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VOL XXI NO 13
ASHBVTLLB N. C TUESDAY MORNING OCTOBER 24 1905
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ROOSEVELT'S SPEECH AT
MOBILE LISTENED TO BY
AN AUDIENCE OF 40,000
President Touches on Many
Subjects In Course of a
Brief Address.
TRIP THROUGH FLORIDA
A SERIES OF OVATIONS
Alabama City Gives Chief Ex
ecutive a Warm Welcome
and a Present.
(By Associated Press.)
MOBILK, Ala., Oct. 23. All Mobile
tonight lent Itself to the reception of
President Roosevelt. There was gen
eral closing of all business houses and
aloncr the route of the nropeswtnn frrun
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the Union station to the stand onlAhiba
Bienville Square, where the reception
ceremonies took place, residences and
stores were covered wltb decorations
or ngnis ana punting in no national
colors. The route lay out Government
street, one of the most noted drives In
the South, for ten blocks, passing the
homes of some of Mobile's most In
fluential citizens, educational Instl'tu
tions and one of her historic churches.
The sidewalks and streets along Gov
ernment street were packed with hu
manity, and at McCJill Institute, Barton
Academy and one or ".wo other points
hundreds of school children were
massed, singing nation. il sours as th
'procession passed. Cheer after cheer
welcomed the nation's chief executive.
The procession was headed by a
iplatoon of ipoMce, followed by Pol. R.
B. Dumont of the First regiment, Ala
bama national guard, and his staff,
with the Mobile bat-allon following.
Two companies of artillery from Fort
, Morgan . followed., the national . guard,
and then came the cadets of the Uni
versity Military school. Behind the
boys came battle-scarred Confederate
veterans a? a guard of honor to 'the
President, in whose 'carriage were
seated Judge Jules Alford, chairman of
the committee on arrangements. Mayor
P. J. Lyons, and Col. Lafayette Russell.
Therv came 'the members of the Presi
dent's party and members of the ar
rangements and reception committees
and the members of the press in car
riage. A stand was erected In Bienville
Square, which, 'when the President ar
rived, was filled with 40,000 citizens.
The area was brilliant with electric
lights, while live oaks formed a can
opy of green. The President reached
the stand at 5 o'clock, where he was
received iby a reception committee of
five hundred citizens. His seat was
on an elevated dlas, in a chair which
was built by the students of a technical
school in Japan. Back of the chair
was an enormous stuffed bear, eight
feet tall, bearing In lis mouth a floral
independence bell, and above its head
a white dove holding a streamer, on
which was ln?cribed ."Blessed Is the
Peacemaker." The bear was killed In
a hunting exhibition by his majesty
Alexander II., of Russia, In 1857, ac
cording to the lnwrlptlon on a bronze
plate on the base of the mounting,
and was presented by Psar Alexander
to "The Duke of Osuraa, Comte
L'Ynfaretando, Duke De Bu'enevito and
L'Arcos, Prince D'Ebodle." The house
of Ebodle became extinct in the 80's
and the effects In, the palaice of the
prince were disposed of by ptfbllc sale.
The bear was purchased by Hannls
Taylor, then minister of the United
States at Madrid. ,
Oliver J. Semmes, son of the Con
federate admiral, Ra.paal Semmes, then
presented to the 'President and pinned
on- the lapel of his coat, a handsome
souvenir badge, as the gift of the
people of Mobile. In delivering the
badge, judge Semmes said:
"Mr. President: I ask your attention
for a moment. I have been delegated
by the people of Mobile to present to
you this token, as a symbol of their
fealty as citizens of the United States.
