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. ' THE WEATHER,. ' " f PARTLY CLOUDY.' v THE -A8HE1LIjE CITIZEN .. BOARDING HOU8C AD. BRINO SUMMER BOARDERS VOL XX NO 278 ASHBVULB N. C. SATURDAY MORNING AUGUST 76, 1905 PRICB FIVE CENTS. TELEPHONE PROPOSITION IS REFERRED TO SPECIAL COMMITTEE BY BOARD Mayor and Aldermen Hear Mr. Crews and Defer Defi nite Action QUESTION OF NEW EX CHANGE IN ABEYANCE Curfew Law Goes by Board Charlotte Street Order ed Resurfaced The proposition of the Ashevllle Tel ephone company to upend $125,000 In an Underground system and new building t the present time Instead of waling three yearn from October, as the com pany la entitled to do, waa the princi pal business before the aldermen last flight. aihe ,propositlon was referred to a special committee to be named by Mayor Barnard, after a complete ex planation by Assistant General Man g Crews, of the Bell company, and by Pra nk Carter, of she local company, and a brief discussion by three alder men. Mr. Crews, addressing the board, said: Mr. Mayor and Gentlemen of the Board: j niiii-e .mo occamon or my last ap peaianeo before your honorable body when I appeared In response to a re solution which had been passed re quiring the telephone company to fchow caUs? why tts service should not be Improved, I have made a very careful study of the situation aaid have submitted my views and recom mendations to the president and stock holderse of the ' Ashevllle Telephon AY Telegiaph company. In my report I stated that the deterioration of the company's plant In Ashevllle had been jtreater , than we had anticipated would, happen, and that In order to ftlfhlsh the class of service contem plated by our franchise, we must d pnV vqtt 'iff'."?htngBlr RfheT "'expend, some ten or twelve thousand dollars in betterment on the existing plant or expend: not less han one hundred' and "twenty-five thousand dollars In the erection and installation of an en tirely new telephone systorrj. By, adopting' the first alternative we could ctfmply fully with the leter and spil rt" of, oun ftanchilse obligations for th remaining portion of the five-year j period -during which It was contem plated that the present plant should be ' maintained, by the expenditure during the remainder of the said pe riod of (en or 'twelve thousand dol lars In betermcnts. By adoptlijg the second alternalve. the company would be' required to expend not less thiin onm hundred and twenty-five thous and dollars In the installation now of the' new system contemplated by the company's franchise to be Installed at thi expliatlon of sakl five-year pe riods Manifestly the cheaper and more economical plan for the compa ny to adopt would be the maintenance of . the present plant for the remain der of the five-year period on an ex penditure, as stated, of some- ten or twelve, thousand dollats. For should the new- system be Installed at once, the Interest on the Investment would amount to I7.E0O per annum, besides, doprlcatlnn charges on the new plant whioh -would certainly not ho less than tlS.OOO dun:ng the remainder of th (Mid ferlod. Hence i a proposition of mere dollars and cents the miln tenance of -ihe pirsent. plant would be more profitable to the telephone com pany. Other Considerations. 1'Ilcri? I Ullll'l (.iiiaiiii-iaiiuii . however, which appeal strongly to the company. We sincerely desire to es-1 tablisn ana mninipt.n me mnsi cor dial prlatlona with the Ashevllle peo- pie. both those who use the telephone and the public generally. Wo desire 46 do that, and I for one think that the company can afford to make omc sacrifice If need be In order to ac complish this result. This has been the weightier consideration In the ap proval by the eompanv of mv recom mendation thB't we Immediately set about the erection of n new bulleilng and the Installation of a new sys tem and prosecute the work wll all practical exoertlllnn. The company willing to do this provided ymir board will consrnt that the existing rate grt ?ment shall be held not to apply . to persons becoming subscribers after the new plant Is Installed. Persons v Continuad o pag Four tWO MILL HANDS MAKE COWARDLY V: ATTACK ON THEIR FOREMAN AT SALISBURY Salisbury,1 N. 6. Aug. . Mr. Wal ter Crump, a foreman In he Keslef cotton mill at this place, waa badly cot early this morning by