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. .1 f - ,f ,i -T -1- p V0L;XX NO 290 1 v ASHBVILLB N. C, SUNDAY 'MORNING SEPTEMBER 10, 1905 PRICE FIVE CENTS JAPAN FARES THAN POPULACE THOUGHT . ''. i Meeting of Premier and Mlh Istcrs Is ProducUvo of ' New, Facts. JAPAN HAS SUZERAINTY OVER KOREA TERRITORY Riots In, Toklo Will Now Cease. If; Js Thought Question of Railroad. TokidJ Sept; t4-S:M p' m. Delayed In transmisfton.) At an Informal meet ing which took place today between the premier. Count Katsura, and mem bers of both houses, representing their respective! parties and associations. Count, Katsra made a full statement concerning the peace negotiations. It now transpires that the report that Cape Soya, on La Perouse straits, could not be fortified - la unfounded, the only stipulation made with Russia feeing In regard to the free passage of the alralU. :. ' ' Japan acquires a suteralnty over Korea, and will control entirely with a free hand the affairs of the peninsula railroad south of Chang Chun, not Chanftu, the former being ceded to japan with the right to retain military guards for' the protection of the rail road. ' Japan also holds the right to retain the collieries' at Furhari and Teng Tal, even after tho evacuation of j the country by the Russians. When the fact that no stipulation exists agalnst'lhe fortification of Cape Soya and that Japan Is to have a free hand In the, government of Korea be comes known, it Is expected that the popular ' Indignation will be consider ably, allayed.' "' BEATEN TO HIS DEATH rrrTfti&mlftfftnrof New .YQtH Tips, foully Mur dered In His Room. CORONER'S INQUEST V REVEALS THE CRIME Struck Over Head Wiih Clubs While He Was Writing. New York, Sept. 9. A mystery of unusual proportions was today devel oped in the circumstances surrounding the death of Jacob H. Thompson, for the last forty years an editor of the New York Times, by positive evidence that he was murdered on the night of September 7 by a brutal clubbing In a prominent hotei fltuated in one of the busiest residence and business sections of New York city. :1hla fact wua dis ' closed today by the coroner's autopsy. This examination showed that Mr. Thompeon had been struck over the head at leant a . dozen timer with a blunt Instrument and had been strang ulated as well. No one has been found who admits having the slightest knowl edge of what transpired in the editor's room In the St. James hotel at 109 West Forty-fifth street from the time he entered It early Thursday evening un til he was found by a chambermaid, who told the coroner that ?he eaw him half lilting and making convulsive movemerits with his hands. He was then fully dressed and was wearing riding boots. An unfinished letter was lying on his desk, as if the writer had just laid dotfn hi pen. ' ;, GAIL MASS MEETING FOR ELECTRIC ROAD CITIZENS TO MEET AT COUrJT HOUSE TOMORROW NIGHT. Oangsr That Road May Ba Diverted From Asheville to Ruthar-. . - ' .-' fordlon. 1 EDITOR A ma tnelngof Ashevllle peo f le s : ni'Dedl 'for tb court house to morro)' n-tght at I o'clock in the In tcreai. of lh build uig of tlw Appaia r hlarr IntfrUrbarr electric railway tram . HrodirsonvllV to Ashevilk-. . The meeting la called by a number of tromto.-nt ettlsen 1k fl (hat AsUie- jVILV ?4t3Uk) how Its bUereat In and disposition to hdp in the building of th toad -is has been- done by Hener-eom-llle - ami townships of HHiderson ar.d R'frirfTd courujes. Ttn re h t-Vjr ay. dangrr that tlx road majr be diver! ed p4 as to run to Rnttwrfordon tirtrtd of AeVvlll If tb- city Jof tvot tasv m trrt m lt building. ' A' -ifprtsenlstlv of the rovl ha ben asked to b 'pii sent and explain Its plA';'" " - -.