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mhm: ; i " For thirty-five yr th. , p.. T -- the people The Citnen Tiijd The actual circu lation of The 2550 1 S7r Old Fnend. iilJJLJ :i mzen on 1 ues day was. . . , Vol. xix r:a. 5 ASHEYILLE, N. C, WEDNESDAY MORNING, AUGUST 12, 1903. PRICE FIVE CENTS AS J . J1 y -ll il A V TEEOFREMTiiOTUE IS TOLD BY ' ' . al.L At OX t Hands of Captain Alagood Because She Would Not Bar ter Her Honor. Aftirwtrds Forced to Work In fields Under Burning Sun. Alagood Denies Charges. . "Punishment was Mild," He Says. Mlllcdgeville, Ga., August 11 In the investigation her today by the prison commission of the charges of exces sive cruelty against Warden Allagood, Miss Mamie De Crls declared that it was not because she had been im- ' pertinent to the wife of the warden that she was whipped last June, but because the wardsn had made inde cent proposals to her, which she had indignantly refused. "At first 1 was treated Just as though a -member of the Allagood family," "he declared, "then this man made his proposals to me. I scorned him. From that moment his treatment changed to cruelty Impossible to de scribe. ' - . .."About June 1st, Captain Allagood and I were alone In an upper1 prison " room. . He caught hold of me and tried " to caress me. I pulled away from him and told him not to dare to touch me. "He told me that If 1 ever repeated Hat he had done or , said, he would make It hot for me. He told me he could, whip me. He did. ' "He made me lie across the bed. He hm whipped me with the leather . jitrap. ,-. , '3 do not know how many licks be struck. The beating was administered from my hips down. For weeks these bruises and welts were on my body - and for a .long time I could not sit down." , , ' , She said she' was spared the humil iation of being compelled to remove all her clothing. , , Continuing, she said: "I was forced to work in the field In the sun for two weeks after the Sun day on which I was whipped. ; Since the report of her whipping was made public, Miss De Crls Bald she had been treated with every kind ness possible. -Her testimony was corroborated In many of Its essential features by that of other witnesses, also prisoners. f , The other side of the case-has not been reached yet, . but Captain Alla good declared: "The charge made bv this., woman is absolutely, false.' She had become unmanageable and Insolent to my wife . and her example was destructive of discipline. I whipped her only after the prison phylslcllan pronounced her condition good. The punishment was mild, she was not hurt." LIEUT.-GOMMANDER TO BE REPRIMANDED Washington, Aug. 11. By order of the President, a letter of reprimand will be sent to Lieut-Commander Fl deltos Carter, U, 8. N., for negligence In navigation In falling to have casts of the '-ad taken frequently while un- dpr WAV nn BSitmri Incra CorLp wus tried by general courtmarllat" on the aiaiit aiaiion iasi winer on live rharges In connection with the ground ing Of the TTnltort Ktafau nc TXa.ata- qua December 28 last, near Sublg Dy, rnmppme islands. " The courtmartlal found him guilty on all charges and sentenced him to dis missal from the service, but the mat ter was reconsidered by the Secretary of the Navy and the President. STRIKE IS TO BE ' SETLED QUICKLY ' Pittsburg, Aug. 11. Efforts are being made to settle the strike at the Ash land rolling mill company at Ashland, Ky. Wm. Strike and Geo. Shaundt, members of the commercial club of Ashland, and Wm. McCullough, super intendent of the mill, where the men are on strike, are In conference with Presi dent Theodore Shaffer, of the Amalga mated Association of Iron Workers. The Rtrlke was occasioned by the re fusal of the company to recognise with in a few days when the old Amalgamat- ed hands will' return to work. WORLD'S FAIR TO . . OPEN NEXT MAY Washlnirtnn A 11 nr Tnhn Schroeers. director of the St. Louis na s exposition, at a conference witn Becretar- Shaw, today, assured the sec retary that the exposition would be op ned to all visitors in May, 1904, all re Ports to the contrary notwithstanding. Hurricane From Santo Dom ingo May Come This Way Washington,' Aust. 11. The hurricane which yesterday passed over Santo Do mingo, and Martinique probably is ap proaching the South Cuban coast, with hdlcatlona of recurving; but at what figle .the weather bureau officials are unable to