Richmond Palladium (Daily), Volume 32, Number 242, 7 October 1907 — Page 3

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fo Celebrate Surrender of

Cornwallis

Senators P. C. Knox of Penn

sylvania, and John W. ? Daniel of Virginia, to Make

Addresses on Historic Anniversary. J fTearly one hundred and twenty-six year have gone since Cornwallis surrendered to the allied armies of France and America at Yorktown and in keeping with the historical significance of the event, a great celebration will be held at the Jamestown Exposition oa October 19, tht anniversary of the date. The celebration will be under the auspices of the exposition authorities, the Thomas Jefferson Memorial Association and the descendants of the signers of the Declaration f Independence This will be one of the last historical days, the ceremonies of winch have attracted such wida attention, representatives of the original thirteen Stales will meet in

c niuuiuiiiiu, suu mier me iormal ceremonies of the day will o.-jranize a new society, which will be known as "le Society of the Descendants of the Declaration of Independence." Senator P. C. Knox, of Pennsylvania, nd Senator John VV. Daniel, of Virginia, will be among the orators of the occasion. The idea of banding together in a society the descendants of the signers of the declaration originated with William Shields McXean, a temporary president of the proposed organization. Mr. McKean has made a tour of the th-rleen States, and has succeeded in interesting a large number of eligible mem ours. No effort will be made according to the present arrangement of the program to organiae State societies. One national society will be maintained, with headquarters probably in Washington, D. C. The bylaws will provide for the observance of all holidays growing out; of the revolutionary war, and also for the proper decorations of the battlefields and the graves of patriotic heroes. For a long time it has been the contention of many members of the existing hereditary societies thac there is a disposition to slight the acts performed by civil officers in favor of the more spectacular deeds done by the army and navy. At the Philadelphia congress of the Sons of the American Revolution, held in 1005, it remained for a delegate from the district of Columbia to point out that the grave of John Morton, a delegate to the Continental congress, and one who gave the casting vote of Pennsylvania for the Declaration of independence was neglected and unmarked. The celebration of Ycrktown day at the exposition is peculiarly appropriate with the towering shaft erected on the field of surrender by a grateful government, almost in view from the exposition grounds, and with the historic features and exhibits of the celebration ull ir. accord and contributary to the success and interest of such an event. Millions of Americans thrill with patriotic fervor at the mention of Yorktown and a celebration of this kinU, affording as it will as a side trip an opportunity to walk the street of this quaint old town, to see its historic buildings, its grand monuments, the battlefield, the ruins of the famous redoubts and hear the story of the great surrender from the lips of those who heard

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in Ibat glorious event.

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YORKTOWN DAY Celebrated Jamestown Exposition October 19

Ceremonies

Under the Auspices of Officials of Jamestown Exposition; ThomM lfferson Memorial Association; Descendants of Siaof Declaration of Independence.

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S. SENATOR P. C. KNOX, of Pennsylvania S. SENATOR J. W. DANIEL, of Virginia

Permanent Organization of Descenents of Signers of Declaration of Independence will be Effected

Yorktown Is a shrine for American patriots, historians and antiquarians. It holds the interest possessed by Jamestown Island, and in addition there is the charm of a Virginia town, surrounding even the mouldering ruins of Revolutionary days to be seen on every hand. If Jamestown were the Cradle of the Republic, it was at Yorktown that the infant nation received its baptism of fire. If Yorktown were not one of the shrines The illustration, represents

of American patriots, it would still be , ren?ef of Cornwallia at Yorktown," is worthy of visit, for it is quaint, beauti- j nl Si ""'J? f 0010061 John . , , t ' , , ' '. . . -Turn bull, which is m the rotunda of the ful and untouched by the vulgarizing caprtol at Washington. Colonel Trumbull hand of progress, but aside from this every' M bo died in 1843, was the son of Governor

inch of the old ssat teems with historic

interest and days may be well spent and about the quaint old village.

