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bring! (vutit, it Ihe by knew advertini motte In the erld, , , :.. ' - - I ...., t.- 1 . CITI ZEN T TV ..4..&I Uu. laden THa Clti tea yesterday wtt . . . . .... , :. 4 3075 ! X Vol. xlx.No. 144 A3HEVILLE, N. C, WEDNESDAY MORNING, NOVEMBER 25 1803. PRICE FIVE CENTS ilOOSEUELT AND HIS PANAMA DEAL BIT- TERLY ARRAIGNED BY THE VENERABLE SENATOR MORGAN YESTERDAY Shades of William Pitt RJse Before Uie August As- semblage of t!ie National legislators, Which lis tens With Astonishment to Words of Accusation as Ifiey Fell Unchecked From Uie lips of the Aged Speaker In Unvarnished Language He Xays Bare . Before the World, the Gigantic Intrigue Which Created a New Republic Accuses the President, of Desiring to Secure Credit For an Unique Administration. Washington, Nov. ?4. The Panama anal Question Was again the leading! unless it be resentment toward Coloni- topic under consideration before tin senate' today, and Mr. Morgan was jKiiin the tpeuker of the day. He con tinued hilt review of the Panama canal ma l ( it, unu declared mat the it-eal ile tit's ambition to secure the credit of an unique administration, had been manifested In nla attitude toward the l'anama route. He asserted that Pres I. lent McKlnley had been In favor of the Mcnraugua route. I This assertion was challenged by Mr. Ilanna who said hia knowledge led him to believe otherwise. Ah to Panama the senator said an elaborate treaty had been prepared, a immnlsslon sent here and Bent back again to create a government with power to ratify a treaty. He charged that the treaty with Colombia had been drawn largely by corporation lawyers. Speaking of the report of the Isthmian Canal commission favotnble to the Panama route, Mr. Morgan character ised that report as "the dynamite thatj has rent In twain the Republic of Co lombia." He said further, thut the re port was a desperate adventure. He declared that If McKlnley had lived the protocol with Nicagaugua and Costa Rica, would have been observed. "But he is dead," the senator went on, "and a new Richmond com'ea on the field and he seems not to feel the obligation ot good faith when a more enticing field for the unique administration breaks upon the vision of this ambitious spirit. He declared that It was President Roosevelt ambition to have all the glory of constructing the canal for Mr own administration.- Has 'thV Presi dent," he asUefl,v"ilny excuse for hi failure to carry Into effect the agree ment with Nicaragua and Costn Kirn, lila and gratification 'of person a 1 'am hi tlon, which the law deprives him of the futther power to Indulge? Whatever the Incentive he will fall to curry the people with him In hlR wild and lifex disable raid No plea of "reasons of state," wotili1 be accepted, "for," he said, "reasons 6 state are out of place in a republic and are regarded only as the plea of a ty rant." In abandoning . the McKlnley policy, Mr. Morgan declared, the President had destroyed the rights already uc quired at much expense of lime and effort.. He declaied that Colombia hud levied blackmail to the extent of' $7, 000,000 and that acting under the in structions of the President the.secre tary of state had entered into an agree- ment that might make It possible to collect on the levy. The eagerness or the ambition of the President, he said. could hare supplied the fulcrum for this transaction. At this point, and after having spoken for two hours. Mr. Morgan requested the privilege of taking his seat while he continued his, delivery. There whs no objection and the.venerable senator sat down, remarking under, his breath as he did so. "My old limbs are getting shaky under me as- the Republican party must -be in the presence of the truth. Mr. Morgan reviewed at length the Colombian revolution of declaring that Mari'oo.uin' triumph was due not to his own prowess, but to the assist ance of the United States., .,.' '"All rpRds that 'the President trav- Continued on" pflge ) 'ANOTHER DISASTROUS MINE EX PLOSION KILLS THIRTEEN MEN Fort Smith, Ark., Nov. 24. Thir teen miners were mnea ana great damage was done by an accidental ex plosion of gas this afternoon in coal mine io. zu at iionnnzn, i mum huim this civ.. At nightfall onty six or ine victims nan neen recovereu. me cove rea aeuu: Rob. Reisdnl. Ida Stickland. Will Keoho. Mike Walter. , Jns. Smith. Grandpa" Brown, father of Pit P.oss Ilrown. . jA