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THE ASHEMLIiE CITIZEN. THE WEATHER: i FAIR Shop Early for Christmas . VOL. XXVH., NO. 62. BBUTAL OUTRAGE POINT OF FRENZY Little Family Wiped Out by Negro Brute and Home Burned to Ground THREE DEAD BODIES FOUND AMONG RUINS Believed That Young Girl Was Object of Negro's Vicious Purposes DURHAM, N. C, Dee., 20. The charred bones of J. L. Sanders, his 22 year old daughter Mary, and his four year old grand daughter, Irene Overton, In the ruins of their home at Hester, near here, gave startling evidence today of one of the most atrocious crimes ever committed In this section. Nathan Montague, a young negro, accused today by a cor 'onor's.Jury of assault, murder and anon, is believed to have 'killed Mr Sanders and his grand daughter and then to have attacked and finally cut the troat of Miss Mary ganders, leaving all three bodies In a pool of blood In the house to which he Is thought to have set fire. Negro In Penitentiary. The negro is safe tonight In the state penitentiary at Raleigh, but angry mobs are reported to be gath ering to seek Mengeance. Sheriff Wheeler foiled an Irate crowd at Hester last night in rushing his pris oner to Durham. Sheriff Hardwood, at Durham, not wishing to take any chances with the people, who were reported to be coming here on a ipeclal train, after Montague hustled tjte negro to Raleigh In an automo bile. It Is charged that the negro who had1 been at a hog killing in the afternoon which Mary Sanders also attended, went to her home at night, killed- Sanders and his little grand daughter by means not yet determln. od, attacked Mies Sanders and after wards cut her throat In a struggle in the yard. He is then believed to ' have set fire to the house and burn' od the bodies. The charred remains were found early today. The finding of Miss Sanders' skirt covered with blond In the negro's possession, and a knife at the scene of the tragedy which was Identified as the one used by Montague at the (Continued on Vngo Four.) E I III BELATEDJ KTERESTS School Systems Include Mu seums, Playgrounds and Allied Associations UNIFORMITY DESIRED WASHINGTON, Dec, 20. A com prehensive review of the progress made in American education during the past year Is contained in the firfrt annual report of Dr. Ellsworth Brown, commissioner of education of the United States made public today. There are many activities closely related to education which have re ceived a large measure of attention in recent months, according to Com missioner Brown. Libraries and mu seums with apprenticeships, public playgrounds, home and school asso ciations such interests as these are sometimes treated as lying Just out side of the educational inclosures. "There is", he says, "an unmistak able tendency to widen the Inelosure. and to brjng these things into some lelation with the regular scholastic administration. , "There are, however, numerous undertakings which look to an ex tension of educational opportunities to those who have left school and have passed the age of compulsory schooling. Evening and other con tinuation , schools, public lectures, correspondence courses, home stud ies of the Chautauqua type, are all familllar examples." Some of these things, hp says, are distinctively American, and have helped to make a reputation for American educational enterprises abroad. "The extension of the area of com pulsory school attendance has gone forward," says Commissioner Brown, "but the number of young Americans who are allowed to grow up with only meagre schooling is still dis tressingly large." Taking up the subject of higher education. Dr. Brown says that this work the country over is one "great national undertaking, the prosecution of which is divided out among many institutions." - He declares that there should be an agreement among colleges with respect to - admission requirements, which should do away with minor differences' that harass the prepara tory schools. STIRS DURHAM TO GUIS LUCKY' BALDWIN'S Woman Who Insists She Is His Widow on Stand In Win Con test Case LAYS CLAIM TO TWO AND HALF MILLION DOLLARS Letter In Evidence In Which She Expressed Desire to Find -Count" LOS ANGELES, Cal., Dec. 20. In the trial of "Lucky" Baldwin will case today, a telegram was read from former Secretary of the Navy John D, Long, stating that he had receiv ed . letter from Mrs. Lillian Ash ley Turnbull, of Boston, many years ago, giving Lhe details of a contract of marriage between her and Bald win, but that the latter had been de stroyed. Mr. Long stated In his tele gram, however, that ho remember ed the contents of the letter very well. Mrs. Turnbull resumed today her role of star witness In the contest of her daughter, Beatrice Anita Turn hull, to obtain a $2,500,000 shore of