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; ! TIIE WEATHER if ,:j:X'ii-$ir. :: .,.,V TH ilk -r E &SHHV VOL. XXIII. NO. 43. .sXmiMissikills im--iiH: nm m- n ft 1 ij" 'mpb- , , , - 1TIZEN A cmiE.1 WANT AD.' WILL REJTT THAT VACANT JIOOM. -ASHEVILLE, N. C, TUESDAY; -MORNING, DECEMBER 24, 1907. all fears of a Rupture are now vanishing Wailing of Great American Anuada Disisipated Fei-s ; of War With Japan. GREAT JETTIES OF MISSISSIPPI ARE COMPLETE Biggest Channel Undertak ing of American History Now at An End. WANTED CONGRESS TO HOLD SHIPS Strange Attitude of Some Congressmen and Newspa pers Commented Upon. WORK WAS BEGUN FOUR YEARS AGO PRESIDENT TO FOOTANDHAND. STAND BY HIS CUT OFF; JUGS LATEST ORDER OF LIQUOR LOST HOPKINS SAYS THAT YOUTSEY LAID THE PLOT He Will Not listen to Ap-jFlood of Cut Rate Liquor More Sensational Evidence peals for Return of Troops Responsible for Two More i is Produced in the Trial to Goldfield. Tragedies of Rail. of Caleb Powers. Almost Parallel Walls Run ning for Distance of Three and Four Miles. HE THINKS NEVA DA CARS PASS OVER SHOULD ACT HERSELF TWO DRUNKEN MEN DEADLY RIFLE IS AGAIN IDENTIFIED STREET.CARMEN WOULD NOT GO OUT FOR XMAS Impending Strike is Delayed Out of Consideration for the Public. WONT INTERFERE WITH HOLIDAYS PRICE FIVE CENTS. DISASTERS OF MINES ARE TO. BEILOOKEDINTO Congress K Realizes ' Some thing Must Be Done to ' Protect Workers. ' . : PRESENT YEAR TO ' ' v; BREAK RECORDS Mines are Resmning Work Victhns anj Now in the Mia- aud Special Deputies are Being Sworn In. sion Hospital Suffering From Serious Injuries. Citlacn Corrcwpondeuce.) WASHINGTON, Pec. 28 The ar mada Is sailing south from Hampton Roads, and nervour people are reliev ed that ta coins was accompanied by no rupture In, our relations with Jap an. There aeemed In many quarters to be apprehension that on the eve of the fleet's departure some sore of ultimatum might issue from the Mi kado's mlnlHtry. That the fleet would nail on schedule, ultimatum or no ul timatum, -was conceded: and it was, the easiest matter in the world, thorn- fore, to conjure up vision of war, and death and desolation. The hope Kua expressed by Individ uula and by newspapers which ought to have been better Informed, that congress would And some way to pre vent Admiral. Evans starting to the Pacific with -his battleships. Laying aside the fact that congress is with out power to countermand the orders of the oomraaiider-ln-chlef of the ar my, and navy, there was as much en thusiasm on Capitol Hill as elsewhere over the naval demonstration. Mem bers of' the naval committee of the two houses; without distinction of par ty, Journeyed to Hampton Roads to hid the ships Godspeed, and there is strong probability . that the rank or vice-admiral will be revived In order that Itcar Admiral Rvans may be pro moted to fill it Americans affect to despise titles, It 4 true, and attention is called to the fact that our ships in the nav battles or Manila bay and Santiago were commanded by commodores, and historic rank that has now been .ahtthihed Jt 4 ganerally recognlied, nevrfheltf'"tnat so powerful a fleet hk that which Evans commands should be under the guidance of aa iwrflotT of higher rank. He will touch at .'South American ports where full admirals command fleets not mucn mora formidable than an asemblaee . k " . ... . 1 U1BIB IS SUM 111 WOVIWI (JUUI of ferry-boats, yet Evan will have to 10 feet of mud to bo ron,OVcd play second-nddie in the exenange or expected tlmt tno hlgh wat(,r NEW ORLEANS, Dec. 23. One of the greatest channel making under takings in the history of American river Improvement will be brought nearly to completion this week when the Jetties at the mouth of the South west Pass of the Mississippi river are finished. These jetties, after some dredging between them is completed, will give the South one of the deep est harbors In the world by opening to the access of the largest steam ships afloat the 100 and 200 foot depths of the lower Mississippi river The harbor thus made accessible has navigable water connection with at least a doscn states bordering the Mississippi river and Its tributaries, the Ohio, .Missouri, Arkansas and Red rivers. About , 000,000 la being spent on this Improvement by the United States Government, which- lias the work In