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ASHEVILLE, N. 0., WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON, NOVEMBER 10, 1909.
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A GIBm SCHOOL
UNDER AUSPIO' OF CATHOLIC ORDER
ON MOUNTAIN TOP
HIS DEATH WAS
DUETURUPTURE
Physicians Examine the Body of Robert
Simpson, Who Died Recently
in a Trance.
Proposition of P. S. Henry Will
Make Possible the Carrying
Out of Plans by Sisters of
Hillside Convent.
SCHOOL IS TO BE BUILT;
SITE NOT DECIDED UPON
Plan Is to Lay out the Entire Summit of
the Beaumont Peak for School
Purpose, and Erect Ca
pacious Building.
IT la learned today that the Sis
ter of the Hillside Convent
school are soon to establish In
Ashevllle a glrla' school that will In
muny ways rival any educational In
stitution In the state or In the south.
The story is that Philip S. Henry, who
Is known to all Ashevllle people (or
his philanthropy, will make possible
the establishment of this school; that
he has offered the Sisters the magnifi
cent site adjoining his property,
Zealandla, where now stands Ueau
mont lodge, formerly known as Haz
tard Heights, with between 75 and
100 acres of land as a location for the
school. It Is said that Mr. Henry has
offered to build magnificent school
buildings, the present house not being
adapted for school purposes, and
give to the religious order posses
sion of this magnlncent track lying be
tween Zealandla and Dr. Battle's prop
erty on the mountain, si consideration
f a small percentage on the capital
invested, for a term of 15 years. Mr.
Henry's children , will become of
age at the end of that time, when, it
Is understood, the Sisters will have
the privilege of purchasing the prop
erly. Fine Site for a School.
".The Beaumont property Is a mag
lllcent site for a school such as Is
contemplated by the Sisters. It is re-,
moved from the noise of the ciiy.iwlth
"fcSOKTToTi View overlooking the en
tire city, and yet It .can be made, ea
sily accessible. A stage line is planned
to be- run from the city a stage line
similar to the ones operated In parts
of Kurope where the children are
dally gathered up and taken to the
schools. ...
School Has Been a Success.
It Is known that the Sisters are go
ing to build in or near Ashevllle, und
that the abundant success which they
have achieved with the Hillside Con-,
vent has warranted them looking for
other quarters. Starting three years
ago under the excellent management
of Mother De Planck, of the Catholic
Order of Ladles of the Christian Edu
cation, the school has twice had to
find larger quarters to accommodate
the children who applied for admis
sion. Now the' Institution has out
grown Its quarters on North Main
street, and has this session occupied
the adjoining house. The school now
has a total of 133 pupils, of both
Protestant and Catholic parentage,
and It sisters who do active teaching.
The work of the school Is noted for Its
thoroughness; the alBters who Intruct
the pupils come direct from the best
educational Institutions of Europe,
each a specialist In her line. The lease
on the building on North Main street
will terminate next year.
That the order Intends to build a
school there is no doubt; the only
question, It Is understood, will the
head of the Ladles of Christian Edu
cation, at Tournal, Belgium, under
whose auspices the Hillside convent
Is conducted, wish an Immediate pur
chase here, or will they allow the ac
ceptancs of Mr. Henry's offer to lease
them the Beaumont property tor is
years with the privilege of purchas
lng at the end of thai time? This
proposition has now been laid before
tho European authorities of the order
and an early answer la expected.
The limited facilities for education
for women la one thing which people
. have oolnted out as one of Ashevllle's
lacks, and such a school Is planned
by the Slstera The work Is to be so
divided, it Is said, that Protestants as
well as Catholics may atteno, wun
equal benefit to both without In any
,wajr Interfering with the religion of
the pupil; In other words the plan Is
to run a school religiously, without
regard to sect; -
Hhould the Beaumont site bs decid
ed upon and there la every Indica
tion that Mr. Hotry's offer will be ac
repted It Is said the whole mountain
will be arranged to the best advant
age of the school; there will be ample
room for a largs playground, far re
moved from an Inquisitive public:
there will be gymnasiums construct
ed; the finest class rooms, upon the
moat unitary principles built. In fact
verythlng that could be desired will
be afforded for the school, of which
Mr. Henry's two children are now
pupils.
