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VOL. XIV. NO. 230.
ASHEVILLE, N. 0., WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON, NOVEMBER 3, 1909.
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Paris' Strangest Criminal Case Since the Drey f us Affair
in an Off Year Reform Swatted
; : in Some of the Cities.
TAMMANY LOSES
CONTROL OF CITY
Saved Only Gaynor Out of the Wreck Tom L. Johnson's
Scalp Taken Heney Smitten Gibboney Goes Down
Suffrage Amendment Lost in Maryland Demo
crats of Massachusetts Pleased.
YORK, Nov. 3. Complete
returns of the vote for mayor
yesterday's election are:
Gaynor, democrat, 250,678; Hannard,
republican-fusion, 177,662; Hearst,
independent, 163,843. Gaynor' plu
rality, 73,016. The forces of fusion
will be In practical control of New
York city's government after Januury
next, although the democratic candi
date for mayor, Gaynor, was elected.
With the exception of the mayor,
the fusion sweep was complete. Not
another democratic candidate. on city
or county ticket won success. The
fusion forces, by electing their candi
dates for comptroller and president
of the board of aldermen, together
with victories of fusion and anti-Tammany
candidates for presidencies of
nil five boroughs, will give the oppo
sition to Tammany 13 out of 16 votes
In the Important board of estimate.
This board will have during its term
of office the expenditure of practical
ly one billion 'dollars. On the county
ticket fusionists elected their .candi
dates for dlBtrlct attorney, sheriff,
county clerk, register and city court
judge, which with their other vic
tories will place nearly every bit of
patronage In the greater city in their
hands. The board of aldermen will
hp cnmnnaAri rtf 42 democrats and Sfl
fusionists.
Democrats Gain In Assembly. ,
Uttlo Repeating.
-rrom present, inaicaiions inn mine
assembly will have a republican ma
jority of 41 a democratic gain of
five.
The Tabulated Results.
An Interesting result Is revealed In
the complete vote tabulated, which
gives Hearst 87 more votes than Ban
nard In the boroughs of Manhattan
and Tlronx. In Kings county the dem
ocrats saved their countv ticket, by
pluralities ranging from (000 to 7000.
The pluralities of the fusionists' can
didates In the greater city, aside from
the mayor, on completed vote wore:
W. A. Prendergast, comptroller, 74,
BR9; John Purroy Mitchell, president
of the board of aldermen, 70.031;
Whitman's plurality for district attor
ney in New York county, 26,631 and
Rhea's for sheriff, 58,425. ltoth are
fusionists.
William J. "Gaynor of Brooklyn
swept the five boroughs to vic
tory aa mayor by over 73,000
plurality, defeating Otto T. Bannard,
republican-fusion, and William Ran
dolph Hearst, Independent. . He failed,
however, to carry his ticket with him.
however, to carry the ticket with him.
The republlcan-f uslonlsts elect
ed Charles S. Whitman, dis
trict attorney of New York
county, who defeated George Gor
don Battle, . the democratic nomi
nee, by at least 13,000 plurality, and
' John 8. Shea for sheriff over Chris
topher D. Sullivan, democrat, by ap
proximately 10,000. t .
He Also Ran.
Hearst ran a poor race. Once de
rested In his contest for tne mayor
alty against McClellan In 10B, he
went down yesterday with a total of
less than 150.000 as against approx
imately 145,000 for Gaynor and 174,
4)00 for Bannard.
Legislative Ticket Results.
The election throughout the state
for members of the assembly resulted
In the choice of a lower branch of the
legislature, having a republican ma
Jorlty of about 41 as compared with
a republican majority uf 48 In the last
assembly, city and town dictions
were held at many points with vary
ing results. Iuls Fuhrman, demo
crat, was elected mayor of Buffalo:
, James n. McEvan, republican, mayor
or Albany; Hiram N. Edgerton, re
publican, re-elected mayor of Roch
ester; Edward Schoeneck, republican,
mayor of Syracuse; Daniel Bheehan,
democrat, mayor of Ermlra, and Dr.
Carles C. Duryer, democrat, mayor
of Schenectady.
Although many arrests were made
for violation of the election law. the
greater part of these were found to
be due to clerical errors or misunder
standings. The professional repeater
and the guerrilla were chiefly notable
1y their absence.- Credit for this sat
isfactory state or affairs was given
largely to the new signature law.
Under this law every voter after re
ceiving his ballot la compelled to write
Ills nsme and have It compared with
the signature which he made at the
time of registration.
