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. Ik. -, " - A - , t " ,f -1 1 Vy' KE'v.ASHE IjE CITIZEN, iz?!? I VOL. XXVII., NO. 234 ASHEVILLE, X. C, MON DAY MORNING, JUNE 12 11 PRICE FIVE CENTS T VIL THE WEATHER: 1 FAIR ' 1 '. ' 3 EXPEDITION BOUND FOR A VENEZUELAN paper Publishes Report That Filibustering Crew Had Left Gulf( oriV Miss. FEDERAL OFFICIALS REFUSED TO TALK pnPTiunrpniiTcn Tneorp That Boat Would Stop f ) atCuban Port and Take on racfrn xnn fiibrc 1 Vuovi V Uliu vtnvu K'' NEW ORLEANS, June , 11 Ef- ; fort here tonight to confirm a re- r port publlhed In local paper thia - morning stating that at filibustering ' 'expedition had left Gulrport, Miss., last night. bound (or some Venezuelan port, were fruitless. Those federal of ficials who could be located here to Bight declined to make any statement ether than to say that no orders- fiad been received ,(i ere regarding the tending out of ,te,venue cutter to in tercept the alleged .filibusters. It was', . howver, learned from other uources that one of the agents of the Jepart-' ment of justice, stationed at New r- leans, had left here today to Investi gate the reported .expeditions. What th n this InvHHnMAn fa hurl' ' not been learned up to a Tate hour tonight. , The story published today ay that after taking on ammunition, . machine guns, provisions, tents, hos cltal stores, etc.. a vessel called -the . . '-liren" had left Gulfport according to the best Information obtainable, nd that another vessel would leave today. ' The paper publishing the story ays: "It is -believed that the beats are destined for Venezuelan , ports, t.nd that they are to be the navy of,?iprl ano Castro's, filibustering forces, with" which he hopes to regain control ef his country. The theory 'is that the i- Dllfll ntll pwy en. rviiiv uv k v - Jihafi part and take on Castro and . eayVhatever adventurers he has collet- .ed to form the neuclus of his army." - ouur run x, joins., mif 11. mf atoryithat the Norwegian, ship Hef, marios had taken on mnnltlons of war at this port and would sail for Venezuela Is unfounded. The vejsel Is still In port Joadlng a cargo of lum ber for Buenos Aires and will prob ably sail Tuesday. The Siren, which was also mention ed In the alleged expedition, has nev er entered this port. NO REPRESENTATIVES QF U.S. HUE BEEIUPPIITED In Response to Venezuela's Invitation to Centennial Celebration MUCH COMMENT' CARACAS, Venezuela, June 11, The fact that the United States and Great Britain have not yet appointed representatives to the centennial sel ebratlon of Venezuela'a Independence which will be held the first week In July, haa caused much comment here. They are the only countries that have not responded to Venesuela'a invi tation. ' " Spain, Colombia, Ecuador. Bolivia, and Peru will send ambassador, and the Argentine Republic, Germany, Brasil, Chile. Mexico, Haytl, Belgium, and. Italy will send special missions. Americans resident here have been hopeful that the United States would be represented , by an ambassador -and a battleship. REGENERATION OF ' NEGRO DISCUSSED BOSTON, June 11, The problems of the rural population were consid ered at tonight's meeting of the Na tional Conference of Charities and Corrections. Experiments In connec tion with the regeheratlo nf the negro In the South were discussed along 'with a proposition to provide for amusements In rural districts for the whitest with an Idea of mak ing these .classes more content with their lot m life. Another address emphasised the linportnoe of the observance of a religious life by the farmers. - CAMK CP FROM Tllfc REAR NEWARK. N. J.. Jane II. Frank Kramer came from the rear of a big field In the last lap of the five mil-) .McjTieliagrplonshlp .race at the Velodrome today and won the . event by six Inches from Jackie Clark.'Tbi time was l:llt-l. Eddie Root of Boston, a twenty yard man, won the hall mils handicap In II 1-1 seconds, RECORD SHATTERED OVER COUNTRY I Nearly Forty Years Since It Was so Hot In Month of . June In Washington , V, INDICATIONS THAT