- t Associated Press Leased Wire Reports ASIIEVILLE, N. C, MONDAY MOHN1NO, NOVEMBER 22, 1JW0. PRICE FIVE CKNT& vol. xxvt, no. 33. BEPORTCQLASTOR lEIIi HARBOR AT SAfl JUATJWEEKAGO His YachtThus Escaped Storm Which Swept Over West Indian Waters TS Good Fqt You, Andy! WILL BE MADE AT T TODAY'S Insists on Its Prerogative A gainst Encroachment of House of Commons Ministers Await With Anxiety Announcement of Changes in Pastorates Gomez Trying to Bolster, up His Cause Making Ene mies In Own Ranks THE WEATHER: FAIR.- HOUSE OF LORDS APPOINTMEIil CASTRO STIHRING MAKES RESOLUTE POTOPTR OLE STAND 0 SESSION VENEZUELA Ad MRS. ASTOR NOTIFIED BY WIRELESS DISPATCH Pjit to Sea on Day Divorce Was Granted to Avoid Meddlesome Persons W1LLEMSTAD, Curacoa, Nov. 21. John Jacob Autor's ateam yacht Nourmahal was Safe In the harbor of 8ati Juarit Porto Rico, on November 15 acording to the report brought here by the Red D. liner Caracas to day. The Caracas reports that the Nourmahal jvah at San Juan on No vember nd that she was still there op the fifteenth, safely anchor ed Inside the harbor-. NEW YORK NOTIFIED. NEW YORK. Nov. 21. News from Wlllemstad, Curacao, today that Col onel John Jacob eAstor's yacht Nour mahl was safe at San Juan, Porto Ri co on Nodfernfoer 13, eominif on the heels of last night's alarming report that a derelict sighted Jiorth of Cuba might be the Astor yacht, was a wel come rainbow after the storm of anx leyr .whU'h his friends and relatives hale experienced here since the West Indian regions was cut off from com munication py the ,hurrlcane two weeks, ago,, . -.'' William "J. Dotjbyn, private secre tary to Colonel Astor was gioatly re lieved with yie brief Wlllemstad de spatch! but nevertheless anxious for details. Mrs. Astor Notified. The news was passed along imme diately to Douglas Robinson and Nicholas Blddle, trustees of the Astor estate and Mr. Biddle promptly tiled message with the wireless and ca ble, companies : to Mrs. Astor, who sailed. '(of Europe on Wednesday last JkdMMMnl . ffWV.r obatlnlng lecrwerWww. The lapse of two weeks without a word-front Col. .Astor had wrought Op. newspaper agencies, martlme news exchanges wireless telegraph com panies, cable companies, ship captains and' even the United. States govern ment which had despatched three '(Continued on page four.) NIBLO'S WIFE WAS FREE -AFFECTS MISS GAZZAM Destroys Her Principal De-i Alleged that Married Wom feuse iu Suit Against Her j an Wedded Another and for Alienation I t ' CASE MAY BE SETTLED CHICAGO, Nov. 21. The decision that upheld the legality of the divorce of Mrs. Alice M. Dorsey from Jackson H. Dorsey, thereby making lawful her marriage to Marshall Clark, has brought about a consultation between her attorneys and those representing Miss Antoinette Elizabeth (Jazzam, whom she is suing for 1150,000 for alienating Clark's affections. The court granted twenty days to-the de fense for the filing of an amended bill attacking the marital 'record of Mrs. Clark, but the Indications non are that the case will be settled out of court and that she will receive a large sum in damages for the loss of her husband. The decision of the District court of Chicago that Mrs. Marshall Clark had peeh divorced legally from her first husban who viewed irom wineiy different angles toy the lawyers In the case yesterday. Samuel H. Thomas, one of Mrs. Clark's counsel, asserted j the wife's Victory had torn away one ot the principal supports in the de fense relied upon by Antoinette Eliz abeth . Oasxam, . Cornwall heiress, to! disprove that she had alienated Clark's j affections. In her answer to the $150,000 suit of Mrs. Clark Miss Gazzam alleged that Mrs. Clark had never been the legal wife of Clark. Following the tiling of the damage suit Clarli sued, fcr divorce and attacked his wife' divorce from Jackson-Dorsey, which was granted In August, 1902. Whet. Miss Gazxam filed her answer in the damage suit she set up as a defense, almost verbatim, the charge Clark had made agafnst his wife. "The decision of the Chicago court .laces us in a positron where we are