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PHWK FIVK CENTS.: UN MONSTER MURDERS FAMILY TO GRATIFY LUST F, TARIFF 1(1 WITH Hot Taking Any Chances i LEADEROFBAriOOF ATTEMPTTO STOP ELOPljOllPLE Daughter And Lover Hurled Away And Were Married After Tragedy I AINT 7A(IN ANY CHANGES THEiE DAY i ! Had Perfect Organization Ana Kept Nerve When ' Placed Under Arrest Kills Husband Wife And Child to Conceal Crime Against The Wife . ASHEVILLE, N. C, SUNDAY MORNING, NOVKMHEli 2S, 1909. ATHER KILLED II CftHKIlII YOUTHFULTHIEVES OUTOFPAYNEBILL ryd il' 60VS DID HER BIDDING WITHOUT QUESTION Carried Off Cartloaas of Fruit Prom Cars And. reddled It In street PITTSBUBG, Nov. 27. -Bessie Ca hlll, aged'' fourteen years, with her dresee reaching only within two Inches-' of her-shoe tops, spent today under 1509 ball, yet defiant. She is accused of having organized one of the best drilled gangs of. boy thieves that have been found in years In Pittsburg. Five members of her band are in the county Jail, nail being de nied) them, wfelie warrants have been issued for nine other members of the "Smallman Street Gang," over which the pretty Bessie rulea as a queen, according to the Pittsburg police and to the Pennsylvania, railroad detec tives. If the detectives thought they would be shown the way to the lair of members of the gang by the liber ated queen, they were mistaken. She kept silence. 'The Smallman Street Cans," ac cording to Detective W. P. Peters, of the Pennsylvania ralllroad, wno. with five other detectives, ""worked six weeks to run it down, wag formed by the Cahlll girl and her boy ac quaintances about the time tne peach crop began to tnovf.: Jh boys already in Jail are Edward DeVliy, Frank Smith, Martin Joyce, Leo Con nelly and Martin Mullin. Each of the lads told In court how the girt "toad presided at all the mcet ings and had divided the money gain ed from thaaale of the plunder. They asserted the girl leader, who furnish ed them .With passwords, grips, etc., to carry them Into the meeting room, back of the old freight car on the bank of the Allegheny river, had of ten read chapters tb them from yel low backed novels and would har angue 'them to emulate other dare devll,3Each new member of the gang was bound by awful oaths, adminis tered by Queen Be$, not to reveal any secrets. The Pennsylvania roalroad and commission men of Pittsburg. (Continued on page four.) IS TEST ITS RIGHT TO VOTE Conmxous will Immediately Deny Right and Pailia-meuti-y Struggle Begins MEMORABLE EVENT LONDON, Nov. 27. The coming week will be memorable In the par-' Hamentary annals of Great Britain. A majority of the lords despite the warnings of such experienced poli ticians as Lord Rosebery and Lord Balfour of Burleigh, havo decided to withhold their consent to the budget and tt is a foregone conclusion that Lord Tjansdbwne's motion to rejei t the finance measures will be carrlel by a large majority. But while the result is foreseen. Interest in the de bate remains undiminished and th speeches to he, delivered on Monday and Tuesday preceding the division are eagerly anticipated. With all the leaders out of town for the week-end, there have been no further developments in the situat'on and the discussions in the press and about town' are confined to conjec ture as to. what course the govern ment will take. It is certain ilict Premier Asquith on the day after tin Irds have divided on fhe question will give notice of a motion affirming the uncontrolled right of the house of commons In respect of financial matters... The premier's motion, of course, will prevail, and then it il be up to the government to decide whether the house shall be prorog ued or merely adjourned. . The decision of the government in the matter will be of the greatest Important so far as the flninces of the country are concerned, as the only authority now existing for the collection of the Income t:0 the duly on tea and the