BOMB HURLED AT
KING AND QUEEN
Alfonso and Bride Unhurt, But Seven
teen Persons Are Killed.
Tragedy After the Magnificent Wed
ding-Engine of Death Secreted
in a Cluster of Roses.
The wedding of King Alfonso of Spain
and Princess Kna of England nearly
resulted in their death.
The magnificent church ceremonial
was over, bells were ringing, K;",s Wmi
ing and the crowds cheering the King
and his bride, when a bomb was hurled
into the gorgeous cortege.
The bomb exploded near the royal
carriage. An officer of the King's escort
and a numler of soldiers were killed.
One of the horses to tlie royal coach
was blown to pieces.
The King and his bride suffered from
shock, but were uninjured. As the fair
young Queen was helped from the dam
aged carriage to another she trembled
violently. The King bore up calmly.
The Duke of Sotnmavi.r was wounded.
The splendid pageant was turned into
a scene of panic and horror. The wild
est excitement prevailed.
At first it was thoucht the assassin
meant to kill the Gran.! Duke Vladimir
of Russia, who was in the procession.
Just a year a;o Wednesday a bomb
was thrown at kin;,- Alt'. .n-o in Fari
as, in company with President Lor.het.
he was driving from the opera house.
The wedding cercni'T.y ii the iii.ric
ChLrch of San Jernimo el Real was
a magnificent spectacle.
The avgrcgate value of :he wediling
gifts is over Si. 200.000. the -r nvns and
other jewels given the bride by the
King being worth $500,000.
Under the marriage contract the new
Queen receives $ 10.000 a year.
Madrid, (By Cable ) .Alfonso and
his bride had come from the altar and
were receiving an ovation from their
myriad of subjects such as even this
proud capital had neer seen before,
when suddenly they were brought face
to face with the peril of assassination in
its deadliest form. Roses thrown from
every side were falling in a soft cascade
upon the royal chariot.
The young Queen, in unfeigned de
light, was bowing right and left in ac
knowledgment of the deafening unend-
Princess Ena
ing chorous of welcome and congratu
lations, and the Kiri, ignoring the mul
titude, was feasting his eyes upon the
lace of his bride, when a bouquet of
roses, flung from a balcony, fell with
m rush, as though made of lead, in front
of the royal c jach and just behind the
horses drawing it. There was a terrible
crash and a little smoke rose in the a:r.
The flowers concealed a bomb. Iieath
and destruction in art instant supplanted
the mirth and rejoicing. A score of
men and women, including officers and
members of the nobility, lay dead or mu
tilated. Had not an electric wire de
flected the bomb the is.ui? and Queen
would have been killed.
The following are the dead:
Captain Pxrros, commanding part of
the King's er.cort.
Lieutenant Reysient.
Lieutenant Prcndegast.
Six soldiers.
The Marquise of Colosa.
Her daughter.
Don Antonio Caivo.
His niece, aged six years.
Jose Sola, 70 years of age.
I.uis Fonseca.
The Duke of Sotomayo. who uas
riding on the righthand side of the
royal carriage, was wounded by a splin
ter. One of the royal grooms, hading a
horse, was kdled.
LIVE WASHINGTON AFFAIRS.
The President has determined to take
advantage oi the opportunity afforded by
the retirement of ISrig.tdier General
Buchanan to appoint as a brigadier gen
eral and immediately retire Col. John
McClell.m, Artillery Corps, at present ill
command at Key Vest arracks, Fia.
A resoultion was introduced in the
House requesting the delegates from the
United States to the Pan-American Con
gress to discuss at the meeting the pro
position to establish in the United Stales
Pan-American College of commerce.
Senator Stone, in addressing the Sen
ate on the purchasing of supplies for
the Panama Canal, made an attack on
President Roosevelt, declaring the execu
itve was controlled by the trust.
The House Committee on PostolTicts
tind Poit Roads authorized a favorable
report on a Senate resolution regarding
the weighing of mails in what is known
as the Western division
The Senate Committee on Privileges
stnd Elections his decided that Reed
Smoot, of Utah, is not entitled to a seat
in the Senate.
The Senate will oypcl Senator Burton
,11 he does not resign by Tuesday.
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mfw& &Wt l "7i ,
there was a momcn of paralvsis and
horror fol.ow.ng the explosion. All!
eyes turned mst.nctivcy toward the
bridal cotip.e and saw their pale faces
gazing pitnuiiy at tne tcrrmmg scene .
around them. The first man to regain
his self-possession was the Ihike of
Cornachuclos. He rushed forward open
ed the door of the royal coach and
fairly dragged the King and Queen to
the ground. Others of the royal escort
instantly surrounded them, and they were
led to another carriage. 7"he young
King speedily mastered his emotion and
gave all hi attention to his terrified
and trembling bride.