charge. The new jetties were begun four years ago. They are on a larger scale and more substantial than the famous jetties at the Mississippi South Pass, an outlet which for over 30 years has been the river's com mercial entrance. They are nearly (By AuoeiatM Praia.) WASHINGTON. Pec. 21. The ap peals to President Roosevelt to have federal troops remain in Goldfield, In the opinion of White House officials, indicates a desire on tho part of those sanding them to rely solely on the na tional government for protection. The position the president has taken in tho matter is that the state of Nevada should exhaust every moans within Its power to control the situation, and that federal Interference should ' be supplemental only to the efforts being made by the state. Nothing In the ap peals so far received Indicate that any steps whatever are being taken by the state. Until this is shown to the pres ident. It was stated at the -White House today, his order of Saturday withdrawing the troops on December 0 will not be changed. After a consultation with President Roosevelt today Senator Nixon ot Ne vada expressed it as his opinion that the president could not' very well -mod ify his order directing the withdrawal of the troops. The question of having the state take some active part In pro tectmg the interests at Goldfield, the senator said, was a question under ac tlve consideration at this time. Just what would be the result or what measures were being considered, he the other about four miles long, lying , (aid, It would be impossible to dla- over half a mile apart and built in cusc. "One thing la certain," he International courtesies. , Sfo Cause for Alarm. That there was any real ground to Anticipate thut Japan would show re sentment because our ships went on a druise no Well informed person now hollevas. The alarmists made their Mnal grasp at thn recall of Viscount Aokl. the Japanese Ambassador to Washington, declaring It an evidence of Japan's displeasure and as Indica tive ot more formal protest to come. The simple matter Is that Aokl had not '"made good" as ambassador. That he was a Mulshed statesman and an erudite scholar was recognized, but lie failed to "catch on." Japan wanted a man In Washington who could got as close to President floosevelt and leading American statesmen as the ambassadors which some of the European power have stationed here. Toklo looked on with -nvy while Jussorand of France play ed tennis on the White House court, while von Sternberg of Germany went walking or riding with the president, or while Bryce of Britain discussed with the chief executive matters of American administration In which he had no concern; and Tokjo decided that Aoki was to austere and digni fied. The Tokio ministry had at its cell. now. Baron Kogoro Takahira, a diplomat, a scholar, and Wlthall a Jolly fellow who had thrieo been sta tioned In the United Htates, the third time as minuter at Washington pre ceding the appointment of Aokl and the elevation nf the i-Ktlon to an ombasy. Toklo believed Tukaliiru would All the bill. Ho had Iwen stationed In Washington during the Chinese Boxer troubles and during Japan's war with the shoal water at the juncture of the Pass with the Gulf of Mexico. Their purposes I to confine and thus, accelerate the river's current across a mud bar about three miles broad, so as to produce a channel at least 1,000 feet wide with a minimum depth of 35 feet The swift current which they, have produced, aided by dredg ing, even before their completion, has caused a tremendous scour and has already -mde 60 to (5 feet of wa ter 'In some places where tit the beginning of thn work the depth was but little over u mun's head. To make the uniform contract depth, there Is still In several spots about It Is due serted, "and that Is that the Western Federation of Miners will not be known In Goldfield when this trouble has been concluded. MALLORY TO, HAVE " A QUIET FUNERAL Another - tragedy on the railroad and another calamity due- to prodl gal indulgence. In out rate liquor took place yesterday afternoon at . Bill- more when Ben Pressly lost a toot and W, D.' Fowler a hand under the wheels of a freight train, while jug and flasks 'of Honor they bore were smashed on the roadbed. , The men after the car had passed over, them ' lav Inert