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ASHBVILLB N. C, WEDNESDAY MORNING AUGUST 16, 1905 PRICE FIVE CENTS. t NOW THOUGHT MARCH OF THE YELLOW FEVER MYSTERY OF AUTO CRIME IS FINALLY CLEARED UP PEACE NEGOTIATIONS ARE NEAR THE CRISIS KIRMESS SCORES GREAT SUCCESS AT OPENING OF VOL XX NO 270 HAS BEEN CHECKED Record of Yesterday Shows a Slight Improvement In the Situation TOTAL ERADICATION A QUESTION OF WEEKS List of Cases Outside New Orleans Shows a Total of 129 Deaths YESTERDAY'S REPORT. New Orleans, Auk. 13. Oftl clal report to 6 p. m.: New rases, 62; totui to date, 1,080. Deaths, 6; to'.al deaths. 172. New fool. 19: total to date, 229. .Number of eases un der treatment, 384. New Orleans, 'Aug. 15. The day's rec ord shows that here Is beginning to be tin Improvement In .he situation. With only sixty-two cases found by the almost perfect (system which Is now In force, there Is every reason to believe that the progress of he disease has been chocked and lis eradication is only question of a few weeks. Of the six dea hs today only one was an Italian. Among the others was J. O. Paxpit. a 'prominent young lawyer, and Pierre A Ida I, a well known musician, at one time leader of tho French opera or chestra. Aklal, however, was In desti tute clrcumstan.es and was bulled by the city. . He was found In a dying condition. Only third of the new can today are I allnns. The state board of health has com piled a list of casei" and deaths In the date outside of New Orleans, and Hies- show to date 129 eases and twenty-four dea hs. The state has contributed II. 000 toward the Patterson emergency fund, which, added to the i ubscriptions of residents of he town, will enable them to continue the rampalgn they have Inaugurated to eradlca e the In fection. Surgeon White har hern annoyed by telegrams aipppearing In some papers over his name, or a name similar to hi", and by telegrams sent to eer ain Individuals and he wishes it stated that he has never written any ar Icles on the fever situation here, nor ha he sent any telegrams a'klng for contri butions. Thirty-five tons of sulphur, donated to the marine hospital service, will be distributed among ihe poorer class of people for a general fumigation premises. ELECTION ROLLS HEAVILY PADDED Another Chapter In Shame of Philadelphia Came to Light Yesterday Evening Philadelphia, Aug. IT, According ti a statement made today by the direr- tor of the department of public safety based on a canvass made by the po lice, then- are tfU.OSS nam a on tl' voting lists of this city which under the law have no right to be theteon The assessors in all the voting divls- ions of the city will be asked to strike the alleged fraudulent names from t:ie lists. One of the first official acts of Mayor Weaver after starting his campaign for municipal leform was to order the director of public safety to have n complete Inspection made by the police of the voting lists with n view of having stricken off every fraudulent name. The mayor did this because charges had been frequently mad-.- that at least 50,00(1 fraudulent votes were cast at the last two elec tions. The police made the canvass and reported 31,749 fraudulent names. The mayor was not satisfied with this report and ordered n second canvass. Tills canvass was completed today and showed 60,083 fraudulent names. ARCHBISHOP CHAPELLE S WILL IS NOW PROBATED of FEVER EXPERT IS NOW ON THE SCENE - New Orleans. Aug. 13. The arrival t Dr. John Gulteras, the Cuban yel low fever expert, and his tour of the seat of the vorst Infictlon was the most Interesting feature of the yellow fever situation today. Dr. Gulteras left Havana to make an inspection of the gulf itlcs In connection with the Cuban quarantine and to offer his as sistance In the campaign in progress here. He landed Hist In Florida; thence went to Mobile; Inquired Into conditions -on thi gulf coast of Mis sissippi and finally came here today, bis previous visit to New Orleans be ing In 1897," when there was also an appearance of yellow fever, and when the mosquito theory had not been demonstrated. '. v ' , New Orleans, Aug. 15. The will of Archblrt r Chapelle was probated ' o day. The bequests were as follows: 'All of the property, real and per sonal, 1 may possess ;v the time of my death, situated in the state of Louisi ana, I will and bequeath to the Right Rev. ICdward