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ASHBVILLE N. C., FRIDAY i MORNING. SEPTEMBER 29 1905
PRICE FIVE CENTS.
CLEVER FORGER GETS IN
HIS WORK ON FINANCIAL
INSTITUTION IN GOTHAM
Unknown Genius Secures
Papers to the Trifling
Amount of $360,000
BOGUS CHECK DID
WORK FOR HIM
Sad Chapter of 'Trawled
Finance" Contributes to
Drive Dull Care Away
New York. Sept. 28. The details of
a scherna whereby a prominent local
financial Institution was recently vic
timized by a clever forger enmeou t to
day. The forger pr. sented a ' bogus
check .bearing the name of a well
known stock exchange firm, and receiv
ed in return securities valued at about
)i)60,000. The name of the institution
Is not disclosed, but It Is belli ved to
be a prominent national bank operat
ing In the financial district.
Pearl Company, stock brokers, a'
27 Williams street, recently negotiated
a one-day loan for 1300,000 with this
unnamed institution, and Wednesday
a check for the amount of the loan,
plus $37.50 for th one day's Interest,
was presented at this bank by a stran
ger, who received the security deposit
ed by Pearl & Company for tha,ir loan.
The bank on which the brokers' check
nas drawn was one with which Pearl
tc Company nl'ver had an account, so
the forgery was not discovered t'l'll
the check had passed through the
clearing house exchange ,when It was
promptly branded as flcfCSus. A pri
vate detective agency was called in and
a transfer of the securities was at
once Mopped. The detectives Intimate
that they have a clew to the identity
of the forger, who is believed to have
had one or more accomplice and an
Intimate knowledge oi Pearl & Com
pany's affairs. -..
.TheMtsKWHtea tiff.ered" by Pearl ft
Company 'for' 'their loan and surrendered-
by the bank for a piece of worth
less paper, included 1,000 shares of
United States Steel .common, 1,00c
shares Rock Island, common, 1,000
shares Metropolitan Street Railway,
700 shares Missouri Pacific, 200 shares
Hb'rth American Company, 47 Ameri
can Tobacco Company, 6 per cent
bonds and some-Wabash debenture B.
bohds. . .
CAPT. PRICE DIES
AT SALISBURY
(Special to The Citizen.)
Salisbury, Sept. 28. Capt. Charles
Price, one or sansoury s leaning, cm
aa, died at his home here early this
morning at the age of 59 years. Capt.
Price was one of the most prominent
lawyers In North Carolina and had a
wide reputation as attorney for rail
roads and at his death was division
counsel for the Southern Railway. He
was a Confederate, soldier and at va
rious times repressed his district in
the legislature. .State sorrows at
his death. I.". !
GOT
YEARS.
Magnolia, Mis:
,V Sept. 28. Bessie
Perkins, a w hite
man. "was arntenc
tis In the penlten
and living with a
Judge Wllk
Aintence, regretted
-lie punishment no
'declared that she
ifi w.i a a nearo.
ed today to ten y
tlary for marryln
negro, Robert 'Br
Inson In passing
that he could mak
heavier. The wo
did not know B
Brown has left th
' inty.
FAMOUS
3E WADDELL"
JTCH ANOTHER
Philadelphia.
Sept.
8. Manager
Connie Mack, of the Phladephla Amer
ican League Baseball Club Is consid
erably ' worried over the loss of the
fervlces of Rube Waddell, his big left
handed pitcher. 1
Wadddell retired from the game at
Boston September 8, In the third In
ning, complaining of a sore arm and
MRS C0NDIIT AND FAIR
MURDERED
: Edna, Testa a, Sept. 28. Mrs. A. X
Cortditt, and four child! en, a daughter
Of thirteen, and ' three boys from six
to ten year? old, were murdered In cohl
b ood at their borne near here today
'." The mother and daughter were as
saulted and their bodies brutally dis
gured. . A baby about two years old
was the only one left alive. Alt of
tham teemed to have been murderer!
With some blunt lmu.ument, their
heads were crushed and their throats
cat with a knife or razor. The girl
and mother were killed in the house,
and the boys were killed about ' 100
-artU a war. . .
WITTE RECEIVES
WARM RECEPTION
Arrival at St. Petersburg Made
the! Occasion for Great
Demonstration.
