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THE WEATHER:
SHOWERS
THE ASHEYIELE CITIZEN.
Associated Press
Leased Wire Reports.
VOL. XXV. NO. 21L
ASHEVILLE, N. C, WEDNESDAY MORNING, MAY 19, 1909.
PRICE FIVE CENTS.
JLIRDRS CHARGEU.S. DEMOCRATS READY
HUl
Charges Filed Against Them
In Okla. Land Fraud With
Dept. of Justice
ATTORNEYS WITH TO VOTE NOW SAYS
TRYING TO COERCE SENATOR SIMMONS
SPREGKLES TELLS
CONNECTION
Recalcitrant Element In Re
publican Ranks- Delays Tar
iff Bill He Declares
ROOSEVELT AND "
HEARST BACK OF CASE
.scandal Assumes Graver Pro
portions Than Ever Before
as Result of Recent Events
(By Associated Press.)
TULSA, Okla.. May 18. Charges
against District Attorney Gregg and
S Iveetcr R. Hush, special assistant to
the attorney-general, made today by
I he defense in the Muskogee town
lot fraud cases, were forwarded to
tlie department of justice at Washing
lion at the suggestion of Judge Mar
shall, who is hearing the trial.
Judge Marshall refused to act on
the petition of the defense aBking thai
SOME SCHEDULES ARE
SLIGHTLY REDUCED
But Others Are Immediately
Increased By The Fin
ance Committee
(By Associated Tress.)
WASHINGTON May 18. (Senate
summary: After devoting the greater
part of the day's session to debate
the senate passed upon a number of
important committee amendments to
the tariff bill. It also disposed ad
versely of an amendment by Mr. Stone
restoring the Dlngley rates on ra
zors. On that vote most of progres
sive republicans reported in the affir
mative with the democrats.
Mr. Simmons of North Carolina,
WITHER FT CASES
Employed Heney And Paid
Private Office Rent For
Him For Months
DISCLOSES ONE OF
RUEF'S SLICK PLANS
IV He Drop It?
Under Fire of Insinuations
From Defense Lawyers Keeps
Cool And Confident
the petition of the defense asking thai .,. kl , .sui(mrt f thl. rn
..regg be prevented from trying the t(,mlonM ,nHl(. ,)y Mr Slm, rlatlv,
.use ...e peuuu.i a..-Be u.m ..- , tm. prk.e of m,,rtp( razors, said
proper inlluences had been brought to ,hHt . ,,,.uratf, W1,rc ready t vntt
In nr nn lh eniml lurv. which waariift.l .. . ..
It was the recalcitrant clemert of-the
missed last Saturday, as the result
... cim,KeH ,.,uc uy .r. ..reBK. " republican party which was delaying
curt assigned the following reasons, th), m(,a!)ur. .A soon vo can
, ,r hls ': lg,.t their consent to take a vote on
Grcggs charges against me dis
charged Jury were regarded as vague
and indefinite.
"The court has paid no attention
to the charges In Gregg's motion but
had discharged the grand Jury be
cause of the right of the government
to change a grand jury when it so de
sired. "Charges against Gregg should be
Hied with the department at Washing
ton where he was appointed. The
court did not comment upon the peti
tion of the, discharged grand Jurors."
Jurors Sign Charges.
One of the petition presented Is
signed by nine members of the grand
jury thtU . .was discharged last Satur
day by Judge Marshall upon motion
of Plstrict Attorney Oregg who assert
ed that the Jury had been subjected
to improper Influences. This petition
refutes this charge and In turn makes
allegation against Messrs. Oregg and
Rush. It alleges misconduct befor.1
(he Jury, efforts to Intimidate and co
erce the Jury to return Indictments
against Governor Haskell and the oth
er defendants regardless of ami
contrary to proof presented, and
! prosecuted; that he stated that he
I hen ! 1 1 1 i on h the court to Investi
gate the Jurors allegations,
to the motion of TXstrh-1 Attorney
Oregg, disputing the charges of im
proper Influence.. This response al
leges that Oregg has used The Tulsa
(Continued on page three.)
this measure," he said, "you can get
ours." He added lhat any attempt
to make the people believe that the
democrats were filibustering was not
justiflod by the facts.
