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ASHEVILLE, N. C, FRIDAY AFTERNOON, AUGUST 20, 1900.
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Forty Eager to Sell Their Blood
To Pretty Young Invalid Qirl
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Countess Rescues Her Daughter
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PATHETIC STORY
OF A BILLY GOAT
Or at Any Rate, A Goat; Employed by
the Contest Man to Point Out
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Hall a Dozen , Good Presidential Ap
poinlm:n!s Await Application
' ' ot Qualified Men. .
HI6H STANDARD WAS SET
FOR TREASURY SECRETARY
Ami It Is Apparent that Men to Meet
Tliowe Requirements Are
Not Easily Found.
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Beverly, Mass.. Aug. 20. Half
dozen of the best temporary appoint
ments which President Taft will have
to make this year arc waiting the ap
plication of qualified experts. They
are the places under the appropria
tion of $75,000 made by congress for
Investigation In connection wltfi the
application of the new maximum and
minimum tariff rales.
Information which has been receiv
ed by the president from Franklin
MncVeagh, secretary of the treasury,
points to a scarcity of men qualified
for the appointments.
When tho president left Washing
ton ho commissioned Secretary Mac
Veagh to look around and prepare a
list of ellglbles from which the selec
tions could be made, and he set a high
standard for the secretary of the
treasury to meet.
President Taft has expressed the
belief that the appropriation for the
employment of the experts permits
their use In other tariff work than
that of providing knowledge which
will aid the executive In applying the
prlnclp'e of the maximum and mini
mum t 1 foreign countries.
Sou Grounds for Control?
Information came to tho president
today that customs lawyers In Boston
have already discovered a list of 200
rates in the new bill upon which they
believe they can maintain contests.
Serious question has also been rais
ed over the construction of the sec
tions creating the customs court,
which make Its decisions final In cus
toms cases. Eminent customs lawyers
hold that this taking away of the
right of appeal to the Supreme court
of the United States by an act of con
gress cannot bo maintained and will
be overthrown when the question Is
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FORCE IS PIT ON WVL TIME
Sereral Thousand Employes of Uie
Concern at East Pittsburg
Are Affected.
Pittsburg-, Aug. 20. The entire force
of the Westlnghouse Electric and Man
ufacturing company at East Pittsburg
has been placed upon full time.
Several thousand employes are affected.
Nomination Ballot
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This nomination ballot, when properly filled out, will
count for 1,000 votes. Only one nomination ballot will be
credited to a candidate.
- Under no circumstances will the name of anyone mak
ing a nomination be divulged.
Win a $65 Prize
$65. COLUMBIA GRAPHOPHONE
NOMINATION PRIZE
ThU splendid price win be flvon to the poraon who nominates the
winner of the Bulck Touring Car. 1
The Oasette-Newa determined to overlook no one In this big prop
osition, has decided to five a valuable prise to the person who
nominates tho aucoemful candidate. Clip out the blank published In
this Issue. All In properly and Mnd to the Contest Department.
Tou may nominate yourself. If you win the first grand prise, you
will also be awarded the f( Columbia. JBut you need not nocee
arlly be a contestant to win this prise. It you are fortunate
enough to have sent In the name of the winner of the BulrU Touring
Car. the talking machine will be given you at the close of the
contest Make as many Dominations as you like.
It costs you nothing .to fill Jut the nomination blank and send It to
the Contest Department of he Oasette-News. It you do not send
In your own name you may win a prise anyhow. This paper feels
that this Is a magnificent offer and ahould result In the selection of
sone but the most active and aggressive candidates. Try to name
a winner.
The Columbia was purchased from and guaranteed by
FALE'3 IIUSIO HOUSE.
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Now York, Aug. 20 Forty men
blood to Miss Cole Knyscr, a pretty
Lukes hospital. Six of tho men hav
chosen.
This was n result of publication
Luke's hospital had refused to draw
of Arthur Kayser, tho young woman
Hon of transfusion In her behalf had
Miss Kayser, who Is 22 years old,
suffering from anaemia, and tho medl
need of healthy blood. When tho br
appointment, tho parents of the you
and as each one appeared ho or she w
were promptly dismissed on tho susp
torlety, but tho two score men were
ranks were soon reduced to six.
