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VOL. XIV. NO. 272.
ASHEVILLE, N. C, WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON, DECEMBER 22, 1909.
So PER COPY
VICTORY
Strained Relations
BY ESTRADA
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COMPLETE
PIGEOII RIR"
HOT WELL NAMED
ARMED DEPUTIES
Six Hundred Men Killed or Wound'
ed and 1900 of Zelaya's Troops
Havp Surrendered.
i V IX E FIELDS, Dpt. 22. General
BKslrada lias won com
pleto victory over the gov
ernment troops at Kama. Six
liuiHlred men of both armies were
killed or wounded. .Nineteen hundred
of Zelaya'a men aurrended, Including j
General Gonzales. ,
Two Americana arc reported killed.
The lighting oeeurred outside the
city limilH. Tin- wounded are being
brought here. Comnuiiider SlUploy
Iiiih landed aurgeoiM from the Pen
Moines to rare for them.
THK TIDINGS CONFIRMED.
Washington, Dec. 23. Conflrmutlon
of the Associated Press dispatches
from Nicaragua is received today at
the navy department from Captain
Shipley of the lies Moines, at Ulue
flelds this morning. Shipley wires Unit
General Custrlllo, four pieces of field
artillery, 1500 lilies and one mil
lion rounds of ummunltlon were in
cluded In the surrender. Zclnyn's loss
in killed, wounded and captured, the
captain reports, is 2600. Shipley says
the revolutionary forces gained a de
cisive victory over the government
forces. The outposts of Zelaya's forops
under Gonzales were defeated and
routed. General Vasquez of the gov
ernment forces Is said to lie a prisoner
nt Managua. The surrender of the
entire government force is expected.
Kstradu Is confident of complete suc
cess. The gunboat Eagle, within the
harbor, Is prepared to land bluo
jackets. Prisoner Released.
Washington, Dec. 22. A dispatch
from Managua to the State Depart
ment states that Madrlz "took posses
sion of" the presidency und has
released all political prisoners. He
has promised the protection of Ameri
can Interests.
Later last evening the state depart
ment gave out the following message
from onsul Moftatt from Colon:
"Estrada's forces at TuUimbln and
Recreo, near Rama, comanded by
General Mena at the former place and
General Chamorro, Mattutl and Ror
nos Diaz at the latter place, partially
routed and defeated the forces of Ze
laya after desperate lighting of sever
al hous. The Zelayan forces were
commanded by General Gonzales. A
great many were killed.the number be
ing unknown, one hundred were
wounded and one hundred and fifty
prisoners were taken by the revolu
tionists. The Zelayan troops at Recreo
have occupied what has been consid
ered a strong position, Estrada Is
confident of defeating the enemy
when he renews the attack today
nnd of forcing their surrender."
The Clash Was Expected.
The clash between the two armies
was not unexpected here. For days
on end they have been lying practi
cally Idle In their trenches around
Rama, skirmishes only marring the
peace that brooded over that section.
Estrada played a waiting game In
the hope that the Zelayan comman
der would take the Initiative and at
tempt the capture of his position,
which was reported to be very strong.
Furthermore, with the waning of
Zelaya's star he expected n large
number of accessions from the Zelay
an army.
When Zelaya adlcted and practi
cally dictated the election of Dr. Ma
drlz as his successor, Estrada, accord
ing to his diplomatic friends here, de
termined to strike. Accordingly he
moved his army forward early yes
terday and took the field actively
against his enemy. Dr. Castrillo and
his friends look forward confidently to
the receipt today of word of a
complete victory and the beginning of
the march of the victorious army on
the eapltol.
None of the officials of the state
department would discuss the
reported victory of Estrada. It Is
known, however, that the news was
not unwelcome. Had the Zelayan
nrmy won over Estrada, this govern
ment would have been In a somewhat
embarrassing position, having espous
ed openly the cause of the provisional
government.
In Central American diplomatic
circles the word brought Joy, and
there was a general celebration last
night. The diplomat! Join In the pre
diction that this victory Is the "begin
ning of the end" of Zelayanlsm, and
that the next step will be to force the
retirement of President Madrlz. on
the ground that he Is a tool of 7.-
laya and not the real choice of the
country.
