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A. -ft. A. ft A8HEVIBLE CITIZEN ! - J . 1 ' : FOURTEEN PAGES. PART ONE.' FOURTEEN PAGES. , ( PAGES ON" TO EIGHT. SSijsaSSaisaSsa TH K -1 VOL XXlNO 54 ' ' ASHBVTT.T.R N. Q SUNDAY MURNLNG DECEMBER 10 1905 PRICE FIVE CENTS '. i ' i The Only Associated Press Newspaper in Western North Carolina CELEBRITIES - ENJOY GRID IRON DINNER NO RESOLUTIONS TO BE TROOPS GIVE HELP FRFELY WELL FILLED LOACH ROLLS INTO RIVER MOUNT ECHO IS SWEPT BY FIRE WITH BIG LOSS COMPEK5 DIbCUiSLS CHILD LABOR LAWS LANDED FORCE OF SAILORS TO GET DESERTER PASSED FOR MITCHEL United Stattt Senator Will Be Buried Passengers Hv Miraculous Escapes from Death and Serious In juries Are Few. Prominent Labor Leader Says Federa tion is Sincere in Its Work for R form. Without Customary Honors far Senators. TO STRIKERS Correspondents Club at Wash Ington MakesMerry at Annual-Affair. PEACE CONFERENCE" HIT OF THE EVENING Initiation of New Members Taken Advantage of to Score President. (By Associated Press.) WASHINGTON. Dec. 9. Distin guished guests were entertained by the (irid-Iron Club tonight at the annual fall dinner. The table at the New Willlard hotel, was spread for more than' 200 persons, among: whom were the vice presidentnearly all the mem bers of the cabiuet, foreign ambassa dors, and ministers; senators and rep resentatives, and prominent people, from every part of the country. The program was unusually attractive and the wit and humor, the various skits, the songs and the speeches all tended to make the dinner a memorable oc casion among the many given by this famous club of Washington correspon dents. A "Peace Conference" composed of members of the club, endeavored to settle disputes between many promi nent guests who were personated by members of the club, but all was un availing until finally a messenger from W. T. Jerome, of New York, with a .bottle of chloroform put -then to sleep. rTIyi inltlajjon of three new members afforded opportunity for .a real roust. It had -reference to -the recent letter of the president to the cabin.ent offi cers, -relating to the dlssimlnatlon of news by them. Three cabinet officers were personated an dthey formed a grand Inquisitorial commission, put ting on the rack the baby members for daring to Inquire what had taken place in cabinet meetings. The whole blame was finally placed on a "head devil," "who had blundered" in sending a letter dictated by the grand inquis Itor. OFFICERS ELECTED. (By Associated Press.) WASHINGTON, Dec. 9 At the an nal meeting of the Grid-Iron Club to day, he following officers were elected: President Richard Lee Feain, New York Tribune. Vice-President Samuel O. JEJIythem, New York World. Secretary John S. Shriver.i Cincin nati Times-Star, Treasurer George H. Walker. Executive Committee Scott C. Bone, Charles A. Boynton, "Sssociated Press: Louis Garthe, Baltimore American; W. W. Jermane, of the Minneapolis Journal and Seattle Times, was elected 'a resident member of the club. BODY BURIED. (By Associated Press.) HOOSIO FALLS, N. Y.. Dec. 9. With very simple ceremonies the body of Mrs. Mary Rogers, who was hang ed at Windsor, Vt., yesterday, for the murder of her husband, was burled to day In St. Mary's Cemetery here. The burial was attended by Mrs. Johan na Callahan, mother of Mrs. Rogers, Katherlne Callahan, her sister, and Louis Callahan, the brother of the dead woman. The body has been in a vault and guarded by watchmen, since mid night, when It rer.chrd hsre from Ver mont. v FIRED ON MUTINEERS. (By Associated Press.) ST. PETERSBURG, Deo 8, vta Eydtkhunen.' Dec. 9. Fresh disorders are reported from Cronstadt. It 1 said that ' the loyal troops there we(-e obliged to fire on mutineers. Riots are also reported to have taken place among the troops returning from Manchuria. At Sizeran rioters are re ported to have sacked the railway sta tion. ' MANY VESSELS DRIVEN ASHORE BY THE HIGH WINDS. OFF THE VIRGINA COAST (By Associated Press.) N NORFOLK. V, Dec . As ft re sult of the southeasterly gale that raged fiercely all day along the Atlan tic seaboard,, the point of greatest se verity being Capt H altera and vicin ity, there are three crafts practically on fie beach between Capt Henry and Cape Haturas and shipping has been . entirely suspended oat of Norfolk. The steamer Aragon Is ashore-17 mites north of Bodies Island. A large barge, the tour of the Aragon. tumtd loose early In thai morning, 4s ashore between :. Nag' Bead and Kell Devils HilL An unknown schooner Is ashore near Gals Shaala. An .unknown schooner waai re port e-t tonight anchored off Cape Hen (By Associated Press.) WASHINGTON. Dec. . Vice-Prcsl dein Kalrbaiik-i announced today that It was Ms understanding that friend of the late Senator Mitchell or Oregon would not reqiiint that -a committer be appointed to attend the funeral ser vices, and therefore he would not nam one. It has not been determined wnn course will lie taken by the senat when it convenes on Monday, but i is assumed that an announcement Senator MitMiell' death will be mad by Senator Pulton, and that he will no ask for the adoption of resolutions o respect. This will be the first in stance in t hp history of the senate where the customary ceremony In lion or to rile metnoiy of a deceased mem her has not been held. BAPTISTS VOTE TO SUPPORT NEW LAW Last Day of Annual Conven tion Taken up With Discus slon of Temperance matters ilALBIGH, N. C, Dc. 9. This, the last day of the seventy-fifth, annual North Carolina llaptlst convention was devoted to matters of temperance, woman's work and . ministerial educa tion, principally. A temperance resolution read by Archibald Johnson for the commute ar.d adopted as follows: "The ques tinn of temperance Is a very vital and absorbing one. We are glad to fiote substantial and steady progress in the cause made In the past few years. We reaffirm our endorsement of the tern peiance legislation secured by the pas sage of the Watts and Ward laws and pledge our moral support to the exe cution of these as well as all local laws for the suppression and control of the liquor traffic." A resolution was adopted that th convention meet at Greensboro next year, on the Wednesday after the first Sunday in December and that the an nual sermon be by Dr. F. D. Hale, of Wilmington. The report on woman's work showed 625 societies, li.OTO members and 117,158 contributions. Although their mem bership Is only one-sixteenth of th? church membership they lalsed one fourth of .the foreign and home mis sion funds. Two persons volunteered In the convention this morning to sup port a missionary, each contributing 00. one b 'ing for Mr. Rock of War saw, who volunteered to go to Japan. MEET IN DURHAM. (Special to The Citizen.) RALEIGH, N. C. Dec. . The Wo man's Missionary Convention voted to day to meet hereafter at a different time and place from the Baptist State convention and selected Durham a? the place and April as the. month, the date to be fixed later. The convention decided to increase the contribution to $21,000 of which $7,000 will be for foreign and $4,000 for home missions. ACCEPTS MONUMENT (By Associated Press.) .r CHATTANOOGA. Dec. 9. Governor Samuel W. Penny-packer, this after noon accepted, on behalf of the state, the monument to the 109th. Pennsyl vania volunteer', on Orchard Knob, and turned it oyer to the National, gov ernment. The party left the city at 1:30 o'clock preceded by the band and the First Squadton of the 12th. Cavalry V. S. A. Mapor Syckles commanding. CANDLER RESIGNS (By Associated Press.) ATLANTA. OA., Dec. 9. Judge J. S. Candler resigned a asociate Justice of the supreme court tt G erloga of ,be supreme court of Georgia today. Late this afternoon Governor Terrell appointed Judge Samuel C. Atkinson, of Brunswick, Ga., as Judge Candler's successor. ry, a mile and a half from shore, evi dently In a, crippled condition. So far