- - ' BETTER FLYING FROM YELLOW FEVER Residents of Baton Rouge SCatnper Aboard Trains for the North. CRESCENT CITY DEATHS SHOW DECREASE New .Cases. However, stll Climbing, A Faet Inexpli cable to the Authorities. YESTERDAY'S RECORD Nsw ' Orleans, Sept. 9. Re ports of yellow fsver to C p. m. Saturday were at follows: New Cases. 41 Total to date 2,262 Deaths 1 Total deaths 309 New foci 12 Cases under treatment 301 Cases discharged 1,652 New Orleans Sept. 9. The chief In terest in the yellow fever situation was the report of tho Infection at Baton Rouge and the fact that, although only one case had appeared there, numbers of people had taken the northbound train today out of fear that the sick ness would ppread. Since the fever appeared in New Or leans the state capital has been bot tled up permitting no communication with New Orleans. The Baton Rouge patient is Aaron Block, son of a prom- lnenl?Tft2eJijr"UuarTnfln:l8 were"Tm- medlately put on by surrounding town?. Though the number of new cares In New Orleans today was again disap pointing, the death report was favor able. Chairman Janvier announced today that thecltlxehs' fund had reached J1S5,- 423 and that the lists would be kept open until the fever is derleared over. With the $150,000 placed at the disposal of Dr. White by the city and state, the total fond he has had to draw on exceeds $285,000. Additional nurses were sent to Tal lulah and Kenner today. Owing to the calls that have been made by the country the supiJy of nurses has run -low, but, unless there are further unexpected demands, it is probable that the state board will bt able to provide all the help that fs needed. TWO IN NATCHEZ. Natches. Miss., Sept. 9. Two new cases In one family, making one new focus of Infection, were reported today. The patient.'. Ruby and Jow Zigler, white, live on a street adjacent to the block where the first infection was dis covered. Thoer are now five cases un der treatment. A resume of the local fever record shows 19 cases for the last two weeks: no deaths. Tomorrow wl" be fumigation-: day. THREE AT VICKSBURG. Vicksburg, Mis?.., Sept. . Three new cases and one death is the yellow fever record up to ( p. m. today. One of the cares is railway mail clerk who has been deeping in a room on the third floor of the federal building. He was removed to the emergency hospital this afternoon. W. J. Edwards, a furniture merchant, died of the fever this after noon. Tills case van reported to the authorities last night. TWO AT PENSACOLA. Ponsacola," Fla., Sept. 9. Only two oases of, yellow fever developed here today, they being In the eastern and wf stern ectlorrs of th city and wi tfrely seperattd from the original dls talct of Irefrctlon. Jnedfv,h occuned. th patient be-in-s a police offlcor, W. H. Fisher, who waa token III two weeks :agw. The raimb r of doubtful cewes showed v a big Increase today.- and there twIH no doubt be a I orgs number of pronounced cast s tomorrow. MISSISSIPPI'S SUMMARY. ' Jnrrkscin, - Miss., gept 9. The Mis sissippi ytilow fever summaiy tonight is s follows: . "' VirksbUrg. three nf-w caaea and one d "t h. total to date 21 caaea and two deaths. ' - . Oulfport. lx new eases. ' Narchf x, two new cases). oo tt-w fori- tntal to datmlheton rasea, six focL no deaths. Plv patients ar now u1r treitramr. . , Iflssfeslppt City. Hansboro and Pearilngton report no new case. WINDY. (By Associated Prasa.) TfsrHlngton. Dt C f3pt. Forecast: North Carolina Fresh northeast ' to east winds. " ' --" "BATTLING NELSON" PUTS JIMMY BRITT TO SLEEP Chicago FlghW knocks Out tho Callfornlan In the Eighteenth Round. VICTORY OF NELSON WAS A CLEAN ONE The Dane Forced the Fight Bat- Ing From the Start, tie Was Fierce. San Francisco, Sept. 9. In a light that had many novel features Battling Nelson of Chicago knocked out James Edward Brltt of San Francisco ut Colmu this afternoon, .the end came In the eighteenth round and was u fairly won victory. The surroundings, the crowd, the bit terness of the men toward each other, the uncertainty as to whether there would be a fight at all up to within a quarter of an hour before the fight actually began; together with the clev erness and the endurance displayed by the two boxers, mode the fight cue of grant Interest to follower.