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EMLLE CITIZEN HE BOARDINQ HOUII ACi. ..-, tRINQ SUMMER BOARDERS TM WCATHCR 1 f . :i i v i ; ':" VOL XX NO 260 ASHBVTTJ.R N. C, FRIDAY MORNING AUGUST 4, 1905 PRICB FTVB CENTS. BODY IN A VAULT HERE FEVER SITUATION SAID LOST; ONE LIVE MAYOR. RETURN TO PATERSON IS BEEF TRUST SEEKING THE SCALPS OF ASHEVILLEi is Apparently that of TO BE MORE HOPEFUL ASH ii 7 ' A SECOND Mrs. Douglas, of Texas. Sends the . Police a Photo of Lord Douglas" SAYS SHE KNOWS OF FOUR DESERTED WIVES Mystery Surrounding Late C. H. Asqultrt Being Cleared Away at Last t: u .. ' After bis body had lain unidenti fied In the receiving vault of a local undertaking establishment' for nine month, while rumors of fortunes In England, a forsaken title and ugly tales of a deaertcd wife In Texaa were rampant, what appeals to be the truth about C. H. Asqulth. alias "Lord "Douglas," alias R. Rhodes, hap at last been discovered. A titled Englishman he. might have been, but. If the ' letters received yesterday by Chief of Police Bernard may bo be lieved, a bigamist he certainly was, having four wives, at least, scattered bout in different states In the union, With each It has been the same story a handsome mm with pleas- 'Ing ways, mairtage and then deser tlon. That was what happened to ; Mrs. B. K. A. Douglas of Fort Worth, Tex.; that was the cas with Mrs. Louisiana Hobbs Douglas of Lam berts Point, Va., and that Is reported to. hare been the lot of forsaken wives in California and Denver, i Photo Received, The first real light upon the mys terious man, who came' here attended by a special physician and trained nuiae, took rooms at one of the most prominent boarding houses and died a pauper, was shed by a letter from Mrs. Douglas of Texas to Chief Ber nard yesterday, with which were err closed a picture of the man who mar ried and "deserted her In the spilng of U00. and a letter from Mrs. Douglas of Lambert's Point, Va regarding the- probability of the uiaojKha,de serted her in the fall of 4901 being the "Lord Douglas" oft Texas fame. It Was the photograph that proved the most valuable acquisition Al though taken some time ago, when the man was In the hands of the Fott Worth police, the likeness between the man whose body Is In this city and the photograph Is most striking. The same "prominent forehead and thin face are noticeable at once, and the record of height, color of eye and hair and other distinguishing features on the back of the photo fits exceedingly well, according to many who viewed the body soon after the man's death. The identification can not be positive until the police de partment hete havo made a careful comparison between the picture and the body, but It seems most unlikely that ' two men of such pronounced - similarity in form and feature should be' foun 1. - Letter No. 1. Regarding ."t-ord Douglas" " past ' history,' concerning which there haVe been so many (jmors, the letter from Mrs. Douglas of Texas Is very Illum inating. She says: . "Fort Worth, Tex. "Chief of Police, Ashevllle, N. C: "Enclosed please find photo of oneA who claimed to be Lord Douglas, but who, I understand, went by the name of C. H. Asqulth and also said he was Dudley Sanford Douglas, an English nobleman, and died In your town re cently. . ' ! "This photo Is that of the man I married January 19. 1904. in this city. He deserted me in March, taking 1250 in .cash, my gold ; watch and other things with him, 'Since J have had letters from California. Denver and Lambert's Point from ladies whom he married and deserted, "Please Investigate 'this for me and forward the photo and letters to Lam- .. Continued on page Four - EDITOR LATELY ARRESTED KILLED BY TRAIN New York. Aug. . Robert Crlswell, editor of a weekly publication, who was arretted recently on a charge of crim inal libel, preferred by Representative Joseph Rhl mrk, of the Covington (Ky.) district, was killed tonight by an ex press truin at the Seventy-second street atajioa of the subway. ,.' NEGRO WHO RAN AMUCK MANY DIES AT Little Rock, Ark, Aug. I. A spe cial to The Gazette from Lewlsvllle, Ark-, says: - After killing three persons, serious ly and probably fatally shooting two otheia, one a woman, and less se riously shooting two more. Ike Kin ney, a desperate negro, was killed In a river bottom at Doella. six miles south of Lewlsvllle. at noon today af ter a not light with a posse of ciU- . - ; - r . JOHANN HOGH BEWARE OF THE BAD MOSQUITO '7;.V . ..