ACCOUNTS WRONG
SAYS DICKERSON
Overdraft Showing Erroneous, in Light of Strict Accounting
He Makes a Good Witness Penland May Testify
For Defense Coffin and Burgwyn Here
Rebuttal Evidence Rumored.
Joseph E. Dickerson, charged Joint
ly by tho government of the foiled
States with conspiring with MaJ. W. B.
Breese and Mr. W. II. Penland to de
fraud the old First National Bank of
Ashevllle. declared this morning while
undergoing cross-examination at Un
hands of District Attorney llolton that
certain overdrafts of J. JC. Dickerson
and J. E. Dickerson & Co., as shown
by the books of the banks, for in
stance during several months In 189ri
and ISfli;, were erroneous In the light
of an accurate accounting; that1 the
overdrafts shown constituted interest
and part principal on notes which Mr.
Dickerson testified1 he secured at the
request ot MaJ. Breesn and which
went either to tho benefit of MaJ.
Breese or to. tho bank; that the wit
ness was charged up with the interest
and part principal and thnt this waa
AKTHUK tSAYStK-
and six women are eager to sell their
m i k girl, who is crltlcolly III In St.
o been selerted unci one will bo
of the fact that" tho surgeons of Kt
any more vltnl fluid from the veins
's brother, because a previous opera
weakened his constitution,
two years tho senior of her brother. Is
car men declare Bhe Is In Imperative
other was rejected, much to his iIIb
ng woman advertised for Volunteers,
as sent to tho hospital. The women
iclon that they might be seeking un
examined by the surgeons and their
wrong; that a settlement was pending
between Dickerson and the bank when
the failure came.
.Mr. Dickerson "aid that Included In
this "accommodation" paper which he
had secured for MaJ. Breese, or rather
at tho request of MaJ. Breese, were
notes given hy-J. C. Jones. J. B. IIol
II lies worth and the Carolina Wood
working company, of which Mr. Dick
erson was secretary and treamirer.
Overdrawn for Ijirce Amounts,
This statement by the witness came
after the district attorney had shown
by the witness and wilh the aid of
the bank books thnt the accounts of
both the witness, tho J. K. Dickerson
Co., and fho Carolina Woodworking
company were from month to month
duriiiR 18U5 and 1896 overdrawn at
one and the same time and for large
amounts. While on the utand this
morning testifying as to fruiiHnetlon.i
In which ho was Involved In connec
tion with tho affairs of the defunct
bank Mr. Dickerson In reply to a ques
tion from the district attorney said
that he took a mortgage on Penland
for 110,000 for Mrs. C. B. Alvey, wit
ness' slKter-in-law and still further In
reply to a question from the district
attorney as to why witness did not
ook after the bank first, witness
said that under the circumstances as
he knew them, he thought that he
should look' out first for Mrs. Alvey.
Mr. Holton with sarcasm remarked:
"You saw that Mrs. Alvey was pro
tected but you let the bank go." The
$10,000 mortgage transaction was just
a shore time before the failure of the
bank.
Made a Rood Wllnew.
Mr. Dickerson made a good witness
this morning, answering questions
promptly and fairly and squarely. In
connection with incidents and trans
actions on which he was not Just clear
he frankly stated that he would not
he positive but that he thought such
and such was the case; that he was
testifying as to tho best of his recol
lection. Co fflii ami Burgwyn Here.
The hearing opened with Mr. Dick
erson on the stand on direct examina
tion. When the session opened there
were a number of spectators In the
court room and shortly several ladles
and visitors in iho town from differ
ent parts of tho country came in.
There were also present with the
opening of rourt George M. Coffin
deputy comptroller of the currency at
the time and beforo tho failure of the
bunk, and Col. Burgwyn, national
bank examiner when the bank failed.
The presence of these two gentlemen
gave rise to the rumor that In all
protmlilllfy the government would In
trodueo evidence In rebut'tal after the
dcrenso closed; that CoL Burgwyn
and Mr. Coffin were here for that
purpose. This rumor, however, could
not be verlllcd although it Is under
stood 'that tho government Is not yet
inrougn. it is also rumored that Mr.
Penland, who Is Indicted along with
Mr. Dickerson and Major Breese, but
whom District Attorney Holton this
week declared he was not trying, will
be called as a witness for the de
fense.