Fitzgerald, bishop of Lit tle Hock. Aik.: Right Rev. Edward F. Allen, hi-hop of Mobile, and to the Very Rev. J. M. Laval, my vicar gen eral. My property, real and pcp-on.il, situated In the Territory of New Mexi co, I will and bequeath to the Very Rev. Anthony Fourchigu, administra tor of the arch-diocese of San a Fe, luring the vacancy of that see. ' "All my real and personal property situated In the department of Lozere, France, I will and bequeath to my niece, Josephine Solignac." BAPTIST CONVENTION WILL BE POSTPONED Young Man's Fondness for Women Leads to Arrest on Murder Charge DETECTIVE FELL IN LOVE WITH SIMPLE MAID By Working on Her Impres slonable Mind He Secures Murderer's Photo Chicago, Aug. 15. The lnter-t cean today says: A warrant has been Issued charg ing George Lawrence, all-is Bennett Marsh, formerly imploycd as a chnf feur for various wealthy t'liloagoons. Willi the murdtr of William Hale, the young chaffeur whose dead body was found U anlng ove the steeling gear of an automobile at a lonely spot in a road two and a half miles beyond Leniont on the m li ning of November 19, mot. Marsh's enchant for young women was the imans by which the police eventually llxed suspicion upon him. Tile police learned of Marsh's attach ment for a young-woman In Like For est, HI. To Identify the man bef ire making any public move toward his irrest Ihe police centeied efforts on getting a photograph of Marsh. It was a difficult task until they learned that the young woman had a picture if Marsh. A detective became ac quainted with her and continued the acquaintanceship until he gained an opportunity to purloin the photograph. CHINESE BOYCOTT IS NOT A DREAM Retaliatory Measures of the Pigtails Is Giving Our Gov ernment no Little Concern Washington. Aug. IS. Dispatches uceived at l li - -ta'.e department to day from (.'hi i show that Shaniihut Is the only pi - when- the Imvcott against Amcri' m gum! lias assumed anything' like ,i s.-rlnus aspect. At Canton the lino ,.:,n m Ims made sum load way, but ii i.thi-r points it has not betm suit stul. This informa tion Was iuppiied In response to In structions 5 t s im, days ago to Min ister Rocklilo ..ni! the consular officer in Chi no- to kei i the state department advised as t tin- iirogiis i f in boycott. On disu.itch on this subject received today was not made publff- at the state d'-parttneut. but was fceni to the prrsld'ii: at Oyster Hay. LANDS IN NET. Brockton. Mass, Aug, 15. iHeorge L. Maisli was arrested at his home here this afternoon at the request of the Chicago police In connection with the murder of William Bate. The po lice allege that Marsh told them he was ,Uth Hate on the night of the murder, but that he knew nothing about the crime and could prove that he was In a different place at th time Hate was killed. Marsh is about 24 years of age. HI home is In this city. For some time past lie has bei n driving a peddler's eart. ARCHITECTS MEET WITH OFFICIALS PLAN3 FOR BIRMINGHAM STA TION TO BE SUBMITTED. Two More Articles In the Protocol" Disposed of j Yesterday THE AUDITORIUM FAIR OPEN DOOR" POLICY MAY GET A CHANCE Both Sides Evince Inclination to Postpone the Life and Death Struggle REPUBLICAN DAILY FOR SALISBURY? Presentation of banco of Na tions Pleases a Large Audience Meeting Hsld Here Attended Many Prominent Arhitects of the Country. by BRITISH FLEET IS ON THE MOVE London, Aug. 15. The British Chan nel squadron, consisting of eleven bat- .Ihere will be a meeting of the offic ials of the Birmingham Termlnul com pany In this city oday for the puipas' of inspecting the 'plans submitted by architects for the new union station io be erected In Hlimlngham In the near future. The -terminal company owns the lines running through the cl y or Birmingham and Its tracks In the city are. used by the pout hern, he Seaboard Air Line, the Frl io, the Central of Georgia and other roails. At the meeting today there will be present President Mot'lclllail, Engineer Harrison and Secretary Thomas of the terminal company, and several officers of the Southern as well. Among Ihe architects w ho will submit plans for Hi" station are: Theodore Link, of St. Louis, who built the St. Imis station: reR,,,n ,,f Sakhalin Portsmouth, N. II.. Aug. 15, Ihe cri sis In the pea c negotiations uhii whl h I lie !) of the world ate fas eneil 1 approaching rapidly and by the end of this week or by the first of next at 'he latest should witness the satisfactory ton lusion or end If !