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THE OLD YETERANS.
,GRAND EXERCISES AT THE
NASHVILLE EXPOSITION.
*Many Texans lWere on Hand and 1lon
John l 1Reagan Made the Otatlon of
the Day at the IReunion-The Queen's
Jubilee
Nashville, Tern, June 233-Many
special tramis arrived yesterday with
ex-confederate soldiers and thousands
Nwho came for the purpose of attending
the annual reunion of the United Confederate
Veterans. The rush Monday
was continued yesterday and the reception
committee on duty at the union
station and headquarters were kept
very busy assigning the visitors to
homes. The regular trains were run
in sections in order to accommodate
the very heavy demand for tiansportation.
From daylight Monday to midnlghat
there arrived from all directions
on the Louisville and Nashville and
the Nashville, Chattanooga and St.
Louis railioads forty-eight trains,
bringing in to Nashville not less than
20,000 people Of the number of trains
arriving the Louisville and Nashville
had nineteen and the Nashville, Chattanooga
and St Louis had twenty-tone.
The former ran thirteen regular trams
and six specials and the latter seven
regular trains and twenty-two specials.
Rain fell during the morning, but the
weather cleared somewhat toward
noon.
The ex-confederate soldiers spent the
morning in attending the reunion at
the tabernacle and meeting of the committee.
The tabernacle, a large building situated
on Summer street and having a
seating capacity of 6000, was filled
Seats on the platform were occupied
by the sponsors, maids of honor, the
officers of the association, speakers of
the day and distinguished gentlemen
and their staff officers
Gov. Taylor was accompanied by his
staff in full uniform Prompt among
those who were seated on the platform
were Gen. Stephen D Lee, of Mismissippi,
Judge J H Reagan, of Texas, the
oniy surviving member of Jefferson
Davis' cabinet, Col. A. S Colyar and
Dr Thomas Menees, of Nashville, and
Hon. J D. C. Atkres, surviving member
of the confederatC congress, Gen Marcus
J. Wright, of Washington, Gen
Simon D. Buckner, of Kentucky, ColHenry
C. Myers and Col Lake and Col.
Helm, of Memphis; Gen E P. Sylkes,
v"
MissioAippi, Col H. 0. Ward, of
Georgia, Gen Mootman, of New Orleans;
Col. Baxter Smith, of Nashville,
Gen W. B Bate and Col John H Savage,
of Tennessee; Dr. Wm. Jones,
chaplain of the United Confederate
Veterans; Gen. Clement Evans, of
Georgia, and Gen. Joe Wheeler, of
Alabama
Robert B Lee, Jr, a grandson of
Gen R. E.Lee, was also present Both
of these young men were shown
marked attention by the veterans
Gen. John B Goidon ai lived during
the morning and was given an enthusiastic
reception
The assemblage was called to older
by Gen Goidon, an( player was offered
by Dr Jones, the chaplain, Gov.
Taylor delivered the address of welcome
in beholl of the state, Judge Fettlss
spoke lor the county, and Bishop
Fitzgerald, who represented Mayor
MIcCarthy, spoke for the city.
Capt J B. O'Bryan, chairman oi the
executive committee, made some announcemuents,
and in behall ol. the
committee welcomed the visitors
Gen Gordon then spoke briefly
Judge John H. Reagan, of Texas,
then delivered an oiation
Gov Robert L. Taylor is the hero of
the day His patriotic, whole-souled,
tender, sympathetic speech, poetical
and filled with loalty to the United
States and the flag ot thte free, captured
the vast audience. "Our Bob"
is not only the pilde oi the people in
Tennessee, but is the toast of all thedelegates from other states.
The city is full to overflowing, and
the rush is not commenced.
H'eld Up and !~obbea.
Chicag-o, 111., June 23 -Albert E
Elston, paymaster for the E E Ayer
Post and Tie company, was attacked
by four robbers on Prairie near Leavitt
and Twenty-ninth streets, Monday
evening, terribly beaten with revolvers,
robbed of $458 and left unconscious
beside his buggy.
