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. . , 4 . 01 nn Th C!tiin' pr room and circulation books ,r lv"y open to advertiser. The actual circu- lation of Tha Citizen on Sun i day was. . . 24G2 1 ) Vol. XIX Ka. 47 ASHEVILLE, N. C, TUESDAY fJlORNING, AUGUST 4, IS03. PRICE FIVE CENTS SIX BALLOTS; II0J1ESULT Three Days' Deliberation Pro ductive of Nothing "' FOUL GRIME BY NEGROES CURTIS JETT Oil THE STAND REPRESENTATIVE WAS INTERESTED SEIZED A CRIPPLED BOY AND CRUELLY MUTILATED HIM "WAS TALKING TO A MAN" WHEN MARCUM WAS KILLED In Big Contract for Gloves With rk; Uncle Sam An Indiana. Mob, Led by the Victim1 Father, is Now Scouring the Country for the Miscreants. Walked Into Court House When He Heard Shots and Looked Around. 15,000 PEOPLE WATCH FOR SMOKE OUTSIDE VATICAN WHICH IS CONTRARY TO THE "STATOOTS" IZEN X 11 JQj Rome Becoming Impatient Over " Delay in Election CARDINAL HERRERA 8ERIOUSLY ILL CONCLAVE .MAY BE SHORTENED. Rome, Aug. 8. After three full days of deliberation, during which ballots have been taken, the members of the conclave atlll remain shut up In the Vatican without having selected a suc cessor to Leo XIII. The futility of both the ballots taken today was evi denced by the smoke which artise from the Blstine chapel. ; , This mute signal this evening was watched by another large crowd which partly filled the square of San Plet ro and numbered about 15.000 persons. Great disappointment was manifested and when the little puff of smoke ap peared there were loud cries, not only of disappolnment, but even of deris ion. ' , Home Is becoming extremely Impa tient over the delay in the selection ot the new Pope, concerning which there appears to be no definite explanation, owing to the rigid secrecy with which the proceedings within the conclave are guarded. Today practically the only news which came from the Sis tine chapel was that of the extremely grave Illness of Cardinal Herrera. It is presumed, however, that the other aged cardinals are also Buffering from their prolonged incarceration, and the intense heat t Among . ambassadors ecclesiastic here exists a general polnion that if only for the sake of relieving the aged cardinals, much may be sacrificed with the conclave to arrive at a speedy conclusion. KING EDWARD'S SAY TO THE IRISH MONARCH IS TOUCHED BY MANI FESTATIONS OF GOOD WILL SHOWN. Isle of Wight, August 3. The royal yacht Victoria and Albert reached here this evening and King Edword immediately issued .the following ad dress: "To My Irish People: "I deisre on leaving Ireland to ex press to my Irish people how deeply I have been touched by the kindness and good will they have shown to the .Queen and mysejf. Our experience on previous visits had, indeed, prepared us for a traditional welcome of a warm-hearted race, but our expecta- , tlons have been exceeded. Wherever we have gone in town or country, to kens of loyalty and affection, prof fered by every section of the commu- " tilty, have made an enduring Impres sion upon our hearts. For. a country so attractive and a people so gifted we cherish the warmest regard, and It Ib therefore with supreme satisfaction that I have so often during our stay heard the hope ' expressed that a brighter day Is dawning upon Ire land. I shall eagerly await the ful fillment of this hope. Its realization wlll- under divine providence, de pend largely upon the steady devel opment of self-reliance and co-oper ation; upon better and more practical education; upon the growth of Indus trial and commercial enterprise, and upon that Increase of mutual tolera tlon and respect which the responsl blllty of my Irish people now enjoy in the administration of their local nf fairs. Is well fitted to teach. It is my earnest prayer that these and other means of national well-being may multiply from year to year in Ireland and that the blessings of peace, con tentment and orosnerity may be abundantly vouchsafed to her. (Signed) "EDWARD, R. and I "August 1." Copies of the address will be posted throughout Ireland tomorrow. WIFE MURDERED HUSBAND WHO ATTEMPTED TO TAKE HER LIFE Fired at Him From Their Home Where She Had Taken Refuge Alter He Had Shot at Her Three Times With a Pistol He Sank Down and Died Without Uttering a Word. Matewan, W. Va., Aug. 3. William Adair, a prosperous farmer and timber dealer, was shot and killed last night by his wife in fr-- f their home on Pigeon creek, this county. Adair who had been In Cincinnati, disposing ot some of his lumber, returned home un expectedly, found his wife away from home. He went in search of her, find IngTier In the home of a neighbor, be came Jealous and pulling a revolver 'rom his pocket, fired three shots at her, 11 ot which went wild. Mrs. Adair ran Hartford City, Ind.. Aug. S. George Hearshey, an Invalid aged 