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i - A 1 ' .. ; ...... 1 H t; I, SUBSCRIPTION PRICE: $8.00 A YEAR CHARLOTTE, N. C., TUESDAY MOftNlKG, JUNE 23, 1908. PRICE FIVE CENTS. 1 - I ; , t 1 a CONVENTION S ENDS IQ-DA Y " y 'FRISCO CETS NEXT MEETING ' Intornadonal Sunday School Conven tion Vi lli Come to a Close To-Ivay . - After Tlia-ee Days of Arduous Labor Morniug Session Devoted to Con sideration of the Message or the Ex ecutive Committee n'l ' tbe . : noon to Given Over to the Selection r of the Next Meeting i Place After Long Fight San Francisco Gets Next Meeting looker Washington Dellv era Address a Nigh Sesslon-Both .-. Bares Dependent Upon the Other. - Louisville, Ky-. June tj. iWlth en thusiasm unabated in spite of the ex- . cesslve heat of the last three days, of . . fleers and delegates attending the in teroational Sunday school convention . at the Armory to-day began to see the end of their arduous labors. - The. con Tention is scheduled . to closs to'-mor- row. Consideration ot the message of , tbs executive committee occupied the attention of the convention to-day. . Other business on , the ; programme Included the report of the treasurer, Frederick A. "Wells, of Chicago, and . discussion of "Our Opportunity and How to Meet It. by Justice J. J. Mac Laren, of Toronto, Ont; George W. . Bailey, of Philadelphia; John R. Pep. per; of ' Memphis, and" Marlon Law rence; of Chicago. . " ' : ' NEXT MEETING PLACE. , '.., - The entire afternoon session was taken up with the selection ofy the - next meeting place, xne vote sioou: Can Franolsco, 182; New Orleans 107; ;:. Zes Molnea S3. . - ' The convention will be held in June, the exact date to be announced later. ; ; The principal speakers at the night session were W. et Hartshorn, of Bos- - ton, chairman ef the International ex ecutlve committee, who took for hjs '.teple "New Plans For Sunday School work Among the Negroes" and Book er T. Washington, principal et Tuske- - tree Institute, at Tuskegee, Ala. Wash- , . fagton said in part:' ; .- "I was born in the South. ' I was porn a slave. In the southern part of the United States there are more .than eight millions ef my race. The j blacks end whites are here to remain, . In ray opinion, for all time.. Whatev er affects the one race affects the oth er. We are fast learning In every part . ef America that one man cannot hold Another man down In the ditch with out remaining in the ditch with htm. CHURCH AIDING THB NEGRO.. ."It may not be known outside of (be T South and to the general public, but nevertheless, it Is true, that every branch of the Southern white Church Is assisting in some manner In the ed ' Ucat tonal, moral and religious dsvel opmenr of the negro through their college; Sunday ., school or- Church work. The whole future of the rela tions et the two ' races In the South tiinges largely upon our feeing able to : inculcate into ' the young , minds of black children and white ' children proper ideas of Justice and a spirit of toleration and friendship between race and race. - if we fan to, teach these lessons in the Sunday school, In that degree tbe future relations be tween the races become a matter of speculation and danger. . The . Good Father has so arranged matters on this earth that one man cannot get on without the help of the other man. ' Our relations are so delicately and minutely , Interwoven that one race . cannot In any large degree get away from the other. . : '' "In nine-tenths of - our Southern communities there la peace,-good will . and evidences ot friendship' existing between the racea- The outside world hears of the Isolated cases of friction resulting In mob violence and lynch- tng and too often concludes that this represents our Southern Christian civ ilization and that there ere no ade quate results following the work be Wig done In Church, Sunday school, pub lic school and elsewhere. , . , . NEED. OF WORK. . - 'Attentlon Is often called to the fact that the young negro gives trouble. I - grant that there Is far too much crime committed by the negro youth, but In considering this phase of negro life we must remember that it Is the young that give . trouble. Statistics show that two years ago 1,400,000 children . of my race entered no public school. . and a large proportion of those who . wece in school attended only (our or five months during the year. There are hundreds of thousands of black . children who enter no .Sunday school . or-Church on the Sabbath day. - But notwithstanding the enormous amount of work to be done, what has already been accompllsed In moral and re ligious growth Indicates the posslblll Itles of such work and Justifies furth- . r eltorts in that direction. y - "This country owes a debt of grati tude already to a group of brave, un selfish, courageous ' .Christian white men and women In the South which - It can never repay. It has been large ly' ewrag to the Influence ot this ' group, working . In co-operation . with . the educated . negro that peace and asSarmony and good will prevails In the . South to the extent that it does. The future for both-of our races Is, not . dark." :' '; i WILSOX PLE.DS GHMT. 3ortfers to rains? Malls' to Defraud and is Given Fight . Months on t