state. A report from Havana t 7 o'clock tonight said that the wind a blowing 3 miles an hour and was fnlng northeast. The hurricane proha fciy -IU 'ifotitltme W lt fcourte north ward somewhere close to the Florida LTV MISS D'CilISS SECRETARY ROOT M RETIRE REASON FOR RESIGNATION IS SAID TO BE OF A PERSONAL - NATURE. Secretary Feela That He Has Accom . plithed the Work He Was Called On to Do. Washington, ' Aug. 11. A dispatch from London announces that Secretary of War Root will retire from office. li haa been known for some time that Secretary Hoot intended to retire, but he did not not wish to leave the depart ment until the general staff bill was In operation and other matters pertaining to the department were well under way. II is understood that the matter of his successor has been decided and while nothing official can be obtained, it is believed that the position will be ten dered to Governor Taft. While Secretary Root Is in London he will remain in communication with the war department and matters per taining to the general staff and other important affairs . will be referred to him. If the sittings of the Alaskan commission extend beyond1 December first, it is likely that the secretary's resignation will be accepted and his successor appointed at that time and if the situation. In the war department becomes such that a secretary is need ed to take charge of affairs, one will be appointed elier. It Is believed here that there will be a great .deal of delay In consideration of the Alaskan, boun dary case and that the United States commissioners may be detained In Lon don several months. Secretary Root's desire to leave pub lic life is based largely on personal "onds. His family does not like the life in Washington and the secretary desires also to return to his law prac tice In New York, The great questions that were pending In the war depart ment relating mainly to the adminis tration of the Islands acquired from Spain and the establishment of a gov ernment In Cuba have been accompllsn- ed during Secretary Root's adminis tration. The re-organicatlon of the army under the general staff plan js now underway and the secretary feels hat he has accomplished tne work that he was called on to do when he became secretary,. .of .war. -,-. ..,..;,u . Oyster Bay. N. Y Aug. 11. EHhu Root will resign as secretary of war, the resignation to take effect about the first of next January. He will be suc ceeded unless plans miscarry, by Judge William It. Tatt, now governor of the Philippines. For a long time Secretary Root has desired, for pressing private reasons, to retire from the cabinet. When Mr. Roosevelt became President Secretary Root Indicated his wish to leave the cabinet within a year .but his friend ship for the President and his interest In pending questions before the war de' partment, caused him to remain for a longer period than he intended. JURY MAY GET ;; THE CASE TODAY Cynthinna, Ky., Aug. 11. In the Jett and White trial today Byrd closely fol lowed the evidence and summed up his case In a masterly way, at the close de manding for the commonwealth ol Kentucky that the defendants be hang ed. He begged the Jury In tne name oi the children of James B. Marcum and the widow now living alone In Breathitt county to' affix the death penalty. He begged no"t to turn the assassins loosi- as It would mean death to the witnesses who had come here to tetlfy against the assassins. Byrd spoke for thirty Ave minutes this morning and the whole of the afternoon session, consuming in all about four hours a dthlrty-tlve minutes Tomorrow morning James D. Black and Hon. L. P. Fryer will address the jury. It Is thought that the jury will get the case sometime tomorrow morn ing. INQUIRING ABOUT 'PHONE MERGER Several people Inquired yesterday If the action of the citizens meeting on the telephone question finally decided that the Bell was to have a franchise and that the "merger" matter was set tled. The mayor and- several of the aldermen said, when asked their views on this, that the situation was Just as It was after the board of trade directors had favored the merger and It was foi the aldermen to decide what should be done. They said that they wished to do the best they could for the Interests of the city and would be glad to hear any offers from responsible people to operate here at low rates, and would give any