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XOL. XIV. NO. 247,
ASHEVILLE, N. C, TUESDAY AFTERNOON, N OVEMBER 23, 1909.
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THE BRAVE MINERS
AT THE SCFNE OF THE CHERRY DISASTER,
STlLLlARBORHOPE
Boys Who Descend Shaft Say
the Air Is not Too Im
pure to Sustain
Life: '-'v:
OFFICIALS, HOWEVER, DO
NOT SHARE OPTIMISM
Chicago Relief Fund for the Cherry
Sufferers Has Already Readi
ed Fifty Thousand
Dollars.
Cherry Ills., Nov. 83. Fire hi Uic
second pillory of the hi. Paul mine
resulted KMlny In ln-avy caving or
enrth, blocking the rescue work. In
this section will be tlio bent chance of
finding survivors. The postage) to the
east is ho blidlv blocked It will bo 1m
IHixslltle for many tluys to make eti
iratice. Meanwhile, nun now ' alive
mnv starve.
TIk news KjH'ead gloom tlirtiiiglioul
the vMngc. An attempt will bo ninth
lo hew a new imssagc through the
miIUI earth nrounil the Hrc anil piles of
earth. , . 1 .' .
Cherry, Ills., Nov. 23. Cherry rest
ed for a brief period today before be
ginning the crucial struggle to rescue
the living or enrry dead from the
live hundred foot level of the St. Paul
mine. The boy miners, Robert Me
Faddcn, and Harney Daughtery, who
forced their way into the third vein
declared that the air In the gallery
la stagnant, hut capable of sustaining
life, the youths had scarcely emerged
from the shaft when tidings that the
lire In the second vein had broken out
anew, were received. Preparations
for further exploring the vein were
halted, while firemen attacked the
blaze which threatens the main shaft.
That scores of men are alive In the
lower level, is the unanimous asser
tion of miners. The boy miners who
penetrated a hundred and twenty feet
Into the vein, shouted, but no response
; came. They they hurried back to the
rage, after learning that the lower
shaft contained air. not too impure to
' sustain life, and revived the hope of
those above. , ,
----WllianT 8mith, one miner who es
' raped, said: "Some of the nerviest
miners In the country are down
there. We'll find them barricaded,
ready for another week's wait when
we reach them." '
The optimism of the miners is not
shared by officials. Superintendent
Taylor said: "We failed to find liv
ing men where we most expected to
find them. They may be alive yet,
but I am nfrald they are not."
Dig Relief Fund.
Chicago, Ills., Nov. 23. Chicago's
relief fund for the Cherry sufferers
has reached the fifty thouand dollar
mark. Donations continue flowing
Into the collection renters.
He Says His Party Will Succeed in the
Congressional Elections Next
; Year. r
Buffalo, Nov.' 23.--ChPlrman Nor
man E, Muck, of the democratic na
tional committee makes it clear In a
Blgncd article In the December num
ber of the National Monthly, tho or
Kan of the democratic national com
mittee, that ho believes democracy
will triumph In the congressional
elections negt year.
Chairman Mack, reviewing the out
come of the November elections, says:
"Municipal elections throughout
New York. Indiana and Ohio and
state elections of Maryland and Vlr
Klnla furnish much of comfort to the
democracy. On tho flve states men
tioned the presidency usually swings.
Massachusetts too has served notice
that the work of the last congress
was far from satisfactory. While the
democracy did not capture the Bay
late it reduced an off year plurality
of upward of 10,000 to S000. In no
state of the union has the democracy
gone backward. On the contrary ev
erywhere progress Is shown.
"With tho president , and leading
members of congress on the hustings
explaining and excusing and with the
sugar trust scandals confronting them
and with local elections going stead
ily against the dominant party, the
coming congressional campaign pre
sents the opportunity for a splendid
flKht The Issues of next year will
differ In form though not materially
In fundamental principals from those
on which many city victories have
been won. Democracy's fight In the
municipalities as it will be In tho
congressional districts next year Is for
more reoreaentative government We
want the members of congress In
stead of Speaker Cannon to determine
what legislation Is good for the coun
try and what is bad., In the cities thej
democratic candidates opposed tne
nomination of local governments by
either fanatical reform agencies on
tho one hand or public, servioo and
contracting corporations on the other.
Continued on page S.