Revision downward was shown in
j the adoption of several schedules on
steel or. iron products, and the "in
surgents'" and democrats seemed to
he overjoyed at the tendency down
ward, and Mr. Bcveridge sat up an.l
smiled and then, as- a shock, came a
nrw amendment Increasing the rate
from ten as formerly recommended by
the committee to fifteen cents per
pound, and there was a. general lautsti
at Xhe expense of the chairman of the
committee on finance who was called
upon to explain the change of direc
tion of the rates he was reporting.
Mr. Aklrlch said the articles on which
the Increase was proposed were gold
threads used for ornament and hs
added that-tho rate on tinsel used on
Christmas trees was Included In the
articles on wh;ch the rale was re
duced. The paragraph relating to watches
was adopted with an amendment re
Mulrlng the name of the country of
origin anil the name of the. maker to
hi' indelibly placed on the movements
The bill was considered "up to the
wood schedule and Mr. Aldrlch sug
gested that tomorrow the senate
should proceed to dispose of the para
graphs In the schedules A. R. C. whk-h
on the present second reading have
been passed over.
Illy Associated Press)
SAN KKANCIHCO. May IS. llu
ifcilph Spnskles, millionaire, whose
name has been blazed In the record if
every day's proceeding I" the trial for
bribery of President Tatrlck Calhoun,
til' the I'nlted railroads, begun more
than live months ago, was a witness
again today.
Through a cross examination re
plete with slinging inferences and in
sinuations he sat undisturbed, dis
closing the innermost secrets of Ihe
great prosecution, reciting the sub
stantial payments he has maile to Its
officers and agents and disclaiming
uterly the motives Imputed to h:n
by 'Attorney Karl Itogers, who con
ducted the Inquiry for the defense.
Late In the day Mr. Spreckles was
excused until tomorrow with the un
dorstanding that he would product
In court his personal account of t hi
many thousand dollars he admitted
he had Upended In behalf of the
graft prosecution.
Paid lleney's Kent.
M- Spreckles admitted that he had
Paid the rent and expenses of Mr
lleney's private law office for long
time anil that these items amounted
to between $500 and Ififlfl a month
It whs likewise admitted that Mr
Spn-ckleB hail for a long time pal. I
a considerable sum to Charles W
Cobb, Mr. Heney k partner, to whom.
In pursuance of an agreement made
at the outset for the prosecution
Mr. Spreckles Is to pay 120.000 nvpre
LHd you make the arrangement
whereby Mr. Heney was rot to receive
any salary for his services from the
city?" was asked by th- defense.
"No; I knew that such was tho
case; but I believe that Mr. Heney
personally volunteered his services,"
said th- witness.
Iteuf's I'roiH.sllkiri.
"I reVoMed in particular." he said,
"onu Interview wllh Tteuf that called
to my attention the need for an inves
tigation. Iteuf came to my office and
suggested thai I gi-t up a syndicate
to bid on the municipal bonds about
to be issued. He promised that bids
would be succeeded by a strike. I
was horrified by the suggestion. Keuf
istoired tne that the lipi or the syn
tlcate would be accepted," said Mr,
! ' i
THOU
ffl C
ISANDSTI
STREETS AT QUEEN
CITY FESTIVITIES
Estlmatod That Fully Two
Hundred Thousand People
Will be 7 here Thursday
OPENING EXERCISES
BEGAN YESTERDAY,
Today Govornor'i Day Will be
Featured by Continuous
Round of Ceremonies
(Continued nn page three.)
E
Strike on (leorgiji Wo;id is
First Stop in (tencral Plan
Savs (Jeiiei'.il Manager.
(By Associated Press.)
ATLANTA, Ga.. May 1 x. - That an
oiganiled movement to eliminate ne
kioib as Industrial factors In railroad
work In the South Is under way was
Ihe statement made today by Thomas
K. Scott, general manager of the
Georgia railroad. Last night between
fifty and seventy-five white firemen
"f the Georgia railroad struck because
Ihe road refused to dismiss its ne
gro firemen.
