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THE ASHEYILLE CITIZEN Try the CITIZEN Want Ads They Bring Results. , Vol. XIX No. 266 ASHEVLLLE, N. C, TUESDAY MORNING, AUGUST 2 1904 Price Fire Cents i f Only Associated Press Newspaper in Western North Carolina SOLDIER OF FORTUNE DIES EMPLOYERS SEEM NOW 1 TO HAVE MASTER HAND? WEATHER Tuesday : Showers III, ' . i $ Ur BY JAPANESE SHELL Lieut-Gen. Keller of Russian Army Meets Death WAS ONCE SOLDIER IN SERVICE OF ENGLAND Fought In Many Battles al Over the World HEAVY FIGHTING IS NOW GOING ON NEAR HAI CHENG RUS SIAN FORCE 13 IN PERIL. Mukden, Aug. 1. It Is reported that Lieutenant General Count Keller has been killed east of Liuo Yang. A dispatch to a news agency from Ft. Petersburg confirms thP reported death of General Keller, Baying he was killed by a fiagment of a Japanese shell at the time he was opposing the Japanese advance along the railway near Hal Cheng. Lieutenant-General Count Keller, at the opening of the war, was in com mand of the Second Siberian nrmy di vision, lie was D4 years old and re signed the governorship of Ekatcrlno slaff, In order to go to the front. Gen eral K"Her took part in the three ram palgs of the Itusso-Turklsh war. In 1SS7 he commanded the imperial rifle regiment and later was direiio " corps of Imperial pages, by which Kel ler .camp In contact with members of the imperial family, with whom he was In great favor. General Keller ya.it considered to be the possessor of cool judgment and to be a fine strategist. Though a strict disciplinarian, Keller was a kind and careful olllcer and pop ular with his men, . He wore a grey beard, hod keen, blue eyes and dressed in Khaki. Ills only decoration was th" cross 6t , the military order of St. Oedhge, Which he wore on the tunic. He 'sustained two reveises nt the hands of th Japanese recently, July 4, and July 17, being repulsed In attacks on theTMbtlen pass. t General Keller was one of the great army of "Soldier of Fortune" which has branches In nearly every quarter of the globe. He was at one time a member of the Royal Horse Guards of the British service. When things as sumed a peaceful hue In the Biltlsh Empire, he cast his fortune with the French eagles, exhibiting signal brav ery in many engagements. Later he entered the service of the Czar and rose lupldly In the imperial favor." He da-rt us he had lived a true soldier of for tune. RUSSIANS YIELD TO SUPERIOR NUMBERS St. Peteisburg, Aug. 1. The emperor loday received the following dispatch dated July fcl, from General Kutopat- . kin: "Three Japanese armies have renew ed offensive operations on our southern front. Our rear guard made an obsti nate defense until the appearance of considerably superior foices Qf the ene my and then gradually retired In the direction of Hal Cheng. A detachment near Slmouchehg, fifteen miles south east of Hal Cheng, successfully with stood the enemy until 3 In the after noon. ' '"The attack was directed against our Tight Hank, which from its position at Hanua Pass inflicted great loss on th? Japanese." JAPS CAPTURE SIEN ON CHENG London, Aug, 2. Tho correspondent of llvi 1 Midon Times, wltl OetiPial Kurokl In the field. In a dispatch dated July 31, tajs: "1'hls in my began a seiviv.l attack at daylight today which n-sted ti. til sunset. Tiio Japanese cenlve t ok the town of SiMoneheng caponing tin- ene my's northeastern positions. "The left advanced and occupied a position jeopardizing the Russian right "The Japanese right carried the po sition against superior numbers. "There was tremendous artillery fir ing throughout the day and the Infan try finished with n brilliant march un der the enemy's shrapnel. I believe that the Russian position will be un tenable tomorrow." SCORE INJURED IN TROLLEY CAR WRECK NEAR WESTBORO. MASS. Westboro. Mass., Aug. 1. A score of persons were Injured, two of them fa uy. In a head-on collision between o trolley cars on the Boston A WoreeMer street railway, three miles from Wetboro. ne accident nrciimwl turve on a dii i.iin.ii i " to misunderstanding of orders BOURKE COCKRAN SOUNDS KEYNOTE "Adherence to Democrallc Platform" the Slogan NECESSITY EXISTS FOR CURBING THE SENATE Imperialism Is Not the Issue at Present DEMOCRACY DOES NOT EXIST TO GIVE DIRECTORS OF SYDNI CATES CHANCE TO GROW FAT. Boston, Mass., Aug. 1 