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I I TIE ASSOCIATED FEES3 DISPATCHES uttk LAST E2ITI0IT. .. . 4:00 P. II Weather rvrtxast : Cknidyt warmer. VOL. XIV. NO. 237., ASHE VILLI!, N. C.,' THURSDAY. AFTERNOON, NOVEMBER 11, 190&. 3c PER COPY 11 n i v HIOEriilJ? NOTCOrJCLDbi.Z Paris of the Opinion That Court Has Failed to Produce Mat erial Evidence Against Madame Steinheil. TWENTY WITNESSES WERE ON HAND THIS MORNING Dr. Archer, Family Physician, Gave Evidence Yesterday Favorable i to the Accused" Woman. Paris, Nov. 11. The consensus of opinio" is that the court Ims fulled to develop any material evidence against Jliulamo Steinheil, and that the Jury will acquit her of the charge of mur dering her husband and stepmother. When the trial was resumed this morning twenty wltnessos were there tu lie heard. The accused woman ap peared exhausted upon entering the court room. She listened listlessly to the testimony of her undo and the ex pert accountant, on the probable amount of money In the Steinheil home on the night of the murder. It wits testified that the books showed there was about $900 In the house, while the prisoner swore the murder ers took $1500. Not Simulating. Dr. Archer, the old family physician of the Stelnhells, told of the defend ing devotion to her husband and his mother. As he entered the room, her first outcry was: "Save mamma! Save Adulphe! What has happened to them?" Maltre Aubln, Itelnhell, asked: representing Mme. "Was the simulating Iness?" " Impossible," said the witness. She was seriously 111." '' Dr. Buflt, who examined the slain ,i.t uw w rrageny, wnm um If the crime could have been commit ted by only one person. The reply stirred the courtroom: "I am convinced that would have been Impossible. The crime was committed by several persons." "My past contains Interesting char acters," cried Madame Steinheil, In a fit of passion, as the prosecution clos ed Its case. The state rested this af ternoon, and the defense began the examination of witnesses. While the prosecution was concluding, Madame Steinheil renewed her threat to broach a scandal, Involving persons In high standing, but when Judge De Valles invited her to proceed with her "rev elations" there was silence. Indicating madume'a anxiety to dis cover the Identity of the assassins, Chauffeur, defense's first witness, tes tified that she gave him four dollars for endeavoring to locato the "blue nutomoblle" In front of the Steinheil home the evening the crime was com mitted. A Material lNdiit for the .Woman. M. Boheffer, a French artillery of ficer, who 20 years ago contemplated marrying Madame; M. Palsant, a lawyer, and other friends of the Stein heil family testified for the defense, em phaslxlng their conviction that the prisoner loved her husband and step mother. Itcfore the Judge advacote began his argument for the state. Judge Devallcs announced that ho would later raise the question M the prisoner's complic ity In the crime. Indicating his Inten ton of abandonng the original charge, which held tnadnme as the principal. The Judge advocate In his argument Insisted that madame's whole life has been perverted and sensubus. "a miserable a career of duplicity." lie laid as the oasis of the states rase madame's reticence, contradictions and lies during the trial. LABOR'S ATTITUDE ON SOME VITAL QUESTIONS The American Federation Sounds Warning Against Industrial "Mis (fits" in Report Made Today. Toronto, Nov, II. Organised ( la bor's attitude on the vital question of Industrial education waa outlined In a report at the American Federation Labor convention, by' a committee. John Mitchell, chairman, urging the establishment of schools In connec tion with the public school system, where dudIIs between the ages of 14 nd II may be taught the principles of the trades by trained Instructors. It was declared that too many grad uates of hhrh schools are misfits' In dustrlaiiv. and that: "If