"This strike." said Mr. Sett, "is
Ihe first step of a movement which is-'
planned to eventuate in the abolition
I lh" negro as an Industrial factor.
It is the skirmish of the Brotherhood
"I Loi omotlve Klrcmcn and Knglne
nien In its plan to d rivet, the negro out
I employment on railroads altog.-ilu r
' The plan has been smoldering for
live years This strike on the Geor
gia railroad is Just the first step. 1
have reason to believe that Ihe same
l.tnand. will In time, be it soon or
late, be made by officials of this tire
oien s union umiii every other railroad
in the south."
I" A Burgess, assistant trrand chief
f the Brotherhood of Locomotive
Kngineers. and A. P Kelly, of Chlca
go. vice-president of the Brotherhood
"f Locomotive Firemen and Engine-
men, arrived today and
GUI. OEGURES PART OF
BILTMORE STATE FOREST
For IVriofl of Thirty Years
II Hnjoys Protection (Jiv
ril State Forest.
(Smn IhI u. The ItUrn.)
ClUHLnTTK. N '.. May is. t
virtue of chapter X!t. inihlff- lawn of
i;ft!i, Uoninor Kitcltin dcatrH all
landw of fittorge W. Vanderbllt lying
uli'Hf th- contour Mmp "f ."0 f.-t
ahovi- th- hc;i level in t h counties of
Kmih omln-. Trannsj Iwinia, Hav wood
hikI Jin kHim a "jlHtn of furt-Ht of
North 'i r'tliij'i ." The i m la rn t ion
tn & t lia ( after Hi is ii"t i - Iihk Im en
pti M i in I h in' ' 'tn.s' ut i iksim"
f ricwspaji' ts in h 1 1 of thMS- roiin
t i-M. I Iih t 1 he k;i if I hi ih(h nr' tate
latrls fi h t'-rm ( thirt t-ars. pro
v M'd th'- oh ni'i a? rii'M mt th- pro
isi"iiM th- . whh'li gi-s th--
Kcrnor -(' North (arotlria a riht to
so lan-a Htat- f'Ot-st
E TAPPERS HAD
PROFITABLE CRAFT
Have Carried on Their Op
erations for Five Years in
Several Cities.
ASHEVILLE AUTO PARTY IN WRECK,
iESCAPE WITH BUT FEW INJURIES
Mr. J. E. Rumbough'a Machine Tumbles Over an Embankment Near Greenville, S. C,
Throwing Occupants Into Ditch; Sprains and Bruises Only Damage
Done To Members of The Party.
The parly of Anhevllle people who
left here to motor down to attend
the Greenville horss show met with
n serious accident near the small vil
lage of Lima, about nineteen miles
from Greenville at JS.JO o'clock yes
terday afternoon. Il'hlle none of the
party was hurt seriously, that any of
them escaped maiming or worse Ik
little short of mlttwde.
As It was, MrsCarl V,, Wejinolds
suffered from a sprained inkto, and
Dr. Charles 8. Jordan has a, dislocat
ed shntllflAP while ,IKa ettiAlfl' eaCAneil
with bruises snd hn stvolilc juf ffbmbllnti
over a fifteen foot enabankment with
a big touring car after them- Ac
cording to a telcpho'IMf message re
ceived by The Cltixen. from Dr. Hej -nolds
last night none of the Injuries
are very severe and the party Is now
In Greenville and will remain for the
entire horse show.
The party was composed of Dr.