Despite the intense heat anil hunildl'y, hiol'P than 2.000 persons crowded Into Faneull hall toniirht to hear W. ltourke Cockran, of New York: Governor L. Garvin, ol Rhode Island, and Charles Fraud Adams, of this city, address a meeting called by the New England Antl-Im perianal League. Adherence to ithe Democratic Flat form" was the slogan of the speakers Governor Garvin said: 'Half a cmtury ago we came Into contact with another Asiatic people We found them cut off from the went and consequently away behind In civ (ligation. We cultivated their friend ship and led them by our example, ad vice and assistance to undertake the itak of advancing their own fortunes." Speech of Adams. Charles Francis Adams spoke in part as follows; . .. Important as thr question of Impe rialism is, I frankly acknowledge that I am not one of those who regard tt as of paramount importance In the present canvass. There are in my Judgment other issues involved more momentous and quite as pressing. I maintain there Is no issue before the American Deonle so Imnontant or so difficult to meet as ihp issue of curbing the sen ate." Cockran Gats Applause Congressman Burke Cockran was greeted with enthusiastic and prolong ed applause. 'We have not assembled to suggest any new experiment In governmciiit Mr. Cockran said. "We simply ask that the policy of freedom, justice and III) erty established In Cuba which has proved both creditable and profitable to us; which the Cuban people have found a source of progress, a beacon of freedom and a bulwark of order, which the whole world applauds as a most valuable contribution to civiliza tion, shall be- substituted for the im perialistic policy which has proved wasteful and discreditable to this country in the Philippine Islands. "The decision of this quesitlon at the polls will affect profoundly the people of the Philippine Islands, but It will affect vitally the American people and Indeed the whole progress of clvllza tion. The violation of every moral ob ligation In ithe Philippine Islands has been followed by the violation of con Ktitui'.ional limitations in the United States." NARDAMAN'S NAME WONT BE PERPETUATED Washington, Aug. 1. Postmaster General Payne said today thrit an ap plication to give the name "Vardam.m" to a postoffl.ee In Mississippi, in honor of the governor of that state, had been received through the fourth assistant postmaster general and that the appli cation had been refused. HEAVY FIGHTING NEAR HAI CHENG London, Aug. 1. The correspondent of the Dally Mall at XeW I'hw.ing. in a dispatch dated July "1. says that there has been heavy fighting for two days in the marshes south or JIU Cheng, during th g::idual retreat from Ta Tche Kiao of 5,0(10 Russians torming the rear guaid, and that the peril of this force increases daily. relating, to the passing of cars. The westbound car carried thIHy-one pas sengers and the other Hhirty-flve. all of whom were thrown forward violently and some crushed by timbers and steel framework. Th" passengers on the front seats of both cars received the worst Iniurles and In addition to brok en bones sustained severe cuts by fly- lng glasses. SMI ) .3$ .mi pm u m w rai l m tv LION COST OF LIVING V .4 V nterestlng Report Issued by Carroll D. Wright STATEMENT COVERS PERIOD OF SIX YEARS Necessaries of Life Have Soared "Way Up FACTS AND FIGURES WHICH WILL AFFORD REFLECTIVE READING DURING DULL LEISURE HCURS. Washlngton, Aug. 1. Mr. Carroll D. Wright, commissioner f the labor bu reau In the oighteemlh annual report f the bureau, made public today, gives the results of a comprehensive In- tulry Into the cost of living since lS!u!, and the average wage rate iluriiu: those periods. Concerning wages which id been made public heretofore, an Investigation of .119 occupations, reprc- ntlng 67 industries in 3.42!) separate establishments having shown an nvcr- ige Increase in wages dining this pe riod of 18. fl per cent. The inquiry into the conu of living shows that living for working menu families having un- r $1,200 income per year lias increas- 1 during this period 15.5 per cent. In order to ascertain tills nvcr.igf in- rease the labor bureau ::e tired the Income and expenditure in detail of 2.- !)