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The star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1908-1909, 1908-12-28
HARR|CAN'S FIRST
PETIT JURORS ARE
IN COURT TODAY

The first petit jury drawn by Sheriff
William Harrigan sat in Judge Heis-
ley's Circuit Court today to hear the
trial of Owen j.. Conlon's action to re
cover $93l.25 from Edward S. Ely and
Emma D. Ely, his wife a verdict
for the full amount with interest was
rendered
Mr.. Conlon is real estate dealer aud
brought the suit, through Elvin w.
Crane no recover on commissions for
seven houses sold for the defendants at
Clinton and Baldwin avenues Accord
ing to the plaintiff. the agreement was
made April 10. 1907 The sale was to
be for s56,0O0
The defendants claim was that the
property was finally disposed for $55, 100
and hence the agreement was broken.
1t was first rendered to the Mer-
chants Land and improvement Com
pany, but the deal fell through, said
Frederick l.. Johnson, counsel for the
defense, and the property was after
ward sold to another party.
The star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1908-1909, 1908-12-28
Demand for Less Expenditures
Likely to Precipitate Bitter
Fight in Legislature.
PARTY LEADERS WANT
GOVERNOR CURBED
Several Members Are Opposed
to Reform PO!icies-Excit-
ing Session Is Evident.
Especial to the Evening starl

TRENTON. Dec. 2s.-The annual
message of Governor. Fort, which will
be submitted to the Legislature on the
day it convenes, January II, is eX
pected to preciptate the bitterest fight
the Republicans have had in many
years 1t is understood among the
leaders that the Governor will insist on
economy and reform in the administra-
ton of the States affairs, and the
leaders have different plans.
The Governor will have the support
of many members of the Legislature
and an influential following out of it.
But the party leaders, if the present
plans mature, insist on curbing the
Governor, and this will bring about an
open rupture, which promises to make
a long and fierce fight, in which the
strong Democratic delegation in the
Senate may stand a show to get some
thing through.
One Of the first moves planned in this
battle is the appointment by the Gov
ernor of Senator Samuel *. Robbins to
succeed David O. Watkins as State
banking commissioner. Senator Rob-
bins has already been named by the
Republican caucus for president of the
Senate, and, as Mr.. Watkins's term
does not expire until April 9, this would
not interfere with the proposed ap-
pointment.
In its turn this would have its effect
on conditions i'll the Second Congress
sional District where it is conceded
that Congressman Gardner cannot be
reuominated in 1910. 1t has been prac-
ticaIly conceded that the nomination
would go 10 Cumberland or Burlington
county.
Robbins and Assemblyn1an Griffith
w Lewis. who has been selected ma
jority leader in the Assembly, have been
believed to be the most promising can
didates for Gardner's place, and with
the removal of Robbins. as banking
commissioner it would leave Lewis Il
clear field Or the leaders figure, Lewis
may succeed Robbins in the Senate, and
they may send Senator Minch to Con-
eress.
The star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1908-1909, 1908-12-28
NEWARK BARRIERS
UNDER BIG BAIL
ON ARSON CHARGE
Horace Dilan0 and Michael
Donotiro Accused of Firing
Their Shop.

Charged with arson. Horace Ditano,
of % Shipman street, and Michael
Donofrio, OF 451H South Seventeenth
street, BARRIERS doing business at Sl7
Market street, were held in $4,000 bail
each by Judge Hahn in the First Grim
inal Court today. They are alleged TO
have set fire to their shop last night
Daniel C&yallo Of 225 Shipman street,
was held az witness and remanded
to jail in the sum Of $1,000 bail.
Fire was discovered last night in the
barber shop. The suddenness of the
flames and the rapidity with which they
were licking their way in the rear of
the store lent d suspicious atmosphere.
Under The looking glass stand were
found three small caudles burning, the
tiremou say
Deputy chief Joseph lG. Sloan had
evidence enough in court today TO con
vince the police that q charge Of arson
could be safely made. and the deputy
chief signed an affidavit accusing
Ditano and Donofrio oi being the fire
bugs When The police learned that
three tallow candles had been found
burning in a drawer, with oil saturated
papers in the same compartment, Cap
tain Ryan, of the First Precinct, inn
mediately detailed Painclothesmen
Smith and Crawford on the case
BY good luck the officers covered the
Pennsylvania depot at Market street,
and there found Ditano and Cavallo
awaiting a train.
Both men made absolute denials of
the charge against them,
The star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1908-1909, 1908-12-28
PAIR
ARRESTED BY
LOCAL POLICE

