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PRICB FIVE CENTS
SCHOENFELD HOISTS THE
lIlfE :FLAfi!BEFORE THE
ONSLAUGHTS OF OLSEN
New Orleans Wrostler "Quit
Cold" After Half An
Hourks Fast Work.
REFUSES TO CONTINUE
AFTER FIRST FALL
Claimed That He Was "ttran
gled" and That His Shoul
ders were Not Down
Aft r half an hour of the fastest
and prettiest wrestling vt seen In
this city, and an exhibition by Olsen
of work which ' stamps him a the
cleverest wrestler tn the country, Prof.
Schoenfeld, of New Orleans, who un
dertook to "throw 01s:n twice within
the hour." quit cold, and disgusted the
twelve hundred people Who had gath
ered at the Auditorium to see the beut'
At the time 'ft hen Schoenfeld hoisted
the white flag Referee Wood declared
that both Schoenfeld's shoulders were
on the mat, but the N'3W Orleans man
said nay, and 'further claimed that Ol
sen essayed to strangle him with his leg.
Notwithstanding the latter statement
Mr. Schoenfeld was able to Indulge in
a lot of claims, and Incidentally took
occasion to say funny things about the 1
Ashevlllc newspapers, stating that he
had "seen many strange things in them
that ho. had ntver . seen before." Th
speaker doubtless spoke the truth In
thin tvtnnerf ai hnth of ihn eltv nniwri
have given him much more credit than
he Is entitled to: .This Is the gentle
man who said that Tom Frisbre, the
Madison county boy, had a "yellow
etreak," but after last night's exhl
bltlon Prof. Schoenfeld hns no room
whatever to talk about yellow streaks.
He quit in a babyish manner, notwith
standing the fact that Olsen did not
claim' the nil, and waa willing to give
the New Orleans man another chanc.
But the man from New Orleans knew
that he had met a wrestler of first
callbr?, and he was doubtless glnd to
avaU-fetmself ef any opportunity to es
cape the Certain defeat which stared
him In the face.
The match was all Olsen's, he hand
ling Schoenfeld with the greatest ease,
treating that getitleraanto a succes
sion of hammer locks, 'crotch holds,
bar N Hons, half and full Nelsons,
footlocks and ach-sor grips, all of which
doubtless hnd a demoralising effect
upon Mr. Schoenfeld. It was wrestling
of ji high order. Olsen walking around
his opponent. Twice th" nig Swede
lifted Bchoenfeld bodily from the mat
and Jammed him down to be again
playd W'lth. The only skill exhibited
by Schoenfeld was In hi" defensive tac
tics, and the frequency with which ho
slipped out from dangerous holds. He
executed a couple of head spins which
were certainly el ver.
The Behoenfeld-Olsen match was
preceded .by a preliminary bout be
tween Tom Park.T and Jesse Lyerly,
two local wrestlers. Th boys put up
a clever and decidrtv game exhibition,
each taking one of th? two first bouts.
In the third bout Lyerlv had the best
of It, and Parker rolled ov-jr. on his
back and quit. .
Ths Big Match.
. It was Just ten minutes to nln when
ex-Senator Tom Murray of Madison,
came out to Introduce the wrestlers. He
startled his audience by presenting
Mr. Schoenfeld as the man from "the
great . statet New C teens.'" The
speaker also introduced Olsen as the
man who had met and defeated the
"iron-Jawed Jap."
; At eight minutes to nlna the wrest
lers took their corners and Olsen op
ened 'with a fast reach for a half Nel-
JAMES PARR, THE CHAMPION OF ENGLAND,
IS NOW ANXIOUS TO WRESTLE OLSEN.
Pjerhaps the most famous of the
many wrestlers of national and In
ternational fame who have sent chal
lenges to Charles Olren as the result
of his victory over Prof. Ono la Jim
Parr, champion'1 of England, and raid to
be--the only man who has 'defeated
Jenkins, the American champion lna
straight match. The following com
munication .has been received by The
Cltlaen in mis conneiuiujii
AsherlHe Cltlien, Ashevllle, N.C.; .