as reported no lives have bf lost, although the damage to shipping will be quite severe. The life-saving crew at Cape Henry continuously pa trolled the beach. The crews of all stranded vessels with the exception of the steamer Aragon,' have been landed by the life saveis. i EarljT . Friday morning the Argano got into trouble with her tow, and to save herself was forced to cut loose from the barge. " The barge, quickly went ashore at a point between Nag's Head and TCell Dll HHL -' At 4:15 the entire erewliad beh gottel ashore by the life-saving crews 'SritlKKJt loss of life. ' ' ' ' M " '- Mutlnlng Regiments In St. Petersburg Are Sur rounded In Streets. ORDERED TO CRONSTADT THEY RtFlLSE 10 MOVE Are Placed on Vessels by Force Telegraphers Strike Still on. (By Associated Press.) ST PKTKlism m:. 1. V (Friday night), via llel.-aimfors. Finland, Dec. S.-Thf leaders .if the sliikinir leleura- phers have taken .1 new grip of the -sit uation and the tie-up continues prac tically complete. Cases of .attacks 0:1 trtke breakers are reported and a: Smo.ensk. Mlddl- Russia, the strikers Hied Into a passing mail car. The siiilors of the Fourteenth and l-'iphteeilth rlivislolls ill which a chronic condition of mutiny has prevailed for some lUne, were finally surrouiuieo oy troops here at :; o'clock this morning and were marched to Tiers, cubarked n b.-irgi s and dispatched to I'ron- stadt. The men hail .presented pt-tl- i..nu ulmiliie t.i Mmse nf the suitors of Libau, Odessa and Sevastopol, for n Improvement in the set vice conuuions, unit Ihi. i-enlv hefllfcr IhaL thev Would be transferred to Cronstadt, they held a meeting under the noses or tue 0111 cers and refused to go until martial law was raised at Cronstadt. ccoru- ngly the""' iidmiralty decided to use force. A court-martial has been appointed to try the Cronstadt mutineers on the harge of armed Insurrection. War Minister ltudlnxer has Issued orders pronlbltlug the granting of leave to soldiers to stay out 01 oar rack at night. it i reported that the eatrlson of Pchlusselburg fortress has practically mutinied and is joining In the demand r the liberation of political prisoners, ho have not yet been amnestied. Tr it nlgft reimried that the Ladoga regiment at Lonizha. Poland, recently lutlnied and licit after a struggle 1th a loyal regiment, the mutineers ere finally disarmed. An imperial ukase issued today con ilns iirovlstonu! laws eoverning the press in general. Censorship of perl dllculs and Illustrated papers is abol ished, except in country districts, and nishments for the periodicals press ire practically abolished. Responsi ii'itv fur hivarhpa tf the iriress' laws must be established In courts of law. he right of the minister of the inte- rlor 11- to prohibit publication of the dis- cus isslon of questions affecting the gov ernment is abrogated. ' ,: ! '. - - (By Associated Prut.) KITK, Oa.. ,1 : 'I ie . ..;i.i a. id llv" tl.it car of t i. W.nll and .Mount Writ n train f'-o ii v .oil. y. .-:it liu the l.ittl- Oliiip . . ivi : ilii - i veiling. The coach was . i niled v. iio tia. engt iiand it Is i. ,i,;lnihV tli.it tin re Mere r.i' death- Mack Sl'ealcy u i'.u Tliarp red iv- ed Injuries that m ly n-ne fatal. Tims1 received by pas . t.rrs 'ue:c lews si i- ius. Among id, , u . iv John .(amis in 1 i 'otidnetor J 'A Hehiivi n. SeV"ral iH'i'ue wire ab- tniiiud file cause of t . at eldcnt cannot l,e e. tain d.' COMMITTEE TALKS OF MANY CHANGES Steps Proposed which Would Make Footbail a Less Bru tal Contest. PHILADELPHIA. iVc. 9. Probably I the most Import nu meeting ever hel 1 by th- fimtball Kan here tonlKh' ance of the cicmi puiu:ar feciing a ll'i s committee, he uith a full attend-i!!-e. Owing tn the ;ninst the roughn'-ss which has cnar ii I.