cienoro Dichioro. of Harrison, West
chester county. n y, was arrested by
Detective Sergeants Tenore and Cor
dano at the Market street depot this
afternoon on = warrant charging him
with grand larceny, made by Donate
Fioro, of the same place. i'll which, it
is alleged, that on Christmas eve the
defendant, with the Somplainant's wife.
Marie. cloped, taking with them sew
ing machine and two trunks. The wife
also took her two children.
the Newark sleuths learned that the
party came to this city, and they found
the trunks tagged for 10 Sheffield street,
and when Dichioro called for them he
was arrested.
The star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1908-1909, 1908-12-28
NAPHTHA EXPLODES
At LEATHER PLANT,
W0RKMEN BURNED

IN an explosion of >naphtha at the
leather factory Of Blanchard Bros. e.
Lane, at Gould and McWhorter street,
this afternoon Charles Walters, 30
years old. of 299 South Orange avenue,
was badly burned on the legs and arms.
lie was taken TO st. James's Hospital
II is not known at the hospital yet
whether he inhaled the flames. His
condition is serious.
Waters was pumping naphtha into a
small can, and in some manner yet
unexplained it took fire. The flash
knocked Walters down. Other work
men ran to his assistance and put out
the flames.
The star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1908-1909, 1908-12-28
YRENT
BY QUAKE;
SCORESDIE.
Towns in Southern Sec
tion and Sicily Hurled
Down by Shock
TIDAL WAVE ADDS
TO LOSS AND DISTRESS
Many Steamers Are Destroyed
in Island POrts-Tr00ps
Are Called.
PEOPLE PRAY IN STREETS
AS HOUSES COLLAPSE
Record of Seismic Disturbance
Is Noted on instrument
in Washington.
PEOPLE PRAY IN STREETS
AS HOUSES COLLAPSE

ROME, Dec. 2s.--Southern italy WAS
visited by serious and fatal earth
quake this morning. The centre Of the
disturbance WIS In Sicily, and the
greatest loss of life and property oc-
Cured on this island. The reports are
ms yet Incomplete, hut the people every
where were thrown into a panic.
At Caltanissetta. a Sicilian town of
30, 600 people, a number of houses were
shaken down and the inhabitants fled
for safety to the streets. Vast crowds
gathered in the parks, and the churches
are filled.
At Mineo a small town 100 miles
southwest of Catania, several houses
collapsed and the scenes of panic were
repeated.
At Catania the docks and shore front
rolled in from the sea. Much damage
was done to the shipping. Details are
lacking, but it is known that several
steamers We're damaged. At Catania
the shocks lasted for twenty seconds.
At Agosta, in the Province of SYRIA
were demolished, but no lives were lost.
The prisoners in the local Jail made
their escape and dashed through the
praying crowds on the streets for lib
orty. The troops were called out and
quiet was restored. There were shocks
also at Lndua Glossa, Santa Saverlna
and Noto. all in Sicily.
The latest reports from Calabria say
taat three dead and sixty wounded per-
.ous nave, been removed from the ruins
Of otefanconi. Soldiers have been called
in 10 carry on the work of succor. The
troops have been ordered also to tear
down damaged buildings in order to
minimize the danger from falling walls.
sixty persons are said to have sus-
;aincd injuries at San Nofrio, and the
population is camping out in the open
air. The troops everywhere are en-
gagged in the work of rescue.
The star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1908-1909, 1908-12-28
Noted In washington

