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VOL. XV. NO. 65.
ASHEVILLE, N. C MONDAY AFTERNOON, APRIL 25, 1910.
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COTTOK WS BADLY INJURED
If COLD Slitf I'1 TIE FIR
cxrttle (K
M SURER FDR
HIGHWAYMEN
Thousands of Acres May Have
to Be Replanted in Louisiana
and Mississippi, Early
Reports Indicate.
APRIL SNOW IN ATLANTA
FIRST TIME IN HISTORY
It Lasted Three Hours Asheville Get
ting a Share of the Bad Weather
-Fruit Probably Is
Hard Hit.
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Washington, April 25. The
last -if the wave of frost and H
storm which has been sweep- St
lng eastward, leaving destruc- St
tion of crops and fruit In its t
wake, has not yet spent Itself, H
according to weather bureau St
observers. Tonight the Indica- H
tlons are that there will be H
hesvv frosts or even freezing H
(tijgperaturea in the Ohio val- at
ley. interior of the east gulf H
and South Atlantic states, and 5
it is not improbable that a at
light frost will be felt as far a?
south us northern Florida. t
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NEW ORLEANS, April 25.
Freezing weather in many
parts of the south sent cotton
tip ll.II on the opening In the local
future market today. The entire crop
Is reported killed In many places.
Ueports from many sections of
Louisiana and .Mississippi Indicate that
thousands of acres; In cotton werC
smrely damaged by last night's cold.
Replanting will be necessary in many
Mama,
The weather Is the coldest In mcm
wj of the oldest brokers. The market
opened with new crop options at mi
advance at thirty-four points over
Wrtiiuay's closing. Old crop months
were not affected so much, but stood
t an advance of fourteen to twenty
points.
On the door were many delegations
of the Interior of tho cotton belt.
This element bought heavily: so did
shorts After call the bears tried
hard to cheek the advance, offering'
gi -at quantities of cotton, but In the
"nn half hour of trading the advance
hi October was connned to thirty-nine
points. The contentions of the long
side was that planters were short of
Seed.
The future market continued to
seek hluhtr levels as the day ad
vanced. At noon new crop months
showed an advance of $1.50 a bale
over the clone of Saturday.
Tt Is said to have suffered se
verely, lee B reported In many sec
tions of Mississippi. The (Georgia
crop, on which hung a large part of
the hopes of the bears, Is reported
severely damaged. All the cotton in
"ny parts of the south, is reported
to have been killed, and seed In the
rround Is reported rotting.
Bhimokin, Pa., April 25. Ten thou
sand workmen were rendered Idle In
the coal region hv tho inikniu ni
"tines helng drowned out by heavy
rains. ,
Cotton seed today rose to the hlgh
w price on record, long staple seed
"dllng for ir,o a ton. Ordinary seed
bought Ita to m pt.r ton
April Snowstorm in Atlanta.
Atlanta. April 25. For the first
"me in Atlanta's history, there was an
April snow today, lasting three hours,
ine fn , a he M uurjnlj
the winter.
The New York Market
New York, April 25. Reports of
sawrs damage io young cotton over
side area in the outh a rCBuU
i the storms and freeilng tempera
).,' (,IU'U a big advance In the
cotton market at the opening today.
'he advance extended some 10
l""nts, ur one dollar per bale on most
'd crop months; and excited general
'lnlK. In addition to the storm
amgc. the chief factor In the ad-
'ncf. the murliol ...... - I..,
-- ,, ,,a I llll U, III til H ,
"''"ring against cotton supposedly
WSped by the recently failed south
rn rm, .particularly In Uverpool.
There was some buying upon the
..Port howlng a prospective reduc
W" In the acreage In Louisiana and
MlsfiM,)pl
Whilo in,, demand waa belelved to
larg,y m ,he wy , covcrlnKi
'ners wa, Kooa AfM hM
"ere seemed to be apprehension that
I, ,ou,n ould nnd dlffloulty In se
eing sufficient seed for replanting.
