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flsjE jtwiini" ;? V i 4 voC it WAYNES VILLE, N. C, WEDNESDAY. SEPTEMBER i '99- Etad IL Itrn : For Anything "Worth While Come to the United States Great Pre;:;, Arc "LI -h it Pass:: tay 0. -4 Matter Reviewed m GREATEST FINANCIER OF THE r CENTURY LOSES FIGHT, Died at i:jo hit Thursday Afternoon. Sketch of HU Wonderful Career. Edward H. Harriman,tbe greatest .. . organizer of -railroad! fWe world bat '- ever .known, met the only lasting de feat of his active life , last Thursday at the hands of death. Secluded in the tnagnifitiient Jiome on Tower Hill, JNew ,York, surrounded by members of his family, physicians and nurses, he succumbed to an intestinal disorder this afternoon after a fight against disease which will rank for sheer grit with his remarkable struggles in the financial world. The exact time of his death is known only in that limited circle of relat.ves and associates who had so effectively shielded Mr. Harriman from all outside annoyances during his last illness. - The time was given to the world as 3:35 p. m., but Mrs. Mary Simons, sister of the dead man, said that the end had come at 1:30, more than two hours previous. Whe ther this apparent discrepancy has any bearing oh the current belief that ev ery effort was made to lesson the in fluence of the financier's death on the New York stock market is problemat ical. But it is significant that the time of his death as officially announced was just 35 minutes after the trading had ceased on the exchange. END CAME PEACEFULLY. Mr. Harriman died peacefully and almost to the end his brilliant mind retained its integrity. After a relapse on Sunday he sank steadily and soon after the noon hour today there came a relapse which marked the approach of the end. His wife, two daughters, the Misses Mary and Carol, and his sons, who have been' constantly with him, assembled at the bedside and a carriage was hastily dispatched for Mrs. Simons, whose home is in Ar den, three miles from the. Tower Hill mansion. V; . Driving hurriedly up the mountain' side, Mrs. Simons entered the great silent house in time to be" present at her brother's death. She joined the pr. wife and children, 'who, with Dr. W. G. .Lyle, of New York, and Orlando Harriman, a brother, and the nurses, formed a group at the bedside. Mr. , and Mrs. Robert L. Gerry were also present. Mrs. Gerry is Mr. Ham- man's daughter. No spiritual adviser was at hand, The swiftest automobile in the Har riman garage had been despatched for the Rev. Dr. J. Holmes McGuiness, an Episcopal rector of Arden parish, and Mr. Harriman's personal chap lain, but Dr. McGuiness was not at . ho&e. When found later, although rushed up the mountainside at break neck speed he did not arive until death had come to the Arden house. NEWS SPREAD QUICKLY. With the secrecy that has been , maintained at the Harriman residence unbroken to the very end, news of Mr. Harriman's death was conveyed to New York before it came to Arden . and the valley below. Then by way of New York the report that death had arrived at the .great estate on Tower Hill spread quickly and confirmation was sought at the residence by tele phone.. During the past 10 days ru- mora have been so persistent that lit tle credence vat at first given the, re- - port and it was a shock when a voice on the hill replied, "Yes, that is cor- ' rect Mr. Harrimatt.died it 335 P-. m." The apeaker .was evidently an Soon afterward the hundreds, of workmen engaged on the, uncomplete , cd estate learned of their masters vdeatfc when a page came out on the .lawn and anounced simply: "You may all quit work. Mr., Harriman is dead.";$;.' , FUNERAL ARRANGEMENTS. , ".s .White the policy of reticence that ,- prevailed during Mr. Harriman's ill vst was maintained by most of his relatives and "r associates after his death, Orlando. Harriman, whose home is in New' York, discussed the funeral: arangements-. briefly tonight. He said that Mr. Harriman would be "buried in the; family plot in the little graveyard behind St John's Episcopal church at Arden. He wHI tt besid 1. i elJeat toi.EJ, H.; Harriman, Jr., ho died twenty-two year ago, soon :.er t' e f. lily- first caine to "Arden. ' A ' ' blue, stone, quarried CONTINUED STORY OF THE : EVENTS OF DOUBLE DIS i COVERY TO DATE. Many Columns of Newa Matter Re- viewed, Boiled -Down and Shortened - Dispatches were received from Com' mander Robert E. Peury at Indian Har bor, Labrador, last Monday, September 6. saying that he at - last had "made good'' and hajl "nailed the Stars and Stripes to the North Pole." He had reached the goal of his ambition, sought during twenty-three years of polar ex ploration, on April 6, 1909, so ran his brief message, fuller details awaiting the return of his ship, the Roosevelt, to a cable port. The brief message from In dian Harbor was by wireless transmis sion. On the very day that Peary sent word of his triumph Dr. Cook