confident of victory," said Mr. Thomas yesterday- "Tl,e biggest point is now disposed of In our favor and our cas.j Is greatly utrengthened." One of Miss Gazzam's attorneys said he had not seen the decision, but If t was ch as had been reported to .him the case would have to he tried, eiiOrely on its merits. MOMENTOUS STRUGGLE AT HAND IN BRITON Appeal to The Country May Wipe Out Ihe Liberal Majority Entirely LONDON, Nov. Si. The I'nited Kingdom' is more absorbed In politics now than for some years and the coming week will see the culmination of the fierce warfare that has been carried on over the budget. The house of lords Is expected to vote Thursday on Ird Iansdowne s resolution call ing for the rejection of the budget. Then most of thr Dig guns In the upper house will speak on the ques tion. Lord Roseberry's effort for the conservatives, and that of the Earl of Halsbury for the liberals, are await ed with the utmost interest. Probably the largest number of lords will be mustered for the vote since the rejection of the home rule. About 450. many of whom politically are strangers In parliament are likely to be assembled, and not more than me quarter of these will support the budget. Most qX the politTcluns predict that when .the question ;ois before the people at the general elctlon In Jan uary it will he, .Impossible to wipe out the great liberal majority and that the liberal government will bo re turned but with a comparatively small majority. The betting at Lloyds is .1 to 1 in favor of the liberals. The liberal loaders declare that the issue is whether the nereditary cham ber shall rule the country. The con servatives argue that the house of commons have no mandate from the people to introduce new forms of tax. atlon and that the house of lords i fulfilling Its' function as a balance on the. commons by forcing resort to referendum. Conservative gains' 'wlllj. be acclaimed as victories for protection.- The uncertainty of the country's fi nancial policy is 'paralyzing the stock exchange and the possibility that the government will havt- to raise a large loan to meet current expenses makes the moneys market too uncertain for extensive enterprise. BUT ACCUSED OF CHIME ALMOST UNBELIEVABLE Kiljed Him for Insurance LIVED DOUBLE LIKE ST. I.nl'IS, .Nov. 21. The body of William J. Krder wil be exhumed to morrow by order of Deputy Coroner Faith and a chemical analysis for traces of strychnine and arsenic made. Faith made the announcement after a conference today with Miss Kate Er der. sister of the dead man. who caus ed the nrrest of Dr. and Mrs. l.uren It. Doxey at Columbus, Neb., Thurs day. Miss Erder Identified Mrs. Doxey h". the woman who went through a m.ir eeremonl with her brother three months before he transferred his insu rance to her and died. , "Mrs. Doxey admitted to me that she had given my brother strychnine." satd Miss Erder. "but she claimed it was a treatment prescribed by a phy sician." Dr. Arthur Frledebcrg-. who attend ed Erder. said today that strychnine was administered in small quantities as A hv-arl stimulant, but never in amounts sufficient to cause death. He also declared that Erder's supposed wife, who nursed him during his last Minora nrntesieti against an autopsy. Miss Erder told Faith that Mr Doxey was married to her present husband live years before she met Erder, and that while living in St. Louis with Erder she made an a I. leged trip to Des Moines, but really returned temporarily to Dr. Doxey. Miss Erder. with her mother, re turned today from Columbus and con vinced Deputy Coroner Faith, he says, that her in-other died under peculiar circumstances. He was ill but four days, before his death, which occurred two weeks after he had transferrd all his insurance to his wife, according to Miss Erder. In Columbus Dr. Doxey and hie wife stand high In church circles. "Mrs. Doxey admitted that she had lived here as my son s wrte, but braz enly denied that she had ever been married to him." said Mrs. Erder upon her return from Columbus. When the (Continued on page fonr.) DEACONS AND ELDERS ORDAINED