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VOL. XXV. NO. 334.
TUFT'S GREETING
nun cities is
Popple Enter Into Festivities
With Heavy Hearts as Gov.
Johnson Lies III
RECEPTION AT STATE
CAPITAL IS OMITTED
In Auditorium Speech Pays
High Tribute to Executive
of The State
MINNEAPOLIS, Minn., Sept. 18.
President Taft came to the twin cities
of Minnesota today and with the
shadow of death hanging over the
governor of the state, received a cor
dial, but not a demonstrative wel
come. The critical Illness of Gover
nor Johnson, probably the most pop
ular executive Minnesota has ever
known, entered deeply Into the spirit
of the day, and dreaded eventualities
threatened for a time during the
morning to seriously curtail the pro
gram of entertainment both here and
In 8t. Paul. The president fulfilled
the program outlined for his recep
tion, but at every pause in the rush
ing from place to place he made anx
ious Inquiries as to the latest word
from the bedside of the governor,
whose ilfe hung In the balance at St.
Mary hospital In the little city of
Rochester.
President Taft was deeply affect
ed soon after his arrival to receive a
message of personal greeting from
Governor Johnson. .The compliment
was so unexpected under the circum
stances and coming by dictation from
the Hps of a man who was reported
at the time as having but the frailest
chance for life, it called out an im
mediate response from Mr. Taft filled
with expressions of sympathetic con
cern .and fervent hope for a speedy
recovery.
Propliccy of Presidency.
In his auditorium speech at St.
Paul the president called out pro
longed applause and cheering when
"i "I unite with you In a fervent
prayer to Jod that he may be spared
to you and "to the country. With his
ability, his courage, his great com
mon sense, he cannot be spared. He
Is too valuable, not alone to the peo
ple Of this state, but to the people of
(Oontlnned on page four.)
OLD DISPUTE BETWEEN
NICARAGUA AND THIS
Central American Republi
Buys Bark Its' Timber
'Concessions.
PAYS $600,000 CASH
WASHINGTON, Sept 18. Repre
sentatives ofxhe Nlcaraguan govern
ment and the George K, Emery com
pany of Boston, whose claim glowing
out of the .temporary annulment of
the company's timber concession has
been pending for some time, report
agreement today, the Nlcaraguan gov
ernment agreeing to pay the company
J600.00O for the purchn.se of the con
cession and the company waiving all
claims against the Nlcaraguan. The
Issue has been a notable one and the
delay of Nicaragua In failing to come
to some basis of settlement came near
resulting In the breaking off of friend
ly relation between the United States
and that country. Pedro Gonzales,
the special commissioner who came
from Nicaragua to arrange with Min
ister Bsptnosa for the settlement of
the claim made a statement covering
the agreement t" the following effect:
"In consideration of the payment
by Nicaragua of $600,000, the Emery
company transfers to our government
all its steamers, railroad lines, tram
roads, wharves, camps, shops, cattle,
plant and equipment. In fact, every
thing It possesses in Nicaragua, and
surrenders Immediately all claim to
the concession. This ordinarily would
have had five years more to run The
company releases all Its claims against
Nicaragua and the latter relinquishes
all counter claims against the com
pany. The money Is to be paid to the
company In eight Installments, run
ning over a period of five years four
of $50,000 each, and four of $100,
000 each."
Mr. Gdniales says he thinks the.
arrangement arrived at Is a good one
and the result will be a strengthening
of the relation between the United
BUtes and Nicaragua.
VICTORIA INN AND
ADJACENT PARK
SOLD YESTERDAY
Valuable Hostelry And Fifteen
Acres of Victoria Tract Pur
chased by Mrs.
A real estate transfer of Interesting
magnitude was made yesterday when
Mrs. John II farter purchased Victo
ria Inn and the adjacent property
fiom Mr. P. II. Kranch. Mr. John H.