CHAIRMAN MACK
FORESEESTRIUMPH
MADE LAST NIGHT
This Done, the Twentieth Annual Ses
sion of the Western N. C. Confer-
ence Came to an End. -
REV. G. H. DETWILER, D. D.,
COMES TO CENTRAL CHURCH
Tlie Sessions Yesterday Were Interest
ing at all Time The Twentieth
Question lcnds to Discussion.
Special to The Giisictte-News.
Hickory, Nov. 2;!. V illi the rend
ing of the appointments of work for
the ensuing year, the twentieth annual
session of the Western North Carolina
Methodist conference was concluded
last evening. Bishop James Atkins'
appointment are as follows:
Ashcviilo District.
1). Atkins, Presiding Filler.
Ashcville Uethel, 1). J. Miller; Cen
tral, (J. H. Dctwiler: Haywood Street.
T. ti. Lallunee; North Ashevllle, O. (.
Harlcy.
Haiti Creek circuit W. I,. Edward.
mitmore and St. Pleasant G. II.
Chrlstenberry.
Iturnsvillc station A. P. Hutlcdgc.
Htimsville, cireut Kufus K. Ilrady
Klk Mountain Klmer Simpson,
Fulrview ilrcult J. A. Fry.
Hendersonvllle r.tation J. W. Moore
Henderttonville circuit C. 10. Hypes.
Hot Springs circuit C. il. Allison,
Marshall It. O. Ijiwton.
Murs Hill L. II. Oritlitli.
Hlverside to be supplied.
Swannanot circuit D. H. rrntlltt.
Tryon and Saluda W. A. Newell.
Weavervllle station W. E. Poovey.
Weavervllle circuit U. I Keever.
Chni'lolle Dlhtrlct.
It. K. Hoyer. Presiding Elder,
Charlotte Belmont Park, U A.
Falls; Brevard Street, Ira Irwin; Cal
vary, E. E. Williamson; Chadwlck and
Seversvllle, H. H. Bobbins; Dilworth
Blg Spring, A. I Cohurn; North Char
lotte, W. O. Ooode: Trinity, E. U Bain,
A. W. Plyler, assistant: Tryon Street,
Rev. Gilbert T. Bowe; W. U Nicholson,
supernumerary.
Derita Seymour Taylor.
Mlesvllle C. H. Clyde.
Matthews E. J. Poe.
Monroe Central 11. F. Chreltzberg.
Morvln To be supplied.
Mt. Zlon J. W. Clegg.
North Monroe, Iecmorelce W. T,
Albright.
Plnevillo W. 8. Hales.
Polktnn T. T. Cnr,lp"
Prospect O. C. Brinkmnn.
Vnlonville A. J. Burrus.
Wadeshnro J. II. West.
Waxhaw C. M. Campbell.
Weddington .1. II. Bradley.
Principal Wcdillnglon Academy J.
M.
Downu tn.
Principal Piedmont
Industrial
School J. A. Baldwin.
Missionary to Japan S. A. Stewart.
Student Vunllerbllt University N
S. Ogburn.
I ran kiln District.
J. E. (Jay, Presiding Elder.
Andrews atatlon K I. Thompson.
Urvson City and Whlttier A. S
Raer.
nillsboro and Sylva C H. Neal.
Franklin circuit W. I. Hughes.
Franklin station M. V. Moores.
Glenvllle H. I.. Andrews.
Hayesvllle J. U. Warren.
Hiawassee circuit Gay Bryant.
JudBon and Allmnn S. I.. Mcintosh.
Macon circuit A. W. Jacobs.
Murphy station W. K. Abernethy.
Murphy circuit J. II. Hopkins.
Robblnsvl'le A. P. Foster.
Webster circuit J. A. P eler.
Greensboro Dbttrict.
W. R.. Ware, Presiding Elder.
Asheboro circtiit-7-Jamea Wilson.
Ashcboro station C. A. Wood.
(Continued on pare I.)
HT WAHTON TODAY
Loss by Fire There Last Night Will Ap
proximate $100,000, With
$60,000 Insurance.
Warrenton, Va., Nov. 23. Ruin and
desolation marks tho burned district
this morning, following last night's
rti,troiis iconuagratlon.' A driving j
rainstorm helped to extinguish the
mouldering fires.
Business Is at a standstill. The loss
will approximate 1100,000, with In
surance of $80,000. Twenty-five build
ings 16 belnf residences, were destroy ed.
The town hall Is tid a Vcc
of storage for what property was
saved. Tho prompt use of dynamite
prevented greater losses.
Alsop Claim Moiiojr Deposited.
