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THE ASSOCIATED ; sv " PKES1 ; , - IV DISPATCHES LAST EDITION 4:00 P. 11 Weatber rorecait: , Partly Cloudy. . VOL. XV. n6. 169. ASHEVILLE, N. C , WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON, AUGUST 24, 1910. Sc PEE COPY IS A SUCCESS US A REVISER Light Fall of Rain and Snow Gives Some Hope Steadily Worse TO Clip AwEli MQROS C AMOR SMITH WINNER BEWEJtED Livingston Congressmen Who Had to Face the Charge of Supporting Cannon Rule, Is Retired. FELMER IS IN THETHE LEAD FOR ATTORNEY GENERAL Further Count Will Be Necessary "" However, to Determine Whether tie Defeats H. A. ' Hall. KRKRRKtitltltKKItftKltltltKR Close ' Between Hownrd ami - ; i TrihMe. ; AiilantH. Auk. 24, 3' p. m. Congressman William M. How-, ard, and James Tribute wire running so close for the eighth district nomination that only the official returns can decide the race. Took It Hani. Atlanta, Aug. 24. Two pris oners In the county jail yester day attempted suicide when denied the privilege of hearing the election returns. A. J. Hammond strangled himself into a semi-conscious condition with a knotted handkerchief and Ernest George was found hanging to the ceiling by a pair of suspenders. Both men are middle aged. Brown's Defeat Conceded. Special to The Gasette-News. Atlanta. Aug. 24. With '20 counties. In doubt or not heard from Hoke Smith, the former governor has 19i, or a major ity of 13 votes In the conven tion that will nominate him for governor -as the result cf yes terday's democratic primary. Gov. Joseph M. Brown's cam paign managers concede his defeat this morning.' Atlanta, Aug. 24. Later" re turns '"- from Representative Howard's district make the re sult In that district doubtful. Governor Brown's campaign managers concede the election of Hoke Smith. A TLANTA, Aug. 24. Hoke Smith probably will be the next gov ernor of Georgia. Two of Geor gia's oldest congressmen in point of service, F. Livingston and William Howard, are defeated for renomlna- tlon In a campaign In which their al leged support of Cannon rule last winter was made the principal Issue. Eight state officers are renominated without opposition. A further count will be necessary to determine the winning candidate for attorney gen eral, Thomas Felder bolng In the lead over Hawlett A. Hall. Congressman Hardwlck'i renomlna- tlon was assured by the forenoon re turns, which gave him 16 votes In the nominating convention. Early returns last night from the democratic primaries Indicate a hard race between Governor Joseph M. Brown and former Governor Hoke Smith for the gubernatorial nomlna tlon, with Smith In the lead and gain ing steadily as the poll by counties In creased. Of the first S4 counties re. porting Smith had apparently safe leads In 20. He carried Fulton county including the city of Atlanta by (30 majority. The returns cam In alowly, show Ing numerous up-set in calculations of the campaign. manager. For ex. ample, Cobb county, the home of Gov ernor Brown, early swung Into the Smith column. Savannah reported the final count In Burke county for Brown : by the extremely narrow margin of four votes and Mcintosh county went for Smith by 11. Smith' campaign headquarter con fidently predicted his vlotory while the Brown leader were not loss optimistic. but the majority of the political lead ers pointed to the nature of the early return a significant of a Smith vie tory. , . ' 'Young Win In Second Virginia. Norfolk, Aug. ' 24. William A Young has been nominated for con gross In the second Virginia district over Harry L. Mxynard, encumbent. Young la leading Maynard by lit with two small precinct yet to re Port It I believed these will Increase Young' lead. . launch lleported Safe. Grand Rapids, Mich., Aug. 14. The gasoline launch Ooldeh Olrl, reported mussing at Ludlngton after Monday night storm on lake Michigan, I re ported safe at Sheboygan, Wis., with her two passengers, Mrs. Elizabeth Esglestield and son. Kill Ills Wife, Then Commits Suicide Philadelphia, Aug. 14. Following reconciliation after six months' Sep' ration, Elwood M. Smith, a contrac tor, shot and killed his wife and then committed suicide. There la no ex- v plunation of the deed. First Thing Estrada Does in Ni caragua h Looked on as a Gigantic Task in This Country. DR. MADRIZ HIES HIM AWAY BOUND FOR COSTARICA Estrada Orders . the Release of 200 Military Prisoners Con fined on an Island Near Corinto. w ASKINGTON, Aug. 2 1. Dr. Madriz,' lately president of Nleniagua, Is on his way to Costa Rica, according to advices received- by the sta,te. department. One of the first ucts of the new president, Estrada, was to revise the tariff.