the late Elias J. (Lucky) Baldwin's $11,000,000 estate. The letters al leged to have been written by Mrs. Turnbull which were presented at the trial of her $75,000 seduction suit against Baldwin 14 years ago and introduced lost Thursday on be half of the estate are the centre of Interest. Mrs. Turnbull when confronted with the first letter pronounced It a forgery. Wanted Royal Tamil y. Attorney Oaven McNab, the cross examiner, read; to the Jury one of a series of letters written it was claim ed, by Mrs. Turnbull In 18S9, which relates to the correspondence with Baldwin. It was addressed to "Lewis Leach" and was as follows: "I was born and raised In Ver mont, love horses almost to distrac tion; ui 20 years old; alone In the world, my own mistress, and have to earn my own living. Saw; your, name In The Horseman In connection with the great international running race. As I want to havo a horse loving friend In California to assure me a nice position, also further my Interest in various ways, so that I can go there in the near future, I havo written you. My Eastern prince '"'--' -i-i-.-.-,-i,i-.-Mrrirtixix. wnyvnn inuum (Continued on Page Four.) HONDURAS ASKS THIS GOVERNMENT TO DRAW STING JHHE HORNET Suspected Filibusterer Will be Watched in Her Pro posed Cruise to South PROTEST IS FILED HONDURAS ASKS NEW ORLEANS, D.t 20. The United States revenue cutter Davy today anchored alongside the stea mer Hornet and f(- il customs in spectors were placed on shore op posite the Hornet's anchorage with Instructions to report promptly any activities observed in connection with her preparations for sailing. A spe cial agent of the Hondurah govern ment was almost keeping watch on the alleged revolutionary craft. At midnight the Hornet still lays In the Mississippi river. It Is not known when sho will sail. HONDURAS I'ROTF.STS WASHINGTON, Dec. 20. The llondurnn minister today protested to the state department against per-! mittlng the departure of the steamer Hornet from New Orleans on the ground that that vessel contemplate leading a revolutionary expedition against President Davllla. The complaint, was lisod upon ad vices received from the lionduran consul at New Orleans who report ed that he was convinced that the Hornet would bo used In a filibus tering expedition against the gov ernment Acting through the depart ments of Justice and tho treasury, the state department has had a close surveillance maintained over the Hornet. It Is realized that the Hornet might meet another vessel at sea and embark men and arms. Or they might bo taken aboard at some lit tle frequented Central American port. To prevent this orders have been sent to the commander of the United States steamer Tacoma, now at Pureto Cortex to endeavor to pre vent th landing on the Hondo ran coast of any expedition that appears to have originated in the United States. Meanwhile there have been some internal troubles In Honduras to dis tress President Dkvllla, according to a telegraph report to the state de- WEALTH CHILD ( Continued on page three.) ASIIEVILLE, N. ROCKEFELLER ELASTGIFTTO PET UNIVERSITY Withdraws His Represents tlves From Management to Leave it to People HAS GIVEN THIRTY FIVE MILLION ALTOGETHER Suggests That If It Needs Fur ther Assistance Other Friends Should Help . CHICAGO, Dec., 20. John D. Rockefeller has completed the task he set for himself In the founding of the University of Chicago. Today pnbllci announcement was miulo of a "single and final gift", of, ten mil lion dollars which Includes all the contributions that Mr. Rockefeller had planned to make to the Univer sity. This sum which Is to be paid in ten annual installments beginning January 1, will make a total of ap proximately $35. 000,000 that Mr. Rockefeller has donated to the uni versity. Mr. Rockefeller says he now be lieves the school should be supported and enlarged by the gifts of many, rather than those of a single donor. This, he believes, will be better ac complished If the public understands the limit of his contemplated assis tance. The founding of new depart ments he leaves to the trustees as he says funds may be furnished by other friends of the university. People's Institution. TTp to the present time the sum ot nearly $7,000,000 has been donated to the university In addition to Mr. Rockefeller's gifts. With the announcement . of Mr Rockefeller's final donation came the resignation of John D. Rockefeller, Jr., and Fred T. Gates, Mr. Rocke feller's personal representatives, from the university board of trustees. In enclosing these resignations Mr, Rockefeller explained that Me was only carrying out conviction that the Institution should be "controlled, conducted and supported by the people." with whom up to this date he had been simply po-operatlng. Mr. Rockefeller's