The explosion occurred, at onfl o 'chick, wrien mere were annul n men in me various snans. ah esraiwu witnnut lniurv - exceni inirieen no were emniovea in entry iv . ine scene of the exnloslon. The force or tbe ex plosion was terrific and .the timbers were .torn from 'the walla of the pas sages for several hundred yards at the mouth pf entry "K." The passages were so obstructed that the work of rescuing; the entombed men was te dious In the extreme and several hours were consumed before the first body was found. It is thought that the gas was 'acci dentally ignited by a miner's lamp. The miners who escaped with the aid of others, summoned from nearby shafts. Immediately set about clearing the passages in the hope that some of the thirteen entombed men might have survived the explosion. By nightfall six bodies had been recovered and the rescue work was still In pro gress. It is now certain that till of the entombed men have polished. REPORTED SURRENDER OF SAN DOMINGO TO THE REVOLUTIONISTS i Cape Hay tlen, Nov 24 .Dispatches received here from Puerto Plata say that the cltv of Ban Domingo was sur- endered to the revolutionists this morning and that President wos x. Ill HI U IIIllllSLtTI 9 IWB v.. mora a uerman warsnm, i ne dis patches say further that great entnus- nsr nrevans tnrouanout me country. ' WoreiProm Powell Washington.. Koy. 24. The following cablegram vas received at the state lepartment today from Minister Powell, nted San Domingo yesterday: "Proposition of gan Domingo govern ment is not Acceutable. Tae revolu tionists refuse to consider any other terms than immediate sui render and resignation of the president, if the teims are mot accepted an assault-on the city will be made, but the armistice has been extended until 6 o'clock this evening." Washington Hears of Surrender Washington, Nov. 24. In a cablegram received here today from Minister Pow ell dated Santo Domingto, November 27. he announces that the President of San Dominga has agreed to surrender the city to the' revolutionists. The articles of capitulation are being drawn un The surrender, the cablegram said, will occur tomorrow. TRAIN WRECKER AND MURDERER SENTENCED Roanoke. Va.. Nov. 24. James Halley was found guilty of muider In the vcr ond degree today In the Augusta county court and was sentenced to 1 yeai! impiisonmont. The charge wits brought in connection with the w.ecking of a Norfolk & Western passenger train last December, when Knglneer Wesley nil ley was killed, y ; James Dalley's motlir ImlU tel fo the same crime, will be tried tomorrow Joseph Kennedy, nlieady ha been 1 1 If ' on the same charge and found guilty in' murder in the first degr't $ but has not yet been sentenced. . EUGENE F. WARE THROWS UP THE SPONGE Washington. Nov. St. -It can he an nounced that. Eugene K. Ware, the commissioner of pensions, will retlie f.om that office by about the middle ol November of next year and will return Immediately to the pra.tlce of law i: Kansas. He contemplated action l generally understood among Kansai1 politicians and has been the subject ol severul Interviews with the President which has been kept yetret. Mi'. Ware's desire to return to private life Is chiefly caused h. dissatisfaction with the method of ('inducting hW office. Mr. Ware hni sle.tdfustly is fuseil to discuss the matter when asked for Information on the xubject, decriti the general understanding among tho.ii In a position to know, and when aske tnnlghrviibout the report of his plans, h' declined to admit that he has or evei had any intention of tendering his res ignation. Mr. Ware acceptance of thi President's tender of the olllce. shortly after the appointment of his p odeces sor, H. Clay Kvnns, to the po?t of con sul general to Great IVItaln, last spring i ieiiterl (OnHldcrnble surprise at thi tln-.c. FIVE FIREMEN WERE FIRED FAST SENATOR CLARK'S DAUGHTER IN LE TRQU6 Ixjuisvllle. Ky.T (WSi. 21. Chief I Tyson, f the fire depaiiiient, today ! Jlsmissed five firemen for refusing to! testify at the hearing of the men j charged with looting during the pro gress of the old Masonic Temple fire. Klve men directly charged with looting will be tried tomorrow by the board of safety. it ONLY ORIGINAL" POSTAL GRAFTER Is Hankering For Investigation of Charges RATHBCNE SENDS LETTER TO PLATT Wherein He Makes a Few Point' ed Remarks 'HE 13 AN AMERICAN CITIZEN" HE SAYS, AND IS ENTITLED TO COMPLETE AND JH0R