IT WJLL CONTINUE Yuma. Arizona, popped AH Re cords With a Maximum Temperature of 110 WASHINGTON, June U. The high mark In the heat which caused .Intense suffering In most of the coun try today ties scored tyr Yuma. Ariz., which with an orflclsj reading of 110, topped all records not only from' the territory east or the Rocky mountain but very .weather station. The June record for' Washington waa. broken today whep. the temperature wa 161 one diegfise lrs than the record soorll on. Jan 'II, 1874. The down town thermometers -registered 107 degress. The hot wave continued in the middle Atlantic "states, the Ohio valley," the south and the southwest, ranging from 96 to 102, the latter at Shreve port. It was-100 at Raleigh, K. C. -Indications are that the hot wave showers are promised. "No unusual ly cool weather la expected," rung the weather bureau's Weekly -forecast issued tonight." It says generally fair weather may be expected with more moderate temperatures east of th Rocky mountains, although tem peratures will continue high Monday in the Interior Atlantic states and probably Tuesday,- with unsettled, showery weather. y DEATH IN BAIVTIMORE BALTIMORE, June 11. With the official thermometer registering f degrees at i o'clock today, .Baltimore experienced the hottest June 1 slncq the establishment of the local weath er' bureau in II It. One death as a result of the heat was wprt'Sri NO PROSTRATIONS RICHMOND. Va... June 11. The hot wave held Richmond firmly In Its grasp today, the thermometer, regis tering a maximum of 95 which is the record for the extremely hot spell last month and two degrees higher than the recod for the whole of last summer. No prostrations, nowevor, have been reported. SPAIN FOR ITS ACTION TO Liberie Denies Statement That England Has En . couraged Spain "GERMAN BOOET PARIS, June 11. The storm raised by Spanish military action in Horoco shows no signs of abating. The French press Is unanimous in con demning the attitude of Spain and the nationalists section is beginning to raise the "German bogey." The Patrle declares that Germany la "poking up the fire" behind Spain. Meanwhile the latest dispatches from Moroce show that Spain is carrying out her program undeterred by the representatives of the French gov ernment and the protests of the Moors. Alcasar already la occupied and Tetuan soon will be. Ial I-lberte says the French gov ernment has Invited the Spanish gov ernment to define with precision theel motrvea, object and conditions of Its military action at El Aralsh and Al cazar and '"ranee then will decide w at step to take la accordance with the reply. Ix Liberie denies the statement, that the press of England r has encouraged Spanish action. On the crntrary. It asserts the British government on' two ocaslons hat call ed tt.c attention of the government at Madrid in strong tennr to the dangers of unnecessary military action. RIGHTS SET FORTH MADRID, June. 11. The plerto Universe ssys there Is no reason for a serious conflict ' with Franre con cerning Ey-Araysh. The rights of both parties, the paper adds, are clearly defined by the act of Algedrss snd the treaties between the coun tries.. . It Is a judicial problem that can be solved by diplomatic means without affecting the friendly rela tions which have always existed be tween Spain and France. ' GUARD COMMCXICATIOXH CADIZ, June 11. Troops number ing 200 left here for Elares today to guard tha iCihr jtmj n4eatloi KPAMKH TROOPS ARRIVE -ALCAZAR, Moreco. Jane 11. The Spanish troop have arrived here and are camped outside the town. BYWARMWEA ER MIQRu OF LI OF HEUTRALITY TO : BE COOKED AFTER Central America on Fair Way to Have Its Annual Up heaval of Revolution UNITED. STATES WILL ; WATCH DEVELOPMENTS People With Revolutionary De signs Assembled In N. 0. for no Good Cause NEW ORLEANS, June 11 'Known since the Walker expedition of the early JOs as the hot-bed of revolution and the mecca of filibusters. New Or leans It preparing for another annual upheaval ,in Central America and un less Uncle Sam steps