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BOARDINQ HOUSE AOS, V ' ' BRING SUMMER BOARDERS V 4- M' r VOL XX ISO 272 ASHBVILLB N. C. RIOAY MURNING AUGUST 18, 1905 PRICB FIVE CENTS. . - 1 ,THB WEATHER .. - .': .- - .SHOWERS '' , 1 i V li STOCKHOLDERS AND DIRECTORS OF ASHE- Wll I C TCI ''f V;', UILtl- ' I labia Jt ii r - Important Meeting Held at nn 1 1 1 Yesterday Morning Holds Promise of Giving to Asheville a Telephone Service SeGond to None in the Country Erection of Handsome Building TELEPHONE WIRES ARE DESTINED TO GO UNDER THE GROUND Installation of Proposed System Would Abolish the Style of Galling "Central" Now in Vogue--"Drop Lights" to Take PiaGe of Present SystemAnother Meeting Sched uled for Atlanta Soon An Important meeting of the stock holders end directors of (tie Asheville Telephone and Telegraph Company was held at the Battery Park hotel yesterday morning at which plans for the erection of a new '.clephone ex change In Mils city were discussed. At thl meeting acre Mr. W. T. Gen try, of Atlanta, president of the Ashe ville Telephone and Tvlegr.ii 'h com pany, D. 1 Qarson. secretary, Mr. J. W. Crews, director, Addison Mau- pln, director, n of A'.lanta. da., Frank Carter and M.s. Charity Craig, direc tor, of thla city. Y . Prospect Rosy, tyhlle ,no definite decision was ar rived at The ClttXin has authority fur elating h'i the prospect of Ashe ville scouring a new and costly tele phone plant arw-extremely bright. The change ''-Rom the present telephone system to a thoroughly modern one will Involve the expundf.ure or $125, 000. Ah underground "drop light" system ae contemplated for Asheville would place t'he telephone service of this city on a par with any in the country. ' Handsome New Building. The erection of a handsome e.nd thoroughly equipped b:Ick building At Walnuv and Penla.nd streets form the nucleus of the plans discussed yes terday morning. To a Cltisen repre sr'ttive nnn of the A.tlanta officials said: . "While our plans are not ful ly matured, I can My that the pros pects for vur city possess!"? a plani second to hon'j are exceedingly rosy. There aire one or two obstacles in the way of a successful "rimlnatloil t our .present plans, but these I think can he overcome wlt!wut much trouble. It has always been onr intention to live up to t'he ' promises we made to your city officials, and even go beyond .them. But you knr.T Rome wis mot built In n dsv an glgsintlc under takings cannot be rushed through without study, and full discussion. We will shorvly hold another meeting In Atlanta and'aft'T. that you can look forward to btsf things." " tlnderoxound System. - The system under consideration for this city ie known as !' the "common battery, cen in 1 racrgy, underground system. As its name plainly indi cates, all tetpr.wne wii'-s ir what is known as th "fire district" of the city will go underground, thus reliev ing the stree' e of unsightly poles, and removing the danger of overhanging wires. But the most desirable feat ure of all will .'oo the change from the "maeneto." (or calling the operator bv ringing) to n automa'.!" call whleh is given by F'mpty l'ftltit the telefhoro receiver from the hook. Wherri this is done light correspond n tn .tBe oiling telephone shows be fore the operator. Better Service ' Assured. 1 In operation of " thfl proposed switchboard the labor of eich opera TRAIN. PLUNGES INTO RIVER; FIFTY PERSONS ARE DROWNED Open Draw Cause of Frightful Wreck on Seaboard Pas singers PenndIn Cars Dli by Scores While 1 : v a Hundred are Injured Norfolk. V., Aug. 17. Owing to o tbe inability of Engineer D. U Rieg to control his air brakes, ah excursion train on the Atlantic Coast Line from Xinston, N. C, : bound to this city, plunged through an open draw In a bridge over the western branch of the Elisabeth river at Bruce station, t miles from Norfolk this afternoon and half hundred persons, mostly ne groes were C. owned. Up to a late hour tonight only aeren todies had been recovered from the wreckage. The list of Injured, so far as an be ascertain ed, numbers ne ly 100. though moat . of these are slightly hurt. .