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f ... i- ! EV nirrFPT77.ximT .-Tng.TTTTTTO. Fair Today. J TOV CAW IUL.TT THA Mil , xjl TACAJTT ROOM IT TOO Ml a crnzKX waxt ad. . 1 voLxxn,yo.29i. ASHEVIXLEN. 0., SATURDAY MORNING, OCTOBER 19, 1907. PRICE ITVE CENTS. L- 'AS M NEGROES IN NEW ORLEANS BARRICADE THEMSELVES AND STAND Riot Results From Killing of Policeman By Disorderly k, Negroes. COMPANY OF MILITIA RUSHED TO THE SCENE Were Drilling on the Streets , ; And Volunteered For Service. , y Aaaselated Prast.) I4BW OKUCAN8, OoL It. A prty ot negro barricaded themselv In dWntwa house tonight and started small rlcd. On policeman. ' wu killed WJ sswisra, r wounded. ' Th trouM started in front of th Second German Presbyterian church, t ' Claiborne and Annette street. ' during sertric tonight when vral negroes ' became ' boisterous. Patrol mia Carablona, . who attempted to r reet 1 them, waav killed. The negroes ran . to a nearby house, which they barricaded; With shotguns, revolver and ragor they awaited the police, a few of whom . fathered quickly and stormed the hous. Sergeant Wheat' ly Was mortally wounded and Patrol man Wenck and. Corporal J. ,'. Dunn received serious wound. Bhortly beore midnight the riot wta still In prog-res and the police had not learned, bow the negro fight er fared. A company of local mi litia which happened to be, drilling In front of potto headquarters when the fighting waa reported volunteered for service and were rushed to the scene jut tba riot vthe rldt ended after an hour and a halt sleg of the house by the police. . Thr officer - rooted the negroes by burning Miem out mortally wo6ndlng one. and arresting Jive other. , : HOT SEEING A!iY Jtv-4.. '. nrnrr Got. Hughes Makes Declar ation of His Attitude To ward, Nomination. ;.. . ' Hi., Va '. . ( y Associated 'reiO nBw york. Oct is. uovernor Hughes today made a declaration of hi hitude toward the presidential nomination, when In course of ah ad drfcsf.at a,' dinner given In his honor by in Republican ClubV he said: !T'do not seek any public office. J k .not sought nor shall I seek, dlreciiy or indirectly to Influence the selection or the vote of any delegate to, -ihy convention, and with reference to the . acttoit of any delegate to anv convention there will be no suggestion or '.thought Of Influence, protest or reprisal In th eroutlve chamber? ' ti ' Was $. thissame club that Mr. HtUrhes' announced his acceptance of V"th. gubernatorial nomination, and his .jf sph tonight, was a review of hi administration., particularly wnn rei?r Ht t the leglalatlon which had bftetf accomplished for the state con trot -of-v public1 service corpoartlons, and-ether important measures with who oreation ' and support he has bA identified, j - !-. v- m GE BREAKS, i . TRAIN IS DITCHED Art. listed Pi-.) FLA., Oct. .18 By iPENSACOLA, hs krukln, of a flange on a wheel ot it baggage ear, th flnt section of flVS Jlpeclal trains bringing Florida troop to Florida for the encampment at the- army fortification, the entire train Was derailed about 40 miles east . Of Psnaacala on the Louisville and naahvllla railroad today. No one was' killed, and only a few of the men were.lnjured. 'The track was torn up and the oth er trains had ta b detoured. Bid BLACK BEAR FALLS WCTM TO THE PRESIDENTS RIFLE KKW ORLBAN8. UCt.. t " I ...... ..s... . M..ir Km bv piisIt Roosevelt 1b the cane breaks 5 HT? rLakT uLached New j OEda, hTa telegram to John M. Psrker.oo.ot the tenUement wn invttetd the proaideat to hunt In the (tktt. gsd wb himself was a mem ber if ths -hanUng party until bnsl asa required his returning to New Orleans ssrsrai days ago. : ,th telegram to Mr. Parker was Signed' by Leo. Shields, another tiea bar of Um party, and reads as follows: "President Boosevett killed a great big; bear. Went Inta thicket this al ternon." ' --. , ' Ne -fiartleulars wera stated is the leVacran.. f' . . OFF OFFICERS WARRING TONGS IN CHINATOWN CLASH AGAIN Chinks in Philadelphia En- gage in Bloody Fight ' With Fatal Results. '.' BaaasssBBsaa FIGHT COMES UP OVER MURDER TRIAL Assassins