Going Home for Christmas. ,
Washington. D. C, Dec. 12. Today
witnessed a considerable exodus of
senators and representatives from th
capital, following the adjournment of
congress for the Christmas recess. The
greater number of those who will
spend the holidays at horn reside In
th near-by states. Those who hall
from the distant west and south do not
flit back and forth from their homes
to tha capital to frequently nowadays
ns they did In tha "good old times"
when railroad passes were to be had
for the nsklns-.
THE WEATHER I
Forecast until S p. m... Thursday,
for Ashevllle and vicinity: Fair to
night, with minimum temperature
of about IS degrees: Thursday fair,
continued cold. ,
IS
MARYBRDKAW
I
Brokaw Will not Deny He Called His
Wife Names as "The Occasion
Demanded.".
New York, Dec. 22. W. Gould
llrokaw was prepared today for a
trying ordeal on the witness stand,
If his cross-examination Is not pro
longed the last witnesses for the de
fense are expected to testify before
the conclusion of today's session, In
Mrs. Mary Gould Hrokaw's suit for
separation from her husband.
The severe Illness of Mrs. l'.rokaw's
mother has given her worry. This,
togother with the continued tales of
cigarette smoking and cocktail drink
ing has served to break the splendid
poise she so long maintained,
llrokaw' lYoviK-atiou for I.osh of 111
Temper.
Attorney Mclntyre declared today
that Tlrokaw in his testimony would
not deny he called his wife "a little
fool." "a stupid idiot," and other
names which the occasion demanded,
but It would be shown there was pro
vocation for this loss of temper. The
attorney declared he would show that
James A l'.Iair, Mrs. Hrokaw's father.
Interfered In the Krokaw family and
threatened to hold Itrokaw to account
If the hitter's conduct made Mrs. liro
kaw unhappy.
Mr. llrokaw paced up and down the
corridor of the court house today, his
lips moving rapidly as If he were re
hearsing the testimony he would be
called upon to give. Much of the
court's time to'ay was consumed with
the testimony of North Carolinians
called to show how Hrokaw's wealth
has diminished of recent years, mak
ing the demands for such alimony as
his wife has asked unreasonable.
KING LEOPOLD'S BODY
COMMITTED TO EARTH
Tempestuous Weather, but Vast Crowds
Watch Imposing Funeral
Train.
llrussels, Dec. 22. Tempetuoiis
weather ushered In the funeral day
of King Leopold. An imposing mili
tary party proceeded from the palace
to the cathedral, and the route was
thronged by tremendous crowds.
The scene was Impressive as tin1
cortege passed through the streets
where the crowd, massed on side
walks. In windows and balconies, paid
homage. The monarch s body was
placed In the burial vault where rest
the remains of his queen, Marie Hen-
rlette. Princess Josephine and the
young Duke ISrabitnt.
liCoHld' Koiim Attend SM-cial Muss.
I'ontolse, France, Dec. 22. Lucien
and Phllllppe, the sons of King li
poid and the llaroness Vaughan, ac
companied by a governess, drove to
Arronvllle today and attended special
mass for the repose of the monarch's
soul. The hoys wore white sailor suits
upon the sleeves of which were bands
of crepe. llaroness Vaughan did not
appear.
HOURS IN WATER
ON WRECKED SLEEPER
Terrible Experience of W. T. Carter in
the Disaster at Reedy Fork
Bridge.
Walter Carter, chief train dispatcher
of the Transylvania division of the
Hoiithern railway, passed through here
thle morning from Itrevard on his
way to Greensboro to be at the bed
Ida of hl father, V.r. T. C. ter trav
eling auditor of the Houthern railway,
who was seriously injurea in me
wreck at Reedy Fork trestle nine days
ago. Mr. Carter was in the Norfolk
sleeper of the limited train No. 11,
and at the time of the wreck was
caught In upper berth No. 10, and his
shoulder blade broken and lerr arm
crushed.
' He was In the sleeper car four
hours. In water up to his neck, before
he could be remvoed. As yet the ex
tent of his Injuries has not been learn
ed. It Is said, as the nervous shock
was very severe. Mrs, Carter, his wife.
Mm. Klrhard Carter, and Walter Car
ter are with him at Bt. Leo's hospital
at Greensboro.
SHOWING
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DENMARK'S PRESS
Dr. Egan Believes Cook Is an Hones)
Man, and Is Victim of His
Own Mistake.