BiackwelTs Island. - . New Tbrk. June ' ti. Pleading guilty to using the walls to defraud by meansof freight claims the At lantic Coast V'ne. the Texas & Pacific and the Chicago & Rock -Island Rail road Companies, Rupert V. Wilson was to-day sentenced by Judge Hough in the United States- Circuit Court to eight months' Imprisonment on 331a k well's 'island.' Wilson., employ ed In the freight claims" department of the Atlantic Coast Line at Jack- . sonvllle. Fla., Is alleged to have forg ed freight bills, and later, with. he same company at Wilmington. Del., to tiave prepared false claims on papers these fictitious shipments. - These operations were declared to have been repeated by Hlson, In company with " H. X.Stebblns, In New Torn, and afterward similar operations conduct ed in the offices of the Rock Island Company In Chicago. More than 12.000 Is alleged to have been' realis ed by the pair before their opera tions were stopped by their " indict ment in New York. Stebbins. Jointly Indicted with Wilson and later becom ing a witness for the government, has not yet been called to plead. RAIIJtOAD WISS CASE. Intrr-State Oominerce Commission . Holds Hat the Georgia lUilroad Company Is Warranted in Its - Freight Hates From Jelllco to Au rusta Ordered to- Correct Its Methods of R-Weighing CoI. -' Washington, June The inter State commerce commission; to-day announced Its decision in the case ot Rice against the Georgia ' Railroad Company holding in effect . that the . conditions under which coal Is trans- ported from Jelllco, Tenn;, to- Augus-f, ta, Ga.? are so dissimilar tar the con - dltlons under which coal Is transport ed to Augusta from the Alabama fields as to warrant the railroad In charging more for the haul from JeUIco; also that water competition at Charleston relieves the railroad from the charge of violation. of the long and 'short haul clause and finally that the rail' road rates on coal from Jelllco to Au rtigtji tr ant unreasonable.1 Regardlnr the complaint that the re-weighing ot carload shipments of coal, Is unreasonable the commission sustains that - contention and orders the railroad to correct its methods so as to nermit correction when varl atlon of one per cent with a' mini mum of S00 pounds is disclosed. In the case -ot the Rail and River Coal Company against the Baltimore ft Ohio the commission held that any regulation that withdraws ' from shipper equal opportunity of rates Is unlawful and requires the rauroaa company to count the railway fuel cars and leased or private cars against the distributive shares of : available cars to which the operators are en titled on inter-State' shipments of coal. - . --r -. . ' ' In the case of Gump against the Baltimore A Ohio Railroad and other like. suits the commission held that the competitive conditions existing at Bristol end not at Johnson City ren der It permissible for the Southern Railway to haul traffic through John son City to, Bristol at lower rates than it charges on the same goods to Johnson City, but that ft Is. unlaw ful to haul through Johnson City to Morrlstown at ' less rates - than , It charge on the same goods to 'John son City, WTLIj ASK TAFT TO SIEAK. Clrhtens of Oyster Bay Are Circulating a ituuoii to Have the secretary Make ail Address .When He Visits the President. ; Oyster . Bay. N.- June - It. In practical seclusion to-day and to ' a great extent free from official cares, President Roosevelt - enjoyed, himself ai sagamore hhi, spending the hot test hours reading and attending to only such official business as required his immediate attention when Secre tary Loeb called. ' Late In the day the president took his dally exercise. - A movement Is afoot among some or tne cituens or. the village to. pe titlon the President to ask Secretary Tsrt to make a speech te the people wnen he visits the President at Saga more Hill this week." The President will have nothing to ray regarding the report from Boston that he has Interceded with President EUot, of Harvard university, ' In be half -bt two members of Harvard var sity crews, who were dismissed.- He will neither afflrrn nor deny the re port, v ' ' From Secretary Xxeb nothing could be learned regarding his -possible ap pointment by the sub-committee as chairman of the Republican national committee. It la believed here, how ever, that , during Secretary - Taft's visit some course of action in the mat ter will be definitely decided upon. . OXE DEAD IX WRECK Member of Ixmlslana Hons -of Jtep- ' reaentatlve Killed in Wreck Near Baton llouge, La. Fifteen Others '.'Injured. -.;' '-'('"' v" '" (Baton Rouge, La., June I J. One killed and about .15 injured, some of them very seriously, was the result or the- wrecking of a Baton Rouge & Hammond passenger train ' at the crossing of the Red River Valley road to-day. -, v;, , ; The dead: ' v.'