IT' ,h Prevailing high prices.
tJr m'et waa a little leas sctlve
""ring the early afternoon, hut dam-
iieeinmtM rnnlln..J
to pile In and
"...rings tight new crop sold up
EJ Bet advance of 44 to 4 Dolnta.
-" rear poUUone held s net gain
thl ,ute
storms of hlhunrd proportions
NoVix ",roumout eastern Tennessee,
nnom and Central Alabama and
lien L wrt of 0"-na, thla see
treat.. coumry today faced the
and
v. . J wiuin, iruiis.
'egctiiMe eneri.,.,.,i i..
sar. i- n . " '""
.--. in win
fomn.i 1 i.ione, according to
jBFtoZ 0t Arieultar. Hudaon.
"key, emt- ' cpoP was
sesreiK , . "nd "Porta indicate a
cni"1 replnnt
"domed on p,ge Tow.
VETERANS
3 SHIVER
IN MOBILE
DOWN
The Weather Strikes the One Discordant
Note in the Welcome Extend
ed to Them.
Mobile, Ala., April 25. With Mo
bile enfetc for reception of the United
Confederate Veterans it remained for
the weather to strike the one discor
dant note In the welcome extended to
the "old boys," who marched and
fought under the Stars and liars.
It is cold. The real opening of the
reunion dons not take place until to
night, when Sons of Veterans have
their first session.
A special guard of honor of com
missioned officers met the Confeder
ate choir of 100 girls, attired in trim,
gray uniforms, arriving this morning
from Richmond. At their head
marched Mrs. J. OrllT Ed wards, commander-in-chief
of the choir.
Reunion week opened in Mobile
with chill winds and overcast skies
not the weuthcr that had been prom
ised by the record of the weather man
for the past 35 years. Muny veterans
and visitors have arrived but so far
the demands for accommodation have
been met easily. Railroad men esti
mated that 3000 people had arrived
by train up to 8 o'clock last night,
more than were expected two days in
advance of the reunion. They came
in by camps, twos and threes. Sunday,
but this is hut a forerunner and a
thin skirmish line of what is to fol
low In the next few days.
The Utile Rock delegation hoisted
the colors of Arkansas clear across
the front of the Rattle House. Mo
bile's million dollar hotel. Saturday ns
a starter to get the general Confed
erate reunion for Arkansas next year.
The tcntod city at Monroe park Is
in readiness for the crowd of veterans
with three cots in each tent and the
Information headquarters has the
names of hundreds of citizens who
will throw open their homes to the
old guard If necessary.
FRANK HOFFSTOT FIGHTS
AGIST Exinra
Institutes Habeas Corpus Proceedings
Judge Holt Reserves Decision
tor a Week.
New York, April 15. Frank N.
Hoffstot, millionaire president of the
Pressed Steel Car company, wanted
in Pittsburg on a charge of bribing
councllmen, will not be taken back
to that city on the extradition war
rant signed by Governor Hughes for
the pr Beiii, If at all.
He made a strenuous and expensive
fight Saturday afternoon In the Unit
ed States federal courts against re
moval, using habeas corpus proceed
ings as a weapon. Judge Holt at the
mI nf two hours reserved his deci
sion, giving one week to counsel In
which to submit briefs.
The legal battle was remarkable In
many respects. First, because Mr.
lloffstnt. who la on rerora mruugu
his couneel. as saying he would not
resist extradition, retulned Adrian H.
Jollne. Adrian Uirkiu and John D.
Lindsay, admitted to be among me
highest priced lawyers In New York,
In addition to bringing all the way
from Pittsburg another well known
attorney.
The second feature of the case was
the presence in court of District At
torney General Garvin of Hudson
countv, N. J., and mtiy other well
known lawyers from various sections
f the country. Mr. Garvin was pres
dit, he said, because the points of
law Involved were Identical with those
on which turned the suit he Is prose
cuting against the beef barons.
