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V i THE WEATHER CLOTOY. IE Mi Meee citizen; Leased Wire Eepcrts, Associated Presa y,OL.XXV. NO. 104. ASIIEVILLE, N. 0, FItlDAV MORNING, APRIL 2, 190f. CllC FAIL FROM LIMBS OF THE CONVICTS FJnal Knel! Sounded Yester day fbf Georgia's Infamous ' Lease System ':t GREETED SUNLIGHT WITH SONGS OF JOY Traffic In Human Flesh and Blood Now Fast History for Georgia. H f (By Associated Press.) V ATLANTA Ga.. April At sun Ytoe today Georgia shook off the last rag ot her convict lease system.' From cite end of the stite to the other hun dred of human being's were led from the cavernous depths of mines, from ,- the sweaty hca- of choking kilns, from the whirring1 dark atmosphere . lf flU'tnFina mi' Intn lrwl BiinKvht flora the control of harsh and oftefr" ' brutal taskmasters, into the service i tit. the state. Georgia has no state penitentiary. Kor years her convicts have been sold Into the mines, into the brick kilns. Into the factories; where private greed sometimes demni ded and collected Its last ounce of human flesh and its final drop of human blond. But the state decided to aboi:'i this traffic In white OFFICIAL COUNT CONFIRMS ROUT OF ADMINISTRATION Raleigh's Reform Wave Sweeps Clean Leaving only One Little Crumb FEW BELIEVE IN GUILT OF MULLINS Stronach. Reform Candidate Buries Badger Under Regular Avalanche. as well as black slaves, so instead of selling its T.dOO prisoners. It will work them on the public roads. The chiMise went into effect at day light this morning when the convicts I') were returned to xhe counties in which their primes had been committed. Most of the cot let? are blacks of a low order of intelligence, sentenced for. every conceivable crime. , 'Though shack lad and Ironed, the Convicts greeted the change with ehouts of Joy r.nd wierd hymns of thanksgiving. Negro preachers were at most of the flockades and' led the (lacks In their impromptu praise ser- vice, Special trains were waiting and the prisoners were transferred aa rap-"-Idly A 'sjosalbl to their Hew mt ' . tors, ' : - Strangely enoi gh, some. of the eon lct cried "at leaving scenes which t Jiad been part of the daily life of . j - fc'tne of them for many years. i The new system, 11 Is believed, will not only Improve the health of the i convicts but win assure Georgia the . finest turnpikes in the South. (Special to The Citizen.) RALEIGH, N. C. March SI. Ths board of canvassers at noon today made the official canvass of the "battle or oauots that was waged so strenu ously yesterday In the democratic municipal primaries which terminated in such a sweeping victory for reform movement or good government league, In that all the nominees of the league except one alderman, vere elected, J. Sherwood Upchurch, administration candidate for re-election as alderman, defeating J. R. Williams, reform can didate in the fourth ward by 39 votes. J. S. Wynne, reform candidate for mayor, received '610 majority over James I. Johnson, present mayor. Alexander Stronach defeated Thomas Badger for police Justice, by 614 ma jority. The reform aldermen elected are Joseph G. Brown, president of Citizen's National bank; G. L. Worn ble, Carolina Light and Power Co.; J. C. Ellington, merchant; E. D. Pee bles, wholesale grocer; W. A, Coop er, marble and granite (works; J. W. Harden, liveryman. To the sensational complications in the offices of the police Justice and the chief of police, more than to any other cause, Is attributed the overthrow of the adlmnistratlon. Faith In Mulllns. There were no developments today In the sensational matter of the muti lation of the records In the office of the, police Justice and the chief of police. Practlcally: nobody here be lieves that Chief .of Police Mulllns knows anything of the crime or was In any way a party to It In spite of line fact that he is eus penile b of ficial duties until the Investigation Is completed. It is general believed that the mystery of the mutilation of the records will be cleared up soon after the election, that Mulllns will be vindi cated and that his re-election as chief will come as a renewed manifestation of the confidence of the people. If -A. PRICE FIVE CENTS. TALK OF UNCLE JOE FOR SENATOR FROM STATE OF ILLINOIS Rumor to the Effect that Can non Can Wear Toga of Hopkins JOE. HOWEVER. HAS MADE NO OVERTURES Tawney.of Minnesota, Is now Being Talked of for - Speakership. 