Though itself of little Intrinsic value,
yet It represents the loyalty, the worth
and the honor of as brave, ehlvalrlc
and noble a people as is to be found j
. on the face of God's green earth. We,
proud citizens cf a proud republic, feel
and believe that you as the head of j
that republic will by your broad views j
and Judicious actions so unite In bonds
of friendship all sections of our be
loved country that Americans will ad
vance till they become the foremost
of nations and many without a misgiv
ing defy a world in arms. Should this
awful necessity ever arise then the
sona of the South will be found a
mighty armed camp. Take this little
reminder and when you look upon ft
amid your arduous and multifarious
duties, feel and know that the people
' of Mobile have buried the jast and
look without fear to the future, recog
nizing; that you. as is shown by your
later utterances, are the president of
the North and of the South; our whole
county.!!
Judge Alford, chairman of the com
mittee on arrangements then Intro
duced the president, who m briefly
and warmly welcomed by Mayor P. J.
Lyon, who paid high tribute to Mm
aa a man, statesman and patriot The
formal welcome wis then delivered by
Col. Edward Lafayette Russell, who I
said:
"Your coming among us has been a
source of Inspiration to our people who
are familiar with your record as
soldier end a citizen. Your wise states.
manshlD counted with vour mihllc acta
and public declarations have given
tnem rotinaenca in your sincerity of
purpose and patriotism. Since you have
been president you have demonstrated
by your administration of federal af
fairs that you are loyal and devoted
to our free Institutions, coined out of
the blood, sacrlllce and treasure of our
ancestors. Such is the faith of our peo
pie in you as a patriot that they be
lieve you would cheerfully surrender
your life rather than endanger the sa
cred trust Unit has been confided to
your patriotic keeping."
President Roosevelt was cheered as
he arose to speak. He thanked the
people for their magnillcent reception
and spoke a special word of greeting
to the Confederate veterans,
who
formed a portion of his escort. He re-I
feired to the fact that one of his uncles
was on the Alabama during the civil
The 1 1 s t time he came through
ma he said, he was going with hlsl
own regiment to the Spanish war, and
in that regiment wore more men whose
fathers' wore the gray than those who
wore the blue. They were emulated
with but one spirit in common the
spirit of seeing who could do the most
for our trig.
Referring to the Panama canal, the
president said he did his best to bring
about its completion for the benefit
of the whole people, but particularly
for the benefit of the gulf states. Or
iginally, he said, h favored the Nica
ragua route, but when It waf demon
strated that It must be the Panama
canal or nothing, he favored the Pan
ama route as he wanted to see a canal
built and one will he built. Notwith
standing the efforts of certain .people
who are striving, by their circulation
of false rumors or other methods to de
lay or defeat the construction of the
canal, the president said he will be dis
appointed for there Is going to be a
canal.
The health conditions On the Isthmus,
he said, are better now than ever be
fore. The president said:
"If waj build the canal we must pro
tect It and police It ourselves. We
must, therefore, bring up and keep up I
our navy to the highest point of effi
ciency.
In the event of war the American
people must rely mainly upon Its vol
unteer soldlcfcs, while It is compara
tively a simple fact to term a man
quite a soldier, you have a compara
tively a simple task to turn a man into
quite a good soldier, you can neithei
improvise a battleship or the crew of a
battleship. It is not necessary that we
should have a particularly large navy,
but It Is necessary that ship for ship
It should be a little the best In the
world."
The president concluded his speech
by referring to his pleasure at seeing
the children, the future citizens of this
country.
"The fathers and mothers must see
to it thct the children are properly
trained In order to keep up the stand
ard of our country."
The president will spend the night
outsido the city of Montgomery. His
train will be side-tracked In the coun
ry near Montgomery and will leave ai
7 o'clock for Tuskegee, where it I.
scheduled to arrive at 8:30 a. m.
'RESIDENT'S TRAIN
REACHES MONTGOMERY
s (By Associated Press.)
MONTGOMERY, Ala., Oct. 23. Pres
ident Roosevelt's special train arrived
In Montgomery at midnight tonight.
over the Louisville & Nashville rall-
oid from Mobile. The train will re
main In the railroad yarus nere until
o'clock In the morning, when it will
depart over the Western of Alabama
for Tuskegee.