and drunk be side the roadbed where they were placed and then were taken to the Mission hospital . where Pressly'a foot and Fowlr hand were amputated and It was stated that the men though maimed Would not die.' The men were going from the street ear terminus at Btltmora, laden with jug of eut rate liquor from Ashevllle, to catch -jMuwuSngtMr train No. I, the Tnxa way train, and With other people sought to cross the tracks where local Spartanburg' -freight' 'No- tS was witching ear. Th other people got out of the way of the four cars which engine No. Is was pushing In front of It but 'preasly and Fowler were too drunk' and were knocked .down They were not Immediately observed but soon were taken from the track. As they lay on, the ground Press ly kept elevating and wagging his foot which was crushed to ; pulp and someone tirgnd him to keep his foot still. He wa o drunk that he mumbled, "It don't mane any differ ence; it don't hurt," someone asx- ed Fowler If he .wanted a drink of whiskey, a quart lotllo being In his pocket.1 "No," said ho, "I have had too much already." - ' Bnglneer Henry Kansom, -of the mct,vcefvongtner, on tue road, was driving , tit engine mil be cause Of the -ear fin front could not see tho men but it is doubtful It he could have avoided them, anyway. Conductor HoVle u m charge of the train. V within a few weeks will sweep the remaining mud deposits out to sea by the beginning of next summer. Great Difficulties. Probably few walls ever have been constructed under greater difficulties than were these Jetties. They are made of willow, scantling, stone and concrete. Although In some places they arc not six feet deep and al though tholr greatest depth Is barely 15 feet they have cost $2.7000,000. Every material entering Into their construction has been brought from distance or 100 to 600 miles. The jetties have no foundation, but rely for stability upon their extremely broad bases, being rrom 100 to 150 feet wide at the bottom In contrast to Chis great width of base, the con crete cupping which forms the top of the Jetties and which Is the work re ceiving Its finishing touches this week. Is but a few feet wide. The capping Is a shoat wall 4H feet high and Is the only portion of the Jetties not submerged. The wall weights be tween two and three tons per foot. Tho submerged structure sup porting this mass of concrete Is made almost entirely of willow poles and brush. With the aid of frame works of scantling, the willows were form ed into socalled mattresses; broad, flat structures resembling bed mat tresses m form, each about two feet thick, 200 feet long and varying In width from 35 lo 1E0 feet. The mattresses were sunk one above the other, with the widest at the bottom and those above uniformally dimin ishing In width as they approached tho surface. The topmost mattresses were uniformally its feet wide and on a level with the surface of the wa ter. Heavy broken stone was Vpread himself J evenly ox er the mattresses to so that a layer of ston jLate United States Senator of Florida Asked to Have ACT0R8 ACCUSER Meshea of Law Appear to bo Slowly But Surely Clon ing on Toutae.v, 4 I No State Ceremonies. I con- con - (By Associated Press.) WASHINGTON. Dec. t.lo formlty with his dying request, veyod in a telegram to the sargeant at arms, tho lute United States Son ator Stephen R.. Mallory, of Florida, Who died last night, will irot be given an offlciul funeral but It will be con ducted privately and without osten tation. No committee of Congress therefore, will be appointed and such Benators and members as will attend the obsequecles will do so unofficial ly. Senator Mallory's aversion to of cial funerals was well known here and the telegram he dictated to be sent yesterday occasioned no surprise. The funeral services win ie con ducted at Pensacola tomorrow. The desk of the dead Henator In the Sen ate chamber was draped today. SEAMAN DIES BAN JUAN. Porto Rico, Dec. S3. Benjamin Northway. a fireman on the United States battle-ship Missouri, who was landed here on Saturday ufferlng from peritonitis, died today. Northway's home was at Gloucester-, Mass., and he enlisted at Boston. He will be buried in the San Juan Mili tary femetery. WILL GET SENTENCE Blackmailer Found Guilty of hqiwro- lng 1,000 From tho New York v ' Comedian! (By Assoolstsd Press.) ' NEW YORK. Dec- 23. Hugo C. Voecka, brother of Elsie Voecks, in whose behalf charges were brought against . Raymond Hitchcock,, the comedian, pleaded guilty to an In dictment alleging extortion before Judge Rosalaky today and Was re manded for sentence to morrow. Voecka Is accused of obtaining f 1,000 from Hitchcock for keeping quiet concerning the charge brought against the actor. ALL DEPOSITOES WILL GET MONEY !Bv Associated Press.) ATLANTA. Oa., Dec. 23. Btate Treasurer and Bank Examiner Robert E. Park, after examination of the Neal Bank.