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VOL. XXII, NO. 280.
ASHEVILLE, N. C, FRIDAY MORNING, OCTOBER 11, 1907. m-m
PRICE FIVE CENTS. I
MITCHELL NOT
CANDIDATE FOR
MRS.CHADWICK
DIES IN OHIO
STATE PRISON
MAIDEN TRIP
OF STEAMSHIP
MADE SAFELY
NOW ENDS THE PORCH STUNT AND THE PARLOR WORK BEGINS.
CROWDS AT THE
WAYNESVILLE
FAIR INCREASE
RE-ELECTION
5 ..'
i: (I Ail
Neurasthenia Causes Death
. . of the Former Queen
r of Finance.
LIFE HISTORY
,'"' LIKE A ROMANCE
Extent of Her Deals in High
Finance Will Never Be
Found Out.
W ' (Py Aelatd Prsss.)
COLUMBUS, O.. Oct. 10. Mr. Can
al Chad wick, whom tmulni financial
transaction culminated In Mi wreck
ing of an Oberlln. Ohio bank, died In
the woimdi'' ward at th Ohio peni
tentiary tonight at 10:11.
. 'Mra. Chawlck had been In a coma
tot condition for aome hour p rev
leu to bar death and th end cam
peacefully. 1'No friend or relative
waited at her bedside, only th prison
physician and hospital attendants be
ing pre ent. Her son, Emll Hoover,
had been summened from Cleveland,
but he wa hot expectedjo arrlv be
fore tomorrow. .
Mfe History.
' Mr.,Cal I jCJiadwick, whos
maiden nam wa Elisabeth Blglev,
was a natlv of Wdftdsttock, Canada.
She first-cam Into "public notice li
Toledo, Ohio, about. 90 ) years ago,
where she told fortune, under th
name ' of Madam Devler., While In
this city she forced th nam of Rloh
rd Brown.- Youngrtown, Ohio,, and
for this crime was sent to th peniten
tiary at Columbus for nine year. Bh
Served but a portion of tht sentence
and Jhen located in Cleveland where
she married a man named Hoover.
Chadwlck, of Cleveland, a man of goot
family and excellent (tending In hi
tier second husband wa Dr. Leroy 8
profession. "
In th latter part Of 1802, or early
in II Of. Mrs. Chadwlck, I th pres
ence of ,h husband, gav" to Ira Rey
nolds, th cashier ot th "Wad Par
Bask ot Cleveland, a bo, containing'
notew. signed with the;name of An
drew Carnegie. The forged notes
r alleged to have amounted to T,
' BOO.000. Reynolds gave a receipt for
th pOper, which described the notes
and th signatures upon them. .
Chadwlck left with Reynolds as an
explanation of the notes, the state
ment that ahe was a natural daughter
of 'Andrew Carnegie.
Extent of Transactions.
With the receipt of Reynolds In her
possession. Mrs. Chadwlck went ;o
different banks and many capitalists,
mak'hg loans and paying, not only
high interest to the banks but heavy
bonuses to bank officials who loaned
her the money. The extent of these
transactions will never be fuHy known,
but they ran up Into the million:).
They Involved men of high standing In
th financial world and caused heavy
losses to many banks.
In November, 1004. she was sued
by m man namgd Newton, of Brookllne,
Mass., from who she had-borrowed a
Isrge amount. Other creditors came
down upon her and soon she was ar
rested by the federal authorities on
the charge of conspiring with Charles
Beck with, president, and A. B. Spear,
cashier, Of a national bank at Oberlln,
Ohio, which had been .substantially
looted. Mrs. Chadwlck had ootatneo.
from ht Institution such large sum.
that It was compelled to close Its
doors, causing heavy losses to the de
positors, and ruining many of them.
Her Sentence.
' Mrs. Chadwlck. Beckwith and Spear
were Indicted for a variety of offenses
against the national banking laws.
Beckwith died before coming to trial.
