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tUfftt and Tuesday: ' Fair, not
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ESTABLISHED 1876.
lTeWasaDeal Mad
TammaDy and the
.-.-
Republicans
..'
pty IT WAS DONE
Parsons Charges That Speaker Can
' . non , nfl HtariPollowers Had An
, VndewtandJnir 'With Now York
.UoUte. Republicans and Tarn
, Hall. Whereby, in Exchange
JFVr ji.Pew Tammany Congressmen
-th Reform Election Bill in the
iejwl'ork Legislature Should be
Beaten That Tammany Delivered
'" the Mouse Organization the Votes
la kow History Cannon Professes
to b in Ignorance of the Deal.
ttyjLeased Wire to The Times)
Washington, Oct. 4 One of the
tnoat sensational charges made by
proffllneht republican against the re
publican organization of the house of
representatives was sprung in New
York . ' Saturday by Representative
Herbert Parsons, president of the
Nt. '.o.k republican county com
talttee concerning a deal between
Tammany Hall and men in control
of the lower branch, of congress. As
, telegraphed from New York last
. aJght .Parsohs alleges that the demo
crats who bolted their party last
March, when the house was being or
; ganlied, and assisted Speaker Can
.Hon and. huv lieutenants to defeat the
. plan to amend the rules so as to de
prJve the speaker of a gratjleal' of
: power;ana change the order of- legis
iatire prooediire.-did so because prom
lnent -New York up-state republicans
prbtylaed that the( legislature at A
, baiiy buM kill a till, perfecting re;
tBttatlon laws: whch would be inimi
c'fel to the schemed of Tammany Hall
.While the rules governing the re
making . sessions of the sixty-flrst
congress were adopted last March, it
la . not . Impossible for them to be
-amended. The. expectation here is
thaCTarsona' charge will re-open the
controversy and stimulate the insurg
ents to a heroic attempt, to revise the
rules -when congress re-convenes in
December.
' ' t' Details of Deal.
',' (By Leased Wire to The Times)
'. ... Washingtbn, Oct. 4 :As long as
several weeks ago the American News
Service made the exclusive announce
ment that the defeat of the republi
can insurgents In the house last
March, when the adoption of the
rules wts up, was due to an under
standing between certain New York
democrats. Speaker Cannon and cer
tain republican leaders of the house,
This assertion was confirmed last
- Saturday by a statement from Repre
sentative Parsons, of New' York, a
' republican leader who now boldly
charges that Speaker Cannon and his
foIlowfrB had an understanding with
New-Tfork up-state republicans and
Tammany Hall whereby in exchange
for a few Tammany congressmen the
reform election bills in the Albany
legislature should be beaten and the
old fules of the house, with slight
modification, should go through.
. I "f hat Tammany delivered the house
organization the votes is now history,
but It was not known at the time that
8u:h a deal as charged by Represent
Uilye Parsons had been made, for
had it been intimated it would, have
:failod, as several republicans would
ve ' voted with the insurgents
.ayainst ' the Cannon organization
The making public at this time of
ome of the details of the up-state
republicans and Tammany deal as
BY PARSON
jcharged by Representative Parsons,
iwlUit is said to Washington by
'.those In a position to know, re-open
; th entire 'fight on the rules next De
cember.. The insurgents will be
Stronger and the Tammany congress
men will be discounted. Speaker
Cannon, from his home in Danville,
111.; professes to be in ignorance of
any such deal as now exposed by Rep
resentative Parsons, but It will be
recalled that before the house met
In extra session for organization Mr.
Cannon, who had not then been re
elected Jpoaker, said to a party or
newspaper correspondents that the
regulars would "win out", and that
tbe insurgeflta .would find themselves
vfitltslde the breastworks. It now
seems that the speaker had Inside In
formation at the time, for It came
oht Just as ho assorted would be the
, tune. .- .
Captain Jack Bartlett.
Captain Bartiett, of Commander Peary's Arctic vessel, the "Roose
velt," who has just arived in New York with his ship, to tuke part in tlie
Hudson-Fulton celebration. Captnln Bartiett went nearer to the North
Pole with Peary than any other white man.
