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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1909-11-28
Forman Wants the Job.

There is another man with his eye on
the Sturgiss seat who may have to be
reckoned with, namely. l.. ]. Forman of
Grant county. and president of the SEN
ate, who defeated Sutherland for that
honor Forman tried to beat Dayton for
the congressional nomination six years
ago, and Sturgiss was his sponsor and
chief supporter at that time. There are
reasons for believing Sturgiss would pre-
fer to- see Forman succeed him in case
he could not succeed himself. And to add
interest to the situation it must be re-
allied that Forman is not averse to TAX
ing a whack at the persimmon tree right
now if he can catch any of the floating
support which is credited with being Of
fered to Blue.
A. j. Helmick of Tucker county. who
was disappointed when Sturgiss recon-
mended George w. Childs of Jefferson
county for district census supervisor. is
vowing vengeance and will do his utmost
to deliver Tucker to anybody who is
candidate to beat Sturgiss. Post Office
patronage is another factor to foster the
unrest with which Sturgiss has to deal.
but down deep under the situation is the
personal ambition of aspiring citizens to
take his seat at Washington.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1909-11-28
Field of Unique Politics.

The second district has always been
unique in West Virginia in this regard.
1t has furnished more picturesque con-
tests than the others combined There
is no off year In that district.
The private secretaries of both Sem
ators Elkins and Scott have been circu
lating through the state to catch the drift
of sentiment as it affects the senatorial
futures Of their chiefs. They have done
a lot of interviewing at the principal
towns The personnel of the next state
senate is at present the main object, but
later the composition of the house of
delegates will come in for their attention.
Nothing has been learned yet of the re-
suits of the letters addressed by Gov.
Glasscock to members of the legislature
veearding a special session.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1909-11-28
Elkins Favors Blue.

Without the Elkins backing Sutherland
could not raise any disturbance. and with
Elkins particularly friendly to Blue 1t
is question if Blue. who was born in
the adjoining county, would not be a
winner The worst he could possibly
expect under the circumstances would
be an even break. In somewhat similar
fashion, Blue could look favorably on
Taylor, another adjoining county, and
might reasonably expect help from judge
Ira Robinson, who is at least equally
strong in Taylor with Judge Holt.
Judge Holt's paper at Grafton. the
county seat of Taylor. is throwing cold
water on the Blue boom, and Senator
Sutherland refuses to become enthusiast
tic. Sutherland. who has two years yet
to serve in the senate, has been told
to keep his congressional aspiration In
storage, but he is enthusiastically I'M
patient, and In lieu of running next year
wants the opposition to Stursiss to be
STAYED off two years. or until he is ready
to do battle with him. Sutherland had
not been sworn in as a member of the
senate until he maze contest for its
presidency. He is alive with ambltlon
and nerve.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1909-11-28

Mrs. Helen NJ. Rothstein, eighty years
old, died at the home Of her son. Angus
tus r. Rothstein. a manufacturer. of Ha-
gerstown Md, after a lingering illness of
cancer. For the last twenty five years
she made her home with her SON In Ha-
t.gorstown. Two sons survive.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1909-10-09
ROLL FROM TRACK
THREE COACHES GO OVER EM-
 BANKMENT..
Farmer Dead and Federal Prisoner sa ah Serious Ccndfticss while Score of Others are 5s 5ss
 Injured.

Knoxville, Tenn. Oct. s.-Three coaches of passenger train on the Tennessee and North Carolina Rail- road left the rails at point ten miles south of Maryville late today and rolled down an embankment. seriously injur- ing two and bruising all of the re- maining twenty passengers.
 Two, David Ridge, a Blount County farmer. and Emory Zells, Federal prisoner. in charge of a deputy mar shaI at the time were brought to the Knoxville general hospital where Ridge died at o'clock. The injuries of none of the others are considered serious. All members of the train crew except the engineer and firemen, were injured
 Among the seriously hurt. in addi- tion to Ridge and Sells. are:
 John Lambert, lumber mill owner, residing near Mnryville. leg cut. arm and shoulder wrenched: Levi Brewer, United States deputy marshal, back and arm wrenched.
 H. C. Kopcke. General Manager of the Maryville Lumber Company, badly bruised and shaken.
 The train was running slowly when the engine struck a COW standing near a trestle. This is the second accident on this new road since its opening, five months ago. In the rirst wreck a score or more passengers were serious ly hurt, but no deaths resulted.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1909-10-09
TILTED, ENDS LIFE
TRAGEDY IN HOME OF AMERICAN
 PAINTER.
Beautiful Model Blows Head On, After Being snubbed by Lover nt Village Rall in
 France,