Idea it was un derstood Is that ho Is turning over the institution and Its endowment to Chicago, and the west, and In so do- -- - -- -- -- -- - -ii-i-i-i-i iyyvwwwtfiruwm (Continued on Pago Two) IS E T Finds It Will Have to Sit Through Reading of Long Tiresome Measures CLAIMS BILL PASSED WASHINGTON. Dec. 20 In spite of the vigorous tight waged upon It by Senator Britftow of Kansas, the omnibus claims bill, carrying more than $2,000,000, was passed by the K-nate today. The bill was passed by a vote of 4 5 to 1 1 Further revision of the rules of (he house of representatives Is con templated by the Insurgent members' of that body. Conferences were held today, and will he continued, to de termine the exact form of the amend ments that are to be offered at the earliest possible moment. The Insurgents are not at all satis fied with the manner in which the new rules, giving the house power tO' discharge a committee from the con sideration of a bill, was administered when Its first trial enmo yesterday. This rule was procured after a hard fight last season, to provjdn the means whereby a hill could be brought before tho house when a committee refused to rojort It. or de layed too long in acting upon It. Speaker Cannon ruled yesterday that the postal reorganization should he read In full when the mo tion was made to bring It before the house. Less than one fourth of the bill could he read yesterday; and at the same rate. It, will take at least three days to finish the reading. As this business Is recog nized only every first and third Mon duy of the month, nil motions of a like character would be delayed almost two months before the motion Is fi nally put to the house as to whether the postal bill shall be considered The insurgents declare that this Is a restraint of business which can be easily remedied by a small change In the rule. They propose to offer an other amendment that will require only the title of the bill when the , mntlon is made to discharge th com mittee and to bring It before the MAD house. i C, WEDNESDAY MORNING, DECEMBER 21, 1910. Trimmings on This Tree Lookfiood to Him. i.'.n-.'f... ; ' I ,',.," ..' i -- "".' .i,l.i,. . - , , : 1 ' , -, r i , ". Vj-j NEW FAST FLYER, -CAROLINA SPECIAL" ADbED TO ASHEVILLES DAILY SERVICE Southern Railway Will Operate First Class Train Between dle West. Will Greatly Reduce Prenent Time and Cincinnati). That the Southern intends to make good Its recent promise to five Ashevlllo and .this section .better transportation, fai-llltle was evidenc ed yesterday - when the following message front Columbia wos re ceived: ' t v President Finly' of the Southern Railway company announce I today that beginning r Monday, January a, a ne4)jroh. passeng.o; train," to" "bo .known as the -'"Carolina Special." wtH be operated hot w ten Charleston, S. C, and ' Cincmnatl, Ohio, by way of Columbia and Spar tanburg, B. ('.; Ashevllle. N. C; -loxvllnji, Tenn.; Hsrrlman, Tenn.; Lexington, Kv. Speaking ot this new train. President Flnley mid: "Tho "Carolina Special" Is to be a first-class traJn In every respect. The schedule has been arranged with a view to the convenience of the traveling public. Details of the equipment and schedule will bo an nounced y tho " passenger depart ment. From the earliest days of rail way construction in the United States It has been tho aim of Charleston and of South Carolina to oht-Un a direct route and through service to the Ohio river and the West. "The first steps were taken then before the completion of the old Charleston and Hamburg railroad, and In 1835 the Loulsvllle-Clncin- n,tl and Charleston Railroad eom- SOUTHERN WIHS ITS SUIT II Merger of Asheville and Spartanburg and Other Divisions Held Valid COLUMBIA. S. C, Dec. 20 After u trial lasting more than three wee.k a Jury In the Cunty court today re- turned a venli. ' In favor of tho Mou nt tho suit In which uth Carolina sought merger of tho Sou ral state roads, the Spartanburg railroad. them railway the state of s to dissolve the thcrh and Ashevllle. arid tho South Car.. linn, a South Caroline and nd Georgia, the Georgia extcn- slon and' the ' In, his cha that competiti. stitutlonal pr. irotina Midland, e Judge Shlpp held i, as use1 In the con dition of a merger of competing or parallel lines applies to linos that -ompete substantially and legally, ' ..mpetlnn on business on hand with connections of other lines at Junctions or on short stretch es of parallel Hives, tho court held could not be held within the prohi bitive clause. The state Is expected to take an appeal. WASHINGTON, Dec. 0.