YESTERDAY Memorial Services Held In Afternoon In Presenco of Large Audience HICKORY, N. C, Nov. 21. This was memorial and ordination day at the Methodist Episcopal conference now In session here, and at the morn ing services all the deacons who were passed earlier in the week received their ordination and the ordination of the elders took place at the evening session. In the afternoon the memorial ser vices for those who have died during the year were held at the First Meth odist church. The following deacons were ordain ed: O. C Brlnkman, Phoenicia Itrlt taln, James O. Erwln, Thomas J. Fol der, James P. Hornlmckle, James F Moser.- Chas. H. Kwlft, Ernest K. Yates and Thomas 8. Coble. The elders ordained were: William E. Abernethy, Robert D. Doggett, James H. tlreen, Chas. S. KlrMpatrlck, William A. liambeth, Walter O. Rutll III. D. P. Waters and J. A. Sharpe. The ordination was with the full and Impressive ceremonies of ine church. Memorial Services. The memorial services were held lit three o'clock this afternoon and the church was packed with visitors to Its utmost capacity. Rev. J. B. Nelson was the only member of tile confer ence who died during the year ami a memoir to him was read and several ministers paid their tributes of love and respect to the dead brother. Me moirs Were also read of Mrs. C. II. Oavlnre and Mrs. T. K. Smiley. The report of the committee to try the charges against Rev. C, F. Sherrill on complaint against him of conduct unbecoming a minister has reached Its declsinrr-ra the 'ease and It report Is ready to be handed In and read at the session of the conference todny. ApiiointiiK'iitN Today. The appointments of tho various ministers to their posts for the ensu ing year will he made today, and there Is the usual curiosity and anxiety (Contliinrd on page two.) MRS. STETSON IS LOYAL TOMRS.EDOYINSPITE OF HER niCATION Her Statement Fails to Make Plain Whether She is Loval to Directors HAS TO LEAVE HOME NEW YORK, Nov. 21. Mrs. Au gusta E. Stetson has left her hiMJse at No. 7 West Ninety-Mxth street to t re,main for a few days with friends in the city. It was said that she pre ferred ijot to talk at present about her expulsion from the Christian Science church, ami as she could not remain at home and deny herself to callers from the First church, she bad j accepted the hospitality of another roof where privacy might be assured. There wen- many callers who left messages of sympathy when Informed that she had gone away. Reports that Mrs. Stetson would not be tamely submissive to the ac tion of the Boston directors were adundant at the church all day. Her statement given nut after' her excom munication provoked the comment that while It professed loyalty to Mrs. Eddy it omitted allusion to the direc tors who decreed her punishment. Those on the other side conceded she Is dangerous in tier pn-sent position f all to cain and nothing to lose by making trouble, but they thought she could not rally following enough to do much damage. In her statement she said: "I have not received any notice di rect from hc board of directors of the mother church, but I have seen the newspaper notice given out by the Christian Si lence Publication com mittee for New- York state that my name has been dropped from the roils of the mother church. "No student of mrne, with my ap proval, will -irate himself Criiu the mother church r from Christian Science. "As for myself, neither death nor life, nor angels, nor principalities, nor powers, nor things present, nor things to come, nor height nor depth, nor any other creature shall lie able to separate me from the love of Oor. which Is in Christ Jesus,' our Lord. (Continue! on page four.) FACING HORRIBLE DEATH, WROTE Only Dead Brought from is Vanishi CHERRY. III., Nov. Hope, i roused yesterday by the rescue alive ' of twenty entombed men lrom the St. Paul mine, Just one week after tho" starting of the falal fire, was crushed today, for not one more of the 310-men caught by the found. The dy was spent in PemQivIng bodies arjtl In burying the ; i-opses heretofori recovered. TOlght' the