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Asheville Bids Welcome to the "Soldiers of the Day and Night"
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VIRGINIA AND OLD NORTH
STATE JOIN HANDS TODA
i IN ANNUAL CONVENTION
COTTON MARKET
BADLY EXCITED
Stampede Follows Unexpect
edly Unfavorable Monthly
Crop Report Yesterday
LOSS -OF. LIFE
MAY BE 1,000
Press Associations of TWo
States Arrive at Dlltmoro
This Afternoon '
MAYOR AND BOARD OF
ALDERMEN TO RECEIVE
Interest Irt the on -nt ion and!
contributed liberally of their fun
DELEGATES WILL CO
TO WAYNES'
Wayesvllle" Sends Kind Invita
tion to Newspaper Boys
Which Is Accepted
THE PROGRAM.
Tuesday Afternoon
Indlm games at Riverside
Park.
Wednesday Morning.
Business session.
Wednesday Afternoon..
Trolley ride anil luncheon at
Swannanoa f'ountry club.
Wednesday Evening.
Ball at Kenllworth Iiin.
Thursday Morning.
Business session.
Thursday Afternoon, j
Drive through Riltmorc es-'
tate. , ....
Thursday Evening.
Banquet at Kenllworth Inn.
Friday.
Excursion to Waynesvllle.
Friday Evening!
Smoker at Kenllworth Inn.
An Invltaion w is yesterday riived
from u I'liinnilttee of cltiz of
Wayn svllle, headed by Col. I A.
Jones, Inviting the eilitnra to vll thai
city Friday, mid him been nocetll. It
was at first Intruded Hint the lltoi
should be taken to Lake Toxaiy on
that day. bin owing to a hltclpi the
arrangements this t:i n had to llibnn
doned. A sp clal train will I fur-
nisheil by the Southern to taV the
lllcliilieis of the I wo slito editail -
soda Ions to Waynesvlllo for t day
TEMPERATURE I
ROME GOES T0103
New York. July 3. The cotton Mini
sei mcuine badly exiltcd after the
publication of the government crop
LE I r,,," ' l"lli'V' m,'K Ihe eondHon of
union oi He p,.r o,.nt,, r lower than
even the sin. ill crop year of M,
Tile report win a gnat deal worse
than had been expected and caused a
stampede of general buying, the mice
Jumping up on.. cent per pound within
ten minutes .iftei tin- publication of
the report. This was the equivalent
of J", a bale. The weekly crop reports
had been generally f:vorable. and Ihe
trade expected today's monthly re
port to show ,in Improvement of SO
per cent, at least. lixfrtlng scenes
Were witnessed 111 the" traiKnv nil
w hen the unfavorable repot t was read.
Thousands of bales were thrown over
by t:ie hulls, who took profits nt thel
prevailing high prices, and this selling
(Uletei the market.
Together with the belief that the
advance had discount, il the existing
conditions, Liter In the afternoon
prices advinced nearly to the top fot
the day.
Flood Struck Town In Very
Midst of Merry-Making
and Joy
EVERYTHING SWEPT AWAY
BY FLOOD FROM HILLS
Priest Addressing Words of
Consolation Himself
Perished
of
nan injutn. Mexico. July
life variously estimated
.-at
-Loss
more
CHARLOTTE LOST
BOTH PETITIONS
Interstate Commerce Com.
mission Decides Against
Shippers Association There
VOLUNTEERS MAN TORPEDO.
, . V : "" " v.'i a' I
Washington, July J., t
state commerce commb..-;
down Its lleclsotv ti, tl,,
coveting the complaii t i t
lotte. N, ( shlpp.ri'
ngillns; various south' rn i ...
volvlng the iiuestoii of
rates to charlotte from u
other northern and ruMim
from I.outsvllle anil Chltici
er western points, and ,
the w est as being gr. at,
shorter distance to Ch; rlit:,
the longer distance fro n ri
more distant localities. T 1 1.
slon listnisscd both pe:i, i,
ground that the faet-s tr.
