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ASHBVULB N. C. TUESDAY MORNING JULY 18, 1905
PRICB FIVE CENTS
WITTE, THINKS PEACE
' 1 i '
WILL EXHUME
KING OSCAR
RYAN TO SELL
MAYOR WEAVER TO BEGIN S
CRIMINAL ACTIONS SOON
WIFE'S BODY
IS SATISFIED
HIS INTEREST
CANNOT BE CONCLUDED
Peace Envoy roars That Ja
pan's Terms Will be Un
j acceptable
RUSSIA'S CONDITION
IS MISREPRESENTED
Minister Declares Press Rep
resontailves do Not Ascer
tain all Facts
OFFICERS CLASH
OVER AN ARREST
Federal and State Officials
Claim Possession of No
groes Wanted as Witnesses
SI. Petersburg. July 17. M. Wltte,
, the senlpr peice plenipotentiary, re
ceived the correspondent of the Associ
ated Press at his villa at Telegln Islund
today.
M. Wltte spoke In French. After
greetings, which were cordial, th - con
versation gravitated quickly to the high
mission wl whkh the Russian sta'e
man Is charged mid the disposition of
the foreign press to Interpret his ap
pointment a an Indication that Husrta
has decided f.o male- peace at any
price.
No, no," said he, stralgh'enlng up
, In hte chilr and speaking slowly and
distinctly, as If welg'hlng the value of
each word. "In the first place I have
been designated by the ems ror as his
ambassador extraordinary for pour
parlera with the Japanese plenlpoten
tkirtes, iio ascertain whether It is possK
ble to cqnclude a tr aty of peace. My
personal views are of secondary Im
portance, but my Ideas are in entire
accord with those of my friend, qpunt
Lamsdorlt. . .
.'In serving my emperor I have re
ceive precise Instructions from his
majesty, and shall follow them.
"The ultimate decision remains In the
hands of the emperor and It is for him
to decide the destinies of Russia. The.
emperor Is the friend of peace and de
sires peace, but I very much fear that
the Japanese terms will be such that
we will be unable no reach an weebrd.
"Secondly, Sthe world should dlsabua'
It mind Of the Idea that Russia wants
peace at any prlc , There are two pur
tie, la Russia, -One fuvor the continu
ation of 'the' war a ou ranee this Is a
large and Influential party. The other,
to which I b lopg, favors peace. I avow
It frankly, hecnuse telling the truth has
always been my rule in politics. I was
for peace before hostilities broke out.
When the war began the situation
changed.' Even though, thre are these
Montgomery. Ala.. July 17. A clash
between state ami federal a ut hurl lies
has develied In Chainb p .nun y for
possession of iwu negroes who are
wanted by the government as witnesses
against lltwth ami Ad.inias, the two
white men for whom warrants have
he n Issued on charges of peonage.
Judge Jones, of the Federal court here,
today received a .telegram from H. (lib
son, a United Rale deputy murrhal.
(hit he has the willies s. but that
state in horit'es tiave ilemanded them
on warrant.. Judge ..ones wired the
dmuy not to i-ui remit r the men, as
It Is bell vel that the Mate uu horllies
are trying to get the negroes out of
the way so ihut hey .-( uld be unable
to testify ag'Wist Heat1! and Adam'.
A special pusce from th. city, headed
by United States D puty Marshal I...
J. Bryan, with wurrants for the white
men, Is due in Chambers county ! today
and It Is said Deputy Bryan will take
charge of the negroes If Deputy Gibson
can hold them until the special posse
arrlv .
Causes of Mrs. Mary Carlton's
Death to bo Ascertained
at Last
HUSBAND. CONFINED.
AWAITS THE RESULT
Death of Two Wives by Teta
nus Arouses Suspicions
of Attorney
New York.