His assailants sped north with their
booty to the banks of the south branch
of the liver, sprang into a skiP[ and
pushed off for the opposite shore Then
boat capsized in midstream just as the
lumber schooner W. L. Filer was passing
and the robbers saved themselves
from drowning by clambering into the
yawl that the schooner was tialling
Cutting the yawl loose from the
schooner the robbers succeeeded in
reacting the opposite shore and escaped.
Mr Elston was removed to his
home. He is 54 years old and his age
may interfere with his recovery.The
Queen's Jubilee
London, June 23 -The last stroke of
12 o'clock had not died away in the
midnight air when from a hundred
metropolitan steeples a tumultuous
peal of bells announced Diamond Jubilee
Day The vast crowd that filled the
miles of streets and squares answered
with ringing cheers and here and there
the singing of "God Save the Queen."
The crowds that peopled the streets
and squares all night in the hope of a
good view of the procession yesterday
were amazing in their sublime patience.
Waiting for twelve, fourteen
and sixteen hours as many of these
people are doing, jam-end together, is
a feat of endurance that could only be
sustained by some overmastering desire
Quite half of these jubilee waiters
weru women, many of them with
pale, careworn look of the London
worker, yet all ondurinf the backbieaking
tediousness with the utmost
good nature.
A clear star-lit and cool air kept the
splits of the crowd at the topmost
point throughout the vigil.
Decoration for her majesty's jubilee
has been universal and without stint.
Could have the queen have passed this
morning through some of the wretched
streets of her great London, some ou
these narrow, ill-favored alleys, where
pale-faced children come to believe the
sky is only a yard wide, wheic there is
want and hunger and disease the year
round, she could have found no more
striking evidence of her abiding place
in the hearts of her people The resplendent
W/est End, with its crimson
glory, great banners, triumphal arches,
parterres of costly blossoms mean
no more, if half so much, as th tiny
paper flag, the yard or so of narrow
led, white and blue stretched along
a window sill and around a common
flower pot with its single rose, modest
decorations which formed yesterday
shines for children of the shadows ,n
the Whitechapel, Spital Fields, HozL on
or Shoreditch alleyways
Bvcklngham palace itself was undecoiated,
Gave for the royal standard,
which floated above it
In sinort, decorations as by everythimg
else in London was transformed
into a vast couit, at which an empire
ienidered fealty to its sovereign
The piocession was practically in
three sections as far as St Paul's,
though the two last en route to the
cathedral were consolidated as they
moved into Picadilly
Cabinet Meeting
Washginton, June 23-The cabinet
talked for fully two hours yesterday,
most of the time on questions or foreign
policy, but without deciding upon
any particular changes in the lines of
action already laid down Hawaii and
annexation were discussed at length,
and especially the protest filed the
other day by the Japanese minister
against the pending annexation treaty
The protest is not given very much
weight by the administration, for the
reason that, in the estimation of the
cabinet, it is based upon a misconception
of the terms of the treaty and of
the results that would follow the substilution
of the laws of the United
States for the Hawainan laws and treaties
One thing that appeared positive
was that the administiation does not
nowr entertain any expectation of getting
action upon the treaty at this
session of congress, but has determined
to aliange for its early consideration
next December
As for the Cuban talk, it appears
that MIr Calhoun's report, though
completed by him yesterday morning,
was not laid before the cabinet, so the
discussion did not cover any new
ground
Paispenger Kate War
Omaha, Neb , June 23 -The long
impending war in rates to the ChitsClan
Eideovor convention has started
in Omaha The Chicago, Rock Island
and Pa(ific is accused by the other
roads of olffelng a rate of $20 50 instead
of the regular late of $22 50
General Passenger Agent Lomax of theUnion Pacific is on his way to New
York, but he was promptly telegiaphed
the news by one of hIs assistants General
Passenger Agent Francis ot the
Burlington and Missouri called upon
Gneeial Agent Rutherford of the Rock
Island passenger depot and endeavored
to reach some agreement on the matter
The other roads insist that they
know that the Rock Island has been
offering a $20 50 rate for the past three
da3s The Union Pacific and the Burlington,
it is said, have affidavits from
local parties who were offered such a
rate
Chilean Cabinet Reignign
London, June 23--A dispatch from
Santiago de Chile saye the Antunez
cabinet ha, resigned The ieLirinm cabinet
is liberal It was formed last
November, but owing to the composition
of the congress elected last
March Senor Antunez has been unable
to carry out many of the leading fealuies
of tis programme and the lesignation
has been been expected for some
months.B, Y P U in Annual Seqsion
Sherman, Tex, June 22 -Sherman
7w"as the happy meeting place yesterday
of several hundred young Christian
people, delegates to the Baptist
Young People's Union state meeting
iI session, and who will remain
in session all of to-day, when it is believed
they will be able to complete
the programme
Monday evening at the Second Baptist
church, Rev Harris, pastor of the
First Baptist chaich of San Antonio,
delivered an eloquent address, evexy
pew being filled to ics u'most
At 10 30 o'clock yesterday morning
Mr. Riddle, pastor of the clulch at
Waxahachlie, preached to a congregation
of several hundred people at the
Cox opera house, in which the deliberaticns
of the state union were held.