Ik .i
llrl
for
t ; l t r ,
ei Mllfll j - -"II
til.
He. I did
llOr COIlHtlllUM :1 llllMS fill' t ..l;..r .. I.l i.
than mm nnd less than 1,000 persons I could be enforced.
BOAT SAILING TO DESTROY
BANDIT CREW OF WARSHIP
i iuuiiuii I'lUUIIIIIIU WUOlil
m
Must Now be Considered
as a Pirate
HAY'S BODY NOW
LIES IN STATE ,
KNIAZ POTEMKINE HAS
LEFT ROUMANIAN PORT
Rome,' .Inly " --The licit I. -fro wine;
more Intense and reached. lln th
.shade today. The pope Is riB'led to
be Ruffe-ring from his seclusii in the
Vatican, the atmosphere lne git
deriK' being too hot for linil make
use .of them. Many rases I death
from sunstroke have nccurrl nmong
persons working In the ha.vlelds.
FRANCE SEPARATES
CHURCH AND STATE
Paris. July .1. The bill for the sep
lira ton of chinch and stale passed
the chimin r of deputies Utc tonight
by the dielsive vote of 341 to 233.
Tlfe result was greeted by govern
menial cheeiing and opposition hisses.
and i here was Intense excitement.
The finishing .touches were Vut to th
arrangements for the Virginia-North
Carolina press convention, when the en
tertainment oemmlttee met In final ses
sion vest -rday afternoon. A feature of
Interest which developed was the an
nouncement that an Invitation hud been
received from a committee of Waynes
Ville cltliens, h aded by Col. S. A.
Jones .asking that the newspaper men
"visit that city, next Friday morning.
The Invitation wis promptly accepted
and a vote of thatvks to Colonel Jones
and the cltlaens of Waynesvlll? was
unanimously pasjed. The delegates will
make the trip In a special train pro-
vided. by the Southern railway.
Although th convention, proper does
not begin till tomorrow th - preliminary
skirmishes will take place at 1:40 this
afternoon, when most of the delegates
are expected to arrive at Blltmore. A
reception commltte-, headed by the
mayor and" board of uldexmen, will t ike
the knights of he pen in tow. and af .er
they have "passed quarantine" at Ken
llworth Inn, a speclil train of the
South rn. railway w ill bear the visitors
and their escorts to Rlveri-lde Park,
where a tribe of Plummet's Indians
have agreed to give scalping exhibitions
for the .--difleation of the strangers. Kf
forts are beln made to Induce one of
the local "devils" to part with his scalp, ',
and it Is probable that this omnipres
ent geourge of all newspaper ofhYes will
at last get lall that. Is coming to him.
After the optical feast at Riv rside
the visitors will be allowed to roam
through Ihe city under the care of
keepers. All. however, must report at
nightfall at K nil worth Inn to receive
checks for. berths Not more than six,
says Mr. Moore,, will .be allowed to
sleep In one, bed, except in the case of
twin brothers, who will be counted as
one, save at m;al times., "Flat beds"!
only will be provided for Journeymen
printers, and all are expected to abide
strictly by the "column rules" of the
hotel. Guests finding themselves unduly
crowded can obtain more roorpi by
stretching the ''space bands." I
Business Session Wednesday.
. The convention will settle rfown to
i business Wednesday morninw. when
President VarfU" will call .thel opening
session to order. It is the pf-esld-nt's
Intention that no delega:e escape this
session, and any -one feigning sickness
will be, carried In on ,aj str teher.