Imported To Mur der Star Witness in Trial of Murderers. Mgkjj BMiiaMtw Am PHILADELPHIA. Oct. XI. The warring factlona of Chinese In this city who have periodically resorted tp the use of knives, pistols and hatchets, to nettle their dlsDiites. engaged In a fierce combat In Chinatown ' todax. which resulted In the death of Lee Dick and Lew Ting, and the probable fatal shooting ot Leoy Tong. The authorities say that the killing was the result of a plan made by members of the Hip Sing Tong Society to -aasilnate witnesses wno were to have testified today In the trial of two Hip Sing Tong men charged with the mur der of Long Yung, on July 7, last Long Yung was a member of the On Leung Tong Society, and was shot down and killed after he Jiad given testimony against Hip Sing Tong men in another murder trial. ... v Beginning of Fight gust as the Hipping Ton placed on trial today ot the murder of Yung. Chinese,- who, the police say were brought her , from New lorn, Roston. San nranelsco and other cities, began shooting tn lha streets Of China Mil and riddled With bullets lies Dick and" Lee Ting, a friend.' Both were members of the On Leung Tong, and Dick was to' have been the star witness against ths Hip Sing men in the trial. He was on his wsy to court when he was shot down and killed and thb case' was postponed. Members of the Leung Tong Taction ran from their headquarters and be gan shooting when the Brt hot wera fired, and Leoy T'Mig. a Hip Sing follower, was dangerously wounded. A general fight followed In which many heads were battered ana several were slightly Injured. Wholesale arrest were made by the police who descend ed on the Chinese settlement. Among those arrested Ed Chin, ot San Francisco, How Hing uock, m Boston, and Tong Plank, said to be from New York. They were capture at the ferries as they were preparing to leave the city. The men were heavily armed. In their pocket were found a number of empty cartridge. LAST SESSION OF PEACE CONGRESS Hall of Knights Presented An Imposing Spectacle; Homage Rendered Teddy. (By Aoclatd Pr.) THE HAGUE, Oct. The Hall of Knights presented an Imposing spec tacle today at the closing session of the International peace conference. The boxes especially erected for the occasion were crowded with cabinet ministers, diplomats and other states men and their wives. The president U. Nelidoff (Russia), made a long speech, uying that notwithstanding the assidlous work of the delegates, (Continued oa Page Three.) It was announced yesterday that the nresldent naa stsnea om eny log that with fresh and better dogs, trails j had been struck in the morning and were being followed In a lively man- . the lnformaUoa that the president shot ' proposed bridge will be of reinforced the bear he killed yestejfday as It concrete, modern in every particular cams out of the cane brake near the and lasting three times as long as on camp. Ths animal had been chased 'of the wooden bridges. The matter for half a day by Ben LI I ley and a was referred to the street commlt negra assistant who followed close tee. apoa th heels of the hounds. Mr. Merrlmon also entered a corn- It felt after the first shot, which plaint as to the condition of the rail waa planted Just back of the saoul- way crossing at Smith's bridge, be dr. The animal weighed 17s peands tweea U city and Wert Ashevllle. H which Is eossrtdered large for bears- , -' la this Tletoltjr. ; ; (CosaUawed mm faga Thre. . ill y0w oibrtANsL?? II i MR.HENRY WILL GIVE A BRIDGE FOR CITY'S USE Owner of Zealandia Estate Offers Present of Fine .Concrete Structure. ALDERMEN DEAL WITH MANY MATTERS Dr. Minor Wants To ' Shut Oft. the MorningSongojf Factory Whistles. Th board of aldermen met in reg ular weekly session last night In the council chambers' in the city hall, and after" only a' few matter of routine business went Into executtve session. Aldermen Randolph and Francis were absent The report of the corporation coun. set in regard to the petition of Mr. Sluder, a resident of Seney street a to the damages to be awarded mm for alleged damages .done his prop