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WOt. XXV. NO. 166.
ASHEVILLE, N. C.f SUNDAY MORNING, APRIL 4, WW.
TRICE FIVE CENTS.
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TARIFF ORATORS
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Nevertheless Congressmen
' Keep iJp Their Speechmak
Ing to Empty Seats
THANKS EMPLOYES
FOR BEING PRESENT
General Debate on BIUJWlll
Probably be Shut Off Mon
day by the Cloture Rule.
'k WASHINGTON, April t. With no
' more- than a corporal's guard on hand
at any time during the day, the debate
' on the Payne tariff 1)111 In the house
proceeded drearily today. Two weeks
4 already have been consumed In gen
eral discussion of the measure and the
belief Is that It If now concluded.
Every member Is looking forward to
. the bringing In of a rule on Monday
next which will provide an opportun
ity -to vote on a limited number of
schedules with debate confined to five
minutes for and against each amend
ment.
The discussion of the bill today and
tonight took In practically all of its
provisions free hides and wood pulp
occupying a conspicuous place, al
though there were several general as-
vaults on the measure from the dem
ocratic side. Again two democrats
from the far south stood diametrical
ly opposed to each other on the same
schedule. Mr. Sparkman of Florida
urging-v the Dlngley rates on lumber
while Mr. Humphreys of Mississippi
advocated placing It on the free list.
The republicans who spoke were
Practical ly unanimous for free hides
The taxes on the necessaries of life
came on for their usual share of crit
icism from both sides of the chamber.
Philippines Heard From.
The Philippine Inlands were again
heard from when Mr. Benlta Legardo,
resident commissioner, spoke in op-
BosltloA to the proposed free, trade be
tween that possession and the United
States. His views were practically
,r-'N- - fon:;th?':1taea of those expressed
V yesterday by his colleague, Mr. Pablo
Ocamoo De Leon. He pointed out
that' the admission of 300,000 tons of
Philippine sugar free into.'Jthe United
States would not improve, "conditions
In the Wands immediately, because
the Industry had declined one half
during the American occupation, and
because China was the natural market
for that sugar. Immediate benefit
might not accrue to the tobacco in
dustry either, he said.
Ralney Sarcastic.
Sixteen members were present when
rhiirmin Olmsted called the even
ing session to order. When Mr
Stainey of Illinois was recognized to
apeak against the bill, he thanked the
' chairman, clems 'ana oniciai mpun
n in .bclne present. He said the
other members were In their seats bo
cause they were to make speeches lat
er.
"T never noticed before that the
house contained so much furniture,'
added Mr. Ralney. In his speech he
found fault with the duty on watches
Mr. Ralney claimed that the joker
In the wlch schedules was a provl
alon requiring that the name of the
n.nfifnntnrer. his town and nation
nd the number of Jewels in tin
watch, In all about fifteen words must
be engraved on the works of the lm
nnrted watch. He claimed no Bwlss
watch had large enough plates for
this to bo done and therefore that it
nvnuld be excluded.
Just a Mr. Ralney concluded he
again referred to Mr. Tcrrill as the
"mteh trust exoert." saying that it
avas no wonder he defended tho trust
as he would not have been elected
had the tr-jni not instructed Its cm-
cloves to vote for him for congress
man. Chairman Olmsted reprimand
ed Mr. Ralney. The Illinois member
Bald he meant no reflection, adding
ht he had SDOken In a humorous
vein.