London, Nov. 23. Domingo Oana.
the Chilean minister, has deposited
one million dollars to the order of
the Hague arbitration court, the sum
representing Alsop claim of the United
Mates against Chile.
Nicaraguan Problem Is Taken up
By President Taft and Cabinet
Program pf Action for Handling the
Zelayan Government Will Be
.... .
Outlined.
FIERY LITTLE REPUBLICS
MUST BE TAUGHT RESPECT
Preparations Are Being Rushed to
Send Force of Marines to
Canal Zone.
MtESIDCNT
7CIAVA
NICARAGUA.
Washington, Nov. 2:. President
Taft took up-today the-problem eon
fronting tin? government regarding
Nicaragua, as a rt suit of the summary
execution of' Americans. As the result
of conferences with Seen t.iry Knox, it
l.'i probable tin; cabinet will outline a
program action lo be udoptcd in handling-
the Zelayan government. Al
though it has always betn the practice
of the administration to leave the
handling of such questions to the stuto
flepurlnitnt; the existing situation Is so
grave that Mr. Taft's ollkial lainily
will give it consideration. The mut
ter has, reached a point, where, prepar
ations tire being made to compel re
spect of the United States and their
citizens on the pnrt of thu liery littl"
Central Amerlcitir republics.', .
Unless rinher messages are receive!
from Vice Consul Culdt-ru at .Managua,
or from the command' is of American
venreU off the Nlcuiuguau coast,
neither Secretary Knox or Secretary
Meyer will huvu much new data to
give the president.
Meantime work Is being rushed pre
paring the Prairie, at League Island
navy yard, Philadelphia, lo transport I
400 marines now lit t tin t yard tf I'ihi-
amn to reinforce tho S80 murines on
the canal y.one. A rolliil.lt; force of
tried lighters will be close to Nicara
gua In the event the government de
cides vigorous steps, are necessary.
Navy Department I-'.xpetlliig Orders.
Silence prevailed at tho Mute de
partment today. Secretary Knox left
for a cabinet meeting at II o'clock.
Assistant Secretary Adee, spokesman
of the department in the absence of
the secretary, stated that nothing hail
been received that changed the Nica
raguan situation I tinny degree. The
navy department Is m a condition of
preparedness for any eventuality. Ov
ertime work tins placed the troops
ship Prairie in condition to sail any
moment Thursday, with 400 mariiicH.
if necessary, the number can be in-,
creased within il few hours' notice to
S00. Although naval officials dis
claim knowledge of what the state
department is doing In a diplomatic
way. It Is known they arc hourly ex
pecting orders to direct the Prairie to
will. Kverywhern in the slate ami
navy departments a feeling of ex
pectancy exists, everyone believing
that the United Slates Is about to take
11 decided step With respect to Nica
ragua, IteporiS I nun Hie cnniMiao
der of the lies Moines ill regard to the
erfeellvenesH of blockade or the revo
lutionists at Greytown, Nicaragua,
nnd from Hie commander of the
icksburg as to the situation at Cn
rlnto were received at the navy de
nartmeut today. They were transmit
ted to the state department wiinoiti
being made public by the navy otll
c In Is.
May Precipitate fJcnenil Uprising.
New Orleans, Nov. 23. A dispatch
from Port TJmnn, Costa Hlca, says
passengers arriving from Puiitn Are
nnii report n great movement of troops
in Salvadorun ports. General Al.ifro
nt the head of 1000 Nlcarnituuns Is
well armed and etiiiipcd. The pre
diction li mndn that the Invasion of
Salvador by Nlcnraguans may precip
itate n general uprising In Central
America.
TWO SMOTHERED TO DEATH
BENEATH LOAD OF TOBACCO
Uatlicr anil fctm Won? Taking the
Wectl to I.yiiililuirg. When
Wagon Turned Over.
Inchburg, Va.. Nov. 23. James P.
Scott, aged 35, and his 12 years old
son were smothered to death thin
morning under a wagon load of leaf
tobscco.
Scott and the boy were driving to
the city to deliver tho tobacco. A
few ni'les from town the wagon over
turned, catching tho man end child
underneath. Bcott. stunned hy the
fall, could muke no effort to extricate
himself and tho boy. When found
both were dead.
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He Tells Arizona People Such a Com
bine Would Injure Smaller Pro
ducers and Working People.
Globe. Ariz..
Illlius I !t il 11 .
honor at a I
denounced tin
gcr u.h ii coin 1
the intcres'.--11I11I
v.orMni; :
Nov. 2,1. William .! n
idlO Was tile Itllesl 11
inniiet here last nii:lil
liroposed copier m.-r
which would i 1 1 1 1 1 1
1 itio smaller producer:
ii.
