VOL XX NO 292
ASHBVILLB N. C, WEDNESDAY MORNING SEPTEMBER 13 1905
PRICE FIVE CENTS
TELEPHONE COMPANY WITHDRAWS ITS
PROPOSITION AND WILL PROCEED AT
ONCE TO INSTALL A MODERN SYSTEM
rL..i.i t -1 i n in . . f n i c i
apecidi ipiepnone tummiue 01 DMru 01 Aiaerraen J0ty) GHEER
nuuiiwi uidMuiepiiunc wmpdiiy win iui a
wait Its Action But Will Proceed at Once
to Carry Out its Plans for Inprov
Ing System In
DECEMBER 1906 IS NAMED AS
TIME FOR COMPLETION OF
WORK
New $125,000 Exdiange Building Will Be Erected
Modern Central Energy Switchboard Will Be In-
and all Telephone Wires in Cen
tral Portion of the City Will Be
PlaGed Underground.
THE RUSSIANS
Wltte and Rosen Leave for
Home Amtd Applause of
New Yorkers.
WITTE MAKES PROMISE
TO AMERICAN JEWS
Says He Will Do Everything
In His Power to Help
Russian Hebrews.
WANT HELP IN
SMALL TOWNS
Appeals for Supplies Received
from Many Points In
Louisiana.
SITUATION N CITY
IS STILL IMPROVING
Colleges .Pospone Date of
Opening Roosevelt to
Visit city.
Now Orleans. i r . 12. Rrport
to 6 p. m. tod-iy was us follows:
New cases ... 43
Total cases to .I.iip i.STO
Deaths.. . . S
Total deaths. . ' 31
New foci. ... 12
Cases under. trca:mcnt. ... 314
Cases discharged 1,737
The telephone question took a de
cided turn yesterday afternoon' vlir.n
Mayor Barnard received from IJi evi
dent W. T. Gentry of the local com
pany, a communication i:i which the
pi oposltion recently submitted to the
board of aldermen is withdrawn and
the company's intention to proceed at
onus with the Improvements therein
outlined, s. stated in positive tonus.
The letter, -which is addressed to the
special v telephone committee of the
board, sets forlh that the telephone
company has deeldid to waive the
matter of Increased rales fo: Improved
-service and, wHi'Xrpct as soon as pos
sible a new" $125,000 exchange build
ing:. Install a modern central energy;
swltchboatd and place the telephon.?
Mjres in the wntraf norti in of the
city underground. The company will
not wait Intil It is compelled to make
these changes Tjy the te;ms of its
franchise, but .will proceed at once with
the work and mplete it by the end
of next year If not sooner.
The announcement of this intention
proposition from
Hon at the prest n:
further
time..
(Signed I "W. T. GENTRY,
Mayor's Statement.
In speaking of the ti li phone matte
last evening Mayor Ha:na:d said:
"The niion of Hi.' telephone com
pany in withdrawing its proposition as
set forth in the letter received by th
telephone eommitte of the board of
aldermen this afternoon, renders It un
necessary for the committee to make
any ;cpo;t on the stune. .Mr. Gentry's
suggestion that the board of alder
men distrusts the telephone company is
not justified by any action tlii board
has taken. The telephone committee
r garded the question of too much im
portance to Ashevlllo mid hn- rl:lzens
to bi dr.clded without due considera
tion and u thorough investigation.
The cuimnltUe was unwilling 'o do
anything which might be construed. In
the future. :in having relieved the tel
ephone company of obligations Im
posed by its franchise. It should be
b me in mind that the franchise re
quires the company to place Its wires
underground within Ave years after
its passage, which would be October.
v.. pa.t ui w e e.er:,Une company ,vhereus tll0 company had no
came as a complete surprise to the ' ... . u., ,,.., ,.,,. ....
membcis of the lulephone eommitte
and seemed to give them no little
pleasure as they were relieved of ihe
responsibility of passing on a question
that has been pfrplexing them fo:
some time. Many persons wer." heard
to express an unqualified approval of
the compan's action which was said
to show a real desire to give the peo
ple of this city the best telephone ser
vice that can be had. The following Is
the communication J"tit tu the spe
cial committee of the hoard:
The Letter.