(i7 families in 3" states, .r .'ill prices being taken. The statement showed that the 2,.r.f!7 families consisted of an averag" of 5.31 persons Pnd that 'the avarega Income for the year 1901 was JSl!7, the uvcr.ice annual expenditure for all purposes $7IIS, and the averaf;e exrendlture for food $320 pnr family. PETITION OF PARDON FROM YANCY COUNTY Governor is Asked to Release Hiram Wilson, Convicted of Violating Watts Law. Raleigh. X. C, Au?. 1 J. p.. Hay of Yancey county, who today laid he- fore the governor a petition for .i par don for Hiram Wilson, of that county, was inform" I thu. it would be some days liefiiicrt'aNrovcrnnr could act. The petit inifi asks rir a pardon on the grounds that Wilson, whe was convict ed of violating the W'atts liquor regula tion and sentenced to four years' im prisonment. w.i lei to violate the law by people who advised that the law waa unconstitutional and would not be enforced. ,- . . -,- - . M v IIIUIIL1V o See as 'ou you've tread on me OLNEY GOES TO SEE MR. PARKER Oraclo of Esopus Extends Cordial Invitation GROVER CLEVELAND MAY CALL AT R0SEM0UNT Cold and Silver Democrats Send Encouraging Letters MANY REPUBLICANS, TOO, DE CLARE THAT THEY WILL VOTE FOR THE NEW YORK JURIST. Ksopus, X. Y., Aug. 1. .Iudr;e l'nr ker's invitation I" Richard filncy, of Alannai hu:''l ts, to visit Hiiseinouut has been accepted and Mr. Olney is x peit"d wiihin a l'oi'.nl:.:ht. Tliuislav has been fixed I'oi trie visit of Kilw.ird C. WjiII. or Wis. on in. and Mrs. Wall. They aii' epn::M I" l.'uropc. it is iitiil'-i- i.t...l here I hat former Prcsideiit Grovei- i levcland has been Invited lo spend i day a-l lioseniouiil on his; vi-ay iioiii N -vv llimpshirc, where lie is -pi aiding the siiinmer. Tile lai-;;e iiuinlic r of lettcs lei-eiveil at ltoM iiuiinil leniorrat:i nr .lodge I'aiUer. many lei p-i s 1 1 1 l.i re t lii-y v 1 1 Parker :-,i.vs It' experience in teis that he i mall lie (;e's in tic-il li'ilhjniiie Ironi gold and silver very gratifying to 1 1 tins also r ei-el veil .i- liepiiblicans vv ho de- iippim' lihii. .Iii-lr" it lie has had so III 1 1 - eeeivitlrj political let- e nii say whether t o In a l -s any gi . tt poll -it. I'iit lie thinks no! . A i;roM propoili c'rii at :e;- ( etee IhoiiHli the letter or the mad of this from the soul it, 1 1 (jilt Indiana all' liu,mfns. ... - X-itiimal Chaitman Ta("gai'l Is kcep itu; in constant eonimunicat ion with .l-.:-!';e i'.i;;-.er Ini! il was. st U'-il toiiiuhl lint if hi' his ''. ided upon the per siiiii of the e- i iithe and ho .nee otanatt -es of ill" national committee he has not a Ivi.ed Jude Parker of hi:, selections. 1'nlil idler the no'ilieal ion eeren noli'.; .lu ';e Parker will receive v .;:y f vv vi. iP.r . STEMSilI MOVEMENTS T: ir-'le July ::r. - rrlve.I : V Ionia. Xi",i- Vol k. Uar.ilii:ri:--Juiy "1 -Arrived: Ham burg; New York. Si i!y-Passed: M s.ibj, . NcW Yolk fo London. tiUsgow Arriv d: Columbia, New Yo.k. ' Cherbourg July 3L Arrived: Ba:b: does. New York. : 'i',,;Jli Plymouth Prinz Wilhelm, New York. - ' . ',-- .. tall. ISKUROPATKIN IN THE TOILS? Intense Anxiety Prevails at St. Petersburg GREAT BATTLE THOUGHT TO BE PROGRESSING Looks as If "Kuropaf Have to Get Out will OTHERWISE HE WILL BE COM PELLED TO GET HIS FIRST TASTE OF REAL WAR. St. Petersburg, Aug. 2.-4:30 p. m. The greatest anxiety prevails here for news of the general advance against the southern and eastern positions of Ceneral Kuropal kin's army. The pub lie PelleveN that the decisive battle of the campaign is being fought, but this has not yd been established. Indeed the Associated Press bears from the keenest military attaches in St. Peters hum that for several days .(lie main body of tlie Iliissiau uriny bus been moving north towards Mukden and that when the present line to the ill hea: I is foi . ed it he Japanese will lin l thai they have crushed only the shell. Should this prove to be so, Cen eral Kiiiopatkin will doubtless be ob liged lo ie. hey the Immense tuani- I I lev ol stores accumulated at Llao V.l!l" Shrewd military critics, however, do : not believe licit (leneial Kiiiopatkin can escape a general engagement. His limy loin's: a wedge, with fieneral i iku hammering away at tlrf. point ami Ceiieials Norlu and Kurokl operating with I'rivliu; movements of great force ,-rt,tiiiiii---t the il.les. irSuie. of . the. latter .hoiill hieak 'Ibrough the southern I'oicc would be doomed. Tiie goiicr.il stafT r'eins