Clillfoini 1 Millionaire lliug.
New Vork. N
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bein sulii 1 in
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avenue I
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millionaire, im
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I for Ashet ill" and vlelnllv:
! cloudy nnd cl-b r tonight: W
1 fair.
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Astor's Yacht
at San Juan on Nov. 1 7
1 New York, Nov. 2.1. (Uullelini
j The Nonruiiili.il. with Col. Aitor
aboard, urtived at San Juan from
Mnyaguese Sunday, November I I. and
was there the evening of November
17. Alrnboaid were well. The Nour
mabnl was pi. inning to leave for
Ponce, thence to a Cuban port before
her departure north.
Tidings of tlie Nourmahal's safely
were brought lo re by the Insular line
steamer il.urv Luc ken back, which
arrived this afternoon from Porto
Itlcan ports
Tatnpn, Fin., Nov. tJ. Continuous
efforts of the last two days to confirm
by wireless telegraph whether the
Explosion of
Damages Danville Houses
Danville, Ills.. Nov. 23. An exlo- the vicinity of the building two mln
slon of dynamite In 1h wine house of mtcs before the explosion. It Is re-
Joseph Mascarl. at 13th and College
streets, today, damaged 25 buildings In
the business district. Masonrl. an
Italian, Is believed to have been thu
victim of blnckhand. The damage Is
estimated at from 150,900 to $76,000.
Mascarl declines to muke. a statement
about the threats against him. The
police have several suspects under sur
veillance. I
Four Reported Rilled.
' Two men were seen to run from
SHOWINO 5ESIEOED PORT OF
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GO j STRIKE
The Shirt Waist Makers of New Y01 1
Quit Work Today - Want More
Money and Shorter Hours.
Nei
Veil.. Ni
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lie nliirt -waist
In- shirt w a 1st
ils went mi a
lialt Ibln niol'iiiio; ill I
m ikiiu; induslr.e i e ti
.-pe-.it"rs all ii.-r lie- 1
sliike. I'orl) tbousniid
in nl ed.
operators
an
'I'lie workers arc if
leased waes and sli
luaiiding
rier hours.
Ill
S01 lull-Is Minister Iteslgiis.
Si belli I l.l'l . N.
r situation of I u
Nov. L'.;. The
01-jc II. I .ti 11 n.
iiifilor of the I'll,'
1 bun Ii. Is .-icceil
i ir. I. unn. w Ims.
anceM e;iu-d dis
U.IS ehailaill of
t K. loi uied I Hutch 1
d by the consistory.
soi-i.-i list ic utter
nsion In die church.
Wiliam Jennings
in Hie Siaiilsh war.
i:rans' 1
t it 1 .-1 1 1
Reported
steam ych!, Noiiruiahal. Willi her
own. r. John Jacob A mi or nnd son,
Vincent, and a party of friends aboard,
is safe at Sail Juan. Porto Itlco, have
proved Iruilless. All last night' calls
were sent out from both Tampa and
Key West bv wireless stations for
the San Juan station, but efforts to
establish romiiiunliiition failed. At !
o'clock this morning the commercial
station here and the naval wireless
station a! Key West gave up for the
day all attempts tn raise Sun Juan.
The failure to' reach San Juan by
wireless Is due lo'lhe disturbed atmos
pheric conditions prevailing over the
gulf.
Dynamite
ported four , men were killed in the
explosion. Tho theory that dead men
are In the ruins Is caused by the nnd
Ing of torn clothing on the sidewslk
in front of the pluee. The' explosion
shook buildings and residences In
the down-town section. Hundreds of
people aroused believed It was an
earthquake. The ruins caught fire,
but tho flames were quickly extinguished,
JisW!.ofc
HOUSAfJD
MR. DE ARMOND IS
IN HIS HOME IN MISSOURI, LAST NIGHT,
BURNED TO DEATH
DR. COOK'S REPORT
GOES THIS WEEK
50,000-Word Document to Be Shipp
ed in a Liner's Strong Box
on Thursday.
GUARD OF FOUR MEN
HAS BEEN ARRANGED
These Men. II Is Xou Stild, Will Tnkt
Il A boon I the Steamer Whleli
(iocs tn Copenhagen.
i , New York, Nov.
t strong guard. Hie y
, preimred by lr. Fr
'J:! flitter a
luminous report
eilerlek A. Took
tor the University of Copenhagen, set
I tli.g for in detail the explorer's claim
to having reached the north pole, will
be taken on board of the Seandiiiavl
; an-Ainerlcan liner United Slates on
I 1 nanksglving Day and started on its
way to i open hageii.