records siwed that o tho 310 men left In thiamine last HaturaayjinlgRt 198 are stlfimissltig, whHa namely found a4 tv ty tnen rescued alive. The fire that broke mi"'aXrV lart nlrht was snthe.'d today. and ex plorers were-M. ti "work us-tke mlrto but black dHiMn one of the galler ies defied thit-n as dl. caire-tns and other debris , It was no even discovered whelher thero are more men alive In the mine galleries, although tho explorers work with Rlmojit'aiiuerliuman strength ami rapidity. The finding of thirty-seven bodies and their removal were the only visible results of today's endeavors. llnllu Tolled All Day. All day long the tolling of cnureh bells resounded in i 'berry and Spring Valley. Eighteen bodies were burled In a field south of Cherry. At Ihe mine a dozen victims in coffins n waited MILLIONAIRE LIKELY TO BE HELD FOR CONTEMPT Refuses to Respond as Wit 'ne,ss'and Treats 1oiirt,':; Moncv With Indignity HAVANNAH. li.i No'-, ill. Post poned from yest.-nl ,y, It Is probable that Judge Emcrv Speer of Ihe Fed eral District court v,ll1 tomorrow cot. elder the refusal It. T. Wilson. Jr . New York millionaire and club men. fo accept sulipo' na to appear in thai court as a witness m a civil suit. Mr. Wilson has sent a message, with a physician's certlllcai,. to Judge Speer. tfle certificate bi-tiii: in regard to Mr. Wilson's health. lodge Hpecr stated u-hen a writ of attachment for Mr. Wilson was pre-n! 'I for his signature that he would not take summary ac tion. The officers who served Un- sub poena state that M Wilson threw Oe; the money offered t.im as mlleuge and witness fees on the round and stamp ed on it. This w i bo considered be thfilrotirt. DIED Ol PKMiAtJKA. ROCK HIM.. S. '" . Nov. fit. Mrs. II. W. Clarke, wif. of a foreman for a builder and ' tractor here, died this morning of p iiagra. The woman had been ill for a long time and seemed to be -ipotirtlng to the treatment but gr..w- worse ysierduy and died suddenh WASHINGTON. Vov. n.f-Korecast for North Carolina: Fair Monday; Tuesday partly cloudy;, probably rain and colder In west; light to moderate south winds. j LETTERS TO Mine Yesterday and Hope of ng. Pitiful Stories Told By Survivors removal whllo a score, of coffins were piled nearby for others that might be brought to tho surface. . . Services for the dead meit wore held outside the churches, Into Which Cor oner Malm deemed It udvlsablo that' fire weslihii bodies be taken:' From the yet unfilled graves tn which the Roman Catholic dead wort' placed, tho priests hurried td the mine entrance to aoinlnister the lust eitu to any dying man that might hti brought Up.' ' , .' ' :' ; It 'was declared today that thnws- isertlon made yratrmaf fhfl- t Hf nrvu mhi uwii . . w . , . .. tt n . " - n founded. Each hour that pnatt now Is looked on as making (lie cluuiov of escape pitifully less Cannot Kcucli llodlcs. The rescuers workod with thll knowledge. The firo In the second level was forced back trf that early In the afternoon tho workers could 'pass it. Hut the irnicK unmpin mu east gallery proved Insurmountable for a long time. Through the gallery tll. bodies f 'thirty-seven men could, be seen. J'rep- arations for the taking out of these bodies were rushed when Ihe morbid throng about the mine had thinned and the black damp Had been over come. BIG MERCER PLANNED OF Reported, that he Will Form Half Million holding !oni- oaiiv to Take Over Lines: ST Uil'IK, Mo., Nov. 21. St. Lou is financiers arc discussing a widely Irctilated rennet that Edwin Hawley Is "organizing a r,, 000, )l)h, (100 hold ing corporation to Intitule the St. Nou Is and Sun I'm ncisco; Chicago anil Alton; Missouri, Kansas and Tex as; Chesapeake mid tihlo; Toledo. St. Thiols null Western: Iowa Central: Colorado Soutlrn; Minneapolis and St. Iouls and Chicago, Rock Island and 1'a.clllc railroads. Trust- r.i.ids have a total of more than s.l.fnio inlleH reaching from Mln- rf,u.nu I., k'niiwu f'llv r'Mcnir.i v..