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ASHEYiLLE CITIZEN ..- , THE WEATHER. ' ' r SHOWERS. ' . - - TRY A CITIZEN WANT AD. .. '' WThey Bring Return. . THE VOL XXI NO 140 1 " ASHEVILLE N. G SATURDAY MORNING APRIL 14 1906 - ' PRICE FIVE CENTS The Only Aociated Press Newspaper in Western North Carolina GREENE AND GAYNOR GET TILLMAN'S FORK SENTENCE OF FOUR YEARS G0ES DEEP m BEN. F. BARNES AND HALF MILLION FINE Defendants May Evade Fine by Swearing to be Pos sessed of But $20. GOOD BEHAVIOR MAY REDUCE THE TERM Judge, Speer says its a Fallacy That No Rich Man May be Convicted, u i (By Associated Press.) SAVANNAH, Ga., April 13. licnjn miti D. Greene and John F. Guynor were sentenced by Judge Spcer In the Federal court this morning to servo four years In the federal prison at At lanta, Ga., and to pay each a line of 575,7!M.90, the amount they are charg ed with having embezzled. Upon one Indictment the sentence wag two years and 'upon each of ' the other Idictmcnts four yea is, but th1 court directed that the sentences might all be served concurrently, which reduced the term to four years. Thus, wjth the allowance of three months of each year during which the behaviour of the prisoners may be good, the sentence reduces to three years. The fine nceil not be paid if, on .completing the sentence the pris oners make affldavithat they are not possessed of more than tsventy dol lars. In lieu of paying the. line they may vthen serve thirty days longer. Counsel for the prisoners announced that an appeal will be taken. An .or der of court grants ten days for the filing; ot bill , of exceptions upon Which a motion for a new trial will fc-9 predicated. ' .Tha Judge's Address. Judiffe' ''Jipeer, In sentencing the pris oners said: - "The most gainful judicial duty is the imposition of a sentenoe to ptpial servitude, .This Is peculiarly, true when those gonvlcted are men of Hnc Intelligence, men of affairs, men who hnv.a had the opportunity of educa tion or, who have been trained ty the teachings of experience, Peculiarly painful is that duty when the con victed have filled positions of responsi bility, of honor and of trust. All of the? coniiitloiiB are present In the dutybeforo me. Onj of the prisoners has .been distinguished by his state; has been an Important ofllciat of one of the great ipolj Ileal parties, a man of large acquaintance, perhaps with multitudes of eurnest friends. The other Is a graduate of distinction of our great military academy at West Point, and he at one time was a cap tain in that famous corps of engineers Whose roster bears such names as Hobert" E.' Lee and George Gordon Meade, a corps whose record was stainless before the occurrences which have been developed in evidence here. Wealth Has No Power. "I am told that It has been cynically said by a. famous New Yorker that no man- who has a million dollars can be convicted of crime in America, The verdict of this Jury of tplaln, clear sighted, honest Americans has falsified such pessimism. Of that Jury It may b said that there Is perhaps not a man who can not trace his ancestry to a patriot of the revolution, which es- atbllsheu American Independence. It I; true as I have often declared, that to the homogeneous Americanism of these Southern states when they are plainly shown their duty, our country may ever look with confidence for en forcement of Its laws and for the maintenance of its laws and of Its Institutions. Nor can It be questioned that theso Institutions are in Jeopardy If such flagrant spoliation of the pub lic treasury as proven in this case could go "unwhtpped of Justice.. The settled policy of our national legisla ture to appropriate; large sums for the1 improvement of the avenues of interstate and foreign trade and com merce which are under the control of that body, makes It supremely Im portant that such . appropriations LITTLE HOPE FOR INDUSTRIAL PEACE Latter Is Slated for Postmas ter's Job at Washington But Tillman Opposes. BARNES CHARGED WITH UNSEEMINGLY CONDUCT Important Official in Big Coal Company Announces No His Part in Expulsion of Mrs. More Concessions Can Granted. Bel Minor Morris is Cited Against Him. (By Associated Press.) PHILADELPHIA, April 1J. There was but little hop for Industrial pcac in the anthracite i.'kioo today amo'ig the men most iut "i';e,I in tlic coal situation. It Is setllcj. jtccndiiig to the genual belief, li u tn, mine wi ers have gone as far as they will go. Following was the word which come over the telepnone from Seranti n to New York today . an import nit official tn one of the l:iret ci;il com panies, to the local office tViv. "There will he no more eoncrsf-lon.