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if TH3 DisPATcara LAST EDITION. 4:00 P. IL Weather rvrec&st: Fair; warmer. VOL. XIV. NO. 232. ASHEVILLE, N. C, FRIDAY AFTERNOON, NOVEMBER 5, 1909. So PER COPY r EMM IS RUSHING NEGOTIATIONS FOR SPANISH-CUBAN TREATY HEII COLKK HAS GIVEN W Madame Steinheil Appeals to Judge, Saying Her Friends Have Deserted in This Hour of Trouble. SONQ BIRDS OF GRAND OPERA ran of BACK FOR DOLLARS HARVEST ERS HAS SUBSIDED HTi Negroes Believed to Have Been Implicated In Assault on Mrs. Lockhold Removed to Sutton County. THE GOVERNOR'S ARRIVAL HAD THE DESIRED EFFECT At Times Last Night it Seemed That a Lynching Could not Be Avert ed The State -Guard. Oassaway, W. Va., Nov. 6. Excite ment over 'the assault on Mrs. George Iickhold ban subsided. The negroes believed to be implicated have been removed to the Sutton county seat. Governor Glasscock's timely arrival and the presence of the state guard, had much: to do with averting; what seemed to be an inevitable lynching last night ' Unssaway, w. va., ssov. o. in an effort to save the two negro suspects being held as possible accomplices In the assault upon Mrs. George Lock . hold of Exchange, near here, which has aroused this county by its das tardly -details, company B of the na tional guard of West Virginia, whose members are composed of residents of this place, Is on guard duty at the town jail, wnno company a oi wneui- Ing. in a special train, was hurried to the scene. Governor Glasscock and two members of his staff arrived at I o'clock last night, and the little community is practically under mar tial law. At the Jail where the two ;. negroes, who now give their names u Scott Lewis and A. Johnson, are kelng guarded by 12 deputies, the iherllT Is prepared against a possible Inching party. Neither of the ne irocs will talk. Throughout the town two parties of iron, heavily armed, roamed the " i i i v- Wrfidrpr on I y-a tender tn tok ter down the Jail doors and take the two negroes forcibly from their guards. t . ' While the possibility of a lynching is probable, tho presence of state troops and the sheriff's deputies has mndo the citizens cautious. , j A Surly Crowd. ' . ' ' Upon the arrival of tho governor the streets became lined with a surly crowd. Governor Glasscock, mount ing an Improvised stand made from (lacking cases, addressed the assem bled crowd, advising caution and ask tag that the law be allowed to take Its course. His remarks were met wilh calls from the rear of , the crowds. T 1 n .,n V. main .tPMlt tl i nw ' 1 1 IS in. ..... .... i . . . governor was not met with cordiality. As he reached the jail steps, he turned to the captain of the Gasaa way military company and asked him If his men were prepared for serious trouble, a'nd were ready to protect the Jail with their lives If necessary. The captain of the company said his men had voted NOT to shoot their fellow townspeople even though commanded to do so, but would protect as best they could, without shooting, the ne groes fin the JaiL After talking over the situation with tho sheriff Governor Glasscock retired to his hotel. He stated that ho was confident the cltlions of the place would listen to his advice and be gov erned accordingly. Tho Negroes at Sutton. Sutton, W. Va., Nov. 8. The train liearlng the two negroes arrived here without Incident. - ' REPRIEVE OF TWO WEEKS CBH1H JOOB. ELLIOTT He Was to Be Hanged Today and Tri'd to Commit Suicide Yesterday. Atlanta, Nov. S. Dr. M, of LaOrange, Ga., sentenced Elliot to be hanged for murder today, waa re prieved for two weeks by Oovernor Brown this morning. ' : Klllott attempted to commit suicide yesterday by taking l.i-chlorlde of mercury and la In a precarious condi tion. H killed Oeorge L. Rivera, about a year ago. BRITISH STEAMER WARATAH WRECKAGE CODING ASHORE ? CltanfdJ Wreckage Wasldn Vp, May I parts or Veeeel Miwiiog Sine -Inly 26. Capetown, Nov. 8. A quality of charred wreckage has been washed ashore near Port Alfred on the south east coast of Cape Colony. There are some Indications that the wreckage Is from the British steamer V.'aratuh. which with 600 pasorngers I a of metal and wool has ! ff.m since she sull I July 2(1 for Im- Madrid, Nov. 5.