.Wednesday afteiyioon. as prvlously an
nounced, Mr. H. W. Plurhijier. general
manager of the "Ashe vllle Hie trie com
pany, will endeavor to sliaw the visitors-
the sup rlorlly of elwetrlc transit
over the method employel when mules
cavorted and brayied oii Ashevillp'a
grassy slopes.. With thlsi end in view
hp will place at the disposal of the vis
iting d-legateanve or six of his chariots
nd will show them' -"llrie sight of th"
"city." A stop will be made nt River
side Park, where a phjonographic con
. cer.C will be the attraction. Time will
also be allowed at trio Swannanoa
Country club tor a liglfit luncheon. The
crowning ev?nr of W'f-dnesday evening
win be the ball at Kjenll worth-Inn. .to
which Many citizens) of Astteville will
?be invited. The services of a splendid
orchestra have been secured and., as a
aid- line, a buffet- iLncheon, will be
served.
Aa stated In Sundaf 'a Cltiien, all In-
dlcatlona point 4o A V most successful
convention .perhaps the most success
ful hi the history 4 V the two lassocia
tlona taking narK rhe Hoard of Tride
and the cttlmrns nfl Asheville generally,'
have displayed an) unusual amount of slve,
SENATOR MITCELL
I
IS FOUND G LTY TOpEKA BANK ,s
Por.Innd, Ore., July 3. A jl tonight
found T'nlted States Senatriohn II.
Mitchell guilty of accepting Iney for
practicing b .fore Federal illrtments
In Washington. The Jury wiut eight
hours).
DRIVEN TO WALL
BLACK DESPERADQILLS
SEVEN COLORED OMEN
Amerleus, Oa.. July 3. Tlf'holesal
shooting and killing of gfi negro
women at the hands of Wifn Hieks,
black desperailo, 'e.-tenlastill cre
ates the greatest exelt-maV'ln the
neighborhood of the city. fc county
is appalled it the horrlbpeed. The
eountv commissioners met llay nnd
requested Governor TerrelB offer a
reward for the murderer's tur, the
commissioners making sucll offer on
behalf of the county, tks was
chased ten hours by a posslut Is still
at large.
Topeka, Kan., July 3. No definite
statement was obtainable lodny r gard
liig the eondillon of the First National
bank, com rolled by Charles J. Devlin,
a wealthy coal mine owner, which
closed lis doors this morning. Col. W.
II. Aosslngton, vice president of the
bank, locked the Institution's books In
the vault to await th - arrival of J. T,
Bradley, national bank examiner, whotrl
the comptroller hud appointed rccelvi'
of the failed bank.
and property damage to the extent of
"vi r a million dollars, have been
caused by the flood which has swept
ov. r his town as (he result of
cloudhinst. The telegraph service has
been restored ami the authorities ar.
rapidly bringing order out of chaos,
ilreat suffering Is prevalent, but aid
is I. -Ing received from surrounding
tow ns . i ml a semblance of normal con
ditions. It is belie ved, will .soon be
rea In d. . i
Hurl I of the dead Is progressing
lapldly, although many bodies 'are
though: to he among the ruins of
lions, s ami arc dlllt, -tilt to locate.
At ihe time when Ihe storm seemed
likely to. abate and before Its greatest
Intensity was felt, there was a great
crown ,u meriyni ikcrs in the nlnzu
(laming operators had scarcely time to
set up their tables and place their
money thereon when the tluod rushed
down from the hills, sweeping aw
booths, money and tables: Many peo
ple H,re then and ihete drowned. A
large number . of . people had sough
refuge In the church of San Diego, but
soon wete crushed to death under Its
falling walls. The priest, who wiis
addressing words of hope and conso
lation to the lieople, was killed.
It Is protorrble that many bodies w
be found under the Vulns of the houses.
The famous Ijif)lli't-m Is 'Intact,
(hough at one time It believed to
have burst. Many people are still
Camping in the 'mountains. The au
thorities and the telegraph officials
have done vo-verythlng possible ' to
maintain oruVr-ntul keep, communica
tion open.
IS ROBBED OF 25
THOUSAND DOLLARS
FAIR COMMITTEE MEETS.
If. A. Miller, chairman of the Audi
torium fair committee, has called a
meeting of the committee for Thurs
day iiftci'itoon at 4 o'clock.