-i There will not be one iota conceded by the operators. That is definite; that is settled. There will be no more coun tcr propositions, just a simple refusal to consider the miners' latest proposi Hon." MITCHELL STILL LOOKS FOR BEST . .' (By Associated Pros.) NEW YORK. AntfiJ-tp.-r-TouchiiiB the reply of ,the coal operator. Presldeut Mitchell of the mine workers, said to day : '"I do not consider that the reply re ceived from President llaer Is final, ft was written on the spur of the mo ment find without deliberation. I ex pect that the answer yet to come from Mr. Haer In a day or two will op-n up a new line and I do not tlhink the nil tuition is such that there will be a strike. There Is reason to believe that the operators may see a now light.' SCORE INJURED IN THE TORNADO Report From Briggs Says that Many are Expected to Die Soon From Their Wounds. (By Associated Press.) WASHINGTON. April lll.-Scnulor Tillman today filed formul charges with the sub-cominittce considering tile Humiliation nf Henjamiu F. Humes assistant secretary to Hie President, to be postmaster at Washington, and protrstej against his confirmation. These charges relate to the expul sion- of Mrs. Minor Morris Iron! the executive offices, and assert" Inhuman atld brutal treatment of the woma' and also allcye thai Dartnn made false statement about the case. The charges ait- four In number and are as follows: 'I'llliat Mr. 'tarries is lathing in gentlemanly and manly consideration for ladies, which caused him to aljuse his authority o far as to order the expulsion from the executive offices of Mrs. Minor Morris on January 4 1906, without any justification or good reason theiofur. That having issued! the order lie stood by and saw It executed in a most brutal and outrageous maimer without interference, compelling the policemen to drag and finally, with th aid of a negro employed at the White Housif, to carry her, with the negro holding her by tho ' ankles and with her limbs oxposed. the entire .distance from the executive offices ar the west fit end of Mho White House to tbj eastern exit where she was thrUHt Into rib and sent to the House of-Deten tion, by which brutal treatment her life was endangered, and health seri ously Impaired from shock and Injur ies received. 'That afier this tyrannical and out rageous abuse of his, authority ha lodged' charges of Insanity against Mrs. Morris and compelled her to re main In prison for more than four hours, thus addln? Insult to Injury, aiid producing In the public mind Im pressions derogatory to both her repu tation and mental condition. 'That he made a statement tt the Press which was full of falsehoods and which proved him to be lacking In that Integrity and high character which a high government offlcla". should have." Senator Tinman asks that seven wtt- nesse , including all the , newspaper men at the White House at the tim, be summoned before the sub-committee. ' FOLK URGES A PARTY STAND (FOR PRINCIPLE Missouri Governor Urges that Democratic Party be Positive Force, SHARP DEBATE MARKS HOUSE IN DISCUSSION Daizeli and Williams Ordered to Seats and Speeches Struck Out. EXPECT DEMOCRATIC NOMINEE TO WIN OUT SOUTHERN GETS SUBSIDY ON MAIL Meeting of Missourlans Pre-'Effort by Flood to Put South diets That That State Will Get In Lino. (By Associated Frsi.) KANSAS CITY. M')., April i3.-Flve hundred Mlssouriitiis, Including l.'