-. .;'.;' ";, ' Dr. G. W. Jones, Denham Springs, IJvtngston parish, a member of the State House of Representatives. -Lewis L. Morgan, a State repre sentatlve of St. Tammany parish; Joe Rogers, conductor of the-Red -River Valley train, and John - Lobdell, of French Settlement, were seriously in jured. The wreck was due to the effort of a -Red River Valley freight train to cross the Baton Rouge & Hammond track in a service of the passenger train of that . road. The last passen ger coach was hit by the Red River Valley freight. train and knocked off the track. : - - s.;5 WRIGHT GOES TO WASHIXGTpX, Win Hold Conference With Mr. . Taft Before Taking tip His Duties Secretary of War. '," .. " , - Memphis, Tenn., June S3. General Luke E. Wright will leave Thursday for Washington. - He expects to hold a conference with Secretary Taft -be fore taking up his duties as Secretary of War, to which he was recently ap pointed by President Roosevelt. Gen eral .Wright had little to say re gar d the secretaryship, but said that exist ing arrangements in the War - De partment rould be disturbed but lit tle. He said: "I am only going In for a ' few tnonths-until next March." - . . "Don't you expect then to be re tained In Mr. Taft's Cabinet- If he should be elected," he' was asked. , "I don't anticipate anything," was the reply arith a smile. . Wedding in Chapel Royal. London, June J I. Chapel Royal. In fit. James Palace, was beautifully decorated to-day in preparation ' for tonorrow's notable ' wedding,- when Miss Jean Reld will become the bride of John Hubert Ward. It Is likely that both Kmg Edwftrd and Queen Alex andria wi'l be present at the ceremo ny. Although the attendants at tfcs wedding will be restricted to personal friends and relatives of the bride and groom, the big reception to follow at Dorchester House, the London resi dence of Ambassador Reld. will at-' tract all of the social leaders of Lon- don. . Jockey Club Want Restraining Order. New ' Tork. June 22. Supreme doort Justice; Blanchard ; postponed until Wednesday the hearing of the application of the Jockey Club for a restraining order restraining the po lice from interfering wjth the order ly mliectinn of the crowd at Sheeps- hoafl Bay track. A WHOLESALE LYSCHINQ AWFTJj WORK-OF A TEXAS MOB Six Aegroea, . Alleged Murderers of ; Two White Men,- Are. Taken From , Jau llemphllL Texas, and Lynch : ed -One Attempts to Escape aad Is Shot Down and the , Others Are Uanged to the Same Tree Anoth er Negro Is Hhot to. Death WlUle Standing at White Man's Gate and the' Bodice of Two Others Are Found in a-Creek Bottom Both :i Aimm in . ltcw : twtwm twin Ly Races 6ecore Arms and a Clash is , Imminent, T Houston, 1 Tex., June 22. Nine ne groes met death last night at the bands of a mob( in the- vicinity ; of Hemphip, In Sabine eounty. To-day both races secured arms and the ten sion is such to-nlght'that a, race clash , The' dead: -;:" -: i JERRY EVANS, aged ' 21. ' ' ' . WILL JOHNSON, aged, 24. V MOSE SPELLMAN. aged 24. CLEVELAND WILLIAM 8, aged ft WILUAM MANUEL, aged 2. OTRANK WILLIAMS, aged 22. .: TWO UNKNOWN MEN. N WILLIAM M'COT. J The. lynchlngs followed the killing of two white men by negroes. Two weeks, ago Hugh Dean and , several other white men , visited ' a y negro church and school ! house, " where dance was In progress, presumably in quest of liquor. . v , During the evening Dean was kill ed and, the fix negroes were held, for the killing. At the preliminary ex amination the evidence tended ' to show that the plot was formed at the dance to kiU Dean. , -".'''''.'.''.'t" KILLED AT DXNINO TABLE. V Saturday night last. Aaron M. John son, a prominent farmer, was assas sinated while seated at, the dining table with his wife and 'child, the bul let- being fired through' a window, For this crime Perry Price, a negro, was arrested ana. it is stated, con fesssd, Implicating Robert Wright i relative of one of the negroes, held for Dean's murder. Price declared he was offered It Oto kill Johnson. Then followed the forming of the mob last' nisjht, ' the overpowering of tne jailor at Hemphill and the lynch ing of the six negroes held for murder , or Dean. Five wen hanged to the same-tree while an otner attempted to escape ana was shot to death. . Later In the night William McCoy, another . negro, was shot and killed while standing at the gate of the' Johnson home and this morning the bodies of two more ne groes were, found In the ereek bottom. Wright -the negro who confessed to the killing of Jonnson, and the' man he fm plicated, were taken to 'Beau mont for. safe- keeping under guard of the. military. oompany of Ban Au gustine. - !.-'. BaDine county is situated In the most remote part of the eastern sec tion of the State with a lack of rail road and telegraph facilities, .-' ' i i" ' II ' " - "CRAIG SPECIAL" COMES TO-DAY. It is Expected That By the Time it Reaches Here It Will Have on Board a Thousand Hooters Two Cleverly ' Devised ' Blockade Stills Destroyed by Revenue Officers In Haywood and MadiSoa Counties. Special to Tae Observer, . Ashevllle. June 22. The "Craig Special." which will ' leave . Ashevllle tor Charlotte to-morrow will prob ably pull out of tbe local station with about (00 people aboard.. The deie gates to the State convention from western' North Carolina will to to Charlotte with the Buncombe crowd It is understood that between (00 and (00 delegates and convention visitors will be picked up en route to Statea vlUe and that the special will pull in to Charotte to-morrow afternoon with fully 1.000. Craig rooters if not more. On the eve ef the great convention the friends and supporters ot Mr Craig