increased duties on spirits snd tooacco rests on the res olution passed Immediately after the introduction of the budget. If par liament is prorogued these resolu tions Will come to an end and lh" eollectlon of taxes will have to stop If adjournment only is determined upon resolutions will continue In fores snd taxes can be collected up to the tlm of dissolution. HOUSE OF LORDS WILL HELD THEM UP ON A DESERTED HIGHWAY Trail ShoWs That Woman Fought Desperately After Husband Was Slain FKONTeI'AC, Kan., Nov. 27. A triple murder and aoiault on a woman was enacted on a lonely road a mile north of here somc time last night. The dead are: Mr. and Mrs. William Boric, Her mann, of Frantenac, and their son, who was two and a half years old. Mr. Bork presumably was killed while trying to defend his wife. The child probably was sluln be cause the murderer wished to silence him. The Borks were last seen alive late last night, when they started to drive home to Frontennc from the home of Mrs. Bork's mother, two miles out In the country. This morning the Borks' horsj! and buggy were found standing In the roadway at a deserted spot, in the bottom of the buggy was discov ered the child, dead from a bullet wound In Its head. Find Other Itaari. Hastily pursuing their Investiga tions miners who found the child's body came across the body of Bork in the middle of thoi road some dis tance away. Bork had been shot once In the head and twice in the body. A trail through the dust plainly led the miners to a cornlleld a hundred feet further away. Tne. re they found the body of the woman. She had been assaulted and had then been shot through the heart. Woman Fought Wwperotely. Mrs. Bork had fought desperately ajfajjys few assailant, Along the, roil to the corn uein were lounu uum im slippers she had worn. Itiubons from her hair and her cloak werjt also found. It Is supposed Bork was the first to be killed. The indications were that he had been shot as he sat in the buggy and that he fell from' his seat (Continued on page four.) THREE VICTIMS OF THE LATEST OUTBREAK OF WEST VIRGINIA FUD iSunmions of Doctor Ievealsj(ioveniiueiit Would Hav Shootingg in Which Two ; Been Notified if Such Ac- i Women Were Killed I OFFICERS AFRAID WILLIAMSTON, W. Va., Nov. i That a third person was shot in the battle between the Christian and Daniels families near Dexon, Mingo county, Thursday, became known when a physician was summoned to attend Jim Daniels at the home of his brother. His vound may result fatally. In the event of his death, three members of the Daniels family will have been wiped out as Lhe result of this latest feud battle. Mrs. Charl es Daniels and her sixteen year old daughter were shot to death. Kentucky officers have refrained from approaching the Daniels home since the fight of two days ago know ing that it means more bloodshed Information gained today points to the possibility that two of the lam est and most highly respected fami lies of Mingo county may become involved In the feud. The Daniels married into the Cline families. Bons and daughters of Con federate veterans. They are "the de scendants of the pioneer settlers nf Mingo county. I'pon the other all" is aligned close kin to tho Hatfields. MILLION DOLLAR CONCKKX BAXKIMTT. PENSACOLA, Fla., Nov. 27 Forcing the Tallahassee . saw mil! company, a million dollar coiVern. owning mills. railroads and vast tracts of timber land in Georgia inc Florida, Into Involuntarily bankrupt cy, creditors of the concern today filed a petition in the I'nlted StaUs District court in which they dftflare the firm is unable to meet Its obliga tions and has so admitted in writihi. The court named W. H. Smith as custodian of the property, requir ing a $2",000 bond. The company Is composed of New York men who bought up large tracts of land' n (ieorgia and Florida two years ago The main office Is in Thomasville. Oa. DECLARES SHE WILL NOT ATTEND FUNERAL Says Husband ihot Defending Her From Father Who Threatened to Kill Her CAMILLA,. UO., Nov. 27. 