The broken line of march was hurried
ly taken up to the palace. Neither the
Kins nor Queen was hurt. The bride
made a brave effort to control her feel
ing-, nut tne leartul transition Irom joy
to horror was ton nine
r was too nine!, tor human 1
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Mioi-.i 10 Liioiiis-. iiihi 1'ieieuiiy Mie uur-i
into tears. It th
truth must he told.
the King hiuiscli wept in sympathy.
Meantime at the scene of the outrage
the tir.-t paralysis was succeeded by great
coiifti-oii. The cp'Wd. when it reaii.-.ed
what had happeue I. became infuriated
and surged tow rd- the ; 't, intent upon
wreaking venji a::ce upon the supposed
author of the crime.
1 he uriv s of the attempted assassina
tion spread throughout the city with
great rapidity, turning the rejoicing of
the populace to awe. The tei graph offi
ces were invaded by struggling masses,
In,: a rigid censorship was 111-tituted.
The explosion would probably not
have occurred ii the.cortege I ad followed
t:ic route ongmallv plain. ed ; but return
ing :t was determined to retrace part of suspect ill the bomb outrage against
Mayor street and tfivc the people a ; King Alfonso and Queen Victoria, ends
further opportunity to observe the pa- ! another dramatic chapter to the incidents
geant. It was in front of S3 Mayor surrounding the royal wedding,
c-trcet that the bomb was exploded. Morales was recognized in the little
This is within half a block of the es- town of Torrejon de Ardos, midway be
planade leading to the royal palace. 1 tween Madrid and Alcala. A guard
The bomb, which was concealed in a ! sought to detain him, but Morales, draw
bouquet, was of polished steel, half a ing a revolver, shot the guard dead,
centimeter thick. It as thrown from j Then he turned to flee, but a number
a third-floor window. The house, ac- j of the inhabitants of the town were
cording to some reports, belongs to the ! upon him, and turning the revolver upon
Queen Mother, having been bequeathed j himself he sent a shot in the region of
to her by a philanthropist, ana being
the only house she owns in Madrid.
The house is opposite the Church of the
Sacrament and the captain general's re.si
denre. The royal pr jcession had come to a
temporary .stop, with the royal carriage
exactly opposite the !.oc.-e, when the
bomb was thrown. The missile fell to
the right of the royal carriage between
the hindmost pair of horses and the
front pair of wheel. The explosion
killed two horses and a groom. The
I mke of Sotomayor, who was r.ding on
the right hand side of the carriage, was
shghtiy wounded, and four of the ol-
; diers win lined the route followed by
! the cortege were killed.
1 People awav from the immediate vi
cinity were not aware of the tragedy
that had been enacted and continued to
acclaim their sovereigns. Soon, how
ever, there appeared die empty royal
Coach with two horses missing and the
others iplattrred with blood, several of
them bleeding from wninds. The
grooms and drivers looked deathly pale
111 their spangled uniforms. Then came
a boy shouting that a liomb had been
thrown at the Kine. The annearance of
the King ami Queen in a coach brought
out debrious ovations as the fact was
recognized that the sovereigns had been
I spared.
IS OKOWNt-0 FROM tXCLKSIOM STEAMER
ioverlosd.d Vessel Copslied, ind Eleven Bod
les Recovered.
Riga (P,y Cable). The excursion
steamer V'ima capsized off her pier here
in consequence of overloading. Fifteen
persons are believed to have perished.
Eleven bodies were recovered from be
low the decks of the steamer wdien she
was raised. The V'ima had just started
for Dubbeln, a neighboring watering
place, when she heeled over and sank.
Fourtcea Mlaers Killed.
Mexico (Special). Reports nave just
reached here of an accident at Magda-
lena mine, near Texaxcaltenac, State of
Mexico, which has caused the death oi
12 miners, among them being r.rasmus
Chavere, manager of the mine. The men
were suffocated by gas, which was blown
into the lower workings Iroin the boiler.
Another accident at Ivsprranza mine, at
El Roud. is reported, in which two mm
ers lost their lives. 1 hey were being
drawn out of the mine in a cage when
they were struck by falling timoers and
killed.
In the meantime the scene of the trage
dy presented a horrible spectacle, with
dead men and horses lying about, liter
ally torn to pieces. Intense excitement
p -vailed, the mob invading the streets
while forces of the guards sought to
maintain order and Mock the approach
ing streets. The bodies were wrapped
i.p in blankets' and removed on litters,
while the wounded were carried to hos
pitals in ambulances. The pavement
was literally covered with blood, and the
upper stories of the buildings nearest
were spattered with it.
The indignation of the people over the
outrage was very great. Some French
detectives were almost lynched merely
because they had a foreign appearance.
