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THE ' ASHEILLE CITIZEN!' '.V . .THE WEATHER. . ; t . V fARTCY CLOUDY. : ' :'" 1 , f . :' CITIZEN WANT AO Witt RENT THAT VACANT ... ROOM. VOL XX $0 312 ASBBVTLLB N. C, SATURDAY MORNING OCTOBER 7 1905 PRICB FTVB CENTS The Only Associated Press Newspaper in Western North Carolina SALARY LIST ' OF COMPANY HARVEY JORDAN MAKES APPEAL TO PLANTERS REPUBLICANS DECLARE FOR RAILWAY CLERK STRUCK HUGHES GETS REPUBLICAN GOVERNMENT SAYS THE PHYSICIAN IS . ARRESTED FOR BUND IN AN INSTANT REPORTS ARE FALSE He 8sys By Holding Cotton Two Weeks Fiflht for High PricM Can be Won. Mind Becomes a Blank and Sight is Interesting Developments in Trial of Lest Without Second's Warn ing. Revenue Officer at Greens boro. IS EXPOSED A REVISION NOMINATION HIDING CASES President Mc Curdy Receives $150,000 per Year for his Services. ENORMOUS AMOUNT OF MONEY IS EXPENDED Another day of Sensational , Developements Passed by the Committee. (By Associated Pros.) NEW YORK. Oct. 6. Closing a week every day of which has produced a sensation that has stirred the coun try, the epeclal legislative committee Investigating the methods of Insurance companies, adjourned today until Tues day of next week. In today's testimony the sensational development was when Mr Hughes de manded the pay roll of the executive officers of the Mutual Lift Insunance company. This was produced and showed the salaries of 'these officer's since 1877. For the year 1904 President MeOurdy received $150,000, two vice presidents were paid 150,000 each; a second vice-president J17.5O0; the third vice-president $10,000, arid the general manager $25,000, who this year will re ceive $30,000 and the trea urer $50,000. Robert McCurdy, the general man ager, said he never knew the salary of his faher tin! 11 today, when he heard It read In the committee room He thought, however, that there should be no limit o the salary of such posi tions because they should bo In accord ance with the accumulations of the company. When a.ked If it Wiis nny benefit to he policy holder to Increase the present's saary, Mr. McCurdy said he thought the trustees should consider that when they Increased the president's salary. No Increase, however, had ever been considered when he was present at the trustee's meetings. Earlier In the day when Ms. McCurdy was on 'the stand, Mr. Hughes tried to bring out why C. H. Raymond & Com pany, and the partners in that firm received larger emoluments for the business than any other agency. Mr. McCurdy said he did not know what Mr. Thebaud received from the business and had never talked with him aboyt his personal affairs. He said it was a "large reward for large achieve ments, and that all businesses of large -magnitude were built upon that prin ciple." "Don't you think you ?ould get Mr. fhebaud's services for $100,000?" Mr. Hughes asked. "I suppose so If he didn't have a con tract. Lawyer Beck, of the Miriual's coun sel here stepped forward and said: "If to be related to officers of an In. Surance company Is n crime, President hoosevelt will have lo modify hi race suicide theory." "It Is not a crime," retorted Senator Armstrong, chairman of the Investlgat hug committee, "It is merely ridiculous.' (By Asseeiated Press.) ATLANTA. Qa.. Oct. . President Harvle Jordan of the Southern Cotton Association, today Issued an open let ter to the farmers of the South In which he urges thuin to hold tbtlr cot ton for at 1 ast two weeks. He states tttat If the farmers or the South stand together for two weeks and hold their cotton they will win the fight against those mho arc endeavoring to depress the pulee of the staple. In his let- t r President Jordan refere 10 the ad vice of Former Vice-President Peters, of Texas, to sell cotton. President Jo: dan closes his letter to he farmers with a strong appeal to stand together and resist to the last, every attempt to DriaK me present organization of the producers to secure fair prices for their staple." WORKMEN BURIED IN A LANDSLIDE Massachusetts State Convent Hon Scene of Unusual Party Action. ROOSEVELT'S IDEA ENDORSED HEARTILY But one Dissenting Vote to Resolution. Organized Op. position Being Absent Tons of Slate and Ear h Crash Down Upon Quarry