The chief of tnese pouus
i . ,,.... .sanrv til CXirilO 11 1 Ml iiimi '
... ii.i . V. n t a iinr.
n accused of having participated In
a crime, extending over a i.-.v. ..
period of lime, should nave ; ...
the olace In which that crime was
committed on the specific dote al eg-
ed In an Indictment, or is h sumci.. ..
that he waa In that place on certain
dates dnrlnjt the time the crime waa
being plotted, whether or mu inr o.i
mentioned In the Indictment was
among them?"
To hold that the latter la the law,
as did Governor Hughes, was erro
neous, Mr. Jollne claimed.
George Gordon Battle, who appear
ed for the district attorney of Pitts
burg before Oovernor Hughes, open
ed the habeas corpus argument by
citing several authorities showing that
the federal courts haa decided against
releasing prisoners on habeas corpus
merely because in the Indictment It
had been charged that the crime had
i.pen committed on a specific date.
whereas the prisoner might not have
been In the place where tile deed waa
done on Juat that day.
Ale Wild Parsnliw: Dins In Agony.
New York. April 15. James .tulr
head, aged 15. ate "wild parsnip
on a woodland jnunt
agony.
dvlng today In
sasvzc
Now York Herald and The Gaiette -
News
THE INJUNCTION
J. E.
Swain, Referee in the Swannanoa
Township Case, Has Filed
His Report.
J. K. Swain, referee in I lie suit nf
J. L. Wilson nnd others against the
Hoard of county ejommlsstonerg of
Hunconibe county the case known us
the Swnnnanoa township bond Issur
oase has (lied his report bused upon
evidence taken ul the hearing lasting
more than a week, finding as a mutter
of fact, and a conclusion of law. that
the board of commissioners did not
have a majority of the iniallflcd voters
names on the petition for bond issiu
Therefore he recommends that th
court grunt the permanent Injunction
prayed for by the petitioners, to pre
vent the commissioners from issuin
the 130,000 in road Improvement
bonds for the township.
Referee Swain finds that on August
17, 190 the date the county en
missioners made the order authorizing
the bond Issue that there were 203
qualified voters; the number of ipiu
I fled voters who signed the original
petition for bond being 112; and 12
of these signed a counter petition
against the bonds. The board refuted
to allow the petition against the
bonds, It having previously mad
an order that all person win
desired to cnauge their signature
on the petition should appear In per
son before the board on August 1 7.
These twelve did not appear, but sent
a counter petition, and the referee
holds that the board should have al
lowed the petitioners' request. This
leaves a total of 100 for the bond,
whereas a majority is 102; therefore
he concludes that the petition lacks
a majority by two votes.
It is possible that attorneys for the
commissioners may tile exceptions to
the referees report.
MARCHING ON HM'tCKIrXDS.
Stale Department dlees Say
Army of 2000 Men Is Moving
Against Revolutionist.
Washington. D. C. April 2.'.. An
army of 2UUii men, miner one oi
Madrls' best generals. Is advancing
mi Uluellelils. Nicaragua, now In the
hands of the Insurgents, according to
slate department advices.
Will Invetttlgatc "Third Dere"
Washington. April 25. The senate
Judiciary committee voted today to
conduct a thorough Investigation Into
what Is known as the "third degree
methods of extorting confessions from
persons charged with crlmea. ,
Twain Memorial Meeting.
Chicago. April 15. At n Mark
Twain memorial meeting here today
the speakers were Hamlin Garland.
George Ade. Robert llamrlrk, Emer
son Hough and Prof. Richard llurton.
Senator Daniel nt Home gnin.
Lynchburg, April 26 United Slates
Senator John W. Daniel, who returned
home yesterda from Daytona, Tin...
passed a fairly good night after his
long trip. The family physician said
this morning that the senator's con
dltlon showed no change.