erty by the paving of this street was read. The report said that she sur veys that have been made on thl treet were not for the purpoie or fixing the' damages, but were to make a report to the board. It recommend ed thata Jury be appointed to Judge ths damage to the property, and also to the property of Miss Dunn on Pen land street. A Jury was appointed. The matter of the building ot sev eral hut or smalt, houses to rept to negroes by O. D, Revell, the owner of tht property known as Pine Top, came before the board,' and It was found that Mr. Revell had not procured the necessary permits to build, and It was(- ordersd that the matter be given to the committee on public safety with, power to act. Wants Whittle Stopped. Dr. Chas. L. Minor appeared before the board In regard to the blowing of thB cotton mill whistle early every morning, which,, he deolared, was very annoying to the people In the lower section of the city. He said that regularly at 4:80 o'clock every morning the whistle blew, and, ac cording to his timing. It made a con tinuous noise for at least three min utes. . He said that Some of his pa tients had made repeated complaints to htm abpat the noise snd declared that It was a nuisance. The matter waa referred to the corporation coun sel to see if there was an ordinance to cover the case and to report at a later meeting. Offers Bridge. t. Q. Merrlmon appeared before the board for P. 8. Henry and submitted plans for the erection of an overhead bridge across the deep cut at the top of Beaumont Ha said that Mr. Hen ry had made arrangements with the Farragher Engineering company whereby a reinforced concrete bridge eonld be built at a cost of $2,200. Mr. Merrlmon said that Mr. Henry pro posed to build the bridge and road leading to It and give it to the city for a public highway, provided the city would exchange the bridge for the paving assessments on his prop erty on the mountain. Mr. Merrl mon said that there was a great dif ference in the cost of the paving and the building of the bridge, but owing to ths fact that Mr. Henry had to havj , a "1.,-- . . . ANOTHER COUNTY HEARD CONVENTION AT RICHMOND NEAR AN: END Rush of Business Marks the Closing Hours of. Great ; Episcopal Gathering. NO CHANGE IN THE . STANDARD BIBLE House of Deputies. Refuses da ReconsirJt5 Action On the .Question.' V' (y Aaaeilated frs.V RICHMOND, Vs., Oct ll-Th; - lecUon of Hev. Edward' Jennings Knight of Trenton, N. J.,' to take cKarge of th nibwtoaary district of Westarn Calosado, th organisation of board ot ssisslona, creation of . a committee y draft anon regarding suffragan bishops, refusal of th house of deputies to reconsider Its position as to the standard Bible and a host of other acta, marking the closing hours of the great gathering, occupied to day's session of thn triennial conven tion of the Protectant Episcopal hurch. " t; ' '' ' The bishops authorised -the prlnt- ng of the prayer boo In th Spanish language. . , It was agreed that a committee to consist of five bishops, five clergymen arid fire layman be appointed to draw ufJ m canon regarding suifragan bish ops and to tnmke their, report at the next general convention. ", -1 The Rev. Dr. Callsch, rabbi of Beth A'haba synagogue. In an. address be fore' the house of bishops,, sf tended th greeting 'of hi churchv j Hrfustw to RroonstilfS'.'i Th house of deputies today re fused to reconsider, its action regard ing the citmitlon of a standard Bible. The house last night k voted over whelmingly agalmit permitting th ue of the revised edition of the Bible In the church services, and also by . a great majority adopted an. amend ment to the conutitution declaring the King James, or authorised version, to be the standard Bible. Dr. Parks of New York, read to the deputies the report of the commit tee on the election of a board of mis sions, to serve during the next three year. Geo. P. Thomas of Pennsyl vania, was re-elected treasurer of th board and Rev. Arthur Lloyd secre tary. The report was adopted. Hev. Dr. Wllmer of Georgia, a dep uty, rising to a question of