"Messrs. S. Llpinsky, W. P. Randolph,
F. Stikelcather and A. S. Halliard.
Special Telephone Committee:
"Gentlemen The licsitutlnn of the
board of aldermen In acting, either
Begatlvey of affirmatively, upon the
proposition heretofore submitted, look
ing to the const) uct Ion and iustall-i-Hon
by this company of a new un
derground, central energy, telephone
System In Asheville, as iiuickiy as the
Work can be done, convinces thet com
pany of the existence within your
board of a dtgroe of disirus of the
motives actuating the voinpnny in th.i
Submission of sail proposition whl'h
we are at a loss to understand. De
pite this manifestation of rilsttust.
Which we believe to be unincrit?d. the
Company ventures to look forward to a
time when it will enjoy such measure
Of official and' popular respect and
confidence a"s lire integrity of Its mo
tives and intentions warrant.
"In the meantime, the company pro
poses to show. In a thoroughly prac
tical way. that it. does not disttust the
board of aldermen. . We will there
fore proceed at once with the plans for
new building.. designed for telephone
purposes exclusively, and construct th
in me as quickly as possible: also with
4.he construction of an Iderground
conduit system, and will ord'-r at
Ofice one or the latest central .energy
switchboards, and the reconstruction
generally of s the plant, and have the
new system In operation not later than
becembf-r 31st.(190, and earlier than
that date unless delayed by ; causes
bvei which we have no control.,,,'
i "W beg. therefore, to withdraw oar
til the expiration of five years from
January 1. 1904, that is January 1,
1908. It is not apparent, therefore,
that un acceptance of the proposition
of the telephone company would hold
committed the board of aldermen to
an increase of rates hcfote the wires
were put underground, when by the
terms of Its franchise the telephone
company had to put. Us wires unde:
ground n! least three months before
the expiration of the present rate
period. The board was. not ready !
do this.
"M:. Gentry need have no fear. His
company will receive fair treatment.
The people of Asheville do not expect
something for nothing, but they cer
tainly have a right to demand as much
as they pay for. ' Let the telephone
company show- that T intends to com
ply with its con t met by giving first
class service. If it cannot do so with
the present plant it should put In a
new one, and If, after this evidence
of good fal:h, on Its part, it loses
money and this fact is made to appear
to the hoard of aldermen, no one
,who knows the board can doubt that
adequate relief will be given"
GOVERNOR GLENN
TO SPEAK TODAY
Boston, Sept. 12. Governor R. B.
Glenn of North Carolina arrived in
Boston today In a private ear attached
to the Federal Express. The governor
primarily will make an address at the
New Hampshire stnte fair at Concord
tomorrow an'' during his brief visit he
will be the guest of Governor McLane.
Accompanying Governor Glenn 4s
Judge Norman Kettrell. a prominent
resident of Texa?. who represents the
chief executive of that state. This
evening Governor Glenn and Judge
Kettrell were guests at the Puritan
club. Later ithe gubernatorial party
boarded a train for the New Hamp
shire capital. .
Now York, Sept. 12. Tho Russian
Cornells'? ioners who successfully con.
eluded a treaty of peace with the en-
voys of Japan ut Portsmouth, N. H.,
started on the return to St. Peteis
I burg todtiy, sailing on the Kulsor W1I-
! helm If. Before leaving the city Mr.
consideia- Wltte and Huron Rosen made a fare
well call upon the Japanese diplomats.
Baron Komura was unable to ttx the
Russians because of his illness, but,
through Mwiisler Tukahlru. he Rent
them n cordial message of farewell.
A big crowd gathered at the dock
of the Kaiser Wilhelm In Hoboken to
see 'Mr. Wltte, and there .was much
cheering and handclapplng us he went
up the gang plank, to which he bowed
acknowledgements. He received the
newspaper men in his rooms, on board
the steamer iwid through Baron Rosop
made a statement to those whom he
had met, thanking them, Maying that
"never In hisjlfe hud it been so foii
bly Impressed upon him that the pen
Is mightier than the sword." He then
'hook hands w ith all of them nnd said
good bye.
Before Mr. Witte left I." hotel , for
the steamer today he had a conference
with Isaac N. Sellgman add O.cs'
Strauss of this city and Adolph Kruus
of Chicago. Mr. Heligmun said after
the coufeeiue:
"Mr. Witte allowed us to foresee the
emancipation of the Jew in Russia
and their participation In the govern
ment of the empire In the same degree
and proportion that other Russian sub
jects are allowed to participate. We
have Mr. Wltte's word for It that as
far as he himself may be able, every
thing will be done to give the Jews
of Russia their' full constitutional
rights."
fO4
YESTERDAY'S RECORD.
New Orleans. . i,t. 12. Report
New Orleans, Sept. 12. The only
name on the death list today of special
Imjiort 1. H. S. Poiiglas. a fulled
States civil engiai'T. who Is stationed
at the mouth of the ilver supervising
certain work In progress there.