Carl V. Reynolds In 'his own machine
end Mr. J. K rtubough driving hla o'clock to find the whole party very
touring car in which were lr. and i comfortably cared for In a nearby
Mrs. Charles M. Jordan and Mrs. ftey-.larm house.
nolds. All went well until the pHrtv They went on to Orenvlllo last night
tieared Lima. Tliere at a sharp bend! In conveyances, and at midnight last
In the road the steering gear of the j night all were reported to be suffering
touring car broke and Ihe huge nn- no great Inconvenience from their
chine took a header over a precipitous, thrilling experience.
embankment, landing the occupants
of the car In a heap at the bottom
of a ditch
When they had extricated them
selves from , their entanglement , with
each other, fortunately' they " were
thrown clear f tha car they took
to llnd
Mr. Kunmbough's machine lay at
the bottom of the ditch all night and
apparently Is but little damaged. It
waa Impossible to get It out of the
ditch last night, ah tha embankment
was so steep that it will have to be
lifted out bodily with block and
sn inVentory"1ff vthelr TnJlesano7tlfe. Tha "steepness 6ff ' tha em
bankment was probably all that saved
the party from serious Injuries as the
car In going over, fell almost sheer,
'I lurowing inem clear or it.
were very much surprised
themselves all there.
Or. Reynolds vvitn running ahead of
the party in the louring car at the
time and km w nothing of the nccl-, Those of the party who wern not
dent until be reached Gieeuvilln Key- Injured were none the worse for their
eial hours later when flic news was experience and on their arrival In
brought to blin. lie Immediately j Groem llle entered Into the horse show
hurrlell back to the scene of the ' festivities us enthusiastically as If
wreck and reached du re about 7. flll nothing had marred their trip.
ROBBERS LOOT EXPRESS
CAR ON SOUTHERN NEAR
AUGUSTA AND CET AWAY
Knock Messenger Senseless
awl Imprison Mini In
Chest; lit.de Into City.
(JOT LITTU'; MON KY.
ron"..H' 'I
(Uy As laled Press.)
PITTSHI KG. May I 8. Test imonv
sei'inlng to Indicate that the allegeu
wire tapping operations against the
Western I'nlon Telegraph company
hml been going on for about five
years was adduced imiav at the hear
ing of K H Savior, former superin
tendent of the company who is al
leged to In- connected with the giv
ing of Chicago board of trade grain
imitations to divers ' persons who
should not hav.' reci vedthe reports.
Isaac N Hart", former general wire
and repealer chief of the Western Un
ion arid William 11 Kniith and William
fl. Thompson, brokers of this city,
were also given a hearing on charge?
growing out of the alleged wire tap
ping operations nd all were held for
court on t-'.ontl ,ii. Hm-ti, ,,i m,t
se. lire the iii i cssar.v bond and was
i oinmilfeil ii jail
11a rto today testified for Ihe prose -mien
and told of sums of money that
to- and Joseph Crotzer, line foreman
of the company and J. W. Price, man
ager of the commercial tirri itiiurl.
j rueni received from a brokerage firm
I of this i-itv to furnish market quota
tions lo the firm.
I Crotzer testified thai when
oreri me,, si .iuiiiib ,e I 'niniij i local brokers could not get the wires
surrounding Alhan) In seareh of a ( front the Chicago board of trade, tap.
negro who attacked the sixteen-year-1 n"r '"'re. they secured the quotations
iron, iappe'1 wires at Huffalo. Ham
mond Ind . and other points.
I
SCOURING COUNTRY
FOR NEGRO RAVISHER
(Uy Associated I'rcsx.) '
ALBANY. Ga.. May is -Two bun !
Id daughter of
watchman at Ho
Ld Wrd kland. nighl
Albany foundry and
with local brotherhood men regarding machine works, in 4he northeastern
the strike of firemen on the Georgia
railroad I
Second Vii e-Presldent Ball, of the
Urotherhood of Locomotive Firemen
and Englncmen. gave out a statement
tonight In which he charges that the
places of the white firemen out un
strike are being tilled with negro Are.
men.
The officials of the railroad an
nounce that the strike has not affected
tlie operation of trains in the slight
est degree.
li
(Ity Associated Tress.)
At'GI'KTA. G.i , May 1". T
bits boarded pa. -is-tiger train No. I.,
at Warrenton. s C ten mlb-M mil to
night, got tlie drop un express nn
s tiger Thomas I.. Ilutta, knocked
him senseless with a piece of ruble t
hose, pinioned bis arms behind hlh
back, took the ki in, threw him Into
an empty xpri-sH chest, l-s-ked hlin
therein and ransa ked the car at will.