-I Llttlo Insect With Penetrating Ways Carries Foci In His Follicle CIRCULAR ISSUED . BY THOSE WHO KNOW Read This Carefully Then Get! an Axe for the Midnight Buzzer Washington, Auk. 3, The public health and niirlne hospital srrvlci1 has Issued a circular on the preven tion of yellow fever. The directions given look to the suppression of the mosquito as the only means of pre venting its spread. "So mosquitoes, no yellow fever," Is the motto announced In big black let lers at the top of the circular. The document continues as follows: "The Infection of yellow fever Is carried by mosquitoes, and by no oth er means Is the infection spread. "Persons take the disease by being bitten by mosquitoes that' have pre vlously bitten a yellow fever patient. "The mosquitoes to become danger ous must bite a yellow fever patient during the first three days of his at tack. The first three daya, therefore, are the most Important time for pre venting the access of mosquitoes to a fever patient. "It is often difficult to decide dur ing the first three days whether a patient has yellow fever: hence-ibe 1 necessity' in., threatened communities of placing a mosquito bar Immedl-1 ately round every patient who has fever of any kind, and for three- days at least. The necessity of dralnnge and screening Is dwelt upon with much emphasis. The postofflce department Is send lng 15,000 copies of the circular to postoffices In the following states: Louisiana. Texas, Mississippi, Ten. nessee, Alabama, Florida and Ar kansas. The circulars are sent out In bundles of 15 or 25 for distribution In the various towns by the local boards of health. They will be posted in conspicuous places. CASSIE'S CREDITORS TO GET SEVEN MILLS Cleveland, O., Aug. 8. Creditor' of Mrs. Cassie L. Chadwlck will receive total dividend of about seven mills I on the dollar when the mat;er Is final ly settled, according to Referee In I Bankruptcy Remington. The assets I Will amount to $25,000, It is expected. aganlst which are claims for attor neys fees and court costs amounting o $10,300, leaving about 114,000 with which to meet $2,000,000 Indebtedness. COSTLY BLAZE. New York, Aug. S. Fire today de-1 vastated the' greater part of a block I fronting the North River in Jersey City, damage to the extent of $100,000 resulting. The loss was centered In block bounded by Morris, Essex and Hudson streets and the river. which included the offices and yards I of the Brown Drydock company, the I James McWIlllams, a towing com-1 pany, the Theodore Smith Bona A I Co., Iron works, the Bedt Machine shops and the Mitchel) I Western Union Telegraph company. FOR LIBEL IN NEW YORK SUBWAY The libel charge agalnel Crlswell grew I out of the publication of an article re flecting upon Mr. Rhlnoek and censur ing Representative Nkholaa Long worth, of Ohio, for having Introduced Miss Alice Roosevelt to the Kentucky congressman during the visit of- the prettdenfai daughter In Cincinnati AND KILLED HANDS OF ANGRY MOB ens . that had surrounded him. bloody record for It hours 4a: Bis August z (morning), kllielWa negro I at Stamps; August 1 (afternoon), I killed E. R. Ferguson, claim agefet ofl the Louisiana ft Arkansas ,-efirod, I member of a posse, thraeinlles from I Stamps: August I (t w. in.), seriously I shot Mrs. Btewart of Greenabarg, I Tex, and Mr. Stewart, her husband; Augsst S (noon), shot Alvin Bar ham I through the neck Vnd shot. a finger 1 UnT of one of C. F. Nash's hands. Number of Fatalities Shows Slight Falling Off In Yes- terday's Reports CLASH BETWEEN GOV ERNORS NOT EXPECTED Ordering Out of Mosquito fleet Does Not Frighten , Busy Mosquitoes ' New Origins, Aug. S. The report up to I p. m. la as follow.: New oases, 54: total cases to date, 432; deaths, S; total deaths to date, 84, Ne wsub-focl, VI; total sub-foci to dute, St. New Orleans. Aug. 1 With a dlmln ut'lon In the number of fatult.les today mmi wrtlh liltlA Min,. if 111. InfA'. Inn to new neia,. the yeiio fever situation was regarded as having a hojpeful as pect. The authorities have not con cealed their expectation hut for days to come there would be a dally average of twenty to twenty-five cases and a proportionate number of deaths, ow ing to the extent of the main Infect ed territory rind anything less than hese flures will be regarded as a dis tinct assurance that the situation Is still under control. No Danger of Collision. Though the announcement that Cov entor Blanchard had actually ordered the naval brigade under arms and had dispatched the mosquito fleet of the oy ster commission to the Louisiana- Mississippi boundary attracted atten tion here, there I? no apprehension that any serious collision will occur.. Hoi la generally expressed that Oovernor Vardaman's Instruc Ions to his guards not to trespass upon Louisiana Terri tory will be rigidly observed and that there will be no necessity on the part of Commander B.