THE COTTON REPORT
Nonber of Bales Ginned to
Sepfeniber J5
Whole Number is 2,562,888 Compar
ed With 2,590,229 Lost Year
Number for North Carolina is 80.
472, for South Carolina. 284, 720,
for Texas 1,057,870.
(By Leased Wire to The Times)
Washington, Oct. 4 The census
report on cotton ginned shows this
morning 2,562,888 bales, counting
round as half bales from the growth
of 1909 to September 25, compared
with 2,590,629 of 1908; 1,532,602
for 1907; and 2,067,383 for 1906. .
Round bales included this year are
48,176; compared with 57,107 for
1908; 43,369 for 1907; and 66,502
for 1906. Sea Island 13,826 for
1909: 11.467 for 1908; 4,269 for
1907 and 2,689 for 1906.
The cotton ginned by states is as
follows for 1909: Alabama, 188,-
660; Arkansas, 83,777; Florida, 19
433; Georgia, 535,026; Louisiana,
62.351: Mississippi, 96,976: North
Carolina, 80,472; Oklahoma, 134
247: South Carolina, 284,726; Ten
nessee, 17,125; Texas, 1,057,876; all
other states, 2,219.
The distribution of the sea island
cotton for 1909 by states is: Florida
6.131; Georgia, 7,645; South Caro
lina, 50.
The statistics in the report for
1909 are subject, to slight corrections
when checked against the individual
returns of the glnners being trans
mitted by mail. The corrected sta
tlstics of the quantity of cotton glnn
ed this season to September 1 are
388,24-2 bales.
OF
COMPANY DEAD
(By Cable to The Times) v
Llverpool, Oct; 4 William Watson,
president of the Cunftrd Steamship Co.,
died this morning; at his residence,
Spltal, Cheshire.
Mr. Watson was very wealthy and
powerful figure in the commercial
life of Great Britain. In addition he
hed business interests in the United
States. He was born in 1S43.
Mr. Watson entered business early
and was entirely successful. He was
head, of the . Arm of Watson & Comr
flany, of Liverpool; founded the houses
of Watson & Hill, of Charleston. S.
C( ' and Watson, Wood & Company,
of dftemphiik - Tenn. . Both were
merchandise Arms,
Latw.Mr. WatSon became chairman
Of tile Cunal'd Steamship Company.
He was chairman of the Royal In
surance Compunv and a director of the
North and South Wales Bank,
HEAD
C1ARD
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EALEIGH, N. C, MONDAY, OCTOBER 4, 1909.
POOR COTTON CROP
Condition 58.5 : Per Cen! of
Normal
Average Condition of the Cotton Crop
on September 25, According to the
Department of Agriculture, Was
58.8, Compared Witli 67.7 Last
Year Comparison by States.
(By Leased Wire to The Times.)
Washington, Oct. 4 The crop re
porting board of the bureau of statis
tics of the United States Department
of Agriculture estimates from the re
ports of agents and correspondents
of the bureau, that the average, con
dition of the cotton crop on Septem
ber. 25 was 58.5 per cent of the nor
mal, as compared with 63.7 on Au
gust 25, 1909, 69.7 on September 2.r,
1908. 67.7 on September 25, 1907
arid 67 per cent the average of the
past ten years on September 25.
Comparisons of cotton conditions
by states as follows:
Sept. 25, Sept.
States 1909 190S
Virginia ....... 71 78
! North Carolina .. 70 69
South Carolina .. 70 48
Georgia. 71 71
Florida 67 72
Alabama 62 70
Mississippi. ..... 53 70
Louisiana ...... 39 55
Texas ........ 52 71
Arkansas 54 70
Tennessee 68 78
Missouri 72 70
Oklahoma 55 70
United States. . .. 58.5 69.7
HIGH DIVER
(By Leased Wire to The Times)
San Francisco, Oct. 4 Towers, the
high diver, made his last sensational
plunge last night at the chutes,
breaking his neck in the sbauow
tank. With a big crowd of pleasure-
seekers surrounding tho foot of the
leap the diver, whose real name is
John Mangels, hurtled through the
sheet of flame on the surface of the
water. ' Instead of quickly coming
up he struck the bottom with death-
dealing force. Although alive when
taken, to the hospital he is not ex
pected to-survive the injury.
