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(mm Safeinao and Ex-President Peacefully Easses Away im MMM TO REST XCtlcHGrover tawdland Pass-1Was i2. Ssy TZineaiay -Morning Bo fcvaen ;33it and Nine O'clock JBl ESxMnz Spll Haina and Death Cteinrzel ;ia bart Time Mrs. '2i:ba&''VJSi3aZ 4?'C Bedside, and is JBrcrtrtteil Bi Drief. .' IVssHtttoc, -.S'taekA. (J rover Cleve EkmX. fcbaft fcwr.r.ty-Pfond President d fcfi iFJaik'sS iates, died at his Efcnras ebert WvJne.xlay morning at JIO oelodfc, fjni a complication of Xisrai?jf3i. lie- bad been .ssSfering for at. f uaz fcime flora indigestion, whbh jvtiuwtly caused bis death. It was asSaii?. tha.t ALr. OevcJand suffered CRDTEIl CLEVELAND. .'"SStjik. ir:tiT-iritRrtiril ;troublee, or-' SpoiL jspasc f tke heart anfl kid-' ' rasrm jinii. heru-t failure. Heart faii 'tncv Hthaonarj thrombosis and ede 'xnsu were tire direct eauses of death. It" was 'kaown that' President Oeve-j ?id." s mBditka was very low., feut j rjnK! i'aet was; ttvt eret 'by his ; Stvsiiiaas and tins faced iy. It Trfis 'fe&tt!cb.t for a time fbaii'L-e -was -rally- i iny. but a. AiBlday jpt-U came and he ... t vrry sooa. "-Hie rimstii. ' Priraeeton, J, SipeeiaL Srovcr ; CfevrfAad's fccaJr IRes ' traried im tlie Ofelaad plt vn "Prixston 'cemetery. - 2Lfc V o'eloc-lc, -jtist-as 'the an was '-iamlsirij; .in. vle est, -a. Vlistiiigitished ooTcpTtnj silenily w.tbed as the ' ffiolv was lowered ixtio tbe grave. Xhrr tliE stayje 'iparial servSee of the Swslijterian CTioreh wjis read an(V " JwSusftitlWt he carriages in .w mnie 'had iJkvftTi up to the v taJla.':iadis: is t&e burial place the :,Samwiirii.; lno.A bifn pronounced :aB cise members of the family, E'rpidejs.t Bocevelt and others who m nrtFi AlUH'C RAHV mMMITTFn Tfl THF HRAVF - Tie rieiEbers of the family alighted fSmsn. fcfcer earriagj's and with the SSbmr -XHinwrers m tlie lead, walked -sjjrBy 3own th.e graveyard path, lead-'-SiSg' to the cpr rrave and tlie rose ssBSareSai yrave f Ruth, both almost XbAIsix in the profnsion of preen fes aiwl Holers. "Sirs. Cleveland riilh 'Esther nnd "Richard and 70c liryaxity ss the eoffin was slowly w3Sxrt 3kabex3.rars Arrtstea at Birm ingham. TSlrmlnbam, Special. Three men mr,ie2 tn BixsEiBEliain who : nieS "ia othrr parts of the j fSinjC-F rxthttrlcrptni, charges. J. j sgr Ocraia was arrested on instructions j j3rwm. SDuwaline, Iowa, where he is OQii to rav embezzled" $3,200 'from iSjm IIUi"'.Maaufaflnriigr Comisatiy. rv j -rt arrrs'ted on advices gxsxr To5Ii Gsl, on a forgery charge ; . KuiTCBe - VCeiyF anna u. o. :wa icld on a charge of lar aTter turf in Savannah, Ga. tSjTzricraas Cfiio Circulated. Tbcic. Fa Special Clever coun- Serfiiter?, or tlieir agents, have cir- togr hen and United 5v--l Tnsneetor V2 Ir5' ij! y i v. . . CTaI&u f Srraaton, lias Teen sent to ; t wty 4 'ww1 m ,ne ase- The ; t -kits tie eoins are clever j IsittJotv- A s ad TFoman who rl -t a Htel several weeks ago , V-a?rs.c3 of members of "band. had gathered about the grave, wero leaving the cemetery. Many of the personal friends of the dead states man lingered nhnnt the snot which to mark his last resting place and each in turn was permitted to cast a1 shovelful of earth into the grave. Services Very Simple. Agreeable to the wishes of Mrs. Cleveland the services both at the Louse and at the cemetery were of the simpliest character. Invocation, scripiural reading, a brief prayer and the reading of "William Words worth's poem, "Character of the llanpy Warrior," constituted the services at the house, while the reading of the burial service at the grave was brief and impressive. Although the funeral was of r rtrictly private nature, those in ak tendance numbered many dis tinguished citizens, including Presi dent Roosevelt, Governors Fort, of New Jersey; Hughes, of New York; Hoke Smith, of Georgia, former member of President Cleveland's Cabinet, officials of the Epmtable Life Assurance Society, members of the Princeton University faculty and friends and neighbors. Mr. Cleveland was buried with all the simplicity and privaey that he himself wished as a private citizen rather than as the former Chief Executive of the nation. President Roosevelt arrived at 4:3S p. m., and was met at the station by Governor Fort. The President, Governor Fort and Secre tary Loeb were driven at once to Westland. Upon his arrival at the house the President went to Mrs. Cleveland, offering his sympathy and expressing keen regret at Mr. Cleve land's rYiath. At the close of the burial services President Roosevelt and party left for home. lowered into the grave. Rev. William Richards, of the Brick Presbyterian church, of New York,, had started to read the committal service even be fore President Roosevelt and others liad reached the scene. The Presi dent stood just back of Mrs. Cleve- I land as the impressive final words were spoken. The services lasted less than five minutes. Paragraphs of Live News. Congressman James S. Sherman, Republican nominee for Vice-President, continued to improve. Governor Cummins, of Iowa, won a victory in the