-tlck's fleet to ue vio lent measures. In add i ion to putting the naval brig ade on ships, Governor Bltuirhard to day wired to the sheriffs and district attorneys of St. Bernard and other par ishes with a view of Invoking the as sistance of the civil author Hies Jo clear Louisiana waters of any armed invad Jt. To the sheriffs he sent thl tele- gram "You will take steps Immediately to capture and arreat all armed vessels and those aboard found within that pjf. of Lake Borgne situated In your parishes so that the grand jury may act. Consult the district attorney and call upon commander Dostlek of ihe naval mlUMa for assistance to effect csipture. do with Bo?tlck expedl'lon through the kike." General Cleaning. With a view to Inaugurating a more thorough cleaning movement and to Continued pji page Four Germany "I wonder hm that i tsxiM ts enter inte ANOTHER VICTIM OF PISTOL Kenneth M'Cormlck. Who Was Accidentally Shot by His Room mate. Passes Ayvay ' (Special t The Salisbury, "K .. Cltlxen.) 1 Aug. S. John accident fatal re yesterday by his roommate. Salisbury urly Faulkner, who vn:is by ly shot In hla h Kenneth MclV.rn.i, h died at the tut l:.i; n this morning, i ni the time of the tragedy FaulkneiV ,,unl were con sidered fatal, an, I an nnle-mortein statement was nude by hlin shortly before he dl,l. He stated that Mo- Cprmlrk was .imm.. ly snapping a pistol at hint, hut ill.l not Intend to kill. McCormlek u.is xhen a pre liminary hearlne, here I. ist nlxht and bound over to coiim under a I-'imi bund. Faulkner wais an orphan boy and cume here from Itu hinnu l, where hlr parents formerly ivsided. OLD CITIZEN DEAD, '. (Bpechil to The Citizen.) Salisbury, N. . A u. s. Col. Kleh- ard Coaw, il 77. one of Rowan ounty's oldest .mil mi st prominent It liens, died at his limnc near Salls- bmy last lilghl I ' o as,-,! hail been 111 for several nieiuhs. CHASE GAMBLERS AROUND THE LAKE Chicago Police Havo Exciting Maritime Struggle Wilh Wouldje GamMcrs Phfago, Aug, S.--Oamblers In'en'f on playing the races anti policemen deter mined to prevent all aice track betting, an Lake MiclilgaA tn4ay furnished an exciting struggle. Iilh-emetr and gam biers raced around the lake, first Into Michigan waters, then close to the shores of Illinois, and then Into, ihe Jurisdiction of.'Indlunn. The net result . Of the duy was 'he capture of ' fourteen weary marine gamblers, who floated ashore nt South Chicago In a launch. All of the others. N after a hot eha?e by the police In a fire tug, escaped to Indlnn Harbor. Ind., and made their way ashore, outside of the jurisdiction, of the Chicago police. Swedish nightingale will tssts. some sen si arrangemem wun wrrr, UNLOADED i s v Head of City Government Out , Dodging Mosquitoes in v Parts Unknown OFFICIALS CANNOT COLLECT SALARIES "Eeny. Meeny. Mlny Mo;" Where on Earth Did Belcher Co? I'aterson, N. J., Aug.. 1 This city Is without a head and Us officials cannot collect th I:' salaries owing to the con tinned niynerlous nbseive of Mayor William lieliher, who dlsapnwnred on MiMiluy last This choattc state of af fair- must continue for at least ten days ii mil the time of Mr. Helcher's lisappearaiiee before an acting mayor eaa assume the city government reins. i lonliiiK to IViterson's city charter. County I'roHeciror Kniley Is today oiillmilng hks Investigation of Ihe loans in which Mr. Helcher was In-tt-rei'ted jid has asked a representa tlye from each or three prominent trust iinpanles to confer with him. It was reported today thi,: Mayor Helter was on his wuy to California, w here his bro her. Peter Belcher, is In the real estate business in the Hedlands illstri t. 1'iosecutor Kniley said today that Mayor Heh her's borrowing would a mo i: m to 175.0110 RUSSIANS SEEN AT CHUNG CHING Tiklo, Aug. 3.