Copenhagen, Dec. 22. Newspapers
here find comfort for the Cook ulTalr
in the thought that the Danes ac
cepted the explorer's word as that of a
gentleman.
The Koeben Havn savs: "Cook's
abasing our university Is his art-sent
shame. Fortunately, the university
tell- the world of Its mistake."
other papers Insist that under the
circumstances any city would have
given the explorer a similar riveption.
They Intimate that other cities envied
Copenhagen the opportunity to first
welcome Dr. Cook.
Minister to Denmark Talks.
New York, Dei. 22. "The ladles of
Denmark will never believe Cook
wrong. My daughter will weep when
she hears the report," said Dr. Mau
rice F.gnn. American minister to Den
mark, who reached here today on the
.steamship Oscar 1 1.
"What I did for Cook," said the
minister, "I do not believe Influenced
the Danes appreciably In their recep
tion of the explorer. Cook had n
story of polar conquest which there
was then no reason to doubt.
"It can hardly be denied that the
fact that Cook was an American help
ed to gain Immediate credit for nis
story, for the Danish people nrc great
admirers of Americans."
Dr. Egan said the finding of the
Danish Institution Is llnal, unless the
matter should again be opened, by
the presentation of the material said
to have been left by the explorer at
Ktah. "The Dunes," said he, "are
the most competent Judges of such
matters. 1 um forced to accept their
opinion. I cannot, however, bring
myself to believe Dr. Cook deliberate
ly set out to tU-cche the world. I
think that Cook Is an honest man.
who holevcs he had accomplished
what he claimed, and must have Ix-en
mistaken through lack of scleiitlllc
knowledge."
HENDERSOiLLE LADY
DIES SUDDENLY HERE
Mrs. Livingston, Wife of Ticket Agent
Charles Hefner Seriously
Burned, in Florida.
The tliuettc-News Hurcau,
Hotel Gates,
llendersonvllle, Dec. 22.
A message received here from Day
tona, Fla., Is to the effect that Charles
Hefner, the 20 years old son of Mr.
nnd Mrs. George A. Hefner of llen
dersonvllle, had been seriously burn
ed. No details or the accident are
learned. Mr. Hefner, who spent the
summer at his home here. Is employ
ed as a drug clerk In Daytonn.
John Livingston. Southern Hallway
ticket agent here, was called to Ashe
vllle today by a message telling of
tlm sudden death of his wife. Mrs.
Livingston was visiting friends there.
The news of her sudden death Is n
great shock.
Mrs. John Livingston died suddenly
here this morning about 3 o'clock at
the home of her brother. O. C. Mills,
on Henrden avenue. She hud come to
Ashevllle on a visit. Among relatives
surviving are her father, Columbus
Mills, her brother. O. C, Mills, and her
husband and one child.
ESS0N GRANITE BUSINESS
IS NOW IN GOOD SHAPE
J. Harris Kaid to He Interested In
PIuiih for Ite-organlzalloii of
Concern.
Information received hero today
was to the effect that an early terml
nation of the receivership of the Ksson
Granite companies near Salisbury Is
looked for. The companies, under the
management of Receiver George R.
Collins, are making money, It Is said
The Hallsbury Post of yesterday
prints a story to the effect thut C. J.
Harris Is Interested In the re-organiza
tion. Following Is the Post's story:
"A re-organlzation of the Fsson
company, which controls the splendid
group of granite quarries in and
around Granite Quarry. Is expected
about the flrst of the year. While
nothing official Is given out It Is learn
ed from an entirely reliable source
thnt Churles J. Harris, ons of the
most prominent and wealthiest busi
ness men In western North aroiina, is
so much Impressed with the property
and Its ability to earn money that he
la considering a plan of reorganisa
tion In which he will figure promi
nently. "The operation of the ouarrles
continues under th direction of
George R. Collins, receiver, and a big
Jot of work Is turned out every
week."
CO
AFFAIR
Tennessee People Complain That Cham
pion Fibre Company Has Made
It a Poison Stream. -
TWO OF THE CONGRESSMEN ,
EXPECT TO TAKE ACTION
So So Report Wells Polluted
Wnler Not Fit For I n In
Steam Hollers.
Special to The Gntette-News.
, Newport. Tenn., Dec. 22.- There Is a
rerort current here that with the re
convening of congress after the
Christmas holidays Congressman W.
