minutes deliberation by
I the jury.
Mrs. Stundlfer entered a idea of
! not guillj- and while admitting the
killing, her counsel declared that the
emotional insanity Impelled her to
the deed;
Mrs. Standlfcr shot and killed In r
sister nearly two mouths ago. on
accouul of them arked attentions of
I her husband to the dead woman.
Her suspicions had been confirmed
by the discovery of letters that had
passed between the two. Asking her
.sister to discontinue encouraging Mr.
Standlfcr and 'being refused any
promise of reform, she fired a bullet
which brought almost instant death.
?Standifcr was arrested subsequent?
ly on the charge of disorderly con?
duct and when his trial was called,
lie failed to appear and his bond
was forfeited. Ills whereabouts are
unknown.
GOAL USERSJflUST PAY
Operators Refuse to Advanca Min
ers* Wages.
TAKE A STAND FOB THE PUBLIC
Daes and His Crowd Tell Upon Men
That to Grant Increase in Wages
Would Make Black Diamonds
Cost 35 CentG a Ton More.
(By Associated Press.)
' NEW YORK, April 27.?The anthra?
cite mine operators through their
sub-committee of seven at u meeting
here today, drew up a reply to the
latest proposition .of the mine work?
ers for an adjustment of the exist?
ing difference in the anthracite Melds,
in which tihey refuse to modify their
position heretofore announced.
The operators call upon the miners
to renew for a period of three years
the award of the anthracite strike
commission or else to accept the
Operators' proposition thai .the strike
commission arbitrate the question as
to what changes, if any, shall be
?made in the scale of wages fixed
>by the commission in its orlgiuai
award. The miners have heretofore
declined this offer.
The operators deny that wages ara
unduly low in the anthracite industry
and say that to accept, the sliding
scale of wages proposed by the min?
ers would mean an increase in the
price of coal to the public* or thirty
five cents a ton. The present pro?
fit to the operators, they say. Is but
twenty cents it ton. The letter con?
tinues:
"But if we disregard the sliding
scale und assume that, you simply
mean to add ten cents per ton as
the liual increase In cost, this would
result in Increasing the wages of our
employes (6,000,01)0 n year; that is,
ten cents u ton on 61.000,000 tons
output."
The operators say they cannot af?
ford to pay this additional sum with?
out imposing additional business n
the* coal consuming public and In?
creasing lh<> aggregate cost to the
public of the entire of the product
$12,0(1(1.(10(1.
Musicale for Sailors' Rest.
. The Ladies Guild of the Sallor'3
Wilford 'Russel of London. England
who will give musicale in the Casino
May 7, for the benefit of the Sailors'
'R-^st. 'Mr. Russ-jI is <ts a flue bai
tone voice and he will sing popular
selections from the latest operas and
other songs. ^
ORT NEWS, VA., SAT
TILLMAN URGES SENATE
TO VOTE ON RATE Olli
At Least One Man is Tired of
Wasting Time in Needless De?
bate on the Subject..
SPQONER DEFENDS HIS ACtlON
?~-V
Tariff Discussion Continued In the
House and Congressman Williams
Goads the .Republicans by His De?
mands for Revision?Many; Pension
Bills Passed.
?-? ? ?
(By Associated Press.?!
WASHINGTON. April 557.?In con?
cluding today bis two day's speech on
railroad ralo bill. Mr. Spooner took'
cognizance of Urn charge of mlsquota-;
tion against himself, which he said1
had been made in connection with Mr.>
Bailey's speech, though not In the
speech and 'quoted at length from his
previous remarks to show that the
criticism had been without founda?
tion. ? q
Mr. Bailey disavowed any Inten?
tion ,to reflect upon the Wisconsin,
senator but said that privately he
had expressed the opinion that Mr,
Spooner had not made a personal ex?
amination of the authorities cited by
him. Mr. Spooner spoke for two hours
again devoting his. attention largely
to Mr. Bailey's non-suspension amend?
ment the role bill.
There was more discussion of the
necessity of fixing a day for a vote
on the rale bill and Mi'. Tlllman gave
notice that after next Monday tie
would insist. Hint the Senate shall
proceed to vote If senators are not. pre?
pared to speak.
All the-private'pcnulon bills on tho
calendar were,passed (luring the day. \
Tariff Tajk .Continued.
WASHINGTON. April 27.?The tar
iff dehnte which was precipitated up?
on tho House yesterday through the
speeches of Mr. limited. (III! and Mr.
Hepburn (Iowa), was further contin?
ued today by Mr. Williams (Miss), the
minority leader, who early in the day
arranged to reply lo them.
For two hours Mr. Williams stood
the fire of the Republicans holding
the at tent ion of the members through?
out his presentation of the Democrat?
ic doctrine of tariff for revenue only.