Mrs. Mary li
ond wife of
Ju!y 17. -Tin
t" . ii :t r i i ' . i r 1 1 1
l-'rulerlck K.
of
hoilv
i, the ni'i--
Carlton of
Brooklyn to die of
xhutnrd and suhje.
ainlnatlon for ttiic.
order lo Ihln effect
by Suprein' Court
Brooklyn Unhi ictn
he
iockj.ivv, Ik lo
t il to mhuile i x
h of poison. An
was Miguel today
Justlie Scwell In
si f IMstrlcl At-
TWO SWIM RAPIDS
BELOW NIAGARA
Venturesome Men Make the
Hazzardous Trip In Safety
After One Narrow Escape
(parties a to the advkabllity of ending
the wur In tthe present circumstances
would be united If the. Japanese de-
manda' wounded the amour propre of
the Russian people or Jeoipardlzed our
future as a nation.
"I am sure that If I represent that
the conditions of the Japanese oinnot
be accepted Russia will accept the ver
diet and the Rus-iah .people will be
r-ddy tof continue the war for year? If
necessary. .
"Thirdly, Russia is not crushed, as
the foreign press has led the world to
believe. The Interior situation is very
serious, I do not deny, but In Europe
and America the tru significance of
what lt happening la not understood
Correspondents come here and talk
with a few hundred people In St. Pe
tersburg and Mobcow, misinterpret
what Is happening and fill the world
' with fals- Impression as to Russia's
future. 1 :.
iPRuBfla is hot on the verge of disso
lution as a great tpower and la not
obliged to accept any conditions offered
n spite of the military reverses she
nau susiamea.
"We are passing through an int r
nai crisis, which has been marked by
many grave event and which have
others still in store, but the crisis will
pass and In a few . years Russia will
again take tier place as a preponder
ant power in the European concert."
TRIAL OF HOBACK IS
BEGUN AT ROANOKE
Roanoke, Va.. July 17. Dr." A. J. Ho
back and son, Fred Hoback, charged
with the murder of 'hotel proprietor
John Jett, of Floyd court house, were
placed on trial Jointly loday for that
crime. When coWt adjourned th? first
witness was attlVn the tnd.- -,eU
was. killed lart winter in a difficulty
with the Hobacks. He had been pay
log attention to Misa Hobick, a daugh
ter of Dr. Hoback. The Hobacka ob
jected, to the match and when th'jr met
Jett a fight waji .the result.
Niagara. .Kails.. N. Jfc ly .
lisle li. Uraham or this city and Wil
liam J. Glover, J:'., of Biltimore, MU.,
today successfully swum . the lower
rapids of the Nlaguia river fiom the
lower side of the whirlpool to Lewis
ton. Tlie distance of four miles wait
covered in 26 minutes by Olover. The
start was made at 4:02 p. ni. from
Flat Rock, which Is on the American
side, The swimmers did not venture
Into the upper l ipids, whrre .'apt.
Webb lost his life.
Both men wore life belts and in
flated tubber rings mound their necks.
From the start Olover took the lead.
He entered ihe rapids about a minute
ahead of Graham. Until the Devil's
Hole was reached the swift current
and roaring laplds had the swimmers
In their grasp. At that point a swirl
ing eddy caught Glover and he was
down nearly two minutes. His life
belts saved him. Giaham by this lime
had gained on Glover, and when the
two men reached the end of the rapids
Just above, the jispenslon bridge at
Lewlston there was bat little distance
between them. Swimming In ihe sw.'ft,
smooth current was hard for Graham,
but evidently easy for Glover. At
4:28 o'clock Glover was pulled upon
the dock at Lewlston. He was drassed
and about 15 minutes later telling hl
story. Graham was taken to a hotel
In a wagon and (lid not leave his bed
until late in tlie afternoon. Neither
of the men was injured.
BYNUM SENTENCED
TO SERVE 18 YEARS
Raleigh. N. C July 17.-R. D. By-
rum. whose counsel agr ed to a verdict
nf murder In the second degree for the
killing of James H. Alford December
2 last, was sentenced 'oclay to four
teen voire in th' state prison. . The
men were partners In a printing business.
orney Clark of KIiiks county. Curl-
ton Is nlw in Raymond M'riet Jail, held
on a lechnlpal ch.irxc of grand larceny.