If ever a New York election was
well watched. It was this, every poll
ing place had It full quota of watch
ers. Including nearly 1,000 college stu
dents from Columbia. Yale. Prince-
Ion and other nearby institutions, who
were distributed throughout the
xreater city.
utto T. Bannard. the reouhllean
Nominee for the mayorlty, voted early
Jn the morning, a long line or his
riLrs kPIt up a continual cheer
i ' nurd on page 7)
UNION LABOR ONCE MORE ;
AT THE HELM IN 'FRISCO
fun Francisco, Nov. 3. Bun Fran
cisco yesterday retired Francis J.
Heney. who has won national fame as
the prosecutor of the graft cases hire.
and gave union labor another chance
at running the city administration.
Estimates based on the count of 60
per cent, of the total vote are that
Charles M. Frlckct's majority over
Heney will reach 13,000 and that P.
S. McCarthy, union labor candidate
for mayor, was elected by a plurality
of 8000. The union labor ticket ran
well through all the other city offices.
Incomplete returns show that the
next board of supervisors - will be
composed of ten representatives of
the, union labor party; Ave republi
cans, nnd three democrats. .
PENNSYLVANIA RESULTS
ARE DECIDEDLY MIXED
Philadelphia, Nov. J. Pennsylva.
riiu eleOMd. tim repuB)lcfi'randidata'
for State treasurer, auditor general
and judge of the supreme court at
yesterday's election, and Philadelphia
overwhelmed the reform opposition
to the local republican organisation,
electing the latter party's entire coun
ty ticket by a majority of more than
43,000 In one of the heaviest votes
polled. Majorities-for the victorious
ticket In the state will reach nearly
150.000. On the state ticket there
were democratic gains In many coun
ties, and C. Lurue Munson, democrat
ic candidate for Justice of the Su
preme court, who had made a strong
convass, ran well ahead of his ticket.
The proposed amendments to the
state constitution, abolishing the
spring eelctiotiH, were generally ig
nored, but were adopted by varying
majorities.
DEMOCRATS OF BAY STATE
ARE PRETTY WELL PLEASED
Boston, Nov. 3. The democrats of
Massachusetts are far more gratified
In looking over the results of yester
day's election, today, than the repub
licans; for while the latter succeeded
In keeping GoWrnor Draper and the
rest of the suite ticket In their pres
ent positions, to win such a victory by
the narrow margin of 8000 vote In a
total of 370,000, Is too close for com
fort. The election was the closest since
1102, when Russel was elected gov
ernor by the democrats. The demo
crats also made gains In the IckIhIk
ture, and today some went so fur as
to predict the defeat two years hence
of Senator Lodge.
BRYAN'S MAJORITY IS LOST,
ALMOST, IN NEBRASKA
Omahn, Neb., Nov. 1. Election re
turns from the state are too meager to
show conclusively which party has
won, but enough la known to make
certain that the majority given Wil
liam J. Bryan a year ago ha been
almost, If not quite wiped out. Indl
cntlom are the republicans have elect
ed their three cundldatea to the Su
preme bench, making that court sol
Idlv republican, but the democrats
claim the election of one and possibly
two.
The WorM-llerald (democrat) at t
p. m., conceded Douglas county (Oma
ha) has gone republican with possibly
one or two exceptions. No returns of
Importance from out In the state had
been received up to that hour.
MARYLAND IS DEMOCRATIC;
SUFFRAGE MEASURE LOST
Baltimore. Nov. J.Lateat, but still
Incomplete, return of the election In
Maryland Indicate that the suffrage
amendment Is defeated In the slate
by from 11.00 to 14.000; that Dr.
Joshua Merlng, democrat, has been
re-elected stste comptroller; that the
legislature will be democratic and that
a split ticket has been elected In Bal
tlmore city.
nme .ST.ci:tTCEEMi.
STEIEIL'S TRIAL
BECINSJ PARIS
Politics of France so Involved That It
Is More Like a Campaign Than
Criminal Case.
POWER OF THE SORCERESS
IS ONE OF THE MYSTERIES
1'rlsnn Director Fulls Voder Her Nx'll. !
unil loudly Protests Mine.
Sti-lnlii-H's I imoeenrc.
PAItIS.,Vov. 3. Intcuw Intercirt'
was Oiiblted lit the trial 01
Mudnme Ailolphe Strlnhel,
which opened toiluy In the Seine atwlzi
court. . The woman In on trial for lo r
life, charged with the murder of li. r
hiLrtband and mother, Madame .laiv
An alleged motive Is round In the -femlant'e
hatred for her mother an I
desire to rid herself of the husband
In order that she might marry Man
rice lHirderel, a weulthy merchant,
who had bcoome Infatuated with her.