Iowa Republican con vention. North Carolina Democrats held their State convention at Charlotte. Secretary Taft as a central figure at the Yale commencement. Disorder continued in Teheran and many arrests were made. Arabs attacked two French col umns and both are reported wiped out. Frying Eggs on Pavement. Washington, Special Frying eggs on the pavement of Pennsylvania avenue one day last week demonstrat c; to an interested crowd the degree of heat Old Sol was giving forth. While this diversion was taking place a thermometer on the next block showed tho temperature to be 120 de grees in the sun. N.C. DEMOCRATIC TICKET AND STATE PLATFORM Nominees of the Democratic Conven tion and the Platform as Adopted at Charlotte. . THE NOMINEES. GOVERNOR. W. W. Kit chin. LIEUTENANT GOVERNOR. W. C. New land. SECRETARY OF STATE. J. Bryan Grimes. TREASURER. R. B. Lacy. AUDITOR. B. F. Dixon. SUPERINTENDENT riJBLTC INSTRUCTION. J. Y. Joy nor. INSURANCE COMMISSIONED. ' James R. Young. ATTORNEY GENERAL. T. W. Bickctt. COMMISSIONER OF LABOR AND PRINTING. M. L. Shipman. COMMISSIONER OF AG R I CUT LURE. W. A. Graham. COR POR ATI ON COM M I SSI OXER B. F. Aycock. ELECTORS AT LARGE. J. W. Bailey and Walter Murphy. The Platform. The Democracy of North Carolina in convention assembled ro-afiirms its allegiance to the cardinal principles of true Democratic government, and congratulate? the people upon the wise, tlie progressive and the eco nomical conduct of public "affairs since its restoration to power in the State. In the inaugural address of Gov ernor Aycock January, 1!H1. is this sentence: ''This year we meet under cxttaorcYnary circumstances one ptM'ty goes out and another comes in; one policy ends and a new one begin-." The Democratic party again enter ed into power; Democratic policy be came the controlling policy of our State. The achievements of those years are unmistakably great. To the trust imposed, the Democratic party has been wholly faithful. The admin istrations of Governor Charles B. Ay rock and Governor R. B. Glenn have added prestige to our history. Stale affairs have been eor.duete;! wL'Ii clean cllicieucy, and to the people has come peace. A Splendid Record. Out of tlie very shadows of (Vsor dcr the record begins. There is now no more disorder, and no more doubt. The people have come into their own. Responsible government is made sure. Condition encourage the full and free development of our industries. To the child is sriven greater and greater opportunity for knowledge and North Carolina is become a na tional leader in popular 'cYicat ion. A stable government has inspired con fidence. Local improvements are push ed with vigor. Good schools and good roads are no longer a dream, but are growing realities. State insti tutions have been managed with credit and without scandal. The rec-. ord is rmmarred by official miscon duct. Appropriations have increased as our needs demand while taxes are reduced. Even tlie convict is now able to add his part to the support of the "overnment. The Confederate soldier has been remembered with gratitude and in creased provision made against want in the days of his old age. The nee of the unfortunate are met, and the call of the afflicted is answered. To the blind and to the deaf the State now holds open the door of hope. For her unfortunate insane she provided a refuge of comfort. That the Leg islature could defalcate one-half mil lion dollars for the adequfit :nre of all our unfortunates show's, the growth of our ability, and the certainty of our care. And the Democratic party pledges itself to maintain these policies which make for the development of every section of our State, and for the se curity of our people, and the stabil ity of our institutions. Glenn Administration Endorsed. We endorse the able and progres sive administration of Gov. R. B. Glenn and the State officers, and we approve and commend to the people of North Carolina the record of our Senators and Representatives in the Congress of the United States. We regard with approval the in creased interest in permanent road building, and recognizing that the ad vantages in the way of greatly in creased land values, in the quick and easy transportation over good roads, and the consequent saving of wear nm'i tear on stock and vehicles is no longer an experiment, but a plain, practical fact, as seen in those sec tions of North Carolina and other States where such roads are in use; and believing that with a constantly improving school system, a system of good roads, linking the east with the piedmont section, and the piedmont with the mountain section, will be of ereat good to North Carolina, there fore, we recommend this spirit of in ternal improvement to the people of our State for their investigation, and suggest that the next General As sembly take such action on this mat ter as may seem best. Education Fundamental. Wo believe that education is one of the fundamental needs of all gov ernment. We believe that every prospective citizen has the right to re ceive, and it is the diuty of the State