Carllon nail In. lav t'ltll he welcomed
the order which dire-led that his
Ife's body be rxlitim.il. as It would
result In milcting once for all tumors
o the effect that she, .is well as a for
mer wife, died from poison, lioth wo
men died of .tetanus not long after
they had brn married to Carlton, e-irh
having been Insured In favor of Carl
ton. When the ram was arrested
about a week ago on a technical
charge of vagrancy, stories regatd
!ng the manner of his wives' deaths
began to get Into ( In ula: ion. I'nil
ton denied from th first the stories:
S.ild It was nhsi'.nl to brini? up such
stories, and declared' that he would be
glad to have a searching Investiga
tion. The Brooklyn police announced to
dny that a .young woman with whom
Carlton had lived Just bofoie his ar
rest Is under surveillance, and thai
she will be questioned reparc'lng. sev
eral letters signed by her which were
found in Carlton's possession. One of
these letters, dated from a town in
New Jersey, Implored Carlton to wrlle
her. "Why. in God's name don't you
w-rllft .tome?" the letter .nked..Jl
am heartsick nt your delay. I have
been up to meet every New York
mall. Dearest. If vou don't write to
me very soon, you may nave to coi
lect my life Insurance. It looks as-
If tilings were going to turn out Just
as Bradley said. Yon Know ne sun
you would tire of me In n. little while.
For 'God's sake don't It It come
true, ns 1 :il go crazy, you Know
what you left In my care."
The writer of the letter spoke of
her arm paining her so that she ftlt
It necessary to He down and rest for
the afternoon. The police say thcy
wlll question the woman nt the proper
time regarding the pain in her arm
to which she referred. They nlso are
anxious to learn, they say, what It was
that Carlton left in the writers care.
Sweden's Ruler Declares At
il tempt to Restore Union
is Unwise
DOES NOT APPKOVE OF
APPOINTING A PRINCE
Says There be no Close
Relationship Between
Two Rulers
Keilln, July 17. Dr. HiiKo G.uis, tor
'espondent of the riaokfort Zettciv.
has bad an Interview lth KIiir (-
of Swed n nt Stockholm, d'rlig
which M majesty .uld he adnili 'l tin
way In which "the Norwegians w i'i to
heir side all the Kuniea:i iulic"t
.villi ihe view of benefiting their muse.
King Osi-iir denl d tt .it he had 'pre-
Ipltaled the crisis l declining to ac
cept he resignation of ihe Norwegian
alpine , for the Nofwcisl ins th.-mselves
id declared that whocv' r nr. cpled n
portfolio would cense to he a Nor-
eglan.
The correspondent remarked that he
had heard only words of ro-pect for
the king In Norway, to which his maj
esty r plied
"For my part I have forgiven the
Norwegians, nnd ope to God that the
Swedish people Will also lemtiu calm,
for It would only be hanging a mill
stone about our necks to restore the
union forcibly." 1
Itte king also said that appointing n
Sw dli-h prince to the Norwegian throne
would certainly be the simples; solution
of the difficulty, but the result would
be dlstrut In Sweden or In Norway.
Every time ptrblic .opinion either In
Sweden or Norway was displeased with
th sovereign's acts the cry would be
raised that "the son does this to please
the father," or "the father does this o
please Hie son."' j .
f J r 4
NEGROES TAKEN FROM
- REAjCfr'of LTNCHER5
Will Turn Over His Equitable
Holdings to Company at
Cost With Interest .
DIRECTORS ACCEPTED
WITH THIS PROVISO
Holder of Hyde's Stock Will
Receive $2,500,000 for
Getting Out
ELEVATOR DROPS
INJURING FOUR
Philadelphia Man Who Re
fused lo Conduct Crlmtna
Prosecutions Is Injured
Fontgome'i-y. Ala., July 17. Follow
ing the antempt made last night by e
mob at Oadsden to take from the J.ill
five negroes, charged w-lih murdering
Mrs. fc. J. Smith, the governor today
ordered the alleged criminals taken to
Annioton for safekeeping. They will
Je taken Inter to Rlrmlngham, where
they will remain uii.Hl their trial.