-e (inference Is to go to pieces. Two more of the articles, numbers 4 and 6 were iIIm oed of today. Article 4 con lsts of mu ua pledges to observe the Integrity of China and the policy of the "open door'- for the ommerce of all nations, uml article C covers the sur render of the Huslau leases to the L'.no Tung peninsula, Poi Arthur, Dal- ny and the Blonde and ICIIiott Islands. To article 4 both par les gave ready as- ent and the official statement of the adoption of that article took care to sta e that It was agreed o "unanimous ly." Article S, the consideration of which wa- postponed until later, pro vides for the ' esslon of the Island of Snkhalln. Discussion appearing use less nf. this .-tage on account of the firm tone of 'he Hussion reply. It Wkts d elded on motion of Jan an, to defer I . discussion, thus revealing the In tent ion to postpone to the end the life and death struggle. This Is the ufual procedure followed In diplomatic ne g lations. enabling the negotiator' to come o an ac ord upon all possible points before tackling the crucial Issues and the fa I that the Russians agreed to the proposition shows that they to) are as cureful and a? anxious an are the Japanese that he world should no accuse Ihem t being responsible for prclipltatlng the break. If break ther Is to be, and wrecking the conference. This In Use f Is a hopeful sign. Helilcs. by postponing the burning questions to the end the psychological moment of !- hut gain and compromise arrives. Invariably the last trump card? are played and the game is done. Chance to Compromise. There Is growing hope of rompro mlse. To the closest observer the final solution begins to crystallise quite naturally, the Russians conceding Ihe but taking com- Much Talked of "Tar Heel May Now Find Berth In Another Clly of This State (Special to The Clllxc:i Salisbury, N. C, Aug. Ii. There Is a persistent gjimor hecr tonight that tne i a: neii, me proposcu nepuuu can paper for .North Cnrollnn. will be edlte.1 and published In Sillshury, and tha: It will appear at an euily date, It Is also reported that Congressman K. Spencer Hlackmirn .who Is now spending Miration In the mountains if Western North Carolina, nnd who Is backlog the newspaper project, con templates making Salisbury his home. Neither icporl call be confirmed or denied 'LORD DOUGLAS" MAY BE STILL AT LARGE SUPPOSED WIFE IN DENVER HOLDS THI8 OPINION. Says Man of Many Wives is Probably Now in This Country Wives Correspond. Memphis. Tenn., Aug. 15. A Commercial-Appeal special fro mHelena, Ark,, says the announcement was made to day tha. the meeting of the National Baptist convention, which was to have been held at Chicago September 13 t 19, has been postponed until October IS by order o'f E. C. Morris, chairman or the executive committee. This action wur aken owing to the rigid quaran tines In severul Mates because of tin vcllow fever at New Orleans. FALSE ALARM CALLS OUT THE DEPARTMENT GUITERAS HAS HOPE. Mobile, Ala.. Aug. 15.- Dr.- John Gulteras, tho yellow fever expert. Is very hopeful f the yellow fever situ ation, and said New Orleans would bo clear of the Infoctloo In 40 days.' SHOTGUN QUARANTINE. ;;Vlcksburg. Miss., Aug.. IS. Mavor Forsythc of Monroe, La., today ailed out a company of militia to back up a shotgun -quarantine ' established by citizens of Monrle, who were Incensed at tho local health board's- orde.' raising I'.m bars, a little. After call ing on the troops "the mayor tele graphed Governor Blanchard for au thority (o use the solldeis, whleh was promptly granted by the governor. - - Excitement ran ' high for a time, bat troifble was averted by the with drawal of the ehotgun brigade. . ' At 1:30 this morning an alarm of fire called out the fire department, bu-t after a vigorous search no fire was found. The bells rang "462," In re sponse to a luBty yell from an excited pedestrian. Rumor had It that Smath net' store, on South Main rtreet. was on fire, and a crowd qulckljr gathered to loca-.e It. Vp to the time of going to press, fcowever. there was "nothing dtdlng." WANT THEIR JOBS. Washington, Aug. J 5. Only two , or the four special agents of the Internal revenue bureau , whose resignations have been called tor have so far com plied with the request, these being