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THE MHEOTEE CITIZEN; THE WEATHER SHOWERa Associated Press Leased Wire Reports. VOL. XXV. NO. 187. ASHEYILLE, N. C, MONDAY MORNING, APRIL 20, 1905). PRICE FIVE CENTS. 'ST E The Sick Man of Europe. GREAT WORK AT lilt GLAZE E E HE HE GIVES UP FIGHT TH- PROPOSITIOn SULTAN HPS FIRE FIGHTERS DID EIGHT DROWN D f CAMP SU END R IE STRANG S DIVIDEDONINCO! OFIER TIT Abdul Hamld Is Now Virtually Prisoner of The Army of Young Turks FATC WHICH AWAITS HIM IS UNCERTAIN May Be Compelled to Abdicate If Proven To Have Insjl. galed Recent Acts. (By Associated PreCs.) CONSTANTINOPLE. April JB. The Ylldts garrlaon surrendered today to the constitutionalist forces. The commander of these battalions began 'sending In their submission to Mah Schefket pasha last night, and the the whole of, the troops protecting t he palace gave their formal and uncondi tional Surrender shortly after-dawn. Nlaxl Bey, called the hero of the July revolution, is now in command of the garrison. Sultan Abdul Hamld, ha been per mitted to remain within the wails of the Tildl Kiosk, where yesterday. In company with his ministers, he waited for the outcome of the struggle be tween his loyal troops and the army of Investment, each hour bringing to him word of fresh disaster. It has been stated that the sultan gave orders to his men not to resist. Whether or not this is true, it can be safely said that the troops within the capltol kept up a stubborn resis tance at all points, and the losses on both aides are exceedingly1' heavy for the length, of time the engagement was in progresij,. t t, WU1 Investigate A representative of the commander-in-chief of the constltutionallstforces is authority for saying that there will be an adequate Inquiry Into the sover eign's alleged complicity in the re-( cent mutiny; ina ipinioiry nut. yet been, dissolved, but Constantinople and number L of other places have "keen! dwiaridln a state of siege. : Martial laws prevails. The last gar rison to surrender was the Selimich artillery barracks. Four thousand met) stationed there with a hundred gun threatened to blow the- city Into ruins, but General Schefket ordered up aUcbig guns and several batteries of machine guns to positions which commanded "the barracks, and the cruiser Medl Jleh steamed out ot (Continued on page four.) Fit.! IS PAHTlAliY WRECKED BY " THE tXPLOSIQN OF EQMB Supjoscd to Have Been Placed by Italian Work men to Wreak Revenge. CHURCH WAS EMPTY (By Associated Press ) NEW ORLEANS. pr 25. The famous oli St. Lawrence cathedral In Chartres street was shaken th.s .ftn.inn to an explosion believed to have resulted from the placing of a bomb In the south tower of the buna Inr. The exftjoelon, heard for many fclocks land creating excitement in that section of the city, occurred at about a.$ o'clock, when the church was nractlcftllr empty of worshipper. A prieat, woman and a child were the only occupants of the DuiiamB the tirne and none oi mem - - .r. " Jm .. .n itrs In the front una vi lun ,.-.. . of the church was wrecked, handsome glass window were broken and a quantity ot plastering ff- 0The j -..it y nhmit S2.UUU. A riot call was at once sent in to the first precinct and severa. ... .-..-,.. m-a nniieement were tntfte to the .eene. A number of arrush.v. JOHOweo. , distention, among a party of Ita Ian workmen, engaged in making certain repairs In th south tower of . . . ' ..iki. for the expio- cnurcn. was rei -- - of sion. ,It H claimed that ae "I It woim .end Into 'tftr workmen against whom the enmity of . . t.i n nn that a lite perpetrator - . HilsoalcmatW as to the time of the explosion , thr fcour. Had It expiwiea .r - h a earlier when the church was thronged with-, Shippers, a fatal .eulte would almost certainty a -1taaefl- . hare folkiwea, u w . v, Th. St- Lool.. cithedral to on " - W.Ra, snd . workmanship. . t ,he,tnos t P.cwu. -"""fcuiit , kind ,m mis """ '' " - A,tn :nore than hundred yew "in While Captain And Crew Slept. Tug Broke In Two And Sank Suddenly NO CAUSE ASSIGNED TO EXPLAIN , MYSTERY Seven Survivors Were Res cued From Bits of Wreckage By Passing Fishermen. (By Associated rrcss.t ,NEW ORLEANS. April 25. Eight people lost and seven others on board had a thrilling escape from death when the tow boat Eagle, of the Louisiana Petroleum eompany went down early today In the Mississippi riwer about forty miles south of New Orleans. The dead are Captain George Joyce, Second Engineer Charles Goedjbub, Fireman Charles Nelson, Mate Rich ard La Blanc, two negro- deck tianda, a negro chambermaid and a cabin boy. , The accident occurred at aboet 4.30 o'clock this morning and at the time all of those who perished were asleep. The occurrence wtes One of over whelming