The five negroes were removed ren
der military, escort, Company C of th
Third Alabama regiment accompany
ing them. This evening- a request was
received for additional troop, but It
was not deemed necessary to semi
them.
New York. July 17 - From u director
if t lie Kiiiltulie I.lfe Assii.anee socj".
y It wus learned today .that Thomas
F. Ityan. who recently purchased III
slot k holdings of James It. ilde, hiu
made an agreement with Ihe tar
rustees of the Ityin holdings mid the
newly elec ed dire lots In sell the slock
he purchas d back lo the Kiiulliible
Society. This sale Is to lie made as
soon as poslble. It Is stilted, and Mr.
tyan has agreed lo turn It In lo Ihe
clety. thus thoroughly mulillsliig II,
for Ihe snm sum he paid for It. I!.-
.OO.nOil, plus 4 per cent. Interest between
he da es of ihf purchase and Ihe sale,
It was slated that a number of dl
eetors. Ihos- selected by Grover Cleve
land .Judge Morgan J. O'Hrlen and
ieorge Wertlnghouse, the trustees, i
epted posts In the directorate only
fter they had b en assured most em
hatlclly that such an agreement was
view and that such an agreement
xlsted between Mr. Kyan and the
hree irust es.
There was a meeting of tl i executive
nminlltee of the society iwley, but nt
conclusion Chairman Morton said
here was no business of any mom n
ransnrted.
SOLDIERS HOLD
UP STOREKEEPER
Montgomery, Ala., July 17. At sn
enrljrjiout this morning a daring hold
up and loo: occurred at the store ol
J. S. Holmes, a negio. on Red Itrldge
o.id. and members of the Stat
mops, now In their annual encamp
ment here, are, charged with being the
guilty persons.
A clerk In Holmes' atore alleg's that
a sergcanl nnd two privates entered
the place, and. holding him nl bay,
rifled the safe and cash register of
Ihe money they contalid. He says
that they also carried away rlgais,
whiskey and a sack of flour. The po
lice department was notified and went
at . once to work on the case. The rob
bery was also reported to the state
derailment and Adjt. Gen. Jlrundon
Is using every effort to locate thosn
guilty, ndlng under order of Governor
Jelks.
I'lillad. li hla. July 17. IHslrli t Attor
ne) John ('. Ilel, Assistant Solicitor
Harry Klnglon ind William llourtn
of Colllngwooil. N. J., were seriously
Injiiieil tndny by the fall of an elevator
III Ihe I. .in. I Tile hull. ling, the hlghes
building in he ity. Mr. II -I sua
tallied a i'OiiiHiiind fracture of the leg
Mr. Kingston had bolh leg- fractured
and Mr. Ilourne wus Injured ibout the
body and received lucerullons of the
scalp. The elevator oH-ra:or. the only
other occupant of the car, escaped w ith
slight Injuries. The elevslor drope
from Ihe sixth floor of the building to
Ihe basement.
Mr. Hell is one of the legil. iMilMca
and social leaders of the city, and Mr.
Kingston is almost equally prominent.
Mr. Hell has been prominently before
the ipuhllc since the pollllcitl upheaval
began In this city Mitiif weeks ago. Re
cently he declln it to assume .the Inltkt
live In causing Ihe arrest of political
leaders who are also large clly con
tractors. It Is probable another prose
cuto will have to be appointed by
the governor.
JURY INDICTS A
GIRL FOR MURDER
Wpman Who Shot Her Lover
Through Ftar Must An-
swer at the Bar
Xe Vork, July 17. Berths ClalchP,
n trial by a coioncr's Jury for kill
ing Kmll Gertlron on July 9. was to-
lay held responsible for his death and
was commuted to the Tombs prison
without ball. ' Butiseniiently she was
Indicted by the grand Jury.