Judge De Vnlles hus received Ua.lMlo
applications for scats. After the selec
tion of a Jury nnd readln'g of the In
dictments, the examination of the linn-
oner began.
Interest In this remarkable
case hns been stimulated by
the announcement, a day or
two iiro, that Mine. Stcliihcll
has won the sympathy of the director
of the liri.sou where she is contlned,
who proclaims loudly her innocence.
The slgnlllcanee of this becomes ap
parent when It Is recalled thut Mine.
Bttinheil has been characterlxed us a
"charmer of men."
No'other mystery of recent years,
black with crime and red with pas
sion, has so stirred Franco as this
double murder, In which a strange
woman with a kaleidoscopic past Is
coupled with the names of a dead
president of the republic and a living
king, and who Is about to be brought
from her cell In the prison or St.
Lain re. the gloomy Paris penitentiary
where women whose evil deeds have
startled the world have been confin
ed, to answer for her life.
Political parties have plunged Into
the case; the Dreyfus affair has been
resuscltuted, and the charge hus been
made that government officials have
shielded the woman, so that the nf
fair Is more llko a political campaign
than a capital case.
Her lower a Mystery.
No one has yet revealed tho secret1
of Mme. Stelnhell'a Inexplicable power
over many men. Statesmen of the
highest Influence have been her ser
vants to command: fortunes nave
been lavished upon her by aristocrats
of enormous wealth; famous artists
have acknowledged her spell. A
library of conjecture has been writ
ten about her, but the true story Is
more remnrkablo than the creations
of Imaginative Parisian Journnllsts. ;
After a fashion It is the story or
Du Hurry or Im Pompadour, with the
stage setting In a republic Instead of
kingdom. She was Marguerite
Japy, daughter of eminently respect
able parents and granddaughter of
one of the prominent manufacturers
of France, whose establishments In
Bayonne still bear his nnme.
As a girl Marguerite Japy iiveu in
the little town of Benucourt. She was
not very strong and was sent to the
south for her health wnen still a
child. That visions of her future per
turbed her Is evident from the con
fession that when she met Adolphe
Stelnheil while he was painting rres
coea In a Rnyonne church and fell In
love with her she married him be
cause she wished to go to Paris and
mlnsle In the gay world there.
Stelnheil waa the son of a painter
and nephew of the Illustrious Mels-
sunnier, so he had the entree to the
Inner circles of one of the most de
lightful groups of Paris society. Im
mediately Mme. Stelnheil began her
woman's campaign for power. Lite-
rrv and artistic lights wero , not
eonugh for her shrine, the soon be
come a notable figure In high polltl
Continued on page three.
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THE PREG1DENT 15
Mr. Taft Arose Early This Morning and
Is Having a Strenuous
Day.
Ilirmlngb-iiii. Nov. 3. In his publi.-ntti-runce
lo-re i.iday President Taft
continued to riv voice to hi hope to
winning (he smiin to cloxcr union ri
commerce, yyniiulhy and xcniliin m,
with tin- states ef the north. In do j
ing this he derlun d he would not li.-u.
the south y 1 1 1 one of lor nil.i !
trudltioiiK. iior il-.ite in any d.-Kiv. Hi
pride she In Is in those who repn -i
muted her In tin cSvll war.
Wherever In- went today, the prefi
dt nt v.a.-i I'-r i.-d by i Mliio-iasti,- j
crowds, anil It i-' growing more and
moro evident that his Welcome in tin-,
south Is proliahb the mont cordial li-- i
has received In any section. j
Mr. Taft rn.-- curly teudy for a
strenuous day program. He took'
breakfast ut tin- t'ountry club. Ahout
noon liegan the parade, the lament
ever seen In I'.ii nilngham, composed
of commercial. iic and fruternul or-
gunlxntlons, m li"d children and auto- 1
mobiles. 1
As the presidential party punned th"
Paul llayne school, several hundred I
children sung iho "Star Spangled j
Itunner" uiul "IMxIe." The president, I
after riding through the belter purl !
of the business section at the In ad of
the parade, took a position on the re
viewing si and in front of Hie Soulh-
ern club, the parade passing in re
view. Luncheon was served after
ward at the Southern club.
This evening th" president address
ed the people In Ihe Capitul park.