Men and Entomb ten. 6. Ten (By Associated Press.) CRANV1LLK. N. Y., Oct men met deth Instantly at the quarry of the Wrmont Slate ompany louuy when about 100 feet of the west bank crashed down without warning, bury ing the victims under hundreds ot tons of slate and loose earth. Five bodies we iv uecovered but It Is uouui ful 'wheth r the others can be reach ed before next week. The dead, with the exception of John O. Williams, president and treasurer of the com pany, are all Hungarians. AUTOMOBILES MUST NOT VIOLATE LAWS RUNNING AT EXCESSIVE .SPEED f MUST STOP. (By Associated Press.) BOSTON, Mass.. Oct. 6. With only one voice raised In opposition th.' Re publicans of Massachusetts in Slate convention today declnccd for a re vision of the tariff. Contrary to ex pectations the radical wing of the par ty, under the Hadershlp of Eugene N Foss of Boston, did not offer a substi tute for the plank in the platform re lating to the tariff, although In a speech to the delegates Mr. Fuss de clared that the revision of the tariff favored in the State 'platform was not sufficiently 'wide in Its scope. The platform as adopted demands ltgtslatlon "to prevent all unjust dis crimination In the form of railway re bates." It declares for the "mainten ance of the policy of protection andj approves the position taken by our senators and representatives at the last session of congress In favor of ipr sent action anil we urge that they should continue to press upon their party associates In congiiess from other States the wisdom of a con sideration of'the tariff for the purpos? of revision and readjustment." The department of commerce and labor is urged to Investigate the ques tion of cMld labor with the object of Its uniform prohibition on la basis not lower than that of t!ie present Massachusetts law. Where- the elec tion franchise In any State "has lim it d representation in congress and 1n the electoral college should be pro portional !y reduced as directed by the Constitution of the United States." (Speoial to The Citiztn.) Spjncer, N. f. iii. . James A. Reeves, a clerk i:i the Southern llail wa' offices her--, went suddenly blind today In Charlotte, where he had gon for medical uit.Mloii. He left here yesterday and txpe. ted to take treat ment for his ie.. inn w. nt stone blind befoae treatment ould be ob tained. It Is alo.i Im lit ved that a bl Mid vesel has keen ruptured causing blindness, together with ni ntal al er- atlon. Hla roii li! is said to be se rious, his mlml being a blank. His misfortune came wl hout a moment's warning. YOUNG PHYSICIAN HELD FOR MURDER Mysterious Death of Girl Cau ses Idv stlgatlon and Ar rest of the Doctor. Man Prominent In Insurance Investigation In Line for big Office. REFUSES TC TALK OF HIS LATEST HONORS Laws for Protection of Life In. surance Holders Deman ded In Platform. (By Associated Press.) CHICAGO, Oct. 6 Ir. Oliver Hart, a younjj physician residing tile suburb of Rk - rs Park, is in It. In the Aldermen instruct Police to Watch Mo tor Cars and See That Ordinance is Obeyed. COAL WORKERS IN IMMINENT DANGER (By Associated Press.) PUEBLO, Colo.. Oct. . A defective electrical generator started a destruc tive Are at the Fremont coal mine, near Florence, Colo., today. Al the building Including the shaft house, Were destroyed. Fifty men were work log tn the mine at the time when the fire started. All of the men were res cued. ' FOISON SUSPECTED. SPENCER, N. C. Oct. '. A mild sensation has resulted from develop ments following th death of Mrs. Robert J. Oseay which occurred at her home near Salisbury one week ago. It Is now believed that the deceased tunas poisoned am) that death resulted therefrom. The body fe to be exhum ed and the stomach examined for poi son. It Is not known who ta supposed to have administered the deadly dose. The speeding of automobiles was (giv en considerable attention at the me: t- ine of the board of aldermen last night an, It is llkelv that any owners of horseless carriages who have been vio latlng the city's ordinance on the eub Je:it will have to leform or pay a heavy fine. Alderman Randolph started the ball rolling by asking that the automo. bile ordinance be read. He then asked the Chief of Police If he had any