- I...., V. u h t In le..i.ti.n I That a I riiimcontioi nlal system may In- formed by a traffic arrangement Willi the .lames J Hill railroad In terest Ik also a matter talked of.. VOKI l Ml, KM'. NEW YORK. Nov 21. lit nlallilll I F. Yoakum, president of the Ho. k Island system, refused to conllriii or lettv a rumor that lie will r sikii ; from the Rock Island to. head a merger of Edwin Hnwb-y's "ban;..iii ids.'1 i H her officers of the company discredited tip- rumor. I BURGLAR STUCK I FAST IN CHIMNEY j WASHINGTON, N. C. Nov., L'0. Sllillng down the ehlmnev in an ef fort to burglarise the home of J II Davis at ah early hour this morning. David Fulford stuck fat The burg lar's efforts to liberate himself awoke Davis who telephoned for the police Though the chimney wn,t razed to the roof and officers and neighbors work ed for an hour efforts to release the man were In In vain and finally the services of a brick mason were re quistloned and after the mantel and flreplact were removed Fulford was taken out more dead than alive. He was locked up pending trial. MINERS LOV fib ONES Finding Others Still Alive the Few : , In the mine level t1e work or the explorers went on unceasingly. Relays of eager minors succeeded those whoso strength failed. Those who staggered from the pit mouth were surrounded instantly nd a babel or qut'altnns was hurled at them. j "TluVre All tewil, Ho." i i"We can see the bodloa. ' There sre plies of them. They're' dead, boys, all dud,"- wus thu reply of the first and (hose who followed gave no mur ehuerlng answers; fBut they eoulil 1 HvJnK bark theret they could to alive, couldn't they?" asked a relative ,oJ a miner still entombed.' . , . ' ' .MtffM.nem," began the miner, Ohmi pausing as he saw the trembling hands of tho old mutt who had pressed to his sldV. "'Why sure," he added hast ily. "Didn't the others come out?" Among those who still hope for tho rescue of living miners Is Richard Newsam, president of the' Illinois board of mine Inspectors. "Scotchmen ro tho most resourco ful miners In tho world and I hero are twenty-two ot them down there yet. I can see no reason why they should not have found some refugee Just ns did tliosfirWbo were found allvo yes terday. Eight days have passed, how? ever, and we must hurry If they are not to perish of thirst and starvation. (Coiitlnunl on pag two.) jl Seeking Papal Annulirieut of Marriage So He (Jan i Wed Uwh Woman 1'ARIH, Nov. HI. Tho lts from Rome that Count Ifonl do Castellann is there seeking from tho Vatican an annulment of his marriage with Ajin i Oould, now Prlneess Ii Hagan, and so clear himself of all marital and divorce entanglements. Is received with a smile In Paris. For Purls knows that during the past summer Count Itonl paid marked attention to Mrs. Scott Orant, tho di vorced wife of Douglas Orant, brother of the Countess of Essex. During the same period Miss Marjorte Oould. the ui-etlv ihiuithter of (Jeorgu J. Oould, was chaperoned by Mrs. Orant. anil It excited considerable comment that Miss Oould, the niece of his former wife, was on.- of Count llonl's guests from time to time. This was especial ly noticed at a dinner which he gave at Prectilelan In honor of Mrs. Scott i rant. It is believed hero that Mrs. Orant who refused to mnrry Prince Kuta-giMiigt-vlii'h, brother of King Peter of S. rvla, is the lady whom Count Unci desires to marry. Henri "CaCbard, of tin- lirm of Coudert lirothers, has gone to Ihe Unite Slates supposedly ..I.I.. ..t tu.. tl I'.OK llller lilt! IIIIWIICIUI BH1.J "I me tnarrlage, while Count Ron I has the . cell slastlcal end In hrtnd. At any ml., the affair is far enough advanced for Count Honl to be able to borrow money on the strength of his forth coming marriage. The money lenders v. i,,, i.u, it ti him to win Miss Anna Oould art? behind the present venture. So far as Count Uonl s securing a decree of annulment goes lie has but ll,M chance of succeeding, as a papal dispensation was obtained for "differ ing religions" at the time of his mar riage to Anna Oould RKTIIOIT TIUKKM BKATKV. HAVANA. Nov. 21. Tho Havana baseball team today defeated tha De troit American team by a score of 4 to 3. DICTATOR'S FRIENDS ALL THROWN IN PRISON