persons' privilege, d entered that ha never said as had been reported, that .'the Blblt was 'the most fruitful source of Infi delity In the world, What he saM waa that "calling the Bible the word of God was the most fruitful source of Infidelity in th World." Th Bl hie. he said, contained the word of Ood. pair WASHINGTON1, Oct II. forecast for Saturday and Siruaay? North Csr- olina Tatr Saturday, colder la th In- rtor; Sunday fair light to ' frasb aortbwsst winds. . &. FROM" FULL EXTENT 1 OF DISASTER IS APPARENT Fontanel People Beginning To Realise Ho w Largely Death Came to Them. SUPPOSED VICTIMS . ARE FOUND ALIVE Work of Relief Is Hindered , by the Hundreds of ' Sight-seen, FONTENENT, IND., Oqt . ll. Th people of this stricken town today ra Used for th Jlrst. Urns, he full MUnt f Tuesday's . disaster. , Ths blowing up of ths Dupont powaer mm ana the resultant destruction , was to full of ths dramatio that th psopl bar. even th survivor of th mills, did not realise how largely death had com among them. Today th on lit' tie black' hears began pourneylng to th graveyard on th hill north of town and It will go that way often within th next forty-eight hours. Th n bright ray m th situation her today Is the marked reduction In the list of th dead. Powder mill mploy to th number of seven or eight, Who were reported1 dead, have com out of their evident stupor to tell friends they are ally. round Hitting on Coffins. Surprise of this' nature began to occur yterday evening and found their climax this morning when Add) ma Webster and Samuel Cothrelt ap peared in, the streets. Both men wer powder mill employes and both had sons who were killed In the mill x plosion. This morning Webster and Cofhrel! were found sitting on coffin In front of the undertaking hop When told they wer reported among the dead,. they only opened their y wonder and mads no comment The body of Samuel Cothrell's son, named Frank, Is supposed to b burled in the ashes of the mill or to hev been blown to atom. Mori Wbstr. the son of Addison Webster, was found yesterday on the hill abov th valley of death. His body wss literal ly blown to pieces, and watdentlfled by his father only after a careful ex amination of the fragments. . No Trace August CJIrard. The search of the ruins was resumed this morning under the direction of C. V. Kerrlday, superintendent of the Wll- mlnston (Del.) plant of the DuPont The moat mysterious cane Is that of Auaust Glrard. who drove a truck b ween two of the mill. Olrard' nule lived through the explosion, but t Is believed his body ws scattered o the four wind, a not a slngl atom f It has been found. The body of Samuel Kevins Is still imong the mining. The funeral of James Bigg marked i he beginning ot the funeral proces ion that must frequently pass dur ing the next few days. Biggs was burled at 10 o'clock this morning. People flocked to hi wrecked home on a hill almost two miles from the tee ae of the explosion. Funersl ser vices were conducted Under th direc tion of the United Power High Es nlaalve Workers Union No. 191, M which the don -rn wss a member. Th bodies of W. JS. Cress and V . erlck Cress, brothers, wer burled at Roeedale at Z o'clock this afternoon and the funerals were attended by members .of th Powder Makers Un ion. Th body of Sylvester Dial was shipped to his home at St. Elmo, 111., hi afternoon, and th body of P. J. 'Carroll wss seat to Greenup. 1IL, his lorn, today. ' ' A larg tent has been erected eppo- (Cootlnswd oa Pag Pour y ENTHUSIASTIC MEETING AT COURT HOUSE Rousing Speeches Made For The 'Bond Issues For A Competing Road JOHN A. FOX MAKES STRONG ADDRESS Col. Davidson and Col. Lusk Make Clear The Issues Before the People. - Th meeting of th railroad bond Issue advocates at th court house last night, whll not big In point of at tendance, about 10 being present. was. big In enthusiasm, and rousing speeches wer martu hy Col. T. K. Davidson. Mr.i John A. Fox of Cln clnnatl and Col. V. S. Lusk and brief remarks by Judge PrIU hard and Prof. J. J. Brllt The meeting was railed by Judge Prltchard, who briefly expressed the object of th meeting and expressed his confidence In th outcome of th election, declaring that the only thing that could defeat th meaaur was apathy on th part of Its advocates and failure to get out th vote, as all thos who failed to vote -counted against th movement. It being neces sary to get majority of th regis tered voter to carry It ' H then In troduced Col. Davidson, ' .. . 