com paints of viokaitions of the ordinance and what steps he had taken in con seduence. Chief Bernard said It was very diffi cult to secure a conviction under the ordinance for the reason ithat persons who complained of violations were un willing to swear that the automobile In question was exceeding ithe rute set 12 miles per hour. He sent patrol men to various parts of the city many times, he said, ito see If excessive speed ing could not be detected but was un Kicessful In securing material for a ea:e In court In each, Instance. He eald it was a hard matter to tell whether or not un automobile Is exeeding the limit If it Is running but slightly more than 12 miles :per hour. Everyone agreed that there was much running of motor cars at excessive rates of speed and that steps jnust be taken to correct this state of affairs and a resolution was adopted Instruct Ing the chief of police to see that the law Is enforced. The law provides 4hat outside of the fire limits the speed of ari'.omoblle shall not exceed 12 miles per hour; inside of Are limit-, miles per hour; when turning corners, ( miles per hoar, and when running across the square, miles per hour. PARTLY CLOUDY. WASHINGTON. Oct. . Forecast for Saturday and Sunday: North Car olinaPartly cloudy Saturday; rain at night , or Sunday; Increasing north east wind.' GAYNOR AND GREENE WILL BE BROUGHT - - BACK INTO THE UNITED STATES TODAY (By Associated Press.) MONTREAL. Que, Oct. . The last legal step In the Gaynor-Oreene case, so far as the courts of Canada are cottreoied. waa taken today and to morrow the United Stat a marshals will start will the t-jro prisoners for Sebannaa, Oa where they will be placed on trial for alleged embesxle ment and conspiracy to defraud the United State government, on Indict ments secured In ISO. - Extraordinary efforts were made to ke- p mttn when the marshals and the prisoners . would start for tbe Dotted States. . Tonight It was stated that the time for departure had been postponed un til tomorrow morning. Notwithstand ing this annuncement a number of newspaper men prepared to keep an all-night taatcb on the jail entrances. It was learned fkom a reliable source that the delay In beginning the jour ney south wlth'Gaynor and Greene was to naijle Hie deputies to pass through the Ftate of New York on Sunday to avoid possibility of the ser vlct of papers In proceedings designed to delay rhe trial of the prisoners at Savannah. " ' . ' FINED FOR ASSAULT. Constable Jones aniested Arnold n.reenlee for assault on Julia Alexan der. Magistrate Williams gave Green lee $1 find costs. Julia Alexander caused the arrest of Adilie Cfceenlop for larceny, but could show no good case find was require ! to pay the costs her self. custody of the police pending further Investigation of the death of Irene Klokow, 10 years old, wh'ich occurred yesterday In the residence of the physician. It is the opinion of tne 'polio that a charge of munlcr will be lodged against Dr. Hart. The girl died In a bedroom - of the Hart residence in which she had heen locked for sevt ral hours. It Is the opinion of the au thoiltlis, .based on the facts disclosed at the inquest held today, that the slrl was maltreated and then poisoned In an attempt to conceal the. crime. Aftr finding that it was Impossible for the child ic, recover, tho physician swallowed morphine and lay In an un conscious condition all of last nlqiht and dining the gr.ater part of today. Late this afternoon he partially rc ivvered and was brought to the city and locked up In the East Chicago ivi iiue cilice station. HAD ESCORT. (By Associated Press.) JACKSoN. Miss., Oct. 6. Mai. -Gen. T. It. Keeslt r. in eommtnd of the Grtenwo.id military company, reached here last evening, having In custody mc of tin- ninnies who shot a nhite man at Linter City s vera I days aso. The negro was. brought here under military escort to prevent lynching. (By Associated Press.) XHW YOHK. Oct. 6. Charles H. Hughes, principal counsel fur the commute; of the legislature to Inves tigate insurance affairs, was tonight unanimously nominated us the candi date for mayor of New York by I lie Republican convention In Ca.: ingle Hall. The other nominations were: Richard Young, lironklyn, for