OUCH INVESTIGATION RUSH ORDERS RECEIVED Newport, "R. I., Nov. 24,' Rush oi lers from 4h navy department at Washington have' been received at the torpedo station for the completion of the naval defense mines for the battle ships Keiitucky, Wlscopsin and Ore- Ton, of the Asiatic Squudron. Each battleship of the navy is to be equip ped with a set of 14 mines, and one tummy.. . '. ..... - ".'' ' New York, Nov. 24. rhurglng thai Mis. ICvcretCMnllni')! I'ulver has alien ated the affections that Sc!o:i J. Vlasto her husband, should have for her. Mrs Kllsabeth R. Vlasto, if this city, today began suit In the .scpveiv.e couit foi tr.oo.ooo. The papers were aerved on the de fendant at her residence In this city today. Mrs. Culver, a. daughter of Senatoi William A. Clark,' -of .Montana, Is al-' ready In the public. yes because of her divorce suit instituted astalnst her hus band. . - Mr. Vlasto is m well known- Greek and tiropiletur of the (:fek newspaper. Al lantis. Mrs. Vlasto nvers that her hus band's friendship fop the Culver famtlv brought about her separation from hire In 1S01.. . . ' r . -.j ,. . ,:' Washington. Nov. 24. Mr. K. G. Ruth hone, who was convicted In Cuba on charges involving hia administra tion of postal affairs In Cuba during American occupation of the Island, to duy sent the following letter to the senate committee on relntions with Cuba: Washington. D. C, Nov. 24. 190S: Hon. H. O. Piatt, chairman Commit tee on Relations with Cuba, United States Sennte, Washington, D. C: 'Sir: I beg to call your attention to . the fact that immediately upon my re lease under. my bond for reason of the general net, issued by the Cuban con- Tress June 7. 1H02. I came at once to the fnlted States and filed a petition vlth congress, asking for a thorough nvestlgntlon of all my acts in Cuba Phis was referred to the senate com- i.lltee on relations with Cuba, of which 'ou are chairman, I came to Wash Ington at the beginning of the second session of the' 67th congress and re nuiiiicd Until the end, endeavoring to tet your committee to act. On Feb ruary 6. 1903. at your solicitation made a presentation In writing, setting forth many facts in the matter. No ac tion however, has been taken by your committee as far as I know, except to furnish General Wood copies of the pa pers and documents filed by me, and to ecelve his reply to the charges con tained therein.- "About the 18th Instant, I filed with vou :i reply to General Wood. I renew my request for early action. I submit that as an American cltlien I am en titled to a ful and exhaustive Investi gation by n proper tribunal of my own countrymen.. -. ISIgned.) "E, G. RATHBONE." PRESIDENT SENDS BOUQUET TO HUBBARD Washington, Nov. 24. Secretary Moody has sent the following letter of commendation to Captain John Hub bard of the Nashville: "Sir: Tour reports of the occurrences at Colon from the second to the fifth Instant, duilng the recent revolution on the Istmus of Panama have been rea l by the President, who has expressed himself as being much pleased with your action and desires that you should be so Informed. "This I take pleasure In doing and wish to add that your actions through out appear to the department to have been discreet, Judicious, and prompt to u marked degree. Commander Willi. Midshipman John Jackson and the men under their command who were landed from the Nashville. deseivn much praise for their coolness, fortitude, end firmness under provocation, when opposed by a greatly superior force during several hours. GEN. REYES Oil POSSIBLE WAR Colombian Officer Talks Isthmian Invasion . V Of HIS COUNTRY WILL MAKE EFFORTS To Avoid Bellicose Outbreak by Treating With U. S. , COLOMBIA VIEWS WITH CHAGRIN AND REGRET DEPARTURE OF WAYWARD PANAMA, AND WILL CERTAINLY DO SOMETHING CHICAGO WILL ENTER THE FIELD Bh Chicago Street Car Strike Was ' Settled at 3 O'clock This Morning Extra 3:05 A. M. Chicago, Nov. 25. The strike of the mployes of the Chicago City railway cotnpuny was settled ut un early hour his morning at a conference between hevmayor and the ulderrhanic peace ommittee, President Hamilton and E. Bliss", counsel for the company, nnd the executive board of the local union if the strikers. The basis on which tbe lettlement was reached Is a complete Ictory for the company, as far as the iriginnl demands of the men are con- erned. Tbe. agreement reached will e ratified at a meeting of. the men at