amazed at I li e immense strength of th -kp co-op- leiiliiir .lapinesc armies. The Jap l:Hii e i'VIi I'M V IClVC SUCt'CCiled ill I'Oll- aiiiu: the reil number of their men arid 1,1111.1 vvlihli the general staff now heh' ,'Ves must lie in excess of ithree liu;:.;e. thou..!ti,l men with between :iim ami 4'hl guns. HENRY G. DAVIS WILL BE TOLD ABOUT IT New Yoik. Aug. 1. Secretary Wood- ron' of ll'.e Democratic Notional com mittee, today Bent teU'giams to Chalr- :i,iii John Siiatp Williams, and other m 'iiUx rs of the rummittee, to notify Heniy (. Davis of his nomination as vlce-piesident. to meet at White Sul phur Springs, W. Va.. August 17. The arrangements for the notification are In charge of John T. McGraw, member of the national committee for the state. TELEGRAPHERS OUT ON STRIKE KATY" SYSTEM HAS TROUBLES OF ITS OWN M.n Who Work the Ticker Put Them' elves in the Packer Class Cause Unknown. Dallas, Texas, Aug. 1. The Missouri, Kansas & Texas Order of Hallway Telegra idlers. In Dallas, quit work to- djy at 4 o'clock and walked out, obey ing the order for a atilke of all the telegraphers employed on the Missouri, Kansas & Texas system. The number of men engaged In the strike could not be iiHcertalned, but locally less than half a dosen are effected. At the K. M. & T. general offices but two men ate employed during the summer, one of whom It is said belongs to the O. H. T. and walked out.. Several union men employed at the office, of the train dis patcher are also repotted to have quit work. At the office of Superintendent Mc Dowell of the "Katy" It was stated that trains were running nil right and that no Interruption was anticipated, it is stated that the places vacated by the strikers are being filled. The order for the strike seems to have been un expected by the local O. It. T. men, but It Is stated thut it Is the culmina tion of a disagreement which begun about six months ago. The wage sched ule is said to be one subject of dlsa g i cement and pay for ovor-tlme nnl shorter hours are other matters which require adjustment. The promotion, according to seniority of telegrapher to bn station agents Is also demanded by the strikers. The local members of the O. n. T. claim to hnvo no definite Information regarding the gilpvances which ciiuum the strike nor did they know that a sU'lke was Imminent until shortly be fore the order was sent out froin St. I.ituls. There seems to have been no dissatisfaction locally and the men In lJallas only went out in obedience to I lie order. OFF FOR ST. LOUIS IN AUTOMOBILES fle, Pa., Aug. 1. The first car to reach Erie in the run of the American Automobile association from New York and Boston to St. I .on Is, Is owu- d by J. M. Waters, of New York, and reached here at 9 o'rlock ithls fore- j noon, Having covered tne distance i from ltuffalo In three hours and fifty minutes. The second car was the Haynes-Apperson from Kokomo, Ind. Twenty-four cars have arrived. GERMAN HONORS FOR AMERICAN CONSUL Mobile, Ala., Aug. 1. E. Holzborn lierman consul here, iioday receU'ed u. communication from Haron Von Stern- burg, (iermaii ambassador at Wash ington, Informing him that the Ormiiii emperor bad conferred upon lilni the order of the Royal frown, ami upon Major K. O. Zadek, presidejit of the Mobile (lesang Verein Krohsinu, tlie medal of merit, i'lic deconi.tlon Olid the medal are In recognition of the hospitality extended to the officers and men of the crew of the (lerniaii cruiser l-'alke on th' occasion of her visit ito this port last January. SAILS FOrt MANILA. San FYanel.",( o, Aug. 1 Th 1'nlted States at my transport I.ogan saileil fur Manila for Honolulu and (luain. She carried 1,2X4,000 pesos of the new Phil ippine coinage, 4H.