- of fighting. It was the success of a strong, en during fighter against a clever, cool boxer. From the first of the fight un til Referee Graney finished the tount of ten seconds Nelson forced the fight ing. , Though suffering many brulfing blows on the face and body and being at times very tired, Nelson never gave ground. He came back after' ev ery attack by Brltt always ready to exchange blows. For the rushing, forc ing, persistent tnstlcs of Nelson Brltt could find no effective counter. The Callfornlan tried every blow known to him to stop his tireless opponent. In every way Brltt failed, although he punished Nelcon severely, knocking him down once and staggering him several times. Britt Had One Chanoe. Only on, In the third round, did it appear to tho--e close enough to Judge the tide of the battle that Brltt might win. In this round Britt reached the most vulnerable spot on Nelson's mus cled body, the stomach, with two ter rific right hand blows that carried punishment. Nelson faltered for a mo ment ami doubled op. Quickly turning his attention to Nelfon's face, Brltt sent a terrific right cross that dropped he Pane to his kneer. There was a shout from Brltt's friends, but the ela tion was short. Nelson got up before he timer could reach the count of ten nd fought aggressively for a few see- nds, when the gong Jounded a cheer ful note to Nelson's supporters. The call of time for the succeeding round found Nel on fresh and ready. Nelson Was Gam. Nelson was always the first to be gin rounds, though not always the first to land a blow. Time after time e would glide along after Britt,' much after the style of FltzMmmous, never lever In his feet, but always seeking Now eomss tha tima whan tha to shorten the dlst.ui ,- between .his opponent . and hlnu--lf Tlrelere per sistence and disregard .if ihylra) pun ishment characterise ! Nelson's fighting throughout., .' ' .' Brltt fought gamely at all times, but after his spurt In the itilrd round the California fighter venkened percepti bly to those seated rinse to the ring side. Brltt 'bad VJSr I iii ,l strength, all hi cleverness and all his blows the third and he hal tailed to achieve a knock out- ' Britt Knew It. Britt appeared to ii.ilize as he took his coiner after the f.nmh round that he was unable to hurt IiIh opponent. Nelson also seemed t. reach this de- i lKlon at the same r and cubse ejuontly took Brltt's blow with more confidence and wlthnu: ti Inching. Ex cept In spots, tne rouiuiK were all pret ty much alike, Nelson always forcing. Brltt always giving ground ; Britt try ing to keep Nelson nt (he end of his f nappy left hand and the Dane using every menha to get innide the circum ference' of i the Calliornian's hand'. Whenever Nelson broke down the de fense or accepted th blows aimed at ' htm he wnnlil hAtio, u uj ut t v. a I body, always coming out of a 'clinch swinging; at the.'Jaw. The agreement of the two mert to brmk at the call of the referee and the refpree's Interpre tation of the rule and their strict en forcement semed' to be In Nelson's favor. Oraney told the men before th fight commenced that tiiey must break nt his' command, and he carried out his Intention. The refcreelna was siie- fe-sful, according to popular opinion. In the fifth xourid Brltt held a mo mentary advantage, staggering Nelson with a series of blows and making a desperate effort tor-win. This wus the nrsi rouna in wnirai omn tnrow ssino all knowledge Of toxin npd slugged viciously, each hoping to end the fight with one blindly