After the outrage a visitors' book was
opened at the palace. It was signed
during the afternoon by the foreign
princes, envoys, diplomats, ministers and
officials of all ranks.
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.i.4 . ' ,1,. r,,i. .t;rmati;n7 thr
al , 0 ,he ,ivi.s of the sovereigns as a
((JU, ou
From 2 ,mi, 6 0.cl(x.k in ,he evtnjnR
.-,:.,,.,:,.. anyone to Eet near
the house from whence the DomD was
thrown. The house is next door to the
Italian Embassy, and about a quarter of
a mile from the royal palace.
Manv arrests have been made, among
them .Manuel Duran, a Catalonian, who
is believed to have been the principal
conspirator. It is said that immediately
on the explosion Duran was seized and
hurried downstairs. As he entered the
street men flung themselves upon him,
shouting "Kill the assassin!" A mount
ed guard pressed around and took him
away under strong escort.
It had been rumored that King Alfon
so a few days ago received an anonymous
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11 1.1 1 1 11 01 an 11nom1.11 i'"n"6i
att thoritics deny this.
Frederick W. Whitridge. the Ameri
can special envoy, cabled to President
Roosevelt at 4 o'clock giving detail con
cerning the attempt on the life of King
Alfonso and Queen Victoria. Later in
the day Mr. Whitridge went to the royal
pa'ace, where he was assured that the
King and Queen were reasonably tran
quil considering the circumstances.
MORALES ENDS HIS OWN LIFE.
Anarchist Who Threw Bomb at King Altonso
Kills Guard who Stops Him.
Madrid (P.y Cable). The capture and
uiicide Saturday night at Turrajon de
rdos of Manuel Morales,
the chief
King Alfonso XIII
his heart, expiring a few minutes later.
ic-nor Cuesta, proprietor of the hotel
from the balcony of which Morales threw
the bomb, viewed the body and complete
ly identified it as that of his recent
guest.
It was 8 o clock Saturday evening
when Morales, disguised in the garb of
workmgman, entered the station at
Torrenjon de Ardos. He asked a child,
who was in charge of the office, the
time the next train would depart from
Barcelona, lie then sought food in a
nearby shop. His Catalonian accent at
first attracted attention to him. It was
then noticed that his workman's suit
w-.s entirely new and did not correspond
111 texture to that usitallv worn bv a
person of his station in life, his face
and manners showing him to be a man
of some distinction.
A private watchman from a neichbor-
ing estate chanced to be present, when
e noticed the facial resemblance of
Morales to the description civen out of
the man seen on the balcony from which
the bomb was thrown, particularly the
ioig, tmn ami deeply serious lace and
the closely cropped mustache. He then
observed that a finger on the man's left
hand, which the stranger was trying to
conceal, was badly hurt, and also that
there was a small, fresh scar on his
forehead.
FINANCIAL AFFAIRS.
A Philadelphia firm sold 10,000 shares
of Reading.
San Francisco returntd nearly $1,500,
000 to New York Friday.
So far this year the Pennsylvania's
coal and coke tonnage is 12 per cent,
greater than during the same period of
1005.
Wasserman is said to have formed a
new pool in Reading and his buying is
reported to be partly responsible for the
big rise.
American exports of steel rails in the
calendar year 1905 amounted to 295,02.3
gross tons, valued at $7,310,029, as com
pared with 414.845 tnos, valued at $10,
661,222, in 10x14, and 30,656 tons, valued
at $937,779. m 1903.
The passage of the free alcohol bill by
the Senate having been fully discounted,
there was no rise in Distillers Securities
when th announcement came. On the
contrary, there was a drop of one point.
President Cassatt'f trip to Paris doubt
less has something to do with the sale
of the Pennsylvania's $50,000,000 of bonds
in that city.
SUICIDE OF A
CONGRESSMAN
Robert Adams, of Pennsylvania, Shoots
Himself.
FINANCIAL RUIN THE CAUSE.
Pttctd Rtvolvtr la His Mouth and Pulled Trlf
tr W hllt it Metropolitan Club il ao Esrly
Hour and Olrd la Hospital Wat laurcs
d lo Stock Mirktt lad His Flasnco Bo
(mo lavolvcd.
Washington, D. C, (Special). Rep
resentative "Bertie" Adams, of Phila
delphia, clubman, one time minister to
Brazil, chairman of the Committee on
Foreign Affairs and one of the leading
society men of Washington, committed
suicide by shooting himself in his cham
bers at the Metropolitan Club. That the
act was carefully premeditated became
evident when as soon as Mr. Adams'
death was announced in the House
Speaker Cannon read a pathetic note,
written by Mr. Adams, in which he
frankly confessed that he was about to
kill himself because of his financial ruin,
and asking that none of the formalities
usually shown deceased members of
the House be observed in his case.