.O Mlssiurl editors, attended a banquet tonight, given by -the Missouri State Democratic Press Aociatlini t0 eom mcmorate the birthday anniversary of Thomas Jefferson. The principal speakers were Governor Joseph ' W. Folk United States Senator ,; W. 3. Stone, Congressman cliarlrs A. Towne, of New York and Charles W.Knapp, of the St. Louis Republic. All the tipcakers made a plea for party har mony in this state and all predicted that at the next election Missouri would gain be found In the Democrat ic column. it was predicted' at the business meeting of the press association, that the democratic party would 'be' success ful in ithe next national election and the next democratic iiumiucj for pres ident, whether it be Folk, Bryan or TTovwia, will Ix- elected iy "a large plurality. Govcnior'-Fotk In his address said in part: t - "The time has come when, the people will no lbnger- respond to more- party names. Part lew must stand, fur soma, thing,'; ad mean something, must be a posfttAi force, not a mere negative quuirVKy!' Whatever may be- sala of the accomplishment of any party Jn days.gone by, the question is now, nof what ihe Democratic part- did fifty, years ago, or what the Republi can, party did forty years ago, but whsrC'they stand for now,, and what (he prctrose now. The way to deter mine this Is not merely by reading the-. platforms, Liu t by finding out what the candidates represent, whether they are earnest and courageous. and whether they are supported or fought by special privileges and the lawless elements, it is a very good rule to follow to ascertain on which side ihe enemies of the people and of repre sentative government are fighting, and then get on the o'her side and oppose them. One may rest assured that he cannot be far from right." crnVotoranson Preferred Ust Falls. (By Associated Press.) WASHINGTON.) April 13. Speaker Cannon was distinctly In his clement loduy when every indication pointed to a clash between Mr. Dalzell (penn and Mr. Williams (Miss.) over the use of certain sentences In a speech mads by Mr. Hopkins, (Ky. Immediately after the Journal had been read the House plunged Into the consideration of - a resolution offerod by Mr. Gardner, (Mass.) to have ex punged from the Record, certain re marks roflectlnging upon the Integrity of Mr. Bennett (N.Y.) Acrimonious words were general. The debate grew In intensity of ex pression and the minority leader, Mr. Williams, had severely Impugned the motives of Mr. Bennett, who had hp-, cured the passage of a Joint resolution some days ago, waiving the immigra tion laws in the case of Fannie Diner. an idiot. Finally Mr. Dalaell (Penn.) was drawn Info Ihe discussion anil there seemed an Imminent clash between the Pennsylvania!! and the Misaisslp pian. when Speaker Cannon ordered both g; nlli lm-ii to their seats and di rected that the unparliamentary lan guage used by Mr. Dalzell and Mr. Williams be stricken from the record. as both gentlemen were speatihg.vout of order, The expunging order was finally passed. Then the House resumed considera tion of the postofflce appropriation bill. When the paragraph In the bill relat ing to railway mall pay was reached n half dozen members from the south rose for the purpose of still further ventilating: the subject of the special mall provision on the Southern Rail way. Notwithstanding that "the sub sidy" had been considered for a num ber of days the Interest seemed to be Just as keep as when the first speech was made on the subject. On a vote being taken on the motion of Mr. Moon (Tenn.) to strike out of the bill, the appropriation for special mall facilities between Washington, Atlanta and New Oi leans, i the motion was rejected .102 to i-B. Mr. Aiken ('8. V.) endeavored to get (CONTINUED ON PAGE FOUR) VOLCANO'S FORCE SEEMS SPENT AFTER ITS ONE ENORMOUS CONVULSION ENGINEER HURT IN A COLLISION Freights on Ashcville Divis ion Strike Head on And 8 Cars Thrown From Track (Special to The Citizen.) SALISBURY. N. C. April tlt.-A head-on collision between ejst bouu freight No. il and a west bound ex tra freight occurred this morning on the Ashevllle division of the Southern Railway twenty miles from this city The two trains were in charge of En glnecrs R L James wild W M. Kagle of Spencer, and are said to have been making fast time when the aecldcn occurred, though both men escaped without serious ".Injury. Mr. James sustained bruises which will lay him UP for a short time, Eight cars, were derailed .and badly damaged by the collision. A wrecking crew from Spen cer was sent to clear the main line track for passenger trains. MatteuccI Believes Eruption Is Ended and Indications Conjirm Him. - iim VESUVIUS IS HIDDEN . . , , BEHIND SMOKE CURTAIN SENATE SHELVES RAILROAD RATE No One Prepared to Speak on ItMore Than 30 Bills are PassedMost for Pensions (CONTINUED ON PACE FOUR.) (By Associate Pess.) AUSTIN, Tex., April 13. Details of the tornado which yesterday wrecked the hamlet of Brigs, 40 miles north of this city, were