P. Brownlow. of this, the First and
Congressman R. W. Austin of the Sec
ond district will take active steps to
prevent the polluting of the waters of
the Pigeon river. . Since the establish
ment of the Champion Fibre company
at Canton, some SS miles up the river. ,
the water has been 'practically useless, i
It Is wet. that Is all. I
No longer can anyone remark on
th- beauty of the Plgon; It Is only
the blickncss of It they speak of now.!
The water at Newport Is Inky black, j Magnolia. Ala., Dec. 22. With state!
and although a tannery empties Its , troops nnd armed deputies patrolling!'1''"' x,,,,vr l,,'" ;ven n Llf.
waste here, the character of the water the streets and the public roads lead ! Sentence, and Ills Mothe Was
Is thereby chunged but little It lsn(r nIfl . ,,,, ,, wm, jnlrty. ! Tlinl of Revenge.
Diaeu nireaiiy. no nan can live in me
chemical compounds that are emptied j
into me water a- canton. a.ven me
wells or ,-sewpori, u is saio, nave oeen i
pouuteii iiv me water rrom the river.
It lit said that there Is a federal
statute against polluting the waters of
navigable streams, and while the Pig
eon Is not navigable. If Is a tributary
of the Tennessee Wver which Is, and it
Is upon this basis that the congress
men expect to Interest themselves.
Reaches to Knoxvlllc.
Kven at Knoxvllle the water is said
to be impure, so much so thnt the
cllv, It Is said, Is having to take stein
to purify th - supply. What steps con
grtss may take In the matter Is, of
course, problematical: but the proba
ble course of requiring the waste to
be emptied into sink pits nnd the
chemicals precipitated out, before the
waste Is aUowt-d o empty Into the
river, It Is tun tnllrhere. ' The nuisance
from tannery waste, it Is mi Id, Is
abated, but the sulphite and soda li
quors from the Fibre company fall
to precipitate, continuing to contam
inate the stream.
Only a few days ago, a pair of line
ilrny horse were allowed to drink
water from the river, and within a
short time 'hey died. The water. It
lowerteit. Is poisonous to nnlmnl
life and people who have for years
used the water from the river to wnter
their Mock have since the establish
ment of the Fibre company been
forced to seek supply from mountain
streams. Neither can the water be
used In hollers, for when heated it
is said to foam up and blow out of the
smoke stack. The people of this sec
tion feel that they have a "kick" coin
ing, and are behind any movement
looking to restoring the purliy of tin'
waters of the Pigeon.
COCKE COUNTY, TENN.,
One, a Link in the Charlotte-Knoxville
Highway Expending $200,000
Newport's Industry.
Special to The Gaxette-Nvws.
Newport, Tenn., Dec. 22. The cltl-
sens of Cocke county have recently
placed themselves upon record as
avorlng the good roads movement
and already results are being reullxed.
It Is by having voted I2UU.O00 In
bonds that the movement is biting
furthered In this county. The work
has been begun, the board of county
commissioners employing competent
engineers and labor, and supervising
It, rather than let the work by con
tract. Ileginnlng at Newport, the
principal rouds leading to all parts of
the county will be Macadamized.
Among the roads upon which im
provement Is contemplated Is the one
leading from Newport to the state
line, towards Ashevllle, and will be
come a pnrt of the propoaed highway
from Charlotte to Knoxville by way
of Ashevllle.
This little city of eastern Tennes
see, noted for Its shipments of chick
ens, butter and eggs, In such large
quantities, has shipped Its quota, "and
then some" this fall. -The shipment
of turkeys, chickens and eggs for
Christmas trade has been particularly
heavy within the past few weeks.
TRAGEDY OF CHRISTMAS
THAT WRINGS THE HEART
llatlu-r Than Face Her Children
Without ITcaenta, Mother Takes
Her Own life.
Philadelphia, Dee. 12. Hather
than face her fix little one'a on the
morning of Christmas, alnce she had
no presents for them, nor any means
of procuring them, Mrs. Harsh Ennli
of thla city this morning destroyed
herself.
The poor mother, driven to tha ut
most of desperation by her situation,
committed suicide by asphyxiation,
PATROJJTREETS
It Is Believed the Threatened Race War
in Magnolia Has Been Averted
Negroes Corralled.
THIRTY THREE NEGROES
ARE NOW UNDER ARREST
The Men. t'hpigcd With Disturbing
the Pence, Are lit lug Taken
to Linden.