- Representatives of Spain and Cuba have taken steps to ward a prompt agreement on a commercial treaty between these, coun tries. Senor MVtre.t. minister of the interior, says that thi- Spanish gov ernment was absolutely convinced -of the. necessity of mailing negotiations for such an agreement. Matters of de tail are to he written out and it Is expected that the whole mutter will be fixed up shortly. SURVEY OF STATE Yesterday Proved a Notable Day at the State Capital, When the Farmers' .. Congress Convened. OPENING INVOCATION WAS BY BISHOP CHESHIRE Pm-ldcut Cameron Intrmluivtl tin1 Sjcakein, Several of YVIhhii Were , Mcti of Note Tim States i - ' - ' . " Represented. The Gazette-News Rureau, Chamber of Commerce Rooms, Hollemon Huildlng, j Raleigh, Nov. 5. Yesterday certainly deserves to be very, nob!y marked In the. annals of Raleigh and the state. The opening session of the Farmers' National con gress brought together mm and wom en from S 7 states and wax the occasion of some of the most striking speech" your correspondent has ever heard. The. whole affair was on a broad scale, and In fine temper and tone, and the delegates from Texas to Maine, and from Virginia to Minnesota, felt the Inspiration of the occasion, and when a little after 11 o'clock Presldont Ben ehan Cameron called the congress to ordor, every seat In I'ullen Audito rium at the A. and M. college was filled and on the singe was a. brilliant assemblage. The Introductions of the various speakers, as made by Presi dent Cameron, were felicitous tr thu last degree. Thu opening Invocation was by Bishop Cheshire. Mnyor Wynne, extending a welcome on be half of the city, introduced president Hubert A, lloyster of the chamber of commerce, under the auspices of which organisation the congress met here. Ills welcome was graceful, and he told of Raleigh as tho educational center In the state. President I. H. Hill of the A. and M. college made n mos happy speech of welcome on behalf of that Institution, with II nearly IS0O students, and said he was proud to be the meeting plyce of so many representatives from all parts of the country, both men and women He alluded , to the. patriotic spirit of tho revolution, the same spirit which animated the people of the state after the war. The response to thesa wel comes was by lion. Joshua Strange, the first vice president of the con gress, a resident of Indiana, and the man who btought about the revoca tloii of the tax upon denutured alco hol. Mr. Strange had some very kind words about the warm welcome Rnl eight was giving the delegaies and spoke vey tenderly about North Car olina, saying his people hnd first set tled here and then gone west. lie urged the establishment of agricul tural schools In counties and districts, fof men and women and said it. was very Important to have farm educa tion tinder home environment. Ite said- the congress would particularly. consider the subject of agriculture and Its promotion from a public welfare standpoint. He dwelt on the Import anca of postal savings banks, saying tha farmers favored them (applause referred to the Importance of offering any state laws which In terfered with commerce; touched upon the question of a great Central bank, whleh Is under consideration; Invited all cltlsens to attend the sessions of th congress and said the delegate from the north and west were only too clad to meet their brothers In tn southland, all members of. a country one and Inseparate, under Old Glory He said the election of Col. Cameron as president was a deeerved tribute to both him and his state and declared that North Carolina was devoting it self more to agriculture revival than any oilier state. He referred to the stntft hMorv. the IW-' Of first settle- tnent and tin I of tin' first iWlarntlml FROM THE CAPITAL IS E The Defendant Charged With Peonage, - Submitted in the U. S. Court, With Result Mentioned. JUDGE