are very greatly encouraged and enthusiastic Many ef the strongest and most influential - politicians in Ashevllle and all over western North Carolina ars going jo. Charlotte ;in Mr. Craig's interest. ' . Deoutv Marshal R. 8. Ramsey has returned from -Havwood and MadiSonil counties where, in company with two! other United States officers. Deputy Collector Henry, of Franklin, and T, N. Ramsey, he captured and destroy ed perhaps two ot the most artfully concealed biocxaae suns m western North Carolina. - The stills were lo cated In the mountains near, the boundary of Madison and Buncombe counties. One of them is supposed to have been operated by one Free man Reece. .' At any rate ortala in criminating evidence - was found at Reece's house and he was paced un der arrest. One-of the stills was lo cated in a hole In a laurel thicket. The hole had been - covered with boards and moss planted. .Water was run to the still torough a pipe from a branch 250 yards distant and com pletely concealed. The officers knew that the still was in the vicinity and It required some time tor them to get next the trick. , Thirteen fermenters and several hundred gallons of beer were destroyed. The still was in active use and evidenlty large .quan tities of whiskey were-being ... made. The other still was located In a de pression in the side of a branch bank, wUh old logs thrown'across the hole In such a manner as to .'completely hide and at thesame time not arouse any suspicion. To avoid detection a canal had been dug from the furnace Into a cleared field and the 'smoke coming out. from 'a. --round' stump would lead one -to peneve " at nrst that the stump was being burned out Some time ago a clever bit of block ading was broken op ,in Haywood county on tne . pigeon river.. ne smoke always a give-away in. block ading was conducted through an un derground passage and made to come out under a pot where dottier were always kept and a fire going. It was a long time before this still was dis covered. ' . : ' ' ' Fourth of July Fatalities. Washington, July '22. The-govern ment has taken official notice of the widespread accidents following -the Fourth of July celebrations. Surgeon General Wyman,-of the Marine, Hos pital, to-day Issued a circular detail ing' the treatment for such injuries. He says In tbe past five years 71 ( capes of lockjaw have resulted from gunpowder wounda ; . Most of the vic tims die. , LIVES LOST IS NARROWS YADKJX SWALLOWS VP TWO MEX 1 ' '-J ' ' ' ' While Attempting to Swim to a Rock In the Yadkin River Sunday After- . noon wr. 4. . Bryan ana Torn i4t tleton, of Albemarle, Are Swept 'Away by the Swift , Current , and ) Drowned Both the ' Unfortunate Men W'ell-Kown' Citizens of Albe. ' marie and Former Was Brother of " Ex-Judge Bryan Up to Last Even- ' Ing the Body of Neither Had Been Found by Parties Which Have Been ecarenwg oinee ounoay. . - . Special to' The" Observer. . Albemarle. June 22. Testerda late In the afternoon while out bath ing In the Tadkln river near here Messra Tom Littleton and John S. Bryan both lost their lives by being drowned." - The , young . men with number of others 'had gone In - the river where 'a Mr. Marks, who lives near the river, told-the crowd he could ' swim to a certain ' large rock, to get'to which he .was forced to go- through a- very narrow and swift current . . He made the effort sue cessfuUy and was followed by Messra Littleton and Bryan, who failed to makev a successful i effort and were dashed Into the narrows and beth were drowned. ; ;. ,-r "', One of the parties telephoned back to the city and a: large-crowd went in search of the bodies. Ail night was spent but up to this hour neltb er '. of . the drowned ' men has been found. They were both prominent younr men. Mr. Bryan ocing mo druggist at Hall's "Pharmacy. , Both of the Unforlunat. Men Well KnOM'u at hpenoer. peclai to Tbe Observer. Soencer. June " 22. Dr. " John S. Bryan, a former druggist of Spencer, and Mr. Thomas Littleton, agea aooui 28 veara of Albemarle, wers arownea a short distance below the noted nar rows afc Whitney Sunday arternoon whlla in bathing. A party of eight young men went -out from Albemarle, where Dr. Bnyan had been living for soma months, and were enjoying i swim when Dr. Bryan became help less and called to his associates for assistance. Thomas Littleton was the first to go to his rescue and up on rtirhinr him th two men clinch ed and sank Immediately never to rise. The other members of the party exerted every effort to find the bodies at once but the river was so swift and' of an unknown depth that It was Impossible to rescue t.iem. it Is believed that tney were wasnea a mile or more down stream as the drowning occurred so close to tne moutn oi tne narrowa wnere jno cur rent has great velocity. It Ws be lieved that Dr. Bryan took a cramp, which caused him to call for help, He was well known In Spencer, where he was engaged in business-for ? a number of years, being Spencers pioneer druggist.-mo- was iormony ensased in business : in Goldsboro, where he was also well known. or several .