was being feted at Copenhagen as the first man to reach the North Pole and had passed the rigid examination of the professors in the University of Copenhagen, and his elevation to honorary membership in the faculty had been agreed upon. They had accepted his scientific data, his diary of the journey to the pole and the evi dence of his ability to determine by the use of instruments he took along "where he was at." When first told of the tidings from Peary, Dr. Cook was being dined by the newspaper men of Copenhagen, and his comment was : "I shall be very glad if it is true, for his observations and his story will corroborate mine. Amundsen will be there next year, and some one else will be there not long after, and (smiling) soon you will be having ex cursions to the pole' In another dis patch Cook was quoted as congratulat ing Peary upon his success and saying: "The victory is now surely all American. I am glad he has won, as two records are better than one. His work Oyer a newt route he an added valuer It wjll clear another large unknown space and add one epoch-making contribution to the annals of polar ixploration." Dr. Cook said he would refuse to engage in anv controversy with Peary or his friends. And controversy there certain ly was. brewing from the moment that Peary was heard from, for there was a disposition in official and scientific cir cles both at home and abroad to accept Peary's statement without the slightest question, whereas many had been openly incredulous as to the probability of Cook's achievement. This element of doubt was fed by the rumor to the ef feet that Peary, in private dispatches, had claimed to be the first man to reach the pole, and had asserted that he saw no traces of Cook's expedition near the pole. The statement was also circulated by friends and partisans of Peary that Cook had made use of dogs left, by Peary at Etah. This Cook indignantly denied, and it was explained by Sver drup, Shackleton and other polar ex perts that in the year Which intervened between the dash made by Cook and that made by Peary it would be most Un likely that the snows and the shifting ice field would leave any traces of the former expedition visible in that vast and trackless region. In response to a message of congratulation from Presi dent Taft Dr. Cook cabled: "I am ptohd of Peary." .V v; - Cook's arrival in Copenhagen on Sat urday, the -4th, had been s marked by scenes of the most frenzied enthusiasm on the part of the populace and state of ficials, the crown prince going out in the harbor to escort the explorer direct to an; audience with the king and queen of Denmark.. On Sunday he was the guest of honor at a'dinner given by the royal family; "On Tuesday the crown prince decorated Cook with the gold medal "of the Danish Geographical Society, and the Council of the University of Coper hagen resolved by the Vote of 10 tol to confer upon him the degree of doctor of philosophy. 4 That evening he delivered $ lecture before the Geographical Society, which was attended by the royal family and all the distinguished men of science in Denmark. - Ha told his" story of the polar quest with much detail, but left the scientific data yet to be examined by the university astronomical experts. Most of his data he had . sent to New York by .Harry Whitney! the frolar hunter, who went part of the way with the Cook expedition and Who spent the intervening winter in Greenland. J i 1 On the day of bJs'arrival in, Copen hagen, .Dr. Cook was- subjected to, a Searching Inquiry by a. large gathering of newspaper correspondents. So frank, straightforward and convlncin'r v-- (Cunningham in The Washington was satisfied of the truth of the Cook story. He had kept a diary and had tak en careful astronomic observations, and that these would be confirmed in essen tials by the two Eskimos who accom panied him. To the charge that his trip had been unscientific and an unpremed itated sportsmanlike event Dr. Cook ad mitted that there was"a certain amount of the spirit of the sportsman in it, but he would not admit that it was unscien tific. He had with him three chronom eters, a pedometer Mid a watch, and used each to check the other. He also had a camera and took 400 photographs. As to the exact spot where the pole is located he did not believe it was possible for any man to be sure of it, but ob servation taken made it certain that he could not have been farther from it than a revolver shot The biggest factor in his success, in his opinion, was that he had followed the route where game was abundant He had found that the drift lof the ice at the pole was southeast. The chief desire of his life at the moment was to get home to see his wife and children, and he did not believe that he would ever go into the polar regions again. The board of managers of the Na tional Geographic Society at Washing ton decided early in the week, after Peary was heard from, that the society