IS RECOMMENDED
"SOFTLY;
ROOSEVELT TIE GUEST
BF TIE CITY OF
Honors Paid Him by Officers of the
MunicipalityAttends Meeting
of City Fathers.
Paris, April 2.".. Theodore Roose
velt wai the guest of Paris today, in
the magnificent Hotel DeVllle, which
has played so eoiispicuoiis a part In
French history. The hotel was decor-
ited in American and French flags In
honor of Mr. Roosevelt's visit. The
former president waa accompanied by
American Ambassador Jusserand.
President Caron of municipal consul
and other officials.
Mr. Rooseveil was conducted to the
Salles Ues Deliberations, where he at
tended a sitting of the city fathers.
At a luncheon of 200 covers, Itoose
velt met many persons prominent In
Paris' official life. Several speeches
complimentary to the guest of honor
were made. Mr. Roosevelt made :i
speech In response. An linniens
CroWll 111 the Streets acclaimed Rouse.
velt as lie entered and left the build
ing. IS NOT AN EMBEZZLER
The Charges Withdrawn, and Forgive
ness Is Asked by and Given
the Accuser.
Cnmiien. N. J.. April IS, Immedi
ately after Saturdays aesslon of the
New Jersey conference nf the African
Methodist ohurrh opened. Rev. J. H.
Morgan of Ilord. rtown arose and an
nounced that he had withdrawn his
charge of embezzlement against Ulsh-
op Wesley J. Gains of Atlanta, and
added that he was esxeedlnglv sorry
for what he had dono and linked the
bishop to forgive him.
The bishop declared his willingness
to forgive and the incident was closed
after a general In ndahake all around.
VD DBCHMON S YKT IN
coitnm tion tax casks
Washington. April II. The United
Rtatos Supreme court today again
failed to announce any decision on
lii.- corporation lax cases.
Woman Deputy Dlslrtrt Attorney.
Let Angeles. April 15. Mrs. Clara
l-nltz. who has just received her com
mission as deputy district attorney. Is
probably the only woman In the
country holding a similar office.
t, ir'lj luiU'lAter ....w-.-,.-.-,aflccoay-.r
Fish Animals, Like Cows
It Is Officially Explained
Washington, April 25.
i.'lnn'i," esplutiied Dr. II
man, of tin Bahert
SOFTLY!"
LAKE CHARLES IS SWEPT
BY DEVOURING FUMES
Many Public and Private Buildings Are
Burned, With Loss of Million
or More
take Charles, 1. April 25 Fire
which broke out late Saturday after
noon destroyed several blocks. Includ
ing a Catholic convent.
It was almost X o'clock when lb"
lire, which followed a northeasterly
direction from the business section,
finally reached the outskirts of the
city, burning lts-lf out
The city hall, the handsome Calca
sieu Parish court house, the Clair
hotil, churches, stores and ware
houses were reduced to bare black
walls and smouldering heaps of ashes
within two hours after
the fire
m m
stalled
Starting in the old opera holme
It I val street near Ptinjo, the fire
spread to adjoining buildings, burned
out the northern portion of the city's
business section and then swept into
the residential district.
Next to the court house, the cost
Heat buildings destroyed wero those
of the Holy Cross convent, Catholic
Church and rectory, the loss on these
buildings amounting to S100.000.
Thr'-e hotels, Including the Claire, the
Walker and Waldon were burned
whloh, with the building adjoining
them represented another loss of
ubnut $100,000.
In addition to tlo.se buildings the
Catholic Knights hall, the Lake house
and the Drew building, the city hall.
the lake Charles Christian church,
the lioiidcaux market, the Uraden
arehouse and scores of small stores,
shops, oBlCe huililings anil several
hundred residences were reduced to
ushes.
In the burning of the court house
all of (he tax collector s records, and
part iif the records, in the clerk's and
assessor's office were destroyed.