In and spoils the game, almost the entire strip of land from the northern border of Mexico to Panama with the possible exception, or costa Htca may wit hes within the next six months the most stupenduous upheaval In the history of Central America. ' Every summer there is more or lew talk of revolution In some Central American , country and planning, by people' who have an axe to grind or who are willing to make a few thou sand dollars In cash or valuable con cession by change of government In the little republics. ' Never before have there been so many people of known revolutionary designs In New Orleans as right now and they are leading a score of secret service agents of thla and other coun tries a merry chase these hot days and nights. If stories handed out by the government agents are true, Jose Santos Zelaye. exiled former president of Nicaragua, has Joined hands with prominent members of the Clentlflco party qf Mexico in a plan which In volved a general political upheaval . embracing Guatemala, Honduras and Nicaragua If not Salvador as ' well. Several hundred exiles from these countries , are now In New , Orleans and (Tally these malcontents are hold ing as run comerences as ini eagie eves of tha government agents will erSflf."fl'hey 'wre said o have' al ready purchased In this country 5.900 rifles, 100,000 rounds of ammunition and the former United States torpedo boat Wlnslow They are said to Deflation as to the probability of ad negotiating for the gunboat Sirene. now In Central American waters and a vessel of two for use on the Pad flc coast, , A large number of "soldiers ot (Continued on Page Six) MARHED BY BAD WEATHER ALTHOUGH SEVEN START Prizes for Notable Contests Will Amount Altogether to $100,000 ENDS AT BERLIN BERLIN. June 11. The national aviation circuit race for which there ! are twenty-four entries was somewhat marred today by unfavorable weather 'conditions. Seven of the contestants started at an early hour this morning from the aerodrome at Johannisthsl, and only one succeeded In finishing the first stage of the journey, which ended at Madgeburg, about 7 miles from. JJerl. i wo ntinorea tnousand persons wit nessed the start. The only accident I was the burning 'up of 'one of the aeroplanes. Llndpalnter was the r.rst aviator to ascend. He reached Madge burg before the fury of the gale broke. The six others who started; are scattered along the route, haviiiK been forced to land, and all of them reaching the ground with difficulty. the monoplane piloted by Thelen Y TZ.ZlZ'L v" w" " ,aBa- -.-.-,.. .... . . ' p""n" 7 v-tV. , t ,1. l . . , i. jurea. Five of the aviators, including Llndpalnter, carried passengers. It Is expected that the other en trants win start tomorrow on the rir cult race, which will cover a total dls tsnce of 1,14 miles, the prize for this event amount to $10ft 00. iaciudf Ing $1,090 offered by the Prussian j minister of war, which also will rur- chsse the machine winning the race. The race will end at Berlin anTl the competitors - will reach the following cities Jn the order given: Madgeburg, Schwerln. Hamburg. Kiel, Luenenburg. Hanover, Muen ster, Cologne, Dortmund, Nordhauscn and Halberstadl. MAXY REPORTED KILLED SA,V DIEGO, Cel., June 11. Culla can, Slnaloa, Mexico, according to de tails of its surrender on May 11, brought by steamer today was nearly destroyed during two days of fierce hMBsVJa''?1'" hundreds are re ported to have been killed. Masat Ian. Slnaloev 'surrendered without re ststence of June l, according to ad vices brought try the steamer Brtto from Masatlao, UNDERWOOD TO LEAD FORCES IN BIG ' . FIGHT ON ROOTPAPER AMENDMENT .1 i Will Exert Eve)y Influence to Prevent Favorable Action to Keep Bill From Having to be? Re-referred to Hotue, Popular Election Senatore Cornea up for I ;i'L Vof Today Indication Point to Postage ; if WASHINGTON, lilne ll;Openln of the fight on, the dnnadlan recipro city bill on the-'flor "of the aenate Tuesday with democratic -leaders urg ing the aenate 1 toi defeat - the Root amendment to the 'paper 