American workmen are to maintain a high standard of efficiency country boys ' and girls must havo an opportunity to acquire educated hands and brains. Twelve Injured. New York. Nov. 11-Twelve per ". were injured In a shirt waist fac tory fire on Eeventh avenue today. BEGAN FIGHTING A T ELEVEN AND IS STILL FIGHTING AT 58 Col. Whallen, Victor in the Louisville Election, Was "Youngest Soldier of the Confederacy." Louisville. Ky Nov. 11. When the battles were fought at the polls Inst week "the-youngest soldier of the Confederacy" gained a remarkable victory. He is Colonel John H. Whal len, and although he fought In the Confederate, armies, almost 50 years ago; from 1882 to 1865, he won a fight single handed that makes him practlcajly the ruler of Louisville, lie olecK'd ' Ws" ticket by majorities of about "3,000, and now has the nails faction., of stelng democrats, filling every office In the city hall and court house and In every county ami munic ipal department and Institution. He made a clean hweop of IhiIkvI1I'. Colonel Whallen entered the Con federate service when he was eleven years olil, in IM! 2, and served until the close of the war. He was not a drummer boy or in any way a non combatant, but u "regular fighting man." General Hasll Duke, Slilloh battlefield commissioner, was with Colonel Whallen dining part of the war, and says tlmt, while ho was a mere child, be wa an excellent sol dier. Young Whallen was living at Alex andria, Ky., near Covington, when the war broke out. He was eager for adventure and wanted to enlist, but his parent refused. In the second year of tho war some of the young men of the neighborhood raised a Gentlemen Connected With the Trans- 0 . portation and Traffic Departments of the Southern to Meet One Of the most Important meet Ings of the Southern Railway compu ny officials to be held this year will take .place at the Hotel Patten, in CtiatranoOBa, Tennt, ' toniurrbwvanq' Saturday. ' This meeting will Include the attendance of 'all the general su perintendents of transportation on tho system and all tho general and di vision freight agents. Including A. K. Orr of Ashuvlllc. General Manager A. H. Coapman of Washington will be present, as well us L. Urccn, freight traffic manager, of Washington. A meeting of the transportation and freight officials has not been held for several months, and many mat ters are coming up at this Joint ses sion of railway men which are said to bo of Importance to the development of the Kotithern railway system. The presence of high officials of the rail road In both the transportation and traffic departments of the entire sys tem makes this meeting second to none In the past year. Specific Information as to the differ ent subjects which will be brought up at the meetings could not be Icarnrd but It Is said that the meeting hits been called chiefly to obtain arrange ments between traffic, and transporta tion departments of the Southern sya- tem that will enable the enormous business of the Southern railway com pany to move smoothly. The rapid Increase of traffic on the line, both freight and passenger, after two years of depression has awakened the offi cials to the need of the Southern rail way company for continued Improve ment In the service. President W. W. Klnley of the Southern railway company, will mnke an annual tour of tho railway system this month and the officials are en deavoring to show him that the system of carrying Increased traffic Is being Improved and that the Southern rail way Is second to none In tho south. Tho Southern rsllway.men who are expected to be present and participate In the discussion and recommendations are: A. H. Coapman, manager of the Southern Railway company, Washing ton, D. C: Q. W. Taylor, general su perintendent of transportation. Wash ington; W. C. Harrison, general agent. New York; General Superlnendent of Transportation G. R. Wall. Knox- Htitchlns, of lllrmlngham; Westfall. of