Ctrter, president of the American
National hank, when seen by a Citi
zen representative said that the prop
el ty was not purchased for any speciltc
purpose. hu that Mrs. Carter de
sired to make an investment in Ashe-
ville real estate and he recommended
this one to her as being among the
moBt desirable In the city. As to
v.hether or not the property will be
platted for development In" the near
future, Mr. barter stated that Mrs
Carter has time enough to decide
what she will do with it in that line.
The purchase includes the hotel
and furnishings complete. and the
Victoria trait of land, comprising
fifteen acres. 11 has a frontage on
Victoria road of about 1,600 feet
commanding a fine view of the
Swannanou valley and the Vanderbill
mansion in the distance.
That the property is valuable and
an active commodity in the real ex
tale market is shown by the fact thnt
It has been sold four times this year,
and each time at an advanced price.
On February 5 Mr. Alex Porter pur
chased It from the hoard of home
missions of the Pretlbyterian church
of the United States.
A few days later the property pass
ed into the hands of 'Mr. (Jay Green.
who on the twenty-llfth of the nam-'
month sold it to Mr. P. H. Branch.
After closing a most successful season
Mr. Branch Hnds that the business of
Margo Terrace required so much of
his rime that hi did not fuel like
trying to run iHith places another sea
son. .Under present arrangements
Victoria Inn will close September
27. when the 1 roperty changes owner
ship.
The acquisition of this valuable
property Is the lirst large purchase
of Ashevtlle real CHtate by Mrs. Car
ter, but doulltl"ss not the last, as her
husband has invested freely In Ashe
ville property. Mr. Carter stated yes
terday that he has an abiding faith
In the future of Ashevllle and he
considered lnve?tment,,lo Jtswreal es
tate as' Ventures of the highest "class.
The following notice was posted at
Victoria Inn yesterday afternoon:
"Owing to the fact that this proper
ty has been sold today, the hotel will
be closed for :he season on Monday,
the Tth lns.:inl. (.incuts desiring to
remain in AsluWlle longer than the
first of October will he furnished the
L
FORMALLY OPEN ROUSE
lED'BYTI
Now Owned hy Harvard Un
i versify Through Efforts
of Marie Corelli.
STRATFORD-ON-AVON
LONDON. Saturday, Sept II. The
first public function which will be un
dertaken by Whltelaw Field on hln
return to Kngland, will he the opening
of the Harvard house In St ratford-on-Avhn.
The date of the function has
hi en fixed by the ambassador him
self for Ortober t, so that the cere
mony may be coincident with the in
stallation of fir. Lowell as the new
president of Harvard university.
The Harvard house was the home
of Katherltie lingers, the mother of
.John Harvard, ami fnon its threshold
sin- went out to be married to Robert
Harvard, of Southwark. From this
union sprang the founder of Harvard
university.
It is chicly to Miss Marie Corelli.
the novelist, that the tsift of Harvard
house to Ame rica Is due She Ioiik
cherished the idea that the Ktratford-on-Avon
dwelling, where John Har
vard's mother lived, and where ho
himself must often have staved in
childhood, should belong to Harvard
university. Miss Corelli was strongly
supported In her scheme by F.dw;ard
Morris, of Chicago, who bought' the
h" use and entrusted Miss Coridli with
its repair and also its furnishing in
the ntyle of the Harvard period. The
work concluded. Mr. Morris presented
the house , i Harvard university. H
was accepted and is to be held In per
petuity, under a body of trustee.
The house is perhaps the most
beautiful sixteenth Yentury building
existing In Stratford-on-Avon. It Is
a far more perfect specimen of a six
teenth century abode than Shakes
peare's birthplace..
The bouse will be open to the pub
lic, and will be available to travelling
Americans Cpr use as a resting place
in Stratford.
On the day of the opening Miss
Corelli will entertain the ambassador
and some hundred friends at luncheon
at her residence, Mason Croft
AS1IEVILLE, N.