1 - sJnFL l !J"t 1 k tJjTS Jill 1 w IZ TAiR IS STILL HEAVY: (Continued on page Six.) (By Bltvltfon 8. ( line.) WASHINGTON. April 1. Specula tion as to whether Speaker Cannon will bo ejected senator from Illinois Is running a close race with the tariff bill In interesting members of the house. A story has come from Springfield that Cannon Is the only man in Right who can break the senatorial doudlock in the legislature and that If "Uncle Joe" will sa ythe word be can have the toga which until March 4 last graced the shouldets of Albert J. Hop kins. Cannon Not Talking. At this writing Cannon has made no sign, but there are close friends of the speaker's who believe the Idea of being a senator is not wholly repugnant to him. , It la true he used some strong language a couple of years ngo when there was talk ot nominating htm for vice-president, but his hold on the speakership then seemed more secure than It does today. It is pretty gen erally believed this will be Cannon's last term as speaker, without regard to his chance of becoming a senator. And most any man wou,'1 lather re tire from the office In order to take a seat In the upper chamber than to be denied a re-election. It is only natural with such specula Hon In the air that there should be a lot of gossip as to who U likely to succeed to the speakership. Many member Of the Jiouae regard "Jim' Tawney. ' of Minnesota "M-the "one best bet," but there Is no risk in pre dieting that Tawney would have to flcht for the honor. Judge Walter Smith, of Iowa would be a formidable andMatKd titer would be others. The speakership netver"1iSagoae beg ging and is not likeiy to won. Tawney An Organiser, No longer irin, but-- veritable oar, In: title and fact JVrdlnainl, of Bulgaria, is m4 the) cento of inter' rat In tins Ilulkaa situation. , His recognition tot Auslria' claim has, It. ' Is .thought, funif sited the flliilNliInf blow for Hprvla. im the termination of King Peter's irclgn Is now expect- ; ! at any tlme,3 ' r. . C3r Fri-dlnaud la no ajovlce in tlx) game of iiitcroniloual clutw. While . 1h lias mailc ncvcral Important niovna : that have) not tntn marked up on tho score card, lio Is rewwjrnhu-d as a OlpliHiMt of unntMialy talent. Ho was born at Vk-nna. and wu tlio youiiic- ret son of IMnoo AagiiNtua or idaxu- ' Ooburg. Jio nuu-ricd Mario IjouIso, ehlcet (langluer of thn CnintoHa of Parma, In 1H0S. UhI rhlint mtn, Iknia, was burn In January !. ' ' AltJuxurli clntcd by tlio liugartaa parliament as ttMt miccraaor of Alex- ' andr of flaucnburg in I NaT, his aoverpintntr wa not recognised Ity tlte Port and tho great lowers anlll WlTHTHEFUiSOF TARIFFDISCUSSIOfj 8acon Wants Entire Finance Committee to Sit on Payne, Bill SESSION TO DEAL ONLY WITH TARIFF Senator Hale's Resolution Re lative to Saving Time is Adopted. ; . Senato fiuinmary. PROPOSED TARIFF ON HOSIERY AND CORSETS IS AN INSULT TO J? OMAN Representative Burnett, of Alabama, Jlakes Sarcastic Attack on ' Confrera Who Would Send Up The Price of Feminine Apparel. , Not An. Act of, Gal ; , . .ifjf..;.'" ,;lantry Bay Oharapion of JVomankind. (Tly Awmriatod rrosa.) WABHINUTO?.-, April l.