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VOL. XIV. NO. 197.
ASHEVILLE, N. C, SATURDAV AFTERNOON, SEPTEMBER 25, 1909.
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PAGEANTRY HONOR
LOOSE ELECTRICITY
. TO MEhX ' OF DISCOVERER AND INVENTOR
CRIPPLES TELEGRAPH AND CABLE SERVICE AND
CUTS QUEER CAPERS
ON tiV,FSON RI VER
Hendrik Hudson's Half Moon
and Fulton's Clermont in
Replica Repeat Their
Historic Voyages.
THOUSANDS OF VESSELS;
COLUMN 15 MILES LONG
Five Million Spectators, More or Less
Most Impressive Spectacle
Ever Seen in New
York Harbor. ,
New York, Sept. 25.-Tlio bomb of
sunrise guns aboard warships in
North river awoke New York this
morning to the first day of celebration
which honors the deeds of Henry
Hudson and Robert Fulton. The riv
er that Hudson found, and where Ful
ton set his steamboat, was the place
toward which, the eyes of 6, 000, 000
persons turned today for the most Im
pressive pageant that ever floated in
New York harbor.
Thousands of vessels, IncIudlnR
warships, from the powers of the
world, were present, making a column
fifteen miles long. The Half Moon
adn Clermont will remain at foot of
' 1 1th Street.
The Clermont Damaged.
The Clermont this morning received
a slight damage, which was Inflicted
by the Half Moon. As the Clermont
was rounding St. George, Slaton Isl
and, she stopped suddenly, and the
Half Moon, which was following close
ly behind, under her own sails, bump
ed broadside Into the stenm-boat's
paddlewheel.
Klght Iays of Pageantry.
For the next eight days the people
of New York and visitors from all
all parts of the world will witness a
, series of pageants surpassing anything
I hitherto attempted in the way of his
toric commemoration. The crowning
attainments of the twentieth century
will bo exhibited to set off those of
' ' the. past. The.Jcvlanthana of the
T Whlrt's nrfVM nave gnthered to' honor
the two llttln ships that made history
, one and three centuries ago. Above
the waters where eighty warships lie
at anchor the conquerors of the air
j will exhibit their mastery. Airship
flights, naval parades, military parades
and historical pageants will all con
tribute to the anniversary. Every Im
portant nation Is represented. After n
week In New York waters the floating
part of the exhibition will move up the
river, where the cities whoso settle
ment and growth followed Hudson's
discovery and Fulton's invention will
spend the next week In performing
their part of the celebration.
";mmI and Pleasant IjiimI."
"This Is a very good land to fail In
with and a pleasant land to see," wrote
Robert Juet In his diary of the voyage
of the Half Moon, 1609.' The magni
ficent oaks, the poplars, lindens and
blue plum trees that Hudson and Rob
ert Juet, his clerk, saw then, have
been replaced with soaring skyscrap
ers on the shores of that "pleasant
land," but Hudson and his crew on the
Half Moon, and Fulton and his men
on the Clermont, will walk their decks
In the same dress that they wore, flic
one three "hundred years and the other
one hundred years ago. Over their
mastheads during the week will Ity
airships and under their keels will
burrow dally the tunnel trains of the
McAdoo system.
Teaching History.
This la the way in which the Hudson-Fulton
celebration proposes to
teach history and commemorate the
share that America has had in the
Continued on Page Six.
Judge's Charge Embodied an Exhaustive
Exposition of the Law as
to Bribery.
Columbia. Sept. 25. The fute of
James S. Farnum, . the wealthy
Charleston liquor dealer, on trial here
under Indictments charging him with
bribing directors of the former statu
dispensary to secure business for
houses represented by him, Is now In
the hands of the jury.
In his charge Judge Mummlngcr
delivered an exhaustive exposition of
the law aa to bribery.
BUUKENSHIPS RELEASED,
HAVING PROVED AN ALIBI
And Utile FrogresH Is Made In Trac
ing Perpetrator of Atrocious
Crime at Hurley, Va.