The (rain makes up at Brajichvlllc and
carries through express and mall
from Charli'ud'in and ( Vdu-mbhi to
Augusta. E. C Hurrell, agent of Hi.
Southern Kxpress company at Auns
ta. state's that the records show thai
the robbers secured aliout $200 This
is the first time on record that lie
express has le-i-n of such small
amount. Tin- average currency ex
press thereon is IL'.ulO to 10,(I0.
The robbers rode into Augusta and
left the train .it llroad street, in tic
center of the litv No one on III"
ftrain knew of the incident and tin
robbery was ri-d dlhivivcrcd until tic
messenger was liberated at the union
station, negro porters who were in
engage in unloailmg the expn-ss hav
Ing located tin imprisoned man bv
his vigorous kicking within the I
PETERSBURG IN GALA
TARIFF STIRS OP FINE
ATTIRE FOR THE COMING j LITTLE WRANGLE AMONG
nfPflrqmriiiTTiFTTnniv! THE MANOFACTORERS
ui i iiluiulii i i ni i i uuni
(Shs IhI to, Tlie Clllsen.)
CHARI-oTTK. May !. Although
the Mecklenburir cslebratlon proper
docs not hejln until noon tomorrow,
the Queen City la thronged with
visitors and every tnoomlni' train,
brings additional loads of humanity
from all sections of the Boiith. ' It Is
expected that fully two fctundrod,
thousand strangers will be In Chat -lotie
next Thursday, the president's
day. The city Is aldose ton if ht with
Illuminated arches and He una nits of
lncaoclicent lights, the latter being
strung over the principal streets of
the city. The. municipal buildings
Hnd business Uvuuws tare iprofusely
decorated with hunting' and electrlcul
displays. An exhibition drill by the
Charlotte" Are department and neld
maneuvers by a troop of the Beventh,
United1 States cavalry wero the fea
ture of today's1 program, followed by
a roncert by tha band of the Eigh
teenth trnlted Btatee Infantry tonight,
tJovernor'g Day.
Tomorrow will e governor's dy
and Oovernor Kltchln of North Car
olina will he the host for the occasion,
In the afternoon Governor Kltchln
ami the visiting governors and lieu
tenant governors of the Southern
states will make addressee at the fair
ground and In th ewenng the state's
chief executive! will receive ,at til
home, of Mr."C W. Tlllett. Ihe visit
ing executives and the public general
ly . Over three ttlbusand , Invitations
hvo heett cent out and the reception
Is expected to 1e mi of unprecedented.
mariitudo.
Thursday lreiiliienl's Day
i- S" -
'ity Knll of Visitors Wlio
Have Klorke.l 'I'liitlier to
See ire, it Ones.
tKIHCATK MON T MKNT1
Resolution Favors TaritT
Afljiistnient Hut Not Tar
iff Ki'diiftioii.
KSIDKNT CMOSKN
(My Asxfi-liitcil Press.)
I'lfitsnumi, v.i.. m.iv i W'tb
promise oi t.iir vveiitner. who iraio
ids of vault'., comillK Into tlii' inv
alid
",. I
i. Ic
almost vetv bo
llT llle MIIVclllIlK
horn' A f em o
fee .it I 'eiilic Hill mansion
1'ef. I I , l t k Is O -I'll III Picf
icivernot Sloarl Govrno,
AriihaMSador .Jnssc,
In e and lb
cry detail
I'orl Ma
and lawn
.OI.l-el.
d. tit Tafl
Hw 11 ,IM,
md Admiral Slgs
llie, dislltmulsheii
man
sonaK' s whom she will have as her
muesli lomortow
iriK house, and
dim .1 are pai k
onlv from ila' s
K'.ets hot. I. board
rnan.i prlvale tesl
d Willi vl.-llors not
i onl iv;uoiiH lo pi'lers-
bul many i-l.ile ,md 'itjes af s
lung
d 1 11 a IM ''.