-The plan It would require a lot of generosity Of the republican lenders to close gen eral debate on the tariff bill today naving Deen abandoned, there was only a slight lncrae In tho attend to rank Tawney as one of the states men of congress, but he Is one of the best organizers who ever saw service under the dome. His ability In this anCB when tho hmi, mt.. (('( nt.nupfl on patfft four.) "SMOKED BEEF" WAR IS US Crazy Snake Not Captured "But His Name is Little More Than Mud HAS BUSINESS CALLS (Ily Associated Iress.) PIERCE, Okia.. April 1. What a Muskogee newspaper calls the "smok ed beef rebellion." alleging the same to be considerable of a Joke, is all but over, 'ii a day or two the jnllltla, it is expected, will be with drawn. Mcintosh county will feed between eighty and a hundred prison ers, not one of whom resisted arrcHt. and Chltti Har'o, otherwise Crazy Snake, will excrete all due caution ' about appearing in public. He was not "sptured today, neither did he respond to a widely distributed Invitation to surrender. The plctur- jesque posses quitted the hunt, leaving the flel dto the firnt regiment O. N. G. Colonel Hoffman sent sijuads through ,the riier bottoms and previously Un explored gulchos in th;s vicinity, while Mapor Barrett, ap'- ading his men, numbering lO-1), into extremely open order, advanc-"'. like a comb through the Hlekory woody Crazy Snake, however, was ilaewl.fre. j Meanwhile Cclcnel Hoffman held Jun extended pow wow with the fugl- Vy-fe's sister. The Interview took place a i Craxv Snake's former home. The Injllan leader lister and the militia h)ef met on the porch Informally, but the former succeeded In convlnc ln her ouestiontr that she knew EMPTY TANK STEAMER BLOWS UP KILLING 1? ELIOT WILL MAKE SOME SORT OF A, STATEMENT I s T PROFFERED POST Supposed That Oil Fumes in: Believed, However, That He Tanks Were Cause of has Already Determined the Explosion. 1 To Decline Place MANY ARE WOUNDED. OLD AGE A BAKUIER (By Associated Press.) MARSEILLES, April 1. Tho French tank bark, Jules Henry, Cap tain Escoffler, In the oil trade be tween Philadelphia and Cette, blew up this morning and was practically totally wrecked. Twelve members of her crew were killed and many oth ers wounded. The bark arrived at Cette March 22 from Philadelphia. A representative of the Veritas agency accompanied by the second of ficer was inspecting the vessel at the time she bli'W up. In the courxe of their work the two men entered the tank hold. Immediately after there was a tremendous explosion. The en tire deck of the bark was lifted and the forward" portion of the ship was renched off. Twenty men of the crew at work painting and repairing were blown Into the air. Great sheets of fire shot up from the vessel and In a few sec onds she was enveloped In flames. Prompt aid came from neighboring :ships In the harbor but it was Impos sible for the small boats to get close Into the burninjr vessel. Six burned and mutilated bodies have been recov ered from the floating wreckage. A number of wounded men also have (Ity AHHOc'tileil Press.) KAHHINOTON. April 1. Retiring j President Charl.s V. Eliot of Mar j vard university, it was stated today ! In receiving1 from President Taft on yesterday a tender of the ambassador hip of Great Britain expressed to the chief executive U th his appreciation of the honor and the belief that he would be unable to accept the post. President Taft, It Is said, asked Dr. Eliot further to consider the matter before making a formal declination and this was ag'ccd upon. Dr. Eliot, however, told the president that be ing seventy-five years of age, he hesi tated to accept fiuelgn service at this time, though he felt In perfect henlth end capable of innry years of ener getic work yet t. come. It was xald I'V those who talked with Dr. Ellnt that they felt that hla own views "an to declining the post would, eventually prevail. nothing of htr brother's whereabouts. ow.n brought ashore. Others still are 'V-erv well," responded the colonel "It la up to him. ,1'e has twenty-four (tours In which to put himself under 4nr protection. We snoum an y