Gorhara Gllman Dead.
(By Leased Wire to The Times.)
Netwon, Mass., Oct. 4 The death
of Hon. Gorham D. Oilman, consul
general of Hawaii -previous to its an
nexation to the United States, oc
curred today at his home. Ho was In
Lib 87th veur.
BREAKS HIS NECK
AFRAID HE
WOULD GO
MAD
KILLED HIMSELF
Albert Pulta Brother ol
- Publisher of New York
World a Sulciiin
Mm; it
tism
L'f ' " fit.
Was Staying at the Grand Hotel in
Vienna Suffered Prom Nervous
Breakdown and Feared He Would
Go Mad Sent Attendants Awav
and Took Poison and Shot Himself.
He Was Once Owner of the Xew
York Journal Since 1805 He Has
Lived Abroad With the Exception
of One Visit to This Country De
clared He Was Going to Start An
other New York Paper But An
nouncement Was Only Outcome.
(By Cable to The Times)
Vienna, Oct. 4 Albert Pulitzer,
brother of Joseph Pulitzer, the pro
prietor of the New York World
driven nearly to madness by a ner
vous disease, committed suicide in
the Grand Hotel here by taking
poison and then shooting himself
through the head. The body was
found early today.
Mr. fuiitzer ana nis servants were
occupying an elaborate suite in the
Grand Hotel and the sxk man was
under the almost constant care of Dr.
Jacok, Pollak. With Mr. Pulitzer in
addition to two servants was Count
Mikorsky, his secretary. Late last
night Mr. Pulitzer dispatched all
three on errands. Some hours after
ward Dr. Pollak called and found
the door of his patient's room locked,
Fearing a tragedy, the physician
had the door broken down and Pulit
zer's body was found stretched upon
the floor in front of a mirror.
A pool of blood had formed from a
wound in the head. Dr. Pollak ex
amined the body and said that death
had been doubly sure by the admin
istration of poison before the shoot
ing. Dr. Pollak said:
'Mr. Pulitzer has been my patient
for a number of years. He suffered
terribly from nervousness and fear
ed that he would go insane. His
mania was that he was being perse
cuted and he feared everyone."
Mr. Pulitzer was wealthy. His
brother has been notified.
His American Experience.
New York, Oct. 4 Albert Pulitzer
was once proprietor of the old Xew
York Journal before it was purchas
ed by Williani Randolph Hearst.
Mr. Pulitzer, who was fifty-eight
years old, hadlived abroadsince 1 895,
with the exception of a visit to this
country three years ago. At that
time he reached New York and arous
ed considerable interest in the news
paper world with the announcement
that he was going to start a new
newspaper in New York City. He de
clared at the time that all the news
papers In New York were dull. His
announced plan never went any fur
ther than the preliminary announce
ment. From New York Mr. Pulitzer went
to San Francisco. He created a sen
sation there while sojourning at the
Tavern, on the top of Mount Tamal-
pals, Just outside the city. He arose
at 4 a. m. and made such a disturb
ance that he aroused the other
guests. He said that he was writ
ing his memoirs and could only do
his work before sunrise. He return
ed to Europe shortly afterward.
Mr. Pulitzer .was a Hungarian and
came to the United States first ra
1867.
He went west and taught German
for a living at the schools in Leaven
worth, Kas. From there he went to
Chicago and started his Journalistic
career. He afterward came to New
York and founded a newspaper here!