Tom Caru there, an operative In the mill. Caru thers, H 1 aiated. had quit work yes terday and demanded pay for Irs work at once, bat this being against the rule of the mill, was refused. Jim Carutliera, brother appeared at this time, and -the latter, it IS claimed, held foreman Crump while Tom Ca nber Inflicted a doaen or more wounds la the body ot the rlctlm. ",- -i -i -i ftfiiYivwnaj EQUITABLrJOW MAKES AiWER Willi 1,1, .11 dileli. Big Life Assura .Society Joins State In w toi i yiiy iui an Inve?'' on ADMISSIONS V1 ,FFICI AL SHORTCOMINGS MADE" Muddle of "Depew Improve ment Company" Is Also Admitted New York. Auk. 2.r.. The Rqulta- ble Life Assurance' society today Join ed with the state of New York In nsklnf for a full 'investigation in coutt of Its directors anil officers and their alleged wrong doings in managing the ninnies of the society. The document which this del rmlnntlon was the an swer of the forty-nine Equitable di rectors to charges made against them in connection with a suit brought against the Kiiultable Lift Assurance Society of the state. This answer wus filed by Attorney General Julius M Mayer. Admission i made 1hat some eif the officers of the Kiiultable have been guilty of improper and Illegal acts. In al) eleven charges are answere'd by the director Among these charges they admit the $250,000 loan to the De pe UfiprttvummK. ooaipunth... TiM jwd' ml: the $685,000 loan of the Mercantile Trust company, but waive responsi bility Cn this loan so far as the board of directors Is concerned, and Indicate Messrs. Alexander, Jordan and Dem Inug pa the persons having the mosrt knowledge of these transactions. EXPERT RIFLEMEN SHOOT FOR TROPHY Annual Champion Event at Seagirt. N. J., Calls Out the Best In the Country Seagirt, N. J., Aug. 25. The most expert of the riflemen of the United States and Hawaii proce-eded today with the f.rlng In the national Individ ual match under most discouraging weather conditions. At dawn It was gray and threatening, but when the nring uctnu ai o u ciwi uiu sun nau succeeded In breaking through the clouds. . Two hours later, however, a steady rain .set ui and the executive officer ordered a recces until 1 o'clock, when notwithstanding a northeast storm, the riflemen went back to th tarB,lt9 ami continued fifing until all of the S7 rompe'tltors In the national Individual match had completed Ihe work In the first four stages of the event 200, 300, 500, and 600 yards. GARDNER WINS HIS FIGHT WITH RYAN Fan Francisco, Aug. 25. Jimmy G.ird. n er. of Lowell, won the fight with "Buddy" Ryan, a.: Coloma In the fif teenth round of a twenty-five round bout. The men weighed In at 142 pounds. William Roche was referee. The moat aerious are In the throat, face and back and It la feared may re sult fatally. The Cam) hers boys fled at once, but were pursued by a posse of several hundred citizens. Tom. the one w!to did the cutting, waa cap tured at Spencer as he attempted to" board an out-going train, with a knife still In his hand and his clothes be spattered with the blood of Crump. Jim Ca ml hers wa also arrested . and both are In Jail. There waa ttmslde rable. demonstration around the Jail today by Infuriated citizens, but ' no further trouble is anticipated. RUSSIANS ARE ON "QUI VIVE" St. Petersburg Is Anxiously Awaiting Developments In Peace Negotiations INDEMNITY STILL THE BONE OF CONTENTION Believed In Some Quarters That There Will be No Session Today 8t. Petersburg, Aug. 26.-2 a. m. Ev erybody in St. Peter.' burg Is awaiting the development of today In the peace moves and hoping that a compromise Is being effected, the most likely tumis of which would be no Indemnl y. bu: u payment for Sakhalin to be lef for fu ture adjustment. In tact It was ; scrted yesterday in an exceptionally well Informed quarter that this was tin only possible basis for a rninpromi'v. The belief Is expressed In some quar ters tha: .here will be no session at Portsmouth today anil the Associated Press Is .informed on excellent autliorl ty that a further adjournment could be taken a- a most hoptful .'