tl next step undoubtedly will be the oqerin of a reward for him, dead r alive." COCBT ADJOCBNED. There being nothing on the docket ready for trial the superior court did not hold a session yesterday and the tern stands adfoumed. The attor ney, because of the long trials wUlcH occapled most of the term, had the privilege of eominuetng theli" aes and Inasmuch as they could, be forc ed to trialt t"y let them go over. ; mlpslng and undoubtedly perished. The second officer and the agency In spector were thrown high In the air by the force of the explosion. They are still alive but are not expected to live. The Jules Henry discharged h?r cargo at Cette aad arrived here March ?7 with her tanks empty, for Inspec tion. It Is presumed that the oil fumes In the tanks 'exploded. TAFT DHAWS PAY. WASHINGTON. April I. This was President Taft'a first pay day as chief executive, the amount Of the check which a treasury messenger carried to the white house today being 5,25.eL WILL MAM! t-TATKMKNT. M ONTCLA III, N. J , April 1 Pres ident Charles W. K'lot, of Harvard, tonight declined to discuss a report from Wnshit.gton hat he had refused the proffered A met lean ambassador ship to Freat F.ii,ain. "Necesearlly. any Information nn this subject must come from Washlrrton." he said. 'However. I may be at liberty to say a word or two about it tomorrow." FIRE ON HTKAHEK. (By Associated Press.) COLON, April 1. A fire broke oul at an early hour this morning on board the Hamburg-American steamer. Sarnie, which was lying alongside her pier. The Are was In some cotton and kerosene between dvrks and the quartermaster and five West Indiana laherera were burned to death. The Sarnla later In the day -waa able- to proceed for Grey town. -. .J.. 1 . : ,' " ,. Mr. Cantrill. of Kentucky, discussed tho tobacco and hemp schedules. Be cause tobacco w s thn prey of a great trust, he said, It needed protection. Answering a question by Mr. Hard- wlck of Georgia, If enough had beert topped off on n dned sugar to affect the sugar true:, Mr. Gains of West irglnla, sulci that ell excess duties on refined sugar It. ii 'teen taken off that could be reniovrd without threaten ing the Ameriiun beet sugar industry. Inxult (ii WoiiH-n anil Puhlle. At the nlirlit Mission Mr. Hurnett. of Alabajna, spok? 'It seemn to me. Mr. Chairman." raid Mr. Burnet:, "that the republican m nibers of th'1 wavs and meiiriM com mittee In the preparation of this hill, aimed a deliberate and premedltotnd blow at the Amuncnn woman." He ex plained that, he was not surprised the course of some of the more an clent members of the committee; "as tho warm blood or youth ha long since ceased to course throuiih their veins. "What did shook him," he raid, was the "urn rr; oked treatment" Hccorded women all through the" bill by tho "princely young gentleman from Ohio, Mr I.oni:worth; the gal lant and chlvahoun gentleman from West Virginia, Mr. Gaines; tho fiery ".ml Impetuous youlh from Michigan, Mr. Fnrdney and the committee body from Wuidilnntun, Mr. C'ush n ii n." "It was Imd rnoiigh fur those gen llemen to go to tooling with hosiery,', union suits nnd cornet covers," con- tinned Mr. Iluiiult, "but when thoy nt out of their way to put fulse teeth on the fn e ilbt and a high pro tectlve tariff o i garters, I, a mere miin, think they p.irnerl the limit." j , phiurlnf theK si'luect Mr. Burnett declared that the bill ws a tlrsue of deception from title to Index. H as serted that , all republican ,; stump speaker lust year promised revision downward, yet thn Payne bill showed a net Increase tf Lit percent over the average rate" lu, tho Ulngley bill and "the .Ixird k nows now much high it it will be whn tho senate l through with It." ' fhe Inheritance tax feature of the bill he termed a "sop," , He said he was favorable not only to an Inheri tance tax, but mire so to an Income ix, believing that tho income tax