John H. Cat ter.
desired accommodations at the Margo
Terrace at 'In same rate ihey are
now paying and will be transferred
free of cost. Thanking you for your
patronage here and soliciting a eon
tlnuance of the same, 1 am.,
"Yours very truly,
P. 11, BRANCH.
"Proprietor "
OMAHA'S TROLLEY SYSTEM
n TIED UP BY I STRIKE
Five Hundred Employes
Stop Work on Eve of Bi
(Jala Week.
OMjXHA. Neb.. -"pi IS The street
car system of omulin and Council
Bluffs was unexpectedly put out of
commission today by a strike of near
ly live hundred rnotormon and con
ductors. The tie-up was noj com
plete hut service on every line was so
seriously crippled that no attempt
was made to run cars on schedule
time. livery car line In the city,
however Is out of commission tonight.
The strike resulted from a failure
of the employes of the street car
company to reach an agreement with
regard to wages, condition and hours
of employment. The walk-out came
so suddenly that the company was In
no way prepared for It.
It came at a time when Omaha was
preparing o entertain the president
of the United Stales and several na
tional" convent ions of fraternal organi
zations and other associations.
President Taft will arrive In the
city Monday afternoon and the ar
rangements committee- Is making ex
traocdlnary efforts to prevent any oc
currence wnirn migni mar ins vmn
to the city.
Only one arrest resulted from the
strike today. A union motorman rid
ing on a Dodce street car created a
dl: lurl mice and an officer on the car
ari' -.led him. He was released on his
own rec'iKhl.ance.
GREATLY IMPROVED BOT
STILL MCILLY ILL
From His Bed Dictates Mes
sage of Welcome to Pres
ident Taft to His State
FLOOD OF TELEGRAMS
neiCHRSTKR, Minn. Sept. 18. A
bulletin from St. Mary's hospital at
i p. in., signed by Dr. W. J. MayoV
-;a vn:
"Wovernor Jolinson Ih better; he
looks fine If he gets through tonight
and tomorrow without having any
noire trouble, we look for his recov
ery. The wound look's fine and the
governor says be feels very much im
proved. His pulse is 102, tempera
ture :tfl, respiration normal.'
Doctors Mayo and McNevin will nut
again visit the governor tonlKht un
less his condition grows worse. I
l.ate this afternoon flovernor John
sons 'condition was such that the St.
Mary's hospital authorities would not
say delnlt ly that their patient would
recover from the operation performed
on him Wednesday morning. His con
dition Is critical.
Kvldence of the attention paid by
the entire lountry to (iovernor John
son's illness appcarH in the flood of
telegrams which come here, the one
ttlcgraph wire out of the city being
burdened with messages.
fiovernor Johnson so far forgot his
own condition this morning, however,
to dictate s" telegram of welcome to
President Taft to be delivered by Kli
S. Warner.
Governor Johnson's message read:
"Hearty nd sincere welcome to the
state of Minnesota. (Jreatly regret
my rUnees prevents my presence at
your reception. (Signed)
"JOHN A. JOHNSON."
President Taft replied to fiovernor
Johnson's telegram, the answer hav
ing been transmitted by telephone.
President Taft'B message said:
"My, Dear Governor Johnson:
"I am gr-atly distressed to hear of
your serious Illness. I miss your
smiling and courteous personal greet
ing, which I have had every time 1
have come to the state heretofore,
and I thank you from the bottom of
(Continued on page four.)
C, SUNDAY M(UNINi, KKPTKMHKU, 1!, l.KK.
The
CHIC A GO 'S CORK UPTION DRA GGED
INTO
Jury Commissioner Arrested Charged With Conspiring to Pack Juries Which Are
CHICAOO. Sept. 18 llench war
rants were lued today by Judge
Baldwin of the Circuit mint for John
J. Holland, members and secretary
of the Cook county Jury commission;
Nicholas A. Martin, secretary to Al
derman Kenna of the lirst ward; and
Willis J. Ilayburn, a real estate mini
The charge against the three Is (hat
they ((inspired to taw namea nf
grand Jurors In a maimer other than
that required by law.
I'rlcnd of Inspector.