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,V- " . 01 -nnti:ut, and one of AVashnngton's aide-de-camps in 1775, and in 17.6 the deputy adjutant-general of the

uorinern aepartment, under the command

Yorktown is memorable in American 1 or Major-Lreneral Gates. He retired from historv as being the spot where, on the j tle service in 1777, and afterwards be19th of October, 1731, the army of Corn-! J? 0 torical painter of the . . . , . - , Kevolution. In 1791 be visited Yorktown walhs surrendered to the combined armies , and made the drawing of the nlace of sur- . r - , r-i rr'i r i : i 4. j

01 America ana r ranee, ine ursi. uigui. renaer,

the American army reposed after the investment of Yorktown, Washington slept in the open air under a mulberry tree, the roots forming hia pillow. Cornwallis'

headquarters were originally in the fine brick house belonging to Secretary Nelson. He remained there till a servant was killed and the building much injured by the American artillery, when he moved into the town. Just beyond the national cemetery is a handsome monument marking the spot where Cornwallis surrendered. This monument waa . erected by Captain Shaw, the keeper of the cemetery, at his own expense. The place of surrender Tas about half a mile from the eastern limits of the town, on the south side of the road to Hampton. The Moore house on Temple farm is yet standing on the bank of the river about a

Occupying a conspicuous space in the rorthern boundary. Its possession by the : nwle below Yorktown. It is memorable Treasury Department exhibit, government United States is associated historically ZS?

Vr.rvaitifNri nro- lne irienasnip or iiussia lor ine jvorm " -.7 - . ... Exposition, pro k 1 , Swan tavern in this town ir said to

uunug LI1C WIVll WILT. . , . . . , , , . . !be the oldest in Virginia. On the banks

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Priceless Relics of History In Government Exhibits

building A, Jamestown

tected by a massive brass and plate glass wing frame, are a series of warrants and drafts exhibited for the lirst time which will not again be on exhibition to the public without special permission of the Secretary of the Treasury, and then oniy at the department in Washington, D. C. These warrants or checks are framed betwsen heavy plate glass to enable the visitor not only to read the face of the same but also the endorsements on the back thereof. One of the most interesting of these is the grant to Gen. Lafayette made by Congress in 1824 for his services and sacrifices in the war of the Revolution. His endorsement appears on the back as being paid him January 11, 1325. The amount of this warrant is $200,000. The warrant for which Russia was paid $7,200,000 for the territory of Alaska is also shown. The Emperor of Russia not

being here in person, the power of attorney

The scene represents the moment when the principal officers of the British army, conducted by General Lincoln, are passing the two groups of American and French officers, and entering between the two lines of visitors. By this means the principal officers of th three nations are brought near together, sa as to admit of distinct portraits, in the center of the view, in the distance, is seen the entranccf the town, with the captured troopj marching out, following their officers; and also a distant glimpse of York river, and

;the entrance of the Chcrapeake bay, ai

seen irora tne spot. The prominent figure on horseback in the center is General Lincoln, by whose side stands the British general. O'Hara. Washington, on horseback, is a little in the rear and on the left of General Lincoln. Count Rochambeau, the French general, :a on horseback at the end of the line of French officers, and on the right and ba-.k of General O'Hara. On the reader's right, the four American ofF.cem ofl foot are respectivelycommencing with the one nearest the margin Col. Nicholas Fish. New

the ruins of an old! York: Col. Valfr St,.., xn,; jIi-l:. .

about two cents an acre for the territory, j church which was built about two huu- Col. John Laurens, South Carolina an,4

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coi. Alexander Hamilton, commander of light infantry. On the reader's right, those on horseback wmmencing with the figure nearest the margin are, respectively, Col. Timothy Pickering, Liut.-Col. E. Huntington, aid to Lincoln; Maj.-Gen. Knox, commander of artillery; Gen. Peter

JUuhlenburg, Virginia; Gen. Hand, adjutant-general, Pennsylvania; Gen. Anthonv Wayne, Maryland; Gen. Gist, Mary laud"; Maj.-Gen. James Clinton. New York; CoL Trumbull, secretary to Washington; Col. Cobb, aid to Washington: Baron Steuben; Layfayette, and Governor Nelson of Virginia. In the distance, the small figure on horseback, beyond some of th cannon, is Col. Ebenezer Stevens, of the American

artillery. Those drawn up on the left

but it is not generally known that the'dred years ago. It was destroyed by the United States has received nearly $3 1,000.-! ftreat fire in 1814. The old bell bears the 000 in revenue from Alaska in the past inscription, "County of York, Virginia,

thirty-nine years. In addition Alaska has1725." The old custom house is another produced $125,000,000 in gold, $80,000,000 in ! landmark famous for it antiquity, furs and 196,000.000 in fish, and the wealth j The beautiful monument at Yektown of the country has only been scratched on j 'ss erected by the United States governthe surface. ment to commemorate the surrender. T ... , . The Nelson mansion is a large tweln this case are the four warrants of . . - . , -u- e sn.mnnrt . t u r. -,- story brick building, fronting on the river, 5,p00,000 m payment of the Philippine on the main 8treet of the town. In th Islands and are drawn in the name of War of the Revolution it was the resi-