WASHINGTON. Dec. 2s.--An earth
quake of very moderate force, but quite
prolonged, was recorded by the weather
bureau instruments last night. The in
vestigation by Professor Marvin. the
seismographic expert of the bureau, to-
ciay showed that the disturbance, first
felt at 11:31.25 o'clock last night, with
q second trennor at 11:40.90 lasted in all
over an hour.
Professor Marvin estimated that the
great force of the earthquake was felt
about $500 miles away. corresponding,
he said, quito closely TO the distance
between Washington and Calabifa.
where the shock caused some damage.
The star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1908-1909, 1908-12-28
CAPTAIN HAINS'S
MIND IS FAILING,
HIS LAWYER SAYS
Acts in Cell at Flushing Like
a Man Bereft of
Reason.
FEAR FATAL END TO
MENTAL DERANGEMENT
Puts Uniform on Three Times a
Day and Commands Imaginary
|. Company OF Soldiers.

FLUSHING, L. l. Dec. 2S.-John
F. Mcintyre, counsel for Thorn
ton Hams and Captain Peter Hains,
said at the opening of the trial today
that the mental condition of Captain
Peter C. Hams, jr.. was very alarming
"I can see no Improvement in Cap
tain Hains's mental process said Mr..
Mcintyre. "Tlis condition is truly
alarming, and I fear fatal ternina-
tion of his trouble.
'"The captain puts ON his army uni
form three or four times 81 day and I'M
aGining himself at Fort Hamilton. gives
orders 10 an imaginary company of sol
diers. lie recites poetry and sings airs
from the opera during the day.
II am extremely apprehensiye over
the outcome. The treatment now be
ing given him may be effective in time
but L doubt it,
Bayside Trip Explained.
Charles Raymond Weaver, sales
agent for the Hains Concrete Mixer
Company. proved to be the days chief
witness for the defense He said that
he had induced Thornton Hains and his
brother to so 10 Bayside to look over
the property instead of going to Sandy
Hook, whittier, he said, the Hams
brothers were bound when he met them
on August 15.
",rhe hour was too late to go to Sandy
Hook" shid Weaver, land L told them
to go to Long Island and see the prop
erty with the idea of ascertaining
whether it was near enough to the
water front to obtain sand and gravel
with which to make concrete. ! started
TO go with them, but found | could not
get back to New York in time to meet
my wife"
Weaver was permitted to tell of Cap
tain Hans's mental condition that day
and how the captain appeared during
the times he saw him previous TO the
shooting. He said Captain Hams looked
unnatural, and took no interest in what
was going on about him. The wit
ness said he took Captain Hams on a
trip to Boston, hoping that it would do
him good.
Joseph A. Shay, of counsel for Hains,
was called to the stand. He told of his
interview with Martin Skura, the Bay
side eabman, who drove the Hams
brothers to the yacht club. Shay said
that Skura told him in the presence Of
Mr.. Young, associate counsel for the de-
fendant, that the name of Annis was
never mentioned during the trip to the
yacht club
Mr. Shay said that neither he nor Mr..
Young represented themselves to Skura
as newspaper men. On cross-examina-
tion, Mr. Shay said he did not ask
Skura if the name of Jcsperson was
mentioned by the Hams brothers
McIntyrc ON stand.
Iobn McTutNrc chief oG II al
The star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1908-1909, 1908-12-28
sbips Damaged.

LONDON, Dec. 2s.--A dispatch re-
ceiyed here from Catania, Sicily, says
tho Swedish steamer Asia, the Austrian
steamer Budatwo and the Italian
steamer Orseolo, were damaged today
by an earthquake and consequent tidal
disturbance at that port.
The star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1908-1909, 1908-12-28
Everything for Everybody is
Advertised.

Read the Classified Columns of TIT
STAR every day. fou are sure to dis
cover something you want. Advertise
In them and sou will dispose OF some
thing yen have to exchange. sell or
rent
The star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1908-1909, 1908-12-28
King Hears News.