-7 p. m. It Is official ly reported thnt two Rtisslun Tor-Mlo boa destroyers appeared off Chung Chlng. on the northern coast of Korea, at 4rtli o'clock this morning and at tacked the Kelsho, a small merchant steamer. The destroyers fired sixty shots', seven of which hit the port side of the engine room and bridge, killing the (iiptaln and one-boy, and wound ing two of the crew. The destroyers then cenyed fire and steamed toward Vladivostok at & o'clock The Kelsho wai h hie to cbaifnue her voyage and scaped, ' RECEIVING REINFORCEMENTS. London, Aug. 4. Dispatches from Tokio give confirmatory evidence from the Japanese correspondent of the great strength of the Russian forces and their continual reinforcement, espci Inlly In northern Korea. Re ports from the same source Indicate that the grcattst Inundation In three years has occurred ini northern Ko rea. The bridges over.Xhe Turned have been destroyed and the '.roads tire Impassable. i. . - .v ....... RETAIL MEAT DEALERS? "AFTER YOU M DEAR KOMURA" Japanese Envoy Will be Pre sented to Pres. Roosevelt Before the Russian THEREFORE WITTE MUST TAKE BACK SEAT "Fads and Fancies" of the Coming Peace Pow-wow at Portsmouth New York, Aug. 3. Acting for the preslden , Third Asst.-tant Secretary of State I'ler.e today communhated to Karon Itoyeh, the Russian ambassador, and Mr. Takahlra, the Jiupiinese min ister, the nfticlul program for the for mal presentation ito the president of the Russian and Japanese plenipotentiaries to .the Washington conference. This program hu been or weeks a subject of much study on the part of the presi dent and Mr. Pierce. Many of the details regarding the Journey to Oyster Bay and thence to Portsmouth already have been pub lished. Desirous of being strictly neutral In till the arrangements for the presenta tion. It wiia decided at the outset by the Washington government that the president would recognise" no (prece dence bused on successes In the pres ent war. Because Baron Komura was present ot Sagamore H1U almost a week before Mr. Wif e arrived in this country U was decided that for this-reason Baron Komura must take precelorwe over Mr. Wltte. This, however, wilt be recognised only in .'he half hour's dif ference In the time of the presentation of the missions Question of Ships. The question as to which ship should b assigned to the Russians and which to the Japanese to take them to Ports mouth solved Itself. The servants on the Dolphin are Japanese; those on the Mayflower are Chinese. Mr. Wltte had active day today. He has already seen more of New York than many vlsl.ors tee In a week. Ac companied by Mr. WUcnklne, Russian flnnncial agent at Washington, he left his hotel early today and went to Cen tral Park, thence to Grant's tomb, where Mr. Wltte Insisted on getting out of the car and went Into the mauso leum and remained there for a few minutes. Frm there he went to the stock exchange, and thence to the top of one of the towering down-town buildings to get a bird's eye view of the city. , "BLIND TIGER LIQUOR" WAS MIKE'S FINISH Sad Plight of Man Who Lived Town Where Prohibition Did Not Prohibit Baxley, Ou., Aug. 3. Mike Aspln wall, city marshal, was assaVslnated here today by A. J. Chestnut. Chest nut was pursued by 25 armed cltlxem who left their places of business to prevent his escape. He fired twice on his pursuers and was shot through his left side with a rifle ball. He was brought back and lodged In Jail. He said "Blind tiger liquor has brought me to this." Chestnut hud a street fight with Luke White, who had bested him. City Marshal Asplnwall , interferred and the shooting followed." - 8IGHTED WRECK. New Tork, Aug. J. The wreck of a sailing vessel, sighted July 15, drifting submerged with one matt sticking out above water, was reported by the steamer Alene upon her arrival In New York todiy from Port Au Prince. The wreck, was 300 miles east of the south ern coast of Florida, BUFFALO GIRL ASKED FIVE DOLLARS FOR ONE Buffalo, Aug. S.