'schedule; vote in the senate tpmorrow on the popular election -of' senators bill; re. sumption of the' wool tsMff revision debate In the houi Tuesday -this Is the . week's program of rongrem. c Sev eral conferences are fltured on- In eluding caucus of democrat in the house . Wednesday, night to Consider extension of the leKUIatlve program an4 ineetlng (,of wbjcs Jay to revise tfc list of senate TUesda employes. Houses investigation com mittees will continue their work Meantime there is a raft of specu- journment, wnirn Menstor Root ana some others predicted as early as July 27, while democratic leader Underwood says "if the extra ses sion contlnuaa until late summer or autumn" a more comprehensive scheme of tariff revision will be pro ceeded with by the house. Early action on the reciprocity bill hoped ANNUAL FLORAL TBIBUTr FOR HEROES OF SOUTH Senator R. L. Taylor Deliv ered Eloquent Eulogy to Soldiers of Confederacy WASHINGTON, June 11. The an nual tribute of flowers and eulogy was paid today to the soldier dea-1 ef the South In Arlington National cemetery. With all Its historic and entltnnUI association, as the home of General Robert K. Ie, command- I er ot the Confederate forces, the nil- ; omwendation of an examining board tlonal cemetery wan dedicated for th to the navy department Is adopted, day to. the memory of the defenders The board found that the coat of re of the Southern c,.ua. - ((alrnrf ,hf VPei ,v(, , mahe' her Among the floral tributes was n . ... weath from the president of the re- ""vl-eat, e 'r " "' the naval mill- united country and the whole Ton federate, aectlon with Its 546 graves wss covered with a wealth of fcloom. Despite tha -extreme heat, ' several tnousena people hhhiiwiu m moiilM Senator Taylor of Tennes see, delivered sn eloquent eulogy of the soldiers of the fonfederacy; A feature was the the unveiling of a "living Southern cross." formed by children of memlierti of Confederate organ Ixa Hons. MpRK CORK THAN EVER WASHINGTON. June II Mora coke was produced In the tnted States In ltlO than ever before In tho country's history and the year also was a record . Isretiker for value of the product, according to a geological survey report trfday. The year was One-On OOUOUUl prosperity ir iu.7 coke making' btialneM. however; for the increaMd value of coke was con slderably more than offset iy hjgher cost of coal used. FAIR North Carolina Unsettled snd con tinued warm Monday; Tuesday fair; light to . moderate winds, . mostly ". A J Peking for by the president seems unlikely unless the. Root amendment, which haa been objected to as fatal toy-tha agreement la oereated. Mr. Underwood 4qd other demo crats who oppose the ' Root amend ment, now propose to exert fell the Influence they can to prevent favora ble a-tlon on the amendment so that It will he unnecessary for the bill to be re-referred to the lower branch of -congress. - i .; ,,Nenr the End Word from the senate finance com mittee that it has practically wound up Its business for the extra session j representatives are . about convinced that the senate committee will , not pass upon any of their tariff lgisla bills and one yet to come, probably a revved cotton schedule, upon which a house j sub-committee of the ways of means committee Is now working. Whether the democrats of the way and means committee will take up re vision of any othei tariff schedule' such as sugar and stel will depend, of course, upon the length of the sea slon. "There Is a probability that wo r ill SEUFOR $12,200 Monitor Puritan Recently Sunk in Hampton Roads to Go as Junk WASHINGTON, June II. Worth less except as Junk the old monitor Purttan, which was sunk recently In Hampton Roads by. a hlKh explosive test and subsequently raised, will be ...I.I .W- l,lV. .. I.l.t,4 ' 41.- ..