delivered lucky blow. Both were bleeding at the close of this round, but Nelson has the stronger. Crswd Chsrd. It did not m pn-Rlbe that a fight could be much fiercer than the fifth ound, but the succeeding period of three minutes brou.jit the vast crowd to Its feet and kept jt there throughout the round. The flgltsrs slugged each other ceaselessly,' lloth were bleeding and weary, but alwdys game. In the last minute of ,thylxth Nelson jsud denly took the lead and. getting iir(y In a comer, beat hJhvliaaa i 'brslVii and face until ha went weaving about 'the ring, vainly trying tojroteet him self. Brltt took a terrific beating about the body, unable for the tlm to block Nelson's blown but in a flash Britt took a brace. He set himself In the middle of the ring and met Nvlsoit with two punishing swings to the face; Nelson halted and Hrltt leaped forward, He slugged and swung In one last desperate (effort, birf.. again the gong ended the. round, like the previous crit ical one, at on opportune time for Nel son. In the eighth Nelson had Britt In trouble, staggering the Callfornlan with a left and driving him to the rope;?. Brltt's seconds were In a fren- Contlnued on page four M odarii Piad Pioar boina. t asthr in NINETEEN MEN PERISH BY EXPLOSION OF POWDER Rand Mills at Falrchance.Pa.. Entirely Wiped Out Yes terday Morning. THIRTEEN VICTIMS HAVE BEEN IDENTIFIED Shock of Explosion Was Fell Fully Twenty Miles Away From Scene. Con n8KV HU, Pa., Sept. . The Rand Powdir Mills ut Kali chance, six miles ju h of 1'nioiito.wii, were entirely wip ed out. by an cxplowlun at 9:05 o'clock today. Of the 22 men who wetit to work In the mill this 'naming. 19 arc known to tie dead. Of thes thirteen have been Identified. Nine men, In cluding C. M. Kami, manager of the plant. a ere seriously Injured. Scor. of people In the itown of Full chance, within half a mile of Hie powder iiiIIIh were moie or 1cm pain fully Injured. Tac nheck of the explosion was dls tlnctily felt In ConneKsville, twenty miles away, bullduigs being rocked m their foundations. At I'nlonton-n nun dreda f puitea of glasa were broken In tho town of Falrchunce there in ponrcely a liouse ihat did not suffer damage. Tho sides wero batteicd as Phoui'h a, hiif! tvrn iirtft H v stacks were toppled over In the Ildda and live slock were stuntiod. The rails of the Baltimore Ohio rull.vay and the W(W Pennsylvania Traction Kail way wore rotff.J from the roadbt-d ujhI r. her offices, was delayed from four to six houis, transfcis being marie oved th IiMisylvabi. Train No. 62 on the Baltimore & Ohio had a narrow escape from amitlhllattcin. They had juat pass od the Rand mills wlwn the explosion occurred. Th windows hi the pas seugcr coaches were shattered and passengers thrown Into a panic. Hud i'h.o train been few seconds late 1 would have been. blown up aH the mill wh.io In a 14 mis of the tiuck. A street car On the West PeMwylvaiila had also passed just a few seconds be fore the explosbm and was far enougc away to escape damage, though It wus derailed. , There wire seven explosions In i Every one of the .ten buildings were totally demolished. Not a vestigo of them remain tonight. NIAGARA FALLS ON FIRE. Niagara Fk.ll, 8ept. . Fire, whlc' staincd hi the lAlre tower o the Niaga ra Foils hydraulic jxwer puini threa:tWns several of the largest es tablishments in the dlstiict.. The large plant of the Plttaburg Reduction Company is threatened with total de struction. yon9 OrMa. FIVE PERSONS PERISH ' IN TROLLEY ACCIDENT GREENSBORO GRAFTERS FLEE Men Under Indictment "Hit the Pike" for Parts Unknown. LOVELY CONDITION OF FEDERAL AFFAIRS Long and Pointed Probe of Investigation May Go Still Deeper In Wilkes. Charlotte, N.' C, Sept. 9. A special from (Iieenslxiro .to the Observer says Uiat I.. E. Davis, It. H. Hardin and A. c. Dryan, three