The rn-nuri
Kuril .Mahone I
el n a nd Hoot I
t.;.-i t tin
I'elersliurg Is
part of the cHy this evening.
The girl was dragged from the road
Into a Held and the negro threatened'
that If she resisted him he. would gu i
to her home in the night and burn up I
the whole family while they slept.
Sin- succeeded in getting away from
him. however. by struggles and
si reaming and hurried to tell her
lather of what had happened
f the negro Is caught tonight a
lynching will no doubt follow In short
order
KEROSENE EXPLODES;
BURNS PROVE FATAL
(By AsNoclated Press.)
HHEEiNSBOUO, .V. C, Msy id
While starting a (ire with kerosene
oil in a cook stove at the home of
H Ft. Tatum today, a live gallon can
exploded, and Nellie Graves, a color
ed servant, was burned so badly that
she died tonight. The kitchen of the
Tatum home was destroyed by Are.
5H0WER&
WASHLNGTON. May X 8. Forecast
for North CMPOlina; PartJy cloudy.
locl rain in weat portion Wcdn;
day; Thursday local rain Ifht !
moderate northeast and eaat winds.
nt tr nn v ' i .( I
.r-. fll'I.Mtt "f N..r!h-
t- hu )ni,lf'K fvT f-r'-(i-f In Hi'
!S'utli tv lr"lfH( "i t;uiw Th" ni'M)-
l'im-lir illi'l st;itut.- will 'l 'llf a t "l
t if h . ;i t.'.i ,tt i n-rn'tiM I'n jfj-iit
jTrift, ' I' i ti'ir Sw;inMMi hii'I ' -rii'r
Sf mi rt l'tiriK w' h"'liH-'l fr yif' r
IrtrlnlH x; nrlii'H'.
Th' i -j -fri"iiit-s ni l oi t MjIion w ill
l.r-Ktn t'iu I " )" k I Minor row
iii'irnirm h r f wti-.f tv Hfl'-r ri-ctii
f'r-Hi'l' ni Taft hm piirty will thri
he drlv -ii in lo r-t"rliirK, Hfort'O
;i.(Ki men I ' i r;il himI 'ohf. -rat-veiern,
mi III i;i . l;inlH, i Minn or
KaiitKHtton, nr(ill r. r HuUr army koI
di th, and thr V-rnhurg tin? depart
ment. otiiprtJMiM in tii- ! -rt will 1"
.Ww Vork. May Ik. TurlrT tnhnl-
n I i f lew h I rnoKi involved the null omit
hsk'i' Mlinn of ffiHiiifiifltirnr In a
i wrjuiKle llil afternoon nfter the pre
h ii(a I ion f 1 1 if omrnltte n on tin Iff
.and ret Iproi ity ty (h (halllTlHll, H.
I! Milf-H, or Murine, VVIh. Im'IimkI'in
'.II-.wnI -hjiniK will' h K. H. fin of
I A n poliH, flee la rffl t hat "It In iiiok!
on for i iiriai'- that th im-hIIon of tar
iff tf'i in (on Hhoti Ui lf forrefl on the
iiskoi latlofi." lit- Mali that he 'itiject-
1 ! t' a Kerierwl loWerlnK f 'lljtleH HII'I
did not I'Hik with favor on the i rea
don i.f ii permanent hiIIT oniirih-
i hjoft. Hii Ii a body, tj unld, ,' would
" n I v t"i ol'nis n at Jonal anxiet y u nd
li a w ' fit! aa rleH."
The repfirl wan finally ad'tptd with
the ret ornriciidatlon that the hmko tu
ti'td ki on record hh favorlriK tariff
ad ftiHt n.eril hut not nerrjwarlly tariff
! r du'-liofi. Adjournment wii.i then
taken unt 1 1 tn or Io k tomorrow
niorniriit
V. H. fJoeok, fi relary of tin
Annrl'an Ant I - hoyrof t hh'k latloti, ne-
VI i V a rru IK lief f 1je hni ntt , Hlll'illK
-t h r ' oh)e i loria e" f at ur'M of ir
K id.eii ;i hor and Raid t hat la w and
fiiwoii w'Tf "hihorH two )nnt friendH."
