THE WEATHEE:
CLOUD?. .
.VOL. XXV. NO. 340.
JUIMIOTITLEOF
: PflSGOVERER
Tahes President of American
Geographical Society
Into Confidence
HE WILL LECTURE
ON MONDAY NIGHT
Dr. Huntington Says He Has
Perfect Confidence
In Cook
NEW TOH:C, Sept. 24 For the
first time since his arrival here Dr.
Frederick A. Cook, the Arctic explor
er took into his confidence today one
of the leading American geographical
authorities. Archer M. Huntington,
president of the American Geographi
cal society, with whom he had an
hour's private conference.
Whether Dr. Cook submitted some
of his data to Dr. Huntington, or am
plified his previous statement regard
ing his trip, could not be ascertained,
for upon leaving Dr. Huntington re
fused to comment upon the meeting.
Dr. Cook's friends, however, an
nounced that Just before his depart
ure Dr. Hunting had expressed per
fect confidence in the statements of
the explorer.
Talks to Bradley.
fr. Cook also had an. agreeable
chit with his financial backer, John
R. Bradley, whose liberality enabled
him to make his Northern dash and
to share the fame of that expedition.
Last night 1T. Cook paid an eloquent
tribute to Mr. Bradley and said that
half thfi glory belonged to him.
But most of Dr. Cook's waking
, hours today were devoted to prepar
ing the literary steps which lead to
ctOf "iilatfbrm. "Which he will
mount t Monday at the Carnegie
Institute., ,8a carefully Is the explor-
.: first , 'public appearance that he de
clined many Invitations today for the
HudsOn'-Fulton celebrations during
tni week, although a glance from his
writing table high up In the Waldorf
Astoria swept over a vast sea of wav
ing flags and decorations.
HE RISKS MILLIONS TO
ID, if IS FORGIVEN
WHEN KNOT IS TIED
i
Son of Wealthy Magnate
Elopes with Bride of
His Choice.
, HAVE WEDDING
PlTTSBURO, ah-pt. 24. "I am
more interested in the girl I love than
in any prospects I may have," said
young Stanley Kann. when he learn
ed that his father, M. M Kann, mil
lionaire president of the Pittsburg
Pressed Steel company and director of
the American Window Glass company
opposed his marriage.
He spoke of Miss Beatrice I-win.
thle- seventeen year old daughter of
Robert Lewln, a wealthy wholesale
liquor dealer of this city. Then fol
low d pirns for an elopement.
Stanley watted vtoo-T the Lewln
rcslden with r,ii automobile driven
by his father's chauffeur, who was
Sworn lo cer-icy. It was two boors
beoe Mi'i F.w in found opportunity
to Vteve the house jturreptitioiLsly.
Then the was quickly bundled Into
the auto ey h.-r daring fiance, rush
id lo the La'e Kile Htatii.n. and a
few horr later she was n Mushing
b -tile- In I'ounj-town.
Parental rclentanee followed, but
the bri Jerrom's father instated on
another ceremony besides the civil
one before 'he would forgive his son.
They will be -married next week,
with all the' hi purtenam w of wed
ding music, flowers and wedding
gue.te by the Rev Ir. .7. Leonard
Levy. Kann Is n student at the Penn
sylvania state college. j,
JlIKiK TTKNKIt HYING.
EATONTON, Ola.. Sept. 24 Judge
Joseph Sydney Turner is reported as
itvlnv Phvsiclnns state, he cannot
live through the right. He Is one of
the best known library men of the
SWUfh. He was for years Judge of
Putnam countv court- He has been
a rVrober of the state prison com
mltwkm since Cover nor Atkinson's
administration.
THE
BURGLAR
SH0T70 DEATH BY
W. A. Roffe. Civil Engineer.
Kills Man Who Was Try
ing to Enter
HE HAD VISITED
THEJROOMS BEFORE
Thief is Identified as Man Who
Came in Auto to Look
at Apartments
NEW YORK, Sept. 24 After tak
ing the trouble to hire an automobile
and in the guise of a prospective ten
an go through the apartment he In
tended to rob George Reigal, burglar,
was shot to death yesterday morning
by William A. Roffe, a civil engineer.
