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VOL. XIV. NO. 177.
ASHEVILLE, N. C., WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON, SEPTEMBER 1, 1909.
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DR.FRED jpOK
; AN AMERICAN LORER
REACHESPOLE
Scenes in MontereyMex. Where 1 000 Lives Were Lost
iisSb
Dr. Cook, Accompanied by Nor
weiglan and Esquimaux
Left Greenland March
3, 1908.
DR. COOK REACHED THE
POLE APRIL 21, 1908
Esquimaux ol Cape Yoik Confirm Dr.
Cook's Story ol Hit Jour
ney The Fx.
plorer. :
e openliagen, Sept. 1. Dr.
v Cook, the American ex
plorer reached the north pole
Aviril 51. 1)OS. nccnrd'mu' in n
1 7 J O -
telegram just received at the
Colonial office here.
The message was received
from Lervik, Shetland Tslands.
Dr. Frederick A. Cook, accom
panied by a Norweigian, left
Etah, Greenland, March .',1908
taking with him eight Esqui
maux, four sledges and 12 dog
teams. He was to make his way
through Ellesmere land.
Dr. Cook is on hoard the
Danish government steamer
Hans Egede" which passed
Lerwick at noon today en route
for Denmark. The telegram an
nouncing Dr. Cook's achieve
ment was sent by a Greenland
official on board the steamer
land reads as follows: ;
4 "We have. on board Ameri
can tfffvellerT Dr. Cook, who
reached the North Pole April
21, 1908. Dr. Cook arrived at
Upprnivik, northernmost Dan
ish settlement in Grenland on
island off the west coast on
May, of 1909, from Cape York,
(in northwest part of Green
land on Baffin Day).
"The Esquimaux of Cnpe York con
(Continuefl en page 4.)
DARING ROBBER
EVADES ARRES
I
Railroad and Express Compa
nies Will Spend Money
to Get Him.
LewlKton, Pa Sept. l.-Dcsplte the
fact that n close watch has been main
tained tin the robber who yesterday
held up and rohlH'd a fast express
train on tint Pennsylvania railroad
near here, he has evaded capture and
It Is probable hu will never he
caught.
Tho railroad company Is making
every effort to arrest tho desperado
and to this end has .enlisted the aid
of Severn 1 detective agencies. Not
withstanding that tho robber secured
less than $ 1 00 by his during deed the
railroad and express companies will
spend many times that amount to
land him behiird prison bnrs.
llohlx'r tint 1csx Than :!(.
Fittsbur:;. I'a.. Sept. 1. In a slate
ment Issued here by II. II. Slater.
Pittsburg agent of tho Adams Express
company, it Is claimed the loss to the
company as a result of the train hold
up at I.ewlston, Pa., yesterday, will
not exceed $300, and probably will
be much less.
ANOTHER BAD FIRE
AT NEW GASTLE.KY.
Cumbetland Telephone Co. Exchange
Oe.troyed-Firt Still
Raging. ""
Louisville, Ky.. Sept. 1. Newcastle,
tho seat of Henry county, Ky., Is fight
ing tho most severe flht in its Ioiik
history this morning, according to re
ports received from there. Fire start
ed at 2:30 o'clock today in liondu
rant's livery stable and spread to all
other hiiildlmrs on that side of Main
square. About 3 o'clock tho exchange
of the Cumberland Telephone com
nanv was destroyed nnd reports at 4
o'clock from Eminence, four miles
from Newcastle, were that tho blaze
was mounting higher.
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taaiARB.lM EBQHX.OP.MUKICIPAU mnl.MOHTERgY.yj f'f iM- Y' V f
OF G H ATTAH Q 0 G H EE lili.. .
Droneht Prevails, Yet Eiver ! . DEATH LIST JILL
Has Risen 12 Feet Within '?1rfl I
llS, NEVER BE KNOWN
111 M '",!
PELLAGRA EPIDEMIC 1
ALARMS PHYSIGIMS Hfefc-J
he Ga2fltte-New$' Great $6,
500 Voting Contest Pot
Has Just Commenc-
' ed to Boll.
Columhus, (la., Btt. 1. It Ivor men
here lire lnyBtilicd nt Ihc Kiuldcii rli
of tlic t'hatl:ihooch-o rivor. which. Inl
Kiin vcslcrdiiy. Although this iiiinic-
ilintc siM'tlon is undcrKoliiK n ttrouuhi
the rivi r hus risen 12 feci here In the
lHt 24 hours. There Imve liccn no
heuvy rnliis reported tit any point
alone tho river and residents ure un
nlilc to nssh.'n any cause for the pres
ent stage of water.
Six Deaths Have Occured in Durham
From Deieaie Trying to
Locate Origin.
Durham, fopt, 1. Alarmed by lh.
number of cases of pclluKru whl li
have developed in this city, local phy
sician yesterday Imkiiii experiments
to locate tho orlsln or I ho disease. Six
deaths from pelaKra have oeeuir.'d in
this section.
An examination of the blood of a
powerful ncK.ro, who has I lie dise.i.v
in a most aggravated form, revealed
a distinct organism mm specimen
wore sent to Richmond ami to Johu
lloplilns university for more careful
unalysls.
