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SUBSCRIPTION PRICE: $8.00 A . YEAR. CHARLOTTE, ; C FRIDAY MORNING, JUNE 2 6, -1908. PRICE FIVE CENTS. DEADLOCKIHTHE COHVENTiON U FROSPECT YET OF I KDMIHATIOI adjourns ax until io o'clock Great Democratic Convention la Ses siori Another Full Day and the End at, a' O'clock : Not. Vet In Sight Balloting For the Xomlnatton For l , Governor, ; Discontinued .: at Day Break Yesterday Morning, Resum ed at 12:50 yesterday Afternoon- Deadlock Holds Fast, Fluctuation of ' Vote lie In r Amazingly Small ; Kltchln' Adds Little to Hla Load - While Craig and Home Hold Their ' Own Sensational Scene Attending . Adjustment Yesterday Morning Re : viewed Great Demonstrations Fol low the Least Change of Votes Eltlr- er Way Alamance v Casta 1 Her Strength SoUd FwrJUU-hln nd Great Outburst . Follow Interest Unabated Although Delegates Show " ' Effect of long Strain Scene That Attend the Balloting Which Oo cuples the Vndlvlded Attention of the 'Convention A Memorable :: Gathering In Every Respect.. At ' clock this morning the Dem ' - ecratlo State convention adjourned un " til It o'clock. Fourteen ballots have i been taken and no candidate lor Gov ernor yet selected. Kltchln la still In the lead, but lacks nearly a halt-hun dred votes of a nomination. The Craig and Home delegates are standing to gether on Important questions, jr '- v The convention yesterday Iwas In tumult "most ot tha time but the bal loting was orderly. Ai wild scene char acterlxed the adjournment early yes terday morning after an all-night ses ' kn- The motion ' to ' adjourn this r morning was made ty Mr Cyrus 'B. Watson, of Forsyth. : .- . . THE TYRRELL PROTEST. ' i An ths flrt ballot yesterday morn Ins-" at 1 o'clock the- vote of Tyrrell ' county, which tptals 1, was given as follows; Craig. 1 11. and Kitcnin. l.sz. The-second ballot brought a change; Kltchln got I.. Mr.. E. F. tAydlett, of Pasquotank, challenged the vote on third . ballot.' saying that according to - plan of organisation Craig should iave ' bis -vote, 1.01. Thl precipitated the -first contest, which resulted In Chair- man Parsons sustaining the challenge of Mr, Aydlett. The Tyrrell represen tative refused to announce any but - the Kltchln vote.' 1.81. and the chalr man had to order the Craig vote re- r corded. Seme feeling was shown-on - geeount ef this episode. r ' , -;: ... Later in 'the' morning, during a Cralg-Kltehln demonstration, or mix tip, a Kltchln - banner, bearing the :' words: "Kltoh in , . Is - th People's Choice," dipped ever on the , Craig Ids of the aisle and met the fate that a red Hag would If rubbed in the face - 'of a mad bull. As the. banner bowed cut of Its territory a red head went up, a pair of Craig bands gripped, and something, ripped , and cracked, and the Batchin float was in the duet. Craig men were climbing over, under, and through the Kltchln banner, mix- :' Ing with Kltchln men. clawing at each other's throais and lamming each oth er in tne race, v !-- . --, ev .-, . AliMOSr A RIOT. ."' A riot real - x-Iot the' west , against the east was on. ' ... - But so soon as the Infuriated dele gates realtzed what they were doing and how dangerous It was to indulge 'their tempers at a time like that, they V4J Mar eatfa a r I n sr In maffnlfloAnt erder. :. , v.- As the Kltchln men dragged their -. broken banner out of the hall the . CralgMes resumed their seat. - The roll-call on the fourth ballot had Just begun when some delegate made a motion to aajougj. : "No, shouted the citchln sup- porters. "" ' . Th motion Is out of order," de clared the chairman, and the roll-call proceeded. . Immediately after the result ot the contest was announced,. It being about 7 o'clock, a motion to adjourn was made. .;..., - , - - This was followed by a great hub bub, accompanied by so much noise that the secretaries could not hear the . .. vote of the counties. The final result was a serious row with the chairman. who declared the convention adjourn ed until It: JO pT'tri. This caused I commotion, some called., for a vice president, who ' could preside.' while ; . other demanded the election of a new ' chairman. Mr. Parsons immediately left the hall and the Craig men put . en their hats and prepared to depart . The Kltchln delegates were furious and : threatened all sorts of things but cool - sr heads conferred and .' agreed to go and come again. Mr. F.R. McNlnch an - nounced the result of the conference through a megaphone and the Kltih . in men relucuntly departed' THOUGHT WOULD WIN. . ' It was evident that the Kltchln fol . lowers believed they would win on the fifth ballot Whether their belief was . well founded or whether It was merely , In the game of politics cannot be sub rl V stantlated though few of the on-look-y ers disinterested spectators ' without ( special predilection either way con i ' sldered H bo. 'Certain It is tha) the Craig forces wanted to adjourn It i- was late or rather early and there was ' little -indication ef any change. They wanted some sieep and pernaps ume to work a little. The wtlole episode was one likely to' occur In any con ventlon la fact, such an incident is natural in sny contest which promises ,. to be long-drawn-out j -,: The action of Mr. Parsons caused ; considerable comment; both adverse and favorable. In telling ; of what took place in the convention a friend of the chairman said: : HOW IT ALL HAPPENED. , "After the . fourth , ballot was an tiounced a motion to adjourn wa m)lde. The chairman put the motion to- -iy voce vote, whereupon Ma- : Jor W.A. Graham, a. Kltchln mn. fled for a vote by counties. The roll was called amid great confusion. The regular secretary, Profewior Rld clck. had left hts chair, snd the ss slvtant secretaries experienced great difficulty In getting the votes of the various counties as they were called out In many instances several ronlcan waTflnlshd It was ound thai the secretaries disagreed among them selves as to the vote. The highest majority against the motion was less than ttfo votes. Delegates were be sieging the chairman with the asser tion that the votes from various counties had been Incorrectly record ed. The votes had not been verified as called, and the chairman called Ma jor Graham and suggested to him that the vote be verified before It was an nounced. Major Graham objected to this, and the chairman had Mr. Aren dell, who was acting as reading secre tary, to announce that, the roll of counties would be again called . with the vote as recorded by the secretaries in-order that the same might be veri fled. - The Kltchln men raised a tre mendous protest against this. Many of their leaders sprang upon the plat form, surrounded the chairman - and endeavored to prevent a , verification of. the vote. Confusion ' reigned ju preme on the platform: Everybody eeemed to be hot except Chairman Parsons, who, amid it all, remained as cool as a cucumber. . In-vain he hammered, with his gavel. Hailing In his effort to have the vote verified, the chairman had the reading secretary to announce the vote as it had been re corded . by the assistant secretaries, they having finally gotten together in their, figures.' The vote stood 417. for adjournment and 428 against., "As soon as the motion was declar ed lost . someone ' on the platform again moved to adjourn. - Mr. Man ning, Mr, Kltchln's manager, made the point of order that the second mo tlon to adjourn was out of order, no business having been transacted since the first motion was voted on. Mr. W, C. Dowd, who was standing near the cnatrman, suggested that a motion to adjourn to a different time would be In order, and at once made a motion to adjourn to 11:10 o'clock this after noon.. Mr. Manning made no point of order on this motion, and the chair man put It The chairman declared It carried and adjourned the conven lion tin iz:I9 p. m." DELEGATES SLOW IK REASSEM " v . BUNG. The first demonstration In the con ventlon hall yesterday after the morning's recess cam at 11:45. when Miss Esther Ransom, a daughter of the late Senator 'Matt W. Ransom, and Mrs. Walter W. Watt of Charlotte, appeared upon the stage, accompanied by Mr. George Ransom, wearing Craig riDoons, and were greeted by "three cheers for Kltchln" from the floor. The ladies responded by waving their Craig flags ' and shouting "Craig.1 Borne Kltchln enthusiast handed Mrs. Watt a Kltchln flag and she threw It back at him. A lone Craig