- which failed to open t- day, said that he believed the depos itors would eventually lose nothing. Slay den. Fakes ft Company whole sale warehouse was again tapped by thieves last night, but, aa far as Is known, they secured nothing.' The evidence of burglars was discovered by Night Watchman Sims, Who found the front door loose. He summoned Mr. Davis and the police, who could detect nothing missing. Tpe cash drawers had been rifled, but as no money had been left therein, the Mr Pikrlt aalit that the result thieves aalned nothing far their trott made by the assistant examiner will ! bio. It is thought the Intended roh not be made public untu his regular bery was tne worn oi om ." w report Is published. cealed in tno store. GKOUOETOWN, KTV Oou. !. The seventh week of the trial of Caleb Powers for the alleged com plicity In the assassination of Will iam Go pel, opened today, Polloe Judge J, N, Hubbard, of Grayson, Ky., was recalled to Identfy a letter writ ten by him to Powers, which embod ied the substance of his sensational testimony given Saturday relative to the plan to kill Ooebel outlined to him by Youtsey. The letter ,u writ ten by Judge Hubbard to ; Powers while the tatter was In the Newport Jail. J, L. Hopkins, the next witness gave equally sensational testimony re counting a conversation he had with Youtsey in the agricultural building. two day before Ooebel was shot. In Which Youtsey aaldl .. .yi-.jfi "I sent to Cincinnati for some cart ridge that will fix, htm (meaning Ooebel) and I -will give 1100 to any man who will fire th (hot Hut if I can't get anybody else to do theJ work I will do It myself.'-.. Albert Melton, In whose possess ion wa found the Marlln rifle with which Ooebel wa shot wa on th land today to identify and. trace th gun, Melton Identified the weapon by It number but was unable to say positively who gave it to him.' Directly after the shooting of Qonbel . Melton went Into the .hall of th executive building where evral person wer gathered about th door- of Caleb Power of lice from which tho shot was fired. - Some person handed th gun to Melton during th excitement He thought th man who .gave him the; gun was th purson (who bad been pointed out to him. a "Youtsey" but wa not positive. . , An Interesting turn 1rt.w trlul to tits arrival here of W, J. Davidson, assistant secretary ot state under Pow ere and before that superintendent ot public Instructions, . Davidson will take the witness stand ill defense of Power. Davidson left Kentucky about the tlm Taylor - and Flnley. In the testimony of Youwey and Ooldnn he Is charged with, being on of th conspirator In ' the A Ooebel assassination but he was not Indict ed with the other. 8lr.ee leaving Kentucky nearly eight year ago, hi whereabout have been unknown save to a few friend. He said today that he bad been in a small town in In dlana "ear Indianapolis, most of th time engaged In th construction bus iness. . . Men are Making Their Dc mand For More Pay and Shorter Honrs. i ffjv Asseelsted Press.) PHILADELPHIA. Deo. II. Th xecutlr committee of Amalgamated Breet and Electrle Railway Employ es, who have been authorised or th local branch or th organisation call a strike If th Philadelphia Rapid Transit company doe not accede to their demand for. Increased , wage and Improved conditions, tonight Is sued a statement to th publlo la which It wa stated that no strlk would b called , tomorrow, or before ChrMma. : ' ' . Th executive officer said they de sired to inform the publlo that their organisation had no desrr to inter fer with th preparation for Christ ma and that - from th inception of th movement tllsy had ndavord to mak It plain that ther would be no strlk on or be for that holiday, They add that while ther