St, Petersburg, Sopt. 28. M. Wltte
arrived here today and was accorded
very hearty reception by a large crowd
of off), lain and others. In a brief
speech replying to a welcoming ad
dress, M. Wltte showed clearly thaw
ne was deeply touched by the welcome
which he had received. When' ho left
St. Petersburg In July a small delega
tion of officials accompanied him to
the lallroad station to bid him fare
well. There was no public demonstra
tlon whatever. 'Today there were seven
or eight times as many officials and a
very enthusiastic crowd" of five or six
thousand people. The crowd had col
lected near where M. Wltte wou;d des
cend from the train and when he an
peared they broke out into long and
loud cheeia, to which M. Wltte bowed
acknowledgments.
The tpokesman then advanced and
read nn address of welcome. M. Wltte
who seemed deeply moved by the sin
cerity of the welcome advanced a few
steps'and delivered his leply. He said:
"I wasi so little prepared for this
kind reception that I must ask your
pardon for the Incoherence iA' my
words. I have performed my duty
well becau1 e I have strictly obeyed
his majesty's Instructions, because cir
cumstances 'favored me, because the
world Is weary of thiB bloody war,
because a:l classes of American society
from President oopevelt down were in
sympathy with my and your cause, be
cause I was true to my country and
her and our Interests."
M. Witte's last word was followed
by further loud and hearty cheer,
and he was cheered again as he drove
away.
ROOSEVELT TALKS
AT SAILSBURY (jITY
Special to the Cltlien. , . .
Salisbury, N. C, Sept. 28. A letter
received here today from Secretary
Loeb to Senator Lee S. Overman, states.
that President Roosevelt will make a
five minutes' speech in Salisbury In
the afternoon of October 16, on the oc
casion of the Preslerrt's Southern trip.
President Roosevelt was Invited by
Senator Overmait to speak In front
of the Washington building in Salis
bury, which was named In honor of
George Washington. This invitation
was necessarily declined on account of
the lack of time.
RUSSIANS WILL
SIGN NEXT WEEK
St. Petersburg, Sept. 28. The Russo-
Japanese treaty will be signed during
the first days of- next Week. M. Wltte,
who had a long Interview' and lunch
eon with Foreign Minister Lamsdorf
today, will be received at Peterhoff and
give the emperor a report on the con
ference, but the treaty Itself will be
taken to Pcterhoff by Count Lamsdorf.
whose counter signature mil! completi
the execution of the Instrument.
MAY NEVER
BALL OVER THE PLATf
has not since been In a game exsop'
for a few minutes yesterday when hf
found he could not get them over the
platej and retired. '
The club' physicians , have thus fat
been vrnaKeHo ascertain the aliment of
the big twlrler. They had taken an
X-ray photograph of Waddell'a' left
arm and shoulder 'and will make a
close study of the case. .
CHILDREN
IN GOLD BLOOD IN TEXAS
Mr. Conditi was away working in th
rice fields. A negro boy about 1J year
old was plowing In a field near the
house at the time of the killing anfi
beard the children screaming, lie a
a man running after a woman who was
running around the bouse. Being afraid
to go to the house he 'ran to a neigh
bor's and told what be had seen. The
person informed ran to the place and
found thefiv e members of the family
killed. Officer were' Informed at one
and the entire country Is out tn posset
in search of the murderer. It is sup
posed there were two of them.' Dog
have been tent for.
THOUGHT THAT
FEVER WANES
Flail of the Dread Ye'low Jack
Is Slowly Losing Its
Force
LIST OF SUSPICIOUS
CASES IS LIGHT
Educational Campaign will be
Carried on In State of
Florida
YESTERDAY'S RECORD.
New Orleans, Sept. 28. The
fever r. port up to t! p. m. today
Is as follows:
New cases
Total cases to date
Deaths
Total deaths to date . .
New foci
Cases under treatment..
Cases discharged
. . 23
. .2,941
4
. 3.N4
8
. . 261
. .2.2!t
New Orleans, Sept. 28. The Indica
tions of a larger list of new cases to
day because of the large lint of sus
picious cases reported the day before,
were verified, but at that th numbtrof
new- cases Is small and 'shows that a
steady decline can be expected hence
forth. The list of suspicious cases re
ported today is very light, and fore
shadows a v.-iy llRht report Krlday.
Only five of the new cases are above
Canal street, while the greater pro
portion of others Is down In Seventh
und Eighth wards. Two new cases
were brought hi from Jefferson parish.
oim of them coming from Havveys ca
nal. One was taken to the emergency
hospital, and One to thp Charity hos-
ital.
Of the deaths, all but one were below
anal street.