New York, July 3. Janu s j.u ks..n
IIIggliiRon, banker and broker, of thh
city, has been robbed of iwenty-tlve
tliouSHiml dollars worth of diamonds
nnd Jewelry. The police and private
detect tyes ha v. been not i tied and
working on the caso.
With his wife and daughters Mr
Illgginson attended the theater Kt i
day night. Upon their, return horn
tho woman put their Jewels -away
usual In a safe oh tho second door, off
Mrs. Hlgginson's sleeping eh:miln
.-sne uiscovereu ner loss n xt morning
Mrs. l-llgglnson wns not sure that th
safe had been IockiM the night hel'or,
Hut. It was jijar when she went to II
u ine nexi morning, and wa empty.
tu ,inig ,e body of John Hay And tttt DesUny and Plan '
y In soIUmi- ystate In the au-1 .
are Again In Uncer- ,
talnty
COTTON CROP REPORT
SHOWS AVERAGE OF 77
Washington, July 3. The monthly r
port of the chief of lhe,buriBtu. ulsia-
tlstlcs of the department of agrlcul
lure will show the average condition
or cotton on Julie 25 to have been 7
as compared with 77.2 on May jr.. ijiji:
SS on June 25, 1!W4. 77.1 at the imr
spondlng date In 1903, und ten-yea
average of 84.6.
Following Is the condition bv states
Texas. 72; Georgia. S2; . Alabama, fa
Mississippi, 72; South Carolina. 7S: Ar
kansaw, 75; Louisiana, 73; North Car
ollna, S2: Indian Territory, 79; Tetuies
see, mi; Oklahoma, 83: Florida. 87: Mis
souri, SO; Virginia, 8S.
ieei ,ti. o July 3,(iUarded by
tour ayah v. one of u hum ui,,,,a
h side and urn ithcr end of C,i
ket ,
"lay in soil tar ystate In the au
ditornini ot the tlwimher of .nmm,.r,
will remain th re all of tomorrow
and until Hrlii on Wednesday morning.
"verythliig connected with the funeral
of the secretary has thus far been of
he simple. t character und it Is thel st- Pa'waburr. July i. According to
wish of the memh ... f .h. ,...... I "'-l'" received by an official agen-
... " y me torpeao Doat aes trover Rnetllvv.
osieniatton. The with a volunteer neew hn.
Pllhlle hfis not been admitted to . I. u-1 Odessa with' Ihn. Intontlnn nr .iki.
he body and will not be allowed to see lh" Knl Hotemklne. With Kustenjt
Ii at an vtime I u"u """"r unprotected porU of Hon-
I mania, nulfarlg and Turkey at the
... ,,.,, ami mercy of the battlesh o'a runs, and
i wo crossed palms. I w ith th? Inability of Vice Admiral Kru-
""'Khl and held tnaetli... i.v ii,.i ger'a sniMdron to Interfere wtfh her e.
"I "f purple ribbon, rested o in,. 1'' ""'"'y admitted by retiring them
ivt...i ,.. .1. . .,. t luiuiiimiun, una aesperaie exneai
" 1 "" 1 ' 111 ends of nit wns rWld.,l t .i. .,.
tile nit r av two iiW ,,.,-a.,,Vw, e n.A. ... ..
I vwiiip.auiiii inu nti tnt
Surrounding the casket was "lack Sea of the muntlneers. Thla
n ' lnli.tnkmen! of palms and polled pru n r ln'8 destroyer, which
l'l '"ls were scattered In nenf ul,. " ! ' tiuuugn sit
dt iit the chamber uesi, as sn win nave to encounter both
ri , a or hi., v.,.i.,i lne K',,,a, 'o'mkine and her attend
" '' 'i.Hitiiiiu UU IU I- . ...... .