Montgomery. Dec. 22. Col. Corter,
with 38 men and Sheriff Grant, head
ing a posse, left Magnolia this morn
ing, escorting three negroes to be
Jailed at IJnden. The negroes
cnurgeu wun a oreacn or the peace. :
i ney were arresieu anil guarded last
night by soldiers, as a result of
the trouble that grew out of the burn-
Ing of Clint Montgomery, one of the;
negro slayers or Algernon Lewis Sat-1
urday. There will probably be no i
more danger of n race riot. Willi
Montgomery, the last of the accused i
murderers, is still at large. Posse.
and dogs are hunting him. :
Km-iu-. v.. tu n.. 1
t,,-,.P llf tM noro ,.K i,.,i,,r8 Por.
railed m an Improvised stockade, the
threatened race war !s believed
have been averted. Kxcltement. how-
ecr. has not been altogether allaved ! " u m"lve- wmle enuiug a meat
and last night evary white man's home rir" l'Tfrn.ance last night.
In fmrnniiii nn.i t. ......., ...n...' Tie motive for the murder was a
around was guarded against threat-i wlfh rr rov'nKO 1 i 'he magistrate.
ened revengeful acts on the part of "h" hml "-ntenced the man, a crlm
negroes who resent the burning of, '""'' "' llf'' '"iprlsonment
... r , , , u l
i nni .Montgomery, one of the four
negro desperadoes, brothers, charge.!
with the killing Saturday night of Al
gernon fx-wls.
Cooler I It-nils Prciulhil.
The section for miles around was
stifled yesterday by reports that the
negroes were planning to attack the
town, bum the residences and murder
every white person they could find.
The reports were apparently well
founded und by 3 o'clock yesterdny
afternoon Magnolia was tilled with
armed white men and n serious chish
with the negro, s was imminent.
Dohtless the arrival of the seventy
live soldiers here at ! o'clock prevent
ed bloodshed. Several of the negroes
connected with the alleged plot to
burn the town had already been ap
prehended ami only the cooler heads
among the citizens, and Sheriff Grant
and sevcnty-flw- armed deputies pre
vented a summary vengeance being
meted out to them before the Selma
troops readied here The otllci rs as
sert that thev have matters well In
hand.
Ijist night Sam Shields, a relative
of Tom Shields, one of the four while
men shot bv Clint Montgomery, re
ported that he overheard a number
of negroes plotting a systematic attack
upon the whites, There was a large
gathering of the negroes at a house
nen- town and Mr. Shields says they
planned to go from house to house In
Magnolia applying tin- torch and kill
ing the occupants as they made effort
to escape from the llres Runners
weie sent out after midnight convey.
Ing this Information to the whites.
It was 'eurned that for several
weeks past the negroes have been pur
chasing lire arms, and this added color
to the reports that they were planning
u combined attack upon the whites.
A visit ns made yesterday to the
home of Dirk Montgomery, father of
the four brothers whose acts led up to
the present strained conditions, but
he was not found. He Is prominent In
negro secret societies, and the report
sprnnd that he was rounding up mem
bers of his lodges In the outlying coun
try for the purpose of making u deter
mined attack upon the whites.
l(cMrls Circulated.
Last night a report reached here
that a white man had bren shot and
fatally wounded by negroes, but it
could not be verified.
The thirty-three negroes who are
held In a guarded store building here
will be taken to the county Jnll at
Linden, t-ther arrests of negroes are
expected to bo made.
The soldiers from Sclmn reached
here after nightfall and at t o'clock
sentries were placed around the vacant
storehouses where the negroes are
confined. These negroes were arrested
because of reported threats that they
had made against whites or because
they were suspected of having been
Implicated in the murder of young
Algernon Iewls by the four Montgom
ery negroes.
Krn-it Hlude, the white man who
was desperately wounded when Clint
Montgomery fired on a posse, has been
taken to his home at Lamlson. He Is
terribly wounded but surgeons give
hope of hla recovery.
Warrlncr Sentenced.
Cincinnati, Dec. ti. Charles L.
Warrlner, the deposed local treasurer
of the Rig Four railroad, pleaded
guilty of emhesslement, and was sen
tenced to serve six years In the Ohio
penitentiary.
Bmoll Children Rurncd to Peatli.