O'clock this morning and It is said hat traffic on all lines bf the company will be resumed today. The only important concession made by the company was un r-jreement to , Company Virtually Wine reinstate all the strikers including the I Ever since the Inauguration of the outside unions, who went out in sym- strike, thirteen days ago. the compuny pathy with the trainmen, with the ex- has been gradually gaining the upper ueptlon of those who resorted to vlo- hund of the men . under ponce pro lence during the trouble. The arbi tration of the wane ncale Is to be ac cording to the wages paid out of Chi cago, and not on the. basis of the local street railways. These .are the two points that have been the stumbling block to a peacealili' adjustment of the strike for the past week. The com- tection traffic was opened on the Went worth avenue branch of the system 24 hours after the strike was declared and the service hns been gradually In creased ever since. On the third day of the strike another trunk line was opened for the patronage of the public and since Unit time three other lmpor- pany has insisted that It pays higher J tant branches have been put in oper wages than anv .similar corporation in , ation, making n total of flve,ltnes that the country. The men were fearful . had been operated with non-union that the arbitration on the scale paid In other cities would decrease their wages and they fought stiilihnnily for point. .... crews while the strike was on. The original demands of the union their, were as follows: Continued on page 6) Two Important Supreme Court Decisions Rendered (Special to The Citizen) . Raleigh. N. C. Nov. 24. The Su preme1 court today dismissed the peti tion totre-hear the Seawell case. This affirms this notable case. Seawell gets nearly fifty thousand dollars damages from the Seaboard Air Line railway because while he was In ItS station at Shelby, having purchased a ticket and being about to take a train he was pelted with eggs. The company agent In a case in which effects great arrears of lands. It holds that the act of 1S87 is unconstitutional which provides that unless all arrearages of. taxes, which had been levied or which ought to have been levied, on what are known as, swamp lands, had been Jald when the grant for such lands had been giv en by the state, the lands could by reason of- that fact become Vested in here did not Interfere to prevent, but; the state Board of Education without any proceeaings wnaiever. juuge uu glass, delivering this opinion, said that under thia act a grant had been given a century ago for lands yet if during one year the taxes had not been paid the lands would be vested In the board Janqary 1st, l0..v : "7 . encouraged the attack. Seawell was at the time the Republican (Populist) nominee tot lieutenant governor and had just made a political speech at Hhelby, Swamp Lane! Decision . The Supreme court filed an oghTln Chicago, Nov. 24. Mayor liarrlron oday declared thut the tlty would e:i er the electric lighting field at once I.) competition with the gas trust and the Chicago Edison, and its subsidiary ompanies, by using the drnlunge canal xwer. The attempt to enter the Held ly selling to corporations niyl private ndlviduais current made in the mimic-:' pal plants will. It Is expected lesult In t'n appeal to the courts by the bit light ing corporations. This, Mayor Harrison declares. If ,vhat the city would Invite, as It will determine Its right to deal In public necessities. FIGHTING IN AFRICA. London, Nov. 24. A dispatch to a 'ews agency reports desperate fighting t Warmbad, Herman SoutM.tst Af lea. The rebels captured the town, ';lllli? four Germans. .' Subae'pieutly he Herman field force of ISO me i suc eeded.a.fteiHii severe struggle, In ex-. lelllngCthe rebels and reoecupylns ;tlic town. .' ; . - - -- - . ' i Colon, Nov. 24. A person who Is ot Intimate association with (Jen. Reyes and who has seen much of the general during the past few months and who Is 1 thoroughly familiar with the Interior K.r ivvln.hi., ..v..kin ik. ...l.ll Press correspondent today concerning the probable course which General Reyes will puisue at Washington, sai-1 that he thought that General Reyes -would make every effort no matter "hw hopeless to effect such a settlement .of the Panama situation as would pre serve the Integrity of Colombia. Think ing hi position to negotiate to this end -would be stronger