SECEDERS ARE DENIED
ILL PROPERTY BIGHTS
(Decision in Cumberland
Presbyterian Church
Handed Down at Last
NASHVILLE. Tenn.. April J. The
Cumberland Presbyterian church .n
Tennessee this afternoon won tne
Doted church case which the Tenn
essee Supreme court has been wrest
ling for two years. The Supreme
court in an opinion of ninety-one
pages delivered by Justice M. M. Nell
holds that the steps sought to be
taken by a portion of the Cumberland
Presbyterian church to uniting wtl.i
the Presbyterian church. IT. S. A.,
were not effective. It was held that
the Cumberland church still exists
and that 1U members still retain its
creed, doctrines, etc It was held
that th unionists had allied them
selves with a different church and
doctrines. The Cumberlands are giv
en the church property and the
unionist are adjudged not to have
a fight or title to it. 1
MARK
Who Made a Willy Speech at IlannHct Following the Opening of the Tide-
water
ROGERS BANQUETTEDBY
GRATEFUL VIRGINIANS
Mark Twain Makes Humorous Speech at Closing Cere
mony of the Tidewater Road Opening. Distin
guished List of Guests
(By Associated Press.)
NORFOLK, Va.. April 8. The
speakers expressing confidence In the
future of Virginia, her natural ro
sources, and advancement, the eels
bratlon of the opening of the Virgin
ian railroad came to a close 'tonight
with an elaborate banquet given in
honor of II. H. Rogers, at the Monti
cello hotel by the business men of
Norfolk.
Among the speakers of tho evening
were: H. H. Rogers, W. H. White,
who acted as toastmaster; President
W. W. Finley, of the Southern rail
way; George W. Stevens, of the Chesa
peake and Ohio; A. P. Thorn, general
counsel of the Southern railway; Gov.
C. A. Swason, of Virginia: W. R.
Mayo, of Norfolk, and Camucl l.
Clemens, (Mark Twain).
'The features of the evening were
the brief speech by Mr. lingers and
the humorous talk delivered by Mr.
Clemen.
Mr. lingers Speaks.
Mr. Rogers said: "Gentlemen, It is
great honor and I shall not deny that
it is a great pleasure to be your guest
on this occasion. I am hot gifted
with the art of oratory, and am forced
to say my thanks In plain and homely
MAKE STATES
REPAY MILLIONS LENT
THEM RYAiY JACKSON
Bill Calls Attention to Long
Forgotten Incident of
"Old Hickory's Day
CAMEFROM LAND SALE
(By Associated Press.)
WASHINGTON. April 3. The pub
lication today over the country of the
Introduction of Representative Mur-
dock. of Kansas, of a bill to call upon
the twenty-nix states to repay to the
government J28.O0O.0OO which was
distributed during Andrew Jackson's
administration was followed immed
iately With a flood of telegrams upon
members, senators and newspaper
correspondents for more light on the
subject.
"I Introduced that bill two years
ago," said Mr. ainroocK laie iouay,
and no one paid any attention to It. '
In 1836, there was a surplus In the
federal treasury of $38,000,000 due
largely to the sale of public land In
the central west. Congrejw authoriz
ed the distribution among the stateg
upon their promising to repay it upon
demand of the secretary of the treasury-
After $28,000,000 had been dis
tributed, but before the fourth Instal
ment had been paid, congress passed
another law, postponing payment of
the final instalment and incorporating
as a "joker" a proviso that the money
distributed should be subject to the
demand of congress Instead i of the
secretary of the treasury. It Is said
that the matter of repayment wa
called to Mr. Murdocks attention by
the claim of Virginia a few years ago
to the fourth Instalment, still undis
tributed.?
The twenty-sir states received, the
three Instalments, In proportion to:
their representation in congress.
TWAIV
Konl.
words. Yet they are none tho les
heartfelt. I make no pretense that the
building of the Virginian railroad was
Intended wholly as a public service.
While I hope and believe It will be o'
public benefit. It haa been, and la a
business enterprise. I have faith that
the TegouTces .of the old Dominion
state when property developed mean a
groat deal not for you who live here
alone but for the whole country. I
have simply sought to bear what share
I could In the development of these
resources. You, gentlemen, of Virginia,
and I hnve, a common interest, I
shall endeavor to deal fairly by you
and I am sure you purpose doing the
same by me. Again I thank you for
tho honor you have conferred upon
me, from the bottom of my heart."
