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VOL. XV. NO. 11.
ASHEVILLE, N. C, MONDAY AFTERNOON, FEBRUARY 21, 1910.
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RIOTING RAWS ATTEMPT TO
OPEHflTE Pit f c " n E L P H I A CARS
A LARGE BATCH
E
df in lira
In Some Sections of the City
Even Mounted Police Were
Unable Jo Handle
the Mobs.
A RENEWAL OF TROUBLE
IN THE MORNING HOURS
Estimated 1 000 Were Injured Yester
day Motorman's Skull Was
Fractured This
Forenoon.
JL 4. .T. f !s.t. t 11 I ! ! A
rminiicipiuu, rcii. 21.
There waw A NcrlmiH riot lit
Fifth streot ami Ix'higli ave-
..
mio In the mil lillHtrlct In In
afternoon. yiiuinite was ex
ploded miller a tar ami it was
broken In lialf anil conipletc
ly wrecked. There were no
passengers) anil previous to ily
luiiiiitlnx the moll ordered the
rrew off the ear. The police
orriveil quickly anil with
drawn revolvers rowed the
mob and several were arrest
ed. Other ai ts of violence an'
reported this afternoon.
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PHILADELPHIA, Feb. 21. Cars
were attacked In various parts
of the city this morning. The
moat sorlous outbreak occurred in the
northeastern section when the crowd,
inter beating a motorman and con
ductor, wrecked the car. The men
injured were taken to a hospital.
The motorman's skull was fractured.
Despite yesterday's severe riot
Inn the Philadelphia Rapid Tran
sit company started Its schedule
today without apparent 'Interrup
ting by strikers, or sympathiz
ers. One thousand men on the ell
Kible list for policemen and firemen
ere"4wgrh in. i , , -
Strike leader declare 6000 are on
Irlke. Many trolleymen did not re
port for fear of being Injured. It Is
estimated today that 1000 persons
were Injured by stones or other mis
siles yesterday. A little girl who was
shot while watching boys attack a
car will probably recover.
A statement Issued by the company
says 27 cars were damaged during
the disorder. Two cars were burned
and 8608 car windows broken.
Hinting Yesterday.
Tllotlng In every section of this city
followed the attempt of the Rapid
TranRit company to operate its lines
Sunday. Passengers and crews were
driven from the cars by infuriated
mods of strike sympathisers and in
nearly a Bcore of instances the aban
doned cars were burned or otherwise
destroyed. At nightfall every car was
withdrawn from service.
Stern measures were adopted by the
police to quell the disorders and nearly
live hundred persons were arrested
charged with Inciting to riot. Two
women were shot by stray bullets, and
many peoplo were removed to hospi
tals. -
Mayor Reyburn ordered Director of
Police Clay to swear In 3,000 addi
tional men and issued a proclamation
enron lng the riot act.
Trouble Begins.
During the morning hours cars were
run on everv line with little difficulty
except In the mill district of Kensing
ton where cars were stoned by dis
orderly mobs. At 11 o'clock the
transit company official announced
that cars were running on their regu
lar Sunday schedule. Shortly after
wards riots were reported from scores
nf widely separated localities.
At Twenty-sixth and Wharton
streets, In the southern section of the
city, a mob of boys drove the con
ductor and motorman from their
prts and, after the four women pas
senger had left the car, set It on fire.
The following car was also toppod
and wa being set on Are when a de
tachment of police reached the Scene.
Mary Devlin, aged sixteen years, wa
shot In the leg when the police fired
on the mob.
In the usually quiet residential sec
tion of West Philadelphia, mobs were
formed which for a time baffled the
police. Stone were - piled on ;the
tracks and several car were wrecked.
Mounted police were powerless to dis
perse the mob her,e and lire hoe
was finally brought Into play.
The Importation, of Ui (Strike
breakers from New York led to an
attack on the barn and main office
of the company at Eighth and Dau
phin streets yesterday afternoon.