believe their demand for ten- hour working day and it cent an hour with Improved conditions are just, they have no de sire to strlk until all reasonable f fort hav been exhausted to reach an agreement with th company through arbitration and in conference PEACE MAKER MEETS DEATH IN A DUEL Three Cornered Pistol Fight hi South '9frp?iqa May Ji unit in Three Peat lis. SLAYDEN-FAKES STORE WAS ENTERED asmmszkssm&is, tiie bikd-h sav-w. sink rests Ttussla and' hud ucn'tltted well. He wus slatt-d to be the first! them afubassador, but before the appoint-1 between each of these willow struc--ment could lie announced Takahira 1 tures. The greatest number of supr fell on evil days Imposed mattresses was five SAYS REASONS FOR MR. RAMSEUR'S DISCHARGE WERE SUFFICIENT Major Campbell has recoived a let ter from vice-president and general manager Ackert of the Bout hern rall- f way relative to the recent shake-up obi the AalisrIUe' division of the South ern, resulting in the discharge of Sup erintendent ftasnseur. Trainmaster Rams)- said Roadmester Fortune, in which ho state, that no reflection ef a personal nature were intended.. hut that the uluwge were brought .bout by matters relating to the ep- ' rrttlen ef he Ahville division. - ' lr "Ackerfs letter to Mayor Camp bell H follosrs; . -Wa-I.lngton. D. .. If c. St. t Uoo.Jhn .A- faqipbell. Mayor ol "; , AsherlUe. rt Ashevllle., X. C UecUcmen-r't ha"1'? . had, Teferreff 'fcj'ne . -Mr . Taey,' or: president . rnri-tittn"Hfhd DeveTHhef jl, from which it would appear that there ex ists some misunderstsnding In respect to Messrs. Ramseur. Ramsey and For tune for no personal charges of any kind have bee" made against thee gentlemen. However, feeling tbat matters relating to the op-ration ef the Ashevllle division were not being property handled. It was deemed ex pedient te make a change. Th caaag was' not mad oa aoaotitit of any persons! habtta possessed by any f the above gentlemen, and. n far a I am informed, their personal hab it are ot the nest, and 1 want to tmetly aismre rB that no retlertioa have eea made opoa the character ef the gentlemen affected. .. . ''. J"-Your very trulj. 1 -A ' " '' .-C.-H ACKERT. ' Vtoe President 'and Gn- Ma." ' . .' (y Assoslatte" Prsisl OHARLOTTJS, N. CW Dec, f 8. W. Welch and W.'T. Olyburn and Berry Mobley wer fatally wounded In a duol which took plac at Ker shaw, South Carolina,, early Bundny morning. The tragedy grsw out of a tnvai difficulty . between Welch and Mobley which was later settled by a fist fight Th men shook hand and made up, but a -few minute later Welch, angered by mom, remark of Moblsy's draw hi pistol and opened Ore,, emptying hi revolver at close rang Olyburn stepped between th combatants, receiving two of th bul let and falling dead at Welch' feet Mobiey returned Welch's Or killing him Instantly. Ho received four of the bullets from Welch's Pistol and fell mortally wounded. Welch was a member of, and manager for the Heath flupply Company; Mobiey was on of the most prominent merchant of the town and Clybum wa at th head of the ciynurn stock company The three were numbered among the leading cltixen of th town.- Mobiey will die- Welch and Clyburn wer first cousin and ware friend. Cly burn wa acting a peace-maker and ndeavorlng to prevent the tragedy when h was killed. . In 1900 Six Thousand Mitf ers Perished. This Year , . . . More Were lulled. fJ ::f ' v". CHECK FORCER IS RUN TO EARTH E. C gmith, alias B. I. Cousin, wanted her for alleged forgery 'and obtaining money under false fals prstense Is under arrest Irt Johnson City, Ttnn., anif DetoctlV Prank J or don went to that place yes terday to bring th fugtlva here. Smith Is charged with forging th name of the Houthern Bell Telephone and Telegraph Company; to a check for 10 on which he received money from Joe Johnson who run a store In Grace, just outside th city limit Mr. Jordon left yesterday afternoon and is expected to return some time today. . Hi i WASHINGTON. Deo., !, The ter rible mln disaster at Jacob Creek, Pena,, ha aroused In Congress re cognition that something la necessary to bdon to protect th men who toU under-ground.