1'ursu ing his eloping daughter, who hm run away from home with Columbus Huey, T. J. Sellers, one of th ; wealthiest farmers of Mitchell coun ty, Was shot to death In the public road ten miles southwest of hem this afternoon when he caught llr fleeing couple. Leaving his body in the road, Iluesy and Mis: Sellers, it Is sllfgcd, went on, driving rapidly in a buggy. Intending to complete the elopeme nt with a wedding. The sheriff of the county was in formed by telephone of the tragedy and Is out on the trail .of the fleeing man and girl, It Is said that ilu.y fired the shot that killed Sellers after an altercation following the appear ance of the father of the girl and In a light for her possession. No word has been heard from tin sheriff since he left but the general direction In which Huey was travel ing Is known and It is believed he will be captured soon. Details of the tragedy are lacking since the place, of the killing Is at a distune from fflephone. CAl'tJHT LATER. CAMILLA, Oa., Nov. 27. Cohlm liiis Huey, who this afternoon killed T. J. Sellers, In this county, while eloping a ith Sellers' daughter, was captured tonight with the girl sev eral miles from the Bccne of the shooting. Tie Is in Jail here. The girl, who was Miss S. Eul.i ijclhrs, declares they have been mar--''' end that she will not attend her father's funeral. She stated tonight, and the same story Is told by Hue that' her father threatened to kill her tin I ess she should go back honif with him, when he caught the elop ing couple, and that he put his hand to his pocket as If to draw a weapon She says Huey then tired, klllinp Sellers instantly. DENY REPORT THAT OUR CONSUL TO NICARAGUA tion had Boon Taken EVENTS IMPENDING WAHIIINGTO.V, Nov. 37. Iteporlt j which have come from Nicaragua re way of New Orleans to the elfci i 'that Henry Caldera, vice consul o the I'nitcd States at Managua, th capital (if Nicaragua, has been itn prisoned or suffered violence at th' hands of President Zchiya are givei. credence here In no quarter. I The state department, which is li 'close touch with the sltuatloi: i through the commander of th. j I'nitcd Htates giinbost Vlcksburg a jcorlnto who would within twenty I four hours alter such news reachcu j him have Seen on the scene of ac jtiori. has hud no reports of the lin I pt isonment of Vicc-Consii' Cai.rers. ! Caldera. who is a Nicaraguan b j birth but a citizen of tho I'nitcd jStates by naturalization Is tty. high lest diplomatic representative of th: I I'nitcd States at present in Nlcara igua. It as on him that the state de partment is relying for reports ol any ill-treatment to Americans any where In Nicaragua or damage ti American interests there. It was stated at tho department today that it was extremely unlikely that any official announcement ot importance concerning Nicaragua jwould be made earlier than Sunday (night or Monday morning. This is assured to indicate that matters of consequences are under consideration which may be expected to culminat ahout that time. A dispatch (from Managua says- "There Is absolutely no truth in the report circulated in the United States tod? and cabled here for confirma tion that Mr. Caldera, the American vice-consul at Managua has been im prisoned by President Zelsya. Wtm Jsfw 'cc r .soi. ifp lw- tit jr 1 ""w i ? --! feiffjrlx I?Jtr"'e" DR.COOK DISAPPEARS AND KNO WS WHERE HE IS SA Discoverer of Pole Mysteriously Drops off Eartli. Doctor Says He was on Verge of Nervous Breakdown;; One Man Who Knows What Has Become of Him Makes Enigmatic Statement NEW YOltK, fs'ov .7 Dr Fred erick A. Cook dropped cOrnpbtely from public view today. N even lohn H. liradleje, whose money win lehind his polar explorations knout where he is tonight. Confiding hi! secret to only otic hum and perhaps to his wife, th ilrooklytl explotel slipped tiuk'tly , and