VVIIkef county men under Indictment by the federal grand Jury for defrauding the government, left today for rarts unknown. It Is supposed that they got a lip from friends. Hardin and Bryan are depu ty revenue collectors, while Davis was formerly a deputy collector and Is con sidered the leader of the Wlkes coun ty gang charged with defrauding the government of large amounts. O. W. Samuels, another revenue officer, was arrested today and placed under $2,540 bond. Sensational developments are expected. Thi term of the federal court was called for the purpose of Investigating charges of wholesale fraud on the part of revenue officers. TWENTY-EIGHT INDICTED. Chailotte, N. C, Sept. 9 Tne spe cial term of federal court Which has retn In session for a week at Greens boro lnvftlga;ti!ing charges) of fraud igainfi'1' rrvenue officers, adjourned tonight. ImllvtmenU wre riturnl wolntt twwtyelght man, olnvat - all of them levenue offtttora. Other wur raitta wUl, limmtt for theiw &ml ar. reals made .t artcei Judge James E, loyd. In dlsohairgkng .i:!he grand Jury, nmpllmenled tihem on the success of forfeiting out fiouds. COLORED ATTORNEY ON THE WAR PATH ... , . ,j Harrison Brown, the colored attor ney, went on the warpath again yes terday afternoon after John Johnson, ami with pistol In hand sought the ne- m'o whom he c laimed had Insulted his laughter about forty days ago by en- terlng her room. Shortly after the occurrence Har rison Brown' aaw Johnson on thf treet and pursued him. firing vain thots lifter the fugitive. He was ar ested and then stated the cause of his action, and after hearing It the court Issued a warrant for Johnson, rharg ng that he forcibly entered a residence. A case for this was not made out, however, but John-on was found guilty of assault and sentenced to thirty days on the roads. His attorney, Kugeno Way, at the time offered that his client would leave the state If the matter was dropped, but the offer was refused, and he then demanded thut -vhen his client hud served his term hu hotild be furnlsed protection igalnst further attack. ' Johnson was udeased from the chain yest rday and ho had hardly nul a hance to brcuthe the air of free loin wtieit HartiMCirr Brown saw htm In ' barber uliop and wtartcd fon his gun. lohiison .iU tine movement and dla- wiwlng with further - onsorlal opoiu- 1iim he also moved. Brown came jack with his pli.tol uimI sought John- wiih the Mvldeirt Intent of shooting vim. Johnson sklppl to his attor- iey' office and M. Way proceeded to "lave a warran',,.ihn'glng Brown with HMiiult, Issued, akto a, peaco wartant uid an top of this tlve polUre made the cdnurB" of disorderly conduct Tho issault ahd peufo warrant proceedings were befoe Justicw YVuddell and. hoar- ng hMBs continued to Monday mVrnlng upon ithe oefendajit giving 1200 bond. Tho city charge also will be hard Monday, REFEREE CLOSED RECEIVERS CASE The hearing on the account of Fot- ner HeoeiVer Oeo. H. Sinathers of tha Western Carolina Bmnk, was conclud- d yesterday with the exception of a few depositions i be filed by the at- orneys for the bank". When they" are n Referee Reynolds of $JheIby,i III "pro- eed to make an accounting and rc Krt to be submitted to coimL Mr. Smathers was nvpolnted at ih- line of the failure of the bank in IS.'. 