Mr. Clemens mado one of his char
acterlKk- humorous speeches, in which
he took thn privilege of making his
friend, the guest of the evening, Mr.
Rogers, the recipient of a number of
Jokes. He appeared in his well-known
suit of Immaculate white, declaring
that he was tho whitest man in attend
ance. Including his hair. Explaining
why he did not leave the car to Inspect
(Continued on page four.)
LOST FLEET TO SCHLEY
AT SANTIAGO IS DEAD
Wiis Gallant Officer, Mado
Many Friends in Coun
try While Prisoner
KKCKNTLY liETIUED
(By Associated Press.)
PUERTO REAL, Spain, April
3.-
Vice Admiral Pascaul Cervera, who
commanded the Spanish fleet In the I
battle nt Santiago, Cuba, died here
thln afternoon.
Admiral Cervera was retired from
the active list of the Hpcmlsh navy
on December 14 last at his own re
luiest on account of failing health
He suffered from an affection of the
heart. Admiral Cervera was born
on February 18. 1S39. On the out
break of the war with the Unite!
States he sailed from Cape Verde Isl
ands with four cruiser and three tor
pedo boat destroyers In April. 18U8.
entered the harbor of Santiago. Ie
Cuba May 19, and lost his entire fle-t
off that port July i. In an attempt
to force his way through Admiral
Sampson's blockading squadron.
WAS POIH LAR PRISONER.
PORTSMOUTH. X. H. April t
News of the death of Admiral Cervera
wan received with great regret in
Portsmouth because of his bravery
and courtesy. Ho and other Spanish
prisoners of war arrived In Ports
mouth on the steamers Tale and
Harvard, formerly the St. Louis and
St Paul, In July, 18. The admiral
and hie surviving officers came on
the Harvard July IS. After remaining
a week they were sent to Annapolis,
where they were quartered until ar
rangements were madle. to send them
to Spain at the close of the waf.
The admiral returned to Portsmouth
early In fV-ptemher and rejoined th
sailore who bad been beld here, i
Republicans Members Prac
tically Hold Up Leaders And
Dictate Tariff Amendments.
WILL NOT SUPPORT BILL
TILL TERMS GRANTED
Ways and Means Committee
Promptly Takes Up Matter
and Decides to Give In. v
(By Associated Press.)
WASHINGTON, April 3. Fearing
that the demands which they have
made for an opportunity to vote on
some or the principal schedules in
the Payne tariff bill might result In
changes which they consider more
disadvantageous than the provisions
now in the bill, nearly thirty republi
can members of the house met today
and agreed upon the changes which
thew desire to have submitted In the
form of committee amendments.
At the earne time a meeting of all
the members of the ways and means
committee waa in progress to pass
upon the amendments whlclt the sub
committee of republican members
had submitted. There are about fifty
or sixty of them which the committee
will report Including the striking tut
of the countervailing provision for
coffee and the duty on tea.
Inferring that they would vote
against any rule to restrict . amend
ments to the Payne bill unless the
changes they desire are provided for
by the ways 'and means committee,
the republicans who met today decid
ed to send the following petition to
Chairman Payne:
ilK'ir urniancM,
"To the republican members of the
ways and means committee: The un
dersigned request your committee to
present the following committee
amendments to the Payne tariff bill:
"An amendment providing for du
ty of forty-five rents a ton of 1,000
pounds on coal and striking out the
pfoVUrlori' for reclprdctty. V
"For a duty of 25 cents a ton on
Iron-ore.
For a duty of three dollars a ton
on pig Iron and scrap iron.
jor a auty or ten per cent on
hides.
'The amendment to the lumber
schedule to be ennflned to the proviso.