He died at the' Emergency Hospital at
tl.30 o'clock. Mr. Adams was dis
covered in a dying condition in his
apartments at the Metropolitan Club
chambers shortly after 8 o'clock. He
was sitting in a chair, a bullet wound
in his mouth and a pistol lying near him
made it clear that he had attempted to
kill himself.
He was found by Horace Clark, one
of the negro bell men, whose habit it
was each morning at that hour to carry
hot water to the room. Upon opening
the door Clark found Mr. Adams entirely
nude, sitting upright in an arm chair.
He immediately summoned the at
taches of the house and a doctor at once
was sent for. Mr. Adams then was un
conscious, and the physician who was
summoned pronounced the wound neces
sarily fatal. Mr. Adams was soon after
ward removed to the hospital in a patrol
wagon, where the bullet and some frag
n.cnts of bone were removed from his
brain.
Dr. White operated to remove a bullet
that had penetrated the roof of Mr. Ad
ams' mouth and crushed the top of the
skull in such a manner that the lead
could be felt through the scalp. The
operation afforded no relief.
Representative Sulzer, of New York,
who has taken an active part on the floor
o.' the House during the deliberations on
the Diplomatic and Consular Appropria
tion Bill, said that Representative Adams
came to him and asked that no hin
drance be placed in the way of getting
the bill through on that day. "I have
something very important to do," re
marked Mr. Adams, "and want to get
this hill through and get away."
"All I want is enough time to make a
short speech on the General Slocum dis
aster," replied' Mr. Sulzcr.
"Well," responded Mr. Adams, "my
matter is more important than the Gen
eral Slocum disaster.
"Perhaps so," replied Mr. Sulzcr. "as
those people are now all dead."
Well, concluded Mr. Adams, there
may be more of us dead before tomor
row morning.
A ghastly feature of his act was the
fact that after shooting himself Mr.
Adams proceeded out into the hall and
to the bathroom, where he washed him
self and then returned to his room. The
walls and bathroom were spattered with
blood. In his room an unsigned note
was found addressed to James Clark,
another bellman, reading as follows :
Notifv H. (,. Clement, tufi I. Street.
Telephone Main iK6,$ and also Francis
I'. Adams, 1817 Wallace S'eet. Left
money for breakfast bill. You can divide
the things in the closet."
Mr. Adams purchased the pistol with
which he shot himself in a Pennsylvania
Avenue store two weeks ago. He was
seen by an acquaintance making the
purchase.
Southern Rtilwsy Wins Salt.
Washington (Special). The Supreme
Court of the United States Monday, de
cided the case of the North Carolina
Railroad Commission vs. the Southern
Railway Compary in favor of the Rail
road Company. The case involved the
right of a State to compel a railroad
company to place its cars on tracks de
signated bv the State authorities for the
benefit of individual shippers. The Rail
road Company refused to obey an order
directing that coal cars be placed on a
certain switch at Greensboro, N. C.
Killed la 1 Loop-tbe-Loop.
New Orleans, (Special). As the re
sult of an accident, a loop-thc-loop car
left the track at Athletic Park, fell a
distance of 25 feet and smashed up, kill
ing Hanry Suberbille, cashier of the
State National Bank, of Mew Iberia, La.,
seriously injuring H. M. Henshaw, a
sugar planter, of Iberia Parish, and John
I. I.abarthea, a real estate dealer of
Galveston, and A. J. Buch, a merchant
of Galveston.
Llocoln's Blribplsce Cibla.
Louisville, Ky.t (Special). A detail of
Kentucky militia, under command of
Capt. Neville S. Bullitt, left here for
New York City to act as a guard for
the Lincoln birthplace cabin, which will
he brought to Louisville for the ceremon
ies of "Home-Coming Week. It is
planned to exhibit the cabin at several
principal cities between New York and
Louisville, the Atart from the East being
made June 5.
Cblneso Mlalsltr Ssllslled.
Washington, D. C, (Special). Sir
Chentung Liang-Cheng, the Chinese min
ister, who, has j list returned from San
Francisco, called at the State' Deprat
ment and expressed to Secretary Root
the Chinese government's deep apprecia
tion of the kindness shown Chinese dur
ing the recent catastrophe there. The
Minister said that at no time had his
government the slighest criticism to
make of the treatment of Chinamen by
those in charge of relief work.
Sucked Out Soeke Polsoo.