Danville, Vs.; W. N. of Charlotte, N. C; General Freight Agents H. L. Miller, of Knox- vllle; W. A. Tumor, or cnattanongn ; U Graves, of Memphis; It. H. re. gram, of cnanesiort, a. v.., .. u. Drake, of Richmond, vs.; ana jtanaie Clifton, of Atlanta, oa.; u ureen. freight traffic manager, Washington, D. C.; K. If. Shaw, assistant rreigm traffic manager, wasnmgion, u. u.; n. U McKellar, assistant freight traffic manager. Louisville; J. U Cox. assist ant general freight agent, Columbus, uiaa v. XV. Parsons, manager or east ern and southern dispatch, Philadel phia; division freight agents, I L. McCleskey, Howell Peoples, of Atlan ta: O. G. Thompson, ureensonro, n J n M. Carrtrk. Norfolk, Va.j K. Orr, of Ashevtlle: J. W. Hunter, of umi Ala.: D. Caraweu. or toium bla. B. C: and assistant general freight gent. F. H. Behrlng. of Louisville, avrvrrrrn PFIXAGRA VICTIM DEAD TENTH, IX IHTUIAM 6lM Is Mis Msralo IIoMUns, Young lauly of Proiidm-nl Family. ' nnrh.m. K. C. Nov. 11. This city's imith victim of pellagra. Miss Mag gle Hulchlns. the daughter of prom inent family. Is Oeaa. A GATHERING OF RAILWAY OFFICIALS 1 -4 t x. t.- t OM)Kli .IOII II. WH VIJ.KN. company to Join the Confederate army, and Whallm slipped uwny from home and went with them. They suw lighting as soon asNhey started. A company of Home CiUariht tried to In tercept them at the fords of the Lick ing river, there wan a battle and Whallen shot one of the enemy. THE U. S. GOURT During the Term There Were a Num ber of Convictions on the Charge of "Moonshining.' The regular November term of United Slates Circuit and District courts, which has been In session here for the pst ten dnys with' Judge J. ifi. Boy oT-cTrcenri(ir?OifMilifiiig. was adjourned this morning n then- was no further business. During this term. sovral persons have been convicted of moonshining" and sentenced to serve a vear and day In the rnltvd states prison nt Atlanta, Robert (. Christian of (Ji-orgia was lined l-TiUO for peon age alleged to have boon committed during the construction of the Frank lin & Tallulah Fulls railroad in Ma con county. Several defendants were found not guilty of minor offenses. On the civil side of tho docket twu suits have been disposed of; that of the United Slates ngulrutt the Hlawas- sie Ijirnh't company and K. H. Ilrock enborough ngalnxt the Champion Fibre company, both of which resulted In the plaintiff being non-suited; the former upon motion of the plaintiff, the latter upon the defendant's mo tion. Judge Moyd, Acting Marshal Hailey, and Prlvato Secretary W. H. Daniels left this afternoon for Ireenslioro. GDL ROOSEVELT IS: IN G00DHEALTH Supply Agents of the American Expedi tion at Nairobi Say There Is no Truth in Recent Report. Naktrru, British Kast Africa. Nov. II. Supply Agents of the American expedition at Nairobi state there Is no truth In the report regarding the Ill ness of Col. Roosevelt, who Is In good health, camping im the flue's Inglahu plateau. THE PMSIC1S r fim L The Transfusion of Blood Suggested by Members of Medical Society as Cure for Pellagra. New Orleans, Nov. 11. The trans fusion of blood as a possible cure for pellagra In the first and second stages. was today vigorously advocated at the Southern Medical convention. . ,' ' Explosion of INmdcr. Wilmington, Del., Nov. 11. Three were killed, and several Injured, and two mills destroyed by an explosion In a section of the Dupont Powder company yards today. Ileal Hackney Stallion. New York, Nov. 11. Ragthorpe 8ul tan owned by Henry Fairfax of Aide, Vu.. wins the challenge cup for the best hackney station In the national horse show, i IS' i ADJOURNED TODAY 0 p or UUIIL PREMIUM LIST . ; I - . : .... IS soon TO ISSUE December Show bf Poultry and Pet Stock Association Will Be a " Great Event MANY OUTSIDE FANCIERS WILL SEND BIRDS HERE Rivalry Anionic tho Ixsval Breeder Is Keen In Number of . - -r , Ctaaseu. The premium lift for the 1909 show or the