Coming In the midst of the trial
of Inspector MuCann for alleged
grafting, the newt of ths action based
n Hege4"tjjjjtNnR with "the Jury
lists carfsea ieat excitement in legal
and political circles.
In criminal court circles the action
was regarded ns the, fore-runner of a
wholsesalo exposure of alleged run-
piracies which may have effected
E
TO TRANSACT BUSINESS
No Further Arrests Made
and Many Go Hack to
Their Old Stand.
NEW YORK. Sept. IS. The book
makers at Uravesend Hay race track
lid business today as usual. Further
trrests. or possibly another raid on
he betting ring, which wax expected
from the onnoum ement that Assis
tant District Attorney Kldor, of
Hrooklyn, had twenty additional war
rants for alleged violators of the law.
lid not occur, and even some of the
men who were taken when the ring
is raided yesterday, Were back to-
lay anhelr usu.i I places laying odds
in the manner which they believe is
not a violation r,r the stale law.
It seems tri be K- nerally understood
that no further are-sts are liKoly nu
ll the cases of Ho- men arrested on
Friday are rilspos d of. District At
torney Clark of dookdyn. claims lhat
his cases this titro cover an entirely
llfferent set of ircumslanees than
xlsted a year when the book
maker won by He decisions f Jus
tice Oaynor and lastlce Him loiff
The bookmaker, confident they are
protected by lie d' cisions if a year
ago, are cfintimon to lay
iddx oil
redlt anil pay el! ih,; next
lay. Three
men are eoneeiie
I In such a Iran-s-'
odds, another re-
' third make., the
1 dlowing day.
Tiy and varied at
' possible devel'ip
1 the raid. 'barges
i' county officials,
alleged corruption,
ictlon ; one layh i 1
cords Ihe b-t and
settlement in tie
Humors wer,
Oraveaend todav
rncnts as a revolt
nvolvlng proline'
hints at provirtk' '
nd other dew lepnient weri' spoken
f, but none lo .k 'b flnlte form.
moYimb i
WA9HINC TON. Sept. Is Fore
cast: North Carolina: Showers Bun
day and Monday; moderate to brisk
northeast winds.
mm
i
End of The Straw Season.
LIGHT OF INVESTIGATION
Trying Police Inspector. Other Politicians Are Im
plicated in the Charge.
the drawing of other grand and putlt
Juries.
Hecauso of the sensational nature
of the charges iignlnsl lnsiieetor Mo
Oinn. who Is accused of -n'ocitilliig
"hush n Ttcy" from disorderly houses
In his district, cjpecial earn was ex
eiclsed. It was believed, In drawing
the grund Jury which Indicted hllll
and In selecting Ihe members of the
pi tit Jury now engaged In deciding
on his guilt or Innocence.
Jury NyMcm lloltcn.
Commenting un the Issuance of the
warrants and the cobs of the drastic
action States Attorney Way man said
today 1 s. fe-... vs3iV
"We propose to throw the light on
the darkest hole In Conk county and
ulenn uit the Jury .commlsslloriiai's
room, which Is rotten,"
Under the stale- law tho names, of
prospective grand Jurors selected at
YEGGMEN OPEN SAFE
E
Diamonds and Other Inci
dentals Fall Into Yawning
Sacks of the Kobbcrs.
MACON. '"la.. Sept. IS Yeggmen
Ot 3.30 o'clock this morning blew
open a safe In Ihe store of K. W.
Hinlth, within a slone't throw of Ihe
city limits, and secured approximate
ly $700 in cash, a pistol, two dia
monds valued at J J Oil, a number of
notes and mortgages ami other vul
uahle doetimnrts.
Ktitrance if the store was gained
with blacksmith tools und nilro-glyc-erln
was used fin the safe. A colored
restaurant near Ihe store ' hoard the
explosion hut though! ,11 wus mules
kicking In a ijtable nearby.
A sheriff's i.i.sse was formed after
davllghl and a determined searc h li
sllluiodhut no trace of the robbers
has been gained.