Franklin, Pa., (Special). At Clinton
ville Bertha Collingwood, aged 14 years,
was bitne on the calf of her leg by a
large copperhead snake. The occurrence
was witnessed by Henry Corbett, an
oil well pumper, who knew the bite would
prove fatal unless attended to immediate
ly. He bound the girl's leg above and
below the wound nad carried her into
the pump station, which is equipped with
a suction gas pump. Placing the wound
over the end of the pipe, which admits
the air, he held the girl there until all
the poison had been lucked out
LATESTNEWS INSIIORTOR PER
DOMESTIC
Representatives of the Italian govern
ment are investigating complaints maiie
to the consuls in the United States
alleging harsh treatment of t.joo Italians
who are brought from New York to
work for the Carolina Construction
Company in the building of railroad
from spruce pines, via Marion, S. C.
The International Arbitration Confer
ence in session at Lake Mohonk, N. Y.,
adopted a platform which plans that The
Hague conference be made a permanent
and recogmzed congress of nations, with
advisory powers.
1 he stand-pat coal mine operators
who have been in session at Columbus,
O., adjourned after delegating to a com
mittee of 14 authority to take such action
relative to the situation as it may deem
advisable.
Daniel N. Lockwood, well-known
lawyer and former member of Congress,
died at Buffalo. He nominated Cleve
land for mayor, then governor and also
for president.
Joe Hudson and wdic, aged 22 and 20
years, respectively, were burned to death
in the house where they boarded in
Walhalla, S. C.
Maggie Clinc, th" vaudeville singer.
was badly injured in a collsioii between an
automobile and a carnage at Red Bank,
N. J.
Fire destroyed property valued at $80,-
000 at Jefferson, (.).
I he steamer Erwin was run into
and sunk in the St. Clair River just
below St. Clair by the steamer Cowle,
and five members ol the Erin's crew
were drowned.
Paul Morion was elected president of
the Equitable, and former Judge Wil
liam A. Day was elected vice president.
Other officials were elected and appoint
ed. Judge Lacomhe has ruled that the
books of alleged subsidiary companies
of the Tobacco Trust must be produced
before the Federal Grand Jury of New
York.
The government .ferry boat Ellis Is
land, with 500 immigrants aboard, was
rammed into a bulkhead to avoid a
collision with a steamer jn New York
harbor.
The Lincoln party, of x'i .msylvania,
has nominated Lewis Emery, Jr., the foe
of Standard Oil, as their candidate for
governor.
The three children of Mrs. Adelford
Van Slette were found dead in a trunk
at their home in Kankakee, HI.
William Wardlow and Jes.se Keating,
convicts at the Wyoming Penitentiary,
died from drinking wood alcohol.
Police Commissioner Bingham, of
New York, declares Rev. Dr. Parkhurst
is a common scold.
John D. Rockefeller, sailed from New
York on his first trip abroad.
Former Secretary of State John W.
Foster, in addressing the International
Arbitration Conference at Lake Mo
honk, critised Secretary of Navy Charles
J. Bonaparte's knowledge of history in
connection with the hitter's alleged state
ment that peace societies have dune noth
ing to mitigate war.
Reuben j. Taylor, superintendent of
the Continental Fire Insurance Com
pany, of New York, was seriously in
jured by his automobile backing over a
35-foot embankment and falling on him.
Clarence C. Cary, formerly of Mary
land, was stricken with paralysis while
at sea on the Cunardcr Campania re
turning from the funeral of his son in
London.
Governor Danly, of Indiana, in a
Memorial Day speech, predicts an eco
nomic revolution unless grafting in pub
lic and corporate life is eliminated.
Secretary of Treasury Shaw, in ad
dressing the Kentucky Wesleyan College,
compared the Eilipin js to a baby left
on the doorsteps.
The automobile of Dr. J. F. Atkins,
of Cincinnati, was caught between two
street cars, setting both cars afire and
injuring passengers.
Armour & to. e'tvator D, in Chicago,
containing a million bushels of grain
was destroyed by fire.
Mrs. William McKinley placed flow
ers on the grave of the late President in
Canton, O.
1 OKK1GN
The revolutionary operations in Guate
mala are more effective than the govern
ment authorities will admit. The revo
lutionists are receiving quantities of
armt and ammunition.
Gen. Vincente Gomez seeks to induce
President Castro to resume charge ol
the government in Venezuela.
An Orthodox Russian priest has warn
ed the Czar that he and his government
are living over a volcano.
The remains of Henrik Ibsen, the Nor
wegian poet, were buried at Christiania.
The execution of eight revolutionists
at Riga caused an outburst of indigna
tion in 'the lower house of the Russian
parliament. A resolution was adopted
instructing a committee to prepare a
bill providing for the abolition of the
death penalty.
The assassins of William H. Stuart,
the American vice consul at Batoum,
have been arrested and conlissed that
they were bribed to commit the crime.