such proposition careful con sideration. If the merger plan should meet favor the terms are yet to be ar ranged. peninsular. Hurricane warnings have been sent to points from Port Eads, on the gulf coast, around the Florida coast up a$far as Jupiter, and to Atlantic coast points from Jacksonville to Char leston, S. C, and the southern section of North Carolina- The weather bureau re gards It as extremely unwise for vessels to sail for gulf of Cuban ports or the Bahamas Just now. The storm was central this mdrnlng at jClngston, Jam aica, . .' ,. , V- POPE PIUS X TS AT MASS Over Exertion Causes Collapse of Pontiff FALLS UNCONSCIOUS IN SISTENE CHAPEL HIs Holiness Soon Revives Af ter Receiving Attention DOCTORS DECLARE THAT POPE CAN'T LIVE SHUT UP IN VATICAN. Rome, Aug. 11. Pope Plus X. had u fainting fit this morning while celebrat ing mass.' His holiness soon revived. The Pope has been over-cxertlng him self to such an extent that his natural) strong constitution wqs unable to bear the strain put upon It by the coronation ceremonies. Such has been the effect upon his nerves that he has been un able to sleep for whole nights, while numerous receptions yesterday made matters worse. L.ast night his holiness was much agitated, still he insisted upon being admitted this morning to attend the coronation. They numbered about 300, when the mass began In the Pauline chapel, and the air was vitiated with the tetnnerature above 90 degrees. .-.Pope Plus X. was seen to grow , paler and paler, finally throwing out his hands as though seeking support. ' He would have fallen had not Monslgnor Bessand, his private chaplain, been quick to catch him. It Is Impossible to describe the confusion and alarm among the worshippers while the pope lay motionless and unconscious, with his. eyes closed. Fortunately, among the Venetians present was Dr. Davenezla, who for nine years had been the Pope's attend ing physician at Veenlce, but who had been called only once during that time, and then to treat a sore throat. Dr. Davenesla gave the Pontiff im mediate assistance, while the messen gers telephoned Dr. Lapponl. The latter rushed to the Vatican, but did not ar rive until after the Pope had been re stored to consciousness and taken to his own apartments. Rome, Aug. 11. Although the Pope was much better this - uftei noon, Dr. Lapponl, who visited- him again, thought It more prudent for his holiness not to wave his apartments and not to go into the garden of the Vatican, as he desired, . The doctor further Insisted on a suspension of audiences. The Pontiff seems more docile to the doctors wishes than his predecessor, although he Insisted on transacting some current business, such as the ap pointment of Alberto Sill, the son of the dean or Grooms, as his personal valet, the place occupied by Plo Centra jnder Pope Leo. Dr. Davenezla, speaking ubout the Pope,' said: "If they wish our Plus not to suc cumb, the Vatican authorities must change their system. Thev must not oblige him to follow the habits of Pope Leo. The present Pontiff needs espec ially plenty of fresh air. He must not be shut up In a box In a vitiated atmos phere." The FAIN 3Tfv .If rT wAs'prr Asm tut S ( TYPOS DISCUSS . THE LII10TYPE Decided That Local Unions Fix Apprenticeship SCHOOLS OF, INSTRUCT, . TI0N RECEIVE ATTENTION Several Changes in Constitution and By-laws INTERNATIONAL UNION SHALL DERIVE REVENUE FROM DUES AMOUNTING! TO 35 CENTS Washington, Aug. 11-The real busi ness of the International Typograph ical Union began today with a pre sentation of the report of the com mittee on laws. " They pertained to numerous 'recommendations. for changes in the laws, among them be Ing a suggestion to make permanent the monthly assessment of five cents per capita for a fletonse fund as pro vlded by the Los Angeles convention The suggestion aroused considerable debate but It was ultimately adopted. There was also- considerable (lis cussion of a proposition to permit lo cal unions to fix the time allowed to apprentices to learn the usei of type setting machines '.ut three months. A substitute providing that no ono who Is not a membeB of the order shall be- permitted "offiepR.