Without concluding owing to his
physical condition Mr. Williams will
finish his address tomorrow.
More Money for 'Frisco.
The House passed an emergency ap?
propriation bill carrying $170.0011 for
the employment of laborers at Mare
Island navy yard. '
During the day 315 pension bills
were passed. In the course of Mr.
Williams speecli he nsserted that the
Republicans could not get away from
the proposition thai American made
food was sold cheaper In Europe than
in this country, and that could never
be Justified.
Postmasters Confirmed.
WASHINTON. April 27.?The Sen?
ate today confirmed the nomination of
these postmasters: Virginia?c. P.
Nair, Clifton Forge; G. A. Lacy. Hous?
ton.
VIRGINIA BANKS wf
A SPLENDID SHOWING
Resources in Excess of $33,000.000
Over Liabilities?Big Incresase
in Saving.
(Special to the Daily Press).
WASHINGTON, ?. C, April 27.
The reports made by the eighty-eight
national banks of Virginia to the
controller of the curroncy under his
call of April 0 show that total loans
an ddlscounts of $50 235,524 and total
resources of $83.008,153. The total
paid in capital slock is $8,(16(1,000.
with total surplus funds of $4,252,30'.!
and undivided profits of $3,111,091'..
Compared with May 2!l. 1905, thv
clwnges at that time having been
eighty-four; the total loans ami dis?
counts, $13,660,715; recoii'rces, $75,
560.647; ?paid-in capital stock. $8,203.
500; surplus funds, $4,178,136, and
undivided profits, $2.820.707.
The outstanding circulation of the
banks In May of last, year was $6.
380,152, while nt this time the lota!
is $7,1!I7,!85.
The most significant 116*10. thouRh
as showing the general prosperity
of the Stale In the total amount of
deposits, frlio total at this time,
exclusive of deposits of government
money, Is $46,811,685, as against
$41,085.498 nearly a year ago. The
Increase Is not far from $5,800,000.
OR DAY, APRIL 28, 1
THREE SEVERE SHOCKS
'ARE FELT AT SALINAS
Town That Suffered a loss of
Wore Than a; llion Dollars
< Badly Shaken Again.
WILDING PERMIT TAKEN OUT
I _r
High Wind Accompanied by Rain Adds
to Distress of Homeleos?Burned
- District Now Estimated at Four
. Square Miles or 2,500 Acrc6?Relic
Hunters at Work.
-
(By Associated Pi ess.)
, LOS ANGELES. CAL, April 27.?A
?long distance telephone message from
Salinas. 1211 miles south of San Fran?
cisco this morning stales that three
'more very heavy earthquake shocks
'were foil there iast night, one at 8
o'clock, another at 9:50 and the last
at 2 o'clock this morning.
. 'The shocks lasted about four sec?
onds each, hut so far as known did
no damage.
The damage at Salinas from th"3
earthquake shock of lust week is In
excess of $1.000.000.
i . The Salinas river Is reported to have
been sunk 10 or 12 feet, along its
(course for miles.
HARMONY AT SAN FRANCISCO.
First Building Permit Granted?Relic
Hunters Reap Rich Harvest.
*' SAN FRANCISCO. April 27.?Har
inony ami pledges of good feeling
I marked the 'meetings of the various
j bodies of citizens committees and re?
presentatives of the armies, which are
Ij?lministuring tlte. affairs of San Fran
Mwcoi ;
L 'The last sign of confusion and mis
"unVersl-andlng Which at' times:exisUul.
disappeared and. the first signs uf Uio
return to former conditions were the
resumption of street car traffic in
certain streets and taking out of the
first permit for the erection of ntoduru
steel structure on the gound occupied
u few days ago by a less substantial
building.
Rain and Wind Brings Hardships.
A cold rain fell for a few hours last
night anil brought additional hard?
ship upon the people sheltered only
by tents and temporary buildings in
I the parks.
The alleged systematic theft of
many tons of Red Cross supplies Ir.is
been disclosed by (he arrest of Arthur
Jacobs yesterday.
Three Consuls Reported Safe.
The French. Italian and Danish con?
suls at San Francisco who were re?
ported as among the missing have nil
been heard from.
Chairman Pholnn, of the finance
committee of the relief and Red Cross
funds, gave out today a complete state?
ment ot money contributions received
for the relief of San Francisco up to
and including April 20 The list shows
thp graild total of $4.031.030, of which
$21u.90O was contributed locally.
FOUR SQUARE MILES BURNED.
Dead Walls Fall and Many Persons
Endangered
SAN FRANCISCO. April 27--A trifle
less than four square miles was burn?
ed over by the lire that followed the
earthquake of April 18. according to
City Engineer Woodward, who today
completed an official map of the burn?
ed area. There have been various
statements as to the area of thu burn?
ed quarter of the city some making
I lie extent of Hie fire fifteen square
miles.