When seen by a Oasette-News rep
resentative today Rev. Mother De
Planck while admitting that a change
of location of the school within the
next vear had to be considered, said
she wss awaiting an answer from the
authorities of her order before an
nounclng definitely her plana She
did say, however, that the Beaumont
alts was being seriously considered.
THE WEATHER.
Forecast until S p. m. Thursday for
Ahvlile n1 vicinity: Threatening
r, v !i probably occaslonul
VACANCIES
III PM OFFICES
These and Other Matters Will at Once
Demand the Attention ol Presi
dent Taft.
MR. TAFT IS SCHEDULED
TO REACH CAPITAL TONIGHT
And When He Settles Down to Iluxl
iuw He Mill Find a Tariff War
In Threatened.
Washington, Nov. 10. Wearied by
his fifty-seven-day trip across the con
tinent and return, President Taft
reaches home tonight to find his desk
piled high with . matters demanding
his attention. First of all he will
have to till a great many vacancies In
public office. Next lii Importance to
the appointment of an. Associate Jus
tice of the Supreme Court to fill the
vacancy caused by the death of Justice
Peckham Is the appointment of u
minister to China,'. Then there Is n
new assistant secretary of the treasury
to be selected and. also an assistant
secretary of commerce and labor.
Since the beginning of the present
administration Senators and represen
tatives hovo not fared very well In
their quest for places m the govern
ment service for constituents, ami
there are plenty of Indications that
as soon ns the president gets back to
work he will be besieged by the place
hunters. But the president will have plenty
of business to engage his attention,
aside from that connected with the
the filling of offices. For one thing,
he has the'new tariff law on his hands.
When he departed on his 13,000-tnlle
irlp, the Indications were that, the law
Would' rf ((bttbly jrolnlo 'effect, without
a- rfreaf deal of friction.' but4 before, he
had turned his face homeward compli
cations of. an Important nature had
arisen. He returns to find the country
on the verge of a tariff war with Ger
many, France and Canada, with the
prospect thut complications with other
countries may arise. The new tariff
law provides the president with a so-
called tariff board of three members.
which Is to assist him in arriving at a
decision as to whether the maximum
rate shall be applied against any par
ticular province or country, but after
all the respolslblllty will all fall on
the chief executive, go It Is evident
that Mr. Taft will have to give close
attention to the situation that has de
veloped since he started on his long
trip last September.
Tho president Is not likely to get
comfortably settled down to work be
fore the first of next week, as he Is
scheduled to leave Washington tomor
row night for Mlcldletown, Conn., to
attend the Inauguration of President
Shanklln of Wesleyan University. It
was originally Intended that the presi
dent should visit New Haven on this
trip, but In his anxiety to get back to
work as soon as possible the arrange
ments for the New Haven visit have
been cancelled. After his return from
Mlddletown the president Is likely to
remain In the capital until congress
assembles, with the exception of a
brief trip to Norfolk at the end or
next week to address the waterways
convention there.
Following his long absence from the
capital, ths president will resume
work In the new executive offices of
the White Hons. His new private
office is a circular room, plain in ap
pearance, but light and attractive. It
Is fitted out to a large extent with
woods from ths Philippines. The new
addition In which the office la located
also provides a large room for cabl
net meetings and a new omce
Private Secretary Carpenter.
for
CAUGHT BETWEEN MRS
IS CM TO DEATH
Fatal Accident at Canton Last Nighi
Cost the Life ol Clyde Hyams
ol Old Fori
News has been received hers of the
traulo death at Canton last evening
about 7 o'clock of Clyde Hyams, son
or Pnaimsater Hvami of Old Fort, and
a nephew of W. 8. Hyams, clerk of
the it. a. court of this cuy. J now
the accident occurred Is not definitely
known, further than that somehow
the unfortunate young man was
caught between tw cars and crushed
It seems that he was at work
for the Champion Fibre company on
ths vards at Canton, assisting a crew
of a switch engine In making up a
train of cam While engaged In this
work he was caught between two cars
snd so fearfully crushed that oeam
uulrklv followed.
Mr. Hyams was about St years of
age: a strong, handsome young fellow
and ouite popular with thoss with
whom he whs thrown. Ths remains
will bs taken to Old Fort for Inter
mcttC
New York Herald and The Gazette -
THE FORKS OF IMY
IS THE1JECTI1IE
he Asheville & East 'Tennessee Rail
road Company Has Arranged to
Extend Its Line to That Point
RIGHTS OF WAY HAVE
ALREADY BEEN SECURED
The Forks of Ivy Is Seven Miles lie
yond Vecrvllle or Sixteen
.Miles From Aslieville.