', Gentlemen: I noticed by. the paper
some time ogo that there was a wrest
ler In yo-r city by the name of Charles
Olsen, and that he defeated the Jap.
Ono. I would like to matth Jim Parr,
the light heavy-weight champion
or Englana against wot. wnv...
tor the championship belt of England
which he holds and bet from 1560 to
1 1.000 m te side. .
CHAMPION WRESTLER OF THE WORLD;
' ISSUES CHALLENGE TO CHARLES OLSEN
rRneclil to The Citizen.)
Salisbury. K C Sept. 'J. Prof.
Charles Lronhardt, the champion
Ctraeco-Boman rrstler of the World,
la fc're tonight and announce a chal
lenge of the winner la the Olaea-Scbo-
son. Ha missed nnd Schoenfeld take
the "mat. Olsen gets hammer lock
but the Now Orleans man hreaka only
to be Instantly gripped with a crotch
hold. Schoenfeld breaks and rises. He
gets Ohien's ha J in a vise, but his
effort Is futile and he takes the mat,
Olsen gets arm, crotch and leg holds fn
uulck succession, but Schoenfeld es
capes by executing a spreud eagle on
tha mat. OIs n ngiiln gets hammer
lock and crotch hold but Schoenfeld
gets away from all, to again essay
half Nelson on the Swede. Olsen next
get tha scissor grip on his opponent
and essays to turn lilm, but Schoenfeld
executes a clevtr head spin und near
ly succeeds in pinning Olsen. The
crotch, hammer lock, and bar Nelson
are next used by Olsen, but the New
Orleans man gete clear. Olsen gets th?
footlock, to !e followed by a leg and
aruihold with whkh he lift. Schoenfeld
bodily from the mat and slams him
down In n'o gentle manner. Schoen
fold tried to rise but is forced down.
Crowd Chssrs.
The crowd wildly cheers the biilltant
work of Olsen. The New Orleans man
is playing a purely de tensive game, and
he has his hands full at that. Schoen
feld saves hlmielf from certain def at
by a claver shoulder and head spin.
Olsen gets footlock, Schoenfeld evade
and gets a cross hold on Olsen. The
Swede inukis a lightning reverse, and
Is again on top. olsen then starts
to obtain what proved to be the un
doing of Schoenfeld the rear hammer
lock. Schoenfeld evades twice, and
once secured what looked like a half
Nelson on Olsen, but the latter breaks,
gels a double Ncsmi, chang s again
to the deadly rear hammer lock and
slowly forces th left shoulder of Scho
enfed to the mat. Olson's leg is across
the chest and directly over the chin of
Schoenfeld and It was this hold which
the New Orleans man claimed stran
gled him. Meanwhile Referee Wood
was watching the right shoulder grad
ually descending to the mat, and he
awards the bout to Olsen.
The Decision.
Th( re Is much difference of opinion
as to nether or not Schoenfe ld s
ishmilders were both down, but Mr.
Wood declares that he could not pass
hi' hand under Schoenfeld's right
shoulder the one in dispute. There Is
no doubt that Mr. Wood was conscien
tious in his decUlon and there sure few
persons in Ashevllle who will not say
that he gave his decision as he saw it.
KuU nptiwttlljtancjing J.ie referec'w
decision Mr. Olsen said he. was willing
to waive his claim of the fall If th r.'
wor? any doubts about It, and offered
to plve Schoenfeld a chance to begin
over again. But Schoenfeld hoisted the
white flag, and refused to come on
again. II did, however, Indulge In a
lot of twaddle about "fair play" and
then (ndeavored to g;t funny nt the
exprnse of the Ashevllle newspapers.
both of which, since the coming of
Schoenfeld to this city, have treated
him with fairness and courtesy, both
giving much space to complimentary
press notices which he may, or may
not, have deserved. It is now probable
hat Mr. Rchoenfpld will see more fun
ny things In the nf.vspapers than what
saw In Ashevllle.
Olsen's behavior aft?r the unseemly
ending of the match won him many
friends last night and should he take
up his resldene here he will find that
One people of Ashevllle prefer a stayer
to a quitter. '
Olsen Meant Business.