Mante- -Sur-Seine, France, Oct. 8.-The villa of Daniel Ridgeway Knight, the American painter. at Rolleboise. over looking the Seine. was the scene or dramatic tragedy Wednesday.
 Armande Pisoni. a 17-year-oid girl. renowned throughout the countryside for her beauty and who served MT. Knight in the double capacity of do- nestle and model. after being publicly tilted at a village ball by her lover. Gustave Fortune, returned 10 MT. Knights house, took a shot gun and placing the barrel under her chin. blew off her head. Mir Knight found the hody of the girl the following morning upon his return from Paris.
 Before killing herself, Armande wrote A pathetic letter to her father, a chimney sweep iD Paris. and to her sisters, adjuring the latter to avoid love affairs and never to believe mans word. She also left a letter to Mir. Knight, asking forgiveness for the trouble and annoyance she was causing him in committing such deed In his home. The coroner returned verdict of suicide during a temporary fit of madness. When Fortune heard of the tragic death of his sweetheart he tried to kill himself.
 The funeral of the girl today was the occasion of A remarkable dem onstration of affection for her. The entire popu- lace of the village attended the ser vices and followed the coffin to the grave. Mir. Knight paid all funeral ex nenses. He said tonight that the girl had face of the most remarkable beauty he had ever seen. She was posing for pictures MT. Knight is paint ing which he said are valued by him at $50 900. One of them is for John H Converse. President of the Baldwin Lo- comotive Works. at Philadelphia.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1909-10-09
HEBREW POET BOUGHT
 GRAVE FOR A STANZA

New York, Oct. s.-Napthali Herz Imber, a Hebrew poet and Zionist lead- CT. who died here today after sud- den attack of paralysis. probably will be buried in a grave which he bought many years ago. giving in exchange a fourteen-line poem in classic Hebrew. Legal documents found today among Imber's papers told the story of this unusual barter of poetry for a burial plot.
 "As I have neither wife nor chii- dren to bury me-" says a memorandum in the poets handwriting. T have en- tered Into this contract with my friend, Usher Marcus, in consideration of poem written by me and herewith conveyed to him. shall take charge of my body when I die and bury me in a plot which he has furnished"
 When Marcus came today to fulfll this contract, he found that his right to take charge of the burial exercises of the poet was contested by a com- mittee of Gaiicians. who declared that inasmuch as Imber had been born in Calicia, theirs should be the honor of burying him and furnishing his grave [. A legal battle may ensue before the poet is laid to rest.
 Imber's death will be observed by a long period of mourning by many of New York's East Siders. He was best known among the Jews as the auth or of ''Hatikvah," the Zionist national hymn, which is chanted by Zionists the world over.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1909-10-09
TAFT AMONG TREES
PRESIDENT VIEWS WONDERS OF
 CALIFORNIA GROVE.
Takes Long Drive Over hountsin Roads to See Aged Giants of Forest-- Cavalry Guards
 Slumberx

Glacier Point. Cal, Oct. s.-President Taft arrived here this evening. The drive from Wawona, where he spent the forenoon visiting the Mariposa big tree groves was over twenty-six miles of mountain roads, and the President was ready for bed immediately after dinner.
 The President arose before dawn to- day and started for the Sequoia terri tory in dense fog which quickly cleared. however, as the sun found it's way over the mountain tops. The President was deeply impressed with the immense trees. and especially in she upper groyes. He was photo gfaphed at the base of the Grizzly giant. the biggest and oldest tree in the world. and he was snapped in the stage aB 1t passed the trunk of the wawona.. one Of the largest of the for est nhonarchs.
 The stage ride from wawona to Gla- cier carried the party to an elevation of 7,7o0 feet.
 Tonight. guarded by cavalrymen, he Is sleeping at an elevation of 1000 feet in a little hotel here.
 With the setting of the sun, the weather became cold and q cheerful fire gave a welcome greeting to the presidential party. -
The Montgomery advertiser., 1909-10-09
sToRMBoUND VESSEL
 CREEPS INTO TEXAS PORT