:r. t ook, a I lines reporter Muds, is
taking no chances of his report mis
carrying in any Way. He lias arrang
ed for It to lij- placed under lock ami
key in the strong box of Hie steamer,
where, in the Captain's room, it will
repose until a committee ii,.,T, tin
I'uivcrsity or Copenhagen boards the
vessel and offers proper credential!'
to show that they can be trusted with
the document,
No one on board Hie United Stales
will have a key to Hie ship's strong
box except tlie captain, and lie will he
held responsible lor the sate delivery
of the report. Hut even I his precau
tion has been supplemented by !r.
Cook. The explorer's secretary. Wal
ter Lonsdale, who accompnied Dr.
Cook here from Copenhagen, has tak
en passage on the United States lo
make sure that the report shall he
well safeguarded,
i Mr. Iiotisdnle will not come back to
j America.! 't is said, but w ill lake up
his duties us social secretary at the
American Legation in Copenhagen,
I which position he relinquished tem
porarily to come here wtih pr. Cook.
I It was. reported yesterday that four
strong men have been selected by Dr.
Cook to accompany his report to the
jsleanier. They will remain until they
I see Hie document safely tinder lock
and key. Dr. Cook will probably go
i with them on board the vessel and
Ittivr the captain his lliial instruc
tions. The voluminous report has Just
I been complf led, ami it was learned
yesterday that It consists of r.O.OOO
j words. II is a general analysis of the
; explorer's data, entered In bis note-
! books while In the arcti
; Knell point Which Dr. Co
regions.
has
; phasl.ci! dui iiiK his lectures in this
'country has I u taken up separate.
Iv and elaborated on at great length,
il is understood. There me also com
ments on some of Hie more Impor
tant of Hie entries In his original nole-
books.
i fr. Cook has worked on his report
ever since be got back from Hamil
ton, Mont., several weeks ago. F.very
day and sometimes fur Into the night
he dictated to a stenographer at a
hotel in Hie northern pari of the cllv.
I Tin- strain. II is said, lias told per
eepnbly on the explorer. The expe-
irien.-e with Itlcharii I'.arrlll at Hamil
ton, when the latter got up In meet
ing and laced Dr. Cook with his de-
; n lit I Unit he hud accompanied the ex
plorer lo the lop of Mount McKlnley,
I added materially to Hie strain of Hie
I explorer's nerves, bis friends nay.
After the report is safely on Its
way lo Copenhagen, Dr. Cook and his
wife 'will go to some unlet place !
the i oimtry. tliere lo remain until the
Unlversllv of Coiienl.ntreo ,n.L..
known Its verdict on the proofs. Dr. j
ook expects his report lo reach Co-,
nenhaircn on Dee. 7. and n verdict bv I
the university sometime between Dee.,
25 and Jan I
The explorer lias lobl his friends
that he will lecture no more i i til he'
learns of the decision by the nnlver-j
slty professors. Instead, he will re-1
main In retirement In the country, i
reeling and preparing for the cam.
luilgn of Icfturlnff In rniw hl etiilm:
to having reached the pole Is Indorsed.
tie Cnolt lorn not mild mhnl lie .-III
do In the event of nn adverse verdict,
Ills friend say. Ills original data, com
piled In fragmentary form In the Far
North, will also be locked In the cap
tain's strong box on the United States,
for It. too, will be turned over to the
committee from tho University of Co
penhagen. Few outside of Dr. Cook's
most Intimate friends have seen these
original notes and records of olwer
vatlons which he says he took nn his
way tn thn pole and at the pole. The
package containing the report end
the accompanying! data will he under
seal.
According to tho arrangements
made by Dr. Cook, his reimrt will be
passed on hy the University of Co
penhagen to other universities and
sclentlfle societies of Europe when the
University of Copenhagen completes
its Investigation and renders Its re
port. Dr. Cook has not announced
the place of retirement he has chos
en. His friends say.lt will likely be
In the mountains, within few hours
from New Tork.
Government by commission Is being
agitated In Jsnesvllle, Rau Clairo,
Oshkosh and several other leading
cities of Wisconsin.
This Morning the Chirred Bones
of the Well Known Congress
man Were Found in the '
Ruins of His Home.