It 'was the universal opinion . last
night that Shoenfeld knew that Olsen
meant business when he told Schoen-
Id to "wrestle," and the exhibition
put up by the Illinois wrestler soon
convinced the crowd that 1t was going
a see a genuine wrestling match aad
no "fake.' There was hardly a time
when Olsen was in serious danger.
while Schoenfeld was twirled around
CONTINUED ON PAGE POUR.
Thanking you in advance for your
expected favor, I am
Tours truly,
-". JIM COBURN.
When shown the challenge Mr. Olsen
seemed quite plea-red and said he '
more than willing to mi it Parr, lie
ranged, however, and cannat set a date
ranged, however, and cannotse t a date
though he expressed his Intern! )n of
doing so If possible as soon a he is
disengaged.
Mr. Barton, Olson's manager, ald
that this would be p'rhaps the haid
st proposition Olsen bad even en
countered and that before meeting Parr
he would have to train for some time
but he expressed perfect confidence In
the ability of his man to win and
neemed to think that Parr would be
but another victim of the speed and en
durance of the wonderful North Car
olina body.
en fell contest which ia taking place at
Ashevllle at this hour. Prof. Iconhardt
has been In five thousand contests and
ha- w-rntkd many times In Europe '
and Turk y. ft expects to locate In'
Salisbury for the purpose of leaching 1
his system of physical culture.
T
m POOL FOR
LEGISLATION
Big Insurance CompanlesSave
Expenses In one Way
At Least.
SCHIFF MAKES FIERCE
ATTACK ON MR HYDE
Says He Held Entire Finance
Committee at His Mercy
All the Time.
New York, Sept. 29. When the leg
islative commission on the Insurance
investigation adjourned today until
next Wednesday, it concluded a week
in which greater progress has been
made than in any week since the In
vestigation was begun. Today when
Alfred M. Maine, an associate auditor
of the Equitable Life Assurance So
ciety, was called to the stand It was
disclosed -that the Equitable Llf, the
Mutual Life and the New York Life
companies had formed a pool to look
after legislation before the various
state legislatures. Andraw Hamilton,
to whom President McCain of the N-w
York Life, paid several checks, was
one of the chief members of the legal
staff for these companies and was em
ployed and received money for services
from 'the Equitable, amounting to 165,
596 In lght years.
Edward I. Dcvllh, the ral estate
manager of tha New York Life, for
the United States and Canada, testi
fied as to th ost of the building in
Paris. It as brought out that the
Paris building was carried on the books
of the company at a, valuation of tl,
102,604, whereas with the original cost
and improvements on tho building,
actuat money to the amount of f 2 533,
104 was paid,' over, one million' btlra;
charged off the valuation In the books
of the company.
The most important witness was Ja
cob H. Schiff, head of the banking firm
of Kuhn, Loeb A Co. As one point
aft r another was brought out he grew
excited and vigorously defended his
attitude while a director of the Equita
ble Society and claimed bis firm had
arted in a conscientious manner In all
its dealings, with ; the . society. Mr.
Schiff asked to be allowed to make a
statement.' He made tn impassioned
attack on the State 'superintendent of
Insurance and statements he had made
concerning Kuhn. Loeb St Co. during
the invstlgatlon of the Equitable. The
entire finance committee was at the
merry of one man.' "It was all Ilyde,"
said Mr. fScblff. "all Hyde and Alexan
der. Mr. Hyde wrote the messages re
garding the off r made y my firm for
participation In syndicates. Mr. Hyde
signed all the receipts, Ht. Hyde wrote
all the letters."
. Ia the matter of the James H. Hyde
and associates syndicate. Mr. Schiff
hotly accused Mr. Hyde of trying to
shield Wmself.- Heaaldi The vice af
the entire insurance situation has been
responsible here. I
'SjFiB no iiiyppffi
Uncle Sam I wonder if that question will agitate me m
CHANDLER-IS
AGAINST BILL
Each-Townsend Measure
Comes In for Severe Crit
icism at his Hands
FORMER SENATOR ALSO
WARNS REPUBLICANS
Says Centralization of Govern-
meat by Them Has
Cone to Far.