Mr. Roosevelt will deliver two ad
dresses at Tuskegee, one to the people
of the town and another to the stu
dents of Booker T. Washington's school,
a mile and a half awny. He will again
reach Montgomery at noon tomorrow
and will remain in this city two hours.
Everything Is In readiness ,to give th
president a most hearty welcome. He
will deliver an 'addrefs at the state
capltoL
GEORGIA MAY FILE
BILL OF COMPLAINT
(By Associated Press.)
WASHINGTON, Oct. 3.-In the Su
preme court of the UnMed States leave
was today granted to the state of Geor
gia to file its bill of complaint in the
proceeding against the Tennessee and
Duck-town Copper companies, by mesne
of whi h the atate hope to aecure for
lis citizens relief from the effect of the
fumes from the" furnace f moke-stacke
of the companies, which are located at
DuckKown. near the interstate line.
A rule was also entered in the case
requring the eompinlea to show cause
why the restraining -order requested
should not be Issued. .
COOK OBEYS
HIS ORDERS
TO A LETTER
Uses Shotlgun to Keep New
York Police Force at bay
Several Hours.
CAPTAIN TOLD HIM TO
DEFEND HIS SCHOONER
Several are Injured In Fight
Which had Beginning In
Mutiny at Sea.
(By Associated Press.)
NEW YORK, tvt. 23. Four men
were badly wounded In a series of bat
tles between the officers and crew of
I the lumber schooner Id i B. Gibson, ami
afterwards between Milton Cordery, the
cook of the Gibson and the police, to-
I day. For an hour about daybreak the
cook, armed with a shotgun, stood off
the police reserves of the Iielancey
street station, and wounded ;i detec
tive and night watchman.
Frank H. Medley, the mate of the
Gibson, was missing today and may
have been murdered by the crew of
the Gibson, who were compelled to
ump the leaky craft all the way from
Norfolk, Va., to New York.
The trouble on the Gibson began
soon after she sailed from Norfolk
early last Week. Before she was clear
of that port she was run aground and
when floated sprang a leak. The crew
was ordered to the oumps and com
pelled to man them nil the way up the
coast despite their protests and It was
reported that the officers of the Gib
son were compelled to put down the be
ginning of a mutiny. On arriving at
New York the Gibson tied up at Pier
Eist river, and the crew was paid
off and discharged.
At an early hour today Capt. Brad
ley, Frank Medley, the mate, and Mil
ton Cordery. the cook, were leaving a
hotel near the vessel when they were
set upon by a dozen men, said to In
clude the members of the crew of thr
Gibson, and friends, whom they hud en
listed. In the fight that ensued Capt.
Bradley received severe stab wound.'
In the side and shoulder and "the cook
was slashed In the face. Capt. Brad
lev ordered the cook aboard the vessel
to .prevent anyone boarding her while
he went to the hospital for treatment.
Cordery obeyed orders to the letter.
He closed every hatch but one and in-
CONTINUED ON PAGE FOUR-
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ANOTHER BIG STRIKE
MAV BE INAUGURATED
Employer at Fall River Rtfuto Do
mands 'of Mill Operatives for
' Highr Wages.
(By Associated Press.)
FALL lUM.'lt. Mass., Ovt. 23. The
textile situation here was more crilicu
tonight than It his been at any time
since the elose of the great strike last
! January. The manufacturers' assocla
U!on. representing all the jirint cloth
mills In the city, with the exception ol
those controlled by M . C. D. Borden
of New York, heUI a meeting this even
Ing and voted to i.fuae the request o(
the textile council for a direct restoi-J
Hon of the waire schedule, which pre
vailed previous to ibe 12. per cent re
(I net ion of July 2".. li'Ot.
The action of tie association will be
onsidered at a special meeting of tht
textile council tomorrow night, when
it is probable the entire matter will bi
referred to special meetings Wednes
day evening of all the unions represent
ed Jn the council .