BOYD SUBMITTED SOME INTERESTING REMARKS The Conrt Said Hp Hnd Hitherto Ex pitMmrifis Opinion of Sm h Vlo--. Inllon of the Law. The trial of Robert G. Christian in United States court on the charge of peonage, alleged tot have been com mitted In 1900, during tho construc tion of the Franklin & Tallullah Falls railroad In Macon county, camo to an unexpected end this morning when attorneys for Christian announced that they would not resist a verdict of guilty. Judge tioyd so instructed tho Jury to render a verdict, and sen tenced Christian to pay a fine - of $2600. This sum was paid this morn ing and tho defendant released. Sentence Pawml. In pas. in, sentence upon Christian this morning the court addressed sev eral remarks to the assembled crowd in general and the defendant In par ticular concerning the charge of peon age; one which has only recently been heard of in the south. It Is an of fense, -declared (he court, which is made criminal by an net of congress, made necessary by the acquiring of the New Mexican territory where peonage was known to exist. Impris onment for debt had been abolished Jn the states, but In this territory, debtors, who were known by the Spanish word "peon," were held In bondage until they, had served out for tho debt. The law makes it a crime for any man to hold another one by coercion, duress, or even undue Intlu encv to render services for debts, whether the persons bo black or white. The court stated that he did not pretend to. defend the people who did not, live up to their contracts; they ought to realize their ohllga- tjl,n(,; t,0 could understand that there should' be discipline and organisation and stated hours in railroad construc tion work: that such waa to the In terest nf the rnflroada and tho gen eral public whk-h derives benefits from the railroads; but the people must understand that they cannot follow and arrest men and bring them back and hold them unlawfully and agiiinst their will. The court could realise It would be natural for a man to put the reins a little tighter on the negroes than white, but all must learn that all people, both white and blnrk, must have their rights recognised. . Turning more directly towards die defendant, the court continued: "I think that Mr. Christian went too far in this rase; I cannot commend his actions. I realise that ha had no other Interest In the matter except holding hli Job. I hava already made one striking example of punishment for peonage, and It waa my purpose to do so. Mr. Christian's employers have been tried and have escaped and unloaded the entire responsibility on this man." The court did not desire to humiliate Mr. Christian further and ordered that he be fined 12500 and costs. A Voting Man. Mr. Christian Is a young man, prob ably SO years of age, and of fine ap pearance. He was walking boss on the railroad construction force. "W, I Smith and W. A. Perry, contrac tors, wr also Indicted along with Christian and several others, and Smith and Perry, at a trtnl at .Char- wer arnnttted. This is the nrni ,n, C!iri!!nn bns hn-n tried and a.,mt 7', , former t. itoH HI CHRISTIAN TODAY D 2500 SHE T0OY OMITS HAVhG COKCI AUD JlWELS This Act the Defendant Attributed to Her "Motherly Instinct' in v Trying to Shield : -; Daughter. Paris, Nov. 8. ;The Steinheil case remained the Center, of Interest to day. At the beginning the presiding Judge declared th statement yester day of Bene Collar!, who declared he was the real uwiwln, whs pure In vention. Madame Steinheil was re called and relentlessly questioned by the Judge. The Woman's composure finally gave way ami she appealed to the Judge to believe her Innocent, complaining that. In her hour of mis fortune, she had been deserted by high placed friends. When pinned down with proof that she had concealed Jewels, which she afterwards said had been stolen, she admitted having done so, Justifying the action by her motherly Instinct of shielding her -daughter from the knowledge that these Jewels had come fronv a lover. Intense Interctd. The Intense public Interest