NAPLES. Dec. 2S,-King Victor Elm
manuel who is shooting near Naples
on receiving The first reports OF the
esrthquake1in Calabria, issued orders
70 make preparations for q trip TO
caIabria should the circumstances war
rant.
The French Broad hustler. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1896-1912, 1908-08-20
Our Busy Crowded City.

The number of people now in
the city is seldom equa1ed inHen-
Jacksonville. The horse show and
the ball tonight attracted humid
reds of people.
Many of the boarding houses
and hotels are taxed to their ut
most, and people seem to have
difficulty in locating themselves.
Col. Hewitt with a broad sun
shiney smile, tho tinged with a
little regret, said to a Hustler re-
porter today that he couldn't &C
commodate his guests last night
and that he had to turn down
about twenty-five people. His re-
lister shows that 145 visitors had
their names registered thereon
yesterday. The crowd playing
around on the veranda and in the
lobbies today reminds one of a
large city hotel on a gala day.
The Wheeler received a large
number of people yesterday and
the great number of people enjoy
ing the delightful shade and bal
my breezes away upon that hill
is beyond an ordinary scene.
This is the banner week of
Hendersonville.
The French Broad hustler. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1896-1912, 1908-08-20
Thursday.

Call meeting Knights of Pythias
tonight.
Asheville and Brevard are much
in evidence at the Horse Show.
F. M. Shipman, of Blantyre,
was here yesterday on his way
to the Confederate Veterans re-
union at Winston-Salem A num-
Der of those who wore the grey''
joined him here.
E. C. Ballenger is here from
Spartanburg to attend the Horse
Show and circulate among num-
erous old friends whose acquaint-
ance he made while a temporary
resident of Hendersonville nine
years ago. He is surprised to
find such a large and growing
city since his departure.
Mrs. J. M. Swearingen and lit
tie daughter, Lucia Ray, is visit
ing Mrs. L. L. Shearly on King
street.
Mr.. w. M. Leopard is here
from Trenton, S. c..
Miss Catharine Grant and
Jenriere Theabold, of Asheville,
are visiting Lula Whitaker on
Broad street. during the Horse
Show.
Have you forgotten the wrest-
ling match at the rink tonight be-
tween Lylery and Drake? They
are going to give you something
worth seeing.
R. H. Muckenfuss Jr., of Char
lesion, is stopping at the Gates
for a few days.
Mr.. Barbot and wife are in the
city from Charleston. Mr.. Barbot
is a representatives. the Charless
ton Post.
S. H. Cohen, of Augusta, is
the big horse show.
The French Broad hustler. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1896-1912, 1908-08-20
Expert Testimony

"Your Horse Show is fine and
Hendersonville should be very
proud of it." said Secretary Ran
dolph, of the Asheville Board of
Trade to a Hustler man today.
YES" chimed in Col. Jim Wood.
distinct passenger agent of
the Southern Railway. And
Hendersonville beats Asheville a
block on two things, her streets
and sidewalks. Your Main
street is fine and the sidewalks
are the prettiest I ever saw"
Just what everybody says.
And yet there are some folks
who object to completing the
improvement-the greatest eve
proposed in the history Of the
town.
The French Broad hustler. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1896-1912, 1908-08-20
Saturday.

H. E. Massengale, of Atlanta,
the great newspaper advertising
agent of the South, is stopping
at the Wheeler.
Mr.. and Mrs. S. j. cCanghin,
of Birmingham is at Hotel Wheel
er. Mr.. Mclaughlin is connected
with the iron and steel works of
his city.
William C. Cole, of Waynes-
vile. is residing at Hotel Gates.
He is here in the interest of the
Horse Show and has made some
entries.
James Eliga was before Mag
istrate Dermid this morning to
answer to the charge of fighting
his wife. He was fined two
dollars and cost.
J. B. Bowen, of Brevard,
brother of Mark Bowen is in.
town today circulating among
friends and relatives.
Thad Fullbright, who has been
%sojourning in old Dominion for
some time, spent several days in
Hendersonville this week.
Editor M. L. Shipman left yes
terday for Raleigh, after spend
a few days with his family who
are summering in Hendersonville.
Mr.. Shipman was called to the
State capital to assist in the pre-
paration of the State Democratic
Handbook which will set forth
the claims of North Carolina de-
mocracy in the present campaign.
The French Broad hustler. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1896-1912, 1908-08-20
Wednesday