19, while hunting squirrels on his father's farm near here at noon today, was ap proached by two prowling negroes. They grabbed the boy, searched him for money and finding none, tore his clothes from him. While one negro held him, another mutilated him with a knife. . The boy succeeded In reach ing home. He told his story and his father gave, the alarm, mounted a horse and called- for volunteers to wreak vengeance on the fleeing ne groas. Two hundred men and boys joined the chase. Neighboring farms and towns were warned by telephone and the country was scoured. No truce of the negroes was found. The hunt proceeded till nightfall. Sheriff Mor Igal with a detachment of deputies and police followed the mob to prevent a lynching If possible. TIME IS DP THURSDAY SAYS MR. SETTLE The contested election case of Moody against Gudger is revived In Interest now that some uctive steps must bt taken by the parties directly in In terest. They are of course Hon. J. M Gujdger, Jr., the' congressman whost seat la being contested, and, since tyaj. J. M. Moody died after Instituting tne contest, Hon. Thomas Settle and Cot. V. 8. Lusk who were his counsel aim who continued the contest after his, death which everyone naturally sup posed would abate the contest. The initiate lies with Messrs. Lusk and Settle since they are required by law to file a brief on the evidence taken by the commissioners, stating their ar guments on the case. . It was supposed that today wag the last day on which this brief could be filed and it was known that the printers hud not com pleted it. Mr. Settle was asked yester day how it was possible for him to be smiling when his Jjrlef could not pos- giuiy lib in wasnii)Klun louuy. The ex-congressman whose friends In the Republican party think ,he would be a .pretty good man to run again said that he did not have to worry be cause the brief did not have to be In the hands of . the chief clerk of the House of Representatives until Thurs day, and he intimated that It was not absolutely necessary for It to be there then. He suid hehad N days after re ceiving the printed evidence in which to file this brief and the time did noi expire until Thursday. Those in a position to know say that the Hon. J. M. Gudger's 'brief In reply to Mr. Settle's will be in Washington well before his thirty days after receiv ing Settle's brief are up. As for Col. Lusk it may be said that this gentle man Is hot worrying about briefs oi contest cases and his Ideas about the contest will be expressed both vigor ously and eloquently before the con gressional committee by word of mouth REPORT WAS MADE BY COMMISSION Washington, Aug. 3. A report ha been received at the state departmenl from the United States monetary com mission which is investigating the ques tion of currency for silver using coun tries. The commission . has visited London, Paris, The Hague and Berlin and was expecting to leave for St. Pe tersburg in a short time. According to the report the proposal of the American commission for a ratio of 32 to 1 for. new silver currency for oriental countries has been generally well received, al though the French commission suggest ed the ratio of 31 to 1, which Is one half of the French ratio at the present time. The representatives of the Chi nese government have manifested a very lively interest in the proceedings of the commission at the different Eu- ropean capitals that have been visited BIG SILVER PURCHASE. Washington, Aug. 3. The treasury department today bought 169,000 ounces of silver for Philippine coinage at an average of 30.5403, all for delivery .it San Francisco. . Into her house, seized her husband's rifle and returned to the yard Just as he was entering the gate. He attemptel to escape, by running toward the wood nearby, but a bullet from the rifle laid him low. He fell to the ground, mor tally wounded and died without utter ing a word. The woman rode horse buck to Williamson, where she sur. rendered and is now in Jail. Mrs. Adnir comes from one of the wealthy families of Mingo county. , She will enter a piea of self defense. Fishing For The R.epiblica.rt SUPERIOR COURT WAS CROWDED WHEN THE TERM OPENEJ YES - TERDAY MORNING. udge E. B. Jones' Charge to tha Jury- Great Variety of Cases for Trial. At the opening of the Superior court yesterday Judge 13. B. Jones found confronting him a very large audience from all parts of the county and a criminal docket of unusual Bize, for, as has been stated In The Citizen, the number of cases is extraordinary. Court officers say furthermore that undoubtedly a number of other cases will be added to the docket before the court is over and that if it was not for the fact that murder trials and other cases which will occupy a long time have precedence, the chain gang would be full and the