Ashevlllu Poultry and Pet Stock association la now, In the lunula of the ... t printers and will Iprobubly be out of the presses anil rtndy-for distribution it bin a few daysj, . With tho early publication of the premium list entry blanks are being distributed thh wn'Ck, and everything Is being made ready lor the . . bin "chicken" event of December , 9 and 10. Mrs. C, B.' Campbell, Hie secretary of the association, has been hard nl work on the, approaching show for several weeks and Impes to have tin list out on lime, anl all entries, In well before the opening dau The show (his year promises to be the beat, the most largely attended and with a greater number and greater variety of exhibitors nnd exhibits than over be. fore. It la the third unnunl show ami already Inquiries have been received r rum distant states, while It Is certain that the exhibits from North Caro lina, South Carolina, Georgia, Ten nessee and' Virginia will exceed those of all previous shows In number a ml quality. r The Ashevllle fanciers are eagerly uunltlng the show. There will bv great rivalry among local exhibitors In several claaaes Including the brown Leghorn, the Rhode Island reds, the Wyandottes, tho barred Plymouth Ilocks. tho Minorca" and other popu lar rtrains. The Ashevllle fanciers have licen Improving their breeds for a year or mora and when the Decem ber show opens It Is believed that birds grown In Ashevllle and this Im mediate section -Mill be shown the rivals If not auprrlors of any fowls rnWed In the sou (torn states. RAGING OH THE One of the Chief Events Today Will a 120 Mile Contest Between Light Cars. i i i i h n i iti ri i i ' Atbintn. Nov. 11. Harroun, driving Ain.irmon "S2,'" won the 120 miles stock chassis race; time, 1.49:28.42. Joe Matsona Chalmers-Detroit was second Harroun's car did not stop the entire dis tance. M.'itson was six miles behind ami t'heverolet ' Bulek and Busies Itenault were 18 miles behind. . . 9ft Atlanta, (la . Nov. 11. Several au tomobiles and motor cycle races are on the program of events at the Speedway today, the chief event being a' one hundred and twenty mile eon teat between light cars, three ten mile contests, and lour miles for stock csrs. - Two races are for motor cyc lists. I'llUF 41'IMii: A. C. VOXK KOH MTUKME VHT HKXCII Vke lredlent Sherman Asks Mr. Tart t I Hi a, N. Y.. Man to lYn-khsm's Ilsn-r. Washington, Nov. 11. Vice Presi dent Sherman has urged President Taft to appoint Circuit Judge Alfred Coxe of I'tlca, N. Y., to the late Justice rnckham's place on the Cull ed States Kupreine court bench. TIIK WEATHER. Forecast until i p. m Friday, for Ashevllle and vicinity: Partly cloudy and warmer weather tonight and Fri day. ATLANTA SPEEDWAY Eleven Thousand Chickens Burned Today at Hutchins Hutchins, Kas Nov. thousand chickens were 11. Eleven burned to Big Purse Offered for the Jeffries and Healtle, Svaah.. Nov. 11. The Moe- cow AthleJIo club, of Moscow, Idaho, SURGEONS' DELICATE WORK MAY SAVE E. 1 If 'l: ' ' ' I A most delicate operation has been successfully performed at Anunpo lis upon Mblshipman Karl I . Wilson, u verlubre of whose neck was broken during a fooibull g Mite on o, ,.l i. ir, The nmlnne, or outward covering, wire cui away from lour i.l the vertebrae of Hie neck in order to remove the pressure on the spinal cord, iin.l ih, vcring of the spinal cord was removed ami tho cord thnrough.lv insected. Portions of the fractured bone from the lilth vertebrae were removed, but It wna found that the greativ.t Injury to the cord had been occasioned by a dislocation or the fouiih vertebrae. The cord was found to be Intact, though In very bail ditinn at the point ol injury. It Is believed that all pressure has been removed and Wi bain's chance of ultimate recovery greatly Improved. TAFT ENDORSES MISSIONARY IRK He Addresses Laymen's Meeting on Duties and Responsibilities of Nations. W.kHhiliefoll, ,o. 1 I'reslllellt Taft henrtily endorsed