His sermon was replete with good advice
and admonitions to the 1200 dolegates
who had already arrived and
were present. He counselled them
that no Christian was so much watched
and criticized as the young Christian.
and if they showed by their deliberations
a steadfast intention to make the
fight for the holy cause and demonstrated
a knowledge of the importance
and tesponsibilhty of the work they
have engaged in, that their example
would prove graciously beneficial and
find emulation.
The reception committee worked like
trojans yesterday, as over one-half the
delegates arrived on the noon and
easily afternoon trains, but the various
chairmen reported everything moving
along systematically
The convention was called to order
)esterday afternoon at 2 40 o'clock
with nearly every seat occupied, and
constantly for a half hour delegates
delayed from one cause or another
came in and took their places
A J Hamris, of San Antonio, president
of the state union, declared the
convention ready for business
Di. J. T Taylor, of McKinney, led
the devotional exercises in a fervent
and pleasant manner, while the entire
convention joined in singing several
hymns.
There were volunteer remarks from
delegates generally during this exercise.
One noticeable feature is that there
is no picked choir to lead iU the singing
Prof Geoige E Case, of Mary Nash
college, presided at the oragn SweeLer
music, better trained voices or more
appropriate selections have never been
heard in Sheiman
The legular programme of procedure
was departed from to some extent and
the selection of officers for the convention
and for the ensuing )ear was declaied
in order.
L J Truett, of 'Whitewrlght, was
elected president.
E J Eddy, of Dallas, was elected
vice-president
T B, Hl Ei ell, of Nacogdoches, was
re-elected recording secretary
Austin Ciouch, of Whitesboro, was
elected treasurer.
31Mn Quit Work
Galveston, Tex, June 23 -Fifty men
employed in the construction of the
Gulf, Coloiado and Santa Fe's new
union passenger station walked out
because R H Cooper, a stone cutter
and modeler, would not pay a fine of
$25 which had been assessed against
him by the Tiades assembly
It seems that Cooper had worked for
a short time on gtain elevator B, belonging
to the Whalf conpony, and
the local labor unions stionsly proteCsted
ag-inst lhe wages paid and the
character of labor generally eniploved
upon that s"IiLctlue So when Cooper
lent to wolk on the depot building he
,,-as waited en by a wvalkig deloshie
and inloimed that a fine or $25 Lad
bee-n assessed at,linst hin on account
of his hang wciked o n the elevator
jcb
Cooper stated to a ieporter that he
had oitered to pay his fine, provided.
however, that the charges snoi 5d be
submitted to the Jouinevnmen's Cutters'
union, of which he is a en-ber{~oid V", heat Yield
Vei non, Tex , June 23 --Wheat harvest
is about over and thni~ding the
crop is well w -Wy The qual-ity of
the wheat is fine, gianis ita and well
filled out. It is weighing out a ~reat
many more bushels than it measnies
at the thiesher, gaiilin! f, On) Lhrnee to
foul bushels i every 100 bushels The
veld is fiom 15 to 25 bnsbcls per acre.
The first ca)r of new wheaf ,-1 as shipped
by ],cll Milling company to Joseph
Lands, of New -rauntel,.'. Nei,, wheat
is l)7ingnlg tion, ,O to G5) cents per
buo..el on the nmaikel heie
Very An'qLry.