Bluefleld, W. Va., Sept. 15. Little
progress has been made In apprehen
sion of the perpetrators of the atro
tloua crime at Hurley, Va.
Suspicion placed upon Sllaa Blan
kenihlp and his son was removed
when the men proved an alibi and
wers released.
FATE OF' HIM
IN JURY'S HANDS
COOK PHEPAHIHG
FOR IE PLATFORM
President of Geographical Society EX'
presses Confidence in State
ments of Explorer.
. New York, Sept. 2f.. For the first
time since his arrival here lr. Fred
erick A. Cook, the Arctic explorer,
took into his confidence yesterday one
of tho leading American geogrnnhicnl
authorities, Archer M. Himti,.i..n
president of the American (U-ographi-cal
society, with whom he had an
hour's private conference.
Refuses to Talk.
Whether l(r. Cook submitted some
of his data to Dr. Huntington, or am
plified his previous statement regard
ing his trip, could not be ascertained.
for upon leaving Dr. Huntington re
fused to comment upon the meeting.
Dr. Cook's friends, however, announc
ed that j list before bis departure Dr.
Huntington had expressed perfect
confidence in the statements of the
explorer.
Dr. Cook also had an agreeable
chat with his financial backer, John
U. Hrndley. whose liberality enabled
him to make his northern dash and
to share the fame of that expedition.
Dr. Cook had paid nn eloquent tribute
to Mr. Hrndley ami said that half the
glory belonged to him '.
Preparing for lecture Platform.
Rut most of Dr. Conk's waking
hours yesterday were devntor to pre
paring the literary steps which lead
to the lec ture platform, which he will
mount next Monday at the Carnegie
Institute. So carefully Is the explor
er assembling the material for his
first public appearance that he de
clined many invitations for Ihc Hudson-Fulton
celebrations during the
week, although a glance from his
writing table high up In the Waldorf
Astoria swept over a vast seu of wav
ing flags and decorations.
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L. G. Powers Urges the Uniform Listing
of Real Estate, at Conference
on Taxation.
Louisville, Ky., Sept. H5. Declar
ing that the Inequalities of the pres
ent method of assessing and collecting
tho property tax are numerous and
gruve, l (5. Powers, chief statistician
of the census bureau, in his speech
before the Third International Con
ference on State and Local Taxation,
urged the adoption of a uniform list
ing of real estate which will, show
more clearly the value and assessment
of real estate. He advocated what he
termed the analytical and statistical
methods in the listing of real estate
for taxation and claimed that the ap
plication of this method would take
the question of property taxation out
of the reach of demagogues and cheap
politicians and thai 't would serve to
show tho proportion of tho general
tax that is being paid by the farmer,
the lumberman uud the railroads.
"Many economic writers ami stu
dents of public finance have In the
past fifty years called attention to
the imperfections of existing systems
of obtaining public revenue," said Mr.
Powers, "and the desirability or find
ing, if possible, some substitute for
the general property tax." While
many minor changes have been made
In tho methods of obtaining state, and
local revenue, said Mr. Powers, to
day, as at the middle of the last cen
tury, local governments and most
stato governments In the United States
and Canada rely principally upon thu
general property tax for their reve
(Contlnued on paga )
KILLED WIFE AND SELF
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Brutal Crime of Whit Galloway at Wood
side Mill Village, Near
Greenville.
fircen villa. H. C, Sept. 25. One of
the most brutal murders ever com
mitted here occurred yesterday morn
tnir at- the Wnotlsldc mill village, i
suburb of Greenville, when Whit Onl
lnwnv shot his wife dead and then
killed himself In tho presence of his
three small children. Oallnway got
his shot gun and carefully loaded both
barrel, then crept to tho side of the
bod, aihed at his sleeping wires head
and discharged tho gun. blowing off
her head. Then placing the gun on
the floor he placed the muxxlo nt the
side of his head and pulled the trigger,
blowing his head completely off.
Onllo way's little four year old
daughter said her father also tried to
kill her.
bRAV
INEQUALITY
F TAXING SYSTEM
New York Herald and The Cazeito-NeWB.