If n germ is found, as pliysiciank
hero nre inclined to boliee, some ani
mal will ho tnoculated and u cam
paign against pellagra will be made.
That the disease hua Its origin In corn
has been practically abandoned by
locnl men, but a fierce war against
tho Importation of western corn is be
ing conducted.
Dr. McCnmpbell of the slate hos
pital has written a paper treating with
12 cases of pellagrous Insanity nnd
death. Three-fourths of the cases
were among women, which is unus
ual. It is Said, as the disease occurs
more frequently among men. None
of the cnBcs which have developed In
this section have been traceable, to
corn bread. One victim was a hoard
ing house keeper, hut none of the
boarders contracted tho dlsense.
RIFFS SILENCED BY
Riffi Attacked Town of Lahadara Be.
cause Inhabitants Asked tor
Spanish Protection.
Mcllllu. Morocco, Sept. 1. Accord
ing to an official report tho HifTs. who
arc opposing the advance of tho Hpan
Ish punitive expedition Into tho Inte
rior of Morocco, recently directed
heavy artillery and musketry tiro
against the garrison at Kldlmusa.
They were, however, silenced by
Spanish bn (cries. Tho RltTs attacked
the town of Lahadara because the In
iTiililt.ints asked for Spanish protec
tion, but they were driven back by
the Hpunlsh column sent out from K.l-
arbar.
EOT MEN ARE DEAD
III GERMAN COAL PIT
Supports ol Scaffolding Cave Way and
Thy Fell Several Hun
' drcd Feet.
naarhrtleckcn. fiermony, Sept. 7.
Right men wore killed In Kamppauscn
"onl pit Inst night. The supports of
scaffolding on which they wero a',
work In tho main shaft gave way and
the men were ' precipitated several
hundred feet to tho bottom of the pit
Much Fun at Horse
ow; Ends Today
Sh
The
'Mule Race" Yesterday Afternoon Proved An Amus
ing Feature Show a Success The Winners
of the Ribbons Today's Events.
The second .lay of flic lirst sit .1 of
tho Mid-Minim, r Horse Sli. a-v-.u-ia-tlon
was as laigefy attended tins .if
lermion as ( st. rdny; the ei.tn list Is
strong with many hnuds.iiue horses
In readiness for inspection. The show
has furnished a pleasing di.r i..ii t'
tho hundreds '( guests nnd residents
of tho town and the uocess that lias
attended the . fforta of those in charge
augurs well f..r a second inld-snm r
show next y.-i.r.
I'lrM lla's Sliou Slice. .
The llrst day of the hoie show
passed olf splendidly ycsl. r.lax. 'I'll-'
animals that are shown at tliis show
all seem to !.. in fine coudlti..ii ami in
som of the classes coiuii.titii'ii Is
strong, but with It all, the Jn.UtiiiK oi
Jack Sinatlei' of New York, wlio was
brought here especially fur this show,
wns favorably comm.mted nin and
his awards seemed to meet with popu
lar approval.
The show started off with sli.tw ui;t
horses of dilfeient color under strap
or bridle. The pony race following,
proved nn Interesting; event, but the
reel enthusiasm of the crowd wus
aroused In the single harness horse
class In which 1. Q. Noland'H "Handy"
took the Ida.-. This enthusiasm was
further heightened In the single road
ster class in which were nine entries.
II. J. Mills of (Ireonvlllo curried off the
blue with "Shadow."
In the ladies' single harness horse
class there . ro nine entries, the blue
being won by A. PeUer' "ivt," beau
II fully driven by Mis Mury Stike
leather. Mr. Pelxor's pair, "Pet and Charlie,"
took tho blue In the ladies' dotiblu
hy
luirness class, ncnin being driven
Miss SliUelealher.
.i-i at I on for the Croud.
The K inline excitement of the day
came when, shortly before the last
ev -111 of the day, the mule race was
"pulled off." There were entered In
this event, the four small mules of II.
It. Millard and likewise four small
negro bins, upon the backs of the
mules. I'm their riding was not to be
undisturbed Hardly had they cnti red
tlie ri"K. before tlie mules had thrown
two of the buys off, kicked at them,
and went scampering n round the ring,
rld. rl. ss and without saddles. Then
aftir an exciting chase, participated
In bv more than 2"i negro boys, the
unties were dually saddled again and
riders mounted, hut again whs their
Joy short-lived, for again did th"
mules make tho boys "bile the dust."
In the nieantlTe the other two had
decided thai they did not like their
"Jockeys'' nnd proceeded to "dump"
their riders. After the urn ley hnd
evidently been well tired out, tho race
begun, with the result that "Jack,"
".till" nnd "Sunday" took the ribbons
Tlie races will be repeated this after
noon, as well as the pony races.
The Winners.
Winners In yesterday's events fol
low: Class Q, black or brown horse,
shown under lead, strap or bridle.
Prlxe cup.