- All food stuffs were placed on the free list. Estrada has ordered the release of 200 military prisoners confined on an island near Corinto. A message from, General Juan Es trada promised for Nicaragua to make reparation for the shooting of Cannon and Grocc, the Americans executed by Zelaya as military pris oners. Officials of the penitentiary at Managua, where 700 prisoners were confined, called at the American con sulate on Friday night and volun tarily made affidavits to the effect that the commandant of the prison had hatched a plot to blow up the Institution and Its Inmates In the event of the downfall of the Madriz faction. It was In this penitentiary that William Pittman, the American engineer, was confined. Prisoners from other foreign nations were among those behind the bars. Mndria Took Action. The American and foreign consuls at Managua promptly laid the mat ter before Dr. Madriz who undertook to look into the charges. ., The presi dent said he. would guarantee that the plot would be nipped. Not . satisfied with the guarantee. Consul Ollvares asked for, and obtained the removal of Pittman to the consulate where he was being sheltered at the time the dispatch was sent. On aturday morning. Madriz dis missed the commandant of the prison. Before Madriz had abandoned his office that afternoon the prison, left without guard, had emptied Its In mates Into the streets. About six hundred of the seven hundred prison ers had been arrestea tor political reasons. Many of them obtained ri fles and roamed the streets. In some cases firing upon troops of the Madriz faction. . " As soon as Madriz left, General Aurelio Estrada, a brother of the rev olutionary leader, Goneral Juan Es trada, took command of the local troops to protest the city. His forces consisted of a mixture of troops of the liberal party and volunteers of the conservative party, whose rivalry the consul said, caused some embar rassment After Madriz left the city for Cor into on a train in a fusillade of shots, crowds gathered around the American consulate and during Saturday nignt cheered for the government and the people of the United States. Proceedingi Grows Out of Attack of Cudahy, With i Knlke, on lore S. Lillii. Kansas City. Aug. 4 Mr. Jack Cnrlahv filed suit for divorce against P. Cudahy. son of the millionaire packer, here yesterday, and the plea was granted within ten minute, she heln alven alimony of one dollar. The oroceedlngs grew out of the sen sational flaht March last in which Cudahy seriously cut Jere S. Llllis, president of the Western Reserve bank of this city. Tt will be recalled that following the Intensely Interesting and somewhat exciting development In Kansas City, J. P. Cudahy, In company with Mr. and Mrs. Joseph Cudahy, came here lat March and wero guests at the Battery Park hotel for a few days. After the identity of the party became known, they left for northern points. Inquiry Removed to Pawtiuaka, Hnlnhiir. Ok Is.. Am. 14. The con cessional committee Investigating the Indian contract . left yesterday for Pawhuska, Okla., when, the next hearing will be held among the Oaage Indiana T Governor flower' Widow Dead. Watertown,. N. Y., Aug. 14. Mr, Roswell P. Flower, widow of former Govern'ir Flower, died yesterday, aged 74, -leaving an estate valued at ap proximately f8.00fl.S0O to the daugh ter, Mrs. Emma Flower Taylor. ' "VALLACE IDAHO , , A? 