to furnish, adequate preparation for such citizenship. We congratulate the people that a four-months' school "in every district is no longer merely n promise by a realization of our edu cational affairs, and pledge the con tinuation of that policy which has ac complished so great good. Tlie Democratic party has kept its promise and materially reduced pas senger and freight rates in the Stale, and given to the people lower rates, while the reports of the railroad com panies show that this reduction of rates has been accompanied by in creased revenue on that class of bus iness affecteo by the laws of the State reducing the rates. We declare that the best, interest of the State demands that all of our people shall unite in earnest endeav ors to secure employment at fair wages for all of our fellow-citizens who are now idle, or w ho are working on short time, by no fault of thoi-, but by reason of the panic causd by Republican policies. Capital Welcomed. Every enterprise looking to the in vestment of capital and employment of skilled labor should be fostered and encouraged by the State. All foreign corporations doing bus iness in this State should be requir ed to obtain license to (Vi so. and the license of any such corporations should be revoked if Avatered stock or bonds be issued by it in violation of State statutes, or without the ap proval of properly constituted legal authorities. Foreign corporations doing busi ness fh this State should be required to submit to the jurisdiction of the courts of the State nnder penalty of having their license to do business in the State revoked. All contributions to political par ties or for political purposes should be made public at once, and the char ter of anv fi mestie corporation doing business in this State, and the license of any foreign corporation, should be revoked, if any such corporation contributes to anv political campaign fund, or to any fund for the purpose of aiding in or procuring the nom ination of any candidate for public, office. Public Service Corporations. All public service coiporations and natural monopolies should be brought under strict control of the United States as to inter-State business, and of the State a? to intra-State busi ness, but a fair return on a fair val uation of properly owned or operat ed by them should, be allowed, after paying operating expenses, includng just and ample Avages to employes. Private monopolies should be de stroyed. Conspiracies by prospective purchases to put down or keep down the prices of articles produced by. the labor of others should be made crim inal,, and all persons or corporations entering into such conspiracies should be punished; and we condemn in ev ery form, subsidies, gratuities, bon uses, trusts and monopolies anrV they should not be tolerated. Congress- should fo amend the inter-State commerce law as to prevent discrimination and rebates- in inter State traffic, and provide for the pun ishment by imprisonment of officers f railroads and other common car riers and public service corporations, violating snch laws - and particularly to make unlawful srreh discrimina tions as are now or may in the fu ture b(? practiced by railroad com panies and other common carriers am1 public service coiporations against all North Carolina points in favor of points out of the State having- no greater natural advantage. The party in power in the nation that has so long failed to eorreet such inequalities is equally guiltj' with the public service corporations for the disadvantages under which this State has labored. No railroad company, telegraph company, telephone company, express company or other public service cor poration, should be permitted to issue or grant to any person, except officers and employes, any free pass, franks, or other free service, privilege, bene fit or favor, and any person accept ing such favors should be made equ ally guilty with the corporation is suing or granting the same. Equal Protection to All. We pledge not only to citizens of this State but to citizens of other States that all capital invested in le gitimate enteiprises in North Caro lina, whether foreign or domestic, corporate or private, shall have the equal protection of the laws and the equal friendly consideration of those who administer the laws; and we fur ther pledge that all such persons or corporations violating the provisions of the law shall be made to feel and suffer the full penalties for such vio lations. We condemn the practice of pro fessional lobbying. We denounce the vacilating and do-nothing policy of the last session of the Republican Congress. We de clare that most of the legislation en acted by that body is cheap, tawdrj', hypocritical .makeshift.. Currency Bill Denounced. We denounce the Cannon-Vreeland-AlcVich currency bill which was pass ed bv the last ses-ion of Congress in the interest and at the dictation of a handful of -great banks and spec ulators who occupy offices on Wall Street. This iniquitous measure, which further centralizes in the ham1!