Appeals continue to come to the gov
ernor and state board of health from
the inuntry for as-lstance. Leevllle
has been, Wi need of help and Governor
nia'tichurd is to -nd money there,
while the wholesale merchants here
have contributed a carload of provis
ions. Talluluh Is despondent, but Dr.
Chnssalgnac and a staff of nurses
reached there todtiy. Pen tie continue
io leave Luke Providence. Four new
case" of fever have appeared at La
Fourche Crossing 'Ihe Patterson sit
uation Is still serlnu-- and the com
munity Is comp.elely out of funds.
President Sanlers of the Progressive
union announced today that while he
was In New York.' he communicated
with Secretary Leb and learned that
President Roo-evelt had not cancelled
his ewiiageineot to visit New Orleans
In October.
Tulane university and Newcomb col
lege, which were to have been opend
.1 ,.1 V. .. .... .
on lilt) tiCTCoMii m vjtium-r, imvr n-
nounced a postponement until Novem
ber 2.
News from tho country was meagre,
today. The f tate board has sent am
ple assistance to Talluluh, a surgeon
and eight nurses, being on the scone.
Hanson City, two caaes; St. Rose, six
canes; Patterson plantation, one caao
Lafayette, on- cas. i
NEW YORK LIFE
IS IN TROUBLE
Invcsilg.tlon Committee
Lejrns o' srme "Shady"
Transactions.
UNIQUE PLAN TO KEEP
WITHIN LETTER OF LAW
Sold $8(fo,000 In Bonds One
Day and Bought Them
Back the Next But One.
SIY HIIWnRFn KIIIFniW
llVllllfUV IXIMUULJU 14S i
EXPLOSION ON FAMOUS
JAPANESE BATTLESHIP
New York, Sepl- 12. Selling $Sm.00
in bonds one day and b living tlHini
back the in x t but i , u holiday inttn-
venlnir. In order to keeti within srut
menls made in the New York Life In
sula ;lee company's report to the super-
le.ti ndeiit of insurance, w as the sen-
Mlloiml dlf.domire made today itt the
scssloo of the executive Insurant In
vestigating committee. The fact w
irawn from Kdnmnd D. Itandolph
treascivr of the .?w lork Life In
ui 'a in company, late In the day, a'-
ter Aturney Charles K. Ilughi's, or
xiunsel to the lomntlttee. had laboietl
for over an hour to get a jllrect an
wer from Mr. Randolph ' to a dlre
nuestlon.
The Inquiry had dragged through n
muss of figures during almot tho en
tire day,' but H was not until mar the
hour foj' ending the session that the
sonittonal feature was brought ou'
Earlier in the day Mr. Randolph had
banded Mr. Hughes a schedule of syn
dicate underwriting and transactions
of the New York Life Tor the Inst
Year. This statement was to show, nnd
a footnote to the schedule so stuted,
that the company had ptirticfjxited In
no syndleato tra.nsacttons that hud
been closed with a loss. Among these
vndleaie transactions war tho under
writing of the navigation syndicate, or
International Mercantile Marine.
Mr. Hughe? drew from the witness
that there was an aggregate of $1,000,-
ftiiit Ihe New York Life raid J. P. Mor
gan & Co. on this "Joint account." Mr.
Hughes then took up a sales item
dated December 31. IMS, of iW),000 ot
International Mercantile Marine lock
Mr. Randolph, replying tuMr. Hughes,
said this sale was ma te to J. P. Mor
gan & 'o. Mr. Hughes cnt!ui:vd hi
liapilry Into the matter nnd asked:
'in January 2, 1H04. there Is an en
ny of a purchase of $i(Hi,(WO. Kron
whom did you buy?"
"J. P. Morgan & Co."
"Why did you sell to J. P. Morgan,
th.-n buy from J. P. Morgan & Co. op
the next buvlmss day?"
"Itocatife they desired to reduce it-','
"Yes: but why then did you buy H
back the next btf-Iness day?"
Here Mr. Itandolph begnn to explain
and wandered several times from the
subject. He was led buck by tho law
yer. w ho said:
"Aft n matter of fact there was a ri-
" ""' i Togo's Flaflshlr. the Allkasa.
of Inmir-
port to the superintendent
ance on Iieeember 31, 19031'
"Y" s."