-was offered Tiy Delegate Lawheud, of Ohio. Consul erable criticism of schools for touching the use of machines was Indulged in and It was argued that while this specialty may be spesdlly taught, the Instruction thus given does not cover any othor branch of the printer's art. The substitute was lost, seventy-two to ninety-four. A proposition to make the time for learning the machine six months Instead of throe months Was also vote ddown.C The report of the commute"? on this proposition then was adopted. i When the convention ndjuorned at noon for the day, nineteen of the sev enty recommendations made by the committee on laws had bsen concurred In. The afternoon Was spent In excur sions. . $ Following Is ni summary of - the chiingea made toiay In the constitu tion and laws of tfio union: ' Providing that the ."'-international union shall derive ha revenues from dues amounting to 35 cents per month per member and from payments, for Charters to subdrjlnate lodges at $5 each; providing that In the distribu tion of funds five cents ahall go to the flnneral fund;" five rents to the special defense fund; 7 1-2 c-jnts to the defense fund; 7 t-2 cents to the burial fund and It) ce:its to the print ers' home endowment fund; declaring that the sjpoclnl defense fund shall bp devoted to advancing and defending the principles of unionism as applied to the printer's (ride; prohibiting sub ordinate unions from issuing labels of unauthorized designs; amending sec tion A, artielo 7 of the by liws so us to provide-that appeals lo Ihe execu tive council shall be made within 30 days; requiring that local dues shall be charged from the first of each Continued on Page 7.) If rr waspt A?irt 3'0 STfttHt .Too 0 Question Of The PLAfiS FOR THE MODEHPITOL Have Been Submitted by Archi tect F. P. Milburn COMMITTEE DELIGHTED WITH THE DRAWINGS Governor's Picture for the Halt of History v CATESVILLE VOTES FOR A LOCAL SCHOOL TAX-CARBONTON TO VOTE SO.ON. (Special to The Cltlten.) Raleigh, N. C, Aug. 10. A head end collision between a freight train and a single engine on the S. A. I. ' at the villiige of Cary, about 4 o'clock this morning resulted In a wreck which blocked the Seaboard Air Line and ths Southern for several hours. It was ut first reported that four persons were killed, but this was an error. One fireman wits huit on the hand slight ly. Kleven cars were derailed.' It s-c.ms that the accident was the fault of a train dispatcher. All the farmers unite In saying that the Improvement In crops during the past thirty days exceeds anything they have ever known in this part of the country. Mention has been: made of the ad mirable book on agriculture adopted for use in North rollua's public schools. Today Prof. Burkett of the Agricultural and Mechanical college, one of its compilers, received news that the book had been adopted by the state of Alabama for five years. It Is expe.-tet that by the end of this month this book will bo on sale in all parts or tnia state. rrealdent Venable of the State unl verslty Is receiving many congratu lattous on the great success of that Institution, and its breaking of the record last term, both as to attend ance and receipts. Th? criminal sensation here Is the cas-J of a farmer, Henry Goodwin, flf ly-seven years old, now In Jail without Dan, ror criminal assault. The attor neys for him appear to think they may be nble to got ball allowed, but the solicitor says the case Is dead against him, and that there Is no chance for ball. Secretary of State Grimes, himself a large grower of tobacco, is uniting with all the otnet forces In the great ngm now beginning against the tobac co truat He remarked today that if llhc jriit..U twice continue, many picwi.n uu imiimi, uwb, many independent buyers, who last year bought tobacco before the slump in prices, were left with high-priced leaf on rneir nanas, and that these would be ruined if things continue as they are. Governor Avcock and Private Sec retary Pearsal! left today to be pres et at the encampment of the Third "eglment at Greensboro. Governor Ay cock thence goes direct to Wilming ton and Private Secretary Pearsall then goes to Waynesvllle for a week. , Charters are granted to the Ameri can Aquaholst company of Winston, with $150,000 capital, the stockholders being T. H. Tlge of Winston, capital Continued on Page 6. Yhc u BY Ten owl Hom HIGH OFFICIALS OF UNITED MS SHOT BY CITIZENS HENRY GOODWIN GOES BACK TO JAIL RALEIGH BU8INE8S MAN AGAIN IN THE TOILS. Several Nw Rural Route Are Estab lished In North Carolina Grand Total Mounting Up (Special to The