-: ized the game, it is said that this meeting will result in tome ludleal chances in the rules. The recent declaration .if President Roose velt In favor of a clean game will a!o evert considerable Inlluen e with the .committee.' This was Indicated by a I resolution adopted tonight In which it was stated that this committee is in favor of action hading towards opening of the game anil the lessening of brutality; the placing of the officials in a central bmh and lenderlnir an evasion of rules unprofitable.. I Thin resolution was adopted after th renrllnir nf em,,, lutitnu ,,ivA.i t... 1 .1. .. iHiuiL uj guiiii C. Iiell, 'representing the University of Pennsylvania. These suggestions, which were the on:y onfs olTered dur ing the meeting tonight, (imposed a more open tann- by strengthening the center and weakening the ends of the line.. They were as follow; (A) Pirw-.iid passing permissible tack of the 1 j 1 of scrimmage. (P.) On Jii f. iAe There shall not be more than ;ix piayeis on the line of s rlmmage: ..f the players back of the line of scrimmage three of them ni'tst be at least live yards back of the line; the remaining players back of the line of scrlmmap-. If within five yards thereof, must he Inside of the positions of the two iaers 011 the ends of Hie line of scrimmage. (Cf On offense The side having the ball must .tain ten yards on three downs or fnir. it the same to the other side. Whiesi -witt ruler of Cng j Observatory Alone Remains of the Numerous Hand some Buildings. PEOPLE FLEE TO THE HILLS FOR SAFETY All Communication Is Cut Off by the Fierce Flames and Travel Ceases. (By Associated Press.) I. OS AXiiKl.KS. till. He . 9,-Pli- toddy swept Ki ho 1111 1 .1 1 n a 1 1 1, destroying all the buildings except the Mount Lowe observatory an 1 damaging other property. The loss Is SL'iiO.imo. Tele phone poles, the railroad power house, and much valuable machinery, were destroyed. Communication by wire and travel by rail, were cut off and the people at the Casino and the railway- hotel had to flee on foot to the hills. Twice the Homes threatened Mount lyiwe observatory, but hard work saved the building and its valuable contents ftotn more than a scorching;. The lire started Just after daybreak at the foot of the trail where the Pa cific Klectiic company's Mount Lowe Hue enters Ktiblu nanon. The flames sw ept rait Idly up the face of the huge buttress of Kcho mountain and en veloped the row of buildings that line I the edge of the bluff. The power hie; se, that served the Incline railway, the Mount Lowe extension, and the rn iraimis sea 1 'blight, were destroyed nud all the machinery is ruined. The Castuu. una the railway company' ho tel, located 30H feet above, caught fire at the same time. Lnngi before the flames reached the settlement the per sons who lived there had fled for safety into the hills. The Haines passed across the high plateau on which the Echo mountain settlement stood, to ward the observatory, situated a short distance above Kcho mountain on the side of the hill. Here the men by strenuous efforts, diverted the course of the flames so they passed around lb? buildings. PARTLY CLOUDY. (By Associated Press.) WASHINGTON, Dec. 9. Forecast for Sunday and Monday: North Carolina Partly cloudy and colder Sunday; rain In extreme east portion; high northwest winds; Mon day fair. (By Associated Press.) WASHINGTON. IVc. a .Samuel Oompers, president of the American Federation of Labor, was th. chief speaker at today's session of the an nual meeting of the National Chil i La bor Commission. Mr. (Jompers refuted the charge frequently made 1 hat the Federal Ion is not sincere in Its oppo sition to child labor, and acts through Bcllish 1n.1t iv, st. He declared that lu hor organizations were the first aud have been the most Hucvcssful advo vates of laws against child labor. Without any outside help, Mr. (iotn pcrs said, organized labor succeeded In having such laws enacted in Al.ihaina. lennessee, lexas and Oregon. Laws protecting women workers slso hav been championed by organize,! labor. LIQUOR MEN FIGHT WITH EACH OTHER Some Attempt to Force Com petitors Out of Business- The