Many of the lu iiie?s men fear that
another strike will lie decided upon by
the unions, but ai this lime It Is Im-
IMissible to indliaie what action th
operatives will lake
COTTON IS MOVING
TOWARDS 1 1 CENTS
(By Associated Press.)
NEW YORK, ci . 23. Considerable
ictlvlty and i m -in incut atttnded an
tdvance 111 the cotton market todav
hie to more or less general frosts over
the northern pari of the eot'ton belt
md reports of i rop damage. Opening
it 10.37 agalnsi lti.ls mi the close ot
Saturday, January cotton sold up to
10.17, or about 117 points above th
level of lasi week, and 29 points
ilgher for the day on hurried covering
f shoi-.s and expansion of bull sup-
lort through ire and comml-relon
ious"s. Rea.ll.lng caused some Iitck
llarity lute In the clay, 'but the mark
vns well supported and closed stead)
it a net advance of 20'jr23 points.
The snles of the day were estimated
it 500,000 tjjjlcs.
DEFENSE CONTINUED.
CHICAGO, n'-t. 2i Expert Account
i.nt Cliarh s MePherini resumed the
vltnoss stand today bi fore Special Kx
imlner Richard Wyman, In defense of
Iberlln M. Carter, former army offt
er, who is .barged with misappropri-iti-on
of .-enm-t $3,000,000 of govein
nent fund;. Figures compiled by
(l-auk Kx iiimii't Johnson, and upon
vhlch I'm ' i; was sentenced by n
'our.-nuniail to five yvurs Imprison
nent In I'ort Leavenworth, was re
dewed In detail by McPherson.
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ILLUSTRATED LIFE INSURANCE TESTIMONY.
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TRAVEL INTO
NEW ORLEANS
IS RESUMED
Large Crowds Expected to
Visit City to see President
Roosevelt.
DECLINE OF YELLOW
FEVER VERY RAPID
Railroads Busy Making Ar
rangements to Restore old
Train Schedules.
YESTERDAY'S
RECORD.
N HV
The yel
t! n. m.
New cai
Total .
Deaths
ORLRANS, Oct. 23.
inv fever report up to
-today was as follows:
?s 4
3.46".
none
Total 435
New foci none
Under treatment t3
Discharged 2.SC7
(By Associated Press.)
NKW OULKANS, Oct. 23 -The rap-
Id decline of.yellow fever was further
mlfested day with the low record
f cases. aniPllie agsenee of deaths and
ken in connection with tire amcllora
Mi of (iiaran;lue r-otidltions over
any part- if he i-'oulli It has be -n
dlstlnei In.-entlve to the enthusiasm
Itli which pn patulous are making
'm- the forthcoming visit of the Presl
' Mit, wI-.iim" -.ci'vi'-i H to New Orleans
' l i'ii or In -stlniable value, both
:i the mat er of assistance In seeur
1ns: the eradication of yellow fever
nid the modification or removal of
the hindrance to communication.
Dr. White, who has been In charge
of the federal forces since August 8,
today said the end of yellow fever was
In slirhl. As a result of the lifting of
the Mississippi Safe nuamntlne nmi
the modification of the Texas quaran
tine, representatives of railroads were
busy In communicating with health of
ficers In towns through which llielr
lines run wlih a view of the restora
tion of all local trains ithat wre tak-
n off.
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CONGRESSMAN SIMPSON
DIES IN WITCHITA, KAN
Well Known Politician Succumbs to
Disease fiom Which He Suffered
for Years.
(By Anociated Press.)
WICHITA, Kin.. Oct. 23. Jerry
linpson died at :15 o'clock this morn
Ing. Mr. Simpson was conscious up t
live minutes before death. The end
ctme without a struggle.