At the time of the shootln Reigal
was hunglng on a rope at the bath
room window, having lowered himself
from the roof.
Mr. Roffe, whose office Is at No. 45
East Forty-second street, lives on the
top floor of a five story house at No.
18888 Rathgafe avenue, the Bronx.
As he has devoted much of his leisure
time to shooting he Is an expert
marksman.
Shortly after three o'clock yester
day morning Mr. Roffe was awakened
by the breaking of glass. He lay
awake In bed for a few seconds and
then heard another noise, which led
him to believe that there was a man
In the bathroom. Wlthi-ut awakening
his wife he went cautloualy to the bu
reau, got his revolver and went to the
bathroom, where he threw open the
door. As he did so he saw a man
whose body was about half way
through the window. Without a
word Mr. Roffe tired two shots, and
the man dropped back and disap
peared. Kunnltig to the window Mr.
Roffe looked out and saw the man
sliding down. He fired three mora
shots as the man reached the bottom
and disappeared In the darkness of
the areaway.
Returning to his bedroom Mr. Roffe
quited tits" wife, who hart Keen awak
ened. Then he telephoned to tho
Tremont avenue station, and Police
man Riser whs sent to the house. In
the meantime the occupants of the
house as well as adjoining houses
were awakened, and many ran to the
street, where search was made, but
no trace could be found of the man.
Investigation showed that the man
(Continued on page four )
ACCUSED OF THE
MURDER OE SIX FOUND
GUILTLESS DF CRIME
Bloodhounds as Usual, Took
the Wrong Trail and
Found Wrong Men.
NO NEW DETAILS YET
ROANOKE, Va.. Sept. 24. A tele
phone ma?age tonight from Grundy,
the county seat of Huchanan county,
Virginia, says no developments have
occurred today in the murder mys
tery at Hurley in which six persons
were killed and their bodies burned
on last Wednesday. Invi-stlgatlon and
search are still in progress, but aside
from the liberation of Silas Justls and
Wis two sons, who were thought to
have been implicated In the murder,
nothing has been brought to light.
The Jiistlws proved their Innocence
at a preliminary hearing this morn
ing Kilns Justls Is no relation of the
persons of the same name who were
murdered. He and his two twins were
arrested yesterday ;it their home after
bloodhounds had hd to the house
where they lived. They stoutly denied
that they knew anything of the trag
edy. OUR TAFT TO MEET
PRESIDENT DIA3
MEXICO CITY, Sept. 24 The
Mexican nd of lb.- pr-.k-ram for the
meeting between Pre Villi. Tift and
IXhx at El Paso has - completed
anil s today sent to Washington by
the Mexican state department.
President I Ma., w ith bis staff, sev
er il eubinet member, a battalion of
presidential guards and a number of
goiernment officials will leave Mexico
City on the morning of October 12.
FIHKH ON CAR.
SAVANNAH. Oa. Sept 24 U R.
Kirea. express rcc.-eenger on the Cen
tral of Georgia, was fired upon In tils
car near Mclntyre. Oa., this morn
ing early by some person on thfl top
on the car. The shots were fired
through the trarsom. robbery doubt
less being the motive. Sires sum
moned help from the mail car but
the man escaped.
INTENDED
VICTIM
iASHEVlLLE CITIZEN.
ASIIEVILLE, N.