Latter Retaliates. A three fight which threatens to he disastrous to .some of the participants Is being waged by some llipior dealers against otheis. The board of aldermen has refused licensee to three applicants, and at least one of these Is now energetically 'Working night and day to gel evidence against every dealer who got a license from the aldermen. II claims that several of these sought to prevent him from gelling license, ond, while he does not uccusc all of this, he declares that as he did hot get a llceense, no one else shall have license. The- evidence ho gathers will bo presented to the board of counti commissioners at tha .spe cial meeflng set for the 20th to pass on applications for license. The general charge which he will seek iv sustain 1s, that if selling 11-" quor to minors. Itils known that some dealers seek to follow the letter of the law In the conduct . of their sa loons, but I hey are imposed on. One firm has beeii so harrussed by minors that the attendants have orders to re quire every person who does not ap pear to b well over 21 to sign a card stating his age before he can be served. The attitude of the county commis sioners has been unknown until yes terday, even to Intimate friends, but the publication In yesterday's Citizen of reports In circulation caused an of ficial statement to be Issued. When asked If he had anything to say about thesa reports. Chairman M. L. Reed said: "The people of Ashevllle have re cently expressed themselves as favor ing saloons, and the policy of the board Of commissioners will not be to arbitrarily refuse llceenses to either retail or wholesale dealers or to dis tillers. The board of aldermen of the city has set lie precedent of re fusing licenses to any ono violating the law regulating the sale of liquor, and It is certainly a correct policy, If licenses are to be granted, and the board Is to be opnimended for Its po sltlon In the matter. 'Many Charges and rumors have been heard as to violations of law by liquor dealers, and complaints have been made to me" and other members of the board of commissioners concern ing the same. The board of which am chairman does not feel called up on, nor does it think it its duty, to look up evidence against any, appli cant for license, but it passed the question of grating llceenses over un til December 20th to give any citizens an opportunity of appearing before it and giving evidence of violations of law by any one now engaged in the business w ho desire to be rellcensed. The board will hear1 (Tie evidence, and will be Influenced only by proper evi dence, and in my opinion It will grant licenses to suitable persons to whom the pity has granted licenses unless the applicants have disqualified them selves by violations of law. When the board hears the evidence. It will be governod accordingly, with out fear or favor, and wlfhout show ing any favoritism or preference to any one. ter.j 'Th si is my position on the matter. and is all I desire to say." ' ROOT AND FOLGER SECURE IN SIX DAX RACE (By Associated Prsss.) - ', NEW YORK, Dec. . Eddie Root and Joseph Fogler, the New- York team, won the six-day bicycle race In Mad ison Square Garden, after covering !,- 260 miles and laps, the finish, short ly after 10 o'clock tonight, being wit nessed by a crowd of 25.000 persons. John and Medus Bedell, the Long Is land team, were awarded second place. A crack of the referee s pistol at 10 announced the close of the race. At that time Root and Fogler and the Bedell brothers were tied for first place. ' It had been arranged in an vanee that in case of a tiej score In miles and laps, the decision would be given sfter an extra, mils eat between representatives of the tied teams, Hi- Ale Root and John Bedell were chosen Germany Is ( harged With a Cross Violation of Inter national Law. BRAZIL SEND5 SHIPS TO WATCH OFFENDER' Warship Visiting In Friendly Waters Landed Force Without Notice. (By Associated