- years he has - been engaged in business In Albemarle. - Mr. Lit tleton. who attempted to save his life, was well - known In Albemarle ana the ' heroism'- displayed ' on behalf of his friend Is highly spoken of. Dr, Bryan was a brother of Judge Bryan, of the Superior Court bench.. ' Relatives Informed. ; - v Special te The Observer. - " Wilmington, June 22. Ex-Judge E. K- Bryan and W. T. Bryan, of Red Springs, left -to-night for Albe marle in response to a telegram stat ing that their brother, John Splcer Bryan, a prominent young druggist of that town, had been drowned Sunday afternoon In the Tadkln river, - nine miles from Albemarle. No particu lars could be learned except that the body has not been recovered.' Young Bryan was about Is years of age, un married, and leaves his mother, Mrs R. N. Bryan, of '. Warsaw, 'and' ? the brothers named. . - -r. . ,-4 '-'. WrMrasMsrspSSsV' -. ... BOY A VICTIM OF TUB NEUSB. Tresxherons Current' Sucks Under CharUe Wilson, Aged 10, While He is vv suing iwcar iuvers Ears and the Waters WlU Not Giro tp the boot. .. ---.' .:-, ; --.'t.A Special is The Observer. , :' Kinston, June 22. Charlie Wilson. a 10-year-old white boy, was drowned in the Neuse , river Just below the city yesterday atfernoon about 4 o'clock. With several boy friends young Wilson had gone down to the bend of the river, wners the old gunboat was sunk, and went In swim ming, Charlie was unable to swim and for awhile contented himself with wading about tbe edge ot the river. As hs waded out towards the deeper water his companions -were horrined to see him - disappear suddenly and before . help could ; arrive . he was drowned. , ' ', - ' The current is - very swift at this place and the bed of the river treach erous and full of holes, dropping from a depth of a few feet' to 10 and 20 in places. It has- always been considered dangerous, several ex pert swimmers having losjt their lives at the -very Identical spot Expert swimmers dived' down ' to ' the bot tom and searched all the afternoon but could not locate the body. Parties have since been busy drsgglng. the river and dynamiting' In an endeavor ta bring the body, to the top, but thus far all efforts-have proved in -vain. Uctitnlna; Bolt.' Killed .Two Negro Special to . The Observer. ' ; ' , - Concord. June 22 During a ter rific rain and hall storm at 11 o'clock to-day a bolt of lightning 'struck' the cabin home of Georga Klser.on the plantation of Dr. Marlon Dul In,- In No. . townships killing InsUntly two children, a-glrr 4 yearsof age, and one son. 14.' The KIser family. Is a large one ahd had been driven . to he Iter of their home Dy toe storm. They were grouped about - an open fireplace. . .The mother and four oth ers were stunned by the shock but none seriously,- KIser is a -well-behaved ne?ro and lived Just across Coddle creek from the Bala Cotton Mills. Newest the disaster did not reach the city anMl a lata sour, the streams being swol len and the telephone wires down. Much darneie Is reported to aow- na- 'crops." 'especially cotton. : where hall denuded the plant ' Death Front Heat In Chicago. Chlr-to, June 22. The heat which has tii continued thee days Is un- bated to-day and a dozen prostra tions were reported early this morn In?. There was one death WiUlsm i jlobson, aged tS, dropped dead In the Sunday, bringing Secretary ef the In downtown section. . ' t terlor Garfield. - , CRAWFORDlNAMED AGAIN TEXTII EXTHUSLVSTIC FOH IU3I. Con ren tion tf Tenth CXtngTCsaional inirn-t neki at Asitevuie vcstcrday . and lion. W. T. Crdwfosxl Is Clioser to Succeed Himself In Congress-. . Be lteffponrts to the : Nomins With a Rinrlnx (SpeCt-h ' Hons Are Passed Condetnnlnir the Itepnbllran Party For Being Allied With the- Trtmts nml Ajcslnst the liSDonng Classes urysu is Kndors ed and Delegates . Instructed . For I Him W. W, Zarhnry Cboticn For Ml . vSpecIal to The Obserrf r Crawford, - f Haywood county, was unanimously1 nominated here this af ternoon by the Democrats of the tenth district tor Congresa Walter E. Moore, of Jackson,; was made permanent chairman and M. L. Shipman, of Hen deraon, . secretary. ,. Crawford " was placed in , nomination by William Cocke, of Ashevllle.. and unanimously and enthusiastically nominated. ' He was notified ot his nomination and coming Into the convention hall amid applause responded in a speech of ac ceptance in a ringing manner. -Resolutions condemning the Repub licans, endorsing W.,J. Bryan and Mr. Crawford were adopted as follows: "Resolved, first That the Demo crats of the-tenth congressional dis trict of North Carolina, at Ashevllle In convention assembled do denounce the Republican party for its unfriend liness to the farmers and laboring masses of the country and Its subservi ency to the trusts and combines; for the tendency of Its policies to central Ise alt authority of government at Washington and te deprive 'the people of the several States of the right of local self-government and they here by demand an Immediate and thor ough revision of the tariff by the friends of the people, . Instead of by the friends of tbe protected interests to the' end that the tariff may be stripped et all harmful and Injurious testuses snd reduced to a revenue basis pure and simple, "Resolved., second. That the -Demo? crats of this district declare that the Hon. William J. Bryan. In his life and political course snd