EIGHT KILLED
(By Leased Wire to The Times)
Roslyn, Wash., Oct. 4 Eight men
were killed and fully as many were
Injured sivhen the coal Kaft of the
Northwestern ' Itnnrovement Company
blew up yesterday noon from a. terrific
gas, explosion -a.. the bottom of the
shaft. -.-The -Roalyn -shaft .4s 7tt feet
deep and has a producing capacity of
3,000 tona of coal per day. When the
explosion occurred 'the big hoist of
the shaft crumpled like an em: Shell
us the fierce flumes swepf up from Hie
bhaft. 1
MANY
INJURED
SPECTAGUi AR
AIR FLIGHT BY
WILBUR WRIGHT
Flew Up Hurtson River and
Circl d Ov r Intimation I
.'
KMfjht Was Kspec-inKy Keninrkuble
1-Yoni the Fact That it Was M ;le
1'nder Adverse Weather Condi
tions Wind Was Blowing at Eigh
teen Miles An Hour When the
Start Was Alade Flew Twenty
Miles in Tr'rty-four .Minutes at
Times Going at Bate of Fifty Miles
nn Hour To Many Spectators it
Was the First Sight of nn Aero
plane Flight and Many Looked on
in AVontler Sailors Cheer the Air
ship. (By Leased Wire to The Times.)
New York, Oct. 4 In the most
spectacular air flight the world has
ever seen, Wilbur Wright (lew up the
Hudson river in his aeroplane from
Governors Island today, pussin
Gritnfs tomb and circling in the air
100 feet above the ships of the inter
national navy.
It was a flight that set New York
mad with enthusiasm and hundreds
of thousands cheered the daring
aviator, who flew with life preserver
about him and a canoe strapped to
the aeroplane to avert death from
drowning if he should fall into the
river.
Wright's flight was especially re
markable from the fact that he made
it under adverse weather conditions.
When he started from Governors Is
land the wind was blowing at the
rate of about eighteen miles an hour.
It is considered hazardous to make an
airship flight in a wind blowing at
more than ten miles an hour.
The (light was begun at 9:55
o'clock. It ended at 10:29 o'clock,
so that it took Wright exactly thirty
four minutes to fly about twenty
miles. At times the machine went
at the rate of fifty miles an hour.
The Dayton aviator reached Gov
ernors Island at about 9 o'clock in
the morning and after landing held
his handkerchief up to test the wind.
The test did not seem to sat'sfy him.
'Will you fly today?" asked tho
newspaper men.
"I I' I fly at nil I must do it this
morning, he replied. 1 he wind is
increasing."
Wright then went over to the shed
where his aeroplane was housed.
'Get the machine out," he said to
his mechanicians. Tiiey at one' ln1-
caine greatly excited for they knew
that this meant. Wr'ght intended' to
make his real flight. The folding
doors of the shed were thrown open
and the white-winged flyer w;-.-
brought out. Wright looked it on r
very carefully. He found that tile
gasoline tank was not full ami lie
took an old can and filled the reser
voir. He always does those things
himself, because his own life depends
on their being done properly.
After he had satisfied himself that
everything was shipshape with the
aeroplane, he told his assistants to
haul it over to the monorail.
By this time word had been spread
around the island that Wright was
getting ready to fly. It was also
flashed over to New York and circu
lated to every corner of the city, it
brought tremendous crowds to the
battery and along both the Jersey and
Manhattan side of the Hudson river.
The roofs of the great skyscrapers
were massed with people.
The crowds at Governors Island
consisted of army officers, their
wives, the soldiers, and a chosen few
who had obta'ned permits to witness
the start. They stood around a roped
enclosure which protected Wright
and his assistants.
Wright and his chief mechanician
began to "crank" the engine and
finally the propeller wheels began to
revolve. Wright wore a golf cap and
a light business suit. He did not
have any goggles to protect his eyes
from the wind.
When the aviator had satisfied
himself that the engine and batter
ies were in prime working order, he
shut off the power and propeller
blades ceased to revolve. The crowd
then began hurling questions at him,
none of which did he deign to answer.
At 9:40 o'clock Wright again
started the engine going. The aero
plane was held In place on the mono
mil by a strong brass wire. Wright
climbed into his seat in the machine.
After making sure that everything
was alright." he cut tbe wire and tlio
(.;illnueii on Page Two.)