overseers would not be complaining that they need more hands to work the roads. A large number of prisoners will plead guilty and the trials of other cases will be short" so that it is likely that although the court Is to last only two weeks there will be plenty of convicts for the roads. In his charge to the grand jury Judge Jones took cognizance of the many lynchlngs In all parts of the country and condemned it as murder. The carrying of concealed weapons came In for a liberal share of atten tion from the Judge. He referred es pecially to the habit of young men In the country taking pistols to social gatherings. To this habit which he su4 was without excuse whatsoever he attributed two homicides with which two young men of the state are now charged. Constnble Wilson Webb, of Yancey county, who was arrested - here for carrying a concealed weapon, was dis charged because he was looking for a prisoner In his official capacity. . The following grand Jury was se lected: B. Black. M. R. Williams, C. V. Btoner. P. P. Morgan. M. U. Capps, L. D. Felmet, L. D. Maney, W. M. Oudger, A. M. Goodman, A. M. Sneil son, W. M. Woodson, Wi R, Hurgin, H. W. Redwood, T. N. Hawkins, I. B. Robertson, James Scizemore, Robert Lunsford, George Fulien -and R. D Allman. 1 PHOTOGRAPHERS GALORE Have Arrived at Indianapolis Opening of Their Convention for Indianapolis, Ind., Aug. -3. Nearly five hundred photographers have ar rived for the national convention which opens tomorrow. All are busy opening cas"s containing pictures for the national exhibit. President Nuss baumer. of Buffalo, says he expects over one thousand members. The city of Mexico is represented by W. O. Bteudman. There are Swiss and Ger man exhibits In the gallery. 8t. Louis and San Francisco are bidding for the next convention. N. & W. PASSENGER IS BADLY WRECKED TWENTY-FIVE PERSONS IN JURED, SOME OF.THEM SERIOUSLY. Train Was Running at .'the Rate of Fifty-Five Miles an Hour When the Accident Occurred. Portsmouth, Ohio, Aug. 3. The southbound Norfolk and Western pas- re.nger train .No. s was wrecked at East Portsmouth ;it noon by, the rails spreading. The engine left the track mid turned over and Engineer Billy himontoiv or olumhus, o., was caught under the wreck and fatally Injured. Fireman .S. N. McDonald, of Portsmouth, was probably fatally in jured also. His ribs are broken and ht Is Internally injured. The train was running at the rate of fifty-five mil ;s an hour when the accident hap period. Twenly-tive people were more or less Injured but the most seriously hurt outside of the engineer and fire man were the following: Orvillo Oaks, of Portsmouth, Inter nally injured. Dr. L. M. W. Crawford, Portsmouth arm broken. John Wilhelm, Portsmouth, inter nally injured. John Ballard, traveling man from Philadelphia, bark strained. J. I. Kelly, of Columbus, arm brok en. CARS FORMED A CRESCENT Alto Pass. III., Aug. S A Mobile and Ohio passenger tialn left the truck today, injuring Mrs. Peter Zimmerman and Mrs. John " Wllloughby. of St. Louis. The train was running to make up lost time when the baggage car Hnd five coaches left the rails on a sharp curve and formed - n crescent about forty feel from the track. I WEATHER j Tf f f Forecast until S For Ashevllle and partly cloudy. P. fn. Tuesday vlclnty: Tuesday For North Carolina: Showers to night except fair in extreme western portion; Tuesday partly cloudy. The pressure Is lightest over north ern New Kngland and lowest over the middle plateau region. A second high area Is over the north Pacific Coast re gion. Ruins have occurred in the south Atlantic ami gulf states and scattered showers in the lake region The temperature has 1 risen about 10 degrees In the Mississippi and Ohio valleys but elsewhere the changes have bwn slight: t . Washington, Aug. 3.-ForecaHt for North Carolina: Partly cloudy Tues day; Wednesday fair, 'wasrT In Cen tral portion: light to fresh northeast to eust winds. Convention PRES. ROOSEVELT CURSED ROUNDLY BY A PEDESTRIAN AS FORMER WAS EN ROUTE TO DIVINE SERVICES. Foul-Mouthed Man Was Pushing Bicycle on Pavement as Chief Executive Drove By. Oyster Hay. L. I., Aug. 3. Profane and abusive language was directed toward President Roosevelt and his lamny touuy uh uiey were driving up th Christ Church here to attend the morning service Sunday. The offend er was a resident of Oystar Bay named McCann. He was hustled away from the church unceremoniously by the se cret service operatives. Aceompuiiled by Mrs. Roosevelt and two of her children, the President had driven to the village from Saga,' more Hill to attend church services as Is their custom on Sunday morn inns. Directly in front of Christ Church the man, McCann, was walk ing along the roadside pushing a bi cycle. As the President's carrlagt was about to turn into