opinions, rep. resents the highest snd best form of Democratic principles; as they have been taught and presnted alnce the days of Thomas Jefferson, snd that they must earnestly urge his pomlna tion by the national Democratic con vention , for the presidency of the United States, and do hereby Instruct the delegates from this district to vote for him as a unit and to use all hon orable means to secure his . nomlna tion as long as his name remains be fore the convention, "Resolved, third. That they do most heartily endorse the conduct and course of the Hon. W. T. Crawford, our Representative In Congress and one of tho most faithful, loyal ana trustworthy Democrats that ever lived In this district and do cheerfully and enthusiastically commend him again to the people of this district as In ev ery respect entitled to their continued confidence and support.' ' William J. Cocke, of Ashevllle, and Thomas C. Mills, of Rutherford, were named as delegates to the national Democratic convention and Sol.' Gal lert. of Rutherford, and W. I Miller, of Henderson, as alternates. W. W. Zachary. . of Transylvania, was nominated tor presidential elector from this district The following were elected to com pose, the executive committee; P.C Cocke, Buncombe: M. W. Bell, Cher okee; W. M. Halgler, Clay; E. P. Tal ham, Graham; W. T. Lee, Ilaywjod; M. L. Shipman, Henderson; W. E. Moore, Jackson: W. Home, . Macon; E. H. Dysart McDowell; Frank Rey nolds, Rutherford; A. M. Fry, E-waln; W. P. .Whltmore. Transylvania; A. L. Hill. Polk. . The executive committee met after the convention adjourned and re-elect ed W. T. Lee. of Haywood, chairman. and P. C,' Cocke, of Ashevllle, secre. tary. . v ..: i -..-.. r j- TAR HKKXi MAX LOCKED UP. - :- , " Vf. X. Kanway. Glvins? Guilford Conn ty as His Home, is ronna Acting In Queer Manner at Koanoke, vs., and lieu by omrers. Sprsial to The Observer. Roanoke, Va, June " 22. A white man aged 40 years and giving his name as W. N. Kenway and claiming to be from the country near Greens boro. N. C.. was taken in charge by the police hero to-day and locked up to await Information from his friends in North Carolina. Ken wsy was found at ths Norfolk v Western passenger station - acting In a queer manner. - He told the officers he was weak-minded and there are indl cations that he Is. , When searched 212S was found on his person. He said he recently had a fight with a man named John Joe near Greens boro and that he cut Joe with a knife After the difficulty he asserts he dis posed of his belongings, pocketed the cash and started for Koanoke. xne police do not believe Kenway Is want ed for any crime but fear he la not mentally fit to tales cars or nimseii and his money. " , FIRE IX SEW YQRK TOWX. Ehtlrs Block at Port Cheater Destroy ed and Forty Families Are Home less Loss , is About 9500,000. Port Chester, N. T., June" 22. A fire -here late to-day destroyed a block of - buildings, occupied chiefly by business firms, rendered foaty fam ilies homeless and' entitled a loss . ot ftOO.000. The fire broke out in the Burns Ihrery stables, occupied In part' by the Bordens Condensed Srllk Com pany, and was soon beyond the con trol of the firemen.- Aid was asked from Rye, Harrison, East Port Ches ter and Greenwich Ore departments. The entire block bounded by .West Chester avenue. Broad street . and Factory Place, was-consumed," 'and buildings on both sides of-Irvlng ave nue were destroyed. The BapthnV church was partially burned. - Second Son Born to Oueca of Spain. Madrid. Spain. June 22. A son was born to Queen Victoria of Spain to night Queen - Victoria, formerly Princess Ena. - of , Battenburg. and King Alfonso, were married at Madrid on May list itOt. "Their first son was born on May 10th, 1107. The Cruiser N. Lon Is. Washington. June 22. The cruiser St Louis has arrived, at Honolulu from San Frsnclsco on a practice cruls and will begin Its return on MIIXIOX DOLLAR FIRE. Business Section . of . Three Rivers, Quebec. Swcot Away by Flame No Loss of Life is Reported, But Property-Loss WH! Co orer a lllllon DoUsra . . . . .' Three Rivera Quebec. June 22. Fanned by a high wind, a fire which broke out shortly before ioon to-day in a stable, was not checked until the greater part of -the-lower- town, containing the business "section of the city, had been consumed. Theh with the assistance of firemen summonea by special trains from Montreal, Que.. Sherbrooko and Grand Mere It was held In" check. Almost' every, building of any consequence In tha section of the city was destroyed, IW rHiirilnr th nnntnfflr the -. City htWl, everv hotel worthy of the name with ona exception, the fine building of the Hochelaga Bank and almost all of the leading stores. -Over three hundred buildings were burned. The narrow-streets of the town and - the Inflammable-nature of many of the buildings In' the path of the fire rendered the task of the firemen an almost ImDOsslble one. Outside the town' Is located the camp ot the sfcxth military district and soon after the firs started a thousand men were sent to help fight the flames. The local brigade was entirely Ineffective when It came to coping with a conflagra tion and the soldiers rendered the best assistance they could, but their bucket brigade