The i orillTllttef ftp InterKtate eoill-
mert e preHefitffJ m report ern dial
Ink 'the folly of rent antl railroad
I KKIattoii in many of our Hla!:, Hiid
eKptw-tuily thf arbitrary 'twd-. t-nl a
utlli" aet."
Hpfaklrifr of ttie tariff revision the
ommltf deplore national extrava
KHfire an the taup for th hundred
fiillllori dollar defl jt and the conne
pient niTHity of Irwreaited taxation,
f. HUKKeHts that the duti; on r-rudt-material!
and Ktepi mffcht Hafcly have
b;en further reJu cd to the ad van
rrmldwnt Tart and hltf party will
arrive Thumday tnornlnf hi upetds!
car Rlta hed to Nn. 17, whlrh to due
to reach Charlotte at ten oVtork. At
North Chnrlotto the pronldontlal upee
IhI will he mid by a delojcatiun of
prominent cltljsetm and rorted to the
HHyn h-otel. At nnon n enrort.
ccmprlHlnir of the Ktghteeth United
Kbiti-H regiment band, a dnligtion of
Union and Cortfedoratn soldiers, tha
United Htntej trvup and Mrs. Htono
wall JaekeoJi will lend the prenld nt
to the Ida reviewing Hand on Tryoo
Mroet, wherft hn will review the mil
itary and Indtiwtrlal paradf.
After lunrhein nt the Hcdvvyn, th
litfwld.iit will return to the reviewing
HtfMid wherf h will deliver an ad-
ilrena Following thin feature ft -will
he ruf iirtfHl to Middle nhlvrndf y, tho
eollegc ffr negroea, where ho will d
llver an addn wn Ut thn rolored people.
In (he evening tie will hold a public
reM'piioii in the parlora of the KeU
wyn and at 1 0 n't Pick will tMai .1
a npe lit! train on the return in Wah
ingou. The Ktret-tM are alive with peopln
tonight and every train Into the rlty
Jh i-rttWfled with v4ltom. The pre
diction of oirw hundred thou Hand vli
Mora bV Thuradny In rnnwrvatl ve.
FELL DOWN DEAD IS HE
iSEDJUN TB FIRE
Two Men Try t.o hitiinidat'
AutoiiKiliilist ; One Dies
Of Kxeitetncnl.
one hundred of Virginia's h-ading and tage t the general manufacturing In
wealthiest business men, attired In i,-rel.
black derbies, while breeches and John Kierey Jr., of Dayton. Ohio,
black legglns. All of them will b a the unanimous choic e of the nom
mount'd on th ir horses which have mating committee as a candidate for
taken blue riblMins at horse shows president of the association to sue
and fairs. ! reed James W. Van Cleave,
(Nmi ImI lo The HIm-m I
HMKI.IIY. May 17. - (in Haturdsv
. .i nliiK Insf lu. and Mrs. T K. Me
iimyi'i while onl In their' automohl'i'
b.id a vi-rv reuiHrkable experience at
liie b-.in'lM of two men in a hugg'.
U hen liie automobile met the buggy
thev iitopp,'d the machine and asked
Ilic hugKy lo pass. The men in tin
l eggy refused to do (bis. gelling out
or the buggy at OUrc. fine mull held
Hi. mule while tlio other starli-d lo
r.il-' gun but fell over on liw
ground unconscious
Dr. JMcltrsyer exerted i-very effort
lo save the man but proved urtHti'
leK.'iful hm the man died within nn
hour.
II Is thought that tblf ( was due
to the prejjudice In tlmf
against autvmobllea.
unriMintlv
HISI KIKI1 l; l-M'MH
WAiSIIlNGT'iN. May l.- I4te this
afternoon the president sent to the
senate the nomination of William
Williams, of New Vork. to be com
missioners of immigration at the port
of New York.
President Taft also sent to the sen
ate today the nomination of Walter
K Clark, a Washington newspaper
man, as governor of Alaska to suc
ceed Governor Hoggatt, resigned.