After enticing fierthe Clalche to
America from France, under a false
promise of marriage, Oerdion forced
the girl to gu on the streets and earn
living for him at the sacrifice of her
own good name. His excessive cruelty
caused the girl to have Oerdron ar
rested on July , and then, frightened
by his threatening attitude, she sliot
him while the police weie In the uct
of making the arrest.
j Philadelphia's Mayor Intends
to Prosecute Leading
Officials
BELL'S REFUSAL WILL
NOT STOP THE REFORM
Root Advises Municipal Chief
to Bring the Criminals. ,
i to Justice
riilludclphla. July 17. As a result of
ud Ice received from Kllhu Root, spe
cial counsel for Mayor Weaver. It1 tl
probnble that the mayor will within .
few days institute criminal prosecu
tion against eer.aln t rsons who are
imminent in municipal affairs. Mr.
Root advises ihe mayor that In the fic
of the refusal of District Attorney John
C. Hell to take the Initiative In trying
further prosecutions the mayor s-hould
exercise his right to go b for a roag-
Is rate and carry the prosecutions as
far as the liw will permit him. 'This
opinion was sent to Mayor Weaver to
day and was t'he result of a conference
held In New Tork last Friday. In his
lett r Mr. Root cays: .'
"Crimes committed by men who havs
political power are often sheltered be
hind officlnl indifference and Inactivity
and then some one has to do more than '
hl duty to secure Justice and you will
not be the first pub'lo officer who has
done a great public service against lbs
resistance of those from whom the
rvlce ought so come.- There Is more .
at stake here than the mere punishment
of Isolated offenses, Th re Is the ques
tion whether your city shall continue o
be governed by criminals or shall take '
1 1 m nlnn. Ik. Ilat i A m ..Ika m .lll-a ,
capable of honest governm -nt. To se
cure tho right solution of ithls question' :
yrtu cannot omit any proper and lawful
effort." . .-,'-.' :'
In exitirefsliig his regret that his of-
flclnl duties will prevent his proceed- .
Ing furth r In the cases,' Mr. Root ex
p res sen "a Wrong desire that the city
nf Philadelphia, -whose history irtd good
name are so dear to every American,
shall be relieved from th- stain which
corrupt and criminal combination
niasqueraillng under the name ot Re
publlnitis have; puf 'upon her,', ..A
CHARITY WORKERS TALK
v OF STATE SUPERVISION
Portland. Ore.. July 17. The general
serslon today of tthe conference on
Charities and Corrections considered
Ihe subject of state suo-rvlsion and
administration, the topic being Intro
duced by the report of he committee
' . - I .... I A . n. t la. w..
The trial Is attracting a great deal ofion suie supe. ...u """"-'-"j
attention. All the parties are promt- reaa uy
; 'Hull Hoare, Chicago, Chairman.
MAN ABOUT WHOM THE FORMER PANAMA
CANAL SCANDAL CENTERED A SUICIDE
Parts, July 17. Emil Arton, one of
tho principal figures In the old Panama
canal scandal, was found dead In his
spirtm nts this momlng under circum
stances Indicating suicide.
Arton wa- sentenced In 1SJ to eight
years' Imprisonment for complicity wiln
ruron DeHeinoch. and . Vr. Cornellos
Il-rs In the fraud of the Panama eawtl
company. Arton-was the Intermedlarjr
between Baron DeRelnsch and the In
criminated French deputlea. th Is,
k. hrllr and the bribed. Ar
UTi.rrt) " , .
I nn m-ra- h checks and had th checls
book on whose stubs wa recorded the
gitllly of about one hundred and forty
pniltklans. He alone possessed the se
crets of the bribery. When thi eras!
came In 18M Arton disappeared, and
with him wen about ITM.OW of the
funda of the French dynamite society,
wltOi which Arton i associated. Ar
ton w.is pardoned In 19.
DeReinach committed suicide, and
Dr. H rs. after seeking ref ug In Eng
land, died there In 19S.