"'led as escort for ihe bodv On L .""w compncaiea
Wednesday morning ,,t. remains wi V . u'parture or tM Mttleahlp from .
lie t.ik, n to u i.. ZL1 . . 1 Kiwie-nll. and Ignorance ss to where
brief w,.t .. in v.,. u-.:,., ' . ' """ win next turn tip. but the dispatch .
the ,neib,., nf hi. r1"" " a aie'.in oi nop
(him nt. who will act as honorary .L... uur . Bll.u""" Of mtimatlng
pall hearers, will arrive at 9 o'clock 1 T ""merB" le numoer or nttr crew
Wedtiesdav ,or,,i . .vL . I ar xiouB i0 desert their leader, and
'lege' will start for th, , , " e8,nP8 ln conaequence of their tnu-
Willllll n f,.u- ,l,o V.I.. ....a '"'"U mi ions.
" -! nt.n iiin.tiiii! , ..... ... . ;
val. fin the eonclu.lon of ih 1 " aumiraHji nowever, It attould be
es the president will return to his ?u,,,, aon not " lhat the Bnellvy
train nnd 0.1 . i gone n sucn an errenu. aitnougn
, . . -,, 1 tnr omciai- aay fr.inKiy that the Knlat I '
1 oi.niKine must in taw DC regarded a
a pirate.
.th
STOCK COMPANY WILL
MANAGE COAL TRADE
Two Local Companies Will' be Placed!
Under Single Manage.
Thought to Have Left
on Return to Odessa
ment.
HART SPRANG SUIRISE
AND WON INT1ELFTH
Reno, Nov., July 3.Mai Hart, of
Louisville, today knockeLut Jack
Root, of Chk.ago, In th? Ifth round
of a fight for 'the heavy ht cham
pionship The betting 01 were 3 to
1 in favor of Itoot. The ich which
encompassed the downtu the Chl
eagoan was a short "po ul Jolt of
the right arm to the boi The blow
was delivered with t rrl force, and
It e'aughtf Root while he w billing up.
Root was hopelessly 'detld. I p ti
Reiferee James J. Jeffries! tying over
the prostrate form of tl.'hicngoan
counted ten, making Hafavyweight
champion pugilist of- tlf'Orld. II
might have counted tweif cojids, for
Root W3B hopeless! ydepd. Up to
this point of the nghtfit hud an
apparent lead over. Har
ALLEGED BANK
TRIAL BEGINS W
XKERS
JESDAY
Charlotte, N. C, JuBArgument
i-ns heard In the C'rtlil court nt
Newbern, N. C.V at noofaay to post
pone the trial of ThoiW. Wewey
chared with wreckhBie defunct
Farm rs' and Merchonfank of that
nlnce. The motion in continue
the case was overrule lJudge Jones
and the trial will begirfdnesday.
Four Perish In
Danville, Va., July Slur men were
killed outright and s
so serlousl yinjured It 1 st a por
Hon of them will die
of a threshing machili
Hon ot Rush Eanes,
ry county, this evenlij
loslon
others were
Commutes
Washington. July
has commuted the eel
1 Kindig and Willi.f
ht explosion
the planta-
Axton, Hen-
tence
fhe presid nt
ea of William
Jacobs, who
were sentenced In ISfbe Imprisoned
for welve yenrs In varCm peni
tentiary ai Philadel and k pay a
fine of J5.0W t'r c 'rteiting. The
president's art Ion taken on the
ground that the sei m w--re exces-
I. A. Miller and V. M. Weaver hav
purchased the business of the Ashe-
lllc Ice and 'Coal company and are
iigaiiizing 1 strong stock compuny for
he purpose of handling this business
md that of .Ihe Carolina Coal nnd Ic
iTnipany. It Is proposed to place the
two companies mulct the same man
tgement and thereby save largely In
running expenses of the buslncsH
The .purchasers say that the new coin
pany will be composed of leading
Asheville business men and vw ill glv
the people lieiter service and -cheaper
rates than ever, before.
MAIL CARRIERS TO
MEET HERE TODAY
Annual Convention Brings Many Del
egates to the City Address
es Scheduled.