the driveway leading into the church grounds, passed Met 'aim. Without provocatlot the man with an offensive oath de manded to know whether they wanted the whole road. This was followed by abusive and profane language. As the carriage stopped at the churcl door, the l'resldent, greatly annoy at the Insult offered to Mrs. Rouse veil and tile children, alighted und dl reeled the attention of the sec ret set vice officers to the man and by his or ders McCann was compelled to leavt the vicinity of the church. DEATH LIST IS GROWING Chattanooga, Aug. 3. The death list resulting from the head end collision belween two freight trains on the On cinnatl Southern railroad Saturda uiirht between Cumberland Falls and Greenwood has grown to eight, flv men having died since Sunday night The following is a revised list of the dead with their homes: Engineer T. 8. Duke, Salisbury, N C. Firaman D. A. Phillips, Roanoke Ala. Fireman John Prince, Salem, Ala Fireman Joseph Walters, 8omeriet Ky. Fireman Frank Fletcher, Glen Mary Tenn. Eugene Simpson, brakeman, Somer set, Ky. Two unknown men who got on th freight at Greenwood. Waller Powers, brakeman, Pomsrset Ky., was seriously und perhaps fa tally Injured. Khitlneer N. 8. Fit. geruld was. seriously injured. Cynthlana, Ky., Aug. 3. On the con vening of court this afternoon, Curtis Jett, one of the defendants, was placed on the stand and Interrogated by Judge James D. Black, of his counsel. He said lie was friendly to J. P. Marcum, and with the exception of a few words with him some fbtir yeurs ago, they 'had al ways benn friendly. He "corroborated Barney Schiff who testified for the pros ecution that Jett was talking to Joe Moore and himself before the killing. Jett said after the shots were fired, he walked Into the court house and looked about, but seeing nothing returned by the side door, the way he came, and went across the street and that he did not aid In helping Marcum who was then dying and around whose body others were ruBhlng to give aid. Jett said he saw Ewen running around the court house. He, a few minutes after this, saw Tob White on the street and with him went down town to a place near the depot where they crossed the river and visited his grandmother Har- gls, mother of Judge Hargls and there he had dinner. He ald he met Mrs. Mary Johnson who asked him if he had killed her brother. He told her he did not, but that they would accuse him. of He and White both came back that evening to town and went to Freeman's saloon and there called for beer and having none, they left. Before he left town that morning, he brought' a bottle of whiskey at Ooodloe Combs and took a. part of It to his' grandmother. RALEIGH WILL PROBABLY BE DRY ORGANIZER OF NORTH CAROL INA HEADED FOR THE CAPITAL. Alexander Harrison Seriosuly Injured 8tte Tax Commission Makes Report (Special to The Citizen.) Raleigh, N. C, Aug. S. W. M. Hin- ton, is elected stute organizer of North Carolina Anti-Saloon League. He will come here In a few days and begin ac tive work. Alexander Harrison, son of the late Carter Harrison, of Raleigh, was dan gerously Injured toduy in a street car accident at Texarkana. He is a well known traveling salesman. At 3 o'clock this evening state tax commission made public its assessment of railway properties and those of other common carriers. Valuations are as follows: Atlantic Coast Line, 847 miles, (24,4M,014, Increase $10,476,674. valuation per mile $25,800. Sea Board Air Line, 612 miles, vuluntlon 112,500,000, increuse $3,787,272, vuluatlon per mile, $20,420. Southern Railway owned lines 689 miles. $14,730,250, increase $7,770,015, valuation per mile, $25,000; Southern Railway leased lines 60 miles $11,565,330, In crease $2,704,897, valuation per mile $16,- '57. Miscellaneous railways 994 miles $6,757,745. Increase $2,647,331. Grand to tal 3,834 miles $70,012,348 Increase $2.'. 385,089. North Carolina, railway is val ued at $29,928 per mile. Atlanta and Charlotte Air Line at $30,000; Norfolk and We-Uern at $2CC10; aver.tg" valua tion of miscellaneous ro.tds Is ?i'-,70.1 per mile. Telegraph compani-'s are nsiessed nt $990,321: telephones $508,205; expn ss $402,109; Pullman cars, $179,071; .refrig erator companies $157,082; street rail ways, $1,395,750; water works $:!74,O0O; electric light $329,340: steam boats $204. 