The pleasing news was given out
today that the Ashevllle ft East
Tennessee Rullrond company, the
company that built and Is now oper
ating the Interurbun electric line from
Ashevllle to Weavervllle, Is making
rapid preparation for an extension of
the line on to what Is known as the
Forks of Ivy, a distance of a little
mors than seven miles beyond Wea
vervllle, and a total distance of about
If miles from Ashevllle. It is under
stood that the surveys are all com
plete; that rights of wsy have been
given the company for quite a distance
toward the Forks of Ivy, and that
probably ths contract for the exten
sion work will be let this fall or win
ter, with actual construction of the
line undertaken early In the spring.
This simply means that the Ashe
vllle sY East Tennessee railroad Is
pushing toward north Buncombe and
the Yancey and Madison lines; that
the people of that section are olive
to the benefit of such a line, and are
ready and anxious to grant to the
company rights of way. The Forks
of ivy Is a central point. It la what
might be termed the gateway to Yan
cey and Madison; within three miles of
Mars Hills, an equal distance from
Democrat and two or three miles
from Barnardsvllle.
With ths completion of the line to
the Forks of Ivy freight and express
service will be maintained, and the
people residing In that rich and fer
tile section will have the convenience
and the privilegs of a fast Interurhan
electric car service.
Rrlnhart-Wrlllngton Wedding.
Cumberland. Md.. Nor. 10. Society
In Washington, Baltimore and several
other cities was well represented
among the guests who cams to Cum
berland today to attend ths wedding
of Miss Ettchen Wellington and Boyd
A. Relnhart. The bride is the daugh
ter of former United States Senator
and Mr Oeorge L, Wellington. Mr.
Relnhart, ths bridegroom, Is a son of
Edward Hess Relnhsrt, ons of the
largest land owners of West Virginia.
Medical Men In Session..
Evsnsvllle, Ind., Nov. 10. The
eleventh annual meeting of the Ohio
Valley Medical association began
two days' session In this city today.
with Dr. Curran Pope of Louisville
presiding. The attendance Includes
several hundred leading physicians
snd surgeons of Ohio, Kentucky, I 111
nols and Indiana.
News.
THE WHIRLIGIG OF POLITICS
i
TESTlGf uFTHE
STEMS' COOK
Marrietta Wolf Fought Loyally for Her
Mistress When Called to the
Stand Today.
Paris, Nov. 10. Fighting loyally
for her mistress. Marietta Wolf, the
cook of tile Stelnhell household, the
principal witness in the trial "I
Madame Plclnhcil, was led through a
labyrinth of contradictory statements
y the judge. .exi to tne prison
the cook, who is suspected of holding
he key to the mystery, excited most
Interest, and tbe Judge Induce, 1 h.r
to describe the Stelnhell home ami
tell how madamo loused the "Green
lodae." that she might receive her
lovers. The w lines insisted that tlx
wife was devoted to her artist hue
band. She expressed the opinion that
Adolph Stelnhell was Ignorant of his
wife's intrigues.
Witness volunteered the startling
statement that the prisoner's husband
was addicted to the opium habit.
While the rook s examination was In
progress. Madamo Stelnhell, unnerved,
frequently interrupted with passion
ate protests against the questions and
the Judge's deductions.
This afternoon at one point mudninc
angrily Interrupted. She shouted de-
tlantly that If It was true that she
received 11100 from her lover. Choun-
ard, the Iron manufacturer, he made a
hundred times that amount off clients
aho sent him. The testimony of mad
ame's servant and that of her son.
Alexander, was favorable to the pris
oner.' The rook's son admitted thut
Madame Htelnhcll kissed him on New
Year's day and In addressing him used.
endearing terms.
Cincinnati Hears About
the Woman in the Case
Cincinnati, O.. Nov. 10. It la learn
ed here from uillelal sources, that the
Chicago woman who shared his III got
ten spoils, mad because her Income
had been rut off, gave ths first In
timation of the Impending scandal In
volving Charles L. Warrlner, the de
posed treasurer of ths Rig Four rail
road, accused of the responsibility for
the defalcation of 1(000,000 of the
company's funda
5 -..ir"ji.t.v; -sat tftj.rivejt v.c.-.-s
The Militant
Must Perform Hard Labor
London, Nov. If. Alice Paul and
Amelia Brown, Mrs. Pankhurst's ad
herents, were today sentenced to one
S TAKEN
'TO COKVICrCAilIP
An Effort Will at Once Be Made, It Is
Now Thought, to Secure
His Pardon.