Mr. Dickerson testified this morn
ing that his Indebtedness to the hank
starting from 1B0 and ending August
1891, waa 182,644. He gave a list of
I notes on which he had secured money,
the first note given In 18(0 being for
$1,111.26; the notes In 1811 were
!$2627.1, (8000, $4500, 11000; In 181
1)4500, 82500, 11500; In 182, 1500,
! 2400, 12475, 8400; In 184, 11100
i 1416 45 and $2200. The witness tea-
I lined that her was snother note In
1892; this, note waa given at $1000,
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Needi It After Treatment abroad,
Say .Alexander Millar,. Who
' Hat Been With Him.
HE CANOf FIND COMFORT
IN THE HOTELS OF EUROPE
Harrliuan's Health by No Means as
:i
Bin I as Sec"' o lie the Impicx
Nion, Miller Declare.
New York, Aug. :(). K. II. IIhitI
man's return from ills Kuropean trip
at this time, cutllcr than was expected,
is simply to adjfntt of his obtaining, in
his own home, ntulcl.xt comforts and
conveniences Impossible to sirure In
European hotels, the rest he. needs
after his treatment ubriuid, according
to Alexander Millar, secretary of tho
Union Pacific and Southern Pacific
railroads, who has liven abroad wltli
llurriman.
"Mr. JIarrlman'8 health Is by no
means as bad ns .seems to be the Im
pression of this side." said Mr. Millar.
"I do not think he will take am
very prominent part in business for u
few weeks after bis aril vol here," he
added.
Davis, Mrs. Sutton Counsel, Declares
Judge Advooata Was Derelict
In His Duty.
Washington. 'Aug. 20. sharply crit
icising the conclusions of the court or
Inquiry which recently re-iuvesllga'ted
the death of IJeub'iiiiMt Sutton of the
Murine corps, Henry K. Davis, coun
sel of Mrs. Mutton, mother of the dead
officer, in a statement declares that
the Judge adoca.te was derelict in his
dulv In not eniihrmUiK two legal prop
ositions submitted by Mr. Davis.
Had he dune so and the cunt heed
ed him, Dais continues, "it would
have been absolutely .obliged to ex
clude the hypothesis of suicide and
almost as certainly to exclude the hy
pothesis of a wound self-lnllieted ill
anv manner as the explanation of the
cause ot Lieutenant Sutton's death."
WENT OFF TIE
Serious Derailment Between Montford
and Craggy-Meager Reports
Received.
Five cars of a freight train were
.Wnllori this afternoon betw Mont
ford and Craggy stations, on the
Southern railway, according to m-ag-r
reports received here. No one was re
porte das Injured. The freight train
was running Just ahead of passenger
train No. 12. Wrecking trains have
been sent to the scene.
The accident oecurred on the Knox-
vllle division and reports are not re
reived at the offices of the Ashevllle
division. Considerable trackage. It Is
thought, la torn up. and it will lie sev
eral hours before through Iralllc. can
be resumed. Train No, 11, from the
east, is running an hour late, and the
plan is to effect a transfer at the
wreck this afternoon.
WRIGHTS BEGIN A SUIT
CHARGING INFRINGEMENT
New York Arronnntlo Society Defend
ants CurtlM Machine Is the
Alleged Infringement.
Nrw York, Aug. JO. Wilbur ami
Orvllle Wright, the aeronauts, have
entered suit In the United Slnles Cir
cuit rourt here against the Aeronaut lc
society of this city, charging Infringe
ment of patent rights on their aero,
plane Inventions.
The Wrights complain that the so.
clety procured from the Herring-Cur
tlss company and from dlenn IL Cur
tlas flying msrhlncs alleged to Infringe
the Wright patents and secured 'ur
tl ts to give nubile ' exhibitions for
which an admission was charged.
ASHEVILLE HORSE SHOW
ASSOCIATION'S STATEMENT
That Organisation Not Officially Con-nrx-trd
With Midsummer
. , Assoclathin.
At a meeting of the directors of the
Ashevllle Horse Hhow association held
today, the secretary was Instructed to
make the following statement through
the city press:
"The Ashevllle Horse Bhow associa
tion Is not connected officially with
the Midsummer Horse Bhow associa
tion, "W. T. RANDOLPH,
"flecrstary."