Delegates from all parts of the
Hale have gathered In this city for
he annual convention of the North
'.irulina Rural Mill Curriers' "assocl
1 : Iiin. which begins today, The' -firs!
session will be held at .10 o'clock this
morning' In the K. of P:,hall, Ptesl-
lent Monday will preside and the ad
Iress of welcome will be delivered by
iistmast.t W. W. Rollins of this ?Hy,
me of ihe Important addresses of the
meeting will be fh.it of Postmaster
Biilley of Raleigh. 'Addresses were to
mve been delivered by Congressmen
.ickbu'rn and Pou, but they will nol
he able to attend the meeting.
NIGHT SESSION OF
THE WALKER CASE
A. nfelit session of the Lola Walker
bench of promise proceedings was held
st night. Two character witnesses
testified. The Investigation will be
untlued today.
Two Firemen Perish
, ' A FORE WARNING.
The Deadly Toy Pistol (to the Jap) Vau think you ar a caution to kill Ruasiana,
when I celebrate July 4 with Young America.
but 4t watch . me
Illnnliicham, Ala., July 3. A fire on
Morris street- near Twenty-first sireeet
today resulted in the death of two Bre
men.' O. 11. Spru il and E. Huffman,
the Injury of two others and the dc-tru'-;lnn-
of property valued at. more
than JKN'.UUO.
Buchnrest, July 3. The. Knlat potent.,
kine left Kustenjt this afternoon, it
Is' stated that she Is returning tij
Odesn,
The terpedo Mttfe'o. HB accompany
Ing the Knlaa Potemklne attempted to
enter the port of Kustenjt today. The
Roumanian cruiser Elisabeth fired on ",;
the torpedo boat; but failed to hit her.
the torpedo boat thfn retired.
This Incident .followed the refusal of
the crew of the Knlai Potemklne to
accept the government's offer, made
through the mptaln of th port, who,
positively announced that the muti- -neers
would not' be allowed to receive '
provisions unless they came ashore un.
armed and delivered up the battleahtj
and torpedo boat to the captain of the
port. If .these conditions were fulfilled
the mutineers would be at liberty to '
go where thy pleased. The rebellious
Biilors conferred together, then refused .
the government's demand and then re
newed their demand for provisions.
This wus again positively denied by the
captain' of the port, whereupon the
Russian' torpedo boat attempted, to en
ter the port, but upon being fired upon . -
by the Elizabeth ,an devldently awed by
the firm stand taken by the-authorl-
ties, Bhe decided to retire.
Vessel Surrenders
Odessa, July 43 a m. The sur
render of the Georgl Pobledonoaetc
was form illy carried out this morn
ing. The warship's officers returned
from Ntknlietr, went on board -- and
picked out the leaders In the mutiny
and several of their followers, sixty .
seven of whom were brought ashore
and imprisoned In the citadel.
Number Dead 6.000
. - . '
Odessa, July S. Estimate of the ,
number killed during the fires and riot
big of last week rurv high as ale '
thousand. A far greater number were
shot down, buc. many of the bod lea
were Incinerated. , , '
COACHES PLUNGE INTO
RIVER THROUGH BRIDGE
Rfrnlts Fines
New York, July S. In accordance
with the decree of the court in the Mc-
:rar rise President Pulliam, of Jh
National Leigue. today remitted the
floe of veral players disciplined tor
J sonler on the ball field.
Mexico City, July . The bridge on
the Mexican Central railroad: at klto-'
meter 317, between Iraputo and Sllao,
fell as the southbound passenger train .
was passing over tt early Sunday
mm n Ing. The baggage and third class
coach fell Into the river. . Seven pas-,
sengers weie Hilled and ai injured. No
lirsi clam passerigere .were hurt.
GIVE BARBECUE.
A big barbecue picnic will be held
at Topton, Cherokee county, on July
11 and 12. There will bo public speak
ing and fireworks each night, and a
hi time Is rdanned bv the manage.
Jment of the affair...
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