"Then the sole piirr" of the trans-
action was that you might be utile to
tell the mi perm t evident of Insurance
that you he only ll.2flfl.000 of Inter
national Mercantile Marine shari-sr"
The wilness hesitated nnd tried to
dvade a dlrwt uimer, but Mr. Hughes
repeated the'nuestlou until finally M'
Itmidolph said "Yes.'"
There was u momentary husn, fol
lowed by a murmur of uppiosud mx
eitemciit,
Catches Fire With Aw
ful Result
ESCAPED CONVICT
CAUGHT IN OHIO
Claims to Be Asheville Man
who Is Wanted Here for
Burglary and Other Crimes.
MAP.A7fNF FYP!fmFi
AND VESSEL IS SUNK
Rescuing Parties From Near
by Ships Included Among
Victims.
i
(Special to The Cltlien.)
Cincinnati. Ohio, Scpt. 12. A negro
who gave his name as Mun Yonng, liv
ing near Asheville, N, C, was arrested
here today on a street car. It Is snld
that the man had with him a sack fullj
of brass, alleged to have been stolen
from W. J. Oliver &
.Toklo. Sept. 12. The nvy depart
ment announced that the battleship
Mlkasa has been destroyed by fire and
tho explosion of her m&gailne caused
the Io-ts of 599 lives, Including men. of
other hips who went to th rescu. '
The tire started from an unknown
cause at midnight on Sunday night,
September 10. Before the officers could
be rescued the fire reached th aft
ntnguilne, which exploded, blowing a
hole In the port aide of the vessel bev
low the water line and causing the shii
to Kink. , v
An Investigation is now being held
to determine the cause of the firs.
Togo Escapes. . ,u
tOLLECTOR OF CUSTOMS IS WARNED TO
BLJESSj ACTIVE IN POLITICAL MATTERS
Oyster Bay, L. I., Sept. It. A report
has been received by President Roose
velt from the civil service commission
regarding an Investigation of charges
recently laht against J. E. B. Stuart,
collettor of customs at Newport News.
Va, alleging political activity and no
due partisanship In the conduct of his
cfBc. Wheat Stuart assumed the du
ties of hi office he found that he had
larger number of deputies than was
needed to rannct Ms bnainv .-. He
di!Tirlsed several of them. - It so hap
pened that the men dismissed were
Democrats. ,
Commissioner Cooley recently made
a report to the "president . on the
charges, and s a remit Collector
Stuart has been directed that If the
.business of his office should make nec
essary the. employment of additional
arslstants he shall reappoint the men
recently discharged.- tf they should de
sire to return to the government ter
vice, and he has been admonished not
to be so rtlva.or to permit H" office
force to te so partisan In their po
iitkal efforts. -.- - . . ,
t' Adiolml Tiiun wn not r-.n ImaM ti
Co.. coatractors mii..,. u.h,i ika ,ii. m k.
doing lOiiHctructlon work along the' rieshrp occurred. ; -.
line of the lllg Four railroad near The disaster to thf Mlkasa has cast
Cleves. The man had been In the em- ' loom everywhere. The ship was M
..... . .... , I anchor tn, Basbo harbor when the
ploy of the firm for ..bout three weeks. I flre Mar ,t ,he of ,he
imrlng that time brays disappeared rrast at mldnhtht. It spread with great '
with Ftartllng regularity, and when rapidity, exploding; the after magaxlu
an hour after the fire had been dla
eovered. The Mlkam tank In shallow
water and It is believed. tht ship can
be repaired, .. , . ('......
Rosculng parties were sent from the
various warships In the harbor and
there was 5 heavy casualties Among .
hem.. " -..r . . ';' .
Various conjecture srs cuirnt as
to the cnune of the firs, game at
tribute It to an overcharge of elee
rrlelty. . .: k., . ,
Oreat relief wat felt througlwut S '
pan when It was learned that Ad- -mlral
Togu was hot on board the Shlw
nt tho time of the disaster. ,
Mikata's Rsoord.
In the battle of the Sea of Japan
the Mlkasa was the heaviest loser of '
all the Japanese ships, having (3 killed
nnd wounded. She approached nearer
'o ihe KuR'lan than any other battle-,
ship. .
The Mlk.ifft was also the flagship of
Admiral Togo after the great naval
battle fought off Port Arthur on Au
gust io, 1904, on which occasion tha
Japanese flagship also suffered tha
ntost, but continued in the fighting Hq
on that occasion th Mlkasa had fouc
officers nnd 29 men killed, six officers
iHiS 29 men severely wounded and four
officers and 24 men alfrhtlv ivnmml
Young was seen t bonrd a street oar
In Cleves the local police were notified
lo be on the lookout for him. When
ho pas locked up In the police station
he declared that he is wunted In North
Carctlnu on the triple charge of hnV'
lug broken Jail, grand larceny and
targlary. lie said that he had been
enuiiccd to serve six years on tho two
last named charges, and that after
serving four years he made hit es-cajie,
The local authorities will communicate
with the Asheville police regarding this
feature of the case.