Spear pleaded guilty, was sentenced to
seven yesrs In the penitentiary and is
now serving-time at Commons, unio
Mrs. Chadwlck was brought to
March 4, tSOo. arfd sfter a hearing
which lasted two weeks, was found
guilty of conspiracy to defraud a na
tional bank, and was sentenced to
ten years In the penitentiary. Her
wealth which, was not good at the I
time of the trial, failed steadily after
Its conclusion.
u r-hariwirk left one son. Rmll
Hoover, bom of her first marriage.
u la now about 20 vears old. i
. . . . . ...
n. decline in Mrs. cnaowica s i
health began almost from the time she
entered the penitentiary In January.
im She fretted Incessantly over
her confinement until It be&me Im
..ihi. for her to sleep. At tlmei
(Continued on Page Two.)
SUPREME COURT DISPOSES OF
COLLIE VS. COMMISSIONERS CASE
racial ta The Citizen.)
(.' M '
siiriRH Oct 10 The Supreme
RALEIUM. " " r .
court delivered oplnlona In fourteen.
case and variously disposed of twelve made the hold that the In Memphis, and that this ofBr will
others. The appesl ' x""1 (''it'ommlsHonen must observe the notify the European agency of all cot
tntarast decided being Collie vs. Com- equaslon between property and poll ton ready for sale.
mlssJoiten of the State over right to i tax levies and that none of this tax Mr. McAllister guaranteed that all
lew aoeckU public tax for maintaining ! can be allotted to district or towns: cotton offered would be bought. Hp
school four month In the year ss nj where the schools are already by re. explained, however, that the cottoa
-neceaarv expense - nnder the const!, son special tax or otherwise enjoying offered by the union must conform
tutkm The opinion Just rendered ! four month' school, nor are they t4wltt the grade .old. and that the
hrTawlit. Just Geo. H. Brown. be taken Into account In estimating baJl.g and compre-ing most he In sr
f.r Th court wd rever-e former rol-! the amount of gener.1 county tax cordaac wtttt the terms adopted! by
taip. in tA noted cases ef BartaW additional necaaaiT "i purpose th coafereace. This was agreed to.
Trip of City of Savannah
Down The Coast Was
Uneventful.
NEWSPAPER WAS
EDITED ON BOARD
Correspondents Get Togeth
er
And Publish The
"Ship News".
(By Associated Press.)
SAVANNAH, OA., Oct., 10 The
Steamship City of Savannah, on her
maiden trip, from New York to 8a
vannah. will reach this port before
daylight tomorrow morning, accord
ing to a statement made by Captain
Fisher, and which was sent by wire
less to this city tonight She will
dock at the wharf of the Ocean
Steamship company, and after break
fast aboard, the newspaper men end
officials, who are guests of the com
tint', will be driven la automobiles
to one of th hotels, where a wet
come will be extended on behalf of
the city and the several commercial
organisations.
An automobile ride to points of IB
terest in the vicinity of Savannah
over the county's smooth roads, will
follow this formal welcome. A stop
for dinner will be made at Thunder
bolt, after which the Savannah Yacht
Club will be visited. Upon returning
to the city the visitor will rest until
evening, when a smoker will .be glr.
en.
Story of Trip.
The Associated. Press correspond
ent aboard the City of Savannah sent
by wireless a story of the trip of the
vessel down the coast. He reported
all well aboard and th utmost en
joyment of the voyage, which had
been made under a clear sky and
With no sea running. The" message
was sent at I o'clock tonight, when
th steamer was twenty mil south
of Charleston and averaging more
than twelv knots an hour. She la
expected to.rench Tybe Light. -Myth
mouth of the Savannah , river, ' at
about' o'clock 'Friday morning-.
A feature of the trip down was
th publication of the "Ship News"
under the editorial management . of
Samuel A. Wood, of New York, who
employed all of the -fourteen news
paper representatives aboard tupon
his staff. Some rare hits were made
In the sheet, according to the dis
patch, and the entire company of
passengers were gathered in the sa
loon to hear the publication read.
Shouts of laughter accompanied Its
reading.
Vlfce-Presldent, and General Man
ager W. H. Pleasants, and Passenger
Traffic Manager J. C. Horton are In
charge of the party. The newspaper
men and officials will make a stay
of four days In Savannah as guests
of the city and several entertain
ments have been arranged.