GRITICISM
OF SUTTON
COURT
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CPUMTCM mtCIA CIZYCgla, AND
... a,.,,,, viik. (nillli1
i-rsiin nf v'hiinKii, arrived lure on the
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lin. Tile Countess limiiKlit with her
a V. . a A. f
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possession of whom she and her reliitlves had fought .sineo her separation
from her liiishtiud. Ii was oiilv after the Hussion government had been ap-
ooaled to tliat she viim hIiI. to ifi'I l,,.r
tlie little girl in seclusion In Kussta.
With the rmintess enmc nl.o Mr. and Mr. -Joseph Medill McCormlck.
of Chleimo, .Mr. MeCoriiiick Is n cousin of tho Countess and went to
Kurnpe especially to ht'lp her to get I, nek her child.
STRIKERS TRIED
TO START A FIRE
Bundles of Excelsior Thrown into the
Plant ol the Pressed Steel
Car Company.
ritlshurg. Aug. - Kaily Indny an
ittvmpt wim made by persons un
known to stiirl a fire inside th" plant
of the rrcHscd Steel cur company.
Soy-riil larue bundles of burning ex-
celsliir were thrown over the mill
fence, but were extinguished by the
guard Hearing Iiiai alleged nriue
sympathizers hud threatened o dynn-
mnte the ferry steamer used to carry
emplojes to the works, the crew ol
the boat null rather tunu taKe tne rifh
of explosion.
The hltuntion this forenoon
quiet.
PITTSBURG IS TERRORIZED
BY AN ELECTRICAL STORM
Willi High Wind. Heavy H'" anil
Hull Windows llrokcn, Cellars
Flooded, l-eople Injured.
rittshurg, Aug. 20.- Wind, ruin,
hall and lightning terrorixod this cily
and vicinity today. Windows were
broken, cellars numled and u number
of persons Injured when frightened
horses ran away.
Wire communication suffered and
traffic was blocked. There were two
storms, each lasting half an hour.
INTK.H N ATION Wi ASSOCI ATION
KIHK KNtilNKKHS' Ol l it I US
The Ibaly fast l'vcnlng i:iccied lieorge
V. Iloiioii or llulilmore as
lis Iteslilciil.
Orand Rapids, Mich., Aug. 20 The
International assoclstlon of Ore en
gineers Inst night elected the follow
ing olllcers:
President, Oeorge W. Morton of
Baltimore; Hrst vleeprenMent, John
Thompson of Toronto: second vice
president, William trawler of Youngs
town, O.j secretary, James MrKnll of
Roanoke: treasurer, Daniel C. Ijirkln
of Dayton, ,0.
High HatSn Long Coats,
Have Been Passed Up
New Orleans, Aug. JO.Vresldent
Taft 'and party will be met at New
Orleans upon the termination of their
trip down the Mississippi river In Oc
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lor four -years old diiuuliter. for tho
fhllil rnini tit.e liiisiiHnil who bad keut
Gang, Said to Have Headquarters in
New York, Had a Million Dol
lars in Bad Money.
Louisville, K, Aug. 20. In a stule
iiient to the press. W. O. Osborne,
broker, of J. M. IVtt. r K Co.. who re
vealed to the police the million dollar
counterfeit enterprise, discovered hi re
esti rilay, said Marion Huberts bad
told him the lioadiiiinrters of the
ang was lit 103 Wall street, New
York.
Dreams of wealth centered In a
brass- hound trunk containing a mill Ion
dollars In counterfeit .Mexican pesos
were shuttered for John and Marlon
liolierts, brothers, when lHputy Cult
cd Slates Marshal William lilaydes ar
rested John Kol.erts In Shell, county.
Willi the money In his possession.
Since liolierts' arrest there has been
unravelled In the custom house of
Ijotilsvillc and In central police sta
tion a remarkable tale of attempted
liuaiielal biieeaiieerlngs, rivalling some
of the holdest exploits III the making
of spurious ciirruuey
John liolierts. sitting In the offlce
of the secret service liiii'eiiil here, cool
ly an il that he would plead guilty at
tlio (leiulicr term of the Federal court
and seemed resigned alsmt spending
a majority of bis years in the federal
prison at Atlanta. He had only want
fd to get rich, he said.
It was through Marlon Roberts thai
the counterfeiters were aprehended
and their plan to defraud Mexico of
1,1100. mill exposed.