PRICE 5 CENTS
BREACH
S. EDDY'S
HOME CHURCH
Brasljc Sleps Taken to Re
move 0 of f he Teachers
IM1F
tion of Mother Clr.rch is Based
pon Ciinige of Wi-o .yful In
;i:;ei:ce Exerted by Mrs. Stetson
I pon Her Pupils n Exhaustive
Investigation Was .Made by the Di
rectors of the First Church of Bos
ton Into the Methods of Teaching
and Preaching I sod by Mrs. Stetson-Sought
Such Control Over Her
Students As Would Hinder Their
Moral and Spiritual Growth In
terview With Allied Fallow.
(V,y Leased Wire to The Times)
New York, October 4 Tho most
drastic step yet ever taken by the
leaders of the Christian Science church
in Boston to remove Mrs. Augusta li.
Stetson, the dominant Influence in the
first church of Christ Scientists, in this
city, became known today when it was
learned that the Boston officials have
revoked Mrs. Stetson's license to teach
Christian Science and have removed
her card as a piaiticitioner and teacher
from the Christian Science journal.
Tile action by the mother church is
based upon charges of wrongful influ
ence exerted by Mrs. Stetson upon her
pupils. An exhaustive investigation
was made by the directors of the First
Church of Boston into the methods
of teaching and preaching used by Mrs.
Stetson. The investigation came to a
close last month.
Other allegations against Mrs. Stet
son are an "erroneous sense of the
work of Christion Science, particularly
in regard to the human needs and
conditions"; "and endeavor to exer
cise a control over her students which
would hinder their spiritual and moral
growth"; "an attempt to intrude her
self upon the attention of her pupils
in such a way as to divert their at
tention from the divine principle, and
finally "that Mrs. Stetson has strayed
from the right way so as to be un
fitted for teaching."
Eugene R. Cox, formerly of Chicago
and now the head of the publication
committee for the Christian Science
Church in this city, gave out the fol
lowing statement:
"At the inquiry twenty-'ix persons
with whom .Mis. Augusta K. Stetson
has held daily meetings, called 'prac
titioner meetings' wi re summoned as
vitnes.''es. Mrs. Stetson was not pres
ent. After hearing twenty-five ,wit-
nesses the charges were drawn up.
Mrs. Stetson takes apparent down
fall phulisophocally though her friends
gave out a statement in her behalf
today defending her against the
charges. The breach between Mrs.
Stetson and the Boston officials' of the
i-lturch has been widening for some
time.
Alfred Farlow. publication agent of
the First Church of Christ. Scientists.
Ibe Mother Church, today confirmed
:he reports of the Mother Church that
Mrs. Augusta Stetson of New York
had beer, ousted. Mr. Farlow said:
"I have read the dispatches care
fully and have made diligent inquiries
him the authorities of the church and
.-v. louud the statement civen oir
y Mr. Cox as it appiaied in the press
is correct in every detail."
When Mr. Farlow was asked what
further remarks he had to make on the
subject, he replied:
"None whatever, as I find that Mr.
Cox has covered the whole ground."
In reply to questions as to how
Christian Scientists would accept this
action, he replied:
"It is hoped that they will receive
it in a Christian manner and treat
it accordingly."
TOWX EXCOMMIXICATEI).
Pope Excommunicates City of 12,000
Because of Biot.
(By Cable to The Times)
Rome, Oct. 4 The pope, througB
the consistorial congregation has
pronounced personal and general ex
communication against all the 12,000
inhabitants of the city of Adrla, and
its suburbs for severely injuring
Bishop Boggiani of that diocese with
sticks and stones-during a recent anti-clerical
demonstration there.
This is the first generel excommun
ication of a city during the present
pontificate.
Adrla is a town' near the Adriatic
coast and close to the banks of the
River Po.
Two Killed In TiUey Oar 'Accident.
Pittsburg, Pa., Oct. 4 -Two pas
sengers were killed and thirteen oth
ers injured when a fast moving Highland-Butler
; car on the Highland
Park line jumped the track and turn
ed turtle In Chisilctt street from a
broken frOut aile.
MR