If he had an armed force In the field, the Associated Press Informant said that It was not Im probable that the government of Co lombia would make Immediate prepara tions to Invade the Isthmus, . "Colombia's extremity Is such, ana her chagrin over the loss of the Isthmus Is so great,'.' continued the Informant, "thut It would not surprise me to sea the Rppublic of Colombia eventually asking admission Into the Republic ,of Panama, all other efforts falling. ; Al redy the Isthmians are expecting the Influx of prominent Colombians who dnubtlisi regret that thev were not. lit the IMhnius when independence wasi ur oHipllfhed, in order to partajce Of Its benefits." " :' . ,; ; ,' . . V General Reyes hopes ''"the . United States will, to some extent withdraw from the position It has taken on the Isthmus, possibly to the extent of. (tfv Ing Colombia, an unhindered oDportuj nity to recaptOre' the Isthmian territory. Relieving this possible. Jiie .aggressive attlrudr-of General t Reyes I under? . ( "on tlnued'' otl Vpn ge . . t .W ' II Vt r4.- Reported Thet China Is About to Declare War Ag&Jnst Russia . .. V'' , "'' ..v-CNC v fir he .Is prepared to declare waj London, Nov. 24. Private advice "rom Pekln aie to the effect that Gen 'rul Yuan Shi Kal, governor of Chi LI irovlnce, hns informed the emperdr that against the Russians In Manchurhj.' General Ma, Is said to be ready . t marc)i Into Shan Hal Kwn a,tih head of 18,600 en. LOOK OUT FOR THE CALM , ? WHICH COMES BEFORE A StORf.) Yesterday The Citizen's voting con test was marked by the ominous "calm ttefore the storm." In the words of a local enthusiast, "there is something brewing,", and n snowstorm is predict ed for December 5. Wagers were free ly offered yesterday on one of the can- lidates winning the contest. It was reported yesterday for a time that J. B. Wells had left town, but u reporter who was sent to run down the rumor 'ound Mr. Wells still actively engaged on that "pile of wood." Or. Sswyer 17,129 i. B. Well...: 12,360 H. P. Foster 9,243 Or. L. B. McBrsytr 2,334 Dr. Battle 2,272 Harmon Miller 1,435 W. C. Frank.. ... 1,081 Dr. M. H. Fletcher 938 Whitlock 887 Dr. F. T. Meriwether 725 Dr. Hilliard . . . 667 Or. Chat. L. Minor... 550 Dr. Jordan 538 Whitlock 498 Dr. J. T. Sevier 497 Or. A. M. Ballard 493 Chat. G. Lee 360 E. Rankin 343 John A. Nicholt 322 114 114 loo O. C. Mills . Or. Dart 8evier... ... ... Clarence Clspp. . ,.-.,'., , E. P. Gilkle... . C. A. Raysor. , . . A. L. Stockton... ... ..,. ,',', . Rules af the Cahtesi.' tr Coupons must be cast within one week from date printed thereon. J The contestants must be - resident! of Ashevllle or Its suburbs (or at least a portion of the year and b regarded as such, and must ie either professional or business men. ';' No attache of The "Citlxen will be allowed to enter or participate In 'the' contest, - , - ;! v-u- No coupons will be accepted" itnleaa cut from The Citizen or issued tu sub scribers under the conditions goverui lug the contest, v .-" ' A subscriber paying; $1.00 or mora upon his subscription will receive a special coupon giving him one hundred votes for each dollar so . paid. If aft old subscriber secures a new subscrip tion, both the old and the hew sub scriber will receive 100 votes for each dollar paid by the new subscriber. . No copies of The Cltlsen ' will be sold during the contest except at the regular price. ', . ' The name must be plainly written The "Po.riitionlng" is on. ur. m. m. minenaor tn i on each coupon, and where courmns J. Yatets 272 lore voted in numbers exoeedlna- twen. ou ty-flve, they must be. counted Jf 235: bunches of 25, 50 or 100 and properly 235 marked. . " . V 201 1 All coupons voted must be registered 201 ' before being deposited fh the baildt 185 , box. for the convenience of th cnnlvat uougnran 168 editor in tabulating the vote, : Kroger... 137 1 Votes registered before t p. m W. B. Gwyn Dr. Paul Paquin. r-enrote Baldwin. Dr. Prioleau.. .. T. A. Jones Rev. W. M. Vines H. Wm. Hiram Lindtty 137 i Dr. Linn 135 W. C. Scarborough 135 M, H. Kslly... 115 be counted and the report made up for the day. Coupons received after t p. m., will be counted with the next daft vote. - CITIZEN VOTING COUPON. This Coupon is Good for One Vote for As the Most Popular Man in Ashevllle. NOVEMBERS Cut cut and deposit in the ballet box at The Daily Citlxen efflo
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