"A rule which will provide for the
above will receive our support"
It was claimed by the leaders of
the movement that fully fifty slgna
turea of republican members would be
subscribed to the petition by Monday,
Representative Hughes of West Vir
ginia, presided over the meeting of
republicans. It was decided that the
best way In which to bring about the
changes desired was to have the rule
that Is to be brought In on Monday
restrict amendments to those which
tho ways and means committee will
report, and have that committee In
elude the five amendments asked for
In the petition. t,
In Regular Hold Vp.
Tho ways and mean committee to
day upon motion of Mr. Fordney, of
(Continued on page four.)
LIEUT SENTENCES FOR
ALLEGED USHERS
Charge in Culberson Case
Changed to Assault, Cul
prits get Chain gang Terms
(Special to The Citizen.)
Mt'RPHY, N. C., April 3. The
April term of tho superior court which
cleaned up the criminal docket during
the week. The most Important erim-
inal cases to come before the court
were those of James Monday and Hill
Loudermllk wlio were charged with
rape on Oelta Robertson near Culber
son a few weeks ago. The affair crcat.
ed great excitement at the time and
extravagant reports were sent out that
the two men had been lynched by a
mob. When tin- case came up for trial
the charge wu changed from rape to
assault, and both were found guilty,
Loudermllk being sentenced to one
year, and Monday to three years on
the chaingang Several Jail sentences
were dealt out for illegal whiskey sell
ing.
fAIft
WA8HINTOV, Arrll t. Fnrecart
for North Carolina: Fair Sunday;
Monday partly cfoudy and warmer;
moderate west winds, becoming vari
able. ,
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Who in a Chawlerlstlc lutervlow
.. AHoiiu
FT. WORTH IS
BY DISASTROUS FIRE
One Person is Known to Have Perished in Flames and
the Property Loss is Estimated to Close to Five
Million Dollars
Illy Assnvluled Prrna.)
FORT WORTH, lexaa. April 3.
The entire southern part of this city
was threatened by a (Ire that raged
before a stiff gale this afternoon. The
Are eventually burned itself out after
iwoeplng over an area ten blocks in
length and swvenvtn width, "desttoyli.g
property roughly estimated In value to
on In excess of 15.000,000 and caus
ing the death of at least one person.
Tho Are, which broke out In a fash
ionable residence district, waa beyond
ill control within fifteen mtnutea af
ter It started and was not checked un
til dynamite was resorted to, four
hours later. ,
The local flro department being un
title to cope with the situation, astdnt-
,ine was rushed from Dallas and
Wentherford on special trains, but
even with these reinforcements the
ipread of the flames wits not cheeked
until they had eaten their way to the
Texas and Pacific railroad reservation
the east. On the south tho lire
was checked at tho Texas and Pacific
PMHsenger Htatlon. this steel and stone
ttriicture forming a bulwark that huv-
id the wholesale district of the city
BONAPARTE FREES HIS
MIND OF FEW CAUSTIC
DEAS ANENT POLITICS
Methods of Senators in (Jet
ting Jobs are Not to I lis
Liking
TELLS STATE SECIMEN
(lly AnWH-lnled Press.)
NKW YORK. April 3. Korm-
r At-
parte
('It
favor
gov-
'om-
torney Oetieral Charles J. lion i
speaking at a luncheon at tin-
lub today expressed himself In
of the "megaphone method of
rnmi ntal administration" as
pared with the "whisperlnx rre-'iiod. '
'Whenever you find anyone ," said
he, "who wishes to dlschar his
duty in corners. In whlspwrs ..nd In
larknem, or at least In twilight, you
have seen ft man who Wishes io run
his office In accordance with other
than civil service principles.