Port Arthur, Tex. Oct. s-Water- logged, dismasted. and with the decks barely above the water as she was be- Ing lowed by the Guffey Company steamer winifred. the Kate Feore, Captain Whitney. from Mobile to Cuban ports, Hmped into port today with what was left of the crew. in the throes of starvation.
 Of the crew of seven which sailed from Mobile, tonight five are in hos pital with slight chances of recovery while another was washed overheard in the recent hurricane. and Il second died of starvation before aid came to the helpless vessel washed hundreds ot miles out of her course
 The Kate Feore sailed from Mobile Ala, about September IF. with cargo of lumber for Cuban ports. Encounter ing the hurricane. the boat was stripped to the decks and water-iogged, sank to the deck. What stores that were left were in the water filled cabin and the men took turns diving through ths hatchway for canned meats upon which they barely subsisted until succoI came.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1909-10-09
Fuller Bill Receiues
 A Seuere Drubbing

ment. He welcomed the distinguM visitors to Demopolis briefly. ", o'Neai was to use one hour inI en- ing. Judge weakley to follows one hour and twenty minutes, 1 Mir. |. O'Neal. twenty minutes in .rich to close.
 With few words. Mayor winn pre- sented Mir. O'Neal. ''who," he said, Twill speak to you on anti-prohibition." Mr. O'Neal was received with enthu- siasm- He plunged immediately into his subject. stressing the importance of the issue.
 Early in his argument. Mir. O'Neal alluded to the scene at Montgomery last night, and with emphasis, declared that he had not suggested . repeal of the prohibition laws. He said he stood on the platform adopted by the Mont gomery conference. which platform was drawn by a committee of which ex- Governor Jelks was chairman. He said he had not altered his views since the speech he made at the Montgomety
 Then MT. o'Neal went into a discus sion of the extraordinary session of the Legislature. contend.ng that its pur- pose was to further the political in- terest of Governor Conner and his chos- eD candidate for his successor. The first applause received by MT. O'Neal, and all of it came from the men in the audience when he alluded to the character of the 5000 men who assem. bied in Montgomery. September 15. to defend the Constitution. He denouuc- ed the men who imputed dishonesty to the opponents of the amendment.
 s''He who imputes wrong motives to others. must expect to have his own good faith attacked" declared Mir O'Neaf. We cannot assume all of the virtues in the State. We are just as patriotic as he is." This was received with applause.
 Means Ceaseless strife
 ONeal declared that to write prohib. ition in the Constitution would mean ceaseless agitation, bitterness and strife. He pointed to the agitation in
The Montgomery advertiser., 1909-10-09
DROUGHT MAY CAUSE
 RACE WAR IN TEXAS

Tombail. Tex. Oct. s.-The absence of A leader probably will avert an out break tonight of negro residents or this place. Following the posting of notices on the cabins of the negroes, warning them that they must leave be- fore morning. they began to arm them selves and tonight are prepared to re- sist should any attempt be made to enforce the demands of the posted mo- tices, and should leader appear. 1t Is believed a clash between the races Will occur. A
 Since the absence of work in the fields owing to the prolonged drought, many of the white laborers are turning to the mills for employment Many of these jobs are held by the negroes. and efforts to displace them have proven futile. The lumber mills favor the white men in new employment. but 1t is said will resent any effort to disrupt the present force.
 Houston officers are awaiting advices to come to Tombal.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1909-10-09
HOME BURNED; FAMILY LOST Four Persons Die in
 Flames. NEGROES CHARGED WITH DEED Victims Are Women and Young
 Girls. Second Family Saved by Neighbors from Death in BIasing Build-
 ing-Exeitement Retards
 Work of Rescue.
:GROES CHARGED WITH DEED