Mis Tinims---Vele you angry withi
lMr Tensyott7
MJr Ti-mins-Was I V. Inv,1'as so
mad that I usod up part olt my collarbutton
ta-mper.
Then ,he'll Run Ilion.
Ryld--I bear Robbins is running
atv'ewl ' ter.
M{ack--Yes, but it won't be for lon~,
Wyld-Whyv
jIack-lTe is going to marry her.Emigrants Returning
New York, June 22.-Thirteen colored
persons who formed part of the
200 sent to Liberia by the international
Emigration society in March, 1896, arrived
at this port yesterday on board
the steamship Liberia. They say the
scheme has been a total failure, that
most of their number died of starvation
and fever, that the society did not fulfill
the contract and many members of
the expedition are stranded in England,
unable to get back to their homes.
The plan of the African colonization
scheme originated in 1894 in the mind
of Bishop Turner, who was traveling
in the south It was formulated and
carried into effect by Jere McMillman,
a white man of Birmingmam, Ala, who
founded what was known as the Internaticonsi
Emigration society
The advance guard, ID charge oC D.
L. Johnson, of Hot Springs, Ark, in
November, 1894, started for Liberia,
and with him was a committee to make
arrangements for the colonists.
The first large party ot colonists,
numbering 200, left Savannah, Ga, in
March, 1895, for their new home, and
after that several smaller paRmes
joined them.
Twenty-five acres of land for each
adult and ten acres for each child was
promised, and on landrig each person
was to be provided with a barrel of
flour, two barrels of meal, a quantity
of sugar and a complete set of farming
implements D K Flammer, president
of the society, accompanied the emigrants.
According to stories told by those
who returned yesterday, when they
landed in Liberia, Flammer deserted
them, taking whatever was provided
for them except the land, which they
found thirty-five miles from aisy town
and which was incapable of growing
anything but coffee Even to grow this
would take from four to six years.
Chas Peterson, of Madison, Arl ,
with his wife wife and family, is anong
thoae who returned yesterday He soys
he lest all Pe had in going over, and
wias neaml1 dead from starvation before
he could raise enough money to return.
Cbas Moore, whose family lives in
Mississippi, said the emigrants could
find nothing to do The natives, who
wc-e no clothes and could live on little
or nothing, did all the work for starvation
wages
The thirteen persons had not as many
cents among them on their arrival, and
they had no idea where they were to
pass the night
A Double Killing
Memphis, Tenn , June 22 -A special
from Greenville. Miss , says' Saturday
evening one of lUho most deplorable
tiagedies that has ever taken place in
this county occurred at James' Crossing,
a small flag station on the Yazoo
and Mississippi Valley railroad, about
fifteen miles south of Greenville, in
which Paul James and Will Able shot
and killed each other.
It seems that James objected to the
marriage of his niece with Able It was
rumored that James had said that he
would kill Able ~f he married his niece
Able pioceedod to find out as to
the rumor and the two men met, each
armed, James having a revolver and
shotgun and Able a ievolvhr and Winchester
rifleAfter
some unpleasant words had
passed between the two men James
filed at Able with the shotgun and the
load hitting him in the right shoulder,
disabling his light arm Able then
raised his gun with his left hand and
fired thiee ',hots at James, either of
which would have proven fatal James
was killed instantly .while Able lived
only a short time after the shooting
Both men v, ere highly connected
13l111(111lllg-i'llrl In
Watei town, S D, June 22-The
walls of the ][ulholland building, a two
Ltoiy buick structure on Oak street,
ga
e way without waintug last n~igt,
buiying a number of poisons in the
iuins The place was crowded, a ciicus
having attracted many people from
tip sniiounding country A number of
bodies are believed to be ni the iuinsThe wcik of cleaning av, ay the debris
iesulted in the finding of one body,
that of Philip Patterson Among those
who esaped death, but who were mure
oi less injuied, were the following
David Ball, ribs bIoken
S McDowell, scalp wound
D. W Bradley, back injured and
badly cut about the head
MHis. Austin, cut about the head and
sho'ulders
David Wallehouse, fatally hurt internally.