man. who had Just "arrived, laughed himself In to hysteric when he observed the fly ing Kltchln flag. , Very few - persons were In the building at this time. The delegates were alow In coming In Even Col. iPeg-Leg Graham, with his horn, was tardy. Full of hope and smarting from recent anger the Klteh Inlte were among the. first to occupy their seats. . . . ; ; -..jv. Tired, sleepy and dull the militant Democrats could not shout ..as they had done the day before. The Home supporters, who blew ; al sorts of horns, had tha advantage of their fcl lows. , ;,, ; ., The Cralg lung Is of better leather than the eastern lung. It can stand the wear and tear of demonstrations bet ter, xnis was maae manliest in an outburst that broke forth at a quarter after II. when, the red-eyed, pug naclous mountaineers mounted chairs and hurrahed for Craig. ' : AFTERNOON SESSION. -, At the appointed hour Chairman Parsons cal'ed the convention to-or der and announced that In order to do the work, some of the enthusiasm would have to cease. A roll call was ordered. Mr. Norman 11. Johnson was put up to call the counties but his voice being husky delegates hoot ed him down, and Col. F. B. Arendell, of Raleigh, succeeded him. - At the right time in the same way the Tyrrell vote came up again aa a bone of contention. The vote, which had been cast for Kltchln, was challenged, the challenge sustained. and the vote divided: 1.92 for Kltch In and 1.08 ' for Craig.. - The only change of consequence on this ballot was In Stanly, where Home got a and Cralg 1. The result of the count was: V' ? -' FIFTH BALLOT, i 5 ' Fifth ballot Craig. 827.I8; Kltchln, 877.015. and Home, 15 1.7 7. THAT TYRRELL VOTE. ' - Mr. F. R. McNlnch moved that the matter of Tyrrell's vote be referred to the committee on credentials. Mr. Cameron Morrison rose and said (hat the Tyrrell vote had been passed upon by the chair. He explained that the Tyrrell primaries had given Cralg his share of the vote, but the Kltchln del e rates present would not give It to him. - He urged the convention to stand by the chair. ' Mr. AiciNincn spoke for his motion. He said Cralg had been given his delegate but : he was not here. .."' j:. '"..-' y ) Chairman Parsons said he was per fectly wining for the matter to be re- rTerred to the committee on creden tials, but he would like for the cre dentials sent to him from Tyrell be heard. Mr. Arendell read the creden tials, which gave the result of ; the Tyrrell convention. " - - . When the roll can on the atcxinch motion ' commenced the Uproar In the hall was so great that the tellers could not hear the vote." After a number of efforts to quiet - the ' mob had been made without any show of success the motion was withdrawn for the time, and the sixth roll call " or dered. " -; . SIXTH BALLOT. . Sixth ballot-J3oUg. 140.018: Kltch ln, J77.535; HorneA 188.58. . ; ; , . RESULTS SURPRISING. The result of the fifth and sixth bat- lots was surprising. The delegates had stlffenecMheir backbones during the recess and were, as a rule stand ing firm for their favorites. The fea ture of the sixth ballot was the giv ing of the entire vote of Transylvania to Cralg, "giving htm a gain of one vote there-staaty gave Craig four addition al votes. Cralg gained 14 en the gen eral rexult. . By this time the convenHon wee down to real , business, prolonged demonstrations did not come at Ir regular Intervals to dleturb the rou tine, v Occasional outbursts were hard, but they did not lest long. An other long, hot night, threatened the viftitors. When the call of the coun ties on lhe seventh baUot begun the fall ef a tack hammer could have been heard. As Colonel Arendell, In (Continued ea Pag Eight). vd0e':'NEWS OF STATE CAPITAt j GT WCOXTENTION : Even Be ball I Somewhat Neglected For tha News of. tie Conveatlun Proceedings Governor Glenn Has ; His Speech Seconding Bryan Com ;, pleied Big Water Tank Falls . Wreck of Fruit Train on Seaboard : Throws Many Fine Peaches on Ral- . eigh Market Editor 'Clarence . . Poe to Study Agricultural Conditions hi Europe Improvements on Grounds , at St. Slary's titshool Brief Notes of Interest. ' :, ; .