Concord, N. II., Sept. 29. In a sorle
of open letters to Edward A. Mbely,
of the interstate commerce commission,
Fojrmer Serntor Wll.lam H. Chand
ler, of New Hampshire, defines his at
titude toward the Esch-Tawnsend rate
legislation bill, to icome before con
gress at I:m next session, and calls to
the attention of the commission ifome
of the dangers that beset the attempts
to pass the bill, as they appear to him.
Mr. Chandler lays great stress upon
the attitude of the railroad companies
and saya the methods of defending the
measure to be put forth next winter
will -be by dangerous amendments or
.additions to the Esch-Townsend bill,
"under the guise of fr'endiy improve
ments, but really as rallrcad tricks."
Among otlicr things, Senator Chan
dler says:
"It H not unnatural that the Repub
lican party ."tumid et remedies for
rociul evils from national legislation.
It is true that In its origin that party
appealed to state:-.' rights to resist the
errroae-hmeii'.s of the islave power
which then '.ontroiled ths nationnl gov
ernment. Eut when the Republican
obtained that control and slavery and
secession began war against the Union
under the claim of state;' rights, the
Republicans began to magnify nation
al power In order to secure the main
tenance of the union and the destruc
tion of slavery; and In thethir.d of a
century while that party baa con
trolled the nation It has carried the
aggrandisement of national power and
the domination of slates' rights to- a
mistaken extreme. It is lime to call a
halt before the tables are again turned
and weapons unwisely forged by the
Nrth are directed against that section
and threaten Its dearest Interests.
MORGAN MAYOR.
London. Sept. 2. Alderman Walter
Morgan mi today elected mayor of
London for the ensuing year. Mr.
Morgan la a septuagenarian, a banker
and a batch lor. He wan educated at
ihe Blueroat school and is a prominent
Free Maijon.
BANK CLEARINGS.
XV w York. pt. I Total bank
clearings I J.5JS.6M.M. Increase 211
per cent. Ootswe New Tork $92.71.-
;; Increase 17.7 per ceat.
uch when congress opens
FORCES WILL
BE CUT DOWN
Large Force no Longer Nee
ded to Fight In New
Orleans.
PRESIDENT'S VISIT IS
CAUSE OF TROUBLE
Feared That Protests Will
Compel Him to Leave
Out Louisiana.
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YESTERDAY'S RECORD.
V ' V
Xew Orleans, Sept. 29. The
fi ver report up to 6 p. m. today
was as follows:
New cased 28
Teytal to date ,..2,969
Deaths ...... . 2
Total to date.. .. 386
New foc ; ........ 5
Case tinder treatment .... 243
Discharged.. , 2,340
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New Organs, Stept. 29. With the
rteady Improvement In the yellow fe
vere situation there Is expesoted to be
a gradual reduction beginning next
Week of the forces now employed un
der the auspics ofth e government in
the struggle to eradicate the disease
Some increase over the very low
record of the preceding four days was
Hhown In today' report of the new
case?, but In view of the fact that
the population today Is much larger
than It was a month ago the percent
age oMe kncss is considered exceeding
ly small. The day's deaths fhowed a
decline
Ifae feeling of uncertainty regard
ing the visit of President Roosevelt
stl I exists and there Is some appre
hension that the dct Won of the Ameri
can rublic Health a eoclatlon to have
a ecmmHtee communicate to the pres
ident Its oppo Ition to a visit to New
Orleans, at this time and suggesting
that he cut ..ew Orleansfro m the
preae-nt trip. Any announcement there
fore that the trip na beer deferred
will be attributed to the pressure' that
is being brought on It growing out of
Ignorance of a tuel conlKlon pre
vailing here. It la promised that a
decision will be given Anally on lion
dey. WARRANT ISSUED.
Carhcsvllie, Oa Sept it. A bench
warrant was yesterday Issued for the
arrest of Mrs. Amanda Cobb, charged
with murder. She la held In an office
at the. court bouse, but haa not been
In the court room today. It Is not
known when she will be tried, but the
case cannot be reach d this week
There will probably be a called spe
cial term of court for trying her.