"Personally I am more convinced
than ever that civil servdec i- abso
lutely nereanary to the proper con
duct of government. It Is trt en
couraging for one who want to gt
Jgood things." said Mr. lion, parts,
"to find that he has to fight It out
with senators, the grounds Cot whose
recomendstlon to office are not always
such as to commend th'-mseh' s to an
attorney gem-rnl who Is tainted with
civil service. It Is not alw.i'S well
for us who desire to think of the Ju
diciary as we should In this country,
to find rait what motives nnhnated
some senators In reeommcn ling the
choice of some judges, and to con
tinue from what we know of those
motives, what motives ruled In the
seKrctlrm of others. y
"I remember one case, before the
administration which I served Under,
when a president could not giet a
confirmation of a really good Juatl ;e
unless he agreed to give a certain
senator' wire's son In law a poaiUon
for which he was absolutely unfit.
Accordingly a good appointment waa
held p." i
Scorea MiIImmIs of Setistors In Getting
mrius,
SWEPT
lum and three men wera reported
danger of destruction.
Flame Hnroad Rapidly.
The Texas and Paclflo roundhouse
and twenty englnea, the repairs shop,
four churches, two public school
buildings and Walkers Bunltarlum
were the public building destroyed.
The others were residences, moat of
them new and pretentious, In the
mosa exclusive residence section
the city. Ho rapidly did the flame
spread that people living within
radius of three blocks of the placa of
origin had no time to save anything
except the clothing they wore.
patient whose Identity haa not been
learned, perished in Walker'a Hanilar
lum and three men were electrocuted
eletcrocuted and their bodies burn
ed to cinders In the Ha wye r Klec
trie plant. Herbert Htaey wss fat
any nurneii m an endeavor to save
his dwelling, and a fireman fell from
a house top and waa badly hurt.
The Rev. J I. O. Cowsn, assistant
pastor of the Broadway Presbyterian
church. Is missing. The burned dis
continued on page Blx. )
ATTEMPTS TD EXTORT
RANSOM FROM FATHER
Heard of Missing Hoy and
Wrote Letter Saying He
Had Heen Kidnapped
Kl'SI'ECT JS SI'OTTKD
FLINT. Mich.. April 3, Instead ot
hating been kldiiappod when he dls
appeared from home here on Kebru
ary n, ten-year old Harold Moon
fell through tilt.- Ice at Thread pond
and was drowned. The lung search
for the hoy which was proNccuteo:
In all parts of the country ended to
day when his hotly was found floating
on the surf.u-e of the pond, by lb-rl
Rolmon, who had Iw-en searching for
it there for days. A pair of nfrute
fastened to the little feet bore mut
testimony to th; manner of the lad's
death. The small hands were still
covered with I hi- mittens which th
hoy won. when he went through th
Ice.
Tuman N. Moon, father of the hoy.
whose body was found In a pond to
day near his home, Is In Oelavan.
Wis.. In company with a Plnkerton
detective to which plac. he was lured
by a letter demanding $500 ransom
for his hist son.
Moon received a letter at his home
In Flint a few days ago from iMIevnn,
Wis. The writer stated ho had the
lost boy In his possession, and thai
tho father could recover the child
by going to Delevan and depositing
$500 In the mouth of a cannon in
the city park. Developments show
that the sehterrm waa arranged by a
person who had read the details of the
kldnapplnk of Willie Whitla of Shar
on, Pa., and- who sought merely to
extort "easy money" from, a frantic
father.
No arrest haa yet Keen made but
capture of the letter writer la expect
ed soon.
1 1
Comes In Five Minutes Ahead
of Dorando Who Cross
ed Line Second. '
ENORMOUS CROWD
WATCHED RUNNERS
Frenchman Comparatively
Unknown and J Figured
LUUo In Forecasts.
( Uy AswK'lairtl Praaa.)
NEW YORK. April I. Henri 8L
Ywea of KYanos won th great In
ternational Marathon derby for pro
fessional runners at f tha National
Lcngute hasebaH park, $ today.
Dorando Pletrl. of Italy, was second;
John H. Hayes of New York, third,
and Matthew Maloney, of Yonkera,
N. Y.. fourth.
Tom Longboat, the Canadian Ind
Ian quit the track In the twentieth
mile, and Alfred Bhruhb, of England.
gae up in the twenty-fifth -.mile.
