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Daily press. [volume] (Newport News, Va.) 1896-current, 1905-06-16

to hGnGrahlc publishers With 4 result
that the nos, offensive of The false
histories have been driven from South.
rrn schools.
May not The story of that struggle
III, :Gl,l with fairness To both sccti,.ns:
TN Tie part of the South there is moth.
Ing II fear from truthful history. We
ask for historical generosity and will
give as much without stint
Department of History.
IN" report recommends that the
States establish a department Of ar
chlNcs anu history. The reading of
The report caused great enthusiasm
An amendmrn. ny Davenport, Of Amer
lcns. Ca member of the COMMITTEES,
that the future histories show that
Jefferson Davis was cruelty treated
and unnecessarily shackled was a>
ceptcd AMI the report adapted.
y cali of the resolutions committee
developed the presence of n federal of.
licer on that important hudy. Iii.
name is Col. s. c. Russell and he is nc.
credited To the Indian Territory. Com.
raio B. B, Paddock. of Fort Worth. de.
clinG'l 10 sit in the same room with
Col Russell. AMI in response "a n
chorus of take him or" take him
on, General Lee substituted The name
of Captain J. J. Kendall. of the Indian
Territory.
General Lee, however took occasion,
To pay compliment tn Col. Russell
AMI said lie had some time ago written
splendid tribute to the Southern
sClnicr.
Battle Abbey Committee.
Tho report Of the battle abbey com.
miitee. Of which General Evans is
chailn'ah' was read. 1t shows that
The committee now has, in sGbscrip.
tons and money. including the Charles
Broadway Rouss subscriptions, Sa0G :
uuu subject &c claim in suit for SlG,-
tIpn, by JOHN G.. Underwood for com.
missions and in which an appeal has
liern made. Trustees will altemnt to
raise further fund of $50O10. The
battle abbey will be built in Richmond,
Virginia
The report of the Jefferson Davis
monument association of the United
Daughters nf the Confaderacy showed
that The committee has in bank for
iho purpose of erecting the monument
fh9,oLo, and that the contract has
liecn signel for the unveilng Of tho
work IN Richmond on June 3. 1907.
INC report was unanimously adopted.
u Is hoped 10 make The unwilling ccrt..
nGni"s part of the reunion of 1907.
Made Annual Address.
AZ the opening of tho afternoon Sos.
SIGN General Lee introduced CAPTAIN
y. l.. Harris of Macon Ga, wlia dcliv.
cred the annual address Ia the vcter.
ANS. Captain Harris spoke for moro
man two hours and held the attention
o. his audience throughout
General George J.. Harrison 0r Ala.
bama, chairman of the committee an.
pointed to confer with committees
irGm other Confederate organizations,
rcat. a report recommending that tic
words OF the famous song Dixie" br
not chansed, as The sentiment of Tho
old l.oys III gray was decidedly AGAINST
1t. Il was adopted.
The report of The committee on rcso.
lutions was read by former Governor
Fleming. of Florida The report en-
iiorsGd the effort to hiring about pcacc
between The fpI eisn nations of the fnt
East ana expressed the hone that
Daily press. [volume] (Newport News, Va.) 1896-current, 1905-06-16
NEWPORT NEWS VA, FRIDAY JUNElG 1905

sa9cr Cassini. to formally announce
the selection of Washington rs The seat
of The conference
Ambassadors Cassini called Mt thu
White House this afternoon The
President explained to him The ma
lure of his Interview With Minister
Tokahira and conveyed The personal
assurance that the American govern
mtnt would do all in its power, which
it properly might do. to afford the plen-
iprtentiaries OF The two governments
comfortable and convenient facilities
for the transaction of their supremcly
important duties
Daily press. [volume] (Newport News, Va.) 1896-current, 1905-06-16
To Announce Neqotiators.