-Congressman have known, course, ' , that American nine, ilk American railroads, claim ed a larger percentage of victim than tb mine of any other nation, but with four shocking disaster In the present month the awful Increase In the daughter ha been forced upon their attention. , Th principal mln disaster of thn year, l addition to that at Jacob Creek,' hav been a follow! ' December W At Poland a. Ala.: u killed. . v December At Mononah. W. v . 110 kilted. ' , December 1 At Lafayette ' vtv. ' Pnn 4T killed. ; September 10 At Negaunee. Mlr.h.. II killed. . i Jun II At Prioeburg. Penn.. J killed. K i ia i At Kcarbnro. W. Va.. 1 1 killed. March It At Tacoiua, Va I kill ed. February ' 4 At Thomas. W. v . 10 killed. January Si At Thurmond, w. v . II killed. . v . January 6 At , Lortitc W. Vs . 10 killed- January 23 At I'rlmoro. Colo. 2 killed.' .,- In th eleven major iiil'iln i-.-. dent of th year It Is notable thnf eleven of thorn were In rmttminw and.. wur -uaRi-(t by ploiuiis. 'li.. solitary exception Was th . one ut Nngaune, Mlch. where eightann iscn were killwl by thn breaking of un elevator, cabl In an iron mine, - . t . i i During th year lAOf neftrly t.Vtx) worker lost their lives in the cnn ' mine of th Vnltxd biatrs, . Win n th statistic for 107 are complli-d It probably wilt be found the lolni I considerably larger. In th Unittxl State ; th mining - of eoal ought to be attended by lea danger than In any other country of th world. Our haft fir not so deep ss are many of those elsswbere, and American mln owner have at their call ih best engineering talent to be found anywhere. Sclentlflo ' assurance is given that mln explosion are pr ventab'.o accidents, and that thoy r. ult only from what should be made carelosanes. Other countries hav assumed that the tarrlbl calami!- le are not a necessary acoompant rnent of mining, and th law they hav enacted hav gon m long, way toward preventing their occurrence, That ; atrloter - law , are Heeded In " American I evidenced by th fx-t that our mine kill three time a many men, In proportion to th num ber engaged In th Industry, a do the mines of any other country. :, Therv is almost hopeles . , differ enc ot opinion, of course, a to whether any ffctiv legislation could be enacted by Congres. Th old question of paternalism and th com- . panlon question of states' right step In to vex those who would gladly do something it only a way coukt b found. - .. If ha been demanded for many year that Coagrnsa should create a department of mine and mining, th head of which should sit In th Presi dent's cabinet Such a department may be ereet- ed at some tlm in th future, but not soon, tt I a difficult matter to add a new member to th cabinet Th agricultural Interest clamored for year before the commissioner of agriculture was raised to 8eer tary of Agrtcultur. with Cabinet dig- -nty. Commerc and labor Anally got representation only by com bin- SLAYER OF LITTLE ALTHEA GREEN SITS GLOOMILY III PRISON Joseph Lance, who killed Mia Althe Oreen by the reckless shot he fired from the Toxaway train at Buena Vista Saturday evening, 1 in Buncombe jail under commitment from Dr. E. It Morris, county cor oner, and there he will doubtless re main until th next term of Superior court since ther Is no need o th part of the state to call for an In quiry before a magistrate and Lance's attorneys have no present expectation of asking for, a preliminary hear ing. Lnc being quite willing to re main In prison. In tact prison is th safest place for him because It ha besm many year sinoe th peopl wer so thoroughly aroused over any thing a over tht wanton and cruel act which sent yonng girl to aa ontlmely grave, causing her to die in her mother arms with the . p- tbell word oa her lips, "Xlauuiw, I -don't want to die." ' , : He sit aon-omsnlta! In th jalL save to aay a I sorry th girt a killed. '" ' v.- .' The Hendi-raonviile authorities r.--llsed that they might have troul. to arl mo a quickly as they could, since the ' trouble had not taken place In their county they passed the eas on t Sheriff Hunter, who, without mak ing any display has all arrangements to avert any trouble. - There wae a prospect nf trouVi st the Iciueet Bunday at Buena VlM.i. where grown men. wept and tafcinv Ashevllle people aside asked wturt Lano was. The aged father ot Joeeph Lance. Squire D. Law, am to the scene but coert'Hon were wi. h that h soon left He was In A-If -vtll yesterday to employ wimvi for hi sea sxd enfata Cvl. v .:U.