Neither the city ot county officers
have any recollection of a man an
severing lo the above description, and
It Is thought that Young escaped from
the iK-nitontlary, where he was sent
from some other county probably In
Western North Caro'ina.
GEORGIA ADOPTS
NEW REGULATIONS
Shadaa ftf fck. tiH. Fm rum i Crmmi r.rrina tcsbsras: what-a itrmai axnlOf4fla araftl
S"H It amounaed that a part of txplorsrs will start from Klsndika by mtti to 4tevr
News I Urn. - .. i . - .
Atlanta, (la., Sept. 12. Georgia's
state bourd of health today issued two
comprehensive orders relating to the
protection of the state from the pos
sibility of infection of yellow fever.
Order No. 1 reads as ollows;
"The Georgia state board of health
hereby orders that all railroads and
steamboat companies operating in the
state of Georgia hall 'notify their tick
et agents, as well a those of connect
ing lliws, not to Hell a railroad ticket
to any point In Georgia from Infected
territory except to those persons hav
hig a properly certified certificate,
signed by a proierly authorized health
officer that such person has not been
In an area Infected with yellow fever
for ten days."
Order No. 2 is as follows: "The
Georgia state bourd of hwalth hereby
orders that all railroad'.'' operating hi
Georgia shall provide separate coaches
for their through passengers coming
from territory Infected with yellow fe.
ver, and a to all line entering thi
city of Atlanta, such coaches snail be
carried around the belt line and not
allowed to enter the city of At'lanita."
MISSISSIPPI REPORT.
Jackson. Miss.. Sept. 12. The Mis
sissippi yellow fever summary t might
Is as follows:
Mississippi City, six n?w .eases;
Gulfport, one new case; Natches, ope
new case and one new. focus near orpr
Inal Infected area: Vleksbuig one new
case. No new Infected points 'have
been reported in the state. '
BRYAN SAYS HE IS -
NOT A CANDIDATE
Chicago, Kept. 12. ."I want to
make my position perfectly clear; I
want to say to you that not only am
I not announcing a candidacy, but I
not permitting a candidacy." In
these words William Jennings Bryan
administered a check to the enthusiasm
which, at th Jeffeison Club banquet
given tonight In Mr. Bryan's honor.
greeted the speeches advocating his
nomination for the third time for
prrsldent. j
"I am not now," said Mr. Bryan, "a '
andldate for any office. I have never
said that 1 would never again be a
andldate for office, but I want to say
now that talk of candidacy for office
does not affect me as it once did. . I
believe that my place in tilstory will
bo determined, not by what the people
ate able to do for me, but what I
am able to do for the people. Applause
and cheers . I think it Is now too
soon to choose s candidate for presl
lenf to make the race three years
from now; It , Is too early to pledge
yourself to any one man. I trust that
before the time comes to name a man '
for th next presidential race " light
may be thrown upon our party's paih
way and that a man may be; chosen
who will be able to do for tho party
more than I bave yet been able io.do."
POT FULL OF GOLD DUG Uf BY LABORER f":B
CANNOT NOW BE FOUND BY SEARCHERS
h Nsrth Pole."
Charlotte. N. C. Pept. 12. An Iron
pot containing $30,000 In gold coins, the
'newest of which was 115 years oil,
was found on the farm of James Rlve-s
near Chesterfield, 8. ;.. by Tyler Teal,
a white laborer, and Will Edwards, a
negro,, while engaged' recently la dig
ging a ditch. The pot was carried to
a point two mile away and burled
near a creek bank. When, two davs
later the finders went after the pot It
had mysteriously disappeared." ' Tl,e
negro charges that the white man hnj
appropriated the money and has hid-,
tfeii It from him, while Tel declares
that the story Is all a joke ami no pot
was unearthed. Edwards sticks t his
story and has produced proofs of Its
genuineness. ' '
Detective 1. V. Kvane. who has as
sociated with him one of the best
huown detectives bi the south, nho
were employed- by the negro, and wh--
have since been working -or! the case,
have secured et!dene confirming thi
discovery of the hidden wealth, but
thus far no trues of the gold has been
found.