-' nu, wumi'i u- r. r.i,r aim rmom nicniled that she be sold , a maximum Valuation or f 12.200 being fixed. The Puritan, built about twenty yeurs a-o, was regarded as one of the most powerful coast defense vessels In the world. She coat the govern ment f MtMSfi, or nesrly as much as the great battleship .Delaware, ex clusive of her armor and armament, The Puritan's only active service as during te Kpanlsh-Amarlcan war with the monjtor Heet which op erated In Weat Indian waters without notalile result. COI,l -IKIOM t'AI SB OK DEATH. WASHINGTON. June II. Harry W. Mitchell, of Glencarlyn, Va., was burned to death. Fred Kitchen, pri vate In the Fifteenth cavalry, at Fort Myer. Va., seriously Injured, and three others severely Injured as the result j of a collision between a car on the old Dominion Klerfrlc line aid Mitch ell's autonyilille at Rosslyn. Vs., across the Potomac river from Washington tonight. The car turned the machine; over and It caught fire. Mitchell was benesth it, snd could nt be extricat ed. . The other men' were his com panions. CONDITION OF BANKS. WASHINGTON. June II, A, con-! solldated statement of the resources! snd liabilities -of practically sll the! state banks, as well as all the na tional banks, wll he available within a few weeks. State's banking, depart- for' 'conditions a't'the" ciose'-o'busi-" nesj on June 7. As national banks w.liY report also for that date,; the banking condition of the entire coun try will be ghowa. will undertake to revise other ten, dules after we have passed the wool b II and drafted a cotton bill.", said Mr. Underwood, ' chelrman of the ways and means committee - today. "If the session continues until 1 late Into the i summer or fall, we, might well f o. . ahead with our tariff program.., After cotton, sugar and steel i schedule Would naturally be discussed.. . .''But if .the senate le going to get through with reciprocity and refuse to' take - any- action on the farmers' free list .and the - woolen schedules, then a 'recess probably will come end ma worK4Mcsiea.juiuu. aaat-ff J terv - In the aenate tomorrow the bill providing for the popular election ef United Statee senators by amendment to the constitution, win he voted oh. June II having been agreed upon some time ago as the day to complete the work on that measure. . Indications point - strongly . to - lie "passage by the necessary two-thirds majority. At the last session a similar meas ure, almost secured the necessary two thirds. " "- - SMALL INVESTORS TAKE UP PINAFilA LOAN Over Nine Hundred Pro posals Have Been Receiv ed for $50,000,000 Issue WASHINGTON. Juno 11. The government's 150,000,000 Panama ca- na loan probably will be taken In the mB by small Investors. Although the bids will not be opened until next Saturday, more than (00 sealed. proposals have been received at the treasury department. They renin from sll sections of the country and tha loan seems to be well understood by the public. Treasury officials feel that as the new bonds are exempt ,by law from all government, state, mun icipal or local texstlon, they hsvs a high Investment value In compari son with slate, municipal, railroad or Industrial securities. . Bids will be received uptll 4 p. m. June IT. Announcement of the suc cessful bidders and the prices will be made a few days, later. SAN BENITO BALE OP COTTON ARRIVED HOUSTON, Texas, June ' 1 1 The Houston cotton ; exchange will be opened to all business tomorrow morning regardless of whether or not thv se members of the exchange when the first bale of cotton produced this year will be auctioned at 10 o clock. Tha bale was grown at San Benito, Cameron county, by Ernest Mats on a 100-acre leased farm leased from AJfonso Hicks. It wss rushed into San Benito Saturday by automobile, glnnlag and rushed to. this city oa arTtpclal"trBlK'T?W-"irelghr of the bale Is 40 pounds. The "first bale" reported ginned at Riviere has not arrived here yet WASHIKGTON AND IJEB, - IEXINGTON, Va., June U At the four day' commencement exercise ot the Washington and Lee university, which Segan today,, the baccalaureate sermon was preached by Dr. 3. M. Fsrrar, of ths Reform Presbyterian church.: of New Tork City. lit ad dreesed the Toung Men's. Christian aasocUffoa' si Lee' Memorial chapel. The annual regatta of the