received today and while no deaths have resulted as at first reported a score or more are 'so br.dly injured 'that It is expected that many will die. Among the most seri ously Injured are Ambor Tabor and wife. Mm. R. Patterson and child, 3-year-old, bruised and cut, and injured Internally: Miss Hyckman. back hurt; J. T. Hall, nose broken and hurt In ternally; Miss Mabel Dewolf, shoulder bruised and arm broken: T. L,. Price, eye gouged out. Jaw broken, face crushed; Ernesft Langford, cut on body and head; Robert Pearson, Internally hurt; Mrs. C S. Cloud, Mrs. George Jette. Grover Williams, Jesse Wood, Ira Hickman, R. A. Patterson.. Ireland Joseph, and two children, of M. V. Laugford, all badly bruised. Among the buildings destroyed was the new n ubile school building, which was totally wrecked. Many resldeneea were swept away from their founda tions and the area through which the storm passed Is strewn with debri. - Relief parties are at work in the stricken district. NEW YORKERS WILL HAVE BIG BANK TO PREVENT PERIODS OF MONEY STRINGENCY (By Associated Press.) NEW YORK. April 13 It was learned today that a pian is under dis cussion among crtain bankers In this city, to establish a lank with a capi tal of $ifl,lM0.0tO for the purpose of regulating money rates and preventing Periods of mom-y stringency and ac companying high rates ir Interest. The name of the National Cltv Bank was mentioned In connection with the plan and one suggestion was made that the stock of that bank be increased by t2S,900.000 or KO.OOO.OOO m Older to give It a control of the financial sit uation -in this city sufficient to pre vent the recurrence of periods of ex treme high rates for money. Among other suggestions was that a trust comtny be organised under the direction of the National City Hank. (rm-'i.ilK of that lunik Wlrr I however, that tiier wtro iiwt takin? more than a passing interest lit the various plans. Some financial roucerns which have taken an interest in the movement as sert that such an Institution might ex ercise considerable control over the foreign exchange situation to the ex tent of regulating Imports and ex ports of gold somewhat as does the Rank of Etiglnnd :-- ... h I .fktrChv.L njtpouir of view. 1 (By Associated Pros.) WA8H1NGTOX, April 13. Owing to the fact that none of Its members were prepared to speak on the railroad rate bill today In the Senate, permitting th devotion of the entire time to the con sideration of other bills on the calen dar. Of these more than 300 wer passed, most of them being private pension bills. Among the general bills passpd was one Increasing the pensions of ex-ol-tllers who lost limibs In the service; another retiring and pensioning petty officers ami men of the army, navy and marine corps, after 30 years of service at three-fourths their regular puy and a third bill Increasing the pensions of ex-Mexican soldiers to l!tl per month and making the attainment of 75 years of age. evidence of disability. The Senate adjourned until tumor-row. EASTER FROM SEVERAL POINTS OT VIEW. QUEER SERVICES OF NEGRO SECT "(By Associated Press.) PLAIN I'TBLiD, N. J., April 13. The-' religious services of the negro sect which calls Itself the Church of God and taints of Christ, began tonight. The sect claims among other things that negroes are the real Jews, and their service Is a strange mixture of the (Hebrew and Christian rites. At the' Opening of Ihe service tonight not only were Jewish rites -simulated., but communion was partaken of. The ser vice was called the Keast of the Wil derness. It was opened with .the blow ing of the ram's horn. Then followed the eating' of unleavened bread and the partaking of the flesh of a lumh, which had been killed by Prophet W. S. Crowdy. The cornufunlon was bread and wa ter. Following this there were bap tisms, the washing of each other's feet and the breathing in of the tpli Its. Recovery of the Dead Con tinucs by Soldicrs.