mysteriously iway, leaving behind him a string if puzzled nd;,. exasperated friends and a debate more acrimonious than thst ' tvhlch followed1 his sinnounce- irient of Hentomfccr Just that he had discovered -the' riiirth Pole on April 21, 108. ' Charles, Wake, on Insurance mati of this olty, appears to be the oniv ine who knows the mystery of Dr. Cook's whereabouts. And Wako is firm In his resolve to keep his tips jealed until Cook himself sees tit to take the public Into his confidence. On Verge of Breakdown. In the meantime concern Is ex pressed over the condition of Dr. Cook's health. Although some of his friends maintained that he has borne up well under the continued strain of lecturing and preparing his data, THE SEPARATION LAW French Premier Declares There is no Possibility of Settlement with Ifome i'AHIS. Nov tlders the diw n luestlon In th. ' y f'remleii HrL. ipoke in repl t. JayraU'l, of nn l again cmphaM. he wishes of .! 'rench blslior.H, V.-Tlie 'I'clllpS Cllti- slon of Ihe church number of deputies id yesterday who i u. speech of Ahhe t importance, since ."S how. In xplte of majority or the lergy and the great the cnurch if l to recugnize tlie nd coniinties to re ' concillattoii which .sed by parliament far as to make war ioR the patfc declares, ran befnre a settle This Is evidenced th'e vallcan to aid of the church 'po whercas It stopf at peace snd conciliate ..f other countries, nts out that iindvi ncc of I.i XIII the treated with lllier- -n sense, and con issertlon that reiig inc when the church to religion and the :low the dictates of 'oly of Calh'.li' ioni'. has refit.--leparatlon law. uls" ull efforlN have been 1 1 r i . tnd even goeM in the public -i I A new spin!. must rule the v ' iient is possitile by the refusal In the Settleillen' tlon In France, nothing to iosiii' the govern me hi j The Temps p.. the broad intcllii: situation would ' 'illly and comin eludes with th. lous peace will c restricts Its em it; French cbTgy f.. conscience InM. i orders from ft on of Intrnnsigneanl WASHINGTON, Kov. 27 Fore cast: North Carolina: Fair Sunday: warmer in east, Monday fair; mod erate northeast to east winds. .I is opposed to this an Intimate uso elate of llm ddftor said tonight that ihe explorer appeared to be on th verge of n nervous breakdowYi when hu conferred with him at his hole In the Bronx on Monday nU;lit lust. This Irletld, who Is u newspaper man Issued a statement tonight In which he quoted Dr. Cook as saying, if this thing keeps up a few months longer, t will be 'In the Insane asylum." Hhnii'i Hulled tt All. The ptiszlo of Dr, fioIf"w illwip peuruncn from public view JP5'V altou" thr"e o'clock " this aTTri-nuun. At noon Henry Wellington Wack, Ws personal counsel, Issued H formal statement explaining that Dr. Cook had sailed this morning on tho Cunard liner Caronla. Three hours later he Issued a second statement, withdrawing the first statement snd explaining that ho had been Inform ed by John K. Hradley that tho doc tor had not sailed on the Csronla. Coincident with this, report were circulated that Cook hud sailed on the steamship Havana for Havana, Neither,, so fur as can be learned to night, was correct. DVERDRAFTSJY BATTLE Assistant Cashier on Stand Tells of Methods Which Brought, About Failure i:ni:i:w, s. ;. Nov. 27. Juror Tuckey whose IlluesH caused an ltiterriiplioti .vest'-rday in lh" trial of I,e,. il. Haltle, In ceuiic.rinln with Ihe failure of Ihe I'lly National hank was aide to be In the Jury Imx till" rnorn Ing aiid the trial was resumed. '. 