was not equal to the task. The fact that there was no efficient command also miti gated against their efforts and was no until nearly four hours after the fire had assumed threatening dimensions that organised effort by the fire tightens from the other cities was available. Among the buildings burned are the St. James Anglican church, the oldest Anglican church building In Canada: the Roman Catholic parish church: Drolet La Londem A Co.'s big denartment store; the Dufrense, Windsor. Dominion and Richelieu Hotel, the telegraph offices snd the Bell Telephone Company s exenange, v Ths loss will be considerably over a million dollars and It Is stated that ths Insurance companies will be hard hit So far no loss ot life has been reuorted. but a woman and two chil dren are suDoosed to have - been burned. BELIEVES TAFT WILL BE EASY. Chairman Conners. of New York, Kavs Taft Will Be Easy For the Democrats In tho Coming FJectloii Weakest Msn In the List. New Tork, June 22. William J. Conners. of . Buffalo, chair- man or tne State Dem- oeratlo committee, who was In New York to-day. said to several newspa per men that , ho believed Mr. Taft would be an easy candidate tor tne Democrats to defeat. "There were several stronger men who might have been nominated," said Mr. Conners, "but none weaker. His only quaini cation for the ofllc Is that Roosevelt wants him." Sherman t" Oh, well, I'd rather say 4 nothing about Sherman. . Everybody knows about him.- "isn't the nomination of Bryan as certain as was that of Taft 7" Conners Was asked. I won't believe It until I see it he declared. 'There are other Dem ocrats who . can. defeat Taft . beyond doubt." "Who Johnson T" To a certainty." "Well, If the New Tork delegation sees that Bryan a nomination Is a certainty, will It fall Into liner" "We'll wait until we get to ths convention." "Will the platform be radical t" Yesj to a certain extent" ."WIlMt contain a court plank?" "Id rather have It contain none than the one that waa put into the Republican1 platform. . That means nothing." Labor will cut a strong figure In the election, will it not?" It always does " said Mr. Con ncrs. . LAND . FRAUD CASES. ' Two of the Defendants Are Acquitted ana two vonrictoa Appeal is Tak en and the Guilty Parties Are Re leased on Imreascd Bonds. Washington.-June 22. After being out nearly 74 hours the Jury In ths land fraud cases, which have been on tflal In ths Criminal Court for the past three mentha found Frederick A. Hyde and J. H. Schneider guilty on all but 10 of the 42 counts In the In dictment John A. Benson and Henry P. Dlmond were acquitted. Benson and Dlmond wers immediately-releas ed from custody. AU four men have been under $10,000 ball.' Hyde's ball was Increased under ths - Jury's ver dict to 120,000. and Schneider's to HI12.S00. Both furnished the Increas ed ball. - - Sentence was deferred, and when Imposed, the two men will have four days In which to file notice of an ap peal. The maximum penalty, for the offense on which they are held by the lurv J imprisonment of two years, or 1 10,000 fine, or both. Benson was convicted . some tlm ago in California with Dr.' Perrln un der another section ef ths conspiracy law in connection with public land matters. He was sentenced to 10 months' Imprisonment and his appeal from that sentence Is now pending. CAPTAIX MTWEA, ILL. Commander of the Georgia on the Ixng Oulne Is Serlouoly ' 111 at 'Brooklyn Xavsl Hospital.. New York. June t2.-Cspts!n Hen. ry McCrea, who commanded tbe Unit ed States battleship Georgia on the cruise of the battleship fleet te the Pacific, Is seriously m at the .naval hospital In Brooklyn suffering . from kidney - trouble. - His - pnyatelan. Dr. Kelly, reported to-night that : Cap tain MrCrea's condition ' had shown soms slight . Improvement during the day. - . ' Captain Mccrea reached here two days ago from San yranclace, wheon he was detached from his ship and er flered to report to tbe light house bu reau in New York. He was taken 111 night before last and his wlfo was summoned from Washington. The patient was removed irrora Staten noved Ifrorn vat hosifial Elected7 Ssr t V. Jf. I. Island to ths naval hoirVlal to-day. Colonel Nichols. Elected Superintend- . , rut of v. Ji Lexington. Va, Ju.m? 22. Colonel E. W. Nichols was to-d.Ty-eleeted su perintendent of the Vrjinla Military rcstltute to succeed General Scott Shlpp, who resigned a year ago. Col onel Nichols has been acting super. ntendent since last July. Colonel Nichols graduated with - distinction rom the Virginia Military Institute a tne class of ill. STUDENTS CHEER 3IR. TAFT BUSY DAY AT COMMENCEMENT. Secretary Taft Arrives at New listen A to Attend the Commencement K.