Delaware. O., Dec. II. -The small
children of Jasper Williamson were
burned to death In a fire In the home,
while the parents were absent from
the house.
Many Miners Reported Hurt.
McAleater, Okla.. Dec. 12. An
plosion In the coal mine occurred
near here today, and It la reported
many miners wers hurt.
11
IN HIGH PLACES
Korean Premier, Russian Police Chief.
Roumanian Premier Are the
Victims.
Seoul, Korea, Dec. 22. Premier Kl,
he:-d of the Korean cabinet, was Mali
bed and fatally wounded yesterday by
a Korean. Vr Chain Yung. The as
sailant Is a voung Christian, formerly
a resident of the t'nlted States.
The premier was riding in a Jlnrlck-
B,;iw when the assassin approached
1 with a knife which he thrust twice
into the premier's abdomen, and once
Into a lung. The assassin then killed
(hi pi coder's Jinrickshaw man.
The assushln, u youth I'd years old.
him been arrested.
INDIAN CHIEF MAGISTRATE
IS SI. .MX IIY , CRIMINAL
Hombay, Itrltlsh ml In. Dec. 2
.rllmr lu,'.t, Tliinnl. l..b..,n ,.l,lr
luugiiuitiie oi ixtiMK, wis ttmiucouiiieii
Whatever was the motive for the
assassination of Chief Magistrate Jack
son, the outrage Increases the ever
present fear of an uprising against i
llrltlsh rule In India. Attempts have
been made In India against the lives
of Ixu-d Minto, Lord Kitchener. Sir
Andrew 1'raser ami many other Eng
lish otnclals.
Seriously Wounded by an AnarchM.
Washington, IH-c. 22. Official dis
patches were received by the snte
department this morning from Hitch-
arest. slating that the prime minister ,
ASSASSIFIA1
of Itouinanla had been shot and se- m objection, or, If there should arise
rlouslv wounded by an anarchist. n potest here nnd there, no North
. ; I Carolinian would have the hardihood
CHILI O! SF.CRF.NT I'OLICK , nin ,.oimt,,r to the known wishes
OF ST. PFTICKSIU'RU IS KILLI"l0f ny Pennsylvania i,e,ides. was
lllonn lo IMccch by F.Ionoii of u
Itciinb. In a Secluded
I 'luce.
Rt.lt)tKttl(lt
St. Petersburg. Dec. 22.
Col. Karpoff. chief of the se
cret police, was blown to
pieces. In a secluded npart
ment, by the explosion of a
bomb at midnight.
SURVEY OF STATE
Fl
The Baptists at Meeting Held in Ral
eigh Yesterday Divided $40,000
Among Home Missions.
The dazcttc-Ncws Rureati,
ChamlK-r of Commerce Rooms
llollemon Huildlng.
Raleigh, 22.
Kverythlng has been completed In
the way of preliminary arrangements
for the greatest series of farmers' In
Unites ever held In the stnte. These
are found to be of immense value and
they have very firmly established
themselves In the favor of the farm
ers and also the families of farmers,
since so much attention Is paid the
women in this work. It is a plan to
cover every county In the state next
year. The workers who have Just re
turned from the line of the Carolina,
Clinchlleld Ohio railway, where the
first Institutes In that section were
held, made so fine en Impression that
the officials of the road desired them
to go over that part, of the line In
Tennessee, but they thought best not
to do this.
Money for Missions.
In tho city yesterday were many
prominent Baptists, members of thr
board of missions of that church and
these met lost evening In the Baptist
tabernacle and divided some $40,000
among the various mission fields. Th
Baptist have done their best years
work. In every respect. One branch
of their work Is the Increase of the
fund for Wake Forest college, and
when this la r de up the denomina
tion will take up the matter of rais
ing money for Meredith college here.
It Is the plan to purchase more prop
erty and to build a large and hand
some conservatory of music, with a
spacious auditorium. Tha present au
dltnrlum la too small for use on great
occasions.
The will of the late Dr. Hal II. liar
rls of Wake Forest haa been probated,
the value of the estate being estimat
ed at I7S.000. Dr. Harris was a sur
geon In the Confederate service, and
Continued oh page three.
H THE CAPITAL
How It Htppens That Mr. Grant
Is no Longer In Harmony
With Erstwhile
Fritnds.