O.K. IS PUT ON PEARY;
HE GET5B0LD MEDAL
Announcement Made Indicates That
Cook's Records Will Be
Taken up.
Washington, Nov, J. Onmmnnder
rtoliert K. Peary was today voted a
gold medal by the National Geo
graphic suelety, for having reached
the north pole. The board of man
ager! of the society today accepted
unanimously the report of the sul
committee of scientists, who had ex
amined the explorer' records and
proofs,, and found them to be con
clusive of his claim that he had
reached the pole.
The society adopted a resolution
that the quest'on of whether or not
any explorer reached the north pole
prior to 1!09 shall be referred to a
sub-committee of experts, with au
thority to send for papers or make
such Journeys as may be necessary
lo Inspect origin,,! records. This In
dicates thut the society expects aa
soon aa possible to' pass on Cook's
records.
B1RM
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FIGHT PELLAGRA
A Conference. National in Scope.
Being Held Today nt Colum
bia, S. C.
Is
I I'olumtila. S. I'.. Nov. 3. The m
. tinllul i-onferc lice called to illM'SliKalc
I Ihe v. Idespreinl prevalence of pella
i ura, lis origin and Irentuicnl, iisscm
i Mi d In this i lly today lor a lw day's
i s. ssion. The atti-nilan -1- Includes re - j
! ei.il hundred health oilici-rs, :iilutn I
,' i-cir.scntativcH, mai'luc hospital scr-
! ice ollicers. tll-lirollc experts a ud j
'nllor medical men of protnlui-uee
iirmn many parts of the tummy. j
The conference, for which prcinif-
ill ions have I n K"inK forward for
, over a mouth. Is allnu Ihv; wine-
spread attention. Since the secretary'
j nt the treasury in his annual report
1 last year uttered a warning against
' the spread of lvllaKi'u inmiy tate
; boards of health have Investigated
the disease and have made alarming
i reports to the l-'ederal government.
The medical view of Us origin Inclines
' strongly to the eating of diseased
I corn. It has existed for years, iimi
jitlly diagnosed under some other
I name, and It Is now believed that the
'great mortality In A nilorminvlllo and
I oihe' si 1 1 1 Ik' t i prisons during the
civil war was due to It.
A I'Mi-lll oullueak In Illinois dis
closed that many cases existed In the
Slate Insane asylum In Peoria. A
low estimate of the eases In the I 'nit -ed
States Is How fi.UOl). The south bus
particularly suffered.
Ir. Sandullli'H Piimt.
A paper prepared by Dr. V, M.
Sundwlth of tendon, professor of
phjsics, whs rend 'by Dr. J. W. Hub
cock of ('olumblu. lir. Sundwlth de
clared that treatment of enrly pel
lagra cases without mental symptoms
can be successfully accomplished, by
putting the patient on a liberal diet,
excluding maize and by ridding him
of hookworms, which are so often
co-existent. In order to urrlve at a
correct figure as to how many per
sons are attnckeil by the dlsense, he
declared, it might be well to Institute
compulsory nntllhation of disease, at
least as a temporary measure. In
Italy there Imis lieen a low to that ef
fect since 1889. He recommended
that agricultural laborers should be
examined In. slates whero pellagra Is
known to lie prevalent, such us Geor
gia and North end South Carolina.
This might be done In February or
March, when the eruption Is likely to
le present.
llroke the Ill-cord.
Collerre Park. Mil., Nov. 9. IJeuten
snts Humphreys and r'oulols toduy
passed the bet record made by any
pupil of the Wright brothers In the
I'nlted States, by I 1- minutes, re
maining In the air (1 3-4 minutes. ,
THE WEATHKR.
Forecasts until S p. m. Thursday,
for Ashevllle and vicinity: Continued
fair weather, with moderate tempera
lure tonight anil Thursday.
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Ail ARMED CLASH
Populish Leader Advises Armed Resist
ance Against Federal
Courts.
Atlanta. Nov. s. Asserting that an
armed clash lie! ween the federal and j
or later,'' Thomas K. Wiilson, several
linns populist nominee for president.
In a letter to Spate's Attorney flcn
i l:i I H il l, advocates armed resistance
mi lln- part of I In- state authorities in
ritdstlug u wilt, of habeas corpus ns
issued by a, federal court for a prb-or-ir
In custody of n slate court.
Watson declares people are greatly
nrotight tip against federal Judges,
SPURIOUS SMALL COINS
Hardee Calvard of Robbinsville Arrest
ed by United States
Marshal.