't - J.' rs nSI f) ' ' ' - SWEPT BYFORESTPlRa., ' , X Vtfsr I sk - BODY OF DEAD HUSBAND Lm JETS WIFE'S RETURN T. Edwards Found Hanging to Rafter When Wife Returns Af ter a Week's Visit Charles T. Edwards, who lived In the Hopewell section of Mountain Creek township, this county, says a Catawba special to the Charlotte Ob server, was found dead In the ganot of his home with a rope tied around his neck and fastened to a rafter Fri day morning by his wife as she re turned to her hi me after a week's visit to her parents near Newton. On reaching home Mrs. Edwards, finding the door closed, pushed it open and to her horror found on the floor a pool of blood that had dripped fitin the lifeless body of her hiiKoand as it hung suspended In the garret above. Only a look up the small stairway and there she saw her deud husband almost as black as the clothes he wore. Mr. Edwards was last seen Thurs day morning and It is supposed that the act was committed sometime Thursday or Thursday night. The sheriff and coroner were summoned and an Inquest will be held tonight. Whether or not It was a case of sui cide or foul play is yet to lie decided. Mr. Edwards was about 50 years old and a very respected citizen. He leaves a wife and several children. GRAIN ELEVATOR BURNED: S.S.BEliniDillGED Fire Broke Out in the Night, Presum ably From a Journal Vessel Alongside Elevator. Ogdensburg, N. Y Aug. 24. Fire which burned the elevator of the Rut land Transit company here, with loss of 1200,000, also burned off the hatch cover and woodwirk of the steamer Bennington, tied up alongFide. Tho atcamer arrived from Chicago yonterday and the elevator worked un til after ' midnight unloading her. Three hours later fire broke out: pre sumably from an overheated journal. Burning debris fell across the decks, netting tho KteameT ablaze. CATCHER CHARLES STREET'S STUNT OF 1908 DUPLICATED Catcher 'Billy" Sullivan Takes Ball Off Washington Monument After S3 Attempts. Washington, Aug. 14. Catcher Billy" Sufllvnn of the Chicago Amer- lehns, caught a ball off of Washing ton monument, a dr p of 642 feet, af ter 13 attempts, duplicating tho feat of Catcher Charle Street of Washing ton In 1908. Korea) Annexation Convention. Toklo, Aug. 14. The text of the convention under which Korea will be annexed to Japan has been communi cated to the power. The document will be effective when promulgated, probably August It. ' THE WB.ATTTER, For Ashevllle and vicinity: Partly cloudy weather tonight and Thursday. For North Carolina: Generally fair except showers on the southeast const tonight or Thursday. . IDAHO te ev. I Fifty-One Known Dead This Morning Added to by Discov ery of 20 More Bodies No Warrant for Report of Loss of Hundreds of Lives i n Western Forest Fires. Twenty More Bodies. Avery, Idaho. Aug. 24. The bodies of HO additional forest service men have been found. (Note This Is the latest dispatch received from the forest lire region.) Just .il Known Ilcnd. Flfty-f'jur persons, and no more, are known to hnvo per ished in the forest, fires in Ida ho, Montana and ;Washlngton. The government eri-w working on the lilg fork of the Couer d' AU ne has been lost It Is feared, and some government range rs in Montana are still in thn woods. There Is no warrant for reports of the lass of hun flied of lives. (tKRtt't'fKltStStltstltltKX;. SPOKANE, Wash., Aug. 24. News from the burning forests of Idaho, Montana and Washing ton Increases the erlousnes of the NVESTISATING THEFT CHARGES IN THE EAGLES The Grand Aerie Will Probe Allegation , That Former .Officers Got Away With $12,000. St Louis, Aug. 24. The Grand Aerie of Fraternal Order of Eagles, at a secret session, has it fused to permit delay of tho report of the trial com mittee which last night Investigated charges that four former officers had diverted 1 12,000 from the order's funds. A report at 2 o'clock tomorrow af ternoon was ordered. A resolution waa adopted providing that no busi ness bme transacted until after the charges have been sustained or over ruled. " ' VnwrllUMi 1w IYerd Woman. New Orleans, Aug. 14. With the unwritten law a her plea Mamie Mc Laughlin, 1 year old, charged with the murder of Hugh Smith, ha been declared not guilty by a Jury. The girl said iie killed Smith be cause he had betrayed her. Smith was a politician and saloon-keeper. The girl who was an orphan, was sup. ported by tlw Kra oliih, an organisa tion of New Orleans for women. BMNAaoi.Tvioi situation so far as the destruction of timber but reduces the