th" nilHsloiuiry movement, addresHlug the laymen's missionary uieitliiK, an orKaiil.atiou national in scope. "I like tu think, whether it is true or not," be said, "that e have. In this Ki iteration, people whose views of Hie rcNponsllillltlcs of clvllixeil nations dif fer fn In those which prevailed In the lust generation." Referring to the r.oxcr nioveinent the president look iftue with people who assert that missionaries caused the UprlslliK. He Kliil.il that It was caused by suspicion amour the Chi nese people, that some civilised na tions wanted to aciiiire Chinese ter ritory. lie mi lil llvre Is a growing feeling among public men that the American nation has a distinct Intercut In nil countries of this hemisphere. T THE PARLIAMENT Governor General Grey in His Speech Reaffirmed the Position of the Laurier Government Ottawa, Nov. II. The second seii lon of the eleventh parliament open ed today, (lovernor lleneral F.rl flrey's speech from the throne reaf firmed the position of Mir Wilfred I .aider's government regarding the naval defense, maintaining the untnn onomous control of Canada's ' own navy, but working In harmony with the Imperial navy. He was non-committal on the tariff. I death In a fire, which today destroyed the United fttates Parking company' plant. The loss Is $50,000. -JS.W-- Johnson Fight offers $100,000 for the JeiTrles-John son prise light. SESSION 00 1 OF WILSONS LIFE PRESIDENT IS AT - THE CAPITAL AGAIN Has not Increased in Weight, but Is Planning a Vigorous Reduction Campaign. Wuxliltigton, Nov. 11. President Taft arose this morning apparently none the worse fur his thirteen thous and mile "Swing around the Circle." After breakfast he delivered flic prin cipal address at the opening of the l,a men's missionary movement This afternoon be leaves for Miiblletown and Hartford, Conn., returns at noun Satiirilay, ami Monday plunges Into the inns of work of the executive of fice;!. The presiilenl was greeted on bis return lat uiiibt by a number of silk coated ami silk hatted commit tees. All members of Hie cabinet meet at the station, lie was cheerfd lustily as be was whirled through the streets In an nutomoblle. He lost tin time In joining Mrs. Taft, who hi a been In ill health several month, months. The president Is In the pink of con dition and has not Increased in w elKht. a It hough he Is planning a vig orous campaign on the chevy Ca:c links to reduce his Mirth. BUI OFFICIAL KILLED; ANOTHER BADLY HURI Shot by Man Attempting to Hold up the Officials and Their Assistants. Ioilsvllle. Ky., Nov. II. J. Oarry Kaueett, cashier of the Merchants' National bank of New Albany, Ind., was shot down and killed, and Prea Klent Woodward of the bank was so. rlously Injured today by an uniden tified man. The man was attempting lo hold up the bank officials and assailants. ., ,. , i flit; AMIST P1CKKTT HENTENCFO: TIIHKi: YKARM AND $1,100 FINK Four Women Claim Picket t, mil liSiw !) llna Claim i t'Min II Im. Cleveland, ., Nov. 11. I.urlan Pickett, tho convicted bigamist, who wss claimed by four wives. Is sentenc ed to three years In the penitentiary and Oned 11500, Tong War lUgea. 8a n Francisco, Cat.. Nov. 11. Jin Kong Fook. the nfth victim of the Ylek Yoe Tong wsr, growing out of the elopement of Be Oue, wife of Yk-k Tone, with a member of the Tee family, waa shot and fatally wounded th la morning. Members of both Tongs are Infuriated and It la understood there la a determination that all con nected with either Tnng la to be ex- I terminated., nam STAND BY LQEB Secretary of the Treasury Says the Government Is Behind " Collector of the Port of New York. PARSONS MAKES DENIAL OF NEW YORK SUN CHARGES Republican Chairman Says the Suoar Trust Has Never Aided Him Directly or Indirectly. X New York, Nov. II. Kv- Men lliiil 4 W-ele ce revealing the "Man her l'p" in the sugar KblUK fraud:) has been placed In the possession of the government, and Is being used as a basis