should await the detailed reports of both Cook and Peary before taking any ac tion regarding either. Upon receiving a message from Dr. Cook, telling him of the discovery of the pole, President Taft sent him the fol lowing cable: "Your report that you reaclted the North Pole' calls for my heartiest congratulations, and stirs the pride of every. American that this feat, which has so long baffled the world, has been accomplished by the intelligent en ergy and wonderful endurance of a' fellow-countryman.". .;' " In a signed article for the Paris Ma tin Dr. Cook went into more detail than in his first article for the Herald. The observations on which he based his con clusion that he had readied the 'pole, he said, had lasted for two weeks with sextant, artificial horizon and register' ing barometer, all of which he had been familiar with for twenty years. He had found the glaciers at the" pole look dif ferent,, and current of the sea drew the mass in a southwest direction. The glacier were neither so enormous nor so massive as those met In lower lati tudes. At the pole fh etemperarure was 38 degrees below zero, Farenheit From Battle Harbor, Labrador, Wed nesday, Commander Peary sent by wire less to Newfoundland a condensed pre liminary report of his successful dash for the pole. The party had wintered on the Roosevelt at Cape Sheridan, and Peary had headed the sledge party from the last point of land at Cape Colum bia Marct-.;i, and after , being (Mayed at. several points' r-y cn wi';er'' tf'.y reached' t' e p on 1 6. Tie d- M.U Herald.) THE LATE GENERAL CORBIN. Former Commander of the Army who Died Last Week. Washington Herald. - 'Lieut. Gen. Henry Clark Corbin, whose death is unexpectedly chroni cled, played a potential role in the ar my life of his country. He was a military man of distinctive type. Although a gallant volunteer in the civil war and, subsequently, a brave Indian fighter, his real fame was won at the desk, not on the field of battle; his promotion to highest rank came from departmental service, not from valor at the front. But renown and advancement in his case had basis in real military achieve ment, nevertheless. Few officers dis play the executive ability that Corbin possessed; few have shown the mas terful capacity for official routine that marked his long and useful career. As adjutant general during the Span ish war, if he could not ride a horse, as President Roosevelt is credited with having said of him once upon a time, he was at any rate the one man that constantly had the necessary martial details at his fingers' ends when the War Department was a veritable storm-center and others were figura tively losing their heads. It was to Corbin that the leaders of Congress turned at critical stages, and it was about him that momentous events in the Washington of that day revolved. And he came out of it with honor and distinction out of the scandalous at mosphere . that enveloped the depart ment in that unhappy period with name and fame untarnished. No his tory of the conflict over Cuba will be complete or correct that fails to give Corbin his due meed of praise. Per haps he played politics; he may have been up to his very ears In It, as hi critics took pains to aver, but he ren dered conspicuously successful service to his country just the same. As a resident of Washington, Gen. Corbin, was deeply interested always in this beautiful Capital City. He had lofty pride in It growth and a true vision of it future. In his later year he gave intelligent thought to the Csp- Hal's material interest and dreamed dreams about Washington that ' will yet come true. ' , ' ' Hi, passing will be sincerely and widely mourned. . 1 ' Engttah Coffee. , , ' It was his first morning in London 'apartments,") and hi landlady , came up with, the' breakfast, and. her be gan the' meal Optr"-!l a 1' ' t c inveY-s-tion. V''-f'V,':. ' "It W ' - ' - BE Prominent Men Meet At Saratoga. Out of the democratic conference which held a two day's session at Sar atoga last week, under the guiding hands of men who hold prominent places in the party's history, there promises to grow a permanent organ ization to be known as the Democratic league. Speeches were made by Alton Parker, Thomas Osborne and Edward .VI. blicpard, outlining the purposes and hopes for the conference. John N. Carlisle, of Watcrtown, offered a resolution providing that the members of the conference, and those who may hereafter become members be consti tuted a permanent organization under the name of the "democratic league." The conference took on the char acter of a state convention with ring ing speeches. The meeting was ad dressed by ex-Justice D. Cady Her rick, of Albany, ex-Justice Augustus Van. Wyck and also by John Sayles, ot uuttaio. Alton u . farker was named as temporary chairman. Thomas M. Osborne, chairman of the executive committee, addressed the gathering. At the conclusion of his speech Mr. Osborne