DR.. R. S. Carroll, of Asheville, i:
in the city on business.
w Scott Radeker, Of Asheville,
is attending the horse show.
J. E. Ganzen spent yesterday
in Asheville.
Miss Mary Stikeleather, OF
Ashevilles is attending the horse
show.
S. C. Morgan, of Spartanburg,
has returned to this city after
visiting Asheville and Canton.
Miss La Burge, of St. Louis, is
a guest Of Mr.. Carriers at her
home on Broad St.
DR.. Joshua Lockwood and
daughter, of Charlotte, are in
the city. The Doctor will return
this week and his daughter will
remain for the season.
DR.. H. K. Aiken and wife and
R. Fluming and wife, of Laurens
S. G. are in the city. They came
through the country in an aut-
omobile party.
Miss Edith Bennett, daughter
of Supt. Bennett of the Southern
at Winston, is visiting
Miss Eunice Winterstien at Mrs.
Carter's residence.
w, H. Rexford, S. C. Bernard,
Yount, w. F. Randolph,
and F. Stikeleather are here to
attend the horse show.
Mr.. Frank T. Graham, a prom
inent business manfrom Aiken,
S. C.. is in our city and will re-
main several weeks. Mr.. Graham
will engage in the Real Estate
during his sojourn here
representing Hyman Heights.
Pastor w. H. Davis, of Hol-
land, Va. will preach at Jump Off
near Hendersonyille on the 5th
Sunday in August at II o'clock,
A. M. A free entrance will be
at the gate on that day and
4 cordial invitation extended to
all to come.
The French Broad hustler. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1896-1912, 1908-08-20
Monday.

DR.. Harris Chewing spent
yesterday at Saluda.
R. E. Smith, of Brevard was
in the city yesterday.
Undertaken Stepp sent out g
coffin yesterday for the burial of
a young boy of Schooler Patter-
sons, who lives in Crab Greek
section. The boy was somewhere
near 10 years old.
Miss Carrie Swanson and Miss
Nora Sim, Of Newport, Tenn. are
visiting the formers sister, Miss
E. z. Swanson, this city.
The Mallory lot on Broad and
King streets was sold today at
the court house by auction. Col.
5. V. Pickens purchased the
valuable lot for the sum of So, $3.50
The Caldwell Property was sold
also, being purchased by Chas.
F. Toms for $3.50. This proper
ty was covered by mortgage and
indebtedness, which was the reas-
on of the sale.
The French Broad hustler. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1896-1912, 1908-08-20

DR.. Leon Rose, the genial pro-
prietor of the Rose Pharmacy
says: II wish your daily might
continue during the whole year"
f. C. Perkins has gathered 80
bushels of apples from one big
old tree on his lot on South Main
street.
The drug stores are damned.
The steets are crowded. The
theatre turns folks away. The
livery stables are pushed to their
capacity. The hotels and boarding
houses are full. Little old Hen
Jacksonville sure has the crowd
naturally!
Your printing shows taste
and intelligence" said a we'll
known business man, yesterday,
1T is a sign of this towns
growth that it supports a high
class printing Office, such as the
Hustler's, and your daily paper
would do credit to a much larger
town. I hope you may be very
successful"
Mayor Michael Schenck made
the address of the day at the
Conference Reunion at Horse
Shoe, yesterday. The Hender-
sonville Bank furnished the really
fine music which helped to make
the day so thoroughly enjoyable.
An enormous crowd was present,
and absolute good order prevail
ed during the day. 1t is needless
to say there was an abundance
Of good things to eat.
The French Broad hustler. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1896-1912, 1908-08-20
Thursday.