(MM) tons or freight, chiefly hay, grain, lumber and machin ery for the Philippines, ltesbies .i num ber -of ch bin prm?teng-rs the Logan bad on board a detachment of 127 cavalry, (fi field artillery and 170 Infantry unas signed recruits now at Angel Island. ANOTHER PHASE IN THE CELEBRATED ATLANTIC AND NORTH CAROLINA CASE P.alelgh, N. C. Aug. 1. In the noted suit by which J. P. Tuyler, of N 'W York, and others seek to place the Atlantic and North Carolina railroad In a rectdvex's hands.' the ix tltlon having been allowed here by Judge, Purnell,, but set asid until the meeting of the federal .circuit court In Kh hmond. on 3 supersedeas Issued by I'hlef Justice Fuller, there has been filed here by Judge Purnell a nunc pro tunc ord-r, looking back to the 2Sth of May. by which the stockholders are given per- mission to leas th road and present 1 Situation In Meat Strike Is Gloomy for Workers 75.000 HEAD OF CATTLE RECEIVED YESTERDAY As Result Prices Immediately TooK a Tumble NEARLY ALL DEPARTMENTS AR NOW RUNNING THOROUGHLY ' EQUIPPED SETTLEMENT LOOKED FOR Chicago, Aug. 1. This was a busy duy with the packers. With increased forces of skilled workmen" and their operating departments more tharotujh ly equipped than at any time since tho beginning of the strike the employers took a firm grasp on the machinery df their affair and as a result the Stock yards took on the old hum of activity to a great extent. More than 78,000. head of live stock was received today. This is an Increase of 61,000 bead eVt the receipts on the corresponding day .' last week. Such an enormous amount of live stock would under norma) con - dltlons have had a depressing effect oa ' the market and today when the' train ( loads of animals began to pour Intd j the yardSi stoek men and traders fear i d a panic, but it did hot Occur. Prices were lowered sharply, but th fact that the market held so well as It did eem- cd to prove that the packers are tire- pa red to increase their output. , The big packers bought 8,000 Cattle. ' i 13,000 hogs and 10.000 sheep during th ' day. Before nightfall, per 1 Cent' tt these purchases had been slaughtered; Further proof of the assertions of the packers that the difficulties of , . the strike are being overcome was furnlahk ed by the shipment of 600 carloads of, fresh meats froirt the stock yards. Of '; this number 400 cars were loaded, a&A .u shipped by the Arms affected by th p, strike. These shipments Were con ,,t signed to all parts of the world, eight ,,,, carloads being billed to Boston far . port. These shipments ' followed M carloads of meat sent out by the pack ' ers on Saturday and represent only'm part of the business that is going on M spite of the strike. As near as coute) b ' estimated 359 union men Of the Vattoua " trades on strike returned to work dur Ing today. Of this number who aban doned the fight, many were1' skilled workers. The packers say today's d s i t Ions make the total number - of strikers who have returned to work I,- 000. " Chief of Police O'Nell tonight declar ed his belief that peace In the strike is In sight and that by Thursday great changes will be seen tending tbwtraT peaceful end From what I learned, many of th men who went out in a sym parhelia strike are returning to their positions in the packing plants," he said. . ; I APPEAL REFUSED Belleville. III., Aug. 1. Judge Holder of the circuit court, today refused to grant the appeal of the striking pack ing house employes to dissolve the In junction granted on behalf of the Bist St. Louis packers restraining the strlk eis from Interfering with the operation of the plants and men employed there in. The Injunction stands as originally grunted, until further action of the court. MUSHY REPORT COMES FROM MUSH Constanitlnople, Aug. 1. Official tel egrams reiiort that a band of Armen ian revolutionists ambushed a party of soldiers In the neighborhood of Mush. On the arrival of reinforce ments the Armenians fled. Setting fir ,'o three villages on their way. Another band of Armenians numbering sixty attacked the village of Moshum, in th vlilayet of Erzerum, but was repulsed by the garrison, anil attempted to es cape to the Russian frontier. Th es cape of the band, however, was pr veted by the frontier guards, only four of the Armenians get ting away. the lease as a reason why the suit for a receiver should be dismissed. The original order of Judge Purnell required the stock holders to sabmii any lease proposition to him, tne order making it Imperative that the ekUtlng . status be not destroyed. This ta now changed, but the state, which owns two-thirds of the road la IndinTereat ta ' the matter and while Governor Aypoek says tonight that bids for th leaa f the road will be received, tt I der stood that the case would be forced Nt of th court of appeals. ' - . it;-:. 2 i ;; r; t' ; . i 4l v i j; . i'i' . I'.i .'.,' 1 ,. I u i i ,ii v'i it it n i - ' r-'i.-: f i I i it . UJ X -