-Inn, as It would prove that serious efforts looking to a compromise were continuing. Up to K o'clock last evening Ambas sador Meyer had received no message from WuNhlnglln. The Idea that I'n -i- dent Roosevelt might again communi cni'.e -with the emperor through Un American ambassador llmls credence In certain official quarters. The exchange of telegrams between Portsmouth and the foreign office continues, but ihe na ture of these dispatches Is a most care fally guarded secret. It can be asserted, however, on the best uu- horily that any suggestion to Itussia from any tource whatever that she assent to the pay ment of indemnity would be most un welcome, though a sincere desire for peace leaves her open for suggestion or a compromise on other grounds. LOTTERY MEN ARE CAUGHT IN TOILS Dallas, Texas, Aug. 25. A. B. Con ley, t. B. Candler an William Wood, were arrested loday by United States authorities, charged with giving Infor mation by the use of the United States malls as to where tickets, adventise tnems and lists of a lottery company might be obtained Connley and Candler .were released on 11,500 ball, but Wooods failed to make bond. WILL FatherYea, he is ene of greats erne aeeple they called "patriots" HOLMESIS HELD FOR DEFRAUDING Official Accused of Having Part In the Cotton Leak Is Indicted . ... t CONSPIRACY TO DE FRAUD GOVERNMENT" Holmes. Peckharn and Haas Will Cool Their Heels In Jail Together Washington, Aug. :.V Edwin R Holmes, of Washington. Iv c. until recently ihe associate statistician if the department of ngrlcaluit but who was dismissed ns an outcome of the Inves ligation Into tho leakq;'- In the cotton . rop ri'Wrta. has bee., in.li. i.-.l by the grand Juiy on a chars.- .it conspiracy to defraud :he overiiaicii'. This announcement mude tonight by United States ' Dlstilct Attorney .Morgan H. Beach JuM after he had re turned from New Yolk City, where he had been instrumental In causing the anes of Frederick A. i'e kham. he New York broker, at Saratoga, and of Mose- Haas, of New V"i k There are two Indictments covertim the charges agalnt the tluee men. HAAS SURRENDERS. New dlcle.l leak s York, Aug. Jn.--Moses Haas, la in conni'C.I imlth the cotton andals, surroiulci' hlnrsi if to a United Stflt- unushal tnduy leputy v!n u nlliclully Irifoi nit d ..f the wartani Issued agalnt him a few days ago This warrant was IssUiil ly he Fi-deraJ grand Jury simultaneously with one for Frederick Peckharn, ho was arres d at Saratoga. Ball was fixed for H.ius at tlO.000, which wus furnished. GEORGIA CITIZENS ARE'AFTER NEGRO TJiomasvHIe, C.a.. Aug. 25. Sheriff Hlglvt, iCharlcs Oute and a number of citizens left at il o'clock this morn ing for Live Oak. l'la., 'to Idea Ify a ne gro held by Sheriff Itkkerson there, and supposed to be Emanuel Harder, the negro charged wtih criminal assault uroii Mrs. Oulse. They telegraphed this evening that the suspect was not the right man. A subscription list Is being circulated here to Increase lie $150 reward offered by the stutg, county and family. IT COME TO TH 18. .A GLANCE IN t men. In the feolirt simple day, but that ended year and year aji. ROOSEVELT IS STILL WORKING Chief Executive Seeks to Put Salt on Peace Dove's Tall IS PULLING WIRES BETWEEN TWO EMPERORS While the Outlook Is Dark for Peace Its Friends do Not Yet Despair Portsmouth. N. H.. Aug. 25. The jeaee confere.-nre seems headed straight for the rocks. lVsplte the fact that every iue. Ion of principle involved In the quarrel between ihe two .ountries has been settled in favor of the victor and that in reality only "words and money" still separate them. he ncg' tla Ions seem on the verge cf a Dual rupture. The air was tilled tonight with gloomy lorelsidlng. as superficially eveiylhlng Indicated thul toniorroA's session of I lie conference will prove a seame adieu, although hope exists hi some quarvers. Oyster Bay, X. Y.. Aug. Jf.. Two cm- pecurs. the one at St. I'etei smu g onn the other at Toklo. are the ilelermli I'lg factors In 'he pending peace negotia tions. AlUiough ihe negotiations tem porarily are suspended at Portsmouth they are proceeding actively through President Itoosevelt at Sagamore Hill. He ii In practically eons ant conimunl- II Ion with the S . Petersburg and To klo governments. By both of the war ring nations his good offices have been sought and his efforts to bring their plenipotentiui le Into accord and thus Pieven: a failure ef the .peace confer ence are mil-emit ing. Won't Talk. Early In the day the president had an extended conference with Baron Kaiieko, Ihe recognised confidential