suddenness. Began to Sink. Without seeming reason the boat began to dip end, take water and In an Instant was going down, breaking In half as It sank. Without oppor tunity of gjvlng warning to their companions all unconscious of the Impending disaster, those on deck found' themselves precipitately thrown Into the,, swift current of the deep channel. They succeeded in catching hold of objects washed from the boat and managed to stay afloat until t'ue attracted attention from the shore. Their cries attracted two fishermen who went to their assistance In skiffs and finally landed the party on shore. They were brought io New Orlsw on the tug 1 boat WUmot tonlgbv None was Injured. The sinking of the Eagle Is one of (hose mysterious tragedies, the causu for which it Is impossible to advance a satisfactory conjecture. There trs no explosion of any kind, declare the survivors. At the time the Eagle was TSmveying an oil barge up ths. river. The 'barge broke away from the towboat when the latter sank. JU-LI---Lnn.r- (Continued on page two.) SENATE WILL. CONTINUE ISCUSSION OF TARIFF FOR SEVERftLWEEKS YET Income Tax Amendment Will Come tip Today for Argument by Bailey. HOUSE DOES NOTHING WASHINGTON. ADrll 25. The In come tax in connection with the tar iff bill will receive especial attention In the senate during the present week. ao,n.t.ir itnilev. who has introduced an amendment providing for a flat rate of taxing Incomes, win spean on u.m.ini' in mitiiiort of his amend ment, and he probably will be fol lowed by outers tor ana againni ui-..-.-i0i..n Mr ltnllev has made a careful study of the question and will be prepared to present tne suo ject in ail of its bearing He Is ex pected to express himself pointedly, and no doubt will be subjected to many Interruptions. Th. committee on finance probably will report Its final amendments to the tariff schedules tomorrow, aim as soon as the opportunity permit? the senate will return to the consider ation of the bill paragraph by para graph. There are about two hun ,i ,i r,r thcu nnnieraDhs. The general opinion ts tnai me Kin mm remain in the senate inree or four weeks. There are few speeches in prospect, among those who will speak blng Messrs. Raynex. Clay ana i,..,. Th. two Georsrla senators oc- .... nrui.lte nosltlons on the lum- mi'; . i ber schedule. Mr. cmy speaKing wi free lumber and Mr. Bacon inr tne retention of the Dingley rates of two dollars per thousand feet. The house is making no enun m intnin n niinmm. and there is mii,i'" M M disposition to avoid any further ef fort at legislation, it m Philippine tariff bill will bo report ed tomorrow from the ways ana means committee. But not mat it wu. v. ,.i,.n nn for consideration at the present time. The house also has before it the demand of the senate for a further conference oa the bill th. tnklnz of the PTO.HI1HB 1 " " ... next census, and If there should be a quorum at tomorrows meeuna w. new house conferees on his meas ure may be named. The committee on appropriations I prepared te proceed with consideration of the bill appro priating" $1.00,00 for the conduct President Taft Not Quite Cer tain Where He Stands But Has Leanings NEEDED TO PRODUCE SUFFICIENT REVENUE Despite" Aldrlch's Statement Proposed Duties will Fall Short of Requirements. (By Sheldon S. Cllne.) WASHINGTON, April 85. Don't be surprised If before the present ex tra cession of congress ends the re' publican party Is split wide open over the question of an income tax. Con ditions are shaping themselves for a row of first class dimensions. It may be averted, of course, and every effort to that end will be made, but already the lines of battle are drawn. Senator Aldrich Is at the head of one of the contending forces, declar ing the tariff bill which his committee has reported to the senate will pro duce ample revenues for the govern ment without the necessity of resort ing to special taxation. The Rhode Island senator's statement upon, pre senting the bill was clearly a defiance of the income tax advocates. The op position camp Is yet without a recog nised leader, but It hopes to acquire one In President Taft The president has not yet gone on record squarely as an income tax advocate, but he is tending in that direction. His public statements show him as believing In the principle of an income tax and as believing It would be possible for congress to pass such a law as would stand the Supreme court test of con stitutionality. ' In private utterances he has taken even more advanced ground and has said that congress ought to pass an Income tax law If the tariff bill will not produce suffi cient revenue and at the same time re vise the schedules In the direction of. reducing-the cost of living. There aire few students of the