Grant llrlKmnn, tho little deformed
hunchback mini from lilg Ivy, who
was given a sentence In Superior court
lasl w. ek of four years ami six month
to the roads on u consent verdict of
m.i'tsluiiKht r for the slaying of his
uncle. John llrlKiiian, has been sent
out to ('apt Harvey llrittalns camp
to begin sentence. '
The prisoner bad scarcely been
taken to the camps, however, when
preparations were begun for an appli
cation to Governor Kltchln for a par
don. It Is slnt"d that the move for a
pardon originated with the Jury that
tried the case, anil that rendered the
verdict of manclaiiKhter nt the direc
tion of the court, after counsel hail
consented. It Is said that when the
petition for n pardon goes to the gov
ernor the chief executive will be In
formed of nil matters pertaining t the
trial; that the Jury rendered the ver
dict as a consent verdict; thut seven
of the Jurors stood for acquittal: that
the Jury desired to visit the scene of
the tragedy ail also consider the con
dition of the defendant and his family.
In fact, a photograph or photograph,
have been taken of the defendant and
his family, of n wife and five little
children, and these will be sent to the
governor.
Winners In Today's Kvenls.
Atlanta, Nov. 10. fold weather did
not deter the crowds attending the
second day's motor car racing. In the
ten-mile amateur free-for-all Oldknuw
won; In the heavy stock car race,
Hugh Harding, driving an Apperson
Jarkrabblt, won. Htrunge won the
four-mile free-for-all and the ten
mile special.
Woman's Apartments Raided.
A sensational raid of ths apart
ments of Mrs. Jeanette Stewart, men
tioned In ths Warrlner case, broke
her long silence. She said: "I never
blackmailed Charlie Warrlner out of
a dollar." She then sobblngly declar
ed she would never again confide In
women friend, who she alleges Is re
sponsible for her notoriety In the esse.
Suffragettes
month at hard labor for throwing
stones Into the banquet hail where a
celebration was in progress In honor
of King Edwsrd's birthday.
PRESIDENT TAFT IN
RICHMOND
TO
He Was Accompanied There by Gover
nor Kitchin, Who Traveled in
Taft Private Car.
PRESIDENT TODAY VISITED
THE CONFEDERATE MUSEUM
Thinks There is a Heller Likeness
of Jefferson Davis in War le
I mil at Washington.
Richmond, Nov, 10. President Taft
was greeted here with a hearty wel
come, the inhabitants turning out full
force. The president and party arriv
ed at 7 o'clock this morning, after a
comfortable Journey from Wilming
ton, He appeared happy, emerging
from the Mayflower nt I o'clock, for
the final day of entertainment on the
thirteen thousand mllo tour. Govern
or Hwanson and Mayor Richardson
lo aded the reception committee meet
ing him. lie rode In an automobile to
the executive mansion for breakfast.
The day's ceremonies began by the
president addressing at 10 o'clock the
Virginia slate press association. La
ter he addressed a delegation of rol
ored men.
Governor Kltchln of North Caroli
na, whs s guest of the president In
his private rsr en route from Wilming
ton. Secretary of the Navy Meyers
met the president here, and partici
pated In the festivities.
The president Interspersed his
speeh-muklng engagements with sight
seeing tours. He spent much time at
tho Confederals museum, and made
the comment there that ths museum's
picture of Jefferson Davis did not
compare In excellence to the one In
war department at Washington. ' The
museum will have a copy made. He
visited St. John's church, where Pat
rick Henry made bis famous liberty
speech.
Speaking to the press association,
the president related his own expe
riences as a court reporter of a Cin
cinnati paper, where ho earned his
first salary, and gained ths first prac
tical experience In court practice.
In ths president's talk to ths ns
groes he advised them to make useful
mem lrs of the community and de
vote their time to ths soil, declaring
ths great wealth of tho nation Is In
agrlculturs.
PROHIBITION 18 FOREMOST
WITH VIRGINIA METHODISTS
Twenty-Seventh Annual Meeting; ol
Virginia Confrrmer, Presided
Over by Bishop Morrison.