Surgeon VonEsdorf returned to the
city today from Tallulah and left at
p. pi. for Jacksonville, Fla., to carry
on an educational campaign in thai
State, which has been considerably
alarmed .user. the. .spread of the fever
t Fensartola. The president of the
State board of health wrote him a let
ter of thanks for his magnificent work
t Tallulah.
Surgeon White will leave for a tour
long the Southern Pacific road Sun
day morning for the purpose of con
sulting with Uie parish and local au
thorilies on quarnUne matters. The
situation has reached that stage In
the city where he can alcn himself
without danger to the great work hi
and his forces have been doing.
The country reports were as 'follows:
'Tallulah and vicinity, 3 new cases.
Near Napolconvllle, 2 cases; 2 sus
(Continued on Page Four.)
Chaptsr from th. Popular Nova! e
Reckefeller ths hero of his new book,
(foiled
SEAMAN THE
MAIN FIGURE
1
He Appears To Respond to
Criticism Made By Sur
geon S okes
OFFERS HIS BADGE
OF MEMBERSHIP.
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Intsrest ng Chapter Developes
In New Version of Storm
, In Teapot.;
Detroit, Mich., v
S. Major Loj
York, was the
the convention
of the United
answer to the
Is L. Seaman, of X
ntral figure today
at
of military surgeons
States, when he made
criticisms of his
TufSday by Surg.
utterance made last
hi ("juries F. Stokes,
f the United State- navy, and followed
with a paper on "The Heal Triumph
of Japan, or the Compicst of the Silent
Fttej Ili which he reiterated many of
his former statements and lauded the
Japanese govern in i nt for Its conduct
of the sanltal and hygienic phas.1 of
the late war.
Two executive sessions were held
luring the forenonli. at which it was
said by members, certain utterances
attributed to Dt. Staman In an Inter-
lcwk in an evening paper here last
night, were cons! 'ered. Dr. Seaman
as quoted in th interview as saying
hat a celebratei" American woman
physician was regarded by the Japan
ese medlen depart as a monumental
nulsanc. Although members of the
association refused to .llscuss the ex
ecutive session, It w is said that It was
decided to drop the matter. Dr. Sea
man stated at the k. eond closed ses
sion that he had not been talking for
publication when th- statements ob
jected to were nlhged to have been
made. As a result of the feeling en
gendered by the controversy between
Dr. Seaman and his critics, Dr. Sen
nan, at the conclusion of his paper
oday, tendered his badge of member
ship and resignation to the secretary,
If It was desired.
H said In part:
'Mr. Presld nX ami Gentlemen:
"The success pf Japan in the recent
tonfllct with lWia was due pre
eminently to three fundamental causes:
Irst, thorough preparation and organi
sation for war -such preparation as
vas never mule befoie; s eond. to th
simple, lion-irritating and easily di
gested ration of the Japanese troops.
nd. third, to the brilliant part played
iy the members of the medical profus
ion 'In the application of practical
anltation, th 1 stumping out of pre
'enfalblc diseaM -In the army 'there
by saving Its units for' the legitimate
Purposes of war the smashing of the
nemy In the field.
"It must never be forgotten that In
very gr'at campaign an army faces
(Continued on Pago Four.)
the New School the novelists Wl
the eewnj novo! will be something
SAYS IT IS AN
IDLE DREAM
Senator Jno. Morgan "Pooh
Poohs" Idea of the Pan
ama Canal Commission
SURFACE INSPECTION"
COULD TEACH NOTHING
Man Who Had Canal Plans of
His Own Won't Play In
Foreign Yard.
Birmingham. Ala., Sept. 28. Senator
John if. Morgan, of A'abama, has
written a letter to Chairman T. P.
Shouts, of the Panama canal commis
sion, declining the Invitation to ac
company the commission, which left
New York tody for Panama. The
ejiator thinks nothing will be accom
plished by the trip. His letter It na
follows:
'In your telegram of the 22nd iit.
you speak olf a large party who are
to sail with the commission, - and the
advisory board, to Colon, and ai to
have comfortable facilities for making
ours of Inspection and examination' of
the canal. In the matter of sight-see
ing, such facilities will afford much
pleasure, which 1 regret I am not pre
pared to enjoy; but I do not suppose
hat suvh a surface Inspection of the
appearance rtf conditions In Panama
would give me any data from which I
mid form any Judgment as to the
practicability of a lock canal, or a rea
level vanal, or the preference due to
either plan, or as to the cost, or the
time required for the completion of the
canal on either plan.