Nashville, Tenn, Oct. Sire at 1:45 o'clock this morning in a brick building at 721-723 Jefferson Street, killed four of family of five persons, two of whom were burned so badly that their features were scarcely recogniz- able.
 W. H. Muscatihe. assistant city tick ct agent for the Louisville and Nash vile, who occupied the second foor of No. 723. together with his wife and two, children. were taken out of the burning building by neighbors who came to the rescue with q .tep Irdder.
 Moses Fishman was taken to the hospital suffering from severe burns. He may recover.
 Mrs. Dora Fishman, aged 24. burned to death.
 Miss Rosie Fishman, aged 14 years. died from suffocation.
 Miss Rachel Markstein. aged 1s years. died from suffocation.
 Mrs. Rosie A. Fishman, aged about 50 years. burned to death.
 Negroes are Suspected.
 Jim Butler and George Harrison. two negroes. who had been seen about the building, and who are known to have had trouble with J. A. Thuss. gro- cer. who occupied the ground floor. are under arrest on suspicion of knowing something of the origin of the fire.
 So great a headway had the fam ss gained when 1t was discovered, and so great was the excitement caused by the mortified screams of women and terrified appeals for help of those Tn danger, that no organized attempt at rescue was made for some minutes sf- ter the four fire companies had ar- rived on the scene.
 It was only after some one had se- cured long step ladder, which was mounted by Franz Fetzer. after being placed against the front wall of the Mustaine apartment. that 1t was knc wn that the members of he Fishman family were still in the burning building.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1909-10-09
TRAINS CRASH; W0RKMEN DIE Seventeen Persons Killed in Wreck. TEN OTHERS BADLY HURT Said That Train Crew Disregarded
 Orders. Freight and Construction Train Come Together on Had Curve, sad
 Mexfcans Are Pinned
 Under wreckage.

Topeka. Kas.. Oct. s-Seventeen per- sons were killed and ten severely in- Iured in collision, between a freight train and a construction train on the Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe Rail- road near here today.
 Among the dead are eleven Mexicans. The others killed were .trainmen or section hands.
 The injured are all Mexicans.
 The work train was backing into To- peka with fifty Mexican laborers rid ing on the fiat cars. As the train was rounding a curve, the inbound freight crashed Into 1t.
 The engine on the freight ran over the four fiat cars comprising the work train and almost score of men were pinned down. It is said the wreck was caused by the crew of the work train disregarding orders.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1909-10-09
CURTIss MAKES FLIGHT.
Succeeds Under Adverse Conditions and
 Rivals Fall.

St. Louis, Mo. Oct. s.-Under adverse conditions Glenn H. Curtiss. by a flight in his bi-plane late this afternoon II, Forest Park received the applause and cheers of the many thousands of per sons who had waited for hours for the wind to slacken. George Francois Os l. mont and Hugh A. Robinson, of St. Louis, attempted to make their ma chimes fly but failed.
 Oamont with the Farman bi-plane got the front wheels of has machine in the air in the second attempt late to- day and in returning to his Ahed he damaged the machine by making too short a turn. The rudder shot into the air and the craft fell to the ground. The runner and wheel on the left side of the lower plane were snapped or. It will take two weeks to repair the machine. Hugh A. Robinson also fail ed to develop sufficient power.
 The dirigibles of Thomas Baldwin. Lincoln Beachey and Roy Knabenshue were in the air together. Baldwin's big gas bag narrowly escaping ramming the little Beachey flyer.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1909-10-09
ASSOCIATE JUSTICE MOODY
 IN DESPERATE CONDITION

Washington. Oct. S-Assoclate Jus tice William H. Moody. of the Supreme Court of the United States. may never again sit on that bench.
 Information received by friends in this city today indicates that his con dition. as he lies i'll in his home al Haverhiil, Mass. Is desperate.
 Justice Moody was seized with rheu- matism just before the close of the term of court last May. For some time thereafter he was at Hot Springs. Va and then in a New York san.tarium' which he left for his old home at Hav' erhilI
The Montgomery advertiser., 1909-10-09
DEATH IN INVENTION
ON EVE OF SUCCESS LIFE IS
 ENDED.
While Preparing To Test His Machine, After Five Years of Experiments ing, Man is Crushed
 Under 1t.