Jules Cambon, the French ambassador.representing the government of Spain. These warrants also show the endorsements of Mr. Cambon.

The $40,000,000 paid to the French company who had already worked part of the Panama canal, and drawn in the rame of J. Pierpont Morgan t Co., as their financial representative, is also shown. The two

j warrants, one for $1,000,CX) and one for

dence of Governor Thomas Nelson, by whose father, the Honorable Thomas Nelson, it was erected. During the siege of Yorktown the house was bombarded by the American army and now bears the marks of cannon shot. Governor Nelson, . if.. m

then in wasningion s army, nad com-

Magnificent Government Pier Exposition's Crowning Glory

With the wane of day, addresses by manned with at least two and sonvtthxm r t . . 1 three rrr- war kin p either sixteen ol

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treasury, and by Harry St. George Tucker,

mand of the first battery which opened j side of the reader are the French officers.

was given to his minister, hence this war- fop the purha9e o the J, f0no through rant is'drawn in the name cf De Stocke. I j pierpont Morgan is shown here also. The warrant bears the endorsement of l)e ... , ,. . , , , Kft v'.n.i i tv,. r.A kw All of the above warrants and checks

National Bank, of Washington, D. C, for ! " tke original papers in each instance

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upon the town. Rightly supposing it was occupied by some of the British officers, he pointed the first gun against his own dwelling and offered a reward to the soldiers of five guineas for every bombshell that should be fired into it. About a mile and a half below York town, on what is called the Temple farm,

is the site of an ancient settlement. Near-

collection. It may be inierestm? to know " "llcu iby are the vestiges of an ancient temple,

in cocbci'uuu mm wairauv .uai o vae ; w public at large Alaska is no more or less ' Visitors may have these warrants and than nearly 600,000 square miles of lsud. j checks explained to them in detail by apoccupying the northwestern part ef North 1 plying to any of the attendants in the America, with the Arctic ocean for its Treasury Department space.

which was formerly surrounded by a wall, probably intended as a means of defense against the Indians. Within the enclosure are several defaced and broken monu

ments.

lne first three on foot commencwf with

the one nearest the margin are Count Deuxponta, colonel of French infantry; Duke de Laval Montmorency, colonel of infantry; and Count Custine, colonel of infantry. The first figure on horseback (who has a plume in his cap) is the Duke de Lauzum, colonel of cavalry; and those next in order, as follows:: Gen. Choixy, Viscount Viomenil, Marquis de St. Simon, Count Feraen, aid to Rocbambean; Count Charles Dumas, aid to Rochambeau; Marquis Chastellux, Baron Viomenil, Count de Barrar, admiral, and Count d Graue,

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president of the Jamestown Exposition, rr mic by many bands, and as night darkened, a magnificent illumination of electric and searchlights, supplemented finally by a monster display of fireworks, marked the dedication of ti gr-at government pier at Jamestown Exposition on Saturday evening, September l'h The exp-vatbn is magnificently complete and completely magnificent with the dedication of the great pier. The government pier is the groat centerpiece of ths Jamestown Exposition. Its completion filis the great vacuum in the appearance of the show on Hampton Reads. The ex-rci.es were held just before dark on the areh of the piers, and just as the government officials formally turned the property over to President Tucker, of the exposition, the thousands of electric tights, covering the pier and the exposition buildings were turned on, and amidst the music of many bands, the screaming of whistles in the harticr and the biasing of fireworks. This magnificent contribution of the general government to the glory and beauty of the ler-C ntennial celebrr.tion, represents ont of the most gigantie ti-tk of modern times. The government appropriated the sum of $400,000 and the contract was awarded in the office of Major Spencer Cosby, the engineer in charge of the work, in Washington, October 21,