That the loss entailed by the fire
Saturday probably does not exceed
11,000,000, falling short of the earlier
estimates of the damage is the opinion
of the clly ofhelals. following a thor
ough Investigation and canvass of the
burned district
Temporary relief measures were
undertaken by the citliena Of the
town.
While many families were mane
homeless, little actual suffering has
resulted and i eases approaching
destitution are apparent. The loasea
fell mainly on those In comparatively
prosperous circumstances. Further
Investigation today shows that no one
was killed.
Noted liawx-r lilcs in Paris.
Paris, April 15. Henri Uarboux
the noted lawyer, died today.
"Flah are day's hearing before the House Tar
rltoiles committee. "Hurely. earns aa
W. Ever-1 ,. im.H In ilelent. Wicker-
I...-. ...... .-
sham, of Alaaka.
SOLOMON
SHEPARD
SEESJED AGAIN
Prize Bad Man Snatches Razor. Carves
a Throat, and Attacks Guard
Did not Get Away.
Gazeltc-Ncws IJureau,
mber of Commerce Rooms,
i !h
Hollemon lluildlng.
Raleigh, April 25.
The notorious negro convict, Solo
mon Shepard, Saturday snatched a ra
sor from a prisoner who was acting
us barber In the penitentiary and
slashed the neck of Lewis Harris.
prisoner from Granville county, after
which lie advanced upon the guard
but wiis knocked down with a stick
of wood and disarmed.
Harris was being shaved by a man
named Jtettla and Shepard, who was
in Irons, waa in the room. He grab
bed Die razor from Rattle's hand and
quick as a flush drew It across Harris'
neck Inflicting an ugly cut. One of
the prison guurds was also in the
room and Shepard immediately ad
vanced toward him. The guard was
unarmed, but one of the prisoners
seeing the danger threw him a billet,
which the guard caught and knocked
Shepard down. The wounded man's
condition, wliile serious, Is not consid
ered necessarily fatal. Six stitches
were necessary to sew up the wound.
Had the guard been armed doubtless
Shepard would now be in a coffin in
stead of the dark room.
It has been a long time since the
state has had to deal with a worm1
character than Shepard. He was
convicted February 10 of killing Kn
glneer Holt at Durham and brought
to the penitentiary on the 15th. On
the lllih while at work Inside the
prison walls he, mu.de an attempt to
escape and was shot at six times be
fore he surrendered, but none of the
shots struck the negro. He was sent
to the convict camp near liurinhurg.
tin the 21st he Jumped from the work
train, and although fired at 11 times
by th" guard, succeeded in making
his escape. His trail across the coun
try was .. nk.. i by an assault upon a
constable at Eton, a burglary and two
stolen horses, but he was finally cap
tured at Glhsouvllle, In Guilford coun
ty mid brought back to prison, whore
ho has been keeping fairly quiet until
Saturday s outbreak.
Revenue officers made a raid In
New I .miii township, this county,
Friday afternoon and captured
I new illicit distilling outfit In
full blast, but the operators succeeded
In escaping in the dense undergrowth
Schooners In (Villlslon; One Sinks.
o.Nrth Sydney. N. H.. April 15. A
collision off Fortune Ray between two
Newfoundland schooners, the Edna
Carter and Victoria, as the result of
which the Edna Carter was sunk, was
reported today.
The two veasela crashed In the
darkness off Rrunette Islsnd. The
crew escaped.
Constabulary and Strikers Clash.
Latrobe, Pa., April 25. State con
stabulary troopers and striking coal
mi: ers at the Latrnbe and Conned
vlllo ooal mines clashed today. In
the conflict several mtnera and troop
ers are reported to have been In
Jured.
Half a Dozen Atlanta Negroes,
Who Attacked Car Men Satur
day Night, Under
Arrest.
LEADING NEGROES HAVE
CALLED MASS MEETING
They Propose to Condemn a Crime
Which Occasioned Much Excite
ment and Which May
Lead to Trouble.