comp troller, and James L. Wells, of the Pronx. for prcsidi nt of the board of aldermen. Formt r L!i tit. -Go v. Timothy L. Woodruff was chos-n temporary chair man of the convention. Senator Page .end the platform, 'which embraced i denunciation of the Democratic mu nieipal a fnliil. ration, and affirmed the principle of non-partlsaiiBhlp In i.iunikliial affairs, a d mand for the passage by the next legislature of laws for the protection of life insurance policy holders and a more rigid offl vim mi. uiiiiizing oi lire insurance com panies, the control of future subways the municipality, and the estab (By Associated Press.) CHAItUiTTK, N. ('.. Oct. . A spe clal to The observer from Greensboro, N. '.. says that tit the trial In the fed- i :al court there today of the ease of the I'nited States vs. G. W. Samuels, i form r revenue officer, charged with 'onspiraey, the government Introduced testimony attacking the reports sub mitted by the defendant. Mr. West, of the treasury d partment at Washing ton, identified official reports filed by th. defendant, regarding1 Illicit distil leries destroyed, whih reports, the gov ernment contends, are false. The government, it Is announced, purposes to show that the raids re ported to the r venue bureau of the treasury department, were In reality uevt r made. Klghtecn witnesses te-stllled for the oveinment at this afternoon's ses lon and they wwe cross-examined by the defendant's counsel. The trial wUI be continued. New Orleans Doctor did not Give Necessary Infor mation to Officers. NEGROES WANT VISIT FROM THE PRESIDENT Ask That Part of tils Time be Spent with Them During Stay In City. PEORIA BANK TO CLOSE ITS DOORS ndlctment of Ex-presldent aad Discovery of Forger ies Puts It In bad Shape. by Ilshinent of u municipal lighting plant Mr. Hughes was askid later If he had any statement to make for' pub Ur al Ion. I here s nothing Just now," he said CHAPLAIN DIES. (By Associates Press.) KNOXVILLB, Tenn., Oct. a. Rev w. II. Kales, who has been a member f ttie KolHton cijnferenee of the Meth- ijinw,,tiui i iiuii ii, nuuui, Hint 1XM. died at his home heiv today. He was chaplain of the Eastnni Hospital ior me insane nere. He ws 84 yeurs old. Villa Knox, an opra singer ef na tional reputatloi , wan his daughter. : , E XCITCVCNT AMONG THE NATIVE ft. Whe the PreeiJent'i Personal N if. stive of hie teeenl hunting trip reaches Bear Gulch. (By Associated Press.) PKORIA, 111., Oct. 6. At a meeting of the dlrictors of the Peoria National Bank, late tonight, It was unanimous ly voted to close the doors of the in stitution and ask the comptroller to take charge. Since the Indictment, of N. C. Dougherty, until yesterday pres ident of th bank, on many counts of forget y, hundreds of depositors have withdrawn their accounts and this caused the hasty action tonight. . . . . iultllUtll'lU f - . :i WH1TTEM0RE JURY UNABLE TO AGREE MISTRIAL RESULTS IN IMPOR- TAN" SUPERIOR COURT CASE. Jury Stood Seven to Five fOf Defen dant Wuring Greater Part of Its Deliberations. The ease of Dixon vs. the Southern railroad company progressed rapidly In the Superior eonrt yesterday and both rldes re led 'their eases before an ad journment was taken. The argument will begin this morning und a verdict will probobly be reached before even ing. After the Jury In the cases of Whlt- temore vs. Whlttemore and Hhuroni vs. Whlttemore had been out about 28 hours, Judge McNeill yestorday dis charged the men and declared a mis trial Th e foreman said there was no chance apparently of an iagreement be ing reached and Judge McNeill w un willing to keep ithem longer, the men having been In. court for more than a week It was learned that upon the first ballot the Jury stood 5 for ithe plaintiff and 7 for the defendant and that this division was maintained un til yeserday aft'jrnoon when a. ballot showed for the plaintiff and 6 for the defendant. , YESTERDAY'3 RECORD. e NEW ORLEANS. Oct, The fever report up to ( p. m. today follows: New cases 15 e ' Total to date.. 3,147 Deaths . . 4 Total deaths to date .... 407 New foci. . I e Cases under treatment. .. 