E
LATERJEPORTS
Sloops And Launches Lie
Wrecked Along Shores
of Louisiana
STEAMERS ARRIVE
WITH REFUGEES
List of Dead From Monday's
Hurricane Is Now Above
One Hundred
NEW ORLEANS. Sept. 21 With
the lint of deail from Monday's tropi
cal hurricane well above a hundrod
tonight every Indication oints to a
much larger Increase of the number
of perished. MarfJsmall slujpR and
launches are lying wrecked on the
gulf shores of Louisiana and Mississ
ippi and there seems to be little
doubt but that at least some of their
occupants were lost. Anxiety tor the
safety of steamers bound for New Or
leans during the hurricane period on
the gulf has been relieved. Nearly
all uf these vessels wi re many hours
ate, but finally arrived at this port
with the exception of the Uisteln.
The CtHteln four days over-due iron
Puerto Cortes, was reported by lo
oming vessels today, to have gone
aground off Seashore Light, near the
mouth of the Mississippi rlv.T. No
iss of life is reported.
News of the loss of the oyster lug
ger Washington, and the drowning of
her captain, Donlmlc Bondy, tvas re
ceived here today. The boat went
down In Lake Pontchartraln. Many
other vessels of this class are reported
missing.
The steamboat Williams, arrived at
Morgan City. La., late today towing
five disabled luggers and bringing In
a number of refugees from the coast
swept sections. The rescued families
report having burled many bodies In
the marshes.
, . '. . HHWKBCKKD SAItm.
TTHW ORLEANS, Sept. 24 Eleven
Norwegian sailors, shipwrecked on
August 25, off the coast Yucatan, nr
rlved hero today on the steamship
Nor, from I'rogresso. Their vessel,
the Segal, went ashore at Cuyo, Yuca
tan, and was a total loss. All on
board escaped with their lives.
SI ATE AND FEDERAL
MOLE AT ATLANTA
TO A
Collector of Internal Reve
nue Rucker Is Placed
Under Arrest.
UNDER BOND OP $1,000
ATLANTA, Oa., Sept. 24. The
clash between the state and federal
authorities growing out of the trouble
over collection of Internal revenue
taxes in Dade county, came to a cli
max today in the arrest of H. A.
Rucker, collector of Internal revenue
In Atlanta. Rucker was served with
a warrant of arrest for contempt of
the Su(Mrior court of Oeorgla, ly
Sheriff Thurman of Hade county, but
wa later liberated on a bond of
$1,000.
At the same time he was orders
to produce 'iucker, Hherlff Thurman
was glv,eri another writ ordering him
to produce Charles E. Stegall, govern
ment store-keeper and ganger, who
had refused to answer questions In
court on the ndvle-i of Collator
Rucker.
Under the internal revenue lawn of
the United i'lab-H government, it Is
claimed by the federal officers, any
official giving the Information re
quested by the Ntate Judge Is liable
to forfeiture of position, a fine of
-11,000, lain imprisonmieU kjur one
wir.
TWO KILLED IN AN
AUTO ACCIDENT
AMERICl'S. (ia.. Sept. 24. One
person was burned to death, anoth
er Instantly killed and a third ser
iously burned, when an alcoholic au
tomobile, driven by John M-lendon,
ran off an ejght foot embankment
here early today. McLendon and Mls
Viola Herman, one of his companion
were pinioned beneath the wrecked
car which caught fire. Ethel Hilt,
another member of the party, al
though severely burned, ran scream
ing to this city, two miles distant and
gave the alarm.
Miss Herman's neck was broken
by the fall and death was Instantan
eous and McLendon was literally
roasted alive.
NUMBER
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PILINGUPWITHTH
C, SATU RDAY MORNING, SKPTEBKIt 2.r, 190!).
A
i
AFFAIRS OF THE WATERS
PIERCE OIL COMPANY TO
Judge Wilcox Issues Decree
to That Effect and Prop
erty Will Be Sold.
VALUE IS $1,750,000.
AUSTIN, Texas, Sept. 24. An order
was Issued this afternoon by Judge
C. A. Wilcox, of the twenty-sixth dis
trict, directing that X B. Eekbardt,
receiver ol We Watera-Ptere 011
.company" proceed- Whow elay to
advertise for.-4ktie at puMhT auction
and to the -highest bidder all the
property ef every kind and character
of the Waters-Pierce OH company,
with a view of speedily winding up
the affairs of the company in Texas'.