Hlue, Patton Ac Slikclealher's "Jet";
red, Itoss and Stikeleatber's "Chief";
yellow, W. S. Hay's " Jack"; nnd while,
Miss i: lea nor Itaoul's, "lird."
Class it., sortcl horses, any shade.
Prlxe cup.
(Continues, oa page 4)
Reports Meagre from Portions
of Mexico and Full Dam
age Not Known.
Monterey, Mexico, Me pi. 1.
IjisI night the number of bodies re
covered from along the shores of the
Santii Catarlna river, victims of the
Hood total approximately a thousand
In Monterey nine hundred Is the total
while meagre reports from all the
valley Increase the number. Iloweyer,
but tittle Is yet known as to the loss
of llli and damage outside of this
elly. That the entire number bwt will
ever be known Is not probable as
intinv bodies must be burled in the
sands and mud.
Dlsnsier Widespread.
Ibports continue meagre from
points down the valley, but It is
known that the village of Kan Fran
cisco was entirely destroyed, the town
of San Juan badly damaged and tho
town of Cmniirgo on tho Rio tlrnude
Is reported to huve boon completely
washed away.
A rider from the town of Cn.lereyln,
tills slate, the birthplace of Ceneral
.croiilino Trevlno. slated to the Asso
ehit 'd Press correspondent that tweu
ly bodies hnd been reeowred at thai
pi. lee, that hundreds were seen Moat
ing by with tho Hood and that on Ills
trip from t'lidoroytn to Monterey there
was not a depression In the ground or
nn arroyo which did not contain from
one to ten bodies left there by the
receding Hood.
A complete list of the dead Is abso
lutely unobtainable, but no Americans
or other foreigners were lost as none
of them resided In the ooded district
filciit Area I'locslcd.
The entire northern part of the
state of N'uevo I .con has been Hooded
and towards Tamplco in the state of
Tamaullpa alarming reports huv
been received. Nothing; dcllnlte Is
known, however, iih telegraph com
munication lias not yet been opened
with I his district.
Relief iii the shape of money has
been pouring In from all sources to
day and large amounts have been con
trlbutcd from the t'nlted Htntes.
Clothes, food supplies and money Is
needed to cure for the homeless and
destitute. The response hu been
large and noble hut uses for the
money will be found and more espec
ially when the full reports from down
the valley nre learned.
The property l.wnt Is now estimated
at between $1 2.000.000 ami $1.1. 000.
oofl In this city without counting tho
damage to tho railroads or down the
valley from this cltv.
The railroad situation remains un
changed, but officials state that a
train will arrive early tomorrow from
Ijiredn and that trains will leave for
I ji red o at 10 o'clock tomorrow morn
ing, t
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Mrs. Alice Webb Duke
Is Pronounced Insane
Chicago, Sept. 1. -In tho unkempt,
Illusion-haunted woman, whose fev
erish lips answered to the name of
Alice Webb liuka In Judge tlrlmmell's
euurt hero today, there was little to
remind spectator of the former wife
of llrodie L. I "ike, tho millionaire to
bacco man. Mrs. Duke wo arrested
last night charged with having fulled
to pay $40 automobile bill. In her
cell lust night she sang matches from
grand operas. Toduy Judgo (Irlm
mell, nn the statement of a physician
that defendant f Insane, held her for
examination in the county court.
"IHics that mean that I am Irre
trievably Insane T" pleaded the wo
man. "No, no, not at 0,11," answered
the Judgo softly.
Tho former mistress of million was
brought Into court by a policeman.
Led to the bar the woman raised her
long thin finger In a gesture of sup
plication and In low but audible
vnlco repented the Ird' prayer; then
she begun singing "Nearer, My Clod,
to Thee" In 11 remarkably sweet
voice.
"I lost my voice Inst month my
beautiful voice because 1 was nearly
starved, but tho shock of my arrest
brought It buck to mo," she explained
to the court. .
TWO MINF.RH KILI.FI IN
C.Vi:-IN AT A COLMFRY
.Men Were at Work When Fplosion of
SlMit Caused Aisidenl ; Crush
ril tu lmlli.
FOR TURKEY, KILLED
Wat Out Hunting In Clay County With
Friend When Accident
Occurred.
Mount Carmel, Ta... Bopt 1. Two
miners were killed by a rave-In today
af. the Natal colliery. The men were
at work when an explosion of a hot
caused the cave-In, crushing them to
death.
News has been received hero of the
tragic death of 1,1 go Aulierry on
Hweetwalor creek In Clay county last
Wednesday evening. U seems that
Au berry was mistaken by a friend for
turkey while the two were out hunt
ing and received a load of shot In the
neck. ' Auberry lived for two or three
hours after being shot. 'Auberry and
K.i AV. Cook went for a turkey hunt
on Sweetwater creek Wednesday af
ternoon. Auberry wa concealed In
the thicket and Cook seeing him and
thinking that It was a turKey hiding
there fired. The shot took effect In
Auberry' neck and death resulted two
or three hour later.
Wet Crop Above; Avers go.
Tokio, Sept 1. According to an
official forecast made by Agricultural
expert here, the rice crop this year
will be U per cent, above tho average
of former aeasrui.
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