' "POOR MR. BEAR! HE USED TO BE QUITE A FIGURE IN THE STREET.
FOUR ARE KILLED:
AIRSHIPJEXPLODES
The Republique Suddenly Blows up
Sailing Finely 100 Meters
Above Moulins.
Moulins, France, Sept. The air
ship Rcpublicttuo cxplndtd while loti
metres in the nlr today, killing four
persons. The four men killed were
Captain Mart-lull, I. but. Chnurc and
Suh-Uouts. V'lncenot and Keiix.
The ltcpiibllciiie left Ktl'nlissc tills
morning in charge of Captain Mur
chal. ,Sho passed ovt r Moulins at the
altitude of 400 feel, going at a high
rate of speed, ami apparently under
control.
Tho officers in the car waved their
hands In "-sponse to enthusiastic
cheers from the people below them.
Without warning (lie airship ex
ploded, with a loud report. The
wreck fell to tho ground immediately
and the four men on hoard were
crushed to ''.eatli.
A TRUCE IS DECLARED
Internal Revenue Collector Ruckcr of
Atlanta Is Arrested for Con
tempt of Court.
Atlanta, Sept. Sti. A truce between
the warring federal and state court
officials was declared today, when the
I 'nited Ktates circuit Judge postponed
until next Wednesday hearing of the
habeas corpus case of I'nlted States
Collector of Internal Ifevcnuo Ruckcr
arid Onager Charles Stcgnll.
The clash, which grew out of
Iho trouble over collection of
Internal revenue taxes In Kude
county, tunic to a climax In he
arrest of II. A. Itucker, collector of
internal revenue In Atlanta. Itucker
was served with a warrant of arrest
for contempt of the Superior court of
(leorgla, by Sheriff Thurmun of Putle
county, but was later llbcraled on a
bond of 100ft.
At the same time he was ordered
to produce Itucker, Sheriff Thurman
was given another writ ordering him
to produce Charles K. Stegall, gov
ernment storekeeper and ganger, who
hud refused , to answer questions In
court on the advice of Collector
Itucker. '
Under the Internal revenun laws of
the United States government. It Is
claimed by the federal officers, any
official giving the Information re
quested by the stnte Judge Is liable
to forfeiture of position, a lino of
$1000, ami Imprisonment, for one
year.
Honor Itevolullonary Hero,
Snlem, Mass., Sept. 25. In honor
of Captain Jonathan llarraden, a Kov
olutlonary hero, the Massachusetts
Society of Sons of the American Rev
olution today unveiled a bronse mem
orial tablet on the building which Cap
tain llarraden occupied at tho time
of his death. Secretary of the Navy
George von I Meyer and Charles
Dana Bun-age, president of the New
York Sous of tho American Revolu
tion, were the chief speakers at the
exercises which accompanied the unveiling.
iRISBilNG
BRITISHERS SAY CONFEDERATE DEAD PROGRAM CHANGED
Lord Norlhcliffe, and Editor Bell of
London Times, Believe Ger
many Will Fight.
Sail Francisco, Kept. ',. Lord
NorlhelifTe, F.nglhfh publisher, and
Moherly noil,',ltkor of The London
Times, who wore In the city yesterday
both esprerscd the belief ih.it war be
tween (ircHt III ilulll ami (ieriiiaiiy is
cretain to come.
"The fai ls are plain.- Lord North
chffe taid. "Wo know th.it licrniany
has dot lined to discuss lu-r vait arma
ments. We know thai all of tier shin
building yards are .engaged in n.r.ul
construction; that 10,0"" men are
working day and night, and that
scores of her hading statesmen and
writers make no secret of her Inten
tions. We know that She lias on pre
vious occasions made unprovoked at
tacks on other nations, ami we know
that the vessels sho Is building are de
signed for commerce destroying pur
poses or for use close to Inane waters.
"We know the German emperor's
declaration that Oct mailt s future is
i me have ib. tut that
the population of Germany must have
an outlet and her Indus! m new mar
kets, anil that the mpsl HI I held in
In places where the British Mag tlo.i t;i.