In view nf The selection of the seat
of the conference. it is expected that
within few days nj most. Russia and
Japan will announce formally he
names of their respective rleniputcn-
uaricS. II is deemed likely also. hat
cnincidentnlly with the announcement
of the plenipctenliarles an agreement
VIII be reached as Ia The time of hoI,i-
Ing the conference. In view of the dis.
tanccs. especially frcm japan, il seems
pruhahle that lie ncgotatnrs will not
meet before the middle of August or
the first of September.
Prior 10 the formal assembling of
the conference, it, is probable if pre-
cedent be followed, that peace pro-
tocol will ln negotiated. Tho making,
IF the prolncol will take place before
the declaration of Il formal arnlSiirr.
The nogCticticns regarding II probably
will he conducted in Washington and
il is regarded rs likely that the re-
arect!ye diplomatic representatives of
the l.eliigerents here will sign the
document on behalf Of their govern.
menis.
u is we'll understood that The .Japa-
nese government will not make known
prior to the assembling of the plcnlpo-
tentarins, The terms on which she will
ne willing to conclude peace. The
Japanese Emperor is known to desire
that, when peace is concluded. il shall
lie coupled with reasonable assurances
OF its nfrmancncy. Among well i'm
formed diplomats il is deemed proba-
hle that Japan's terms once they are
stated, will be regarded by the world
MS reasonable ;,!t.l and likely to be accept
able 10 RUSSIA.
Daily press. [volume] (Newport News, Va.) 1896-current, 1905-06-16
WEATHER.

Thunder showers Fri
day and probably satur-
day; cooler Friday.
Daily press. [volume] (Newport News, Va.) 1896-current, 1905-06-16

The DAILY PRESS
ls the only newspaper
n Newport Newa that
receives full Associated
Press Report.
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Continued on page eighty
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1905-02-08
EARLY Campaigning.

The mayoraIty race in New York is al
ready so far advanced that Mr.. Cookers
sad mission home has not saved him from
gossip on the subject. His intimate friends
are finding it necessary to deny rumors that
he intends to resume charge Of Tammany
Hail. They repeat his assurances to them
that he is out of the game for good, and
that it is useless for anybody to urge him
to change his mind. The situation looks a
little threatening for Tammany Mr.. Muir
ply is not the most adrot of leaders, and
the less fortunate of Mr.. McCleilans APP
pointees are, unpleasantly for him and
themselves, now in the limelight. Mr..
Hearst is in open revolt, and the Sullivans
are as yet displaying no passionate enthu-
siasm for the young mayor and his poll
ces. Order and success out of such chaos
might try the powers of even a Croker, if
Richard should decide to become himself
again,
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1905-02-08
Delaware.

All with noses to hold prepare to hold
them now. Another senatorial contest has
begun in Delaware. and the conditions
promise a repetition of former offensive
wranglings and delays Speaking after a
free fashion, the state is little but, in this
particular, she is loud. Very loud. She
smells to heaven. Within the past fifteen
years she has attracted as much unfavor-
able attention as any state of the Union
ever did And the end is not yet.
Again we are told by his adherents that
it will be Addicks or nobody. But the ques-
ton is. if it is Addcks viii it be anybody =?
How could man SO deeply discredited by
common report serve his state to advantage
in the Senate? If he Were the ablest law
yer in America he would be at a disad-
vantage there II the circumstances. If he
were the most experienced of politicians he
could hope to interest no following there
But, matter of fact, he has neither
learning nor experience in large affairs to
recommend him, being only man of wealth
with taste for display. and an amateur
politician on a parochial scale. If placed
where his ambition points he would be one
of the most helpless of men, and as much
out of his element as a fish out of water.
Delaware has some able men, republicans
as well as democrats. The state for long
years stood among the first here. When
the change of party control came she was
not found wanting but in Mr. Higgins pre-
sented man of force and influence Since
then, however, one name alone has come
to represent so completely the dominant
party. and, whether altogether justly or
not, to stand for such unworthy influences
on affairs, that the country at large has
turned away whenever Delaware was men
toned.
The present struggle will probably show
the old familiar features Last ditchers"
are advertised in both of the republican
factions. Mr.. Addicks is in personal COM
mand of his own forces, and that means the
employment of all the means in his behalf
for which he stands in our politics The
spectacle is very modifying. and the result
can hardly be to the full advantage of the
republican opportunity, even if Mr.. Addicks
is beaten. Compromises effected in such
circumstances are rarely more than mega
tive in character At best only positive evil
has been averted
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1905-02-08
A Colombian Statesman Abroad.