- erclses - of , Ysle University Al ' though Be WVn to Attend His . CIsmm Reunion He is Given Very Llt ,'tle Opportunity to Meet and Clasp the HaiuU.of the Many Men WImi Gathered at tbe Class Heedqnarters . Attend Meeting of tbe Corpora tion and Is Given a Ronalng Cher . by the Entire Alumni Bodies ne. M ers Address to Graultmiin iw JLClass. . . " reury of War William H. Taft return ed to Yale, his alma mater to-day, to attend the r6f. his class, that of 78. . Alttfe&Jfhls Intentions were to Join his cUumates as Taft. of '78. he found himself the chief guest of the commencement exercises and he had scarcely entered the shadow ot the university buildings before he took up the duties of a member of the corporation. . BIG CROWD AT STATION. : Very few opportunities came for him to clasp the hands of the many men who had gathered In the old Edwards mansion on Elm street' so lected as class headquarters, for he was Immediately escorted .to Wood bridge Hall for the corporation meet-. Ing, thefr Into the commons to speak to young men who are about to be given their law school sheepskins, then to the law school and finally to the college hall, 'where the medical school exercises were held. -'. Mr. Taft reached the city at 1 o'clock unaccompanied, Mrs. Taft and Master Charges Taft having , reached here on 6 an earlier train and gone to the borne on Prospect street ' of Mr. and Mrs. W. W. Farman. whsee f guest they are to be until Thursday. Mr. Taft was met at the station by a delegation from his class and after an exchange of greetings he 'stepped Into, an automobile and was whisked away to the Edwards house,- where about forty '78 men were ready to extend a welcoming hand. - After a short stay, the Secretary went to Woodbrldge Hall, wbere the corporation was In session. - He left this meeting a little later, walked across ths campus to thecomnvons and passing In, was met with a cheer from those who first got a bllmpse of him. His advent was Just at the conclusion ot an address by ex-Sena-, tor Spooner, of Wisconsin. STUDENTS CHEER WILDLY. . " The entire alumni bodies rose snd, eheered the Secretary until Memo rial Hall re-echoed. Later, on," Mr. Taft spoke to the young men, who in cap and gown, sat at a long table In . front of him. . Ths . . Secretary, subsequently returned to the corpora tion meeting and' at Its conclusion donned the robes of a doctor of laws, and walked to the law school. As he' entered the auditorium John W. Fos ter was making an address, but the audience rose and cheered wildly. At the close of these exercises ths Sec retary, accompanied by President Hadley and escorted by the faculty of the medical school, walked to col lege hall, where he attended the ex- borne Hall were gathered groups of Yale men back to their reunions, most -of them in fantastic garb and these lustily cheered him. . At the college hall the Secretary was Joined by his brother, Horace D. Taft of Water- town, Conn., who accompanied blm dick "o wooaDnage nam wncre nm exercises were ended. This In effect ended Mr Taft's first official day at Yale, PLANNING FOR A HOLIDAY. Cincinnati Will Make Notification pay a General Holiday Mr. .Taft May Iellver an Address. - V Cincinnati, O.. June 12. A general holiday for the : day when William Howard Tart will be formally noti fied ot his nomination as Republican candidate tor the presidency. Is plan ned by the local organisations, the celebration to be entirely non-partisan. Committees met to-day at the Business Men's Club to begin prepara tlona It Is planned to make the notifica tion day, which Will come about the" middle of July, a general holiday. Banks, business houses and factories of tho city will be closed. The noti fication committee, representing every mats ana Territory. or tne country, which was appointed by the Repub lican national convention, will bs welcomed and entertained at a spec- Isl session. There will be a big parade and outdoor demonstrations. " the details of which have not yet been worxea out. it is probable that It will be held in one of the narks and that the-Secretary wilt be invited to make an address. It has also been' suggested that , the notification be made a publio function. , . WILL ATTEND BOAT RACE. President Roosevelt and Mr. Taft Will iiiirsa x ic-uarviMu uontess at New London. -. . . .--, , ,: ; - New Haven. Conn.. June 22. Pres. Ident Roosevelt and Secretary William' u . t- .iit . w . . - . : . ... tan win Dum witness me iaie Harvard boat race on the Thames at New London next Thursday, . xnis interesting fact making neces sary a change in Secretary Taft's plans for the latter part of the week. had arranged tentatively with the President to confer, with him at Oys ter Bay on Friday. He was to be ac companied to Oyster Bay by General Luke E. Wright who is to succeed, him as Secretary of War. A telegram received by Mr. Taft from the Presi dent late to-day requested that the Indicated change be made because ha had himself -decided to witness tha boat race on Thursday. Hs-.wHl ar rive' at New London on the Sylph di rectly from Oyster Bay. and will not be able to return In time .for the proposed conference.'- ',- . . Severe Heat Wave in New York. New .York. June 22. A severe hat wave' which bus enveloped the East ern States for three Jars, prostrated over a score of persons la and about New York to-day. No relief is prom ised for two days by the wea(hr b i reau and hospitals are preparing t handle heat, cases to-morrow. A'! New York and its environs ': ; r- 1 to-day and to-night. There is 1 ;-. :' re duction la the ten-ip-ratr.n, reached a maximum of 85 r ' . the weather bureau st 1 o'. dsy.' Should the heat ' puublic parks will be tv '"a all who w:sh to sH-ep o.i tit :. f
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