--..,-v CPMflMF AMF1 TCI ERR API! Pfl I IIUIII. nilU PLANS FOR $125,000 PLANT : the Battery Park Hotel te. In handling the same number of calls will be materially reduced, which fact would obviously result In more cfflcltiit service. "Crossed wires" will loa Their terrors for.tm "trouble cli':k" and subscribers alike. I The moment a wire crosses another, or falls to '.he ground, it is lnstnntl) known In the central office, when thi mainil nam forei. Is lmmedlaiteli sent out to make the (necessary re pairs. In every particular the proposed system will be so far ahead of what this cHy now possesses that the Ashe vllle public will have nothing lef to be desired In the nay of telephioni service. - ,' Leave for Atlanta Mr. Gew ry, Mr. Carson and Mi Maupln arrived in the city We nesday evening and registered at tn Baittery Park. Mr." Crews came It fom Brevard, where he and Mrr Crews have been visiting for the las ten days. The ftrrft three gentlemei left for Atlanta yesterday afternoor whllr. Mr. and Mrs. Crews returned ' Brevard. HINES CHARGED WITH PERJUR1 Commissioner Burra Says lh Vice president Made Thret Different Sworn Statement: Deadwood, 8. D., Aug. 17. At (h first business session of the Natlona Railway Association Stett Burra, com misstoner from Florida, created a sen sation when he openly ' denouncei Walker A. Hlnetv former asssociat. counsel, and now first vice ipresiden of nhe Louisville & Nashville railroad as a perjurer. He says Hines mad a statement of the valuation of thi properly of the Louisville & NushvllU to the comptroller of the state of Flor ida tor the purpose of taxation for the year ending June 30, 1902. He says hi later made another, sworn watement to the commissioners of Florida on thi value of the property for the fame year for rate-making purposes, and whlcl was much greater. Later, he says. Hines made another sworn statement of the value of the property of the same year, whep applyinpg for a tem porary Injunction in the United Stater district court to enjoin the commis sioner from enforcing a reduction in parsenger .rates, v which was double thi f tatement made fo' the commissioner? or ':o the comptroller, , A large number of physicians from this and nearby cities have gone to tho scene. Among tho victims, the only white ones were Edward Jolieffe, manager of the excursion, and Edwrd Forbes, . who assisted him, both 6f Greenville. N. C. I The Merrill Wrecking organization tonight dispatched an expedition to the scene for the purpose of raising the sunken cars, which Me In about !5 feet of .a-,er. Until the cats arc raised : no accurate estimate of th number of dead can be given. IblaLiUlini II UUll YELLOW JACK IS SPREADING Many Centres of Infection Re ported From . Louisiana Points SEVERAL CASES FOUND IN MISSISSIPPI CITY Fever Existed in That Town Before Its Discovery In New Orleans YESTERDAY'S RECORD. New Orleans, Aug. 17. Oflictrtl report ti ti p. in: New discs 77. Total to dale 1,223. Deaths 4. Tu'.al deuths to date 180. NciV sub-foil 14." .New Orleans, Aug. 17. While ihe dally number of new cases of yellow I fever in New Orleans has rlsen'durlng ' he last three days, reaching 77 today, me ueaina are im lew. uruy inree jf the fourteen new disease centers re ported today are above Canal street. Bather alarming news from outside jf New Orleans continue '.o como in. L,aFourche parish health officers report ( .Ishlng settlement at the mouth of Bayou LaFourche, eight miles south of he .olty. .. ; There are probably 100 cases f stcknes.s there, and Dr. Stark lodny lagnosed rix out or thirty as yelllow iVver. He classed Hhe others as a mild ype of yellow fever, or as denue. Tnese Ishermen and oystermen have been in lose communication with New Orlean. Mississippi Perturbed. A dispatch from' Oulfport Bayi that there are four new cases at Mississippi City, waking thlrleen now under trent lent. The discovery of this nest of infection on Hhe Mississippi coast, of ,.g c inmne. dnce Jfulv 20. has caused a good deal of perturbation In Mississippi and