Marlon liolierts some1 days ago of
fered Osborne high commissions to
dispose of some Mexlcau money for
him. The broker notified the chief of
police, who al once enlisted secret ser
vice men and the trap to catch Ma
rlon Huberts was successfully sprung.
Since Marlon Huberts' arrest on Mon
day the police obtained from him 'ths
Information which led to the descent
upon nis l. rot her at Klmpsonville.
THK WriATHKn.
Forecast until I p. mf Katurday for
niMi'-vi-i ami vicinity: f air weather.
with moderate temperature, tonight
ami isuiuruuy.
tober by "plain clothes" cltlsens. It
hss been decided that high hats snd
frock coats no lonser constitute a ore.
requisite for service on the reception
committees.
BIG COUNTERFEIT
SCHEME SPOILED
AND NO ONE CM FIND OUT
V HOW YOUR VOTE STANDS
Do Not Believe llslf You Hear; Just
Keep a-Siulliiur and a-',.'
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Now Is a period ot the contest when
every contestant begins to get a trifle
nervous and wonders If there is any
manner in which they can get
"double-crossed," to use the slang ex
pression. ;-. .st
And it Is no more than natural that
a candidate who has put in four or
llvo weeks, or mote, of hard and con
scientious work should be more or less
concerned as to what chance there is
for some one to "tip off his hand" by
giving some other fellow some Inside
Information, as to where ha stands
and what amount of business he has
turned In, or Is likely to turn In at
tho lust hour.
And then, of course, that croaking
friend, whose mental make-up Is of a ,
caliber that makes him continually
suspicious of anything and everybody
who is or a positive opinion that
'whatever is" is wrong, will be there
with his knowing smile, and his as
surance Unit somebody will "get a tip
and win out at the last minute." . -
Well, fho contest man is Just going
put the iiuietus on that "know it
ill fellow" and take a little of the
poison out of the system. You may
lepeiut on It, that under this avstem
it is Impossible for any one TO KNOW
how tho other fellow stands. The
contest in ii a recalls a title Incident
which happened not very long ago.
Involving an express messenger St a
unlry -depot and the old negro por-
er, which was something like this:
it seems that a goat was crated and
shlppedrliut in some manner the way
bill was misplaced and the address
md been destroyed; and after much
searching to Hnd to whom the goat
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INE FEAT IN AIR
B! GLEi CURTIS
Thousands Applauded as He Skillfully
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Avoided Collision by U
ward Shoot.
Rhelms. Aug. 30. The American
aviator, Oienn II. Curtiss, at sundown
yesterday added a dramatic feature ,
lo the trials nights of the aeroplanes
entered for the contests of aviation
week by skillfully guiding his ma-'
chine above Snother aeroplane and
averting a collision In the air that
seemed imminent.
The feat was accomplished when.
for the first time in history, three
henvier-than-alr craft were maneu
vering at the same time. All were
Hying rapidly when suddenly Curtiss
saw 1 1. Dumanset, In an Antoinette
monoplane, approaching at right
angles snd on the same level with
him. As quick ss a flash Curtiss
realised the danger and, elevating his
planes, his machine Instantly shot
upward and soared safely over the
Krenchtnan. The thousands of spec
tators who lined tho serodrome watch
ed the maneuver with ha tod breath,
hut when they saw It successfully and
hrlllinnfly rarrled out they applauded
the American wildly. The third ma-
hlmi In the air at the limn was that
of M. Tissandler. ,
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SEVERE ELECTRICAL STORM t
HAS BROKEN HEAT WAVE
Tho fViiple Killed, Our Paralysed,
Two Houlrrc1 I itcotim-tous by
lightning. t 1
Alexandria, La., Aug. 20. The heat
wave, accompanied by temperatures
ranging from 96 to 110 degrees, wss
broken today bV the most severe elec
trical storm ever experienced In cen
tral Ixuilslana,
Two people were killed, one wss
paralysed snd two were rendered un
conscious by lightning.
FULLER PROHIBITION BILL
PASSES ALABAMA SENATE
Setil-Mi as in Advertising liquors,
llics ever, Kceum to Have) Had -
No Friends.
Montgomery, Aug. 10. -The Fuller
prohibition bill passed the senate with
little opposition. ,
There waa not a vote against the
elimination of that section whi. ti
sought to prohibit newspapers e l
msgatlnes from sdv-jrtMi.g !! ...,
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