NEW YORK MILLIONAIRE,
COMMITS SUICIDE ' FOR
SOME UNKNOWN REASON
WILL URGE TEDDY
TO AVOID FEVER
American Public Health Asso
elation Sends Message to
President About Trip
f 'It 3 . ' :
Boston, Mass., Se'pt. 29. At the con
vention of th.- Amerle'an Public Health
Association today a declaration that
he proposed visit of President Roose'
velt to New Orleans would be unsafe
because, of the prevailing fever which
was submitted yesterday to th-j com-
nlttee on resolutions, was not prtsoivt
d and the matter was dropped.
Another motion was then passed re
questing Prof. Ftanklln C. Robinson
o roiumunlate with the president and
acquaint him with 'the association's
lentlmeMits in the matter, which It Is
nown are those of opposition to the
Isit because certain districts about
'e-- Orleans are infected. Resolution.
were adopted declaring that the asso-
Intlon sees In the results obtained at
Xew Orleans a furtherr cnnnrmation of
the views that yellow f.ver Is natural
ly transmitted only by the bite of an
Infected moseiulto.
GAYNOR AND GREENE
COMING BACK SOON
Montreal, Que., Sept. 29. George V.
White, United States marshal for th.'
iouthern district of Georgia, and Jos-
ph W. Doyl., district attorney, arrlv
d here today to take Col. Guynor and
apt, Or eon back to Bnvannah, On.,
or trial on i;liurge! of defrauding thee
mien states government. They
brought warrants bearing tho slgna-
urc of President Roosevelt and will
remain here until the extradKlon ,pa-
eers arrive fiom Ottawa, It was ex
lected that the extradition warrant
ould rcasli the sheriff's oflice tody.
ut the Ia.trst news from Ottawa stiites
hat the signature of the minister of
slice hns not yet been affixed to th '
arrant of surrender-
It va learned today thnt there will
e no further action by the lawyers
'or the defense, ns far as any appeal
rom Judg Oulmet's decision Is enn
erned. STILL FEEL HOPEFUL
IN INFECTED CITY
Pensaeola, Fla., Sept. 29. Follow-
ng Is the sunimaiy of the fever sltua-
in to 6 p. m. '
Ne'vv rases. 10; total to date 138.
aths today 2: total to date 23. To
cases discharged 48; now under
reatmrnt 6C.
Although today ther? hnve been six-
en ne w cases of yellow fever report-
. there have been but two deaths and
both of there occurred about midnight
ant night. There nr? no desperately
k fever patients now under treat
nt. A hopeful feeeling pervades the
ealth offl(;e. Very few suspicious caes
ire undir ebservatlon, and it is antlcl
lated that the number ef new case
omorrow will be very materially les
sened.
GOVERNOR GLENN REFUSES TO GRANT
EESPIIEIO THE MADISON COUNTY MAN
Special to The CJtlzen.
Raleigh, N. C Bept.. 29. Governor
Cllenn decides that Peter Smith, rapist,
of Madison county, must be hanged.
He say: The care was tried In Mad
ison county Superior court at the Feb
ruary term. On appeal to the Supreme
e-ourt the judgment of the lower court
was alMinied, An application for par
don was made and from Mme to time,
the prisoner was respited until Septem
ber 14lh, 1905. While tn the eastern
states, I received a telegram from the
prisoner's attorney stating he was lnw
formed that the prose; utrtx In the case
had written a letter saying she had
worn to a lie, having been compelled
to do by her father.
- Upon receipt of the telegram I
wired from Concord, New Hampshire,
respiting the prlsmier vntA October
2nd, at the same time Instructing So
licitor Brour to get the prosecuting wit
ness and curry her before Judge Moore
In order that it might appear whether
MOUNTED MEN PATROL ALABAMA STATE
LINES TO ENFORCE QUARANTINE LAlS
Montsom ry, Ala., Sept. 2D. As cne
of the results of State Health Officer
W. If. Panders' visit to the southern
part of Alnbama, Just concluded today.
mount-, d patrolm.'n in the employ of
the State are now riding along Hie ex
ied borders of th Kta! In lower
Ilsvambia and eibtert ialdwln, Ttilr
William R. Travers Blows out
. His Brains In Private "
Apartments.-
WAS HIGHLY CONNECTED
AND A MAN OF LEISURE
Not Faintest Clue to Cause of
Suicide Has Yet Been '
4l Pound-
Nw York. Sept . William E.