Is the fairest of the two, "In thirty-six states the Inheritance tax prevails." he said, "and I br.Ilcve In none la an Income tax levied. By an Income, lax you do not dupllcnte the taxes of so many states, ami do not follow the hearse of the dead to pick his bones.1 TAKES STANO HIS OWN 6EHALF Man Chared With Murder of Entire Family Tells Whole Story TRUE BILL IS Fi CO. AMITE CITY. La.. April 1 Avery Blount, charged with the as sassination of the Hre.land family, now on trial for "Hub" Breeland's murder, took the stand In his own behalf today. lie gavie a dealled ac count of his movements on the nljrht of the killlnus and also on the day and nlaht previous thereto, seeking thereby to establish an alibi. He declared that he had hai no III feel ing against I'.r. eland or his familv. Ho admitted that he was the owner of a ten-Kauue shot gun. empty shells of which calibre were found "n the scene of the i rime, but said that h. had loaned the gun to a relative some weeks before anil that it ha l not been returned at the time of tie tragedy. There Is every Indication that the trial will cunt Inue until the middle Of next week. It was begun ten days ago. Waller liuoy, of Cliai'lnlte, Is Included In tlx- Finding of Jury (By Associated Press.) WILMINGTON. X (' . Aptll I. A grand Jury In the Mifs rl'ir court here today found a true bill against the I ilaiiminl Mutch company iied Its traveling representative, Walt' i Huoy, B'harloite, N C. ftir alb I viola tion of the state unll-trufl law pass el by the North !erllnn gen. ral as sembly and rtr.-si-rlblrig a line ..r t,0a0 on corporations and tUHl bin of Im prisonment In tin- ols ri iion of the court upon Individual violators W illiam Mei.de l b t. j. r, an attor ney of -hiiie!ph!.t. and le.iintree and t'arr, of 'oiriiiii;t"n, eounwel for .b rendiin's, argued a motion to quash the bin'nf Indlet're nt on the ground ihat It fatally iief.,ilvi in I'm allega tions and Judge n . It Allen, presld ,riK. took the matter under advise ment until the trial begins on the ls ku" of facts t'irnoirrw. NEGRO CHAMPION APPEARS IN COURT WASHINGTON. April 1. Fore cast ' for North -Carolina: Partly cloudy and slightly warmer Friday with local showers In west portion: Saturday partly cloudy; , variable winds. (My AswM'bited Pre.) f NEW YOItK, April 1. Complica tions entered today Into the case of Jack Johnson, the negro World's champion heavyweight pugilist, who appeared In court to answer a charge of long standing preferred ngnmst him nearly two years ago here bjf Almee Douglas, a colored girl. Before1 John son's appearance Joseph Netberland. a negro, was arrested, charged with attempting to bribe Almee Douglas to stay away from court Johnson was convicted fon ; the charge preferred by Almee Douglass and a fine of 11209' waa Imposed. Johnson promptly paid the line. - DEMOCRATS SAY BILL GIVES THEM A PA1 "Mephistophelean Joker" is Latest Term Applied to the Tariff Measure (Ily Ammx luted Press. ) WAHIIINOTo.N, A.irll 1. Dragging itseir tediously along, general debate on the tariff was continued In the house of representatives today and tonight. The Payne hill cattw In for Is usual condemnation from tho democrats, the reductions being char acterized as pretexts and shams and the hill as a wholo as "a huge Mo iblMtoihe( an Ji-ker." Messrs. dallies of West Virginia and McCall of Mas sachusetts, both members of the way' and means commit tee, defended tliolr meusure, although the MaarfachuKctt member want Cumethlng specific n It regarding th coins" to be pursued lowarus ine t nnppmes. " The anticipated a'lon regard frig the tixltig of a specific time for cbwtug the debute was not taken In vlewif the complex situation In which the repub lican levdera found themselves. In addition to Messrs. Oalnea and McCall, those who siMike on tho meas ure today included Messrs. Cantrill, of Kentucky, Dearmond, of