UNITE TO FIGHT
ORGANIZED LABOR
fBv Associated Press. I
ATLANTA. Oct., 10 At the closing !
session of the American Boiler Man-'
ufacturers Association this afternoon.
one of the Important questions was
that of dealing with organized labor, tlve than the big outpouring of Wa
It was derided to unite In fighting the
unjust demands of these employees. ,
Captain Thomas M. Rees, of Pitts-,
burg. Colonel E. D. Moyer. of New :
York: H. J. Hartley. Cramp Ship
Building company, Philadelphia ; J. D. ;
Farasey, Cleveland; M A. Ryan. Du-
trUliluth and John J. Flnnegan, Atlanta,.
j took part In the dlscuSBlon.
The association also declared against
what is designated as unjust inter-
ference of government inspectors and
mechanical engineers who are of de-
partments In an advisory capacity
IHSPKXSATIOX GRANTED. ,
(By Associated Press.)
ROME. Oct. 10. The Pft-pe has
graniea a oispeniin iwrnuiuui
; . . I I . . .. ..- .,..!.. ...... ,
marnsge i r- .... ...,..
who Is a Catholic, to Prince Oeorge of i ATLANTA. OA,, Oct. 1 Immed
Greece. who Is a member of the Or- late and practical results of the In
thodox Oreek Church, on the condl- lernstional cxmference of cotton grow
tlon. which Is to be set forth In a ' frn and spinners, which closed ye
signed document, that any children terday devepiped loda.v In a confe?-
I resulting from the union shall be
brought up as Catholics.
-vs. Commissioners !n 3 North Caro
. n m . . I !
Una report", ana uosru ai mumiwh
r Ri.rf.- in lit
,... , th, rullna
Aud now the
Nothing d
Jack Frost is
(Jee, but
But the parlor stunt is just as good,
You 111 agree if you're a judge,
When she beats upon the ivories, ,
And she makes you candy fudge.
DETROIT mMli SUFFERS -DEFEAT
(y Assoelatsd Press.)
HtCAGO, Oct. 10. The Detroit
American League team suffered iu, nit or memrotui, Kver nn nnecKarn
, . , , , , . . aroused the spectators to a high pitch
second successive defeat at the hands , .. . ,
of excitement. ,
of the Chicago Nationals today, scor- The team left for Detroit this even
ing only one run. Chicago tallied I Ing accompanied by a small army of
five times, four of the runs being the j enthusiasts. Oames will be played In
result of solid hitting. Selver starte-1 the Michigan city tomorrow and. Mat
to pitch for Detroit but the locals took urday. The Sunday contest being
kindly to his curves and batted him , scheduled for Chicago,
out of the box in four Innings. Kll- The receipts today were tlO.tlii.liO,
Han then took up the work and whs ;
found for three hits and another run
ii the fifth.
Detroit rled vainly to break through
the Chicago's defense. Heulbach pitch
ed strongly In the opening Innings and
when he showed signs of weakening
In the fifth and sixth Innings his tearo
mate came to his rescue with fant
double plays.
For some unexplalnable reason. His
game failed to attract the usual largo
crowd to the grounds. The official
attendance figures made the total 18.-
1 1 4. and the many empty spaces In the
extended bleachers made the gather-jHlever,
Ing appear even smaller than t his. A'
that, the crowd was more demontni-
CONFERENCE HAS
SHOWN RESULTS
jrran(!:ementBg JJrJe y0r
6"'"B
Growers to Deal Directly
With European Consumers
(By Assoclstcd Press.)
enCe held by th executive board of
the Farmers' Educational and Co
operative fnlon. and H W. Mi-Allls-ter.
of Manchester, Eng., one of the
Chief experts on splnna-ble grades of
cotton, with the European delegation
to the late conference. The object
of the conference was to perfect and
as speedily as possible to agree upon
term whereby the growers of the un
ion could deal direct with th Euro
pean consumers. -
It was stated by the union's officers
. 1 . I J .. . U . .. I V. .1
m.t -......
to locate an aaent In England: that
central agency had been established
porch stunt 8 over,'
iug any min'e.
back among us,
don t it make you sore I
r
fsirtCE you mitT A A L.
AT HAHDS OF GREAT
nesday. ' Reulbach's brilliant pitching
l;ln the -early inning and th crashing
divided as follows:
To the Viitlonal Baseball Commis
sion. tl,2l 25-; to the players, lit,
727.50; to each Club, 92,4 31 85.