The 'British battleship Montagu struck
on a granite cone at Shutter Point, off
Lundy Island, England. An ugly hole
was torn in her bottom and her position
may become perilous.
King Alfonso received Mr. Whitridge,
the American envoy, who presented a
letter from President Roosevelt felici
tating His Majesty on his marriage.
The French Cabinet decided to send
a warship to Tangier, in order to obtain
satisfaction for the recent assassination
of a Frenchman in that vicinity.
Employes at the ribbon factories of
Lodz, Russia, locked their employers up
and threatened them with death until
they agreeed to raise wages.
A bomb was thrown at Governor Gen
eral Alikhanoff, of Kutais, the most hated
man in Transcaucassia, and he was ser
iously wounded.
Memorial Day was observed in Taris,
and. Lafayette's grave was decorated.
It was reported in Paris that an
agreement has been signed by Germany
as to the Bagdad Railway.
There was a decrease last year of
476,ycy tons of British shipping passing
through Suez Canal, as compared with
1004, while for the same period the ton
nage of German vessels passing through
the canal increased 143,023 tons,
Empenr Francis Joseph has empow
ered the Hungarian government to pre
sent the common customs tariff before
the Hungarian Parliament as an autono
mous Hungarian tariff.
Germany is displaying keen interest in
the negotiations for an Anglo-Russian
understanding.
The German government has been
completely defeated in the Reichstag on
the question of the creation of a place
in the cabinet for the head of colonial
affairs.
A gas well has been opened at Spring
field, O., which is producing 9,000,000
feet a day. .
TiiB PRESIDENT ON
SOUTHERN SOIL
Yi'arraly end Sincerely We'comei al
Portsmouth.
AN IMPOSING PARADE AND REVIEW.
Profound Pttrlollsn ol Ibo Old Wirriort
Who Ooce Wort the Grey and Followed
Ibe Slers end Bers Psibctlc licldeoti
.Monument Erecled to tbe Memory ol De
parted Member.
Portsmouth, Va. (Special) The Pres
ident of the United States received at
the hands of the citizens of the historic
old city of Portsmouth Wednesday morn
ing a real Virginia welcome, thewarmth
and sincerity of which must have been
most gratifying to him.
Although he came to Portsmouth pri
marily as the guest of the Rear Admiral
John W. Philip Garrison, Army and
Navy Union, from the time he landed
from the palatial yacht Mayflower,
.tiuard which he came from Washington,
until he again embarked aboard her for
the return journey, every citizen of
Portsmouth and everyone of the
thousands who came here from Norfolk
and all the nearby and far away towns
felt that he was their guest whom they
delighted to honor.
Veterans of the Spanish-American Wat
and of the Civil War those who wore
the Uniform of the Union and those who
fought for the South were here, to wel
come the Chief Magistrate.
His stay in Portsmouth was full of in
terest and of incidents which thrilled
the patriotism of the spectators the
beautiful evidence everywhere seen of
the burial of sectional strife and of
undisguised admiration for the president
of a common country.
Standing beneath the shadow of the
Confederate monument, which keeps si
lent vigil over the memories dear to
the South, within the railed enclosure
which keeps secure this hallowed spot
from the tread of impious footsteps,
four disabled veterans of the South stood
at attention as the ruler of eighty mil
lions of their fellow-countrymen passed
by. F.ach veteran bore aloft proudly,
with no hint of shame that the banner
was not another, the Stars and Stripes,
and as the President passed they salute
him gravely, with soldierly bearing,
which ail the years that have passed since
they marched beneath the Hags of that
other loved banner could not alter.
Soldiers of the South, there they stood
citizens now of the United Slates, and
proud of it. Joshua Denby, one of the
vali .t heroes of the Battle of the
Crater; O. H. Edwards, who follcwcd
Armstrong to the stonewall and saw his
commander in that charge of Pickett
shot down with his hand on the Federal
gun; Capt. John II. Thompson, clad in
the old uniform coat in which he sur
rendered at Appomattox, and in which
he received his parole, and Wilson B.
Lynch, one of the surviving heroes of
the famous old Grimes' Battery, which
Kmi-rson led at Craney Island and Cap
tain Thompson command under Robert
L. Lee, all wearing the gray uniform of
the Confederacy, they stood a guard of
honor at the monument while the line
halted and the Army and Navy Union
performed its beautiful anuinl custom
of decorating with garlands the monu
ment to the Confederate dead.
At the conclusion of this brief, but
beautiful, incident, the President, with
his escort, continued his progress to the
Naval Hospital Park, beneath wdiose
sheltering pines sleep the heroes of the
North and South.
There took place the simple ceremony
of unveiling the monument erected to
the memory of its dead comrades bv Rear
Admiral John W. Philip Garrison, Army
and Navy Union.