1'. ('line, assistant caslil'-r of til' bank, was again culled to the sland this morning. Ills testimony was a '"fillnuutlon of explanations by read ing the batik's hooks of the various transactions which the hank had with Ihe oruoiia Cotton Manufactur ing company of which the rterendaru w;m pr'-sldent and treasurer and of the Dixie Fire Insurance company. The hooks niiowed continued over drafts and many notes of similar but onaUer voliitoo than were those of the I'.'inona company, many of these note I, clow discounted after being en lorceil by the bank. II was brought nit that Unfile offend to resign as ashler of the hank to devote his time Hid intention to the mill long before his resignation was accepted. F. If Chamberlain, who Is con nected rtith the Mount Airy cotton mills was called to the stand at the ifternoon session, lesirylng that the mills account In the bank was over irawn at limes and that Hattlc call ed his attention to It and (old him that the overdrafts must be reduced .his was done he said, by giving notes to the hank. 1 .'eii which began last Mon- Hay Is dragging alow very slowly, the ..nniiirnt still having two witness es to put on the stand heiore the de fense will have their hearing. mimjo.v iv t'orrox. l'KHACOI,A. Fla. Nov. 27.--What Is claimed to have been the record cargo of cotton to be export ed from the gulf this season was cleared this afternoon on the steamer Adelheid Menselt, for Havre. Th" shipment consisted of 12,009 bahvi, .valued at nearly f 400. 000. i MAN WHO YS "HE 1S1 'T" Mr. Wake, In admitting that he knows whore Dr. Conk' Is, declined to giVe his address or to account n any wiro fur the doctor's sudden and mysterious departure, Nuld M-. Wake: . "In the clrcuniHlanccN, bu Is at yvr. feet liberty to make what plans Be chooses. In due time he wll" give account nf himself, end until tlmn X hope that he gels the rest he thor oughly tlsserves." ; , . t jt .llrsxllry F.xaMiMMstol. ' John TH, Bradley, who Is thorough. .!yS"IO!'.,,lUtLihe , whole, ltu stum, nui i his to say tonight:, "I am hoartlty slrc of hU this mys tery. lr. Cook Is under no contract to mo. "I still believe In Mm. My stand tonight Is lust what Is was the dry he landed. Ho has my slleglsites until tho University of Copenhairon has disproved his claims." Cook's lawyer, Wank, Issued a third statement tonight In which he reviews the conflicting reports of ths day and winds up with the statement that: "I am forced to the conclusion that Dr. Cook ISN'T." YOUNG PERM'S PALACE IS A CASTLE IN SPAIN Strange Actions Cause ITini to )(! Kept Under Constat Surveillance MAIMtID, Nov. 27 -For tlm pur pose of looking Into the case ol Law rence I'crln, of Baltimore, concern ing whose behavior at Honda there have been startling reports Edward J. Norton, American consul at Mal aga, has gone to Honda, whore lie arrived today. I'erln went to Koiula recently with .he avowed Intention of erectln, there n memorial to his wife who committed suicide at Harrow, Eng land, last Hep tern ber. Subsequently ha announced that he hari purchase, a Moorish palate at Honda and thai excavations on tho property had re sulted In the discovery of long burled treasures. The Mpunlsh government liccumi) Interested und commissioned an architect lo Investigate tho mat ter, li'ow come reports that I'erln is acting strangely, und according to one story he has a'tempted to take his life, one despatch from llonu i today says that I'erln Is proceeding to Morocco under survclllunc. I'tiANTEK K1MKI HV A NKK.II IMIfl. CH A KIXTTK, N. C Nov. 21. David Simpson, a prominent und wealthy planter of the Mint Hill sec tion who llveflf twelvo miles from Charlotte, was shot and killed to night by Will llartls. a neighbor Had blood hud existed for somo tun" over a trilling account llartls claim d was due him snd renewing the dispute tonight Har'is drew a pistol and shot Hlmpson dead. PICA'S CARBOLIC ACID. WUMINOIIAM. -Ala., Nov. 2T.C. c. Carter, formerly of Nashville, committed suicide here tonight by drinking carbolic acid. lie left a note addressed to J. V. Brown, f Nashville. Another was addressed to his mother, Mrs. Alice Harney, Front ftnyal, Va. No cause was given for his act. Congressman Mann Will Try to Have Recent Act Revised to Meet Conditions WOULD LET CANADIAN PRODUCTS IN FRFE Unless This