Tho order provides and directs the
sale of the property on the first Tues
day in December, 11109, In Austin. The
sl is to made without further right
of redemption and without further
valuation or appraisement.
The property Is valued at $1,750,
000 and Is to be sold In bulk. The
terms of this order was agreed upon
between the attorneys reprecentlng
the company and states attorneys at
an all day conference. Coincident
with the issuance of this order, an
order was issued this afternoon run.
tinning until November 2it the rase of
H. Clay I'lerce.
HUSBAND KILLS HIS WIFE
IN CHILDREN'S SICHT
While She Was Asleep Me
Crept Up and lilew Her
Head off.
ollKEXVILI-K, S. , Sept 24.
One of the most brutal murders ever
commltl-! here occurred this morn
ing at the Wimdside mill village, a
suburb of (Ireenvlll. . ,vhen Whit tial
loway shot his v.ile .load and then
killed himself in the presence of his
three small children. Galloway ot
his shot gun and ''arefully loaded
both barrels, tii n r n-pt to I he side
of thi lied, aim d -n his sleeping
wife's bead and dlw h:irged the gun.
blowing off her head. Then pl.o ing
the gun on th floor he placed the
muzzle at the side of hU) head and
pulled the trheger, u.L.wIng hie head
completely off.
Galloway's little f""r year old
daughter said her father also tre 1
to kill her.
WASHIVITPrtV Hent. 24. FV.reenut
for Mnrth Cmlin, Parllv el,m .1 v
Hntiirilnv uul u.m.lnv. with nrotkuhle
showers In east portion; cooler in
extreme east poTthon aiuraay; orisx
north winds.
WOUKDJIP BTTHE COURT
Melancholy Day For Dad.
BEING AN ACCESSARY TO
E
She Will Have to Stand
Trial with Man Who
Shot Her Lord.
FINALLY COLLAPSES
HINKSVILLK, Oa., Sept. 24. For
a few minutes today Mrs. Helen Faul
ting faxed tho-membera pf the Liberty
county grand jury and when she left
them )t, wa to return to cell ,Jn thi
county jatl.itvnra charged with being
n -acessssty In th crime- tliat"-fnade
br a wklow.
She will stand trial next Tuesday
with Charles Gordon, who Is charged
with the murder of her husband,
William N. Faulting, jr. Hitherto
the young widow has not betrayed
any emotion In the case but today
when the grand jury had taken Its ac
tion she was near collapse, sobbing in
her cll.
The arrest of Oordon and Mrs.
Faulting is on the theory that Jr
don killed the hushund rearing that
punishment might be meted out to
himself.
TORNADO Ul'SV.
MONTEREY, Mexico, Sept. 24.
Report wna received In this city that
a tornado bad si ruck the town on
Montemorells, In this state and dalng
considerable damage to property and
crops in that vicinity. There was no
loss of lift.
SAYS THAT HE HAS READ
' THE REPORTS OF PEART
(loieriil Thomas lluhhard
Looks Them Over and
Finds Them Interesting.
HA It HAriltOR. Maine. Sept. 24
"I have read the records submitted by
Commander Peary on the iiuestlon,
has Cook been at the pole', and found
In them much that Lr. Cook has not
stated. They are veTy Interesting."
General Thomas Hubbard, presi
dent of the I'eary Arctic club made
this statement today after a careful
examination of the I'eary records on
the controversy wnich were submit
ted to him by Commander Peary at
I liangor yesterday. Whllo General
Hubbard would give no Intimation as
lo the nature of the proofs which
I Commander I'eary Is confident Will
If.hiw that Dr. Cook wan not at tho
i pole. It was apparent that he was
iw.ll satisfied with the records before
i him.