Cqreully figured out rom oflclal
measurements and maps, the burned
area Is a small faction less than four
square miles, of about 2.500 acres.
Wind Blows Down Walls.
A strong wind tliat blew over thu
city yesterday afternoon and this
morning, carried to the ground many
crumbling walls The walls of a build?
ing at Stockton and Suter streets
fell with a terrific crash.
The outer wall of a building ut
Marke.! and Geary streets fell outward
just as hundreds of persons were
wending their way along Market
street.
Relic Hunters Successful.
Relic hunters are reaping a liarvets
by digging among the ruins of the Jap?
anese and Chinese bazaars. Hundreds
of persons have visited these ruins
where a.-dduoiis stirring of ashes yield?
ed profits that are more than worth
the labor. Vases of Satsuma and Clo?
isonnes ware ami bronze ornaments
are carried away by relic hunters.
AMERICANS DEFEAT GREEKS.
Yankee Boys Show Their Prowess In
Athens,
(By Associated Press)
ATHENS. April 27?The continued
success of American athletes in the
Cfymphlc gnmefi is causing some 11!
feeling among the Greeks, although on
the whole an excellent, temper has
been displayed by the competitors and
906.
spectators. A few of the latter, how?
ever, lime mil lieen able to conceal
their reelings and some hisses were
heard loduy.
This was a busy day. The oxpe.
lutlon that tile auuuatle events would
he concluded was not realized owing
to a wind springing up at noon which
made the sea choppy and many of the
events had to lie postponed. The
Americans nguin figured prominently
In the day's results.
James 1). Light hudy. of Chicago Uni?
versity, won the first heal or the 1,50(1
metres race and Archie llahn the fi
nal heat ror the L500 metres event.
In liic running long jump Meyer
Prlnccstciu. Irish-American A. C.. Now
York, was first. Distance 7 metres
?jo centimetres.
In throwing Hie stone Glorgunlnl.
tircecem was first. Distance 111 met?
res !''J 1-2 centimetres. Marlin J.
Sheridan. Irish-American A- C. New
York, was second.
Sclicfr. or Austria won the 100 met?
res swimming rneu.
Italian crews won both the 1000
metres and the 1.000 metres pair-onr
gig races.
A Frenchman won the single sculls.
While practicing jumping today
Marlin .1. Sheridan, tore Ills right
leg with spikes. The injury is not
serious, but he Is being given every
attention. He Is scheduled to com?
pete In the hop. skip ami Jump.
GERMANS IN CIVIL WAR.
On cRegiment Attacks Another?
Soldiers Are Killed.
(Br Associated Press.)
BERLIN. April 27.?Soldiers of the
Fifty-six ami Sixth Regiments en?
gaged In a pitched battle today at
Woisscnburg, In Posen province.
The light, was the outgrowth of n
bitter rivalry which has existed be?
tween the two regiments for a long
time, engendered while t hey were
stationed in the same garrison.
Many were killed and many were In?
jured durihg Hie fighting.
INDIAN PRINCESS WEDS
Bride a Mnmhap of the Cnlcka
_ e
III? MUND THE Ct mm
Sub-Chief Bradby's Daughter Becomes
the Wife of Wallace Allmond. a
Mattaponi, Who Liven on the Pa
inunky Reservation.
fBr Asaoclaled Preen)
RICHMOND. VA.. April 27.?Os
horiic's New Kent, was the scene yes?
terday of a pretty Indian wedding.
The contracting parties were Wal?
lace Allmond. a Mattaponi living on
the Pamunkuy. reservation in King
William county, and Miss Mar) Floi
unce Bradby, an hereditary princess
of the Chlckahonilny tribe.
The ceremony was |ierfornied by
Rev. P. IS. Thruckmorton. of Rich?
mond, pastor or the Indian Baptist
church.
The bride is a pretty Indian muiden
or twenty summers, daughter of Sub
Chief Bradby. or Chlckahonilny. The
woddh>; attracted hundreds to the
home of her father, where the cere?
mony look pluce.
A dinner and supper composed of
the delicacies of forest and stream
was served.
PARIS POLICE SEARCH
HOMES OF THE ROYALISTS
Desperate Acts Being Done to Pre?
vent the Spread of Anarchy in
France,
(By Associated i'ress.)
PARIS. April 27.? The police adopt
?d decisive measures this morning
to apprehend the uleinent which Is
''crmont lug disorder and capture the
sources of Its supplies.
Early in the day a search was made
'if the headquarters of the Coufed
iration of 'Labor and also of its fifty
'tranches throughout the city.