Score:
IMtSMll.
j Jon'-s. if
j JSehacfer. 2b
Crawford, cf
AH P MH PO A
. t
. 4
. 4
, 4
. 4
. 3
. 3
. 4
. 1
. i
.22
Cobb. if ..
Hossmsn, 1l
coughlln. 3 1
Schmidt, i- .
. o'Leary. ss
p ".
'K1IIian, p
Total
7 24 11
DERRICK FALLS;
THREE ARE KILLED
(By Assoelats Press.)
CLEVELAND, fK-t.. 10 Three men
were killed and several others serious
ly hurt, two of whom are thought to
be fatalh injured, by the falling of
a derrick today., where a new bridge
Is being rr-ctcd for the New York
and Chicairo and Ht. Itil company,
over tin- Cuyahoga river
The iiiinMr of t!io less furious
ly ttijiiril. alfo are lacking at tht
time.
While lifting an eleven ton glrd.-r
It liecani- uitbalanced and knork."
the (lrric I; over upon tlie men be
low. IFAIR
WASHixtrrox. p. c tx. jo-
Korerast for-Friday nd Matardav
North Carolinn; . Fair Friday and
Satnrday; light to fresh
wind.
., "'
CHICAGO IllllE
Chicago.
AB P BH PO A K
8lagle, cf 4 0 0 1 t
HlHH-karl. If .. .. 4 U I 4 I
Chance, lb 4 11111
Htelnfeldt, Sh .... 3 1 2 0 I t
IKIIng. J t
ffvers, Jb 4 t S
fehulte, rf . . , . . . 4 11 9 t t
Tinker, ss 4 10 1 T
Heulbach, p . . t 1 1 t .
Totals 33 t 10 17 1
Hcore: i R.
Chicago OlOllOOOx i
Detroit .000 901 tOO-!
flummeries: Two baa hit, 8tltt
feldt, Kvers (2). ttheckart, Chance
Hits off Hlever, 7 In four Innings: off
Kllllan, 3 In four Ifinlngs. Bacreflce
hit, Kllng. Tiuble play, Tinker (un.
assisted), HtelnfelUt to Kver to
('hence. Left on bases, Chicago, t;
0 Detroit. T. Bases on balls, Off Keul
sllmch. 2; off Kllllan, 1 First base on
1 errors, Chicago, 1. Struck out, lay
0. Iteulljach. 7: filever, 1; Kllllan, 1.
ITlme. 1:34. I'mplres, O'Day and
J Kheridan.
CENTENARIANS CO
OUT OF EXISTENCE
Savannah
Dick Bill Causes
Tr.1.t. J. Tf,,l
Volunteer Guards Battal -
, f, ,
ion To .Leave JNat. uuara.
(y Assoelste Prss.)
SAVANNAH. .OA.. Oct. 10.- Tbe
Sh wimiati Vitluriteer (itiards Imttalion
of hi-Hv, artillery, which I more than
a hundred yarn old. ha unanlnroit-1
1 voted to leave the National Guard
because of the psssage of the 131-i(
1,111 at the laxt Congress, which rr-
iulreit ntaie militia to correspond tn
organisation with the regular army, j
Th' battalion will continue as an
inuepemlent organisation.
WA.aHINiTON. (ht. 10. Th dls
handment ot tne Mvinnab Hesrvy Ar
tillery has s-rved to direct ofllclei
attention to the fact that so far dur
ing the present year no less th
sevrn companies of the Georgia mllltta
have gone out of ei 1st a nee. They are
c-r.mpanies A.. B.. D. and H., Foorfh
Infantry: Company H.. Hecond In
fantry, and Company I., Third Infan
try. All of these dlsbandment rot
luwed the ofnctsl Inspection by fit
ters of the regular army detailed for
that porpoee. and th report at the
adjutant general show that not - e
single Georgia, company, or troop.
hn Mr)', wss found to conform t t h
Cnlted State army organization, and
i. fmt th in a mstnrltv of th states I
i there wa lack of conformity.
Makes This Announcement
, in The Mine Workers'
Journal.