Citizen.) Raleigh, N. C, Aug. 11. The post atfice officials say that notice was re ceived .today that thirteen new rural free dellveiy routes have been put in operation In North Carolina, bringing i he total Up to 370. Case of state against Henry Ooodwln, Wi years old, a white farmer charged with outraging a fourteen year old white girl, Flossie Pleasants, who was in his employ, was reopened here this afternoon, tloodwln was last Friday committed to Jail without bail privilege. The state contended today that the Jus tice who heard the case had no right to rehear It aftet Judgment had been rendered. The Justice in question said It was not rehearing but hearing. The defense had two physicians sworn in as experts to examine the girl, but the state at first objected and no examina tion was then made. Hut doctors were questioned as experts. The state then Introduced as a witness, a woman living near the home of the Pleasants girl, and her evidence as to the affair was very strong against Goodwin. Attor neys for the defense Insisted that the state was afraid to have the girl ex amined for the state asked Immediately If the defense nrttlly desired this ex amination. The defense said yes. The examination was then mado by physi cians and their evidence showed con ditions as represented by the state. Goodwin was recommitted to Jail with out bull. BRITONS COPYING AFTER UNCLE SAM London, Aug. 11. The report df the royal commission on alien immigration I issued today. It .recommend that the immigration of certain classes of aliens Into the United 'Kingdom be sub jected to state control. The specific recommendations made in the report are similar In many re spects to the provisions of the United States Immigration law except that no educational requirement Is proposed. In some directions the rules are more stringent than the American regula tions. The "undesirable" classes stated In the report Include prostitutes, luna tics, convicted criminals, and any one who Is In danger of becoming a publu charge. Provision Is made for the deportation of Immigrants who may be proved to be undesirable, within two years of their landing, and the vessel Importing them will be compelled to repatriate them without compensation. The proposed medical Inspection Is similar to that in the United States. SIX OF MOTANZAS' CREW WERE HELD 'New York, Aug. 11. Six members of the crew of Ihe Ward line steamer Ma tanzas, from Tamplco, Matanxaa, and Hiivana, were taken today to Swlnburn Island hospital for treatment and ob servation. Owing to the prevalence of yellow fever at the Mexican ports, Dr. Duly deemed It best to detain theae men. Two had been 111 of fever alnce leaving Tamplco and the others had temperatures above normal. LAND BILL UP TO COMMONS London, Aug. 11. Prior to Ihe third reading of the hind bill the Duke of Devonshire snld thut while he waa una ble to forecast the nctlon of the house of commons on the landlord's amend ments adopted by the house of lords, he was confident that the position of the government in the lower house would not be altogether Irreconcilable. Lord Abercnrn. on behalf of th- land lords, thanked the Duke for his courte ous reception of the amendments and said he believed the bill would benefit the whole of Ireland. Hee trusted that the amendments would be received by the house of commonds In the same spirit as they had been passed by the lords Money Making Which "In answer to nn Inquiry as to whether or notj the agricultural re sources of this "section of the country were being full developed, a well known commission merchant of this city stated yesterday afternoon that th people of Western North Carolina are not fully alive to the excellent money making opportunities bffered In the Hue of agriculture. "It is a fact worthy of notice," he said, "that other sections of the state are shipping out targe quanti ties of produce yearly while we are un der the necessity of having It shipped to us. I will cite for Instance the la mentable fact that during the past sea aon 15,000 worth Of beans were shipped here from Michigan to our firm and no one will attempt to deny the statement Joseph Hallier, District Organ. izer of Alabama Compelled to Kiss a Negro. ThenOr dered to Trot Down Track at 2:40 Gait. After Negro was; Severely Beaten Hallier Is . Again Forced to Trot and Later Falls With Bullet in His Arm! Birmingham, Ala.'