Cupt. Chatles H. Ingraham,. In charge of the New England and division, an! one of the northwestern agents, who name Is withheld. Special Agent C, H. Burg of the southwestern division and another western agent, whoe name Is withheld, have not yet re sponded. - ' After Ttfo CAtsjPENT id securing jury - : " WILLIAMS MURDER CASE IS UNDER WAY t PensacoUw FUu. Aug. . li After spending almost wo days In securinz a Jury In the murder trial of William , P. William . the jury was thi after -. noon empaneled and the taking of testi mony hi the raw bgan. - Although Williams stands Indlc'ed apan two barge of murder that of killing both W1-! e n-v-l T"-'V hn Is nf rrA-e-,t te- Fnir wltnesfes were examined this afternoon. They were Iff. W. C. Dew berry, who attended Mr. White Im rnedtately after he was shot; Edward frhre. who was atandlng near fcla fa ttier when h" was killed: James White. ho In attempting prevent Williams 3 nrn firing another shot at his fattier. - t t-ii7i tte ln"e. and E. H Mr. Wlndall. of New York; F. 1'. Mll- tleships, eight cruisers and a flotilla of burn, of Columbia, who built ;he stu- orpedo boas, under he command of Sic lion here: Philip Mayee, of Hlehinond, Arthur Wilson, sailed from Spltheart and Mr. Weston, of- Birmingham. this-morning, bound for the Baltic Sea. It was at flrat -Intended Io hold this i,m(lH to private corporation, and During ihe cruise the i-quadron will via- me'ellng In lllrmlnghftm, but lately tho therefore unconflscable by Japan, the Youdien. Oraadep, Swinemundo and plains were changed so that the meeting . Neufahewasvcr. .ould be held here. Continued on page Four peii atlon In Ihe money to be refuuiel o Ji an by CMna on ae-ount of the Minister Io her c the Chlno e Eastern rallin-id. which Hussla nntends be- The Identity of he man who died here everal months ago, posing af Lord Douglas, or Duncan, still remains a mystery, and It now seems proba ble that the real Lord Douglas I; still at large. The ( I lef of police received u letter last nigh from Mrs. Mabel Duncan, of Denver. Col., formerly of San Jore, Cal., saying that she hud b,m an account In a paper of Lord Douglas being Iden tified as -.he husband of Ml. Douglas, or Lambert's Point, Va., and that she Is .positive that this Is not the man,! because she was herself marrlsd to Lord Douula? In St. Louis April 17. and deserted by him on May 18, and fur her that she Is positive Mr--, Doug las," of Fort Woi h, and she married the same man, as they have es -hanged photographs and the descriptions of (heir husbands are the same. The writ er ulso says that he Is equally p I tlvs that the woman at Lambert's 1'olnt, Va., inairlod ihe same man. HANDSOME BOOTHS ARE VERY WELL PATRONIZED ctpct aiik . v7.. mat miyiii ui ujcj cvoiu, Gives Promise of Greater Triumphs i began last JAPS SAID TO BE PINING FOR FIGHT Loudon. Aug. H. The Times' cor respondent with (Jen. Nogl'a heart quarters In the field sends the fol lowing dispatch, dated August lli, or iv.iy of Kusau: "The Japanese army Is anxious t.i oinmenee operation's. The higher nfflirrs do not believe that the mili tary progress has been sufficient If Justify the expectation that Kussi,- 111 concede the terms necessarily le 'liilr d by Japan. If the war contin ues the tiatuie of the country and conditions point to the likelihood that future operations will be restricted t the neighborhood of the railroad Wide turning movements, as suggest ed In tho European press, are not likely to be features of the campaign, nor Is It probable that any great mil itary results will result this ytar." THEY'RE 8TILL FIGHTING. Toklo. Aug. 151:30 p. m. Ad miral Kataokan reports that a detach ment of his squadron attacked the Russians guarding Laxarba Point. In the Tartary Straits. August 12. Ma rine were landed and they were ex posed to a sudden, attack , from Rus sians who were hidden In forest. The Japanese loss was only one killed and four wounded, but the Russian, wrre finally dispersed. A , Japanese lorpduboat destroyer, operating on th east coast of gaghitlien Island at taked the Russian holding the tele giapb office ; Rnloro on the morning of August IS and captured 18 men an the telegraph aTratua.''