ACTION CAUSED BY
STATE OF HEALTH
News Received With Regret
By Men in the Anthra
cite Regions. ,
(y AtsMlat' Prts.) -
INDIANAPOLIS, 1ND., Oct JO
lohn Mitchell, president of th mine
worker, announce In , th orrnt
Issue of th United Workers' Journal
that h will not be a candidal for
r-e lection as president. H ayi Jn
hi announcement that h does pot
regard, himself a welt enough to at-
nl property to the pfflc. 1
1 . CAfHEl KKflKKT.
WILKKSBARRK. PA.. Ocf.
. it.
Th new from Indianapolis,
that
lohn Mitchell, president of th United
Min Worker of America, had an
nounced that h will not a eandldati
for re-elect Ion bscaus of th slst of
hi health, calised .regret among the
in Ion mine worker and their symp
hlser throughout In anthraclt coal
reglort. t ? r'.-y-.r: .
President Mitchell la " exceedingly
popular with th working men of th
hard coal field, and many expression
of .disappointment war made when
h news spread through th regions,
fhe ' nln worker hav oftn heard
rumor that he Intended to glv up
I he presidency of th organlxatlon, and
today's report wa at first not believed.
If President Mitchell eannot b In
duced to reconsider hi decision to
npt again . b a ' candidal Tor . the
presidency, It Is expected that th
mln workers of th anthraclt region
will nominal Thomas D. Nlcliolls, ef
Boranton, paw prcatdiint : of pisirlct
No, 1, aa their candidal for th office.
Mrv Nit-holla lost November was fleet
d to Congress, and will tsk tils Mftt
In December, Mf,vjfichnll has v.
eral times, been roentlonml as a can
dldat In th event of Mr. Mitchell'
retirement,
SUICIDE VERDICT
OF CORONER'S JURY
Mystery Surrounds Death
of Young Organist Found
Drowned in Chicago River.
(y Aisoolsts PrsM.(
. CHICAUO, Oct. lO.Th lH.dy of
Mia Jetinl L. Mtevens, of 21 Lang-
ley avenue, formerly organist In th
Wesleyan Methodist episcopal church,
was found floating In the Chicago river
today near the Halsted street bridge.
The head, fac and shoulders w sir
cut ad bruised and there are other
Indications that the woman had been
killed and thrown Into the.rlvr.
It Is known, however, that Mis
Ptevens had leen for several months
mentally unbalanced because of her
brooding otter th murder of Mr. Bes
sie Holllster, for which Hlchard tvl
was hanged last year, Miss Btevens
was' warm friend of Mrs. Holllster,
and had I wen greatly depressed ever
since the death of the latter.
The last seen of Miss Htevens alive
was last night, when she approached
o. D. Hogboun in a nervous and ex-
Idled manner and asked the way-to
i i,,h ''r'fl nn Halsted street, llog-
I while they were talking, a men over-
hM th, ronr.rMt1, .
'offered to show Miss Htevens th ws
,nn ,h(.v wsmed rr together, tw
i watch of Mis 8tvns and ftther Jew
elry was on her person whn the body
was taken from the river.
The autopsy showed thitt deslh was
j caused by drowning, snd Coroner's
j physician Klnehart declared that Miss
Htevens had committed suicide.
j '
I ssssammsmmmmxamssmmwssx
EMPIRE STATE DAY CELEBRATED
AT THE JAMESTOWN EXP0SITI0U
(By AsseelaU Press.) : j the New fork Visitor, and th tw
NORFOLK, VA Oct. 10.- Empire 'governors, arm-in-arm. proceeded to
Bute Isy was celebrated today at UtoUhe stag.. Btat Senator Punn. at
. . i.i -- wtNw York, president f th New York
Jamestown Exposition. addree rJttmtmiown foVnmB. ,rdded. A.U
Governor Hughe, of New York, and ;dreWMI of wioom by President Tuck.
President Bchurtnan. of Cornell t'nl-,r
verslty. betng the features of the ob-
ser-nee. The weather conditions
were Ideal. - - j
The dsy's events began when Gov-.
em or Hughes and the forty New York,;
fate official left the New York r
balldfrg , under' escort of th visiting !
New York trovp for th Auditorium
nher the formal xerclses occurred ,
There Governor gwanson. of Virginia,
'president Tnrker d others, received
Attendance On Yesterday
Larger Than That of The j
V Opening Day.' k;j
1
THREE FAST EA0E3 ,1
X ABE FULLED OFF,
Program For Today is Best
Of Entire Fair; Horse
N Show Day.