tariff Who agree with Chairman Aldrich that the bill now pending In the sen ate Will produce sufficient revenue. Nor la It generally agreed that the measure If enacted into law In Its present form would materially reduce the cest of living. If both these op posing views are correct, It is dinTl. cult to see Just what benefit Is going 'Continued on page seven.) QUIETLY LYNCH NECRO Victim and Her Children Positively Identified Him Before the Lynchng. THE MOB DISPERSED (By Associated Press.) BIRMINGHAM. Ala,. April 25. John Thomas, negro, was quietly lynched .by a small crowd of men about one mile below Besstmer to night, at 9 o'clock. The negro wa being take nto Jail in Bessemer, when he was overtaken iby citizens, who made short work ot the prisoner by hanging him to a tree in the wood After the hanging the crowd quietly went back to their homes. Thomas committed a criminal as sault upon a lady named Mrs. Pat terson, near Parkwood, about noon today. The news spread rapidly and citizens began the pursuit. The negro was found near the scene of tte crime late this afternoon at the home of a farmerf ro whom he worked. He was taken before a Justice of the peace and a Warrant was sworn c 't for him The citizens, numbering probably not more than a dosen, took the negro be fore Mrs. Patterson, who positively Identified him. Her two children ilso identified the negro There had, up to this time, been no open evidence i f violence and a well known farmer, named Andy Roy started with the negro for Bessemer. All went well until Roy and his prisoner got within about a mile of Bessemer, nere iney were overiaaeii by the cltlxens. Thomas finally confessed to th crime and said he did not mind going to Jail, but did not want them to hang him. He told the posse that he ha J Just gotten out of Jail, where he had served several years, and hat he did not mind going back. He only asked them to spare his life- The response was a rope and he was a winging to a tree the next moment.' The body Is still swinging In the high wind at midnight and the coro ner states tha the will make an In vestigation tomorrow. FANATICAL MOSLEMS RAVAGING, . Whole of Asiatic Turkey in Ferment of Anarchy. Villages Burned, People Starv ed, and Deprived of Water, Slain and the Wild Orgy of Blood . ; Goes on Without Interruption. (By Associated Press.) BEIRUT, April 16. The situation In Asiatic Turkey is one of extreme gravity. How many thousand wave been massacred cannot be eatlmatel but the disturbances hive been wide spread. Latest; estimate plaee the number of killed In Asana at approx imately 25.00. and thousands .have Wn done to death In the towns ot other districts, The state of siege which several of the plaoes are un dergoing has brought the Inhabitant to the verge of starvation. . ; '. Several warships f1 Wese wat ers, but the disorders are so far reach ing that tl4 .efforts of 4he power to restore permal condttns have as yet hardly been felt. The French cruiser Julee Ferry arrived here to day and left for tatakla. where swarms of refuges are pouring In. RACE RIOTi STREETS Wrecked Stores, Crarked Heads, Probably Damag ed Language Resulted, -(By Associated Press.) NEW YORK, April 55. Fifty or more Irishmen and Italians came to gether in a race riot at Tenth avenue and Thlrty-secon l street tonight and order was not restored until an Ital ian saloon and an Italian grocery store had been wrecked, thirty com batants clubbed by the police and eighteen arrests mtde. Tho fighting lasted forty-five minutes. The trouble Is eaid to have startc.I In the grocery store over an argument between two Irishmen and three Ital ians. A fist (iKht followed and tin eommotion brnu.nt a down Italians to their country trim's assistance. Th two Irishmen retreated Into tlw street where tin y Were reinforced ly a score or mon' f their countryrm-n from adjacent t m-ments and the riot followed. SENATOR STEWAET'S BODY CREMATED (By Apwh lated Press.) WASHINGTON'. April 25. The body of William M. Stewart, former United States senator fpim Nevada, who died here Friday, was cremated here to day In accordance, with his known wish. The ash" will be taken, t" Bullfrog. Nev., for Interment, Present at the last rites over the body were the former senator's daughter an.l grand daught r. Justice McKenn.i. former Senator William H. Chandler. Representative Hartlett, Senator Clapp and Judtre Henry Foote. SHOWER& l WASnlFlulvn, . 6V. " east for North Carolina: , Showers and slightly ' warmer Monday. Tuesday warmer and. generally fair, variable wind. ' i . . t '' . An. .-.V- nMn . . VnM. PILLAGING AND SLAUGHTERING British, French and German worships are at other ports, and marine have been landed to quell disorders as far a possible at tha more important point. ; '. v.