Missouri, Hardy, of Texas. . WASHINGTON, ' April i I. ' What turned out to be a ventral debate en th tariff waa a fea ture of the senate proceeding to day on Senator Bncon's resolution favoring ths consideration of tar iff legislation by the full commit tee, on finance Instead of by the republican memfcra of that com mittee only, Serstor Aldrlch In. Isted that the procedure adopt ed In thli case waa similar to that which , had been the practice of the senate for flfty year la deal Ing with tariff measures, and he , added that the same method was ' adopted in handling the Wilson tariff bill for hlch Jie said a sutw tltutn .was framed by a sub-corn- , mlttee .composed of democrats. The democrat made strenoui contention for representation at ' hearing! by the committee and argued that the rt publican mom- ' bvr sitting a such .had no right to authorise the expenditure of ' the public fuadr In furtherance of an ex -parte consideration of', the bill In committee. The roso. lutlon was finally referred to the committee on finance. The aenate at LIT O'clock ad- "' Journed until Monday,' WAfshlNGTfN, April1 1 After d cli'lng today practically to romine thn liuslness' of tho extraordinary session to the tariff, the senate entered upon Ihu, consideration of Ki imtor llneon'a resolution decla'lne; tlmt'tho demo cratic aide of (' clinmber should te represented In all ilia hearings held by the commlttc on finance. Sena tor Aldrlch. chairman of the commit tee, Immediately took the 'floor to ex- Main the reasons Why-the' republi can member of the committee were proceeding with the consideration of , I ho bill without Inviting the demo crats to be present, tie contended that as the republican party would be. he ld responsible tor tariff legislation It was the province of th republican. members of the committee to shape . Ih bill for tho aenate ? 1 Mr. Aldrlch declared that the poll cy pursued by the committee was the (Continued nn page four.) OF IS GOVERNMENT IS SAFE tr tt ' iu. it. iiariuimu necuvera . llenlth and Is Now 1 teady for Hard Work 1 IAt "PICTURE TOOK" VIRGINIA BATE EtTtXTIVE. (By AseociaMd Press.) ROANQKIS;, Va. April 1. With the exception of the Norfolk and Western railroad all th railroads In the etato affected by th two-cent rate, put Into effect today the new two and a half cent rate. ' The Nor folk and Western fotimt it Jmpossl ble to arrange all matters for, the change to go into affect today. .:' (By Associated Prosa.) NKW YORK. API II l.B. H. Har- Inmn reached this city today to all nis arances a r-lnvIgortod man afr : r his long combination vacation and u I ncs trip over the net work of llarrlman railroad In the west, the uthw"st url In M. "I'm all right now," wjf hi terse end' expres sive rejoinder to a question as to the tale of hi health. "itetir.meri? I've not had time to think about it," Mid Mr. Harrlman. "I'm a HttW tired ence and a while, 1 but that's to bo t-xpectod. TherV too mu-'h work fur me to do to think of retirement yet." Mr. H-iTlmsn' special train which , come over Ihe N'uw York Central road halted at Voul.ers, Just on the outskirts of the city, to take aboard a party of newspaper men. Jumping off the rear platform the financier greeted the tiarty cordially and readily submitted to the exaction of the pho- . '.oirrapher. The members of hi par ty In fact turned the table on th ; isltors. Mis Mary Harrlman, Mrs. Pobert Ooelct nd Mrs. George Dixon : grouping the repirtert on the Tonk- s ers station platform and photograph Ing them, Mr Harrlmtn actively aup crlntendlng the proc-s. In the library er hi prlvnto -oar "Arden" Mr, Harrlhian talked stead ily all the way on the run Into the Grand Central station and in the ab sorption of the tnententk all oblivious of the train' etoppage. kept on for nearly half an hour after the special had reached the. terminal. -
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