--Forecast for North Carolina: Fair; continued cold Wednesday; Thursday fair; not quite so cold; moderate northwest winds. i pany was projected, wJth. th Hon. Robert T Haynes, of Charleston, and other prominent men of that day, among lu most active- supporters. Th route proposed was that now to be followed by the 'Carolina Special,' and the purpose of these early advo cate of a highway across the Ap palachian rang from the s"a to tho Ohio iflvwi Is no to he reallrert bjt thwnw):mfnm'mti. ihe Snlhii railway." . , - When asked If he could (tlve any more particulars In rogsrd to the "Carolina SpoclnJ," Mr. J. H. Wood, district passenger agent, stiltl: "It has long been the desire of the Southern Railway company to connect the Ohio river. and the At lantic coast towns, through Charles ton, by the Inauguration of a fast passenger service. The announce ment received lasi night does not como as a surprise to those Who have been cognlaint of the Sou thern's Intentions to make extensive improvements in this section." First-Claw Train. It was learned by The Clllxen that tho "Carolina Special" will h a fast flyer, not only In name hut In fact. On tho entiro route between Char leston and Cincinnati only seven regular stops will ho made. Thus Ashevlllo will enjoy a double-dally service between this city and Cin cinnati, and 1 n all-year-round PUGILIST IS HELD NOT RESPONSIBLE FOR DEATH Those Who Enter Into Sports Must Take Risk of the Game Says Coroner PHILADHLPIMA, I'a.. Dec, 20 "A prlx" lighter takes tho same chances of death as a football play er when he enters a contest", said Coroner Ford today when ho dis charged John Kiilme, a young pugi list, form custody, and exonorated him from all blame In tho death of John Krnhof whose skull was frac tured in a bout at the Nonparlol athletic club last Friday night. "We don't hold a football team re sponsible for a death, and I see no renson to bold a prize lighter", ad ded tlwi coroner. Tho bout which ended fatally was between Krnhof, who Is better known as "Kid Gardner" and Kalme, known in the prize ring as "Johnny Kaln." In the fifth round, when both boys were apparently on even terms, Kaline struck Krnhof a straight arm blow on the Jaw. Krnhof fell like a log and hrts head struck the floor. He was carried from the ring to a hospital where ho died the next day. A host of young fighters, with their sc orids, testified that tho blow hieb Krnhof received was not hard enough to floor a child. du. cook xmixa home. NKW YORK, De, 20. Dr. Fred erick A. Cook, tho traveler, of Brook lyn, N. Y.. wtll return here on the steamer George Washington, which Is due to arrive Thursday evening. Dr. Cook has not been in the city since his disappearance shortly after the submission of his Polar records to the Unlvrlsty of Copenhagen, over a year ago. . , , . Charleston and The Mid Between This City through.- schedule between Aihevillt and Charleston, Furthermore, the naw special will b first-class In every particular, presumably consisting, ot through aioeplng oars, dining ears ' and coaches, ' , Incidental to" the announced . bet terment of passenger facilities out of this olty. tho Southern I operat- todey fottf vrtt sltwpers t C.n- clnmttt, one to Washington, one to Jacksonville, and one to Atlanta. This news will be welcome to those mak ing "Christmas dashes" for home, It la highly probable that there will be an annex division ' to the "Carolina Bpecnal" from St. Louis and LmiWlllo, which will connect with tho Charleston fast flyer at Danville, thus affording double-dally fast connection between Charleston and the West through the Lou-lsvlllo and the Cincinnati gateway. , : Time Reduced, i Het ween Cincinnati and Ahevl"e the traveling tlms will ba greatly reduced, probably bringing it down to about twelve or thirteen hours. What this will mean In the way of added tourist patronage can . readily be Imagined, sines on of the great est objections hitherto mads by tour ist travelers from the middle West has been the long slow and tedious Journey between Here and the Ohio city. TEN AND HALF MILLION BALES HAVEBEEN GINNED Census Bureau's Report on Cotton Makes Better Showing Than Expected WASHINGTON, Dee. 20. The census bureau's report on cotton gin ning issued this morning shows that 10, 09. 182 bales, counting round as half bales, were ginned from the growth of 1910 to December 13, compared with ,$5,0g5 for 1809, 11,904,269 for 190$, and 9,284,070 for 1907. Tho percentage of the last throe crops ginned to ueremner is was 92. for 1909, 91.0 for 1908 and 85.0 for 1907. Hound hales Included this year are 10fi,H27, compared with 140,024 for 1809; 215. 