MI. J. D. Wilson and wife of
'Quitman, Ga, are at the Wheel
er.
A. J.. Nicely, of Edneyville,
was a welcome visitor at this
Office today.
J. c.: Morrow says there are
more people and less dogs in Hen
Jacksonville than he has ever seen.
]. M. Dunovant, of Chester,
S. c., was among yesterdays
arrivals:
w. A. Walker and wife, of
Milledgeville, Ca, are stopping
at the Wheeler.
Frank Granam, of Spartan
burg, is stopping with T. B.
Graham on Church street.
Miss Virginia Riply, is spend
ing some time in Charleston, the
guest OF her uncle, J, G.. Morris.
Mrs. L. M. Tyner, nee Miss
Jessie Forest, is here from Jack
sonville ona visit to her mother,
Mrs. L. C. Forest.
Big John Posey," one of the
most prosperous farmers of the
Mills River section, was in the
city today.
]. B. Trapp, representative of
the Southern Oil and Cotton Co.,
of Charlotte, is in the city on a
short vacation.
j. II. Kinney, a prominent
Woodman of the World is
here from Angelina today. He
returned recently from. an ex-
tended business trip South.
G. W. Connell, a successful
young business man of Spencer,
joined his family in Henderson,
vile this week. Mrs. Connell
has been here since Friday.
F. L. Andrews and his son, N.
G. Andrews, also his sister Ella
Jones, all at Jacksonville, are
back 10 their old home in Her.
desronville for a few days enjoy
ment.
w. D. Adams, a brilliant repor-
torial writer on the Charlotte
Observer, spent awhile in the
city today, leaving on the after
noon train for Lake Toxaway for
a short stay.
The French Broad hustler. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1896-1912, 1908-08-20

Mr.. G. Bangs, of Savannah,
Ca, is visiting his son W. H.
Bangs, Supt. of the Light Hover
Co. of this city.
w. S. Ray, of Asheville, one
of the committe on the horse show
ball, is staying at the Gates dur
ing the horse show days.
Mr.. E. A. Petit and his moth
er, Mrs. Lizzie Petit, of Norfolk,
Va, are visiting their relative
ELS. Williams and family, on
Broad street.
The French Broad hustler. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1896-1912, 1908-08-20
New Railroad
Will Be Built
Work May Be Started by Sept.
1st. All Financial Arrange.
ments Now Being Closed Up,
Means Much to this city.

The Appalachian Interurban
Railroad will be built.
T. c. McNeely, now in New
York City, and where he, has
been during the past few months
making the arrangements for the
financial end of this gigantic en-
terprise, wires that everything
is going satisfactorily. The neces-
sary finances will be forthcom-
ing, a guarantee will be furnish
ed, and construction work viii |
begin very soon-possibly by
September first.
This is great news for Hend-
erson county, towhich tn e build
ing of this new road means so
much, and it must be gratifying
to the many thousands who have
never lost faith-~in the gigantic
enterprise to know that their faith
has been well founded.
When the Appalachian Inter
urban Railroad is built, as it will
be soon, this county and this
part of the state will blossom as
the rose. Resources now untouch-
ed will be developed, and Hend-
ersonville and Henderson county
will come into their own. Ameas-
ure of prosperitysurpassing alex
p%ectations will surely follow, and
then will be realized the dream
and the ambition of many-1O,O 600
population for Hendersonville by
1910.
The French Broad hustler. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1896-1912, 1908-08-20
TO-DAYS
AWARDS

A larger crowd was present
to-day than yesterday. Up to
five o'clock the following awards
were made:
Class No. IA, Mr.. Ray, blue
ribbon. Mr.. Burgess, red.
Class No. Ii, K. G. WhistIer's
two horses, Yankee and Leda,
got blue and red, respectively.
Class No. Is. Mr. Burgess,
blue ribbon, Mr.. Henry red rib
bon, Mr.. Ray, yellow ribbon.