109 e Cases discharged.. .. ..1,640 (By Associated Press.) , NEW ORLEANS, Oct. . Compare- ' lively little change characterised th yellow fever situation In New Orleans tn1iiv hnl.h th now mwr and ifaufha stijiklng the daily average for the past week v A second charge against Dr. Bxbarry fur falling to report a fever case, was V made today. Mrs. Duffy' home on St. rtoeh avenue, Is said to have dad It case for five duys under Dr. Brtarry'a -treatment which had not"been reported to the authorities. The marine hos pital service la no, longer printing the names of the doctors who report case. the f hy.'telans requesting that the sys tem be discontinued. Pub'lc criticism of the reporting of cases that turned out to other Chan yellow fever Is believed to be responsible for the objections ot 1 the doctors During his visit here the negro pop ulatlon desires a small portion, of th president's time. When President Mc. Klntey came here, staying two duys, he paid a visit to one of the colored ed ucatlnna Institutions and the colored people hope to have President Roose velt do the same thing. ; I Today the Southern, Pacific placed at the disposal of Mayor Behrman ' the fine new steamer Comus, to be used by the -president In making hie trip ovet the hiirbor. - r MISSISSIPPI REPORT. BREAK GROUND FOR A $30,000 HOTEL (Spocla.1 to The Citizen.) SPENCER, N. C, Oct. 6. Ground was broken here today for a $30,000 hotel building which Is being erected by Dr. J. W. Young, of this place. The site Is a handsome one. conveniently located, and the building will be of brkk one hundred feet front and one hundred an twenty feet deep, three stories high, and will contain 100 room. In iddltion to the hotel office on the ground floor the building will accom modate two or more mercantile es tablishments. The name of the new hotel has not yet been determlued. neither has the management been de cided upon. Jackson, Miss., Oct. I. No new points of yfllow fever Infection bava developed In the state during the past twenty-four hours and no suspicious tases are under observation at non infected points The official summary Issued fro pi tho state board of health' Is as follows: Vlcksbuxg, 1 new case tn city; t In, country; one death; total casoa .to date 23, deaths 7. Under treatment IS. ' Hansboro, 2 case. Mississippi City 2 new cases. Oulfport J new case. Hamburg, 4 new cases, 2 deaths, 22 patents nuder treatment. Port Gibson, 5 new cases, no deaths; 9 patient dis charged. iNo new Infection developed nt Harrison, and Scranton failed t Report. i FEVER IN FLORIDA. (By Associated Prese.) PENSAOOLA, Oct. . The official fever summary today Is as follows: New cases IS; total to date 21s; d oths 2. total S7; discharged 79; un der treatment 103. ..''.'-;; ; -j c ; t Today's report shows little, change In the fever situation. One of the new cases is the British. vice-consul, Fred erick Bona, m ho Is in a very danger ots condition. Fears are entertained for his recovery. One of the deaths was that of a seaman on the Norwe gian bark Cosmos. While tne out look is anything but bright, Dr. Porter and the health ofltrlala are putting up a strong fight and have not expressed ny discouragement over the situation. They are meeting with some opposi tion on 'the part of a certain class of cltlaens who do not seem to be im pressed with the danger of- the situa tion. Fumigation and screening con tinues despite, this opposition, i . . . , UNUSUAL SUIT f OK DAMAGES IS BEGUN AGAINST THE SOUTHERN IN SPENCER (Special to The Citlsen.) SPENCER, N. C OcL Through their attorneys, Wright and Carlton, of this city, the heirs of the late J. a Penuer have Instituted av novel suit against the Southern railway com pany for ten thousand dollar damage sustained In the death of Mr. Pender. The deceased was a pain er by trade nd a month age while returning from his work at Albemarle to bis borne tn Salisbury, died In the coach In which be waa riding. Kls body waa cot dis covered until after the coach had been placed on a siding on the yards, bavin . . reached Salisbury at a twe hour la.-i night. The plaintiffs claim that C defendant 'company should have re moved Mr, Pender from the car when It was apparent that he waa dangerous ; 111. The legal points at isue have nev r before b?en submitted to a" North C -ollna court.
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