In the case is shown by-the fact that the newspapers printed extras containing tho testimony every half hour. The old scandal which Krew out of tho ra tal illness p.t the ptiaoncr'g borne of Felix ' Fault, the lute president of France, and which a section of the press Is anxious to revive, has not as yet been mentioned -at the trial, al though Judge Do Valles announced that It wi'S not I .itended to shield anyone. . , TI-uo tf I.les JtHtJnrc") the Judge. once when Madame Steinheil de clared that Coulllard had lied the Judge Interrupted sharply with the exclamation: "But you also lied." At this the attorney for tho woman protested against the remark. , The Judgo re. torted : "I am Justified in Raying that Hi" accused has never censed to He con cerning this affair. Her story is tlrsue of lies." During the afternoon t'le woman broke down under excitement and was led fainting' from the room. ING A IB Dr. Cook Denies Danish Government Is- Doing This, as a Report j Declared. Copenhagen. Nov. 6. Tomorrow the " consistory of the University of Copenhagen will consider the Nation al Oengraphlc society's proposal that committee of American scientists be present at the examination of Tir. Cook's records. Keeling Is distinctly against granting tlio request. New York. Nov. S. Dr. V. A. Cook denies a story emanating from Copen hagen that the Danish government had despatched a Greenland mission ary to the polar regions to verify the story of Cook's discovery by personal questioning of the two Ksklmos who accompanied him. IS CRUSHED TO DEATH K. R. McCornilck' of Na.'SS Ashe land avenue, a switchman In the em ploy of the Southern rallwny on the local yards, was mashed between two cars on the local yards this afternoon at 1:20 o'clock while engaged In shifting, and died at l:S0 o'clock at the passenger station In the emergency room, where he was taken after the accident Just how tho accident occurred Is not definitely known since there were no witnesses to the affair; it la sup posed, however, that he was caught between two cars. Dr. W. D. Hilllard attended the unfortunate man. Ill' body wa4 badly crurhed and his hip wss thrown out of place from the spine. Mr.McCormlck was about 0 years of age and had been with the railway company about one year. Sur viving Is widow. Freight Train Derailed. Freight train No. 75 was derailed last nlaht between Old Fort and Ter rell at a point known as High Ridge tunnel; an oil tank car and a car of furniture went oft the track. Train No. tS from Salisbury was delayed five hours as a result of ths derail ment. There wss also a slight freight derailment StjHInrk Mmmtnln this sfternooii which lb i I No. It fclxnit t", i.lmiSi'. en' At 'i '.V.Y;.i:'1 it i ! MZ. ENRICO CAKJUO MI6fS CELLA New York, Nov. ft. Another gi in of singers of the Metropolitan opera forces, headed by Mr. Caruso, liliu ..i the monkey house episode, urriv.-d here aboard the Kronprlu.ifKiii v cllle. There were two iii-wi-iimi-iK. American singers who will niaUe their grand opera dclmt in their own coun try this winter after winning their way In Kurope. They were Mme. Jane OHhorn-llanmih of Chicago, no pruno, ami ('Inrcinv Whilclilll, .baritone, of Marengo, In. Mr. Carusii was looking well anil happy, although minus his muHtnolie, and his voice was never better, he said. Ho declared he bad left his mustache here last senson. Shortly mm FOR At Savannah Mr. Taft Made a Hit by Re ferring to "Ty" Cobb, the Famous Batsman. Savannah, (in., Nov. r.. After breakfast at the Cordon resilience, where tho president Mopped during his stay here, there was a sail on the river and a fast ride over the automo bile course. On the way buck to the station to take tho train for Charles ton, the president .passed before the white and colored school children. Mr. Taft Is the tlfth president to visit Savannah during his term of office. At last night's latiiiiet the presi dent made a great hit by referring to -Ty" Cobb, the famous batuman of the Detroit American league base ball tcum, as one of the dl.HtliiKUlidied citUcns of