The ceremonies were brief, but im
pressive. Right Rev. A. Van de Vyver.
pronounced a fervent invocation. The
national commander of the Army and
Navy Union, (. Edwin Browne, of
Washington, then introduced the Presi
dent, who delivered tne :.ddres of the
day.
At the conclusion of his address the
President pulled, the cord that held in
place the American flays draped over the
monument, and they fell apart, disclosing
the beautiful shaft in the center of the
cemetery.
There were short memorial services
according to the ritual of the Army and
Navy Union, after which the bluejackets
and marines fired a salute at the monu
ment, taps were sounded and the cere
monies, cxecept for the great review from
the front portico of the Naval Hospital,
were ended.
It is estimated that 50,000 people saw
the President. The whole of Norfolk,
Portsmouth, Berkeley and the suburban
towns turned out in his honor. To
these thousands were added hundreds
more who came by train and steamer
from other sections of the state and from
North Carolina.
DEAD IN AUTO ACCIDENT.
Becker Pcndennls while, Killed la Co.'lleloa
With Trolley Car.
Buffalo, N. Y., (SpecialV pendennis
White, a millionaire banker and lumber
man, ,was killed, and Edwin A. Bell
and Richard B. Lyman, stock brokers,
were injured in a collision between an
automobile and a trolley car on Hcrtel
Avenue. The three men had been at
the county club for dinner, and were re
turning to town in an automobile. Mr.
Bell, who owned the car, was driving.
A trolley car, which had been running
thead of the automobile, slowed down
for a crossing.
Beat Bock the Zulus.
Durban, Natal (By Cable). The rebel
Zulus again attacked Colohel Laitchar's
column. T.hey fiercely assaulted the
British car.ip, fought obj.inatcly for sev
eral hours, and finally were beaten off
with heavy loss by the steady fire of the
troops. The British had .three men
killed and u wounded. In an important
encircling operation of the command of
Colonel Mackenzie 40 to 50 of Chief
Bambaata's followers were killed and
big hcards of cattle and many women
and children fell into the hands of the
British.
Rockefeller Will Aid Cblldreb.
New Orleans (Special) Dr. Crawford
Jackson, chairman of the Central Juve
nile Protectory Committee of Atlanta,
which has started a propaganda for ju
venile courts and greater reformatory
facilities for the boys and girls of the
South, announced at a meeting cf In
terested persons in New Orleans that
John D. Rockefeller had decided lo give
$,000,000 toward the building of re
formatories. The only condition, it is
understood, which Mr. Rockefeller has
stipulated is that the fund shall be ap
plied in the South as wel) as in tne.
North.
THE KEYSTONE STATE
The Litest Peansylvaala News Told la Snort
Order.
Jacob C. Rousher, an old soldief. who
fought with the Forty-fourth New York
Regiment in the battle of Gettysburg,
was found dead in Geitysburge '
The body of John T. Reynolds, who
died at Atlantic Citv, was taken to his
home in Media. He was one of the
oldest and ablest members of the Dela
ware County Bar.
The Women's Missionary Society, of
the East Pennsylvania Cassis of the
Reformed Church, held its annual con
vention in St. John's Rcforincd Church,
Bangor. The day sessions were devoted
to the routine bnsinr.ss of the society
and in, the evening addresses were de
livered by Rev. Paul Linbach, of Eas
ton, and Rer. A. V. Casselmaii, of Phil
adelphia. Class day exercises of the Chambers
burg High School were held Thursday
evening. The salutatory was dcJiverecf
by Jessie E. Ebaugh and the valedictory
by Edna C. Kyle. Others whs took part
in the program are: Raymond Hanks,
Bessie Wright, Celest Frank. Edna Kyle,
Ralph Huber, Margie Small, Lottie Spi
dal, Ethel Mentzer, Stanley Appenseller.
Jessie Ebaugh. Gerald White, Stanley
Appenseller, Edna Hafer and Harvey
Gilbert.
Thomas Brown, a veteran of the CiviT
War, wdiile seated on the porch of his
residence viewing a G. A. R. parade in
Wethcrly, fell dead from heart disease.
The pupils received diploma at th
seventh annual commencement of th(
schools of Solcbury Township, Buck; .
County. The dais comprised Henrj
Black, Jennie R. Burd, Elsie R. Harding;
Reba J. Hendricks, Wilson Hcrsitnc
Marion Knignt. Mary VV. Magill. Alice
R. McEntyre, Rachel R. MilU" and Anns
E. Waterman. Henry Black was vale
dictorian. Rev. II. R. Hoffman, of l.um
berville, r.iade the address to the gradu
ate!!. Fred. Kinketibcrger, a deputy game
warden, of Mahouny City, was lowered
se-venty-five feet into the depths of a
mi -ic breach at the end of a rope to rescue
a .-.ami supposed to have fallen into the
breach in the .dark. He brought forth
11 eat in the last stages of starvation.