-, of a few the issue of American money of the American peopla was shamelessly rushed through both houses of Congress, . in its dying hours, under the lash of the Czar-like methods of the Speaker and through the trickery of the Republican dicta tor of the Senate. No more shame less spectacle lias ever been present ed to the American people than the method by which this hybrid and ini quitous measure was railroaded thro' Congress. This bill turns over the Treasury of the United States to the gamblers of (lie New York stock ex change for a period of six years. It means a gift to the enemies of the uepuouc or uie power to issue or retire one-half billion dollars, excit ing speculation or compelling disas ter, acceding to which i-ver best suits their betting book. We condemn the Republican party, whose policies and conduct .produc ed in 1007 the most acute and dis astrous panic in the history of the United States. The effect of its pol icv has precipitated panic, blighted industry audi trade with prolonged de pression, closed factories, reduced work and wages, halted enterprises, and crippled American production. Under this Republican panic suf fering has , been universal; soup houses have been established and strikes have been of almost daily oc currence. The Republican party has been in control of the national gov ernment in all of it:, branches for the past 11 years, and now in the midst of abundant crops and bounless na tional resources it has brought about the most rY'structive panic in our his tory. We point to the fact that every panic which has occurred since the formation of the Republican party was precipitated while that party was in power. Republican Party Scored. We condemn the Republican party for it efforts in the national Con gress to revive the bitterness of the civil war and renew again the bloody shirt issue, by tacking to the cam paign publicity bill Crumpacker's Southern representation reduction measure. The passage of this bill through the lower house of Congress was an act of cheap, hypocritical politics, designed to corral the negro vote in the doubtful States for theii presidential nominee. We denounce the Republican party for its failure to enact during the lat session of Congress a campaign pub licity bill; but the people of the country need not expect such a meas ure t.o come from a party that thrives on corruption money and which could not carry on a cam paign or win a national election with out corruption funf from favored interests. We denounce the present infamous and trust-breeding tariff imposed upon the people by tlie Republican party and renew our demand for its immediate revision, to the end that all unfair burdens shall be removed, and especially those upon the neces saries of life, and those that enable the trusts to extort from the people unreasonable profits and to sell tfieir products to consumers at home at higher prices than is charged for the same gooc1; to foreign consumers. Wild Extravagance. We denounce the Republican party for its wild extravagance during the last session of Congress. In tlie last five months the Republican Congress spent $1,200,000,000 of the people's money, levying a tax of $13 per an num on every burdened tax paver: We do not wonder, therefore, at t Pi e pres ent deficit of $60,000,000 in the treas ury, and the expected deficit of $180,000,000 at the end of the next fiscal year. The Republican billion dollar Congress of 1S00 produced a Democratic victory in LSD2; the Re publican billion cYdlar session of the present Congress means the trium phant, election of a Democratic Pres ident in the coming election. We condemn the Republican ad ministration for turning over millions of dollars of public money to its pet banks of New York City .which, thereby depicted the public treasury to such an extent that it became nec essary for thv Republican administra tion to issue bonds and borrow mon ey to meet the daily obligations of the Federal government. We condemn the Republican party for its failure in the last Congress fo enact a law forbidding one inferior judge to suspend the operation of a State law without notice or hearing. We declare our inflexible opposi tion to the methoiV. of expanding Federal power at the expense of the just powers of the State, and we es pecially denounce the bold and revo lutionary threat that the omiss:rn of the .States to pass laws upon subjects within their constitutional powpvs, may be treated as a surrender of these powers into the hands of the Federal government, which may then lawful ly proceed as if such powers were possessed by it under the constitu tion. Pormised Reforms Hot Given. Though promising reform? demand ed by the people the Republicans in their national convention, at the be hest of favored) interests, voted down every plank looking to reforms and relief of the people, or for curbing the powers of the trusts. That con vention, controlled by Federal office holders, after nominating for Presi dent a life-lo,ig office-holder who was never elected by the people to any of fice, adopted a platform that on