Newport New a Nov. 10. Bishop
Morrison Is presiding over ths twenty,
seventh annual conference of ths Vlr
glnla Methodist Episcopal church
south. There are 100 deles-ate.
(Mate wldn prohibition Is the formnn
Issue,
EVERT0N, TRAVELING HYPNOTIST,
CHARGED WITH MANSLAUGHTER
William Davcpnort, a Student of
Hypnotism, Tried to Bring- the
Dead to life. ' J
Somervllle, N. J., Nov. 10. The au
topsy disclosed the fact that tho death
of Robert Simpson, who died In a
trance, was due to a rupture of tho
aorta. Prof. Everton, the hypnotist,
will probably be charged with man
slaughter. A Cell Sne.
While Arthur Everton, self-styled
"professor." and traveling hypnotist,
sobbed In his cell, three calm medical
men witnessed a weird performance In
the morgue of the Somerset hospital
late yesterday afternoon. There Wil
liam E. Davenport, secretary to the
mayor of Newark and a student of
hypnotism, vainly tried to bring back
signs f life In the rigid body of
Robert Simpson, a former street car
conductor of Newark, who apparently
died after having been put Into a
hypnotic trance by Everton before a
large audience at the Somervlllo the
ater. Davenport fulled, Simpson was de
clared officially dead, and an autopsy
was held tonight. Meanwhile, unnerv
ed and shaken. Everton remains In
prison where he must await the action
of the grand Jury ns a sequel to a
singe trick familiar throughout this
country and abroad.
A lit ops v Iim polled.
It was at the piteous Insistence nt
Everton while In Jail after his Ineffec
tual attempts to revive Simpson, that
Davenport, n friend of Everton, cams
Into the case. Notwithstanding tho
declarations of physicians that Simp
son was doad, Everton " asked that
Davenport be allowed to try to arouse
him. Accordingly, the autopsy, first
arranged for two o'clock yesterday
afternoon, was postponed, and ths
student of hypnotism wae summoned.
Simpson's body, covered with a
black cloth, lay In the morgue at ths
hospital when Davenport arrived. Ho
came In silently and In the presence of
Dr. W. H. l,ong. county physlclsn. Dr.
Charlea H. llalstead. and Dr. Francis
McConaughty, Immediately began his
attempt to revive the unfortunate
man. First ho felt of the body to
detect any possible heart beat; railing;
In this he placed his ear on the vic
tim's chest.
Then, Invoking the power of sug
gestion, he spoke In the dead man's
ear: ,
"Huh," he said, "Bob," your heart
action your heurt action your heart
action Is beginning." Slowly and
dramatically Davenport repeated this
in the ear, then changing his tone of -voice
to an imperious command, ho
cried sharply:
"Hob! Hob! Can't you hear me?
Your heart Is beginning to beat. Your
heart la beginning to beat!" Again
and aguln he repeated this assurance
to the inanimate form which the med
ical men iookch grimly on. Not a
muscle of the body stlrid and there
was absolutely no sign- of animation.
Kverton has employed counsel and
will fight the case. It has been said
that he will make ths plea that tho
man was still alive when the autopsy
was performed, citing various cases
of suspended animation as proof of
this. Dr. Duncan Quackenbos of Co-
timhlit university, a leading author
ity on hypnotism, said this afternoon
hat It was not unlikely that Simp
son's was a rase of suspended anima
tion and that an autopsy should be
made with caution or perhaps defer
red until there was no possibility of
life. .
Forty People, Guests ol the Hotel Wind
sor at Clifton, Have i Narrow
Escape from Death.
Atlanta, Nov. 10. Forty guests of
ths Hotel Windsor, at Clifton, wers
thrown Into a panic, narrowly escaped
death from suffocation as a result of
a flrs this morning. The flrs origi
nated In the Western Atlantio rail
road warehouse, and la threatening
ths block with destruction. Several
people, unconscious, were dragged
from thslr beds. The damage la
$11,000.
Mrs. Roosevelt and Miss Ethel Coat
ing Home,
Roma, Nor. 10. Mrs. Roosevelt and
Miss Ethel Roosevelt left today for
Naples. They will sail for the United
8 tales Friday.
Excitement at Cairo.
Cairo, 111., Nov. 10. Excitement Is
at fever heat over ths murder of '
Annie Polly, whose bo-ty whs f .nr. I i
an alley ln-t ri ' ' -t, i ..!
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