-Many Bodies Shapeloss. -i,ll (By Associated Press.) NAPLES. April 13. The period oC danger has passed and only desolation, and slowly , declining panic remain. Mount Vesuvius has ceased to give any sign of life. The volcano seeing to have speiit Itself In 'etna enormous (con vulsion. Director Matteucel, whtV he roically holds his post In the observa tory, believes that the eruption has ended, and every outward -Indication confirms this view. No more rum- " bllngs come from the bowels ."f lhj earth giving terrifying warning to the inhabitants. The volcano is hidden be hind a thick curtain of smoke, which rushes from Ihe crater, and then spreads and falls, enveloping a vast . cycle hi semi-darkness. Naples Is just beyond this circle, and today the city was bathed In sunshine while the ugly,, black pall hung to the westward over V a belt between Rome and Naples, Belie Picture. Vesuvius today belies all ' popular pictures, which represent the moun tain clearly outlined against the sky vomiting sand and ashes by day and Are by night. , Today not the slightest. : outline tn visible of the crater, crest. or foothills, all -being swallowed up in the dense mass of 8moke7-There 1- the same 'obscurity tonight. Unrelieved by flashes or reflected right such as ate seen during the quieter periods. Vesu vius quiet Is picturesquely grand, but active or smouldering It la terrible on ' ly In Its blackness and obscurity , Ashes Fall. The Associated Press representative today traveled through the belt over which ashes continue to fall. At Roiha there was sunshine, but twenty mllea south a thin veil of smoke made near by mountains dimly visible, their anon peaks soiled and sooty.. The xone of semi-obscurity began 25 miles abovn Naples. Here there was an uncanny phenomenon. The sun, though shin- - Ing was Invisible. Its light seemed to come through smoked glass, shedding a sickly glare upon whitened vege tation. Everything" was covered with powder. The locomotives were coated as though they hud ploughed through' tar. Pretty white villas were dauUd and dripping with mud, and people were busy on the roofs shoveling oft ashes. The crowds ut the stations re sembled millers, their clothing cov ered with graphite powder. The Cam pania presents the appearance of d Dakota prairie after a bllxsard, except that everything Is gray instead of white. Ashes He In drifts knee deep. Villas, trees and churches have gray mud on the sides exposed to the vol t unic stonn. I .. . Semi-Night. Ten miles north of Naples the train enters an area of sctnl-night. Billows of thick smoke roll from the direction of the mountain. The railway tele graph poles become Invisible twenty feet; away. The trains move with ex- -trrine caution to avoid collision. Breathing Is difficult and the smoke makes the. eyes water. - This obscurity lasts until a short distance north of Naples, where the sky- clears and normal condition are resumed. " No better evidence of the Improved condition of affairs In the section af fected by the eruption of Mount Ve huvIuh can be presented than tho fol lowing telegram from Director Mat- teueel, sent this evening from the ob servatory on the side of tho mountalur - - - -- -- -n-r,r ,i-irimnrtn.ii.) (CONTINUED ON PACE FOUR.) SIMMONS AND OVERMAN CONFER WITH THE PRESIDENT CONCERNING RATE LEGISLATION (By Associated Preit.) "WASHINGTON. D. C. April 13.- Raitroad rate legislation again .was a topic of Important discussion today at the White House The President talk ed over the subject with Senator Nel son of Minnesota, one of the staunch supporters of rate legislation, and later discussed It with S nators Simmons nd Overman of North Carolina. nhe President suggested to Senat or Nelson that' in his Judgment It would be wise to attach Jo the Hep burn bill either the amendment offored by Senator Simmons or that by Sen ator Mallory of Florida, both of which are designed) to prevent unusual delay In the consideration of applications for temporary Injunctkms. The proposed amendments also provide that the pro ceedings for preliminary Injunctions must be begun before the rale fixed by the commission goes Into effect. Tho complainant must begin proceedings within fifteen 'days after any given rate Gxed by the commission ami the nolilieatioii has been received. -Later, when Senators Simmons and Overman called with a delegation of Charlotte, N. C, men to Invite the President o deliver an address on the occasion of the celebration of the Mecklenburg Declaration of Indepen dence on May 30. an Invitation the President felt obliged t decline, he talked with them regarding the proposed amendment. It is known the President told them, about what he had told Senator Nel son. It Is regarded as likely that such ait amendment may be adopted, -