Mr. Simpson was born III New Bruns
wick, on March 31, 1842. At 14 he be
gan life as a sailor, and during twenty
three years followed that pursuit, com
ma mllng many large vessels oh the
great lakes. In the civil war he servei
n the Twelfth Illinois; cavalry. He
ame to aKnsas in 1878. Originally h
was a Republican, but later became a
Greenbicker and Populist. He was a
member of congress from 1SM1 to 18k;
and from 1S7 to 1899, being nominated
he last time by both the einocrats un
Vpullsts. After he left tongtess he
movant to Rosewll, N. M., where he en
gaged up to the time of his death In
lock farming. He returned to Kausas
month ago and entered a hospital for
reatment. His condition became hope
esa ten days ago and since then the
patient was kept alive principally by
beer force of will. His wife and son
were at his bedside at the time of his
eath.
BIG SHIP REVIEW IS
HELD TO HONOR TOGO
apanese Emperor and Admiral I
spect Three Hundred Vessels at
Tokio.
TOKIO, Oct. 23. The naval review
nliy passed off without the slightest
Itch. It was a most impressive sight,
ot however, on account of the class
id number of the ships, but as a con
nnoratlon of fighting craft, fresh
from the vva- and crowded with vlc-
rles or unprecedented magnitude.
hree hundred and eight warships In-
udlug three former Russian battle
ships and several other former Russian
arshtps, were drawn up In six lines.
The emperor on board the armored
rulser Asama, passed .along-the front
of the first line, which was headed by
he battleship Bhiktshtma, Admiral To-
go i
tlagshlp.
When the end of the line was reached
he cruiser Asama headed due north
id then In a westerly direction, en
ring between the second and third
lines, and afterwards resumed her or
iginal position. During the manoeuvre
Admiral Togo was at the emperor's
side The emperor then received In
ludlence on board the Asama Admiral
Noel and the captains of the British
and American warships present.
The weather was fair, but It was
misty on the water. Popular enthusi
asm was aroused to the highest pitch.
Besides the thousands who witnessed
the naval pageant from all sorts of
large and small vessels In the bay, the
shore was densely covered with eager
spectators. The spectacle caused much
joy and satisfaction among the Jap
anese. RUSSIANS FEAR A
GENERAL STRIKE
Labor Troubles on Railroads
Rapidly Spreading to Fac
tory Employes and Others.
(By Associated Press.)
ST. PKTERSBURG, Oct, 23. 3;46 a.
m. The railroad strike Is spreading
rapidly to all the railroads of the em
pire and apparently cannot be stopped,
while In many cities It Is icommuiilcat
Ing itself to the mill and factory em
ployes. The general strike in all
branches of labor, which .the socialists
planned for the end of this year Is
seemingly bursting forth of its own vo
lition. Minister of Finance Kokovsoff yester
day received a telegram from the gov
erning committee of the Moscow
bourse, which said that a continua
tion of the strike for a week longer
would force eevry factory In the Mos
cow region to shut down owing to lack
of coil, whether or not .the factory
hands took part In the strike.
The same condition of paralysis
threaten the trade and industry of Rus
sia unless the strike Is speedily settled.
The Inhabitant of Moscow are already
feeling the. effects of the strike Jn the
Increased price of food and they are
even confronted by famine.
As the demands of the men are pure
ly political it seems impossible to sat
isfy them ay economic concessions.
Prince Khllkoff, minister of railroads,
yesterday vainly appealed to the Mos
cow strikers on the basis of his own
experiences In England and the United
States, but he spoke to deaf ears. The
men talked of nothing but their politi
cal rights, which of course, the prince
was powerless to grant.
The last link that bound Moscow, the
commercial center of the empire with
the outer world, waa broken yesterday
afternoon when the men on the Nlch-
oial road, connecting Moscow with St.
Petersburg, went on strike. The engi
neers shut oft steam In tbelr engines
and Prince Khllkoff bad great difficulty
n obtaining a crew for the special
train which brought him to St. Petera -
burg at midnight. --,
SPENCER HAS
MUCH TO SAY
ABOUT RATES
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President of Southern Dis
cusses at Length Roose-
a a mi., j . ,
veu s Aiuiuae. '
SHOWS HOW HIS PLANS
WOULD AFFECT SERVICES
Declares Flx ng of Maximum
Rates Might Result In
Much Deterioration.