- The Auditorium -fair night. hew person who were not present at the Auditorium during the evening, who did not Inspect the many beau ilful booths, taste of the excellent re freshments and witness the first forma nee of the Ktrmesa, can grasp the significance of this fact, but to those who attended It Is full of mean ing. Rehlnd the booths, refreshments and dances they' will see weeks of planning and careful training under the direction of Manager J. A. C. Wretin, Mr.C. M. Piatt and Secre tary Randolph, who gave their time that the residents and ..visitors In Ashevllle might be entertained, - and entertained they will surely ba. - Ashevllle never before witnessed sue han entertainment as that p re- such an entertainment as that pra- formance In every respect, the Kir mess would .lave done credit to pro fessionals of th highest standing. : In elegance of costume. In beauty of fig ure of execution It surpassed the ex pectations of nil but those mho have been In the closely guarded secret and knew what to expect The J50 ladles nnd ecmlemen. boys and girls who took part entered entirely into tha spirit of the affair and must , divide with Mr. Wrenn ;he credit for the un qualified success that was scored. In sppaklngnf ihe Kirmess. one, is apt to forget the many additional features of the fair which add o much to the success of the entertain ment. T!ir refreshment room,- where elegant Ices and cakes as well as more subsflvntlr. articles, are found, ,ths Dutch kJtchert and ' the Japanese tea garden, where costumed attendants await the orders of the 'Visitors for skilfully prepared edible , and drink ables, the- Chinese 'laundry, country store, Noah's ark, the Trail and ths for.une telling booth all fill disttnet positions and go to make up a well rounded whole. The managers of tha booths have given liberally of their time and. Ingenuity, ilth the result that each Is in Itself a decided attrac tion. - ' The atti nd ince last night woa afl that could bo desired by the managw ment. E.irl.v In the evening "the house began to fill up, and when the hour for opening arrived there were few vacant places to be seen. All during the presentation of the It numbers that composed 'the evening's program In the Kirmess the audience remained seated: but at the conclusion of the last number there was a rush for the 4 refreshment rooms and the booths, where a brisk trade was done vntll almost midnight. . - ; ; h- The opening tableau was a scene of da-szllng beuuty, the dancers of all na tions being most effectively grouped in their brilliant native costumes on the roomy Auditorium siroge. The rich col. orlnrs of the costumes cam out in vivid and pleasingly harmonlus effect against the suitable background that was arranged In the stage seitntg. ' s- The house was packed with a moat enthusiastic 'audience and Joud mur murs of appreciation could bit distinctly heard a eat h group of dancers held the stage. First came tha grand march through the flrall, participated In by every member In the Kirmess cast, and very gorgeous- and fan'astlc they all aprarl as they marched to the front of the s nge and out through, the long trail back again to the dressing rooms, Iruty It seemed that every nation must surely be represented in this variety of costuming, Hefore the grand march the curtain wa raised on the tableaux. Diana, queen of -.he Kirmess, was sur rounded by her attendants. Amasons, soldiers .garland girls, tambourine and cymbal girls, psyche, and Cupids. Mlsa Blanche Randolph made, a charming Diana, the Greek costume setting off to perfection her exquisite beauty. After the tableau .' came the first dance on J he v program ire Indians with their - warriors, chiefs and . squaws. , These of com se. delighted the small boy with their realistic costumes, war paint and blood curdling yells, which" sent dellc lots shiver down their spine and per haps reminded the older ones of the traditions of border days'.. The Spanish dance proved one of the most popular numbers on the pro- .vConti"nueJn pa a Four i 1 XEW LINE PROPOSES TO fORM CONNECTION WITH THE BIG HARRIMAN RAILROADS Kansas City.. Mo.. Aug. A p- clal to the Star from Topeka say. Application wa made oere today f rhartrr for railroad company, tin- purpose of which Is to connect with Hnrrtman railroads In tne north w-t- Orleans and through southern Stat. The new railroad will run throu the Kansa wheat belt, and 1! i chartered under tbe ti"- rf f -Dinver. Kansas A Ou'f. T r stock f t!v- cooir- i v '- 1
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