- v . vv ' . Observer Bureau, J ,i , '. ' ; J r" The Hoiieman Building, - ,' f-: ---i -:tc Raleigh, June. 21. . " Interest In the proceedings of the Democratic State- convention to-day rivaled that In baseball, and this is the highest compliment 'which could be paid, for certainly, baseball . en thusiasm runs high In this town. ' The guessers as to politics were busy and a few bets were . made, mainly on Kltchln and Horne, ,. In . the eary; morning hours. 7 r, " v. '- V 't f - The comment of the police here Is that the order In the city Is the best! they ever saw, this applying to every j part of the place. . They say that the 1 "east" was never so quiet ana well behaved as at present. There , are evidently some I'bllnd tigers." but the police have only been abo to uneartn one or two. - Raleigh will send several Elks to the great national meeting at Pal'as, Tex. Among those who will attend will be Mr. Joseph F. FerralU one of the highest officers.' After the con ventlon there wll be a long trip northward and eastward. Some - ot the Elks are traveling .in -. special trains. .- '".-'- j .. Governor Glenn has completed hi speech seconding the nomination of Mr. Bryan. He wlll.be first among the seconders, of whom there will be several. ' Rector Milton A. Barber, of Chrli Episcopal church, returned to the elty to-day from Chase City, va.,. very much Imnroved in health. The prospect for the grape crop in " the SUte this year Is very gooa in deed. Last year the crop was quite lare-elv a failure. There used to be around Raleigh numbers of vineyards. some of them large, while now there are but few.- The cultivated blackberry . crop south of here this season has been fine. At the icing station here about 100 car loads from. the Southern fines section have been Iced. This v crop has brought very rood prices. Imnrovements of the groonas ai et. Marv's Female School ar in prog res and tor the first time grass will be awn. At the Baker-xaompson .uumoer Comnany plant the water tan which was on an elevation consider ably above one of the buiiaings, wnicn was mil .OI water, cvniainmi mo 10,000 gallons, fell and did some dam axe. No one was In the building and hnra there was no Injury to persons, it Am thoua-ht that the heavy rains 01 Saturday did some injury to ins roun tint Ion of ths tank. - ' work on the Masonic temple now goes on day and night as part of the ground floor.must be ready for occu nncv in July. The contractor says that everything wIU be in ; readiness )v tYint data. i n -' a very larx now barn -is under Knnirnrtinn it th experiment sta. tlon nf tha Aarlcultnral and Mechan leal College and a dwelling will also be erected, these buildings taking the place of those burned eariy in ne spring. - - SEABOARD FREIGHT WBECKKU Last evening there was a freight wreck a little north of Kaleigh on me Seaboard Aft Une, in which there were several cartoaus 01 ueorgia. neachea and at noon to-day the rail road sold in small lots quantities of the fruit'. Much of it was carried off yesterday before detective got to the scene, several hundred town -and county people having gathered. Tne Deachea were ot r the choicest kind and were on the way to New York, PhiladelDhla and Boston.' Editor Clarence H. Poe, 01 me Progressive Farmer, has gone to Eu rope and will return about' September 1st He will particularly visit Eng land, Scotland, Belgium, France and Germany and make a study of agri cultural condition and metftods, and uoon his return will writ a aerie of articles on tnese suDjects. - To-day the revenue collector re ceived a telegram-from the Secretary nf vha Treasury orderlna- him to nut the flag on the Federal Building at half staff for 10 days, as a marie 01 respect to the memory of Mr. Cleve land. . ' ; - '- '- The Methodist Orphanage trustees to-day made first payment on i the Glenwood property, 60 acres, whjch thev : bouxht , la'st : month. Already Superintendent Col Is -receiving res spone to his, request - that forty Methodists each pay for one acre of land. : Two responses came to-asy, each covering a check for 1200, Whtch Is th price of an acre, and he nd the trustees nave no aouot mac all the money desired ,wlll quickly come in. Ten acres of the lantr are specially ' reserved v for a female col lege and beyond . any doubt Raleigh will soon have the latter.