1906, to the Schofield Company, of Philadelphia. The plans called for a total of about 13,000 piles sheet piles and round piles considerably ovei a mile of sea wall, about 300,000 yards cf fill and about 450,000 yards of dredging. To complete the plans ov?r 3,600,000 fe?t of lumber, for either permanent or temporary use, was required. The pier is a donfcle one, enclostc an enormous water basin r' 1,280.000 square feet, but its most erceptional f -it are is a 150-foot r "rced concrete arch at th? outer end. fbis arch, placed on a mud bottom relying entirely nopn the bearing powers of the piles driven for its abutment, waa the principal engineering feature of the whole work, as it is the longest

single span bridge of the kind in this country, measuring exactly 151 feet and 5

inches from tpring line to spring Una. In

order to plaee this arch, over 209 piles were driven in each abutment and th concrete placed nine feet below the water

line in two large coffer dams.

Fourteen diilerent pile-driving machines were used in the pert driving, as high aa ten being used at the sense time. Nine

dredges, aevast toga and twelve scows, ail

twenty-four hours, were used on the dred

lng. in operating and handling the material for this gigantic undertaking three locomotives were used, two narrow guag and one standard guage. Over twe aad half miles of traok were lain to connect the various parts of the work Kth the tarpoat tion company's tracks. In handling the concrete twe eeaarate and distinct concrete plants were built, one on the shore for the four sea wiJk and the outer cad and the other for the arch, situated on a temporary trestle alongside. One of the hardest obstacles in completing the pier was found to he dredging.. The bottom, instead of being sandy, aa afaowa cn the drawings of the original pUaa, proved to be a combination of clay, sand, sandstone, etc., with a large aeaount of cobblestones and small houldeas, whiefc defied the best effort of anything but ths largest dredges. But new it is complete and la all America there is no sight more grand, saore magnificent, more inspiring than this, the culmination of architectural beanty enhanced by an illumination mors entrancing than ever before graced the court of honor of an exposition. Yes, it stands complete, and it is worth waiting for, even years instead of months. A journey of a thousand, yea, many thousands si miles, would he m pleasure with this as the goal. By day the view from the done of ths mammoth arch ia sublime. High above ths waters of Hampton Roads, the perspective includes the vessels of every hand and clime as they come and go, the mstoris Fort Monroe beyond and the men-of-war lying at peaceful anchor. Turning the gaxe landward, the view takes the grand plaxa, the beautiful buildings and ground of ths colonial city, but it is at night that ths grandeur of the handiwork of man hessmev apparent. On the pier 22,000 lamps Wean and sparkle, turning night mto day and fairly illuminating the heavens with their radiance. The two . great towers, with 3,000 lamps each, the arch and approaches with 1,000 lamps, the sixteen pylons with sixteen lamps each, 500 standards with ten lamps each and four cxedraa with 300 lamps, create a scene of Illumination never before equaled. To accomplish this fee tare alone over 1,000 horse power of energy is required, producing in technical terms 730y 000 Watts. Add to this magnificence of electric splendor the bbre of 200,000 lamps on ths avenues, around Lee parade, oa ths Warpath, along the board walk of the beach and setting forth in outlines of firs ths many buildings in every feature until ths very heavens reflect the radiance and create a scene of aplndor ef rare m.

PREACHED FIRST SERMON OF THE PASTORAL YEAR. Rev. Aaron Napier Outlines His Plans For the Year to Milton Congregation. Milton, Ind., Oct. 7 Rev. Aaron Napier preached at Friends' church Sunday morning the first sermon of the pew pastoral year, and suggested. the

work he expects to accomplish the coming year. Fifty additions to the church and a clean, aggressive membership Is his hope. Rev. A. R. Jones of the M. E. church assisted In the services.

C, C. ft I ticket agent will sen yp sleeping car tickets to Caicago for their 11:15 P. M. train. Call on bim aorf-tt

HELD ITS QUARTERLY MEETING.

Milton, Ind., Oct. 7 The Christian Endeavor Society and Epworth League held its quarterly union meeting at the M. E. church Sunday evening. Miss Nellie Jones was leader and the service was full of interest.

Harvard leads all American colleges

in point of number of students.

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