Fo\unid l~towned
Giuthn'e, Ok, June 22--The body of
Chailey McVhillan, the ten-yeai-old son
of C C MI/Millan ot this city wan
tound in the Cni'm~on river north ot
heie last might by a L-aity or bather's
!Je hadl loet hcmne t roon <ith other
boys, jnd the body hid been in theo
watoi for a number ot houmn, The fact
that bis head and face were badly
cut and his clothing can not be ound,
seemed to indi-ate something wrong.
The officers aie investignating the mattor,
and intimte that theire has been
foul play.MEXICO EARTHQUAKE
SEVERE SHOCKS ARE FELT AT
TEHUANTEPEC
The Government Scientific Commission
Will MIake a Carful Study of the Phenomena-The
People are Greatly Excited
Found Drowned
Tehuantepec, state of Oaxaca, June
22 -Two more shocks of earthquake
were experienced here Sunday night
and early yesterday morning, the latter
occurring about 3 o'clock~, being characterized
by both vertical and lateral
movements, and then a little later came
another, adding to the consternation
of the people, who had begun to regain
confidence, inspired by the courageous
example bishop, who refused to leave
the town, and he had by his conduct
infused a C -i-iain amount of valor into
the people The government commission
is here making careful study of
tho phenomena and will occupy some
time, as engineers and geologists desire
not to be hurried and are gratified
to be on the spot during the progress
of the earthquake The town has
not become a heap of ruins, although
great damage has been done, and it
will be a serious burden on the people
when they return to their homes, as
many had one when the fresh shocks
came Sunday night and entirely upset
their confidence. The scientists have
not found any signs of a new vocano,
about which so much has been said
and which was reported several times
by Indians, who asserted that they had
seen it emitting fire and smoke It is
now believed that, although the volcano
is possibly forming under ground,
from which a roaring sound picceeds
during the shocks, it is more likely
there may occur a tremendous caving
in of the earth's crust, burying a large
district. Similar occurrences in Spain
and in Andalu-nia took place some
years ago under lhke en cum stances,
which lend plausibility to this theory
A local exponent of atheistic doctrine
who has for years scandalized
the clergy by hs denial of the existence
of God and his bla.,pheliies, has
beconte reconciled to the church, and
it is said that he was the fitst during
the height of the alarm ten days ago
to run to tihe church and imploie divine
protection, and has even offered
to pay a fine imposed on the people
who carried the image of the chald
Jesus through the streets in the procession,
thus violating the reform
laws prohibiting, among other things,
the rehiglcus functions outside the
churches.
It ran not be denied that Sunday
night's shocks, coming when the people
had regained confidence, and arousing
them in terror from their repose,
have weakened their resisting power
They are not exactly panic-stricken,
but are rapidly coming to the conclusion
that some great natural convulsion
is pending and that the town
Is the center of a seismic storm The
Indians in the hills are badly frightened.
There have been exaggerated loports
sent out, bun so far there has
been no loss of life beyond one or two
cases The greatest damage is the
paralysis to activity in an important
tiade center and the destruction of
houses to an extent that will necessitate,
if the town stands, extensive iePans
and rebuilding
Jndgfe Culberson Appoited
Washington, June 22-The President
yesterday sent in the mines of
A C Thompson, of Ohio, Alexander
T Bottkin, of Montana, and David B
Culbeison, of Texas, as a commission
to codify the criminal laws of ilie
United States
This was piovided for at the present
session in the suncly civil bill The
provision was lnsoited in the civil sindiy
bill of the last consiess, but the
bill did not become a law because
Cleveland did not sign it It was provided
that the connnission should be
non-pai tisan Judge Thompson is anex-membei of congress and a profoiud
lawyer He was a member ot the judiciary
committee of the ieouse w:hen he
was in congiess
It has been conceded all along that
Culbeison would be appointed as one
of the members GI the commission if lie
would take the place, tor the season
that he was a member o the house
both with the attoiney-general and the
Piesident, who have the gieotest iespect
tor his legal acquiiements and
for him as a maii. The position pays
$5000 a year. All the Texans aie dehghted
with the appointment of Col.
Culbei son.
Germin saeneei le,,t.
Philadelphia, Pa , June 22 -From
early molninum until late }eslciclay afteinoon
the Geiinan Singing societies
that will take part in ttie eighteenth
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