The Malta Temple cornerstone was
laid in Stroud, burg with impressive
ceremonies which were bnrely attended
Joshua Williams, of Wilkes-Barrc, a
past commander of John Knox Com
mandery, was the orator of the da v.
Past Supreme Commander John II. Hoff.
man, grand recorder of Pennsylvania,
addressed the audience. The new tern- ,
pie will cost SJ3.000 anr will be built
by October I.
The Board of School Control of the
City of York School District have voted
011 an increase of indebtedness and a
bond issue to the amount of $75,000, of
which $50,10 is to be redeemed on each
of the following dates: July I, 1016;
July I, K)I7. and July I, iotS, and $10.
000 on each of the following dates : July
1, '910; Jy t, 1030; July 1. iQ2t; July
t. 1922, and July I, n;,i, and $5,000
July 1, 1524 and July I, 195.
Because of a statement 'hat has been
published about the country that Baron
Riedl, who is to marry Louise Magee,
niece and ward of the late Senator
Chris L. Magee, had demanded a dowry
of $100,000, miK-h unpleasant notoriety
lias resulted and the family of the late
Senator caused to be given out a denial
that any such demand was ever made.
It was also stated that Mrs. Magee
Would under no circumstance consent to
the payment of a marriage portion, w ere
such a thing possible, as it would be at
variance to her principles.
Miss Blanche llamm, a pretty Ameri
can girl, of Altoona, felt obliged to use
a Tcvolver to" repulse an Italian admirer,
Slyvester Danio, who, she says, has been
annoying her with his attentions for
some weeks. He followed her to John
Eckles' home to plead his case. "Go
away, or I'll shoot you," she cried,
angered at his persistency. Baring his
breast, Dnnio pointed to his heart.
"Shoot," he said, "here is my heart, it
is yours to dcovith as you choose." She
fired at the target three times. One
bullet lodged in the man's right hand.
The pain turned his love to hate. In
stantly he drew si tcvolver and began
firing at the girl, but his aim was poor,
After forty years' service, thirty years
as director and twelve as president, Col
onel J. W. llawlcy resigned as presi
dent of the First National Bank ol
Media, to take effect on October I. He
and his wife will leave for a fout
months' trip on the Continent. During
the years Colonel Hawlcy has been with
this institution $400,000 has been paid
in dividends and there is a surplus and
undivided profits of over $.)oo,ooo. The
capitalization ii $100,000.
Reduced from 175 pounds " to 6e
pounds, a mere skeleton, John Yacoh,
Aged 35 years, of Pottsville, who was
locked in a freight car for three wcekj
without food or drink, died at the
county almshouse. During the recenl
colliery suspension Yacob went Wcs!
in search if work. When the mines re
sumed he endeavored to g-it back Easl
and climbed into the car to secure free
transportation. He was locked in, un
known lo the railroad employes. When
the cat was opened, north of Pottsville
Yacob stiggcrcd out of his prison and fell
unconscious. He was removed to th
almshouse hospital and lay in a stupol
until death.
The Pennsylvania northbound expresl
struck the team of Benjamin Moyer, al
the Pine. Street crossing, Hamburg. One
of the horsed was killed and the wagon
smashed. Moyer and Aaron Gehringei
were hurled fifty feet. Moyer sustained
fracture of both legs and lacerated scalp
Gchringer has a couipoinid fracture 01
one leg, which may have to be ampu
tated. . Paul Swayzee, a Berwick young man
had a misunderstanding with Miss Rctti
Drake, upon whom he was calling, and
took a dose of arsenic in her presence
The girl telephoned for a physician, who
succeeded in relieving Swayzee of the
arsenic, and after he had admitted thai
he was sirry and promised not to do it
again he was permitted to go home.
Charles Long, of Alb-mown, was ar
rested in South Bethlehem, charged with
stealing a horse and, buggy from an Al
lentown liveryman. The latter identified
the animal and wagon, and Long was
committed to jail.
The lower section of Berks County il
believed to have experienced an earth
iuake. Joseph D. Slitcher, who lives
a few miles from Geigcrtovyn, stated thuT
at 5.30 o'elcock, while in the kitchen ol
his home, hi noticed a peculiar tremb
ling of the building. Plates rattled on
the shelves and the rocking of the build
ing continued for about four aeconds.
Near Roseville, Tiogp County, Welby
Lawrence, a farmer, while insane cut hil
wife's throat, but she may recover. Fear
ing for the safety of their children Mrs.
Lawrence struggled for the razor, which
fell. Seizing it Lawrence cut his throat
and died instantly.