6'-' s- .;. vA, Davidson,' ; .".'.'' -' In his Introductory remarks Col. Davidson gave a brief resume of the movement In Western North Carolina to sacur a competing railroad, mak ing it oleaf that th only reason this movement had not been successful! years ago was th lack of money. Th speaker stated that whll he waa not 111 a position to call names or go Into details, h waa aasursd that this pres ent movement had th backing of New York capitalists, one, of th strongest financial syndicates In tli country and that th bonds wer already practical ly underwritten by them. He said that this wa th best and fairest op portunity tnat to i -section had ever had to secure a competing line, and thnt, too. without cost, declared emphatically that he had not the lightest far that the- county would In anything on th bonds and would almost be willing to swear, that there would, b no loss. .; Col. , . Uuvldson spok for only about. 19 minute, and when he ' concluded , was , heartily ap- plaudad.. ,t Mr. Fox's Address. ' .' j Judge Prlchard then Introduced Mr. Fox. th special director of th na tional rivers and harbors aongrass. who Is In North Carotin arousing Interest In the movement for th lm provement of th waterway of tlie country,' and on of th best author ities on the subject of transportation In th country. Mr. Fox' address was most Instructive and interesting. He presented an array of figures show ing ths 'freight rates on various road of th United States, th Southern be-, Ing a high as any In the country. H showed how ths Interests of ths entire state war Interwoven with thos of Wilmington In her - fight' tor harbor Improvements, .and declared that when they war sioured and the competing railroad built the: benefits to this section would b countless. Ho closed his address with an appeal that Ashevllle b represented at th meet ing at Wilmington w November ' ft, when th itut waterway association was to b organised. Col., Lusk, the next speaker, made a rousing speech, Hs said that Ashe vili no longer had a monopoly n the Sky puddln' " business, referring to advantages as a . health resort, and that unless the people waked up and went after factories, ; manufactories , etc.. In a. few years dog fennel would be growing on Psck square. Ha showed by flgurs that Ahsyllls waa discriminated against In freight rates, and that It . was th people all over th county who suffered as a result. He declared that Knoxvllle. Charlotte, Atlanta and other cities around u were making greater progress com mercially than Ashevllle Is, and that the fact that they had competing rail roads was the cause of this. He ex pressed himself as confident that the issue would carry, but urged his hear ers to work hard to get th vote out When Col. Lusk. finished Prof. Brttt waa called on, but he contented himself with stating how he stood on the question, and declared that It bad his hearty support and that later he hoped to make soms (peaches. ANOTHER POSTPONEMENT OF 1 - . C. STOCKHOLDERS MEETING (y Aeeltd rss.) CHICAGO. Oct. It. Th meeting Cf stockholder of the Illinois1 Central railroad today, waa again postponed, this time until 2:1(1 o'clock Saturday fteraoon. . No other action waa taken. The delay wss caused by th Inability the committee on proxies to pre sent Its report. The checking up -.tf th proxies Is a teak of such hug proportion that H Is uncertain when th committee will b able to report. E. S. Conway, chairman of th proxy committee informed President Hsrs- ban today that it was posslbl. but not -rtaJa that th commute would through by toanorrut. turtnova, . , Th delay has beeom brksoro '9 Mr. Harriman, who said today that STATE NOW AT'. SEA BY REASON OF DECISION