there Is now a fear (Continued on page Three) Unci 8am-Gosh duml When :J PEACE ENVOYS IN DEADLOCK Russians and Jjfps at Torts mouth Fall to Agree on Reimbursement" QUESTION OF INDEMNITY BONE OF CONTENTION Neither Side Shows DIsposI tlon to Yield "and There You Have if Portsmouth; N. II crisis in tHe peace ooi 11 reached and pi the note. The-darkr fo;e the dawn and th' A ue. 17. The inference has I'msri) Is again li.iur la just be ii still hope. Predictions of a final :ui;ure tomor row certainly wjjl nt ! lustltleil un less Huron Kuinura llKiir.itively picks up his hat and aiui"un. that it Is useless to proceed fnriii :. Mr. YVItic, at least, will not be pnvipitate. At to morrow's session aft i anlile 11 (;lie limitation of Russia's sc:i power In the Kar East) and article, (fishing rights un the Russian Li' turn ; are ill-posed of, he will favor an adjournment until Monday to hear the l.isi word from St. Petersburg. NoProgresi. The pessimism tunluht Is based upon the fact that n . , ogress was made toduy. The egchange of views at the mronlng session upon article it (remuneration for the inst of til? war) showed at once that the plenipotenti aries were as far apan as possible and it was pssed over..Artiele lu, (the sur render of the Interned Russian wa shlps) was also pap.-".'!!, not. In the- opinlon of one of the plenipotentiaries when the Associated Press orrespond ent saw him tonight, because It could not have been arranged, but be cause, with the shadow of the two main points In dispute hanging over the conference, both sides vere cau tious and preferred to pos pone It to the end. Article 11 (limitation of sea power) la also adjustable after mod ification, nn article i wilt r esent no difficulties. So tha; anight situa tion was practically ' where It wu when Mr. Wltte last . Ritunlav pre sented the Russian reply with Its non possimus to articles 5 and 9 (Indent nlty and Sakhalin) Chance of Compromise. The only chance is now compro mise. Russia t yield Sakhalin and Japan Indemnity. Neither will yelld hotli and perhaps Japan, at the final show of hands, will jrleld neither. Mr. Wltte, under the Imperial indications, contained In the Instructions given him before he left StjPetersburg can agree neither to pay war tribute nor cede a foot of Russian soil. j3t. Pet ersburg, therefore, on she last resort, remains to be heard from. Doubtless this Is the re'nson why he favors a (Continued on page Five) wux boyAhew J'fevr erowed MONUMENT MAY REMAIN HERE Memorial to 60th N. C. Vol unteer May Not go to Chicamagua DISPUTE ARISES OVER LOCATION FOR SHAFT Park Commissioners Will Not Allow Claims of Local Committee I has bi.n learned that the hand some monument, vvlilli was to hav been eieeted at the ("hleauiaugu na- tmnul park to maik Hie spot nearest the enemy's lin s rendu d by the 60th N. I'. Voluii errs In the buttle of Ohlcainauga, Sept. 20, 1S6H. may not oe piaceu in trie park owing to a dispute bit weiii the park commission and those having the erection of th'1 imminent In charge, as to the spot reached by the regiment and that lu st ad a smaller marker rtlll be plac ed ill the park and the handsome shaft iveeted nt some suitable place 111 bis city. The difficulty In reaching an agree ment as to the location of tile mono nunt was not anticipated by Colonel Ray. who has been a leader In the movement on the pirf of the Daugh ters of the Confederacy of Asheville. and others to erect this monument to the 60th N. C. Volunteers, for (he contract for the monument was let al most two months" ago to the Chero kee Ma'ible works of ihls city and the monument Is at present well under way. It is said that a contract haB Just been let to this same company for a J 100 marker 'similar to 't he ones be ing prepared for the twenty-ninth, thirty and flfty-elgthth N. C. volun teers and that this m-irkcr, an appro priation for which was made by tho legislature will be placed on the spot deslgnatVd by the park commission Inst ad of the smaller shaft. Question of Position Tho in'Untlon was to place the monument near tho Lafayette rond