. August . U.-Joe Hallier, Alibama district organizer of the United Mine Workers o America, -was shot and seriously wounded in the arm at Horse Creek yesterday mdrn ,' Ing and B. L, Greer, colored, vlce prisidcnt of the Alabama United Mlna ,.. Workers was assaulted and severely beaten by a crowd of angry citizens. , Mr. Hallier was shot in the left arm, the bullet entering at the back of the upper arm and coming out in front. An artery was severed and be wa brought to the city. . . ' He had been to Empire, a small set tlement near Horse Creek with Vioe- . President Greer, where a small local of the United Mine Workera waa- or - - ganlzed and the two men had come to Horse Creek to take the train for Birmingham. According to the account of Greer, they were in the depot when five men entered and they were i or dered to march down the . railroad track i point of pistols. They started, and were then ordered to trot, which they also did. Various indig nities were heaped upon them, Mr.;. Hallier being forced to kiss Greer. Greer was assaulted and . beaten so that the blood flowed profusely, While Mr. Hallier waa being1 forced to trot, the men began firing at him and he finally fell, with the wound In his arm. The pursuers -then "left him and returned to town. Greer stay ed with him and they were picked up by the crew of a freight train which passed soon and brought them to Birmingham. . ... The shooting Is believed to have been caused by the fact that the citi zens hold Hallier responslvle for the delay In the settlement of the dispute now pending between the mines and the -, Bloss-Sheffleld company.- The , company referred to Is one of h : largest coal, steel and iron companies of the. South . , EARTHQUAKE IS FELT IN ITALY Rome, August 11. An earthquake, having the region of Mount Aetna 'as a center, was felt today throughout Sicily and southern Italy and to a smaller degrea In central Italy. Little damage Was done, although in the zone of greatest intesnlty the more ment lasted two minute. The Flume CnUlo. a stream netr Mount Aetna, become turbid and the temperature of the water rose to 72 degrees. ' v Mount Vesuvius Is again In erup tion. Its preent activity being con sidered to be connected with .tbe earthquake shock. NORTH ATLANTIC f FLEET GATHERED Bar Harbor, Me., Aug. 11. It ws learned today that the combined North Atlantic fie -t gathered here will ren dezvous at Rockland Instead of thl place before participating In the Jojnt army and navy attack on Portland,' Augu -J2-29. The fleet, except two training ships, which were considered too slow for the trip is scheduled to leave here tomorrow afternoon "for Long Island Hound to engage in man euvers and tactics. The vessels will' ar rive at Oyster Bay next Saturday (tnd will be reviewed by President Roose velt next Monday. The present Intention Is to have tftem leave Oyster Bay Monday night atid be at Rockland for two or three day before proceeding for the Joint attack on Portland. v SWELL POOL ROOM RAIDED New York, Aug. 11. The alleged pool room conducted by "The Allen," ,' In Sixth avenue, was raided tonight for the eighty-eighth time, according to the count kept by the police. Four hundred men, whites and negroes, were caught In the place, but only four men were placed under arrest. The place waa heavily fortltled with iron bars at all the doors and windows, but a squad of detectives succeeded in catching 'tha "lookouts" off their guard and dashed ., through the front door when it was left a trllle open, , . Opportunities Are Overlooked that these and more could easily have been raised within our own borders. -I am safe In saying further that pota toes and cabbages should be raised here - in much larger quantities. Then again " I call your attention to the fact that seven or eight years ago chickens were a profitable source of income to those who raised them. I can recall the time when 40,000 to 60,000 chickens were shipped monthly from this city. Now It Is a problem for the people here to get enough chickens to eat. Tea, nlr, there Is a golden opportunity for" the man who will Invest his money in rais ing the products mentioned. It is not the fault of the country but the failure ; of the people to realise that they would be well repaid for th expend!- . ture of a little money and labor." ?
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