Window Were broken by tone hurl
ed by the mob, which wa finally dis
persed after twenty-five arret had
been. made. 1
The most seriously Injured person
In the rioting wa thirteen-year-old
Viola Deaver, who wa shot In the ab.
domen by a tray bullet from a police
man' revolver as she wa stepping
ffom her home at m North 13th
street, while a mob wa attacking five
trolley car In front of th house.
Ceiv Qeltsau, aged It yean, a
nurse In the Friend asylum, wa also
. struck 'by a stray bullet HI condi
tion I not regarded a critical.
The transit company state that t7
cars wcro wrecked, two .completely
burned and one partially burned'-by
(he mobs today. Two- thousand, six
hundred and eight car windows were
srrinnfteii. Th nlnelsls of the company
(l'clitillHe1 till Jinge I)
MORE
SOLDIERS
TO IttSOE
The Day Is Expected to Bring
the Strained Situation
in Cairo, Ills., to
a Head.
PEOPLE, IN SULLEN MOOD,
AWAITING DEVELOPMENTS
Sheriff's Home and Person Arc Guard
ed at All Times by !
Troops of the I
Militia.
Cairo, Ills., Feb. 21. With 100
militiamen enroute to this city in a
special train, and with citizens in n
sullen mood, awaiting developments,
today is expected to bring the strained
situation in Cairo to a head. The
grand Jury will begin an Investigation
of Thursday night's rioting. The
coroner's Jury will conclude its in
quiry this afternoon.
Police . oilicers were searching
the city Uwt night for a negro
suspected of purse Biiatehlng and
another clash between the oili
cers and citizens is expected if the
man is caught. Excitement Is run
ning high against these, negroes, and
anil intensity was added to this senti
ment when negroes, it Is charged
made insulting gestures at the persons
in the funeral procession following
the body of Alexander lialllday, killed
Thursday night In nn attack on the
Jail, to the cemetery. Nearly six hun
dred persons attended the funeral and
accompanied the body to Montida,
Ills., in a special train. An effort was
made to organize a party on the train
during the return trip to Cairo to
wreak summary vengeance on the ne
groes, but no disturbance resulted.
The negro the police are seeking
is believed to have been associated
with John Prutt. the negro who escap
ed lynching when Sheriff Nellls de
fended the Jail at the cost of one life
and injury of several others In the at
tacking pnrty. If he is caught an ef
fort will be made to take him away
from the police before the military
has an opportunity to Interfere.
The military continued to patrol the
streets last night at regular Intervals.
Several small crowds were dlspered
during the day but no demonstration
took place of any moment.
The home of Sheriff Nellls is
guarded by the militia and he Is giv
en a military escort when ho leaves
the court house.
Mrs. Nellls. wife of the sheriff col
lapsed under the strain and Is now un
der a physician's care. She Is one of
the women who are carrying revol
vers. The ministers in their pulpits for
the most part yesterday united in urg
ing the citizens to support the law.
SE
Favorable Indications Were Noted Yet
terday by the Three Attending Phy
sicians, Who Issued Statement
Washington, Feb. 21. After nnoth
er consultation this morning, Doctor
Hancock and Plckford Issued the fol
lowing bulletin with regard to Sena
tor Tillman' condition: "Senator
Tillman continue to Improve, paraly
sis much less than yesterday. His
mind is very clear and memory excel
lent. The outlook Is more encourasj-
ing than at any time since the pres
ent lllnes began."
Washington, Feb. 21. Favorable
Indication showed themselves Sun
day In the condition of Senator Till
man. The initial symptom which
caused hi partial paralysis and loss
of speech have abated and Improve
ment ha commenced, according to a
bulletin Issued late yesterday after
noon by the three attending physi
cian. Yesterday he recognised and
called by name one of hi physician,
a man whom he had seen but once
before.
Until then the senator had spoken
but two word since he wa stricken
last Thursday, but yesterday when
the family physician entered hi face
frightened a he recognised him and
aid
"Hello, doctor."
A little later the physician whom
he had seen but once said to the
senator:
"I don't suppose you remember
me?"
"Ye I do." replied Mr. Tillman.