Simultaneously the pollc searched
he homes of a numfber of royalist
.ympathi/ers who were ?usirected of
f encouraging disorders iu the hopo
if effecting a coup d'etat.
Tlie officers of La Croix. a rear
Monary paper, were also searched,
'hiportent papers, It Is understood,
vern found in the homes of some
?I the royalists. 'I he search of the
'le?dquarters of the Confederation of
Labor yielded negative results.
THE WEATHER
Fair Saturday; Sun?
day showers and cool?
er, light to fresh north
winds.
PRICE TWO CENTS
STATUE OF FRANKLIN
UNVEILED IN PARIS
France and the United States Join
in Honoring the Memory
oi Great Diplomat.
NATIONS UNITE IN CELEBRATION
Two Former Presidents Attended by
Leading Citizens of the Country
Take Prominent Part In the Exer?
cises?Statue a Duplicate of the One
In Philadelphia. ..J-??
_"ij: \ : '
(By Associated PreBG.)
PARIS. April 27.?Tho Franklin,
celebration nt tlie Trocaderu tills after?
noon was tlin occasion for a notable
Franco-American demonstration
The distinguished officials present?
ed included former Presidents lyoubet
and Casimir-Porier. the cabinet min?
isters, the diplomatic corps, the pres?
idents of the Senate and Chamber of
Deputies and prominent generals and
admirals.
Trocaderu Suuure was occupied by
the republican guards in brilliant uni?
forms and the grand stand facing the
statue was richly decorated with tlie
French and American colors. A bat?
tery artillery fired a salute of 2.1 :;:ms
as thb statue was unveiled.
Prof. AI hurt Henry Smyth, of Phila?
delphia delivered an oral ion on Frank?
lin.
Eulogizes the Patriot.
Minister of Instruction Bnrthou in
behalf of the government pronounced
a eulogy of Franklin during which he
recalled bis lnliniacy with Voltaire
and other notable personages and
Habt:
"France 11M only rentier?,,homage-',
to Franklin, but gbvs this official tes?
timony -of dt)j unvvi^ve'rlirgrffoltiilb-hlp ~.
and fidelity to"the Bl eat American re?
public.'; r '?;
Its Duplicate in Philadelphia.
The statue of Benjamin Franklin
which was unveiled today is a dupli?
cate of i In. one In front of I ho Phlla
phln Pout' Office, .which Is considered
liy many critics In be a masterpiece,
and Mic best statue of Franklin ever
mad'-. |i represents Franklin seated
in nis favorite arm chiilr. comfortably
enfolded in a dressing robe. At the
side and a little to the rear of the
chair Is a large book, as If It bad Jtut
fallen from the handy of the great
scientist ami diplomat. Franklin s at?
titude is one of repose.
Made by a New Yorker.
The sculptor, John ,1. Boyle, of New
I York, spent two years in the exocu
lion of Ibis work. ?
The original of thu statue' unveiled
I today was presented on .lune 14. 1899.
I to the City of Philadelphia on behalf
.of Justus (.'. Strawbridgu by Cbarlos
l?hiory Smith, then Postmaster Gen?
eral Of the United Stales.
Tlie statin, stands in front of the
Philadelphia Post Office where thou?
sands dallv read Hie i|iiaint ami histor?
ic inscription on the pedestal:
The Inscription.
"Benjamin Franklin. 1700-1790. Ven?
erated for benevolence, admired for
talents, esteemed for patriotism, be?
loved for philanthrophy; Washington."
Tlie statue is nearly twice life size,
measuring twelve feet from the base
to tlie top. of I he head, rive feet four
inches in width and four tuet eight
. inches In depth.
WILLIAM AND MMY OPENS
HER NEW SCIENCE HALL
Newport News, Hampton and Many
of the Large Colleges Repre?
sented at Exercises,
(Special to ;iio Daily Press.)
WILLIA'M'SBUItG, VA., April 27.?
William and Mary College is in gala
r.ttiro today, tin. occasion being the
the -exercises attending the dedlcatlo"
of the hand seme now vtcieuce hall.
There are representatives here
from many institutions of learning,
among them being the University
of Virginia, .lohn llcpklns Univer?
sity ami University of Pennsylvania.
The 'building I? open today to visi?
tors umny of whom are from Rirh
moiid, Norfolk, Newport News and
Hampton. Dr. Ira Heinsen, of Johns
Hopkins, delivered the dedicatory
address tonight in tlie college
chapel.
Whiskey Company Gets Charter.
(Rv Associated Props )
RAI FIGH, N. C, April 27.?'A
charter bns 'been granted the King
l?i?-Milloc Company, of Salisbury, to
manufacture whiskey. A charter
was also granted the Chiles-Jone?
Furniture Company, of Leuoir.