estimate of the Iocs of life. Only 54 are known to have perished. Many of the miss ing rangers probably saved their lives by taking refuse in lakes and streams. Everywhere except near the towns the lues are alill spreading. More troops aro on the way to the scene but the best hope Is in the sky. Ruin and snow have fallen in Montana nnd light rain in Idaho, and the season of fall rains Is near. In the Elk City district the situation Hteadily grows worse, rlie town is considered safe but the surrounding country will be duvahtat ed. All Aro Safe. vvauace, inano, Aug. Z4. All men on the list of the government fores ters employed In Iduho are safe. Town of 11,000 Burned. Wallace, Idaho, Aug. 24. Kay I Baylor of Spokane, who arrived in Wallace today, says that Saltcst, Mont., a town of 11,000 persons, was destroyed by tire yesterday without tho loss of life. Baylor says he saw the fire. THE HGNHAN ABANOONER OFF HATTERASi SINKING Captain Sifford and Crew Get Away in the Yawl Lost Vessel a . Coasting Steamer. Norfolk, Aug. 2 4. The coasting schooner Catherine M. Honhan. Cifli- taln J. Sifford, bound from New York to Knights Key, Fla., with a cargo of cement was abandoned off Cape Hat- teras c.t 4 a. ni. In a sinking condi tion. Captain Sifford and his crew of sev en men and one colored woman left the schooner in a yawl and landed safely at Durant's II to saving station, lust south of llatteraa, where they are being cared for, 1 . ' Poiie Receives 450 American. Rome, Aug. 14. The pope received In private audience In the hall of the consistory today a group of 150 Amer icans, Including a delegation of 50 members of the Knights of Columbus Fslal Automobile Accident. Richmond, Ind., Aug. 24. Two per sons were fatally and two seriously hurt today when an automobile plunged over an embankment. Mr. and Mr I. M. Worth will die. AIT OF KIS ACCOUNTS WILL CLEAR KIM, HE SAYS . C. Sibley Says He Welcomes an In vestigation into His Campaign for Congress. Franklin, Fa., Aug. 24. Asserting that an audit of his campaign ex pense account w6uld vindicate him, Joseph O. SibTey has Issued a sta te merit welcoming an investigation Into his campaign for congress. Mr. Sibley was arrested yesterday on the charge of "conspiracy to de bauch the voters of Warren county,1 following his resignation as the re publican nominee in the 28th dis trict. DESERTED, THEY SLEPT BESIDE SISTER'S GRAVE Two Children After Spending Night and Day in Cemetery, Are Found Hall Starved. New Tork, Aug. 24. Knowing of no other place where they could rest except beside the grave of their sister, who died recently, Mary Bishop, 14 years old, and her 11 year old broth er, John Bishop, weak with hunger and worn after walking the streets of two cities in quest of their mother. who had deserted them, were found asleep in the hall of an apartment house at Ninth avenue and Warren street, East Orange, N. J., midnight Sunday, Tho family was evicted from Its rooms at No. S74 Main street. East Orange, on Thursday, and the mother sent the two children to a friend In Newark. After two day at his home they wir sent to another friend, where they remained until Saturday night. On that evening hand In hand, and without having had any supper, the two children walked three miles to the Cemetery of the Holy Sepulchre Central avenue, East Orange. There they slept beside the grave of their dead sister. All Sunday they remain ed near the spot .and although hun dreds had passed the place no atten tlon was paid to the little ones, who busied themselves gathering flowers from a neighboring field to place on the mound under, which their dead sister lay. Monday morning Chief of Police Bell turned the children over to the Catholic Children's Aid Society of Newark. Just as they were about to take them from the police station the mother arrived, but the custody of th children wa refused her. The wom an' husband I employed In Connec ticut. she said, and send SS weekly toward th support of her and ftie children. Fare to He Three Cents a Mile Again. Little Rock, Aug. 14. After Sep tember 1 passenger rate In Arkansas will be restored to thrc rents a mile. The agreement under which the two and one-half cent rate wa trledwlll expire at that date. Acceptance, Trial of Uie Paulding, Rockland, Me., Aug. H.