I fear that any opinion is foolish.
Not F.notlgll of A Nt are.
"Much has been said about a war
scar in F.nglaiiil. There is noi enough
of a war scare there. The conditions
which tonfront Great Itrltaln arc om
inous, and It Is to bo dcplnsi'd that we
are ntit belter prepared."
"I do not think there is any doubt."
said Mr. Hell, "Hint there will be a
war between Gormnny ami Great lirl
t it 1 ii iM-fore long. The situation Is
very much as a French writer pictur
ed that between Gormnny ami France
'o lie before the Franco-German war
which he said the two countries were
like two railroad trains running on a
single track.
"Unless sunn-thing occurs which
makes It advisable In Germany's opin
ion to provoke a war with Fngland,
It is probable that Germany will tie
lay the t-oiillict for a few years until
her navy Is proportionately stronger
than nt present. And In this con
nection, it Is slgnlllcnnt that the Ger
man battleships are being built with
very small cool capacity. As Ger
many has few coaling stations It Is ev
ident that tho German strategists con
template a struggle at close quarters.
In other words, that the contest will
take plnce In the English channel In
a desperate effort to land a German
army nn Kngllsh soil under cover of
tho German neet."
FAT.Uj AITOMOIHIjK ACCIDKXT
NKAIt TAMPA liAST KVKXIXH
Mrs. Iee Klcclo vnn killed, Mrs. Alfred
M'saicy ami bauffcar I'rolmbly
In tally Hurt.
Tampa, Flu.. Sept. 21. Mrs. T."o
Steele was killed . and Mrs. Airretl
Mooney and Chauffeur Walter Hoc
man, weee probably fatally injured Inst
night when the rear tire of the large
touring car In which they were rldng
burst, causing tho car to dash Into a
telephone pole, wrecking It and throw
ing the occupants out with groat force.
The car was making r0 miles an
hour and It Is charged that the chauf
feur had been drinking.
Mrs. Steele's head was crushed.
Is Kim! SHOO.
Lynchburg, Va., 8ept 16. The Nor
folk and Western, was today fined
(800 t nthe Federal District court on
charges of violating the safety appli
ance law.
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One to Be Erected in Finn's Point Na
tional Cemetery Near Salem,
New Jersey.
Washington, Sept. u.i. To nun
me minora.1; the lives of the Confeder
ate prisoners of war who tiled at Fdrt
Delaware during the civil war, a
monument will be erected In the Con
federate section of Finns' Point na
tional cemetery, near Sib-in. New Jer
rcy. and cIomc to Iho nhl prison.
Similar monuments are being creel
ed by act of congress throiiKliout tho
North, wherever there al" many un
marked grnves of Confederate sol
diers. The President Attends Recital in His
Honor and Enjoys Rest
From Travel.
Salt I .-ike, Sept. 2.I. -President Taft
Is spending a day of coinparal Iva quiet
In Salt like. and enjoying a rest from
railroad travel, which bis stay In this
city is affording. The day's program
began Willi breakfast at the Commer
cial club. This was followed by an
organ recital in Hie Mormon taberna
cle, arranged specially In honor of the
prcsldeiit. Tonight the president will
be the guert of honor al n dinner at
the Alia club, ami later will hold a re
ception. DID NOT HANDLE MONEY
Judge Pritchard's Decision as to Clerk's
Claim in Re S. M. Smith vs.
Receivers.
Jn United States Circuit court yes
terday afternoon Judge Prltchord held
that a clerk cannot collect a commls
slon upon money which never passed
through his hands. This matter came
up yesterday in the matter of H. Mor
gan Hmlth against tho receivers of
tint rtocklngham Power company,
when Judge Charles A. Moore of coun
sel for tho receivers moved that Clerk
Grant of the United States Circuit and
District courts at Italeigh be not al
lowed IHOHTiO which he claimed was
dun him aa one per rent on $50,HS0.fi0
which was paid to the commissioners
who sold the property.