"You are Dr. White."
Tin physicians consider thl return
of speech most favorable and they en
tertain' no doubt now as to the pa
tient's full recovery of his speech.
NATOR TILLMAN
DOCTOR
New York Herald and The Gazette-
MORTIFYING. "THEY'RE GOING TO MAKE US TELL OUR AGE!"
SUPREME COURT HANDS DOWN
SEVERAL IMPORTANT DECISIONS
y
CASE IS REVERSED
Toxaway Hotel Company Is not Sub
ject to the National Bank
ruptcy Acts.
Washington, Feb. 21. The Toxa
way Hotel company of North Caroli
na Is a corporation merely for con
ducting hotels, and so not subject to
the national bankruptcy acts; so held
the Supreme court of the I'nlted
States today.
The lower federal court adjudged
the company bankrupt on the ground
that as it conducted two country
stores it was a trade and mercantile
corporation within the meaning of the
national bankrupt net
FAILURE TO ADJUST
PENALTHS UPHELD
South Carolina Railway Law Is All
RioM, Says the Court of
Last Resort.
Washington, Feb. 21. The consti
tutionality of the statue of South Car
olina as construed by the state courts,
requiring railroads doing local busi
ness to pay a penalty of ISO if they
fall to adjust within 80 days a claim
for loss of goods In transportation,
was today upheld by the Supreme
court of tho I'nlted States.
BLOW IS HANDED
PROHIBIT
nichmond, Feb. 21. -Local option
wa sustained In the legislature when
the Myers bill calling for a popular
olectlon to decide on 'statewide pro
hibition wa reported unfavorably.
This la a blow to the prohibition
movement.
Cook Leave Santiago.
Santiago, Chile. Feb. 1. Dr. Fred
erick A. Cook left here today for Val
paraiso. Valparaiso, Chile. Feb. 10. Dr.
Frederick A. Cook arrived here today,
but declined to be Interviewed.
Mr. Perkins Very III.
Washington. Feb. 21. The condi
tion of Representative Perkins of New
York was oxlremcly grave today. .
MIA
COMPANY
OS
News.
.r-ri'
Georgia Railroad Company
Wins Over State of Ga.
Washington. Feb. 21. The Georgia
l.ailrnad and Hanking company today
won a partial victory .over the state of
Georgia when the Supreme court of
the United Slates affirmed the main
points in the lower federal court's
opinion that the railroad was requir
ed to pay only a state tax of one-half
of one per cent, of net earnings, on its
property, and nut property or fran
i hlse taxes. This opinion was the
llrst Justice I.urton hns rendered.
Language of Hie Charter a IMIlicnltv.
The uso of Kngllsh In ISM. when
the state of Ccoigla was granting a
charter to the "Georgia Kallroad
company," now Georgia Railroad and
Bunking compnnv. to construct a "rail
or turn pike road," was a gteat han
dicap In the settlement of the contro
versy. The charter contained n clause
exempting the railroad from taxation
to a certain extent. It read: "Stock
of said company and branches shall
be exempt from taxation for nnd dur
ing tile term of seven yenrs from and
ifter the completion of said railroads
Virginia Jr. O. U. A. M.
Case; Appeal Too Late
Washington, Feb. 21. Holding that
it was without authority to review
the cases, the Supreme court of the
United States today r fused to inter
fere with the sentence of contempt
and 120 tines In each case, Imposed by
Chancery court of Richmond upon
J. W. Forbes, Thomas Tutum Osborne,
John T. Cox and others, growing out
of a fraternal organisation fight. The
ruse la similar In some respects to the
American Federation of Labor con
tempt case, now pending, but the court
refused to go Into the merits of the
case on the ground that an appeal
from the Supreme court of Appeals
of Virginia had been brought too
latfl.
Hitter Strife for Ten Years.
For over ten year bitter trife ex-
Paragraphs
of the News
Abdul Ilamld Grow Worse.