tn one of the most prominent positions in the park, that place having been reached by the regiment according to Cojionel Ray and other mem hers, of the famous regiment at now or the day of the battle but the .park commUslon ers are said to be of 'the opinion that the slxtl th did not attain a position so near the Federal lines. When seen by a representative of The Citizen, Colonel Ray" said ho had no Bta'iement to make about the re- ported disagreement. He did not de ny that a snag had been struck tha: mlht ens1 tbe abandonment of the 'ilea of erecting the large monment In Chlcamatign park but declared that as vet the matter hr-s not ii jtpftirf one way or another. When asked about the ordering of asmall marker (Continued on page Five) with tuch rapidity V they de nywi WOMAN'S EXCHANGE WILL HAVE A LARGE BUILDING; ON BATTERY PARK HILL MORE TROUBLE IN CANAL ZONE Rumors of Financial Difficul ties Circulating Freely at Panama OPERATIONS HAVE BEEN SUSPENDED Chairman Slionts Sajs Sus pension Is Due to Sanl tary Reasons Panama. Aug. 17. It is currently re ported hire that he suspension of en gineering operations on the canal Is ow ing to the exhaustion of the congres sional appropriation, although the rea son officially given Is that the suspen sion is dut to the desirability of un- deruklng the Improvement of ranttary ondltlons in tho canal sone. A resumption of operations Is not ex pected until congress meets. SHONTS EXPLAINS RECENT ACTIONS New York, Aug. 17. Replying to the report that the suspension of digging operations on the Panama canal had been caused by the exhaustion of the rongrenslonal appropriation for . con structing the Isthmian waterway, Uue odore Shont, chairman of the Panama canal commission, loday ald: " ' 1 'It Is not true that there has been any shortage, or that our plans for for warding the work on the canal were curtailed for lack of money. The ques tion of funds has not interfered with our plans at Panama In any way. "There is, moreover, scarcely a possi bility that workv-ould bo Impeded by lack of funds, because the commission has the right at all times to contract against the appproprlation of congress'. The order Issued by the commission during its recent visit to Panama to ceae excavation on the canal wus due no the fact that before the men could dig with steam shovel they must havs railroads to carry away the dirt. 'It was further Issued because 'he em ployes hud to have a place to live In before they could be expected to work and because a good commissary was Imperative." v. TAGGART'S LETTERS GIVEN IN EVIDENCE Wojo-ter, O., Aug. 17, "We shall close our arise by proof by tho defense's own evidence that Captain Taggnrt, after all the wrongs to which' he has been subjected, still bore In his heart a ten tier affection for his wife, and pleaded with her to return 'o him." This statement was made by Attorney Sterling at the close of the morning sesrlon as he went t Inspect the let ler turned over 'o him by Judge Smy eer.' flhese letters are the ones which Mrs. Taggart's attorneys fougM so hard to keep from Sterling and Werts, and which were written while Taggart was confined In tho military hospital nt 'he order of General Miner. RECIPROCITY CONFERENCE CALLS FOR A MAXIMUM AND MINIMUM TARIFF LAW Chicago, 111., Aug. 17. The reciprocity conference, culled to devise means of bettering the trade relations between the United States and foreign countries, finished Its work '.oduy. arranged for a committee tt flfteem to prosecute the plans of the convention and formed a permanent organisation, to be ttyled The j American Reciprocal ..Tariff SUICIDE LEAVES LETTER A BROTHER Philadelphia, Aug. 17. -Confessing that he had lived under an assumed name for a quarter of a century, and revealing the fact to his family and friends that he was related by blood an.1 marriage to prominent and .nallhy peaple of Pittsburg, Joseph A. Thompson, of this city, today swal lowed canlde of potassium, laid him self on a bench in Kalrmount Park and deld. His body was found by a man who was anioUIng ' through the park. Near