Could Not Be Wise.
"I could not wisely, Intelligently or
justly give an opinion to any commts
sloner or to any member of the ad
vlsory board as to the possibility of a
dam at Hahia, one hundred and oixty
eight feet below the level ttf the sea,
that would iupply a canal nt ninety
feet above rea level; or as to a dam
at or below Gatun that would supply
a canal at thirty feet above sea level
or as to a dam at damoa that would
control the waters of he Chagres river
or as to u possible tunnel to either
ocean or to carry off thwe flood waters.
"I could not Inform the able, cour
ageous and distinguished hlef of
the hygienic service in the canal tone
whether, if he should flood all the
breeding places of the stegomyla fasca
ita with great lakes, we would not
increase then a thousandfold along
the margins of the great bodies of
fresh water in the tropical undergrowth
that wou d ipring up around them in
a few hours.
"1 must say that I distrust the ex
pected advantages to congress or to
the country of such an excursion, or
the value df any opinion that may be
formed on great engineering problems,
Continued on page four
Hall Cains's idsa about making
iks this. . I..Ji
STENCH OF
SCANDAL
GROW IN
FRANCO-GERMAN
ACCORD SIGNED
Negotiations Concerning Mo.
rocco Terminated After
Long Conference.
Paris, Sept. 2S. Premier Ronvler and
Prince Von tadelln, the German am
bssador, at noon today signed the
Frauco-dermaii accord concerning the
Monoecun conference, thus definitely
ermlnatlng the dllllcult negotiations.
The official text of the accord as given
out says;
Accord is tea. hed upon a program
omprlsing the organisation of the
police, consisting principally of the
organization olf a state bund and also
he best means of collecting duties, and
he citation of new means of revenue
md al ii the determination of prlncl-
les declined to safeguard the econom
' liberty of Morocco."
The agreement then makes a special
eservation of the frontier region be
ween Algiers and Morocco, where the
mlntennce o police will be regulated
directly between France und the sul
tan without submission to the conifer
en e. The regulation of contraband
In the same region also remains for
Fiance to determine with the rultan.
The two governments unite In ask Inn
that Si;mln accept Algeclrua as the
place for the cenference.
1 he Fran, o-uerman accord upon
Msrocco signed today arouses the keen
est satisfaction, not only on account
of Morocco but chiefly because It ter
minates the suspense of months which
threaten to disturb the peace of Eu
rope, lloth the foreign office and the
(tor man Embassy were equally glad to
close the controversy.
GRAFTER CARTER
UNDER THE LIGHT
Man Who Defrauded Uncle
Sam of Much Swag Is on
the Stand Again
Chicago, .Kept. 28. Cross-examina
tion of Capt. Oberlln M. Carter, charg
ed with defrauding the government out
of nearly $3,000, TOO, 'was continued to-
lay before Special Examiner Myman.
The Inquiry into the defendant's stock
and bond deals between 1893 and 1896,
occupied the time at today's session.
The financial transactions of the cap
ain were taken up week by wek, and
lay by day, covering a period of four
years, indications are that It will take
three or four more weeks to concludu
the questioning of the witness.
NEGRO SUFFRAGE
WILL BE ISSUE
Maryland State Democrats In
Convention Outline the Plan
of Coming Battle
Baltimore, Md., Sept. 2S. At the
Democratic State convention of Mary-
and, which was held in Ford's Opera
House, this city, today, Comptroller of
the State Gordon T. Atkinson was re-
nominated, and "a platform adopted
whlrh. excepting a paragraph Indors-
ng th excellent business admlnlstra-
ion of the present Democratic govern-
or, Edwin Warfleid. Is wholly devoted
to the advocacy of the proposed constl-
tullonnl amendment to restrict neisro
suffrage which will be voted upon at
ho Novemb r election.
CLEVELAND'S FORMER SECRETARY OF
STATE MAKES
New York, Sept. 2S- The . reply Ot
the conservative wing of the Demo
cratic party to W. J. Bryan's recent
open tetter to the president on railroad
rate legislation. Is contained in an s r-
icle by Richard Olney In the October
nurrvbfr of the North American Re
vl. w, published today. In what is prae-
Ically his first public utterance In two
y?am, ex-President Cleveland s former
secretary of state presents his final
judgment against the proposed legtsla-
lon In the form of a brief, covering
not only th law, but the public poli
cy Involveu in. the agitation.
la discussing the effects of govern
ment regulation upon the railroads, Mr.