0S9 for 1908. and 17, 204 for 1907. Sea island for 1910 Is 75,170, com pared with 85,177 for 1909: 80,318 for 1908, and 65,288 for 1907. . By states the number of bales ginned to December 13 was: Alabama, 1,129,273: Arkansas. (176.1 &; Florida., 59,488; Georgia, 1, 707,310; Louisiana, 234,488; Missis sippi, 1,068,948; North Carolina 684, 434 : Oklahoma, 888,928; South Car olina 1,108.67; Tennessee 29,B7; Texas 2,849.911; all other states 62, 944. The distribution of sea Inland cot ton for 1910, by states: was Florida, 25,804; Georgia, 9,T17( and South Carolina, 9,64, WHISKEY INSTANTLY FATAI BIRMINGHAM", Ala., D0., 20. Immediately after, taking a drink of whiskey out of a bottle, which one of them bad ordered shipped him by mall, Guy R. Coleman and Stephen Strickland, well known young men of Birmingham dropped dead this afternoon. Their bodies ar being in vestigated by th coroner. ' PRICE FIVE CENTS FEDERAL TROOPS -CAUGHT IN A TRARi FORCED TO RETIRE Mexican General Who Tried to Penetrate Insurrectos Stronghold Defeated. FORTY TWO WOUNDED SOLDIERS BROUGHT IN Was Penned up In Mountain Gorge and Exposed to Mer ciless Fire For Hours CHimiAHUA, Me,, " Dc., JO. Forty two wounded government aol- fltrra were brought in 'today, thus confirming reports that the . troop train which, loft haro Saturday w shot to plooea la tha mountain trap known as Malpaao, a few: miles east of Pedernalos, and about ' ISO miles west of hers. Tha , official : report states that tha federals lost SI klllod and ten missing and 43 wounded. Tho latter Includes Colonel .Ouman, wlto was In command of the expe dition, - Tha. Inaurrectoa huts la not known here. Tho train loft hero Saturday trav eling In two sections, carrying three Held place on a coal car and too soldiers. Paneho Villa, the ' bandit who, whit operating Independently, till regard tho government a his enemy fired on tha second section as It was passing through Andanla canyon, but did no damage, . Caught in Trail. Tha mountain of Malpaao, , how- erer, swarm with revolutionists. They ! halted the first and second sections. Colonel Ckutman disembarked hut troop and for flv hour defandnd himself from the, desperate charge. II was In a trap, however, his ene my was on the height,- slwsltered by bouldwr and other protection north to the mountains and poured In a I deadly, fire, Ho was unable to use' bis big guns' effectively owing to the I nature of the ground. Notwithstand ing .lit .Precarious condition and the punvhnrs of the Insurrectas he held i Ms ground tnr five hour. He j shot through, tha log, while the tlm i j oillcvr In command wu rafted uto the stcmaoh- . ' . Wora mil with th one-sided bat tle Colonel auaman loaded his dead and wounded together with the re mainder of hi farce onto the troop train ana ran back to Hustlllo. . : Her th. uninjured disembarked and buried their dead. A freight ' train sent out from here Sunday to load cattle at Huatlllo was counter manded and th wounded transfer red to;,Jt. , - , This train arrived early today and th Injured wr taken to tha hos pital 1 Corrosponsal, - . MEXICO CITT, Deo. 10. Th tenth battalion of Infantry, a battery inT six light artillery, mountain gun. and on rapid fire gun, left her .to day In two special train for the one of Insurrecto activity in Chihua hua. Another train carrying : two regiment of infantry I said to have left Ouadalsjara last night for the nam destination, The forn from thl olty la In com mand of General Hanche Rivera nd Colonel Kafuel Us. end I said to bus Intended ' to . reinforce Colonel (lineman at Pedarnalns. According to official Information the government force are preparing to deliver a crushing blow . to the revolutionists, Th situation 1 a4d to be a follow: On one aid of th valley of Mat Paso (Bad Pass) I th. fore of General Navarro, numbering one thousand men, , Colonel Ouxman Is on the other aide with a. fore of 3 40 troops Troop are being trur rled to the front to rats the force of Colonel rtusmaJt to on thousand men and then th attack will be mado from two side KNAPP CONFIRMED AS Tl Names of Other Four Judg es are Still in Hands of Senate Committee 1 WASHINGTON. Iec., 20. Martin A. Knapp was confirmed by th en ii to to be an additional Circuit judge of the United State -for th second I judicial circuit Automatically lie I ceased to chairman of the Interstate commerce commission and now is ready to ascend-th bench of. the court of commeroo a ohlef justice of that tribunal one it .- Is -organised. The name of tho four other mem ber of tho proposed court now .are! in the hand of a ub-eommltte oft the committee on judiciary and Willi be reported out ahortly. -: " In order to fill th vacancies on I the Interstate commerce commission, I th senate eommltto on : inter state commorc held a special meet-1 Ing today and decided to report fav orably on the name of C. McChorn of Kentucky, and B.1 H. Meyer of Wisconsin to be member, of the commission. ' Their name will ' be reported to th senate tomorra t and! It la expected! they will bo promptly confirmed,.: ; , ,
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