Commander I'eary Is expected here
Monday afternoon and will remain
until 'Tuesday, during which time he
"'M be a guest at tho home of Gen
eral Hubbard.
BUSY DAY FOK POLICE.
OMAHA, Nb.. Sept. 24. It has
been n busy day for the police. Klot
calls have tome from almost all parts
of the city there being seven such
call within an hour this fifternoon.
Notwithstanding the activity of the
police not over half a dozen arrests
were made, although dozens of cars
Were stoned and several members of
their crews were more or less Injured.
A car was attacked In the downtown
district and all tho windows broken
and the wood work badly damaged.
T
POINT IN STRANGE AND
BAFFLING ISLIP CASE
Nurse Saya That Nelson
Planned to Go Shooting
With Schwartz.
CLEARS UP MYSTERY
CENTRAL 18LAP, N. Y., Sept. U,
At the corcmer'a lno.ui.st toold hafa
today t dertormtno If possible, thB
Derson .or persona who on last Thurs
iay mtM-ning murdera Irving,. WM
ott -tr wur tiwugrir ttt. that. NeUwh
on the morning ha met death had
planned to be a maraber of a dear
shooting party. These facta District
Attorney Furman learned during tho
examination of Miss Oertrude Llpka,
a nurse at the State Hospital for tha
Insane, who was escorted to and from
a dance at Bayshora by Nelson.
Miss Llpke wua called aftsr tha dls
trlct attorney had questioned , other
witnesses who brought tha aeries of
events up to the time when ah and
Nelson departed from a dance Jiajl at
Itayshore and started for Central, I
llp. It wan then about half-past one
o'clock on Thursday morning. ,
"During the ride hoirue, asked dis
trict Attorney Furman, "did Nelson
say anything about his plans after he
left you at the hospital?"
"He said that ho was to meet
Hchwarts near his home and they
were going out for deer after he had
obtained his gun and a pair of over
alls at his home."
STOLEN AUTO THE MEANS
OF DEAM YOUNG LAD
Discharged Chauffeur Ad
mits Driving Car That
Killed Louis Doremus. t
MORHIHTOWN, N. J, Bept, 24.
Jamen ILinn in. a chauffeur, wafct ar
retted here tonight and when; ax
rulgneil before a police justice ad
mitted he was the driver of the an
tomoblle that ran over and kUlefl
I on In Doremus al FsIrfleM i-esterday.
Harmon woj arrested 'by Mr, Ooutll
iler. state automobile Inspector, and
Oirnelljs Holly, a patrolman.
Harmon was committed to pall
without ball, charged with violating
tho provlskon of the automobile laws
rogard'-itj, "joy rides." Ho Is In th
jnploy of ftorge P. Schmidt, a New!
York broker, who has a handsome
place here. Schmidt Is In California.
ami before going he discharged the
chauffeur and sent the car to a gar
age for repairs. Hannon went to
the garage yesterday and took the car
out without the knowledge of the
manager.
Hnnon told the Justice he wanted
"Just one more ride" before Che au
tomobile wax taken apart H de
scribed the accident, asserting that
two boys were wrestling together at
one skle of the rood. Going nut
eight miles an hour, ho declares, he
turned his machine toward the op
posite side. As he did so the boys
broke apart and one ran directly. In
front of the machine. Hannon says
he atoppnd the machine within thtee
lengths of Itself.
Hannon's companions In the cftr
were William Hnllon, a coachman
and Joseph Johnson, a hackmcn.
Hoth men corroborated Hannon's
story of now the accident happened.
As4v4.Ulcd Tress ;
Leased Wire Reports.
PRICE FIVE CENTS.