Hardee Cnlvord of Hobblnsvlllc,
Graham county, was today placed un
der arrest hire by a I'nlted States
marshal, charged with counterfeiting.
lie give bond in the sum of 1300 for
his appearance before I'nlted States
ComiuHwloiter It. S. McCall Tuesday
Severn I witnesses, It Is understood,
will be brought here for the prelim
inary hearing.
It was learned that Calvard Is ab
lege.l to have passed spurious coins of
sin ill denominations, such as quartern.
As to whether he was engaged In the
business of coining counterfeit money
Is not known.
AMERICANS LOSING OUT
Japan Driving Out Cotton Goods Manu
. factored In the United
States.
Washington, Nov. 3. Japan Is drlv
Ing American manufacturers of cotton
goods out of the Manchurlan market,
according to a report from United
Htutea Consul Fisher at New Chwang
i The trouble seems to be In tie
methods adopted by American manu
fuctiirers In distributing their goods.
WAT50N FORESEES
CASE OF BRIGMAN
in jumrs HANDS
Judge Adams Concluded His Charge at
Half Past Three 0'Ctock This tiA
Afternoon.
PATHETIC SCENE ENACTED
IN COURT THIS FORENOON
tirant llrik'imiii'n rive Little ClUUIren
ltltlo SO Miles In Ivarly Morn
ing, t VNIt Hint.
ts!
Judge Adums' charge to tho
Jury wiu ended nt H:U0 o'clock
aid the cnec given to the 1
tnen. i ,
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The trial of x,rant Itrlgmun. on a
charge of murder In the second de- -
gre for the killing of his uncle, John
Itrlgmun, in Hlg Ivy township early
on the morning of May 17, will short
ly be ended. It la probable that the
argument will conclude about 3
o'clock this afternoon; that Judge
Adams will consume probably 20 or
2S minutes lu charging the Jury and
thut the Issue will then be with the
12 men. The taking of testimony
. I u ...... ..til, 1. 1.1 l'.,u...p.l i. t, af.MHnAnn
and Immediately counsel engaged In
the trial began summing up. Judge
Thomas A. Pones, assisting Solicitor
llrown in the prosecution, making the
polling argument before the Jury.
lodge Junes made a clear-cut anil
elide argument: he reviewed tho
vidcnt'c as adduced and charged that
inder thai evidence Grant ltrlgmsn
is guilty; that It was the duty of the
Jury so to llnd; thut Grant Hrlgman
had gone to that lumlier pile carry-
ng a shotgun, and angry; that he
killed his uncle; that his uncle was
unarmed; that he Is guilty.
Mr. Craig's Argument.
Iocke Craig, associated with Frank
nrter In the conduct of the defense.
begun the opening argument for the
defendant with the reconvening of
court this morning. Mr. Craig made
powerful argument In the Interest
of his client, basing his claim for ac-
ituittal on the ground of self-defense;
Hint John lirlgmnn at 11 o'clock on
Sunday night, the night before the
homicide of Monday morning, hail
declared that he was going to that
lumber pile armed; that he said he
was going to take that lumber If It
required powder, and lead to do It;
that Grant ftrlgman knew this; that
when John Itrlgman threw his hand
to his hip Grant llrlgman believed
thut his uncle was armed. Itellevtng
that he saw the butt of a pistol and
believing that his life was In danger,
he llred. Mr. Craig spoke of the de
formity of the defendant; said he la
a poor man; thnt the lumber waa on
his property and thnt It was about to
be taken by might. He referred to
that portion of Arthur llrlgman' tes
timony In which the son said that his
father said to Grant llrlgman, "let's
reason about this matter," and said:
that It was strange that when John
llrigmun passed along In front of
Grant llrlgmnn'a house on that Sun
day night before the homicide he did
not stop and reason about It; that, In
fact. John Rrlgman's only logic was
the logic of powder and lead.
Mr. Craig waa followed by Frank
Carter In a strong presentation of the
rase for the defendant solicitor
Krown will make the concluding ar
gument this afternoon, closing for the
state. '
A Pathetic Scene.
Those spectators In the court room
this morning when the trial of the
.... m , n. a.I wlln.M.4 M.lkall.
scene when the five little children of
Grant Hrlgman, In company with
their mother, filed Into the court
room. The eldest of the five la scarce
ly more than ten or IS years of age
while the youngest, a bright little fel
low: a golden-haired child, barefoot
ed but with a clean and smiling fare,
la probably not more than three. Tl e
children came In happy In tro tr l 1
cence, too young to kneve t-. v
and trouble of tin -
C