Liberal Party May Bring Forth New Man to, Oppose . Ar , , bitrary President CARACAS, Vuncsuela. Tuesday, Nov, Former President Castro, an exll In Hantander, Spain, Is accused dally by the hlgluxt .official of the Vene- suelan government of attempting to forment a revolution against the Civ meg regime. ' The continued agitation caused by the wholesale arrest of Castro partl- - sans, toy th recent sensational split in the liberal party when an attempt wag made tt reorganls Ifa and by the near approach of the next session of mnsuo.i jjat ftiM UittiM smjXuoo tlonal, presldenu fur four years, hag stirred political feeling until again to. day a spirit ot unrest and uncertain ty exists, , ' ,i i ; . Either a serious -oomlltton of affairs does exist In Venesuolft due to stern being taken by the overthrown diets tor to wreck vengeance on President Uomea, of thor la H obJuit which in spire the government to make It Ap pear thai Castro Ir busy conspiring' -with hi followers.' , This object, the opiionents of (lutnci say, is perhaps to justify the wholesale arrest which. have been made. - Ilia .frlriula. Huffor. Kvery ono believe Castro, will nAvr rvst until ho has made.' another effort to ruin those who were responsible for Ws tgnomlfious .downfaU. J.Timrs are hard for his friend In Vencsueia - today. Th fallowing are . among many; ttotttbli's now langulslilng in the snmo prison which 'they once till ed Mtit tlirir ntmla: t , 'A : , II. , Tello Mendoxa, Castro's ' boon companion 'and ' financier .who mttdi) mtl)lont,imt,4)!mself i v: Simon Jlullo. Castro' brother-in-law; Trlno Castro,. Castro' brother: iL Castillo, ChapeUU,. chief of. the Castro party In the late , congress, and General Colnstlno Per-, aaa, leader of tho opposition In 'con- - gress. 1 ,f, t . i 'v" Itcrolt Against (Jomrs : ' Persia wa Jailed because lie wit about to start a newspaper to oppose the reelection of President dome, i Many of the best friend ot Uomcs-. bellttve the re-organliiatlon of the lib- , erst party n golnr on threaten ( the present admlnlstrntlon,' and that at the lust moment cengres will bring forward a man to oppose dome. Buclif able at.d faithful supportius of OomcK', as General Leopoldo liaptlta. who was t the brain or tne ce -action against.. Castro, and Ramon Ayala, flrt vtte- presldent of Venecuela, have emphat- ' Ically refused to serve In the party . organisation or to countenance It in any way. . f- POISON PIUS SENT TO, A 1 LUCKYJIBMlf OFFIGEflS; Contained Cvnidti of Potf, assiuni and Meant Instant Death if Takvn VIENNA, Nov. .21. An extraord!-, nary attempt at wholesale poisoning among military officer here has caus ed a sensation. A large number of officers, Just promoted to be captains In tho general staff, havo received through the malls sample boxe of pills. These wei'a accompanied 'by ti circular which recommends them for nervous debility. One of the officer. Captain Mader, took some of the pill ami died almost Immediately. An au topsy revealed tho presence of cyanide ot potassium, and that death had been . caused by that, poison. A. further investigation show thiit all the pills contained eyanlde of pot assium In largo quantities,, and ulsu that many of the first lloutenants o't tsehed to the staff but not promoted, had not received pills. Tho circular were signed "Charle Francis." end bor. a falsa address. All attempts so far to unravel th4 mystery have failed, end It I siig ' gested that tho poison may have neon sent out by some disappointed officer, and that the poisoning I an anar chist outrage. N. C. NEGROES OUILTY OF MURDER BENNETT8VIUE. . C.v Nov.. SI. News has reached hero from Mad eline, a station on the Bonnrttavllla and Cheraw railroad,, that C.' B. Con-: ner, a lumberman was rourdred thero yesterday morning by Jhren negroee Tom Harrington, Will Harrington and . Ed Davis, all of North Carolina. .Tht negrotvt escaped, i Cwnery It ; seem, suspected Davis of stealing- a plutol. When he went to Investigate he was et upon by tht three , negroes, who . knocked him down and then nred two hot) Into hi head, '- I i 4