J udge Winston Sayi Pritche ard'i Action Makes Guess', Work of Evidence. A y conference held 1 testerayVoid Some Talk to Effect ; Thaf Andrews Will Be Put ... v-i - On Stand. ''&J. RALXIOH. Oct. II An . all da Conference today of tha states attors nya In tht railroad rat oases result. d In ao definite decision a to tha future course ot th state la tha fam- one case suit of th Southern Railway - to decide th constitutionality of th two and a ouarter cent tar. Th oon- fereao was with Governor Glenn and Chairman McNeill, of th corporation . commission. After Ih conference Oov- -ernor Glenn stated this avsnlng that It t would meet again next Tuesday nbrht. when It waa probabls that some thing definite would b doldsd upon, In Ih. n,...llm. ...h f Ih. n. . tk'lpanta waa to formulate his lda of what ought to b done. On plan of action. was suggested today and taken under advlemnt. During th day Judge R. w. Winston, of Durham, stat d to several newspaper men that th decision of Judge I'rltchard, sustain Ing standing tnsster Montgomery; in his refusal to allow th state to go further back Into th books of th Southern Hallway than ths year oK 1901 had left th matter ot evident to guess work.' 11 explained that th tat was anxious1 to havs expert i countant take account of very ticked and mileage book, and thus ssirstr the cost of Intrastate from Interstate) transportation.) ,Thi had been dnnn 1n Kentucky, he said. 'Now th ruling ot th ootirt limited ths stilts to Ita experts and certified statement from ths corporation coromlsHlon. I Thsrei was a general opinion her to-day that the . conferenre dlMinieJ at somn Inns-th tlie silviMiiiilty uf i ting r,rt Vice-President Anrduw on the stind,' alxo S'llnn fm-ihi-r lt tv e matutr of 'llio voui ii. it i f i ou i erniruillwny given by Col. Andrews to 8 (all Hi'nutor j. C. Drewry, president, of th Kaluigh Evening Times, There were' present at th conference todsy Judg Jas. K. Shepherd, Kx-Uovereor C. :U.. Aycock, Kx-Congrsman y. -A,U Vodurd. Speaker B. J. J untie and 4udg at, W. Wlnnlon. JUtiGEAKIH DIES ' " IN CARTERSVILLE CARTERSVILLK, a. Oct'. 19.-- 3udg John A. Akin, president of th Georgia Senate, , lawyer and promin ent In th public Uf of th stats, died at his horn her .early today, aged 4. Judge Akln's death followed cl. ly that of his mother, Mrs, Mary K. Akin, who died last night . . Mrs, Akin bad suffered ft , strok of paralysis, and on learning of her j . ?i-du,kiu, isiiuad and could not recover. t t Judg 'Akin was 'elected president of the Benat at th last session cf th lsgllatur.ftnd took m prominent part In th fight for prohibition. ' RUDYARD KIPLTNrt V IIAS A SOLUTIOa' - TORONTO,' ONT., Oct. H.'Tump In th Immigrant from th old coun try; pump them ln."That M th solu tion Rudyard Kipling suggesU for th' ' Astatic problem en the Paclfia coast. ' Mr. Kipling, accompanied . by bla wife, arrived her last night from ft tour of ths Canadian Northwest 5 ' "Immigration ta what Canada wants In th west" ald Mr. Kipling. "Tut must have laborer there, Ton want Immigration and th way to keep th yellow man out I to get th whit man In. If . you beep out th white, thou, you will have the yellow man for you' must have labor. - Work must be don , and there Is certain work ft white, man .. won't do so long as h can get yellow man to do it. Pump, in the Immi grant from th old country;- pump them In. England has t,000,0 peo ple to tpar." i v - - , , It was nccesaary fo? him to b lit New Tork oa Monday, although he did not see how be could leave Chloa f before the concluato of th stock Bloders meeting. ', r , It ws officially annoaaced toda? by President liarahaa that John J. Mitchell, president of the Illinois Trout and flaring Bank, will b Mr. Harri man's can d I dais for th directorship now held by Mr. Fish. The delay hi reaching ft rot oa th election of directors ha caused many of, th small stockholders to abandon the meeting.- Not morethaa fifty pr naa wr present todsy. Many tf those wha attended tbs openit t jaloa bav left for bom.
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