7 tnd served as received until about two nd a half years ago. There was no udlttng of bis accounts by the emil luring this time and' conseciueiwly n h final settlement, there were many matters to be conslilmed. The main objections were thp coinmlssl3r,s claimed by hhn for aervlctae, somoi crcd itprs claiming hcy were too large. Collide on the Dallastown Electric Road. . '.;i i M0T0RMN AND CON DUCTOR SAFELY JUMP Passengers In Car ? we Un able to Help Themselves and Were Cougnt,' v ' York, Pa., Sept. . Fl'va persons wera killed and 76 Injured In a collision be tween a passenger and a freight car today on the Dallastown electric lint about eight miles from here. .Two wera killed instantly and three died latar at a hospital here. Although the cause of the accident hua not been explained. It la supposed to have been due to a mistake in sig nals. The wrecked passenger car was crowded, the register thowlng 0S fares; , When Slabley's switch was ' reached the motor man saw the freight car. not more than 100 feet away, approaching r.t a rapid rate.'; Motorman Melsen- helder of the passenger oar applied the brakes, and, with a warning cry. Jumped tor his life. Ho was followed by Conductor Snyder. Both escaped serious Injury. ; ' : - But the pasengera In the car wera unable to help tehmselves. ' They be came pa sic stricken and made desper ate efforts to escape, but' before one of them could Jump from the car the crash came. - t NEW ORLEANS FARMERS HOLDiNO THEIR COTTON New Orleans, Bept, 9. Spot cotton fiulet. Sales t50 bales. Quotations unchanged. v. ' , .'' - ' f"' , ' .Fulureg oDned"l t I points" down oh'dtsRppoltrmr XJverpooirand easier New Voik markets. Liquidation dur ing the half day's trading sent prices dawn four pot nts more, thK market closing at about the tKrttom, wrth net losses of 7to polma ' -t" r The price na' seems to be one en tirely up to the farmers' satisfaction, will they hold or notT All The v. dences so far show they are holding and are only too willing to del so. Al ready dispatches sta-'e that, they are hauling their crop back home. ;The moat significant thing In the local mar ket was the absence' of the sale of a single bale of cotton to arrive, show ing that fhe offerings from the coun try according to this one day's evi dence, have been entirely stopped. PHONE COMMITTEE NOT YET DECIDED has not: reached qnyM deci sion, MAYOR BARNARD 8AY8- Aldermen Informally Discuss S.ituatfdrh One Objection Raised to Com- 1 pany'e Propesitienr-. , l .f- T:i special aJdermanic committee : has not yet 'nwt to decide on" the proposltliMi of tho Asheville Telephone Company to proceed at! once o place Its wires undevgtound' and" thus Ive a telephone service eoual to that of a-ny city. "And ao' far Jos';! knoiw."' atd Mayor BafnaTd,' who i'e j nuSntjer at' the committee, "the' committee has not t'ached any decision or decided w hart report- It win mk7 f M 1 t ... ' Thre will be n6 fetltA W'tKtt akier i men until the cdrhmlttt does retwiit. It ahs lather expetfted "ttmlj the Som- uniiTO wuuia mceu ycaieraay, outimere . was no meeting. ':"" :.J-' The only' objection ralaeii te the proposition waa that presented toy what ia termed five "rnJnoHty":aJdr!rrneh. Capt, Ft patrick and Mr. H. C. Allen. who were against allowing the com pany to charge those aubacitbers Who came In, after tha undwground' eys- tem should be completed, ten months from now, the rates allowed by the cor- . pcrei ten ooinmlssion," a nwtc -which slioukl not apply to subscribers now- or those who c lie in befor the new systcin wa completed. At the time thrs objection won raised nd objection hml come from the "majottty" alder-., men on this point and itbe sentiment m committee seemed to be that thla In creased tate was not objectionable. The aldermen infomMtiy discussed the matter FVIday" night after Jftelr session In order that there might be . an exchange of view and that tooae eomtnltt'emen who were present might soc:--aln something of the wlshea Of their aasodates. Mr, Liitpinsky of the committee was not present." The only rejection mentioned war that of the ' rbJTge to new subscribers and this . only tor the reason that' it might have a pndjncy to fix rate at the expiration , of the five yew from Octol)r. Ji)3w..6 when fhe limitation of the present ;' .., explt-M . . .
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