-Y.'he offi cial trial of the torpedo detroyer Paulding, built at Bath, have begun here. Four Dattos, Representing 40, 000 People of ; Mindanao Dramatically Tender Alleg ianto United States. ANN0UCE THEY'LL FIGHT IF AMERICANS WITHDRAW Filipinos Present Petition to Dickinson Asking That, Moro Island Be , Placed Under Filipino Rule. - . war?. ZAMBOANGA, Mlndanoa, Philip pine Island, Aug. 24. A dem onstration in favor of the an nexation of Mlndanoa to the united States occurred today. Two hundred Filipinos had presented to Secretary . of War Dickinson, now here, a peti tion asking that the Moro island be placed under Filipino control. and the entire archipelago be granted inde pendence. Secretary Dickinson replied that the American government was not willing to trust the government of 335,000 to 66,000 Filipinos living In widely scattered regions. Four dattos or Moro chiefs, repre-' senting 40,000 people, dramatically tendered allegiance to the United States and announced that they would fight if the Americans withdrew. A wild demonstration followed and the cry .that province must become Amer ican territory ran through the crowd. , VICTIMS OF PELLAGRA 1 IN A COTTON MILL TOWN Pitiable History of Men Lured from the Mountains to Cotton Mill La ' bor Agents' Talk. ' Charles Bowen, who live in Reems Creek township; ha gone to a small town in South Carolina, called there by the Bevere Illness of his brother, John Bowen, who ha pellagra. About two years ago John Bowen. a ' respected farmer of the Reems creek section, listening to the wonderful tales of the cotton mill labor agent, left a good farm and moved his family to a cotton mill town. At the same time five or six other families from the same section left their healthful ' mountain homes and lured by report of big wages, they with their children became operative In the cotton miills. About the same time a family nam" ed Allen from Yancey county also moved to the mills. Just a month ago John Allen brought his brother, Gal- ther, back to the mountains, suffering with the same malady. The man, mentally unsound and physically broken, waa a pitiable object More pitiable still was the fact that he had left a wife and young children In the same germ-ridden town. FclUgra Is practically unknown In this part of the country but many of the people who have gone to the low lands have not realised just how well blessed they were until it was too late. DOMESTIC TROUBLES RESULT IN A MURDER AND SUICIDE Abandoned Husband Wreak Venge-" anoe by killing HI Wife and Himself Horse Shot Dead, Perklnsville, Vt. Aug. 24. Sitting upright In her carriage, shot through the heart, tho body of Mrs. Fanny Hewey, aged 45 year, wa found late , yesterday on Branrh road by a party of autnmobl lists. The horse was alio dead, shot through the heart. A little farther on the body of G. Frank Hewey, aged 48 year, husband of the woman, wa found, a bullet wound In his breast and a rifle by his side. The tragedy wa enacted far from any witnesses and the police call It a case of murder and suicide the out come of family troubles. The woman had left her husband three time and refused to return to him again. Hewey then became morose and for several day. It is said, had at In front of hi house with Ills rifle across hi knees. When hi wife drove along the road yesterday It ts believed he halted her by killing the horse and then when he refused to listen to hi plead ing. shot her through the heart, lending a third bullet Into hi own body. Wmer Senator Call Dead. Washington, Aug. 14. Former Sen ator Wilkinson Call of Florida died at I a. m., aged 7. The body may be taken to Jackson ville for Interment. Senator Call' served In the aenata from 1171 t 1897. He served In the Confederacy and became adjutant general of the Florida troop. After leaving public life Senator Call practiced law In Jacksonville. League of Municipalities, Bt Paul, Aug. 14. The fourteenth annual convention of the League of American Municipalities hna begun here. Delegate from 50 cltle are present. r
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