him on the bench lay two letters which, in part, told the story of faU life. One of t'le 1 Iters said: Handsome Three Story Struc ture to be Erected by the Coxe Estate WOMAN'S CLUB IDEA MAY BE DEVELOPED Second and Third Floors Will be Well Suited for This Purpose The Coxe Es.tars has prepared plans fo: a fine three story brick building to be erected on Battery Park hill opposite the Y. M. C. A. building for the ubc of the Worn an 5s Exchange. The building will b? constructed of the puten',1 Ume brick made by the French Broad Granite brick companyy whose white color will give a pleas ing and striking, exferlor, and its in terior will be designed especially for the uses to which it is to be pat by the Exchange. The sl iuutlon la an Ideal one. It close to the entrance to the Battery Park, little mure than a block to Patton avenue at 'She Pontofflce and to the Auditorium opposite the rap hlly building shopping district of Hay wood street, and near the Asheville Club. The plans of the Board of Managers of the Woman's Exchange indicate an advance In Ideas and scope which are significant of the progress being made by Asheville and If carrrjd out iwlll make the Exchange here most not-' 1 able organization. They Include a large storeroom on the ground floor whrre will be exhibited many arti cles offered for sale, a ladles' dlnln room on Who second floor with alt modern equipment, and on line" third floor suites of rooms. The" scope of ' these plan Includes the , possibility that th rooms on ihe third floor will be used In connection with '.fie second iVor to make what might be termed a woman's club. There has been con sldeable discussion of surJi an organ isation, whose club rooms would be used by kidles while shopping or In the business district, and by ladles; from out of tbe city and there was several . mon Ihs ago a partly formed movement to create such an organ isa- . tloh. The need of such club rooms and the certainty that such would be most desirable leads to the hope that . this tentative plan will be carried out. At present, hor,vver, 1t la only certain tha thre will be rooms on the ihlrd floor available for committee meetings .ear for rent. The arrangement of th'? building In respect to site will be- such that the 1ln!ng room will be on a level with the driveway to be cons' ructed In h , var and entrance mt both front and rear will be as it is to the Asheville Club. The Woman's Exchange has been so wonderfully successful In the accom plishment of the work ttl Is doing for women in aiding women" to help them , selves a,nd the managetrten. which Is toy prominent women of the elty, has been so thoroughly capable that . little doubt is entertatrwd -that ar rangements alll be made for. the lease of this building, which In such case bo any failure in the carrying out of will be promptly begun. Should there tentative plans no building will be erected. - ' LYMAN HALL. DIE8 Atlanta, Oa., Aur. 17. A special from Danville, N. Y., announces tae death at a sanitarium, there early to day of Captain Lymn1 Hall, president of the Georgia School of Technology. His death was due to nervous pos- tratlon, brought on by over-work. League. The; rV-olutlons adopted rec- i ' oirtmend a maximum and minimum tar iff as a means of relieving the sltua ton with whfch'ithe country ; fa". ion fronrd$.d jttgsfesti that uch?relp reoaf icbhcesslens be arranged by a permanent tariff commission to be created- by congress and to be appointed CHARGING WITH GROSSEST CRUELTY "My brother William R. Thompson, of. Sparklll, N. T.i- knows my i, circum stances and will not help me or my family. He allowed his bro'iher. Dr. A. D. Thompson, to starve to death in Philadelphia in 177. or 80 an also Jt. R, Thompion, of Pennsylvania avenue, Pittsburg, to fall so low that he had to send him to Florida where he died, and still lie gives 00,000 to the W. L Library. What have I ae his, brother, to look lor? I have ., been a slave to hard woik for 41 year and as Virginia says: "There is no aay but this'."
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