Press.) WASHINGTON, Dec. 9. The BrasII ian embassy In this city has received a telegram from Baron De Rio Bran co, the minister of foreign affairs, stat- ing that a few days ago several of tha officers of the German gunboat Pan- ' ther went ashore In civilian dress and visited a small Ashing town called Itajahy, in the state of Santa Cata- , dina, and there, without any formal process, seized a man named Stelnhoff, who had s-ft his native country, ' Ger- many, as a deserter from the army, and took hlin'wfth them as a prisoner , on the Panther. Thereupon the gun boat left Itajuhy and went fo another iport in the statu of Rio Grande de Sul. The three Brilllau cruisers Almirants Hanaro, Benjamin Constant and Ta mandere were sent to watch the Pan ther and see that no similar occurrence ' should again happen, while the Brasll- lan government madii an official pro test against the action of those officers to the German government. ', t I , It was greatly regretted at, the Bra , alllan embassy that this incident had . Happened, though It Is felt that Ger- ., many wi:l give prompt and full Te- dress for what at first report appears to be a severe breach of International ' Isv..4ftMKWnm4e(r-rn)aA - ; ders the officers of the Panther acted, or whether they started out on shoro I with the Intent of taking Steinhoft a ' prisoner, and in that case why they ' j went In civilian drsM. Senor Nabuco, the; Brazilian ambas sador, called at the state department' shortly before noon today and ln Sec retary Root's absence, i had an Inter-, view with acting Secretary Bacon. It f lis understood tire ambassador com ' municated to Mr. Bacon as a matter of Information the cable advices he '' had received from his own government, but made no efftirt at this stage to Interest the department. '; The opinion prevails in naval -circles ' here that If the facts are as reported, the German government will promptly, disavow the action of the officers of the Panther In violating the sovereign ty of Brazjl. Our own naval practice In the treatment of deserters is said to ' Involve the consent of the v local au thorities to the landing of a master-at-arms or a marine guard for tha pur pose of arresting deserters. But If in this partk'ular Instance Stelnhoff was not a sailor at all, nor attached to ' the Panther's personal, but simply ft 1 deserter from the German army, then according to American practices would be regarded as a political refuge and thus would not be liable to arrest by the local authorities. . - . '.. ',' f.,' ;;;,'; GERMAN FLEET WILL BE SENT TO AMERICA (By Associated Press.) BERLIN'. Dec. 9 Vtarrv St. rienrva Tuv ker. president Jamestown Exposi- . tlon company, who wan received her yesterday by Foreign Secretary Klchtb ofen finds that the German government is entirely ready to co-operate in mak ing the Jamestown Exposition a suc cess. There seems no doubt that ft squadron of German warships will bo sent to take part In the opening core monies though tha six unit mmmil. tlon of the squadron ar subjects for future consideration. - Mr. Tucker is arraoglnar to invito tha Imperial Tacht Club of Kiel and the Hamburg and Bremen Tacht Clubs to send yachts to Jamestown. FIRST PLACE WITH BEDELLS SECOND to fight out for first honors. The riders were sent away within a tew minutes after the other teams had left the track. Root easily held his rival safe throughout the distance and fin ally won- by four lengths. The record for a six-day contest Is I.73S miles nd 4 lapsi -The- riders In this year's race therefore fell about 477 mile fcelow It As the result of the special heat races, ridden to determine the posi tions of the tied teams, the final stand ing in the race was as follows. Root-Fogler, firsU Bedell-Red 11, second;. Mt'Lean-Moran. third: Van- derstuyfrttoU fourth: Horptr-HolHs- Jer, flfth:, Downjng-Bowler. sixth; Lo gan-Downey, seventh; Galvin-McDon- ald, eighth.
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