Judge Prltchard found that the
money had not passed through Clerk
Grant's hands and that he Is not en.
titled to a commission.
LIGHT FROST.
Forecast until S p. m Sunday, for
Ashevllle and vicinity: Fair tonight
with light frost; Sunday fair and
somewhat warmer.
MOMENT TOT
REC TAL IN
MORMON CRORCH
GENERAL HUBBARD
LEANSTD PEARY
Finds Much in Peary"s Record That
Cook Has Not Stated.
All He'll Say.
Par Harbor. Me.. Sept. 2K. "I have
read the records submitted hy Com
mander Peary on the question, 'has
Cook been at the pole,' and found in
them much that Dr. Cook has not
slated. They are very Interesting."
t.enernl Thomts Hubbard, presi
dent of the Peary Arctic club, nnulo
tills statement after a careful exam
ination of the Peary records on the
controversy which were submitted to
him by Commander Peary at Hangor
While (scneral Hubbard would give
no Intimation as to the nnture of the
proofs which Commander Peary Is
confident will show that Dr. Cook
was not at the polo. It was apparent
that he was well satisfied with the
records before him.
Commander Peary Is expected here
Monday afternoon and will remain
until Tuesday, during which lime he
will be n guest nt tho home of Oen
eral Hubbard.
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The Holy-Rollers Now Say the Event
Will Come Before 6 O'clock
Today.
West I luxbury. Mass,, Sept. S'i.
Awaiting the cud of the world, which
I hey belh-Ve will come before S o'clock
tonight, the S0O or more members of
"the latter reign of the - Apostollt
church" who call themselves "Triune
Immersionisls" mid arn popularly
Known as "Holy Hollers," re-aasem
bb-d last night for it long watch meet
ing In their llethel at A-shdod, on the
main turnpike between Hoi'lon and
Plymoiii h.
Hundreds of curious people from
the neighboring villages lingered out
side to note the progress of event
but as curtains at the windows of the
Metbel were nil ilrawit close, little ot
what occurred within was evident to
utsltlers. Apparently there was .i
praise seryict- ami exhortations and
occasionally a voice pitched high In
prayer was heard exclaiming:
" l,ord, come soon; don't disap
point us."
The meeting lasted through the
night.
Although 10 o'l-loek this a. m. was
originally set ns the hour of the com
ing of Hie end of all things, the
faithful showed little disappointment
when one of the elders Hiinounced
that the world would not be destroyed
until. some time during the 24 hours
beginning nt n o'clock Inst night. At
4 o'clock the meeting, which had con
tinned nil day, was adjourned for
supper. witer the members or Hie
sect returned for the watch service.
Throughout Hie meetings almost
unprecedented enthusiasm nnd fervor
have been manifested. Those par
ticlpallng come from every section
of New Knglantl, while some have
Journeyed from as far ns Virginia.
As the forenoon passed the devout
contapny decided, for reasons not nn
nouncetl to close the chapel, ami
move across the road to the "llethel.
a large frame structure belonging to
the society, there to await tho end
All but "believers" were carefully ex
eluded, the doors were closed anil the
curtains In tho windows lowered.
DEATH LIST OF STORM
M ESTIMATED AT1&D
A Nine Months Old Babe Found Alive
on Floating Plank, After Three
Days Fast.
New Orleans, Sept. 25. Conserva
tive estimates today, with additional
reports of wrecked boats anil homes
along the Iiiilslanii roast, places the
death list at not less than ISO.
Tales of hardship continue to come
In. In Clrand Callloti, floating nn a
bit of ili, nk, was found a nine months
old baby, alive after three days with
out food.
Kngllsh Mocker" Coming.
Liverpool, Sept. 25. The Pilgrim
association football team, which un
der the leadership- of Cnpt. Fred
Mllnes. the well-known Bhcftleld ama
teur. Is to make a short tour ot the
United States and Canada, sailed on
the Mnuretsnla today for New York.
The team has scheduled games with
amateur elevens In New York. New
ark, Ilaltlmorc, Washington. Cincin
nati, PC touts. Chicago, Cleveland.