General Jorge Holguin, financial dele
gate of Colombia, Is here trying to arouse
European suspicious regarding the designs
of the United States on South America. In
the course of an interview he points out
that the United States is gradually obtain
Ing complete influence there, the final OBJ
5ect being to shut out European trade
This mission is doomed to failure. Eu-
rope is not scareable on that subject She
would be glad to see the influence of the
United States increased in the quarter
named. 1t would mean stabler govern
ment there, and that would mean better
markets for traders and better credit
abroad for the South American people Eu-
rope is pretty well advised as to condi-.
lions In both Central and South America.
and would welcome their improvement.
She understands now better than ever be-
lore the real meaning CT the Monroe doc
Urine, subscribes to it, and expects us to
continue to assert it. And she will not be
disappointed in that. We were never more
in earnest on the subject in our lives, and
our new interests and responsibilities as
respects the Isthmian canal give the doc
trine an added force.
So far as trade is concerned, it is to our
discredit that we have much too little with
those countries. We could not reasonably
hope for monopoly of it, but we should
nave much larger share than we now en-
joy. As matter of fact, however, we
seem to be making no progress at ALL
Every now and then the subject comes up
is discussed in an academic fashion for a
season, and then is dropped. The markets
are there and we should supply them with
many things which now are purchased in
Europe, but so far, we have not risen to the
opportunity.
Necessarily our trade with that part of
the world will grow with the completion of
the canal. But even then we shall get only
what we compete for with other outside
bidders. The talk of our closing the
door down there against European COM
pettors is of course the merest non
sense. We shall not have the power to
do anything of the kind, and besides we
shall probably then be insisting, as we are
now insisting, on the open door in China,
and in reason will have to do by others as
we are asking that they do by US.
Before returning home General Holguin
should pay US visit, and get the correct
lay of the land. General Reyes profited by
his visit, and no Colombian statesman
should be poorly informed misinformed
about so powerful and friendly a neighbor
as the United States.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1905-02-08
The Statehood Dog-Fall.

Yesterdays action in the Senate on the
statehood bill is indecisive. 1t offers new
ground for controversy, with an opportu-
nifty for the House to insist upon its orig1-
nal two-state proposition and for the sen
ate, by action on a conference report, to
straighten out the tangle caused by yes
terday's complex voting.
Unless the House hastily reyerses itself,
the Senate. on a motion to instruct the
conferees. will soon be called upon to put
itself squarey on record on this PROPOSE
ton, so important to the welfare OF the
whole country 1t is not today on record
in a manner to remove all doubt as TO the
sentiments of a majority of the BODY IWo
adventurous circumstances combined 10
give the opponents of the committee bill a
slight advantage on the final test. Inc
failure to secure a pair for Senator Knox,
who was i'll, with Senator Perkins, VINO de-
manded a written request to that effect
which came just too late. was one of these
circumstances, losing MIR. Knox's vote to
the original two-state proposition. The
other circumstance which lost a vote at
the end was the absence of Senator Platt
of New York, who had left the Senate, and
whose vote was urgently needed at the fin
ish. Had Senator Plat lived as near to
the Capitol as did Senator Morgan his vote
would have been cast against the Bard
amendment, that of Mr.. Morgan was
cast for it. he having been brought back
to the Senate in time, and Mr.. Platt arriv-
ing few minute too late.
The conditions which determined the re-
suit of yesterdays vote serve as a suffi-
Client warrant TO the friends of the original
twO-state bill In the House to demand
conference, and the insistence of the House
upon its first proposition as to Arizona and
New Mexico If the lines in the Senate are
drawn later as they were yesterday and
the votes are all recorded there should be
no question of a reversal of yesterdays
action and acquiescence in the two-state
plan, joining Arizona and New Mexico as
We'll as Oklahoma and Indian territory. Or
the result of deadlock may be inaction,
and the transfer to the next Congress of
the whole controversy concerning New
Mexico and Arizona.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1905-02-08
The Greene-Gaynor Extradition.