(By Atsooiated Press.)
WASHINGTON, Oct 23. Samuel
Spencer, president of the Southern
Railway, made a brief sup la Wash
lngton today on his way South. Ia ex
pressing his views on President Roose
wits recent speech on railroad legis
lation, at Raleigh, N. C, Mr. Spencer,
who has taken a prominent part In
representing the railroads' attitude oo
rate legislation, said:
'The President's speech Indicates
hat he is not disposed now to Insist
hat the power over rates which he
favors should be exercised by the In-
er-state commerce committee, but
ly an administrative body. Again In
he Raleigh speech the President ad
vocates that th administrative body
shall have power after comiplalnt and
hearing, to fix only a 'maximum rate,'
not an absolute rate, unalterable there-
fter by the carrier aa provided for
n the lCseh-Townsend bill. This ap
parently follows the opinion of th
ttorney-general of May 5tt in which
It was held that Congress could con-
tltutionally empower a commission to a
tlx rates, which it regards as just and
reasonable. . "
The difference between these two
positions Is vital. . To fix absolute,
rates unalterable by the carrier in
many cases is to determine definitely
and arbitrarily by governmental trtb-
nol the relative advantages of com
peting cities or region. To. prescribe
maximum rates only leaves the carrier
free to make reductions, and may, and
generally will, result In adjustments
which 'Will bring down whole tiera of
rates, leaving the relation of rates as
they were, and entailing enormous
losses to the railroads.
For Instance, an adjustment of rates
to southeastern territory that would
be more favorable to Cincinnati, Chi
cago and Bt. Louis, as compared wltll
the rates' from the Atlantic seaboard
cities, could not be successfully made
by a government atrency limited to
the making of maximum rates, for th
ream ithat, if it should e ordered
that the rates from the middle western .
cities should not exceed certain maxi
ma the railroads from the eastern
cltles.or the water lines would still be
free to kuwer their rates and they
would be forced to do so In order to
retain their business end to proserva
the business of the cltlea depending on
them for transportation facilities. The
result w-ould be that substantially the
same relative adjustment of rates that
had existed before the issuance of foe
order would be restored, and no ona
would have received any substantial
or lasting benefit. It Is true that the
shippers from both . sections would
have somewhat lower, rates, tout they
would be obtained at the price1 of such
Inroads Into the revenues of the car- .
rlers that deterioration In : service
might result. j ' -
"The Importance of this considera
tion, not only to the railroads, but to
the shippers as well, can b appreciat
ed at this time when there Is a, car
shof age all over tha country, with
freight congested at many points. De
spite the fact that the railroads have
been Investing largely In extensions
and Incurring enormous obligations for
the purpose, their adlltles are not
equal to Jhe traffic demands upon
them. These increased expenditures
still continue and from the present
outlook must last for a long time.
This will .require large additional sums
of money "which the railroads can ob
tain only . through earnings and the
sale of new securities. Governmental
action that would reduce earnings
would impair both of these resources,
and would render rtill more difficult
ths task of meeting; the requirements
of the public.
PACKER AGAIN MAKE
A VIGOROUS ATTACK
".- . ill i
' (By Associated Prasad
CHICAGO. Oct. M. Declaring that
testimony he ipackers were compelled
to .produce before the secretary of
commerce and laor was used by Unit
ed States District Attorney Morrison
In obtaining Indictment against tha
packers and alleging; that foe same is
sues as mentioned in the Indictment
were raised and dtsposed of In an in
junction writ issued by Federal Juii-e
Orosscup. the packers who are urel -r
federal indictment here charged wit
lllaegal conspiracy, attacked ttwiav
again the famous ao-called 1" c
Trust" nrocesa. The -packers
cm
'they cannot be prosecuted on the i
Idlctmentu f .
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