institution will be held tomorrow. This year's Class, of graduates is the large-t In many years. WATER, LIOHTNIi AND FIR EDO P.1UC! DAMAGE IN GOTHAM Havoc Wrought In New Yori; Amounts to Hundreds of r Thousands of Dollars TWELVE LARGE TENTS ; 1 LEVELLED BY WIND At Coney Island Tents an Shacks on site of Recent .' Fire Swept Awey NEW Tork, June II, A eurve of the nearby arrftery over which th . elements rag4 from ll o'clock last night until I A'eleck , t hi morning, showed today thgt three lives wer lost and that the havoc wrought by ' water, lightning and Are . amounts d to hundred of thousand of dollar. Two bodies were found tarty n the hor of Oravesend Ray and Identlflefi as Mrs. Emilia raulknr(; a, widow, and her brother, Opt George Ient, a Boat builder, tent arid hi lister had gone out to hie home bnt with a tore of provlalon for a party which had been planned for today. - It la presumed they ware returnlnf te the' here when the storm broke and rp. lied their little aklff. - ,( Tha third death wa In Jsrsey City, where a Itv wire eleetrocuted payld Clark, ; 1 ( i , ; . ; . f Losses ' aggregating . mere than 1100,000 wers caused by Ore set. by lilhtnlng atrolce. It Is estimated that 150,080 damage was don at Flush, trig, Lv I., where 1(1,000 men and worn n were Within a big enclosure mi nesalng a society circus. Twslve Urge tenia were leveled by tha wind, and In he stampede V which followed s woman wars trampled and takn to the hospital. ' ,",, At Coney Island tenia and ha'l erected p,ihe alt of tha nm r.rs a are, blown down and some whirled out to sea. At Peterson, N, J., 100 big tree were ' uprooted, carrying down with them electric tight end trolley wires, leaving the city without light or- car sen-lea (or severs 1 hours. The v British - tram p steamer Suss queehenna and the eoaatwlae schoon er Nellie W. Craig did not ,'dlsentan. gle themselves iintoll today when the collision Into which they were brought ' by last night's storm. The Sinqueh--hanna being without 'ballast - wag wept from her anchorage off Staple ton, fttaten lelend, and carried down stream across the bow of the scfoojie which was at anchor off quarantine. The vessels Came together with crash, carrying -away the schooner' , headgear and breaking off her bow--sprh close to tha. hull. The damage . to the Susqueben'na was slight, and" she we towed back to her anchorage -today. ;:;.: ,.. '., The Nellie W. Craig wa bound for Charleston,' S. C and exteneiva re- . pair will b necessary beru- ah ca) proceed. r 'l ' CONSIDERABLE- INTEREST IN VISIT Or iMERICArr FLEET TO FOREIGN PORT V Second Division of Atlantic Fleet at Cronstadt for 1 Week'i Visit ' CORDIAL RECEPTION CRONSTADT, June 11. The second division of the United States Atlantle fleet, under the command ef Rear Ad miral Badger, arrived "here today from Stockholm for a week's stay. Cron- stadt I twenty miles front St. Peters burg, and the visit of the American battleships has exulted general Inter est In the capital. . ' The reception of th visitors wa cordial and carried, out in, excellent ordr in spite of an extraordinary bail . storm andTlntermlttent rain squalls. The American stjusdron was escort ed from Revel by eighteen torpedo boats. - A fleet of excursion steamers. tugboats and yacht. Including the -yacht of M. . KokovsofT, the Russian minister ef finance, assembled off Tel-', buklno lightship and joined the pro- cession. The American ambassador, c Mr. Rockhlll. tha military- end naval attaches and Secretary - Wheeler, ot the embassy, were, tha guests ot 'the minister of marine aboard lh yacht Neva,- which, with the second group -of vessels, wae etatloaed alongside the .Oromovol. . I Th squadron, 1 he t-oulslnna lead ing," entered the harbor end proceed ed slowly to the . nachornge. ex changlnit salutes with th fnrtres- and the - Gromovol. i When the htifV. hips reached their stations a i'.-fl t excursion boats, dlsplnylng t!" Am-r-lican Msg, Immediately r --rti,. ,I ,t the flagship and ch-r-I o- ' a-M crew. The cuHtoinurr r f c' firtai ca! dra I! n-