Atlantti, April IS. With three ne
groes partly identified and three oth
ers held on suspicion, the search for
highwaymen who Saturday night shot
and killed Motorman Drown and fa
tally wounded Conductor Bryan, after
robbing him, continued today. Lead
ing negroes have called a mass meet
ing to condemn the crime.
In a moment of consciousness at
the AtluiiliL hospital, Conductor W. H.
flryson Identified one of the negroes
caught in the police drag net as
probably one of the guilty trio of
highwaymen.
The fuel that the wounded conduc
tor had partially Identified the negro
wos known to but few, extraordinary
precautions having been taken by the
county and city police to keep from
the thousands of whites who throng
ed the vicinity of the crime any facts
which might tend to further fan the
flame of rate hatred manifested.
All kinds of rumors, however, gain
ed credence and the officers found It
necessary to warn negroes against
visiting the neighborhood where the
crime occurred. There were even ex
pressions of disapproval from the
crowd ut tho presence of a few ne
gro chaiiffeUis who pirated auimo
blles to the scene. Chief of Police
Jennings stated that every precaution
had been taken against manifestation
of a riot spirit, "although wu have
not tlie slightest apprehension that
thcro will be trouble," he added.
The funeral of Motorman S. T.
llrown, who was shot dead beside his
car by one of the negroes, was held
today. A coroner's Jury viewed the
body but no formal report will be
mado lor several days.
An operation was performed on
Conductor Bryson and it was an
nounced that there was a slight
chance that he would recover.
Tracked by Bloodhounds.
A score or more of negroes were
arrested, but after being subjected to
a sweating at police headquarters all
but five were released yesterday af
ternoon. A rumor that on one of the
negroes arrested was found a receipt
which bore the name of the dead mo
torman was denied by tho police.
They also denied the report that
weapons were found on several of the
negroes arrested. The bloodhounds
followed the troll of the negroea from
the point at the end of the car line
where the holdup occurred to a tent
ed construction camp where about 60
negroes are employed on grading
work. Here several of the arrests
wore made and all the other mem
bers of the construction gang are un
der surveillance. Whites are not per
mitted to go near this camp because
of the excitable attitude of the crowds
which thronged the vicinity of the
crime.
Besides robbing the conductor of
all tho "company" caah which he
had, the negroes took from the dead
body of the motorman a puree con
taining his month's wages.
Last i, mid tho reward was lncreas.
d to $1800, the street railway eom-
mtiy Increased tne nmoiiiu onei.o
y them to $1000 while Mayor Robert
'. Muddox offered ST.00 for the clly
f Atlanta and Governor Rrown $30(1
or the state. The street car men have
larted a subscription for the benefit
nf the lamilles of the deceased, which
is meeting with a substantial response
from business men and other citizens
Tin- llold-Vp and Shouting.
Conductor Bryson was killed and
MotormSJI Brown seriously intured on
the Druid Hills line In a suburb 04 At
lanta Saturday night nt H o'clock
There were no passengers n the
car. Tho car nnd Just reaction ine
end or the line and the motorman waa
reveraing his trolley when the attack
am. I nun the negroes who had con-
eHled themselves behind a clump of
Of l"i' in s
Motorman Brown was shot down as
he started to re-enter hit' car and
with revolvers levelled at the conduc
tors head, he was ordered to throw
up his hands. On complying, one of
the men relieved him of all the cash
he hud on hia person and then he
waa told to "hit the grit." He was
shot In the back by one nf the men
after he had run abount 50 yards and
fell In hia tracka. Two shots pene
trated his liver. The Injured conduc
tor was rushed to a Ispspltal, where It
was first stated ttsfjp there waa no
possible chance of recovery.
The dead motorman and Injured
conductor were found by Motorman
Tlnelev and Conductor Royater. who
ware in charge of the car which
reached the end ef the line Juat twen
ty minutes later. Brown was lying
beside hia oar, a bullet through Ida
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