Evansville. Ind, Oct. S-Herbert Goers, 25 years old. of Chicago. died in a hospital here today. a victim of his own Invention. corn picker, which he expected would revolutionize harvest ing.
 Goers had been experimenting for five years with the picker. A few days ago he took working model to Posey County for trial in the corn fields there. While unloading 1t, the machine. weighing 5000 pounds, slipped down an incline and Goers was crushed. Death was directly due to wound in the mans abdomen from forked arm which gathered the stalks to the ma chine.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1909-10-09
oURTAILs COTTON MANUFACTEREs.
Association Gives Reason for Closing
 g0uthern Mills

Charlotte, N C., Oct S.-That the present disparity between the price of cotton and cotton goods precludes the possibility of the successful opera ton of Southern mills Is the unani- nous opinion of the board of govern ors of the American Manufacturers Association, which was in session here nearly all day. Resolutions were adopted by the board setting forth this fact and appointing committee of i've to formulate a curtailment agreement which every mill in the South will be urged to sign. The following promi- nent manufacturers were named as the committee:
 L. w. Parker. Greenville. s. C.; W. A. Erwin. Durham. N. C.: D. A. Tompkins. Charlotte, N. C.; E. A. Smyth. Green ville S. C.; T. H. Rennie, Pell City. Ala,
The Montgomery advertiser., 1909-10-09
HEARST ENTERS RACE
ACCEPTS NOMINATION FOR MAYOR
 OF NEW YORK.
Will Re Candidate Provided Associates on Ticket Are Substantially Re- publican Fusion Nominees
 Already Selected

New York, Oct. 9.--After two days or silence, William Randolph Hearst an- nounced to a crowd of waiting constit- uents at an early hour this morning that he would accept an independent nomination for Mayor of New York, provided that his associates upon the city and county tickets be substantial ly the Republiran-F Fusion nominees. as already selected.
 Ills statement. outlining the condt- tions upon which he will accept, is in part as follows:
 "Whether I am a candidate or not, win support the rest of the fusion l ticket nominated in oppositsens to Ta.a. many Hall When the Independence League committee withdrew from ths fusion conference 1t declared that | still stood ready to support a frank and honest expression of progressive principles and candidates, irrespective of party This is your opp srtunity to substantiate that declaration. NomI- nate me If you so desire. with the greater part of that fusion ticket be- hind me and I will run.
 'The candidates nominated on the fusion ticket are worthy of support. The ticket is already in the field. If we nominate anOLueT tiCkOts oOtH 1Sh- cts may be defeated. IT We nominate the fusion ticket, Tammany will be de- feated. And if Tammany is defeated. the citizens will win"
 MT. Hearst goes on to say that he thinks his chances for election would be better on a straight independent ticket, but that he was not considering his personal chances alone. but those rather of the city at large.
 During the day. to insure a party name. legal steps were taken to regis fer the "CivIc Alliance" under which title Hearst will make the race if his requests are complied with. The choos- ing of this new name was made neces- sary in that Tammany Is charged with absorbing the old Independence League machinery at the recent primaries.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1909-10-09
CRUSHED TO DEATH
THREE FURNACE MEN MEET TER
 RIFLE FIND.
While RepalrinE Big Blast Furnace, Engine is Accidentally Started, catching Them in
 Death Trap.

Canal Dover. O., Oct. s.-John Ger Der. aged 37. William Lang 2s. and David Harry. aged p. were crushed to death when repairing an engine at the blast furnace of the Pennsylvania Iron and Coal Company last fight. The engine accidentally started and they were caught between the piston and the cylinder head.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1909-10-09
BeIieves ExpIorers, TaIes.

Copenhagen, Oct. s.-Captain de Ger Iache, who commanded the Duke of Or leans yacht Gelgia. in the Antarctic expedition of 1907, has arrived here. He days he does not doubt one word of Dr. Cooks statement that he reached the North Pole. and declares he cannot un- derstand how any one who knows Cook can doubt his story. He is absolutely confident that the American explorer. with the instruments he carried. would he able to determine within one-six- tieth of a degree, where the pole was located. Captain de Gerlache also Is sure that Commander Peary reached the pole.