-4Delayed In trans mission.) Harvey Copeland, to Eleanor J. Omphalitis, debtor. to one kiss. (500. That was the bill pretty Miss Om phalltis presented to Copeland when she stiirted suit In the munlctpal court, alleging he kissed ber against her will. He said the goods hadn't been deliv ered and declined pay. so Judge Hammond heard sll about it. Mbs Omphallus testified Copeland time Into her office to pay bill, and after paying it said he ought to have a kiss Then he took the kiss, and s hug for good measure, she charged. She Sensational Cut In Price of Chicago Dressed Beef Sets Tongues Wagging ..i ' . DEALERS CLAIM THAT ) BIG KNIFE IS OUT Prices Said to bo Lower Here Than In Any City In the ' , x 1 Country v A slashing rut in the retail pries Of Chicago dresed beef at th city market yesterday created a sensation among the local dealers and numerous con ferences were held by them on the subject. . - ' Yesterday morning W. K. Hill U- sued circulars announcing a reduction In prices of Armour beef which in some items amounted to 10 per cent. Loin steak, which has always sold at from IS to 20 cents a pound, generally 20. was cut to 12 1-2 cents, and other stock In proportion. '. It was natural that' this cut should excite the other dealers because It Is believed that In no otherv city In the country Is loin steak from Chicago sold at so low a price. . . . . There was an Instant and unanN mous claim that "That the Chicago Beef Trust Is trying to destroy corn petition and Hill's market Is owned by Armour and he has ordered to sen at any price." At the Star market which deals heavily in Chicago beef Mr. Kent said: "It simply means that Armour trying to put other people out of business and then raise pi Ices." He showed wholesale quotations on loin aleak which show that the price tg dealers was 1 cent a pound for the steak that Hill was offering for 12 1-2. Other wholesale quotations were flf-..: teen cents for roasts which Hill Is of fering for I to 12 cent a pound, : Another dealer made the sensation al statement ( that he had yesterday morning asxea Manager tooq or its Armour branch here If he would sell him beef at prices which would enable him to sell as low. as Hill and Mr. Todd replied: "No. I can't sell yon at prices which will let you :t Hill's ' prices. We charge him what we barge you." "Hill's market will show big profit way belpw cost I guess," said the dealer sarcastically. I guess It will," is sail to have been the man ger's smiling tepljr.- 'J i & When Mr. Hill Was asked if rt was. true that his establishment .was own-, ed by Armour and was seeking to ruin other dealers and if not what the." cut meant, the big ex-alderman em-. pbetlcally said: , "I don't mean to hurt, anyone in Ashevuie. i am running , this business and am responsible 'for Its debts. There is no truth in the re- part that I have sold out to Armour. Is not true as some dealers say that if they were run out' of business prices will go up.i There will be no more exhorbltant prices. : I know hat I am talking about and I say meat Will not sell higher than It has been for some time past. , ;:; v. For some time past It has "been talked that Armour did not like the competition which was put; up by the Ashevllle Packing company, composed of Hoffman- A Kent, 8. Sternberg and others, which has worked up a big business at their plant In West Ashe vllle. Here It slaughters a fine class of Western Carolina and Tennessee) cattle, and Its product Is considered by many to equal Chicago ' dressed beef. The dealers Interested ' In " it , said yesterday: "We have been try ing to develop local Industry and en courage the people to raise fine beef, for which- they can get good prices, , Now, Armour Is seeking to break us up, and then when there Is no stor age establishment to properly : treat native cattle, the farmers wilt have to get what prices they can. This move, of Armour's Is a blow at our farm ers." . '''-', ' Another dealer made the positive statement that he yesterday morning went to Mr. Hill end offered to buy meat at the new prices, but Mr. Hilt refused to sell htm, and when asked why, "tjOld me a story, that Is, one of hla yarns, to show that circumstances altered cases." ;' '.., ,, v.. "What are you going to do about the cut T' was asked the dealers. The reply Was: "Let the. people buy at those prices until they ad vance. That Is, .those wanting Chi- i cago beef, of course." . . , HUNDREI KISS; SHE GETS $4120 said the excitement a used her to be confined to bed several days. "No, I didn't that time. Judge," sail Copeland. "I've kissed her before, a n t she didn't make any objection, but i day she names I didn't kUs her." Judge Hammond took a few days t ponderOJJ the subject. Then, he t ured out a discount from Mt Omihi Hus" valuation, added M.20 court co and guve the plaintiff judgment f Ml.20. Judge Hammond soys he ir" damages this way: Phyolctan's t i, i time lost by Illness, fit); fur su:. the Indignity, tli.
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