NEGRO GAVE THE POLICE
QUICK RUN FDR MONEY
Fights With Five. Officers
and Throws Them Over
board Hefore (Capture
N V. W VOItK. Sept. IS. (Purge
Ijauil.m-, a Jeim-y City iiouro, gave
th New York police a r markahle
chase today but tonight he Is safely
locked up and under guard, charged
with sPaling 1200 from Ihe trouser
pockets or a friend, ljite today the
big negro defeated three relays of
patrolmen in a er', town race to the
North river and diving In swain pow
erfully for the Jersey shore. Half
way across he was overhauled by a
row boa I .but after being taken aboard
he tlpp il live officers Into the water
and only gave up fighting when he
hud been b III under the- surface until
exhausted.
COSTLY IUAZK.
OAIN'KHV! U.F. flu., Kept. 18. A
dozen husln-hs houses comprising al
most the entire business section of
this city were detroyed by Are at an
early hour this morning. The loss
Is estimated at 150,000 with but little
random from a sealed box routining
the names of 1,C00 citkens who'have
been examined for Jury service by tho
Jury commissioners and their fitness
eerlllled. A similar, method Is pro
scribed for petit Jury lists.
Jh-feimw KeiMin Victory.
Tho three accused men are alleged
to havo substituted other names for
those drawn In the rogulur manner.
The defense scored a victory today
in Iho McCann trial when the court
over-ruled , an attempt ty BUtes A t
limif Wayman to Introduce evidence
that McCann had spent large sums
of money alnce he became Inspector
and that he bought a 640 acre farm
In Texas last Oetotbcr.
McCann's testimony was completed
this afternoon and court adjourned.
E
In Affidavit States That She
Wan Not Criminally As
sault ed.
ROM 15, lilt, Kept. 1 8. Declaring
that she was driven by the lash of
conscience to tell the truth after hav
Ing perjured herself on the witness
sland, whore her testimony secured
the conviction of Jack Worthlngtort,
Harlow county farmer to twenty
years In the penitent lary on tho
charge of criminal nssalill, Itosa El
rod, the alleged victim today made i
sensational affladvit 111 which she
says her story of the assault was a
pure fabrication.
The girl, accompanied by hor fatb
appeared today before a notary
and attorneys for Worthlnglon and
b illed her whole story. She admitted
having Illicit relations with Worthing
(on, but sail they were by consent
and Hint he was engaged to marry
In r. Iter father, J. H. Klrod, swore
die made the same confession to him,
Holh father Mild (laughter declared
Itrat the false; testimony lit the trial
wan calmed by threats of death to Ihe
Kin, made by enemies of Worhlng
loii, who had discovered hlH relations
with tho Klrod girl and wanted him
lynched or Jailed.
Wort hlnuton's attorneys will iw
me aniiiuvit in a motion for a new
trial now pending In the Appellato
court.
STATE POURS BOOZE
INTO CITY SEWERS
HfHMINOJIAM. Ala . Kept. IS. The
first destruction of Honors under lh
new Fuller bill was made late this af
ternoon by the sheriff, under orders
of Judge W. H. Fort. A total of itr.O
quarts of whiskey and eight casks
of the new bill, a claim of ownership
M wer. Only one negro woman ap-
lieared to lay claim to her share of
the Jl'iuor. when the cases were called
this afternoon. I'nder the provisions
of the new bill, a elal mof ownership
would make the owner guilty of vio
lation of tho law unless they could
come Into court and prove they had
not been exiling It. The law assumes
Jljie. defendant Ktill'y until he estab
lishes Ms innocence.
WILL OT IIAC'E.
BRRUN, Sept. 18. It Is reported
on good authority that kmperor Wil
liam will not race his ycht Tor the
America cup next year.
IMiICK FIVE CENTS.