Travels, a millionaire man of leisure,
son of tha Wall atreet operator and
wit, William R. Travera, committed
suicide today by shooting himself
through the head In hi apartments
in Madison avenue. The suicide is In-
xplicabie, Mr. Travers being In thaf
prime of life. In fair health and the
possessor of a large fortune, f .
Mr. Travers married Mrss Lily Har-
rlman, a sister of Mrs. W.1 K. Vander
bllt, Jr. The couple separated three
years ago. Mrs: Travers going to Paris
to live. Mr. Travers waa an uncle-of
Mrs. Clnrence MacKay. He had two
sisters, Mrs. James Wadsworth of Gen- ;
esee, N. Y., and Mr. Walter Gay, now
living In Paris. Since his separation '
from his wife he had llvrd entirely
alone with the care of hla valet, Mar
tin Moon. ' 1 ' . . -
When Mr. Travers rose this morning
he appenced to be In excellent spirits
nnd 'after breakfast told his valet that
he would not require his services dur
ing the day. Shortly after noon a
maid found Mr. Travers lying dead on
his bed with a revolver by his side. He
had placed the muzzle of the weapon
his mouth, sending the bullet
through his brain. He left several let-
ers all relating to business affair and
giving no clue to the cause of th ul-
clde. ' , ,
NEGROES OVERPOWER
JAILOR AND ESCAPE
Cordeie, da., Sept. J9.A special'
from Vienna, Ga,, tell of the escape
of five negroes, Lewis Thompson, Cock
Whitsett, Walter Mk-Gee, Mose Lee
nil . Davlf, from the Dooley county
Jail at 12:30 o'clock this afternoon. . The
negroes were In wait for Jailor T.
Atkins, sr., when he look them their
dinner at that hour, and jumred an
htm as he unlocked the door to the
lower floor of the jail. The prisoner
fled to the swamps and a pj and
dogs are ii pursuit. 1 .
FREIGHT CRASH AND
ENGINEER IS KILLED
Roanoke Va., Sept. 29. tn a rear
eryl collision between . two freight ;
trains on the Norfolk and Western
railroad near Lurlch today. Engineer
James R. KIrby. of Roanoke, was In
ftantly killed and Fireman P. B. War.
)ren and Drakeman George' B. "Ed
monds". Vth of this city, were badly
scalded. The responsibility -for th)
wreck has not been placed. One of tha
train wa standing at the station when
the other crashed into the cabooe.
Six cars were wrecked and the en
gine of the rear train waa damaged.
or not she had made the . atttement
attributed ti her in the telegram. Af
iter careful examination' by Judge
Moore, trial judge in the case, the pros
ecutrix denied having made any such
statement and re-affirmed what she had
said at 4 he trial of the case.
Both Judge and Solicitor refuse to
recommend commutation. While the
prosecutrix may not be all thax Wis
ought to be. her testimony la fully cor
roborated by expert Utnesaea and by
other witnenjcs. :
The defendant la contradicted and hla
conduct show ullt. While regretting
exceedingly not being cbl to see my
way. clear to commute the prisoner
sentence to life Imprisonment, after
considering the testimony, I have no
dot bt of his guilt, and that he commit
ted the alleged rape, the punishment of
which Is death. I must decline, there
fore, to further respite hin.. and the
sheriff la directed to execute the sen
tenon of the court. , .
eyes are open for every man on foot er
in v.-'hlcli who passes the state line
from-any dhection. If they come from
Mis direction of Florida such travelers
arc made to shew that they have not
lit the Kast violated the Al.tbama quar
antine which applies not only to I n-:k-o1.
but as to th entire Ssate ef
KKM-ida,