- One of the missionaries at Alexan dre tta, with 459 Turkish troops, has gone to the, relief of Deurtyul, and Armenian village on the coast, where 10,600 people are toeselged by Im mense bands of Kurd and Clrcasiana Only two day ago a British warship returned from that place, the gov ertkor having refused the commander permission to land a relief party. Th water supply has been cut oft from the town. Children drink out Of ani mal tracks after a shower. There was Inceasent firing oh Greek uo Jects sent out under escort yesterday. ifonflrmatlon has tbeen received of Tl Only Lions Teddy Slew Were Patented Gazelles and a Catoblephas. (By Associated Press.) NAIROBI, Hrltlsh East Africa. April 2!. After a brief hunting ex pedition lust evening at Kapltl Plains, ex-I'rcslilcnt Roosevelt and his party .broke camp and started for the ranch of Kir Alfred Pease, on the Atlilx river today. Colonel Tloosevclt spetrt part of yesterday sorting his kit, whl' Kermlt and several of the men went to try their luck with the rifles. Colonel Roosevelt's first hunt was favored by line weather. He bagged two wildebeests and a Thompson's gaze,'. ll- mis somewhat disappoint ed however, as he had ler n anxious to secure a Grant's gaaeile. who. inuBHlve hern.i urc much sought after for trophies. Smallpox Is prevalent at Nairobi, and two cants have developed among the porters at I'apitl. These have been quarantined, the strictest pre cautions b.lng observed to prevent a spread of the disease among those- l:i the Roosevelt party. The police sre still protecting the Amf-rfcans from annoyance They will Bermlt anv except those designated by rotor-! Roosevelt 4 tt with the expedition. It ban been definitely lenrned that rrnne of Mr. Roosevelt's Ixiggag f been stolen, liame was numerous on the plains today. EARTHQUAKE DID SERIOUS DAMAGE (By Awfx-laU-cl Press.) LISBON. April4!',. Seismic distur bances have ceased throughout Por tugal. Everyone is greatly Impressed with the courage and energy of King Manuel, who after directing the fire men in the city when the first and most violent shock occurred on Fri day, set out with physicians and sup plies for the districts where the destruction was the greatest. A num ber villages have been wiped out. Balvaterra and Ban Stan fern were badly damaged. Thiry-nln bodies have been taktn from the ruins and one hundred andr twenty persons are missing. Hundred were Injured. It Is reported that two large fishing ' boat fouoderd end their crews, numbering thirty-eight. I parliament has voted 100,909 for th relief of the sunerera, th burning of the Armenian village of Keesab."" All the men and many women and children have been slain. Th American properir there was destroyed. Miss Chambers, an Amer ican missionary. Is safe. Alt the property of the Christian at DJebel Beroket has been destroyed Th low will be, enormoua Report state that Hadjln, In the vlllayet. of Adana la on fire. .Five American women , were there, including Miss Lambert, who ha been sending out appeal tor help, Mia Virginia A. Bllling and His Bowman. The au thorltle have refused permission to Messrs. lAwson and Chambers, also American missionaries, to go to their relief. Frantic appeals for protection and food are coming from all see ttons. Beirut la quiet, OLD ALEXANDRIA WILL CARNIVAL WEEK In Honor of nome-Ooming of Her Sons and Daugh ters Wherever Dispersed. t . (By Associated Pre.) ALEXANDRIA. Va.. April 28. This historic olty of the "Old Dominion" is all agog tonight in anticipation of a week of the gay festivities to be io' mally Inaugurated tomorrow, Inci dent to all Alexandria's "old home coming week," The city presents a gala appearance. Thouxands of for mor Alexandrians have returned to participate In the celebration. Festivities will open tomorrow night with the ringing of fire bells end the blowing of whistles, followed by the crowning of the queen snd kllll of the carnival. Miss Marie Kannon, a popular society girl and Harry Flelschman. The ceremony will take place In court of honor at the conclu sion of which Mayor Paff will urn the keys of the city over to the king. Then after a spectacular pyrotechnic display the royal party will march to the head of King street, where th king will fasten the key of the city te Its gates. The feature of this week's fes tivities will occur next Friday, tin anniversary of the Inauguration of George Washington as president of the United Stales when a piirk will tw dedicated to the memory of the" Kath er of His Country." Mawonlc cere monies and an Imposing military pag eant reviewed by President Taft, Vice President Sherman. Speaker Cannon and members of congress, will murk the event. The famous Richmond blues will act as President Taft's mili tary