Both were completely exhausted In
trying to keep up .the terrific pace Set
by the Frenchman. , Bhrubb made a
game struggle from the twentieth to
the twenty-fifth mile, tout tha pacta
waa too fast end . the distance too
far for him. "'-y:-
IK. 'I've M TnkiiowiC''5'
St. Yvm the almost unknown, wfeo
figured but llttlfc In the toraoaata of
the race, covered the Marathon dis
tance, twenty-eig miles, ISS yards, in
two hours, forty minutes. 50 l-l sec
ondsa remarkable perform an da tin .
lor the conditions, and finished with
t fast sprint In food condition, Do--ando
was four minutea, forty-sevea
od three-fifths seconds behind the
frenchman, while Hayes followed the
Italian across the finish line three
minutes and flfty seconds late., No
time was (taken Jon Monef, ftha
fourth man, rH. Yves took 15,000
f tho prise money, Dorando IS.toa
Hayes il.500 and 'Maloney $1,000,
Shrubbtnd Longboat go uiirewardnd
for tholr ibrava efforts, .k
These are the net results of the"
greatest Marathon aver run In Amer
ica, anu, In all except, in point of
numbers of contestants, the greatest
ver run anywhere. Blx of tha best
distance runners in the world, com
petlng for a small .fortune In prises,
brought out a crown that packted tha
nswly arranged stand of, the Polo
igroumis to Mia Ipoinf, tot standing
room, i
I tan In Um tlaln.
The day was not a pleasant one for i
an out-door exhibition, but tha 10,009 4
spectators, or at least a large major.
Its who sat on ths blcaohera, put up s
umbrellas for prelection against tha
Tentie April showers which fell during'
the first hour of ths race, or tools
the moisture In good spirit and did
not Het it lessen their enthusiasm. .
When the six runners cams upon'
the Held at 1 o'clock,, Dorando ap
pearing first, the showers had still '
further softenod the already soft turf
course, and thers wss a prospect that
It would be a track of mud. At 1.10
fho men wVre sent away with a nlstol
Miot by "Big Tm" Sullivan., .
ooninrto at once leaned Into tha
lead at a rapid rata closely followed
by Ht. Yves, Khrwbb and Longboat
Msloney and Hayes fel hHiind several
yards ami look up a Steady trot In
thl order they ran for flva lens.
Hayes dropping behind. Then til.
Yves pand Dorando, and beaan a
sprint that brought the crowd to Its1
-eci. n gs.tnd sixty yards and fin
ished th first mile in Ave minutes,
'otirteeti seconds. There were many
Frenchmen present am) the band
-itlrrcd their enthusiasm rtih th
Morsallles."
Nhrubb Takes Sprint.
In the fifth tnlle thers was a touch
of the lexciOement the rnuxl hs.l
walti-,1 for. tthrubh. unahle to minA
lie sight of thn flvlnr tyinhknu
head, wet out to catch him. Ha
phi Dorando land soon cut St
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(''ontlnued on page Big.)
SPORTING CLERK HAD
EUBOMTE OUTFIT
Ml the Requisites of Swell
Found in His Home. Time
Tables in Safe
ly ANHoriated Press.)
BALTIMOIIE. Md April 3. Kortv
suits of clothes, ten over-coata thlrttf
pairs of shoes, eight hats, large quanW
tltb-s of cigars, wines and Ilauors. hun
dreds of poker chips, many packs of
playing cards and hundred race tick
ts showing lossea on races, wars
among the things found today In tha
residence of William F. Downs, th
former stock clerk In the office of th
city register, and who Is In Jalt await
ing trial on thirty-five charges of lar
ceny of city money, when search was
made by the police and detectives oa
behalf of th state's attorneys office.
There was also a small safe, but It
was found quit empty save for two
railroad time tables. Th houses and '
contents havs been attached hy the
city, as havs also two race horses
owned by, Down. .
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