The British privy council today decided
in favor of the United States in the matter
of the Greene and Gaynor extradition, over
which this country has been engaged for
many months in a controversy with the
Canadian government. This would seem
to settle the case and lead to the surrender
to the United States of these fugitives from
justice They have evaded trial for long
time. Their alleged accomplice, Captain
Carter. has served his sentence In the mill
tary prison. Belief in their. guilt is the
more strongly established in the minds of
the American people by reason of their
flight and stubborn refusal to stand trial
in this country and by their extraor-
binary maneuvers in Canada to prevent ex-
tradition. Whether guilty or innocent, they
have been formally accused of a crime
which Is particularly abhorrent. the cor
rupting of a trusted officer of the govern
ment for the purpose Of making enormous
profits out of public-work contracts The
Canadian government has acted in a most
remarkable manner in the premises and has
seemed to try to stretch every point against
the United States. The rebuke by the
home government ought to remind Canada
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or other places where he purchased his

or other places where he purchased his
tickets
If the contention of the managers is cor
rect the position of the playgoers may be-
come precarious, dependent upon the
whim of the managers and their employees.
Personal dislikes might find expression in
exclusion. or course, the correct business
policy of the managers is to admit all
corners. whatever their nationality, reli-
gion, color, social class complexion or per-
sonal status, so long as the persons adj
niitted respectable, orderly and clean.
IL patron were persistently and regu-
larly to boo or hiss the show to vent
his own dislike for the manager, he would
render himself obnoxious not only to the
management, but to the other patrons of
the house, and there would be good ground
for his exclusion when he came again.
But even this right to deny entrance to an
habitual and disorderly dissenter cannot
safely be construed to give the house the
right to evict or to deny admission TO a
person who has on a single occasion, or
whenever the circumstances fairly war
ranted, expressed his disapproval of the
play in progress
The theater is a private enterprise to the
extent that it is conducted by capitalists
as a money making venture, and to some
extent it is to be protected as such against
the assaults of malicious critics. But it is
distinctly public enterprise in that it APP
peals to all classes and is enabled to do
business solely upon the license of the
city. Just how far the critic is warranted
in going in his criticisms is matter of
taste. The courts offer their remedy for
malicious and false statements in the libel
laws, which were unsuccessfully invoked in
this New York case by the managers. It
is impossible to deny the right of the public
to read reviews and estimates of theatrical
performances so long as the enterprise de-
ponds for it's very life upon publicity.
Something besides the managers own
claims for the show is due the people who
pay their money to maintain it.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1905-02-08
Street Litter,

The purpose of the new superintendent OF
street cleaning to keep the street litter
down to low limit is in every way COM
mendable and worthy of earnest support by
all citizens. Much of the so-called dirt in
the streets is composed of trash deliberately
cast into the cutters or dropped on the side
walks by careless people. Papers, fruit
skins, and other refuse are thrown upon
the pavements with entire Indifference as
to what becomes of them what damage
they do. Merchants using the sidewalks for
the loading and unloading of goods often
allow straw, sawdust. excelsior and papers
to remain where they fall from packing
cases, to be blown about by the winds or
kicked by pedestrians and to add to the
street dirt
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1905-02-08
Theatrical Managers and Critics.

Playgoers are closely watching the prog
ress of the suits and other proceedings in
stituted IN New York by certain dra-
matte critic who has been systematically
refused admittance to the theaters in that
city which are under the control of what
Is popularity known as the syndicate"
This organizatio is directed by a very
few managers, and almost completely con-
trolls the theatrical business. Therefore
when the ban was placed upon this critic
for his outspoken comments upon the
leaders of the syndicate it meant that all
but two or three of the first-class houses
in the metropolis were closed to him He
proceeded TO buy his tickets and present
himself for admission TO one of these
houses after another. and was In every in
stance refused entrance. He accumulated
his evidence until he seemed to have
enough to indicate a conspiracy. and he is
now seeking the punishment of the man
ayers through court proceedings.
Back of the personal controversy in this
case lies a question of considerable i'm
portance TO the playgoing public. The
managers of New York claim that they
have a perfect right to deny entrance to
their houses to any person whose presence
is undesirable or distasteful. the ticket
being merely a revocable license. The critic
compla inant urges that inasmuch as the
theater is licensed by the city 1t is COM
PEELED to admit the public as long as the
public pays the charges and behaves itself
inside of the premises. He argues that
there can lawfully be nc discrimination at
the doors, just as there has been no dis
elimination against him at the box Offices
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1905-02-08
Padrone System.