escort. Governor Claude A Kwanson, of Virginia, will deliver a memorial address at the dedication. DANGER FROM ICE PASSED AT NIAGARA (By Associated Press.) YOUNGHTOWN. N. Y.. April 25 A bustling northwest squall, followed by an even more energetic southwest gale, cleared the Canadian channel at the mouth of the Niagara river this afternoon, broadened the passage torn out by dynamite along the American shore of the stream and so viciously ripped away the lower end oaf th lc pack that It I now possible , to cross th river In a boat by a etralgiu otsrse from the fort to Nlasrara-on-trM-Lake. It ks th general feeling of oW resf- dent her that tn billions ot tons of Ice stlli anchored to the river banks will now allp rN.wn , tre peacefully and H; t timber ! That Hotel Was Kept Intact Duo To Their Heroic Efforts AMUSING STORIES TOLD BY GUESTS Social "function Held In Lobbies In Various Styles Of Negllgeo 'Attire. " The fir at the Battery Park Uun-. dry yesterday mornlngsvas one ot the main topics ot Internet yesterday, and bouquets" Were thrown at tha Ashe- ville fir department In profusion. To Us MfrtnlAnt WApb Sn. It, ..... that the Blf Battery Park hotel we kept intact. While th guests at th . hotel were awakened at a precaution '. ary measure, none of them wer In t danger, for It was seen as soon as th fire laddlea arrived that , thny eould - easily confine the flame to the laun , dry building. The water prescur. a usual, was at the top notch and five heavy streams were playing; on. th , laundry In an Incredibly short apaea' ot time. The race of the Are depart ment down Pa (ton avenue was a rec ord breaker. The alarm of "" told the "boys'1 that there was no tint to lose, and they had reached the top ot the hill While the balls wer still ring. Ing. , ,. .. V- . , In appreciation o( the, fir depart men Is" splendid word, Mf, Tench Cog nd the Battery Park . management sent a check for lid J Chief Ber- -nard, and this will com In handy to defray the expenses, or tha, fir boy at th state tournament - Two Turned In Atartn. , , . ' The fire was discovered by the night : watchman and ' Mrs. J. H. William practically at' th same time, tha tat (er chancing to see the glow from her residence on Haywood street 'which . command a : view of the hotel, and two alarm wee turned In to the de t . . . . t I . . Ilmf Utltl.U.. MAM psnmeni.-. snmm nui tt nimniw to th hotel to look after ier friends, Mr. Augustus M. Van "VVlcIt and Mrs. James Osborne, , of New Tork and Mms. Olive Frsmstad, th Singer who ' come' the dy .befof rol th Bps r. tanburg festival, and nt s to her house for candles which lighted the palm room and office. Th candle wer burning In the office yesterday ' noon but shortly afterward th eleo- ' trie connection was restored. ' ' " The force ot the stream, of water" played upon the fir was demonstrated forcibly to Samuel Alexanderon of th firemen who, while holding on to the nnnte of his line, wa knocked out of a window when the water wa -turned on. He was stunned by th force of the blow he received front the noxxle Und by the fall, but wa not serkuly hurt, ' i -' 1 ' - ' wwwwvw..wssMMsses (Continued on pag SI)1' T IN AEFRW0F.T8USIS Body Pound in tho Street Many Hours After the Shooting Occurred. ... (By Associated Prem) KNOXVILI.B. Tenn., April !. Sin Sexton, a merchant at Huntavllle. Tenn., was killed at that place Sac urday night, although nothing wa known of the tragedy until Sunday morning when the dead body wa found on a business street. When killed he was on his way horn from his store. Shortly after he nad stepped out on the street several shots were fired, trouble having arisen between several young men from Helenwood. a neighboring town, and a party of young Huntewille men. Hen ton was seen to start on a run when the hootlrig began and It was not known that he had been struck. Muster Reed of Helenwood, aged elKhteen. was arrested today chargej with the shooting. It I said that Reed was shooting at Caldwell Phillips when Sexton was killed. The deceased is a man of family and a eon of county truster, R. R. Sexton. AERONAUTS MADE 60 MILE FLIGHT WASHINGTON, April tSs An all night drive over muddy road In heavy, farm wagon to the nearest telegraph station thirty miles away was the unpleasant experience of th three army aeronauts who ascended! here yesterday noon In balloon ! 1. . making a landing three 1 hour later at Great Mills, Md.. more tha sixty miles from here. Soma tineaeU nee was felt her for th safety ot Lieutenant Lahm. IkmiIoIs and Kam. berger because the first news from them sine their departure v rf celved from them wh-n th"r "I th telegraph station t ',..;, i . to day. The aron--'ii!s reached Wash lngton lute t m-, 'I !i balloun flight was in-e I. of the census.