named Ed ward W. Shcpard as permanent chair man and Mr. Shepard spoke. At the evening session Chairman Shepard read a telegram from W. J. Bryan, dated Kennedy, Texas. It read: "I trust the conference will strength en the party by straightforward dec larations in favor of principles and policies, acceptable to the rank and file of the partythroughout the land. Am preparing for a strong endorsement of the income tax for specific demand for free raw material and substantial re duction of tariff on manufactured ar ticles. .; W. J. BRYAN." Ex-Justices Herrick and Van Wyck and John Sayles of Buffalo addressed the conference tonight. . Nothln'.to Writ. . A "cub reporter on an up-state paper wa sent out by the city editor to get a story on the marriage of a young society girl and a man well known in the city, . The "cub" wa gone about an hour and then returned and went lmlessly over to hi desk, by which he sat down. Shortly afterward the city editor noticed hi presence and. his evident Idleness. "Here,, Kid I" shouted, the Unperior, "why srn't you' at work, onthat wed. oingr , ,.r.',--.'v-. : ' " "Nothing doing," replied the poy..s . "Molding doinq? Vv'liat do you n - f " ' i't t'.it wr ' ' t ' - : DEMOCRATIC LEAGUE TO FORMED. HAYWOOD'S FAIR TKI TO ECLIPSE ALL I I VIOUS EFFORT?. Entries Already Began.' ' Beaton 1 et on Sale. Mr. Grant He! ' " " SomVV " -, --. With a firm determination; to rs the Haywood County Fair of 1909 1 most interesting, instructive and ar ing, of all previous efforts,' Pres, Allen Howell and Secretary James Carraway are hard at work planni details and making arrangement 1 - large scale. - J2-V Entries Coming l :. "V. The entries have begun to come b During the past week an - entry, for the Combination Horse class wa're- ceived from Swain County, one from Clay County, and another ; from , Buncombe. It looks like things, are ' beginning to whirl. From various ' parts of the United States the Secre-v. tary is receding letters applying for' space on the Midway, which will be more comjucte and attractive this year than ever Before. . : Children' Booth Attractive. ' The Children's booth at the fair ? promises to, be one of the most at- ' tractive features. The latest contrl-:-i hution to (his department is from the " Mcllin's l'nod Company of Boston. -' This firm donated a large amount 'of advertising ni.iitrr, some of which is extremely1 attractive Among othet things they sent a large supply of the post-cards which were prepared for use at the Baby's Carnival re cently held at Asbmy Prfffc-, ff. J, Tlley will appeal st-ongly to the lit- ne.ones. Some Special Premium. The following special premiums on horseKhave been offered by the gen tlemen named. The entrance fee in these classes will be $1.00 each. MVC. W. Miller, the Harness Man, offenL handsome bridle for the best Saddler? foaled and raised in Hay wood Cdhnty shown at the Fair. CaptAAllen Howell offers S5.00 hi gold forth, best combination Mare or Horse, foiled and raised in Hay wood County shown at the fair. Mr. S. C. Welch offers $5.00 in gold for best Sino- Harness Mare or Horse foaled ald raised in Haywood County, shown at the fair, . Kindness of Mr. Grant Through the effort of our Con gressman, Hon. J. U. Orant, interest ing and instructive bulletins have been procured from the Government These will be given out free of charge to all who desire them. Bulletins on the following subjects have been secured. A Successful Hog and Seed Corn Farm. Meat on the Farm. The Tuberculin Test for Tuberculo sis in Cattle. . Pork raising in the South. A Successful Southern Hay Farm. Reduced Rate to School Children. The Fair Association will sell tick ets to school children under fifteen years of age at the rate of ten cents each, provided they are purchased in quantities of not less than 35, and be fore Saturday night October and. They must be purchased by the teach ers of the schools for which they are intended. These tickets will be good for one admission during the fair. The day on which they are used will be left to the children entirely a they will not be required to attend in a body. ' Season Ticket On Sale. Season ticket for the fair are now on tale at various point. These Sea son tickets will be sold for $1.00 each if purchased before Saturday night, October and at ta o'clock. After that time the price will be $1.50 each. This give every person an opportunity to attend the fair all four day at a cost of ascents jer day. -.,' ; ,., Little - Lola wa fitting on her grandfather's kne one day, and, after wobklng at hm for tome time, she aidt ."GWampa, wa '00 in ze trk?" "Certainly not, ' my der, rep! the astonished old gentleman.'.' "Zen," continued the; smalf Inqti tor, why ' Wasn't " Joodwonded?' luber, Li, , in''-"v f vr-JS ' 1 m I r J - . " r,''i'i'i'-iL , - 1 ' 1 1 (O -.uued on page M."- answers made that every nuui , , litsWltWsisiUs4sta
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