PEARYSETSSAILFOB
El
SHIP, ROOSEVELT
Harry Whitney Wllh Cook's
Records Also Tacking In
Direction of Home
WOULD HAVE MADE HIS
RECORDS EVEN DYING
Peary Shows Spirit of Martyr
In His Conversation with
Reporters
HATTLK HARBOR. Sept S. ( By
Marconi wireless telegraph, via Capa
Has". N. V., Kept. 18.-Th Arctlo
stoumer HooKcvell, with Commands
Pesry a lwrd, "sailed from her at I
s. hv, today for Sydney. Cantaln
Ilartlett received orders yesterday
from Commander Peary to have the
Kooseveit ready on Saturday mornlny
for the voygg-o to Bydney and also
to time his arrival at that port so
that they may reach thsr about 11
1
NHISTRUSTY
oclock Tuesday morning. Th latter
Instruction w ro glwn In accordance "
with a euggectlon contained to
mitssngo received from the Sydney re
ception oommjttep. Acting under In
structions from II. I Brldgman, sec
retary of Hie Ferny Arctlo club, Com
mander Peary refnra leaving turned .
over to the Clrenfcll hospital all the
remaining provisions of his expedi
tion. In Fncr of Death.
(Yimmjmder I t sry was asked today
what he would have dona If h had
ftttlen sick ut the tnole with no on
In the accompanying' party capbU
of taking observations. To this ha
replied: ,
My lost momenta would have been
dnivotod: tfl( t iik Ing (ofheerratfonai, tn
order to lenve the record. I would
not permit anything to Interfere with , "
that Important duty, nd ? I ., would
have handed the records to the Eskl- -m
to take to Mrs, IN.ary. If 1 bad ,
died within sight of tho pole I would .
havw had to depend on my Eskimos
to . tell how far they traveled from '
the lasl supporting party, or on my
observations, . 1 . v
Kwm! Well Arafod.
"My reoorla are very complete und '':
most carefully ktpl. They are sealed
In skins and parchments, so that If
thrown on tho o or In the water they .
would probably-drift for years with ,
our sinking without being danj- ,
aged, and would eventually found.
This . priceless package will not be
opened until I arrive In New York,.1 v
Commander Peary confirm the j
statement that. four Eskimos were
with him at the pole. He says that -'
he has mada no statement different ,
from this. ?
"Would you fx come at , American
cltixon If you were offered command
of the Itoonnvelt to T to Behring -
Continued on Fag Three.)
TRANS-CONTINENTAL
MOTOR CUR RUN El
IN WRECK AND DEATH
Kclay Trip from Philadel
phia to Heattlo Comes to
(Jricf on First Day.
UKPOUTER KILLED
KBADINa. penn.. Sept. 1. The
trans-continental automobile run from
I'hlladolphla to Seattle, Wash,, under
Ihe auspices of The Philadelphia Press
ciimu to a sudden and sad end late
this afternoon when the first relay
car was wrecked at J'.obesonla, twelve
miles west f here, causing tho death
of one of the occupants of the ma
chine ami the serious Injury ot sev
eral of the other passengers.
The dead man Is Henry 1 Bulkley,
a reporter for Tho Press. William
Hrown. of Philadelphia, was go serl-
oiely Injured that he may die and
vvllllam II. Hob n of the Acme Auto
mobile nue, icy In Philadelphia, sus
tained a deep laceration of the scalp.
Clifford It. Kly. tho chauffeur, and
A Carter, colored, a, valet, were
slightly Injured. The machine was
going through Kobesnnla at a twenty-
tlve mile an hour clip when something
went wrong with a rear tire. The car
upset and Ilulkley was thrown Into
the middle of the road, fracturing bis
skull.
When tho news of the accident
reached The Press the run was call
ed off. Tho run promhied to be an In
teresting affair. The Press has ob
tained from President Taft a, letter of
greeting to President Chllbers;, of the
Alaska-Yukon-Pacific exposition and
had planned to carry It across the
country by lelay of automobiles. The
car wrecked left Philadelphia at 13.30
m. today. Mayor Reyburn giving
the signal for the start.
Bulkley was the courier bearing
the message. ; Bulkley was twenty
four year old and ft graduate of La
fayette college. . .' , .