Oeorgla. Mr. Taft left for Charleston at 2 o'clock. Two Injured Firing a Salute. In tiring a salute to Mr. Taft while he was going down th river, two men, Charles Hanson, while, anil Cor nelius Hamilton, colored, were badly Injured by a cannon explosion. Han son probably will lose nn eye and the negro a hand. Part or the cannon passed over the reventi" cutter on which the president bad taken pas sage. fircat Hidden ls-atlicr Works tint led by Fire. Ijindon. Nov. 6, The great lonlher works of E. T. Ilolden Son at Wal sall, near Illrmlngham. were giiiteu ny Are today. Tim oa Is over halt a million noipirs. The Spread of ClMilcrn. ,. . V,... r. f-lwili.fa hna nsioiiKi"". ... - Invaded the (Wman side of the Russian-border, and Iho consular agent at Koenlgsburg has reported to the state department ii cases. Including even deaths so far. jo-.'vv- 'I.-..; ' c,.-.-r 5 DENT OFF CHARLESTON Many of Estrada's Men Are Killed Managua, nBraun, ."t. u. Thursday (delayed In transmission). Ulimi IIIMlll. Il""'n .,.,-b.m olutlonlsts In a sharp engagement to day, many of .Estrada's followers be Ing killed, wounded or captured. The Washington Sold Wsshlngton, Nov. S. The Marshall rtrown property, of IRS acres north of tho clly, has been sold to a synd!- V tlKr CARt before he left liurope he completed a concert and opir.it lc tour of Kuropc, appearing 24 Hoick ami did not miss an engage men'.', which, lie snbl, spoke very well for lna ou-e. Then there "wore Carl Jorn, fferman tenor; Miss fiulla Alten, who returns lifter .-in abvoiicK of a season; John I'oihcll, a new Swedish baritone, and Tulllo Voglura, an iiHxiMtanl con ductor, i Mrs. Andreas Hippie, wife of the mlmltilstrallve manager of the Metro politan, wiut another passenger, and Mr. IMpple went on board the Kron prinxesstn from the revenue cutter at piiirantliin to meet his wife and the aiimers and conductors. GETS THE Mrs. Cuneo Outclassed a Number of Competitors on Atlanta Auto Speed way, a Circuit of Two Miles. Atlanta, Ca., Nov. 6. In tho offi cial exhibition on the Atlanta Speed way, In which ii number of New York Herald-Atlanta Journal good roads tourists pratlclpated. Mrs. Joan Cuneo of New York, took honors. She made the circuit of the two mile course In l:4r seconds, better than the lime of her closest competitor. ' Miasm Tiii Ginners Association President Says a Minimum oi 9,486,000 Is Indicated. Memphis. Nov. fi. President Taylor of the National (ilnners association today Issued the following bulletin: Complete returns Indicate a maxi mum crop "f 9,7x0.000 bales, not In cluding lintera or repacka. Mini mum figures are 9,46, OOO, Another Office) for Judge Ijotrtt. New York, Nov. 6. It Is announc ed that former Judge Robert H. Iivett has been elected to the committee on law and finance of the Illinois Crntral liallroed company, to succeed K. H. Harrimati. ' , THE WEATHER. Forecast until p. m. Saturday for Ashevllle and vicinity: Continued fair weather tonight and Saturday; slightly warmer tonight or Wounded government lost IS men. Including General Castillo Chammoro. The Keels yan fotces attacked the rebel general, Knrnos !lai. at Paso ! tisjas, rapturing that point, which had been defended by 400 men. Dirt Is to Tar Heels of North Cn'rullnlnns for 145.000. It U tii...i, m ii,.. property will be cm up I- ' 1 HONORS In His Address at Raleigh Am bassador Bryce Thus Al luded to Sir Walter Raleigh. HON. PLATT D. WALKER IS ELECTED PRESIDENT Interesting Session Last Night of the North Carolinia Liberary and Historical Asso elation. Raleigh, N. C, Nov. 5. Following the brilllunt address by Ambassador James Rryco In which he discussed with wonderful lucidity and force the relation of history and literature and appealed to thu people of North Caro lina and America to bear In mind the continuity or i;nglnnd and American history and persevere in searching out and adorulng both, the North Carolina llterurvyAnd historical association last nloht I. ... In. I I V. a r.. 1 1.. . I . . .11 a . . . ioiiuniiiK iiiucrrs lor . tho year: , President, Hon. Piatt