Philadelphia, Fall River, Boston and
Toronto.
END-DF-WORLD
Severest Magnetic Storm In the
History of Cheltenham Ob
servatory Recorded by
Instruments Today.
SOMETHING LIKE 500 VOLTS
ON THE WIRES AT ONE TIME
This Current, from Unknown Sources,
Was Ascribed by Some to In
fluence of Aurora
Borealis.
New York. Kept, 26.- All telegraph
lilitl cable service wits badly crippled j
today, because of disturbing electrical-
urrcnts In earth and Bir, ascribed to .' ":,
the aurora borealis. ;
The Interruption lasted from 6:ti0
m. to 9 : ;t 0 a. nt., when communica
tion again was established.
inning the height of eh trlcnl dis
turbance, measuring Instruments In
the telegraph offices In this city reg
istered the presence on the wires of
upwards of lino volts of electric cur
rent from unknown sources, n greater
tillage than supplied for any land
wires.
Washington, Sept. 3.". The severest
magnetic storm recorded at the Chel
tenham. .Maryland, magnetic ohscrva-
iry, of Const! and Gcodetlie survey
since the observatory was put In oper
ation in I '.int. made Its appearance on
that Institutions delicate instruments
today, t'llicials of the Cheltenham ob
servatory state that the reported Inter
ference In the working of teb graph
lines was no doubt tine to the preva-
nce of this magnetic storm. Tho
llsliirtiance was so great as to displace
tln magnets hoyoinl the limits of r1-
ord sheets, and to upset the adjust
ments of Instruments.
WATERS-PIERCE OIL CD. ..
PROPERTY TO BE SOLD
Order Issued by Texas Court, to Wind
up Concern's Affairs in
Lone Star State.
Austin, Tex., Sept. 25. An order
is Issued yesterday- afternoon by
Judge C. A. Wilcox, of the twenty
sixth district, directing that J. It. Kck-
hardt. receiver of the Waters-Pierce
Oil company, proceed without delay
to advertise lor sale at public auction
anil to the highest bidder all the
property of every kind and character
of the Waters-Pierce 'HI company,
with a view of speedily winding up
the affairs of the company In Texas.
The order provides and directs the
sale of Hie property on the first Tues
day in December. 1909, In Austin. Tho
sate Is to be made without further
right of redemption and without fur
ther valuation or appraisement.
The property Is valued at $1,7I0,
1100 and Is to be sold In bulk. The
terms of this ortler was agreed upon
between the attorneys representing
the company and states' a'orneys st
in all-day conference. Coincident
with the Issuance of this ortler an
order was Issued continuing until No
vember 2!t the case of II. Clay Pierce.
The ISunrnmbe County Teachers'
association held un Interesting meet
ing at the High school building thiu
morning. There were about 110
teachers of the count) schools pres
ent and much enthusiasm was shown
In the discussion of the topics for the
day: "The preparation of the dally
lesson; self culture; thn alms and
ends of teaching." The discussion
was opened by Superintendent A. C.
Reynolds, and many of. tho teachers
took part In the work.
The teachers of tho county have
been divided Into six divisions In or
der that nt tho meetings better re
sults ran bo obtained, as It Is hard
successfully to carry out the work
with such large numbers. The lend- .
er of the Hrst section Is J. W. Brad
ley of Candler; second, M. C. Perry,
Mount Carmel school, Asheville R. F,
l. No. 4; third, II. T. Hunter of Fair,
view; fourth, J. C. M. Valentine of
Swsnnnnna; fifth. D. U Ellis of Rilt
mnre; sixth, a. II. Itlankonshlp of
Weavervllle. '
These leaders also compose a com
mittee who will solicit subscriptions
to the North Carolina Journal of Ed
ucation and the "Uplift," the paper
Issued by the Jackson Training
school.
The next meeting of the teachers
will be held st the High school build
ing. October J, when the subject.
'The attitude of the teacher to bis
profession; a study of the work done
In the school room," will be taken up.
COUNTY TEACHERS
HAD GOOD MEETINb