of a Federal In dictment to be lllr, I against a high official of the American Sugar Hcfining company. i t t fa mt Jim , Washington, Nov. II. Secretary of the Treasury McVeigh today iinnotinc ed that the government is supporting; Collector l.ocb's administration of the port of New York, fn unearthing the sugar frauds. The government, hn said, cared more about the reputation of the service, rather tbah than a few prosecutions. Parsons f;lew lolcrlcv. New York. Nov. II. "The sugar trust tins never aided me directly or indirectly either In my race for con gress or In my lights to be Mected chairman of the republican county committee," said Herbert Parsons, re ferring to recent newspnper charges Hint he Is the political representative' of the trust. - Mr. Parsons wai angered by the charges and he delicti hla newspaper accuser to come, out Into the. open, saying the Hinder would ho thoroughly fought out In the courts If he c?U. "The money for my primary fights come mostly out of Herbert Parsons." continued the county chairman, "A strict accounting has been given ot '..I the money contributed to me, and I am very glad that the law requires this. I hnv" always believed It to bo n good law. "I stated last spring that since I hove taken my oath as congressman f have not shared In the receipts of my law firm, not bemuse it was wrong tu do so but because tariff matters might Come before me. I have been exceed ingly particular on that acore." The law firm Is counrel for thi augur trust, lis bend, John K. Par son, father of Herbert Parsons, Is one of the Indicted sugar trust directors arsons Inicrtlcwa lllinwlf. Chairman Parsons prepared th's formal Interview regarding the news paper attacks on him: "What have you to any about the Sun's charges In connection with yott and the customs service?" "Hoea the Sun say or even Intlmst that I have used either my political or public position to aid the American Sugar lictliilng company in any way or to aid anybody to cheat the govern ment? If that Is the Impression it wants to convey let It be slralghtfor ward onough to say so; otherwise It be a coward." "Hid you recommend the appoint meet of Mr. Wnnamaker?" "I did. He was the senior assistant appraiser Ko far as I know h has rendered excellent service, anil tho frauds have not had to do with his dice." "IMd you recommend Mr. Krule- witch ,'" 'I did. Mr, Krtilewilrh win on. posed on the ground that he had been through bankruptcy. I showed that that was a different Krulrwltch. Mr. Kriilewlleh's father I a large owner oi resi esiare and Mr. Krulrwltch ami his brothers have beon active In build ing operations." I'ld you recommend Hurry B. Htnwelir "I did. Col. Fowler, the 'then col lector, asked mn to recommend a man for assistant appraiser. 1 think thro was a vacancy In the lace division. My recollection Is that 1 first sent to' him a man who had had extensive experience In Ihe lurv business. The man, waa not active In polltSs. Hla appearance did not please Col. Fow ler, and ho asked mn to send him some rnergetlo younger man of pleas ing appearance. I thotmht r llnrrv H. Btoweil, who la active In politics, and aont him. Col. Fowler said he was Just the sort of man he wanted. A shift about was made In tho collec tor's office and Mr, Ptowcll waa put on the outside work. I knew that Mr. Htowcll would be satisfactory bemuse In the agitation over the mortgage tag law ha had rendered very useful ser vice to Ihe real estate people who had sent him over the state. Also (Tsar lea K. Lexow. ', "Did you recommend Mr. Chnrtoa K. txowT" "I did. A new division was created which called fur a lawyer, and t rec ommended Mr. Lexow. Mr. I-exw had been for many years a district leader and had also been for many years a state transfer tax appraiser and In that position had done excel lent work, "o far as I know, none of the frauds had anything to do with the division of Which he Is the beml Continued t I i ;.