000; grand total of common carriers is $74,552,226. ALEX HARRISON DIED (Special to The Citizen.) Raleigh. N. C. Aug. 3. Alex. Harri son died us a esult of his Injuries. HER HAND CLUTCHED THE RAZOR WHICH ENDED AN UNHAPPY LIFE - - . a Young Woman, Apparently in Good Health and Spirits, Crosses the Divide of Divides, Slashing Her Throat From Ear to Ear. No Cause Can be Assigned. (Special to The Citizen.) , ' Knoxville. Tenn., Aug. S. With her throat cut from ear to ear and n razor clutched In her hand Miss Johnnie Rogers, aged twenty-five years was found dead nt noon today at the home of her brother-in-law, John Smith, near the Hrookslile Cotton mills. Miss Rogers was uu employe of tin mills above named but did not go to work this morning as usual. She left her boarding place near the mills about 9 o'clock und told her sister, Mrs. Smith, thut she was going to speul the day with a family nearby. She went to the out house In the rear of the lot' and was not again seen un til her brother-in-law found her head Congressman Llttauer Is the Man Referred fo MATTER HAS BEEN REFERRED TO THE DEPARTMENT OF V JUSTICE. . Washington, Aug. 3. Secretary Root toduy made public all the paper relating to the Investigation into the government contract for glovea -with E. R. Lyon. This contractor secured the gloves from Llttauer Brothers, the senior member of the firm, L. N. r' Llttauer, being a member of the con gress. Secretary Root has referred the case to tha department of justice In order thut it may be ascertained if th law has been violated and If so that appropriate measures may be taken in . the premises. There Is ' a statute which prohibits contracts for the gov eminent being made directly or Indi rectly with a member of congress, and ' this was the basis of the Investiga tion by the war department. Col. Car- llugton, ot the inspector general's de partment, was directed by Secretary Root to make an Investigation of the ' whole matter. This was done and his report referred to Judge Advocate General Davis, who made an exhaus tive review and submitted an opln- ' Ion to Secretary Root. In the course of his report and opinion, General Davis suiys: . . "It appears from the, testimony that a contract was awarded to Lyon for 3,000 pulls' of muskrat gloves at $1.64 ' per pair; later, a second contract for 20,000 paths was awarded to Lyon at ' $1.70 per par; a stipulation being in serted that deliveries under it could be .. Increased fifty per cent, at the dlscre- ' tlon of the officer making the, contract. The government took . advantage .of ' the stipulations and 30,601 palra were actually called for,-and delivered un ' der the last . contract. Some discus sion having arisen as to the price which Lyon was to pay for the gaunt- '. lets, an agreement was entered Into between Llttsue- Brothers and Lyon to the effect that an accurate accou nt the cost of manufacture was to be - kept and if. after the , contract was ' completed, It should prove that -the' ' cost of manufacture did not equpl . $1.65 per pair, Lyon was to recelye' one half of the profits. There wa-a' profit of $3,537. one half of which was credited to Lyon on the books of Lit tuer Brothers. A case falling within the prohibition of the statute Is clear ly shown In the testimony, which,. In the opinion of this officer charges the ' department with the performance pf the duty set forth In section 3,739 Of " the revised statutes; and it-Is there fore recommended that a demand.be made by the quartermaster general upon the firm of Llttauer Brothers for the repayment of whatever sum is found to have been paid In considera tion of the contract with E. R. Lyon, " as extended, in accordance with Its terms, by the quartermaster's depart- " ment." - (Signed.) "ELIHU ROOT,' ' "Secretary" of War." ' NEW GOVERNMENT : WAS INSTALLED i Santo Domingo City, Aug. 3. The new government has been installed and is composed as follows: ; - Senor M. J. Qalvan, foreign min ister. t'S! Senor Kspanlat, minister of war. , Senor J. Rrache, minister . of fin ance, i . Senor J. D. Plchard, minister of nggrlculture. . , Senor Hldo, minister of posts and telegraphs. a Senor Febles, mljilster of the Inter ior, -i . Senor Pespradel, minister of Jus- . tlce. v., body as above described. He came home from the mills about 12 o'clock; and going to the outhouse made the horrible discovery. She had evidently been dead two or three hours when found. Her relatives are entirely at a loss to know why she should commit the terrible deed. She was not known to have hud any mental trouble or $o huve been In bud health. Coroner J. P. Hackney was called to tfte scene but when he heard the state ments of those at the home he con cluded the case was not one where a wroner's Inquest was necessary. The girl had many friends who are shocked at her rash act. of: NT Bey kg ln- Hay. rvlev. cent pea re krvie V c H. i do; y e hi- pcue Ion i gov juiy t Kctli trpo t ti; wh Inte pre ot I elru1 be n t. Lei) bn i TlH' Set' Is r t t fr a i fcelv mr vcr t 0 ie i me nv t S'di - tr Kl" I I" trl wi se 1 lurg lc frith Jiele tini lUi- lull!; e flv rlda ON- inter let in :'.e, sbor hon- tl)4 etlv- M In rlv- l-s of With rned 'the klves th ts so lern has ! 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