Is Done Our Neighbor May Forbid Ex-'j; port of Pulp Entirely WAruiiNOToh; inov. ?, -co. gres.n))an Msiin, who was pialrman of tho special committae on .wood pulp and print paper uf III lust mm uress, and who ureuarwV ths forovl Ions oh these Items ft Mrs nnrteit to the house by Hie! Iftyhe tarlft bill.' but who was over-ruled liy congress, in the (Inal passage of tho tariff law.1 takes tho position that the-, country may well be alarmed at th danger of a tariff war with Canada, gruvr lug nut of the turtle, on wood pulp, and print paper umir the Ittyns at Mr, Mann has prepared and at ths beginning of. tht forthcoming session of .congress will Introduce . soveful, bills anil Joint. resolution rclnllnij 'to this subject, Ono of his measure is a. Joint resolution to- postpone the application of the ftluxtmum tarlR from April J negt to January, 1, WU Another of his resolutions irtvldo that tho ma K Ijii urn tariff bf tho United Htates ' shall v be Juilrt not -td apply to 'wood imlp'ahtl prlntfW'Vi.. per Imported, from VnUa lm Would Admit faiMT t'rtw. Mr. Mann ha Also prepared and will introduced a hill which .pm vides that'. wood pitlp ai)d irlnllriK papers shall be hdmlttcd free of dut when Imported iron aanda, hemr tho product thereof, ittt tho- condition' precedent tha Cartodn or the nrov-1 Inco in which th wood pulp r printing tinner Is ma,nu (at lured, shall not" forbid ur.,,r4it'MMmpoo any export duty or export license -fctj; upon printing ; paper, metjluinlcally, ground pulp or wood .- used in - thai munufaeturo of wood' pulp. These measures all naturally when Introduced will be referred by. tits speaker to the ' committee on ways ttntt, means, but Mr Mann may make ' :i fight in the house to havs them r'- , ferred to the ,eomnil(Tee on interstats i tnd foreign cominercve, of .which h the new chairman. .' Mr. Mann says that unless soma legislation such s. ho proposes, ho adopted or a reciprocal treaty with Canada be agreed to, Canada, smart , Ing under the injustice of .tho- Payne, tariff law, Is likely to forbid the' ax portatlon of pulp wood from Canada to the United Htates and thereby not only close up a number of tho news paper mills of the United Htates bt Increase the. cost and price of -prist nana. In u n,lfl,t irltl,tl, . ; tremendous Injury not only upon th newspaper but upon ths book pub lishers, Including especially school books. ' ' . 't N. CAROLINA HEERENE, SELECTS ITS DELEGATES msMsasajwssMI "'' ' Passi's Uesoliition Urging (J renter lOltort , Against Sjiread of TulwivlilosiM.,, ltALKIOH, N. c Nv, 27. Tits orth Carolina Methodist ronfairhco otcd today 107 Ui 69 to hold ths 11)10 conference lh Bllxabeth City ss igalnst Washington, The conference elected us clerical .delegates to th general conference: ' Dr. J. C. Kllgo, lr. T, N. Hey It. .'. Iieaman. W. T. Cunnliigham nd D. J. N. Cole. The lay rft legate-) tre Joseph O. Itrown. II, A. Tage, J. H. Houthgate, ex-Onv efnor T. ,1. Jar vis, with W. I). Cooper and Dr. f. (I. Zolllcoffer as alternates. The clnr cal alternates are r.f. Hradshaw. ami i. II. John. ,,( A resolution was rcee.-vej and rtf ' frred to the education .commutes. .ooklrig to establlsbnient of a wo nan's college In Raletnh. ( A special committee wlih. x-OoVi rnor T. J. Jarvis, as a member, was appointed to formulate p:ats for (U nerannuated preachers; strong reii lutions wera adopted condemning Twit all as too brutal for college athlet es, and also urging grc:er effort for prevention of the spread of tuborou. -losis. ' . ; ' Protests were made by J. II. llall tnd N. If. I. Wilson against letter in the last Issue of the church paper inalnuatlng that If a minister .protenis against any ats of his presiding et der he will suffer at tho hands of th Cabinet. Bishop Wilson suggested that the presiding elders , wore good men and that If there be any mult let U he with the blahop. . , t
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