E
SHIFTED UPTO SIX
0' CLOCK THIS JEVE
Sitting Sedately on TheNfttgh.
boring Duties The Fall h
ful Are Now Ready
THE BOSS MAN HAS
NEW REVELATION
If Trick Ism Turned Tonight
no More Baths For
One Year
NDOFTHEWORLO
WEST mrXHUHY, Mass., fiept 84,
Awaiting the wul of tha world,
which they believe wlU come befoae, ,
six o'clock tomorrow hlf hi, the three '
hundred or more niembMre of f,h
latter reign of the Apostolic church''.-' f
who call themselves "Triune Itnmar..
skmlsts" and are popularly knowa aa
"Holy Rollers," it-assembled tontfht' 'lf
for a kmg watch meeting In their ,
Bethel at Ashriod, on Ihe main turn'
pike between Poston and Plynouth, '
Hundreds uf curious people from
the neighboring villages llngsred out-
side to note the progress of eveata.1
but, as curtains at the windows of .
the Bethel were all drawn otose, little
of what occurred -within was evident
to outsiders. Apparently thre wae 'I
a praise service and exhortations and
occasionally a voice pitched hlfb In.
prayer was heard exclaiming:
"O Lord, come soon: don't dlaap '
point us," . , . t
OmturisI the Date. -,
Although ten -o'clock thle forenoon
waa originally aet aa tha hour of tho
tomlne- of the end if all thltwre, the
faithful ahowed little durapolntmant
when one of the elder announced
that he had had a new wslatlon ,
that the world would not be destroyed,
until some time during the, twenty- .
four hours beginning at six o'clock.,
tonight At four o'clock thla after
noon the 4neetnf, which had contin
ued all day, waa adjourned for up-l
per, Utter the m timbers of b,t sect
returned for the watch otjrvlce. ', '
i AThrouchout , the smewllng almost
unprecedented ftthustaam and f error
have fcewn, manifested. Thoee par.
Wclttnf fotiid eif4m .'c'vtry, . e. t!orl '
of Mew England, . while some hav
Journeyed irom. an far Virginia. " a ,
Aa the forenoon paed the devout r
company decided, for reasons not sn-
nounced to close the chapel, and-
move acrose the road to the "Bethel," ;
a lanpe frame structure betongtng to'
the society, there to await tho end-
Ail but "belleeera" were carefully ex-.
eluded, true door were closed ami the
curtains In the window lowered,
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CITY OF 90THAM WAITS
OFHUDSHTONFETE
Two Weeks' Celebration ,
Bgina Today with Roar ,
of One Hundred Guns. N
MILLIONS WILL 00
NEW YORK. Hepl. 24. The
toiilght Is set for the great hlatorl-
cl uaaeant on land and water which
opens here tmmorrow and Will contin
ue for two jvceks the fength of the
stream that Hudson discovered and
Fulton first navigated by team. All
lay long the preparation ashore and
afloat went on behind a curtain of
driving rain and ntlsl. hut the weath
er bureau promisee fair skies for to
morrow 1
Wilbur Wright was buey it 'Gov
ernor's island preptwlim for his ae
rial flights. The great elevated; bat
tery of forty ecareblights of 600,000
candle power each, which at night
will ply up nnd ilun the Hudson
tind throw oloreJ patter.is of a
screen of smoke and eteam, la In
olaee and neede but the touch of a
button to bbixo Into blinding bright
ness. The streets, shops, theatre and
transit facilities f the city are pil
tn ,n.priovliiK with tu greatest
tlmatedr that bes sver been attrgct-
l mated than nut srrr muii iirvi-
ed lo New YorK. , ,
anotheb"auto1s V .
THE DJSATH OF TWO
TAMPA, Flu... Pt. Mr Lee
meelo was kllledf and Mr. Alfred
Mooney and Chadfeur Walter. Bee
man were protiably ialally Injured to.
night when th rea.; tire of the large
touring car in which they were riding
burst, causing the, rttr to dash Into
a telephone jwle, 'recking tt and
throwing' the occur. anta out
great force. TI car wee making flfty
miles an hoit-' nd tt to charged Ual ,
the chauffeur' rd been drinking.
Mia. Stele' Itrad Ja crushed.
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