(peelal t Th Cltltan.) -' '
WATNEaVlLLB,' N. C, Oct , "10-
Th second day of th Haywood coun
ty fair wa an va greater iuccc
In th way of attndanc at Uast, than
th opening dy, It blng stlmatrd
that fully evsn thousand ptople wer
present. Marked Improvement wa
noted In lh Floral Hall, many nwr
exhibits having been added and tha
ladles In clurg and th axhlbltor
dessrv grat credit for th good show
Ing mad. '-.! ' - - - ,. ' .
Th grant crowd that thronged thn
ground, pushing and Jostling, but all
seemingly Intent on having a good
time, crowded, arodnd th exhibition
ring applauding tha winner whll st
th numberless .attraction on coul.
hardly get near" nough to ae what,
wa going on, ...v..
Today wa hor how day from
ten o'clock on In th morning until
th fair closed, ring after ring wa
shown',' all of them-having number
of entries and when th ribbon wer
tied (he decision of tha Judge In every
Instance met' with - th , crowd ap
proval '' ' . "I "" - t ; ,
- .- Bahion Asccimlon.
"; At three o'clock Professor Aero
mad hi blkn ascanslon and land
ed safely about a .mil from th
ground. Thrse race wer pulled off,
W. C. Coll of this city getting th
first money In all three events.
The Clllxon's -voting contest contln
ues to' attract much Interest. slmuBt
every on on-th ground seeming to
be trying to take a chanc at one of
the numerous prise offered. ; (Tli
(Million invites every on to rail at
their' booth and secure aampl coplem
of th paper and especially desire alt
persona not subscriber to subscribe
at one and all thos who ar sub
scribers and In arrears to call and pay
up their subscription),
. ,- The ll4.' I
Th first race, a trotting rac for
a purs of 7S,' wa won by w, u.
Coils' entry. In : straight heats, hi
best time being J:J, The econd, a :
free-for-all pace, wa also won by hi ,,
entry In atralght heats, both heat be
Ing mad in tha nam Urn, 1:10, Tha
third rac for runners,! a half mile. '
wa also won by Mr. Coll' entry In'
two heats, tlm 611-1 and IB0 1-1.
Tha following 4s th official program
for tomorrow and added to that will ba
several vnt scratched today: .
Friday, October 11.
11 A. M.
Tournament. Col. James W. Howie.
Manager. .;
-. v.-p -1 p, M. f'.-;'-. '''"i- --,si ...
Exhibition of. Mules, Jacks, and Jen
' i netts. , ' -
: l.t Mules under on year.' -
' i. Mnle ?vr one year, under tw.
I Mule over - two year, undue
IhreeT' ;;,v'if .-,.' ,fe '"il.v: :" ?; t t .j ;r
4. Mules any age. . - ' ' '
t; Pair mule, broken. " -
. Jack under on year, ; ;
1. Jack ovr on year, under two,
l., Jack any age,
. Jennetts any g. ' I
'. - - .' J p. M. ' I '
Bal)on ascension.
I It P. at.
Baseball. Waynvlll v. Fine Creek
..' I P. M.
Race. ' : ;. ' . -,
4.to p, m: '
Baby Show, Main Building. -
FIVE HUNDRED ONLY
ARE NOW AT WORK
fgy Assoeistsd Press.) '
NEW ' ORLKANB, Oct. 10 Les
than 60 men wer at work today lo
th places of the tan thousand cotton -handler
and loader who ar on strlk
In sympathy with tha cotton - screw
men's anion;. About twenty Imported
strikebreaker quit work today. May
or Behrman I, trying to Jtav over
100 of these strlkebresker who nult
after arriving her taken from Near
Orleans by th - railroad ' which
brought them In.
and Governor Swanson wer fi.i.
lowed by th speech
of
Governcr
'Hughe. - - :
V
A public reception by G-ernor
Hughe and a buffet luncheon, con
Juried these exerrisea,' '
The official exposition dinner at tri
gwlsa vlllsg. followed, snd then car- .
th military feature rn t ,. i I ,i , .
grounds A iri! r
mirred at the .V-
to 11 o