every important measure, straddles, or gives promise to the ear only to break it to tlie hope, and completed its work by nominating, to the tune of "Marching Through Georgia," a can didate for Vice President who has le in throttling every reform meas ure offered in the last session of Con gress, including a bill to m?ot the pressing need. of the preservation of cur nation.?.! resources, opening wa terways and preventing the destruc tion of our forests. to We have faith in the patriotism of our people, -and in the ultimate de velopment of the natural resources of the "State, and Ave call upon all North Carolinians to unite in a com mon effort to restore prosperity, to re-establish confidence, to forget fac tional differences and to cultivate peace and good will among men. THE CONDITION OF COTTON gures Compiled by New York Journal of Commerce Show the Condition Rose 2.4 Points in June General Conditions Very Favor able, North Carolina Standing First." New York, Special. The monthly cotton report of The Journal of Com merce shows that the condition dur ing the monfh of June rose 2.4 points according to replies from over 1,700 correspondents bearing an average date of June 24th. The condition is S1.4, comparing with 79 a month ago and 74.2 for July, 1907. The severest decline took place in Oklahoma, where weather conditions were par ticularly Unfavorable, excessive rains accompanied by floods causing much damage, the result of which could not be accurately guaged at the date of these reports. Parts of Arkansas, Louisiana, Alabama, Mississippi and Texas likewise suffered from the ame cause. The general conditions were sofavorable as to enable the plant to make satisfactory progress. North Carolina showed an increase of 1.8, to 89.4; South Carolina of 3.1, to S3.3; Georgia of 4.o, to 82.5; Flo rida of 0.1, to S0.4; Alabama of 2.6, to 80.(1; Mississippi of Co, to 81.G; Louisiana of 3.1, to 77.4; Texas of 2.2, to.7S.S; Arkansas of 2.0 to 81.6, andi Tennessee of 1.4, to S4.0. Mis souri and Oklahoma both shoAved de creases, the former of 0.5, to 81.0, and the latter of 7.8, to 77.9. The plant as a rule is small but strong and healthy. Fields 'are Avell cultiA-ated and, excepting in localities affected by excessive moisture, free from droughts. Labor is plentiful and has enabled farmers to .take advant age of the past, feAv Aveeks of fine weather to clear the field and replant, the neAv sections where there is vet a good chance to secure a crop before frosts. The whole. cotton belt is practically free from insects, blight, shedcVng, etc., and Avith normal conditions from noAv on there is every assurance of a good yield. HARRY THAW HOPEFUL. At the Conclusion of Argument in the Thaw Case Justice Mills Says "It Should Be Only a Matter of Time When the Defendant QugTifl6'" Have a Jury Trial. White Plains, N. Y., Special. Harry K. Thaw's chances for a jury trail as to his sanity appear to be very bright. At the conclusion of ar gument before Justice Mills Monday afternoon the justice said: "I belieA-e it should be only a mat ter of time Avhen this matter ought to have a jury trial. I am not prepar ed to say whether it should be hoav or later." The judge then ordered that ThaAv should be detainee1 in the Pough keepsie jail, and adjourned the case to July 13th, when neAV arguments and affidavits will be submitted. Thaw was taken back to Poughkeepsie this week. Thaw arrived from Poughkeepsie accompanied by his counsel, Colonel Bartlett, : A. Russell Peabody, and Charles Morschauser. District At torney Jerome, Mr. Conger and Mr. Vincent had arrived shortly before. NeAv York, Special. Harry Thaw, more confident than eA-er of ultimate liberty faced Supreme Court Justice Mills at White Plains in a seeond effort to get out of MatteaAvan Asy lum for the criminal insane on a sec ond writ of habeas corpus, the first haing been refused by Justice Mors chauser, who curiously enough is a brother of Charles Morschanser, ono of Thaw's neAv counsel in Monday's fight to ge.t out of Matteawan and have the question of sanity submit ted to a jury. Again Lipton Will Challenge. . OlasgoAv, By Cable. Sir Thomas Lipton marie the positiA-e statement that he AA'ill challenge for the America's cup. He will sail a cutter rigged yacht built to conform Avith the rules of the Ncav York Yacht Club.. He will even allow the club to dictate the size of the challenger. He will build two boats and select the final challenger after a series of races between them. The neAv boat will probably be. called Shamrock IV. . NeAv York, Special. The yacht club announces that it Avill accept Lipton 's challenge if made. , Shocking Auto. Accident in Austria. Vienna, By Cable. A huge auto mobile u.-ed by touring parties for mountain sight seeing trips, plunged over a cliff in the Taunnus "Mountains near WeU-baden, kiUny-- three, fatally injuring six and injuring severely seven others of the passengers. The identity of the killed . is not y-'.t kncTm. TIiq KachLiti was completely wrecked, . X
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