FIRE ALSO COST LIFE
OF HIS GRANDSON
Mrs. De Armond Escaped In Her Night
Clothes, but Fainted as Soon
as She Reached the
Ground.
Kansas City. Mo., NW. 23-
-Itepre-
Meritattvo David A. DeArinond,
one of
Hie oldest and most prominent demo
cratic members of eloigns, und his
grandson. Waddle, aged six, were
burnei: to death in lire that destroyed
the lie Ann. .nd home lit liutler, Mo,
early today, other members of tho
family' escaped, and II Is believed
none are hurt.
Nelthi r the body of Contjresomiiil
D' Arninnil, nor that of his grandson
liuve yet bo n recovered.
It is believed that thev were In
cinerated. The bones, believed lo be those of
the congressman were found by
searchers this morning, other oc
upants In tlie house v ho escaped
were .Mrs. DeArinond, and their son
and daughter. Tim lire, the cause 01
which Is unkyowh, started at S
n'clock this morning.
The 1 ic Annum! home Is situate!
across the street from that of his son,
James A. DeArmoiiil. James started
to rush Into Hie burning hou.e (it his
fatlier in mi attempt to save the lat
ter, but was restrained bv younger
members of the family and neighbors.
House Itiirneti Fiercely.
Tlie IieArinimd home was two sto
ries In height, and when started,
earned fiercely. Mrs lie Armond, wllu
of the congressman, escaped In her
night clothes unhurt. . but fainted as
soon as she reached tho ground. When
revived later she became hysterical,
and II was some time before she
could tell what had happened. She
occupied a room tut tho first floor,
while the congressman and his grand
ion were on the second floor. She hod
i the lirst intlmntlton of the lire when
j the heard her grand-son cry out In
alarm. She was barely able to es
cape with her own life, with not a
moment for an attempt to rescue the
others. The house was of wooden
onslriictlon, and by the time she
reached the yard the building was
wrapped in Humes, and fifteen min
utes later was In ashes.
Mrs. DeArinond heard no call from
her husband, and does not know
whether bo was smothered In bed,
burned before he could leave the room
or made an attempt to save his life,
em-iThesf things will probably never he
known.
Mrs. Iliirrle Clark, the congress
man's married daughter, and tho
house Servants, sleeping on the first
lloor. were among others who escaped.
DcmiMTiits litis, a leader.
Washington. Nov. 23. In Mr. De.
Amount s dentil, the democrats lose
one of their leaders on the floor of
he house, lie was a tnemlMT of that
body for the past nineteen years, n
man of wide educntioii and experience.
Uncut in speech, and had become one
of the principal resources of the dem
ocratic parly in debating national
questions. lie will long be remem
bered for bis brilllunl oratory, end
specially for his power of sarcasm
and power for Invectives. He was
conspicuous as a party lighter, and In
clined to be pugnacious. This qunll
ty was once the means of getting him
into ii n altercation with John Sharp
Williams, then leaner or me fiouse.
Mr DeArinond waa sn aspirant for
the leadership In the house until the
recognition of Champ Clark by the
mummy.
ongresstniin IV Armontt anu HIS
grandson occupied one room. Mrs.
M Armond and Mrs. Clark separate
rooms, nnd Nellie Helen, servant girl,
had a room at the west end of the
bouse.
Mrs. Clark, awakened by a cry,
saw smoke Issuing from thn part of
the house where Congressman De Ar
mond and Waddle slept.
I "Get me out of here, sne nesrn
1 Waddle cry. "Never mtlld, Son, III
save you. Congressman De Armomt
answered. These were the last words
either of the victims tittered.' A mo
ment later smoke Inrreased In Vol
lime and -Mrs. Clark fled down stairs
t olhe telephone. Within a minute
she hud given the alarm, and hurried
back to the mother s room. Smoke
and flames were leaping from the win
dows. Groping her way to Mrs. De Ar
mond' bedside, she literally dragged
her from tho room. There was no
time for siding those In the other pnrt
of the house. The maid was first to
escape. She reached the street from
a reur door after the first cry of
fire. The maid was too frightened to
comprehend the situation and fted
from the scene. Search of the ruins
revealed no tangible trace of the two
victims. What was believed to be
the congresman's bones were located.
The financial loss Is $30,000 Includ
ing one of the best libraries In the
state.
Tho congressman had ihree sons
and one daughter, v "Waddle" wis the
congressman's favorite grand-child.
Tho boy frequently remained at the
home of his grsnd parents, always ee
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