Vienna, Feb. 21. The condition of
farmer Sultan Abdul Hamld of Tur
key grow worse, according to a dis
patch from SalonlkL vrhlch adds that
the royal prisoner a lid his harem were
today removed to Constantinople.
Clay ( lenient Dead.
Kansas City. Mo., Feb. 21. Clay
Clement, the actor, died suddenly to
day of uraemlc poisoning.
rgipllun Premier Murdered,
Culm, Kg.vpt, Fell.' 21. Koutroe
or any one of them, and after that
shall be subject to a tax of not ex
eeeding one-half per rent, per annum
on the net proceeds of their invest
ments." Frniicliise Part of Property.
Interpreting this clause, the stale
sought to levy other taxes. The
I'nited Slates District court of the
northern district of Georgia issued an
injunction enjoining the state from
collecting any tax other than an In
come tax. or one-half of one per cent,
of the net earnings. This prevented
the state from levying und collecting
property tax on the excess of the
property above the present capital of
$4,156,000 or franchise tax. both of
which the comptroller general of the
state claimed a right to collect.
Justice Lurton said the court was of
the opinion that the charter exempted
the investments of the company. As
to the franchise, the court held that
as thr franchise was a part of the
property and the property not being
subject to property tax, therefore, a
part of it could not be taxed.
Istrd In Virginia over the rights of
National council of the Junior Order
I'nited American Mechanics. In 1000
dissenting members obtained a char
ter but when the National council or
ganized "The State Council of Vir
ginia." a decree forbidding Its continu
ation was Issued by the Virginia
courts, and left undisturbed by the
Supreme court of the United States.
Later, another chorter was obtained
under another name. Upon com
plaint, the judge In the Chancery
court of Richmond held those who
had procured this charter to be In
contempt. The Supreme Court of
Appeal of Virginia held that it was
without jurisdiction to review con
tempt cases.
Pacha Gahll, the Egyptian premier,
who was shot by a student yesterday,
died today, the assassin, who I In
custody, I a nationalist.
Johnston Third Member of Committee
Washington, Feb. 21. Senator
Johnston of Alabama was designated
today by Vic President Sherman a
the third democratic member of the
senate higher cost of living Invetitiga
tlon. St .cral Iteported Killed by Eiplofcbm.
Columbus, O., Feb. 21. It Is repoi-t-ed
lhat two magastnes have exploded
In the Bremen till Field and that sev
eral were killed.
neelgns Brotliorhood Preslilency.
noston, Feb. .21. Robert Hallow
Gardiner has resigned as president of
the National Organisation of the
Hrotherhood of St. Andrew,
ALABAMA LOSES CASE
IN U.S. SUPREME COURT
Annual Franchise Tax on Foreign Cor
porations Is Declared
Invalid.
Washington, Feb. 21. By reversing
the decision of the Supreme court of
Alabama, the Supreme court of the
I'nited States today declared uncon
stitutional as applies to the Southern
Kallwny company the Alabama statue,
levying an annual franchise tax on
foreign corporations doing business in
the state.
The court held that It was Improper
discrimination between foreign and
domestic corporations.
COTTON LEAK SCANDAL
JURISDICTION SETTLED
Haas, Price and Peckham Must Stand
Trial in Washington,
D.C.
Washington, Feb. 21. Moses Haas,
Theodore II. Price and Frederick A.
Peckham of New York, Indicted In
the District of Columbia In connection
with the "cotton leak scandal" of the
department of aricultuits in 1906,
must come to Washington for trial.
Such wa the decision today of the
Supreme court of the United States.
The court held that where Indict
ments were made In two jurisdiction,
as In this case, the government may
elect where the aroused should be
tried.
TUG NINA REPORTED
IS
Hope Is Renewed That the 32 Men
Aboard Her Feb. 6 Are Now
Alive.
Washington, Feb. 21. Intense in
terest I shown by the naval depart-'
ment In a report from Newport New
that the tug Nina had not gone down,
hut stranded on the beach along the
Virginia coast.
Inquiries at once were set afoot to
ascertain the truth of the report,
which tended to renew hope that the
32 men aboard her when she left
Norfolk February are allso.