I. Walker. Charlotte, associate Justice of the Su preme) court. Vice Presidents. Mrs. E. E. Mnlntt,'--' Raleigh; Or. J. u. neroulneh. Hamil ton, 1'nlverslty of North Carolina, ami .Mrs. James Sprunt, Wilmington. Sec retary and treasurer. C. II. Poe, Ral eigh. , v. k The Patterson memorial loving cup for the best llterury production of th year was awarded to c. H. Poe for his recent book. "A Southerner In Europe." Tho presentation was by Ambassador Hryce. In a unique ac ceptance Mr. Poe would not presume) tn thank the association and tho emi nent ambassador but modestly pledged greater effort for tho future. ; The snnunl address hv thu ntielnir prenident. Hon. Junius lavls of Wil mington was a paper of unusual lit entry merit sotting out the life and wira of John waiKer.-distingulshe f patriot of the lower Cape Fear. There was an interesting summary of the historical work accomplished and under way the state historical commlaslon by Secretary It. D. V. Connor nnd a stirring addrots by Col. J. Mrynn tlrlmes, secretary of state, on the Inauguration of a campaign for marking historical a'l 'S In North Carolina. The encourajroment of art aa an aid to North Carolina history nnd literature waa the theme of a notable paper by Mrs. John Van Land Ingham of Charlotte. Dr. I. H. Hill presented the annual summary of North Carolina literature nnd history. 1 AiiitmNxiidor llr yi-c'a Address. After remarking on the double pur pose of tho society as devoting Itself both to llteraturo and history and dwelling upon the advantages of con necting both these topics, Mr. Bryco .'polir of Sir Walter Raleigh wn.i might be called the first founder of North Carolina, aa a striking type of the finer kind of those adventurers whose feats filled the earlier part of American history. He had his faults; but he had remarkable gifts, courage, gallantry, a restless and versatile en ergy, lie wns a man of high Intellec tual cultivation and would have been a writer an indeed what he had written proved had not his life been filled with active enterprises. He w.n one of the many ornaments of the , Klirabethan Age who were scholars ' as wen u nners oi grest aeefls. The : Aks of tJTieen Elizabeth was one which might well command the Interest of Americans, because their forefathers had shared In Its glory. It was the age that gave birth to the men who wire destined to plant settlements along the Atlantic coast from the Car olina to Maine, Americans ought never to forget thnt their history on this I il M V. A n ... u ni.nHn.i.lInn nt their history on tho other side. All English history down to ths middle of the seventeenth century and Indeed oven Inter, was the history of the American nn less than of ths English people. Accordingly the two things hu would like to urge upon them were that they should study history of every age and country through Its literature as well as through its events and that they should never forget the continuity of English and American history. This waa true for America aa a whole, because the institutions of the United Statea were) those of th English of the sixteenth and seven teenth centuries remoulded to suit ths conditions of a new country and a fed eration of States. It was most evi dently true of the sooth, because In the older south, Virginia, the Caro lines and Oorgla; tho population was of an almost pure English and Scotch Irish stock, which had received very few Immigrants from th rest of Europe, Mr. Bryce then proceeded to commend to the society another branch of history, tha study of con temporary events. This aga, Ilk that which produced Ttalelgh and the founder of the earlier American colo nies, waa an age of rapid expansion and development and funny of the problems, both economic and social, which confronted America were virtu ally the same a those which had arisen in Europe. Both as historians and as goon citizens who d-!re t comprehend and deol with the on-, tlon which the South has to f i would do well to acquire a I of the form h r I t . , - '
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