agent of the Jupunese government In this-country. Neither the president nor Baron Kuneko would discuss the nature of .;ie In.ervlew. While the baron's fSpreMda views erf tne" peca hegotta tlon were- not, .joptlmlsllc,. he left distinct Impression that the last word by no means had been spoken, and hope of a successful issue of the con ference still was strong. He protested ihu Japan had no wish to do anything to humiliate Itussia, but expressed Ihe belief that the Japuiiese terms were eiulte reasonable and that no further concessions would be made. After the departure of Baron Kuneko Preslelent Itoosevelt was engaged with Acting Secrelary Barnes for two hours In the consideration of dispatches re ceived, and in the preparation of those to bo sent. THE FUTURE. they used te ereet mem,menta te WARM WEATHER IN NEW ; ORLEANS CAUSES SLIGHT INCREASE IN FEVER CASES BUNCOMBE HAS MINES OF VALUE Stores of Chrome. Iron and Nickel are Soon to be Opened Up OPERATIONS TO BEGIN ON A LARGE SCALE Industry on Foot Which Will Make Our State and County Famous The mo.-t Impor.aiit development of he resources of Buncombe county Is now beginning and is taking actual shape In the expenditure of many thou sands of dollars. Mines of Iron and nickel of great ex em are to opene.l and a smelter for enderlng nickel Is to be built III North lunconibe. Iinils and mineral rights In the Ivy ectlon have been purchased for $1,500, 111 more to he itceiulred and an Imme diate outlay of :'o,000 will be mude for the plant nece'ssury to open thi mines and put them In operation. 41 is uc mil facta with which these statements ileal, mutters which will at an early dale be In actual physical evi dence. The mineral purchases are mude by the United States' Chrome and Nickel company, a New York corporation, and with this company Is associated tho powerful Wilson Aluminum company. The exact cause of .the connection of he Wilson company is not ancertalnu- bieCTmrn rrrrmearea rnura ment of aluminum deposit will be feature oMhe mining operations.- Holds Deeds. In addition to options not yet con verted Into eleteds the Unlied States Chrome and Nickel company holds ac tual deeds to about one thousand acres Of lands alone, the purchase price of which Is $46,000. and already prelimi nary operations In prospecting have opened a grent bulk of ehromeJ and nickel. It l- Eiated authoritatively that the purchase of mining machinery Is now being made und that active opera tions will be pushed, flihe compuuy will develop only the chrome, iron and nickel. Chrome is the basis of all paints and Is used for other purpose.-. Nlcke'l Is exceedingly valuable und Is s;are, he great bulk of the supply (omlng from French New Culedonla, thirteen thousand miles from New York, and i he fact that large and rich deposits of nick"' are absolutely ussuted to exist In this county Insures a development whose Importance to this 1 1 y needs no comment. There ere other persons now at work securing options on lands which carry veins of Iron, hematite and magnetic Iron, and as they reprepeno capitalists, it will be but a short time before the plans In reference to this commercial Iron will be known. It can be said that Ihe opening of these hematite and mag netic Iron veins only awult the build ing of a railway to nor h Buncombe.. A gentleman who Is thoroughly ae- iiuulmed with the situation In the Ivy see. ion said yesterday: "The chrome ind nickel belt runs from near Demo Tat Into Tennessee. The hematite anil magnetic Iron, that used In he making of manufactured Iron, rutin parallel, be. Ing uncovered from the neighborhood of Blackwell Springs through Ivy, over Anderfbn (lap and into the Cane River tlon. Lands carrying nickel were bought some time ago by capitalists. Of course they said nothing about the purchase, because thfy wanted o her lands, but things have reached such a stage thut secrecy now Is usele-'s. Twcnly-flve men are at work near J. II. Curler's : place opening the veins nd at Morgan Hill school house the nickel ore which has been thrown out ofvplts Is tt green blur visible for a mile dls:ait. Will Help Ashsville. What will be the effect on Ashevlfle? Is It ne-ee-snry to ask that? It simply means that in a tew years one will not be able to reeognlze the city," The. United States Chrome and Nick el company has among He