From the Detroit Free Press.
The padrone system is f1ourishing. 1t IS
due to it that the number of undeslrables
from Italy is increasing steadily To the
padrones the mine operators and railroad
contractors turn for solution Of the prob
lem of cheap labor. With the padrones they
make contracts and the padrones have a
sort of a syndicate which is well capitalized
and pays large dividends. In addition to
rewards from the railroads or the mining
operators. the pa drones exact commissions
from the men OF 20 per cent of their wages.
Frequently they board and house them at
a profit and there is a banking department,
where the laborers deposit their savings
against the time when they may have
enough to return to Italy. 1t is a compre-
hensive system and it has been effective;
the padroneS are all rich.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1905-02-08
Freak Legislation in Kansas.
From the Kansas City Journal

I rom the haNSHS CITY JOuFNdI
The freaks are coming to the front rapidly
at Topeka. First it was a bill to establish
conditional marriages-to separate all hus-
bands and wives after they had lived to-
gether ten years. Then came a bill abol-
fishing all divorce Then a bill providing
that il man was not married at thirty
years of age he must espouse a woman
selected for him by state commission.
And now comes crank from Cherryvale
who wants the legislature to establish the
whipping post for the man who corrects his
wife with trunk strap or the soft side Of
a two-by-four scantling.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1905-02-08
The Country Behind Him.
From the Pittsburg Times.

No careful observer of the trend of popu-
lar opinion doubt that the country at
large is heartily with the President in this
question of discrimination. He has been
fearless in his position, in testimony WHEREOF
is the revelation concerning the railroad
with which one of his own appointees to the
cabinet was once connected. He has been
right in his conclusions, in testimony where
of is the support of the interstate commerce
commission. He has chosen a good time
for suggesting and supporting corrective leg
islation, in testimony whereof is the I'M
mist. kable approval of his constituents.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1905-02-08
For a Simple Burial,
From the Harermn CMass.) Gazette.

FrOm tnt fiaEtTHIII IMHSSI UHEtltt.
Rev. Charles Wagner has been talking a
deal about the simple life, but Rev. Father
Mclaughlin of Adams is advocating the
simple burial. The great evil among his
parishioners is not that they are living be-
yond their means, but that they are dying
too eXtravagantly. Accordingly, he has
placed limit on floral offerings at funerals,
on the number of hacks to be used, ETC., so
that poor man can actually afford to die
without consigning his friends and relatives
to a bankruptcy court; and the Adams sit
uation does not exist exclusively in that
town, either.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1905-02-08
A Myth Revised.

De groun' hog is so ugly
We'se skyaht as we kin be;
De lion an rhinoceroS
Is not as bad as he.
De white folks tells about him
In de story an de song:
An, as happens wifi de white folks,
Dey has mostly got it wrong.
Dey say dat Mistah Groun' hog,
If he notices de sun,
Is frightened by his shadow
An he turns aroun' to run
But it's de sun OATS worried
By dat critter down below,
Till he clean goes out O. bus ness
An stays hid fob six weeks mo-.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1905-02-08
Canada's Future.

From the Montreal Revue Canadien9e.
A day Will come when the two races
which compose the population of Canada
and which have already SO much in COM
mon despite their differences OF origin-will
fuse together. They will both leave an in
delible impression on the country, and each
will impose on the other something of it's
character. its institutions. it's manners, and
its language. But the one that leads will
not necessarily be the most numerous
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1905-02-08
SHOOTING STARS.
Unfortunate,

Miss Cayenne is very unfortunate"
She has remarkable gift of repartee.'
Eyes. When she tries to be sincerely
people take it for granted
hat she is being sarcastic"
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1905-02-08

Ii is hoped that the people who select
pareuc titles for sleeping cars and race
horses will not try to ring in on the scheme
to rechristen the Washington ball club.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1905-02-08

A disputed election strikes Colorado as a
comparatively mild and peaceful affair.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1905-02-08
The Russian Revolution.

From the London Outlook.
The scenes of bloodshed which stained st.
Petersburg on Sunday are already recog-
nized as the most portentous event in the
political development of Europe since the
storming of the Bastile.