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SECOND LEAKAGE
INVESTIGATED
Charge That Civil Service Ex
animation Questions Were
Sold Will be Looked Into
A PAGE OF HISTORY FROM THE BOOK OP TOMORROW. ' ' t t, it. JD
Washinglon, July 17. Secret a ry
Wilson of the department of agricul
ture has begun ua Investigation of a
report that a certttlt female employe
of his departinent.hns sold Juestlons to
be asked in civil service examinations
prior to the holding of such examina
tions. A complaint has been made
that this woman for several years has
been aiding applicants for positions
In this manner, and that In a number
of cases the applicants have paid lib
erally for the service. The examina
tions alleged to have been thus man
ipulated were for positions tequlrlng
,le(!hnl(i6 kiwled5 ani" lie - que"
tions were prepared In the department.
JAPS BOMBARD.
8t. Petersburg, July 17. (Sen. Mne
vltch. under date of July 10, reports
that the Japanese on July 14 weft
bombarding Nalbuchi, on Ihe south
east coast of the Island ot 8a kn hi In.
MAY BE REFLOATED.
Toklo, July It, It "Is expected thai
the Russian warships Pallada. Po
belda and Poltava, sunk at Port Ar
thur, will soon be refloated.
TOWN TOPIC" ODO"
REACHES THE WEST
The stirring up of the "Town Topics"
scandal has brought to light th fact
lhat another emissary of that public
'Hon ncheievd notoriety out TOst. , The
New Tork Evening Mall publishes a
special which says: :
"Colorado Springs, Col.,' July ,14.
f'harlex'. Stokes Wayne, who Is men
tioned as being Identified with the '
Ahle-"Town Topics" case in New Tork, '
Is not unknown h re. It Is claimed tlU
he was compelled to leave' the springs
seven years ago by a committee of citl
sena, who wanted to tar and feather
him because of the publication ot cer
tain objectionable articles in nt weekly'
called "Facts" of which ft was edit- !
or. The committee claimed that Mr..
Wayne did not tprlnt facts,, and cave
him. twenty-four hours j to lea ve, th
town, it In ftated. '.,;:.
'The chief artlcje tbit inspired.
commlltee. to act was an attack Upon
a leading society woman of the springs. .
It was never found out wham was Mr.,
Wayne's motive for the attack. W. 8.
Jlickson. the millionaire banker ... and
husband of Hel n Hunt Jackson, the
poet, ,1s mentioned as a prime mover
in the ultimatum to Wayne. It Is alss
claimed tihat he waa exnellefl from Pol.
orado's mot exclusive dub, KTpasd."-
THREE KILLED III :
MINE EXPLOSlOlI
1 ,".... V.
Meet eetsi-. Wyo., July lT.r-Three1 men
were killed and four, were Injuredto
day by an explosion lij the Kirwin gold
mine. There waa no docor nearer thm
Thermopnlis, 100 miles to the soutieaat,
but pr. Richards; at that gilac?. .covered
ihe mountainous distance In a little less j
than eleven hours. Four relays were -j
used by him In making the trip, ranch
men along the rout? supplying the
hordes. -"!.
ITALIANS WALK BAREFOOT 30 MILES ' ; ' -
TO OBSERVE FEAST IN "LITTLE ITALY'
New Tork. July 17. More thin 100,-
900 Italians today congregated bet wee r.
One Handred end Fourth and, One
Hundred and Sixteenth . str ets, the
Little Italy" of New Tork. 4o celebrate
the feast of Our Laly of Mt. Carmel.
They came from as fc r east as Boston
and as far west as i-tf.burg. From
thirty miles arount New Tork Italians
came on foot, many t f them bar foot,
ss aUI greater peaa.i.-e. All dav
spent In stml-rdllgtoas f-Jt'rltlc j
About th colony s.tieied -l.'t.irs,
of wood and tinsel, fcefir which Itai
1ms kn It In the rree'.s. anil on which
many of them laid Wax renroiui -ilong ;
of fingers, limbs qr older par-s of the '
body, which they vrayvl the saint :
would heal. At a urcet pa.fde the
rear end was mil-? up of lar.'fcwwed ;
women and chlldr rarrying candies,
melting' under the comMied heat of
Iheir own 1'ght 9K.I the s tj.
Hundreds of pilgrims from out . f
town were forced o live In th- tt
and SW patrolmen wers deta:'- 1 ,
serve order.