Olney says; ;
"The situation to be anticipated then
that railroads private properties
and representing tnvistm, nts agcre-
INSURANCE
CONTINUES TO
INVESTIGATION
New York Life Books Witheld
on Demand For An Offi
cial Inspection
J.J'E
PROBERS ARE FIRM:
BOOXS MUST BE OPENED
Several Entries More or Less
Questionable Are Brought
out By Searchlight
New York, Sept. 28. Several sensa
tional Incidents developed at the ses
sion of the legislative committee in the
life Insurance investigation. The first
was when George P. Perkins, vice-president
of the New York Life Insurance
compuny, and a member of the firm of
J. P. Morgan & Co. objected to probing
the books of his firm showing a certali
transaction of that firm with the New
York Life. Mr. Perkins offered to pre.
sent a copy of the entry In question
from the books, but Mr. Hughes de
manded the books. After several re-'
fusals on the part of Mr. Perklr.e. The
books will be produced later.
In the course of his testimony Mr.
Perkins, when asked concerning tha i
differences in the statement of "Profits '
from securities" In the Massachusetts
report of the company.' nnd of net
profits from securltle " In the Now
York report, said:
"When we get national sv-vrvislon
we won'jf have these conflicts between
the different states."
Mr. Perkins testified to a number ot
transactions In which he reprewe 'ed
J. P. Morgan & CO., as seller, and the
New York Life Insurance company as
purchase
Another Sonsation.
Another sensation was sprung later
in the day when Vive President Thom
as A, Uuckner of the New York Llfa
Insurance compny, detailed the ad
vances made to agents and which wore
carried in the report to the state super
InUndent i of Insuranciv a commuting
renewal, premiums." r It was brought
out as a matter of fact that 'these ad- -vances
were loans to agent but were
not carried as such.' Hf. BuVkner testl.
fled that advances were made to agents
sometimes as Inducements to leave
other companies and enter the employ
of the New York Life.
A eltuatlon of conflict In Buffalo in
1901 between the Equitable and the
New York Life was brought out and
n order to get agents of th Equit
able away from that company, liberal
advances and liberal contracts were
made by the New York Life; Mr.
Buckner testified that thes advanoea
to agents In the Buffalo branch of the
New York Life In 1002 alone exceeded
by 148,888 the amount really earned by
these agents. I.ter Mr. Buckner ack
nowledged this was most extravagant
and said in 1903 the amount was cut
down by half and the remaining amount
In 1902. - ,
A copy of a contract nd a onfiden
tlaJ hitter to David H. Desbecker of
Buffalo, one o' the agents In question,
showtng the Inducements he"l out fos
blm to enter the employ- of the. New
York LSfe, was read, The confidential
letter showed that the New York Life
Insurance company agreed to ipajr Mr.
Desbecker a bonus of 14000 and to make
certain advances to him. Any return
for these advances Mr. Buckner said
were carried a an asset until the end
of the year and then they were charged ,
off to profit and Ios.
The cession will be resumed tomor
row. MASON 3 ELECT.
Syracuse, N. Y Sept. 28. The sixth
biennial convention of the Mason l '
R lief Association for the United
Slates and Canada ended today, to
meet In Louisville, Ky in 190T, The
following officers were elected:
President, Charles F. Strum, of Buf-
falo; first vice president. John H.
Oowles. Louisville; second vice presl-
dent.. Lurton H. Glnn Washington;
secretry, John B. Pope. New York;
treasurer, Dr, George. T. Brockway,
New York: advisory board, Charles A.
Nesbltt. Richmond, Va.: Alexander
Patterson, Toronto; "William Gillespie,
8, Louis: Charles-Blasilcll, Syracuse,
and J. P. Henderson. Knoxvllle, Tenn.
REPLY TO. W.J. BRYAN
gating .billions of 'dollar will find
,themselves controlled in. the vltat mat
ter of their .charges, not by their pri
vate owners but by two pubic boards
one representive of local Inter sts and
the other of national interest, and both
antagonistic to the interests of the
private owners concerned. The two
boarids will work for the lowest pos- .
slbia rates. In behalf of the business
under it charge, and therefore would
be constant rivalry with each other in
the effort extort , from the carrier
the best .service at the smallest cost.
l'nd?r the conditions anything Ilka
just, reasonable or stable rate mak
ing would be impossible. A situation
would be created intolerable alike to
the carriers and to the -public and th
sure outcomeunless thf whole ache me,.
of government rare making be aban
donedis government owenrship. ',