r e khold- ers Harlan Page, a Philadelphia capl- ullst; Major Dunl.ip. J. II. Ounlap and Dr. P. Westray Battle. The Messrs. Continuad on page Four WHITE MAN, IN DESPERATE FIGHT WITH ; NEGROES, KILLS TWO BROTHERS IN GEORGIA Valdusta, Qu Aug. 25. Lewis and Joe Davis, negro brothers, have been shot and killed at Brlces Still, near Tallokas, In Brooks ounty. The shoot ing was done by Isom Kendrick, white, who was shot In the affray, one bul let rutting through his Hp and anoth er taking off the end of his thumb. The negroes, who were desperate cha racters, bad been raising a disturb Number of DeathsFrom the Dreaded Scourge Shows -a Total of 232 CASE SAID TO HAVE , COME FROM MEMPHIS i : People of Crescent City SU11 Leave no Stone Unturned to Conquer Fever YESTERDAY'S RECORD. New Orleans, Aug. 25. Re- port to 6 p. m: New cases, 65. Total to date, 1,65. Deaths, 6; total 232. . a New foci, 16; total 878.. .' KemalrUng under treatment, 2X7. s New Orleans. Aug. 26. The figures show an Increase In the number of new cases over yesterday's report and If there Is any particular cause to assign for It It If Ihe excessively warm Weatb er of the past few days, which has been most favorable for the development! Of he infection. The Increase is so alight. however, that it does not In any way affect the hopeful feeling of thoss en guged in the ciktnpahjn, which la pro gresslng with ,'every degree of 1 har mony and premise of success. s New Orleatpa ha received one case of fever which Appears to have come from Memphis. 'The case was a woman who enime hereAugust IV.afnJ waa taken 111 two diia later." The case waa man- lfe.ly not contracted here, owing to 4ha arrival,' , -'.'. ,. The ilst today ahowg seven new, toot up town and three more in Algiers. Of the deaths one was a sailor at the ma- ' rlne. hospital, another wa sa very old man at .he emergency hospital and one a child in the Peters avenue neigh borhood. The others were Italians, Fol lowing Is a summer of the reports from, the country: ;... " No- definite news came from Levi lie. Amelia or 8t. John, ' Patterson reports . nine new cases, Hanson City has five new cares. Morgan City report ona case, traced to Ihe Amelia nest of In. fectlon. Lake Providence has two new casea and one death. . Mississippi Cley reports one new case. Oulfpor.t, Miss,, three miles westof Mississippi City, and where Dr. Wasdin makes his head quarters In conducting the campaign In Missslrslppl. reports three cases In the northeas ern section of the city In boarding house. The origin of these cases is unknown, but it Is believed they came from Mississippi. Memphis Denies It. Memphis, Tenn., Aug. JR. Tho Memphis board of health issuer) a. 4'atement toriighj denng emphati cally the presence of yellow fever ht this city. The statement was occa sioned by a report fiom New Orleans staling that the United States officials I here had Information which lei them toa believe that yellow fever existed In Memphis. LEAGUE QUIETS DOWN. Toledo, O.. Aug. 25. The League of American 'Municipalities concluded IM conven' Ion today by selecting Chicago as the next meeting place. - The fol lowing officers were elected; . President R, a. Rhett, of Charleston, 8. C. . - " - . - . Secretary John i MucVicar, . Des mednes. , . : . Treasurer William D. Morgan, Georgetown. S. C. Further discussion of municipal own- -ershtp. which has so largely occupied the vlme of the convention, was ended by a motion to discontinue the debate. ROOSEVELT TAKE3 A TRIP. Oyster Bay. New York, Aug. J5. Preside nt Rooae-velt; went out on the submarine boat Plunger, remaining on board while she made '.several sub mersions, one of which - lasted fifty minutes. The Plunger's, manoerrcs w.re made at the entrance 4o Oyster , Bay, on Long Island Sound, in about 40 feet of water.-- When he returned to land President Roosevelt expressed , himself as being very much impressed with the Plunger's qualities, - . ance. . Kendrlrk Induced them to go away, but they encountered him not kmg afterwards and opened fire spon him. He fired quickly, his bulet gednjf through Joe Davis' neck, and killing him Instantly. Lewis Davis then start d to run away, firing as he ran, Ken drick sent a bullet Ihrough his head. A eoroners Jury exonerated' Kerfc- drk-k. - . . I
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