These Are Expected to Follow
the Food Products In
quiry in Jersey
City.
INDICTMENTS TO INCLU0E
WELL KNOWN MEAT PACKERS
Should the Grand Jury Take Such Ac
tion it Will Renew Interest in the .
Movement for Cheaper '
Food Products. ;'v
New York, Feb. 21. When ths
Hudson county authorities resumed
their food products investigation today
in Jersev City the indications wer
that a batch of Indictments, to Include
prominent meat packers nnd men In
terested In big cold storage enterprises,
would be presented to the grand Jury,
with a prospect that numbers of true
bills would be returned.
If the grand jury should take such
action it would no doubt result In a
revival ot the agitation for cheaper
food products.
SOME AMERICANS
T
They Had a Hand in Battle Between
the Insurgents and the Madrit
Forces at SL Vicento.
liluefletds, Nicaragua, Feb; 21.
Americans took a very active part In
the battle between the Insurgents and '
the Madriz force at St. Vicento, and
one of them at least wa badly wound
ed. They were under Captain Victor
Gordon, with General Mena, the con
tingent being known as the American
scouts. The wounded man is William
Wilklns, who joined the provisionals
from Panama. A steel bullet struck
the cartridge clip swung across his
shoulder, near the heart, and deflect
ed, penetrating the arm and leg.
Another scout, G. T. llushby, was
brulBed when a stone, from behind
which he was firing, was shattered by
a cannon ball. Bushby was thrown
20 feet, but he came back to the
light.
In a dispatch which he has sent
here. Captain Gordon states that the
battle began on the fifteenth. They
reached Chinao on the eighteenth. -when,
after 10 hours of desperate at
tacks and counter attacks, the enemy
under General Vasques retired to s
secondary position, from where they
opened a desultory artillery Are, which
ceased entirely at 10 o'clock, yeter-,
day.
According to Captain Gordon, Vas
ques was beaten, although his 10
men outnumbered the provisional
forces two to one. Vasques can re
ceive no reinforcements and when all
Mututy's men arrive, and they are es
pected hourly, General Mena will as
sume the aggressive and will attempt
to drive Vasques towards the lake.
Early In the morning of the eigh
teenth the enemy's guns demolished
Menu's left, trenches, drawing out his
force, incluc'lnc the Americana. :
The fierceness of the battle Is Indi
cated by the fact that two of Mena's
guns were disabled. Another was
twice dismounted, but each time re
planted, doing effective execution.
Mena's loss was 12 wounded. Gordon
Is of the opinion that the enemy's loss
was heavy a their assaults were de
livered across open spacs In the face
of artillery.
When the American withdrew,
Frank Reynold, at the head of Ave
came within 50 yards of capturing
a Maxim, when they were compelled
to desist. At times the bullets, shells
and shrapnel cam so thick that It
was difficult to see becaus of the
duet kicked up. One of th enemy's
Maxims was captured by assault, this .
being the operation In which Wtlktn
was wounded. He was borne to the
rear by comrades In th midst of a
hall of bullet.
Once the Americans ran out of am
munition and before a new supply
came were compelled to defend them
selves In a hand- to hand fight Five
additional Americans tinder General
Zeledon were placed In command of
40 Nlcaraguans, with - whom they
turned the enemy's flank la a move
ment which shortly afterwards ter
minated In the enemy's complete re
tirement. These Americans were Don
M. Turner of El Paso, J. H. Herman
of Mascouthle. Ilia; F. EL Thomas, re
cently of Johannesburg, South Africa:
Lewis Ross of Milwaukee, and T. P.
Moore of Dover, Fla,
Upon th enemy's retirement, Me
na's cavalry gave chase but were un
able to come up before Vssquos had
taken shelter on a high hilt. It wss
from this new position that Vasques
bombarded today. Apparently fur
ther fiirhtlng la Inevitable, slthnmrh.
prisi"!!;!" taken by th provision., i
forces report thut Vi'in men
derertlt-j In s inn ' . "
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