NAMES OF THE M'KEES
FIGURE IN SITUATION
Mr. Grant's Refusal to See Things
Through Pennsylvania Eyes
Has Brought About
Coolness.
Special to The Gaxette-News.
Washington, Dec. 22. There has
been considerable speculation of lute
relutlve to the probable causes that
have led to the strained relations
that now obtain between Congress
man Grunt and certain gentleman
who.
until recently, have been num-
tu-red among his active friends by
those who thought they knew the
alignment. For example, the course
of true friendship is obviously not
running smooth between the congress
man and Mr. Settle, nnd allied Inter
ests. The whyfores your corespon
dent thinks he Is In position to relate.
There Came a Certain Prniisylvanutn.
Once upon u time, as any approved
novelist would say, there came to
Congressman Grant a member of the
Pennsylvania delegation In congress,
Mr. Olmstend. The Pennsylvania
member admitted an Interest In North
Carolina patronage matters, Just as
ull I'eunsylvnnlu members have an
Interest In the subject. A consular
position had Just been secured for a
gentleman from tho Keystone state,
and charged to North . Carolina, so
why should not Pennsylvunlans be
chosen to till the several vacancies In
this stnte? Well. Mr. Olmstead made
It known to Mr. Grant that he had
friends In Ashevllle, Mr. and Mrs. Mc
Kee, and ho asked that the latter bo
made postmaster at the expiration of
the term of Major liolllns. Mr. Olm
stead seemed to take It for granted
,1,,.. .m. oroirram would meet with
not Mr. Crant a new member,
and
therefore Impressionable, and very
desirous of making friends In high
places'.' . j
But Mr. Ornnt feared he would be ,.
unable to make this recommendntlon,
even-at the risk of appearing to be
unwilling to oblige. He pointed out
that his next friend, Mr. Logan, his V '"'.:
callable chairman, wns In line for
recognition, ami he rather thought ho
would have to recommend his chair
man for thnt position.
He Cnuies Again.
Mr. olmstead was, of course, snr- c A
prised, a sensation made manifest by
ever so slightly elevated eyebrows.
but the next day he appeared moll- .'
tied. Ho had been struck very forci
bly over night with an Idea, and the (
next morning he again encountered '
Mr. Grant In tho republican cloak
room, and Informed the astonished
Tur Heel that "they" would not ask
for the postofflce for the lady, but
had "decided to take" the position of
marshal.
Crant gasped; he did not think ha
could make even that recommenda
tion, however much he would like to
please, ami, besides, who was Mr.
McKee? At the risk of giving offense
Mr. Grunt felt constrained to tell the
Pennsylvania member that he had
never been favored with an Introduc
tion to Mr. Olmstead's friend, and
thut he hud worried through tho
campaign In Ignorance of the fact
that there resided In his district such
a power In the world of politics.
That Mr. Olmstead was Indignant
that hla righteous Indignation was
atoused. in point of fact. Is to put '
the mildest possible construction on c
his emotions. There was no longer
any attempt to conceal the abysmal 4
contempt which all northern repub
ltcana feel for their brethren In the -y
south. Now when Mr. Olmstead passes
the North Curlllna member In the ,'J
corridors, or In the cloakrooms, he i
passes on without speaking. Mr. ?
Grant says the gentleman from Penn-
sylvanla Is mad,
What I Worrying Mr. Grant. 1
It Is not, however, the displeasure
of the member from Pennsylvania
that Is of Immediate concern to Con
gressman Grant. Only half the atory
has been told, because the other half
I 111 i.UI III VWWIlim, . f
harmony with Mr. Olmatead, was I
Former Congressman Settle, at the J
Ashevllle end or the line. It waa Mr.
Settle's missionperformed with a I
finesse that of course challenged thai
admiration of those on the Inside J
to direct tho attention of Congress- j
man urant, ana nis next iriena, sir.
Logan, to the manifold advantages !
that would accrue to the North Caro-,
Una member if he would become a
part) to the working agreement with
Mr. Olmatead. Mr. Logan waa told
by Mr. Buttle what a fine thing It
would be for Mr. Grant to have
friends at court, and how Mr. Orant
would become so powerful that he
Logan, would nnd the way cleare.
for him In the matter of tho post
office. The Hlg Four would bo Olm
steed, McKee, Settle and Logan.
Mr. Logan la said to have listen
atentlvely; It would of course be nl
to have the kindly IntervenHon.of t
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