- The loca tion is simply admirable. Prof. F. L. Stevens, of the Agri cultural and Mechanical College, has gone to Washington and Philadelphia and thence goes to Atlantic City for his vacation. He Is a very valuable: member of th college faculty and Is Justly popular, ' HI wife has also won well-deserved reputation in the State by reason of her talents and the work she has done-in stimulating he women of the State to greater things. - . - SHERMAN' IS IMPROwTXO. Recovering Rapidly and ATI Thoughts of an Immediate) uperauoo -Have Subsided. - ' ' - Cleveland, 0 June IS.-y-Represen-tatlv James 6. Sherman. Republi can vice presidential candidate, made such rapid progress in recover ing from bis Illness to-day that' all thoughts of an Immediate operation have subsided. The candidate la near recovery, Dr. E. P. Carter said to night and there i now no reason to be anxious over his condition. (Mr. Sherman passed a comfortable day. The greatest progress was dur ing the morning. During the after noon he lost no ground. At 1 o'clock to-night his tempersture was IK, while at the same hour last night the temperature was 101.0.. To-night the pulse was 72. decrease of 14. and his respiration was 28, four higher than last night. Mrs. Shermsn wss with her fins band almost constantly to-day.. AIra Fherman to-day received scores of prescriptions for gall stones snd some medicine, from sympathizing people. I ANSEL TO TAKE THE STUMP . I -.- - - . -- WILL REPLY TO BLKASE ATTACK South Carolina's Chief Executive t)e . cldes Tltat He Will No Longer Lead ' Lotus-Eater's IJfe In the ollilcal - CarapaJt, But WUI Make tne W el '. kin King and Reply - to Senator ;. Bieaee, ills Opponent Newspapers Not Giving Much Attention to the fepeaklngti, Which Are so Far Dull ; and Tame Meeting of University ' Trustees , Postponed Inducement ; Offered Insurance Companies to In ...vest Funds. : v . " Observer Bureau,'''-. 100 Skyscraper Building. ', - Columbia, 8. C, June 25. Gov. Anser has made up his mind to attend the campaign meetings and meet tne atiacxs or his opponent sen ator Cole L. lease. He wfll speak at the meeting at Barnwell, to-morrow, and will attend as many of the remaining meetings of the itinerary ending the lid of August as the du ties of his office will permit. There is no general feeling that Governor Ansel can be beaten for second term, but Mr. Blease Is a very snrewa campaigner and several news papers friendly to the Governor have been urging him to get out on the stump and answer the Insinuations and attacks of Mr. Blease, and many ox nis mends over the State have been writing him along th same line re cently.. i ,.,. " . . The two ramnalm meetlnya have been In progress a week now without a sensational feature to enliven any one of them. The attendance at all of them has been slim and very little In terest Is being manifested. It Is pos sible that arrest Interest may be arous ed In soma of the races a little later on,, but so far there Is nothing deft nite to promise such a turn ot at fairs.;.' : - ; ... . For th first time sine the Tillman movement stsrted some twenty years ago the leading dally newspapers of th S,tat are refusing to have a spec ial men following th meetings. By genersl consent they are "covering" th meetings through their local cor-, respondents, who sr Instructed to "cut It short", Th two leading dally paper have been accustomed to spend about f 18,000 apiece to lay mis sort 01 stun oerore their readers The arrangement this vear la not sen. erally disappointing to the reader of the papers, but the politicians and tneir immediate partisan are vigor ously kicking; but this Is not likely to force any change of policy, unless the meetings become sensational. , The meeting of th trustees of the university 01 south Carolina sched uled tor this afternoon to hear from Its sub-committee' on the selection of a president has been Indefinitely Dost- poned because th sub-committee has not yet been able to formulate a defi nite report, r Tha understanding is inai tne suo-committee. has five, men In View but has been unable In make definite argreement with any one of tne nve. - . . , , , .. . . . . . - . ' SOLICITS INVESTMENTS.' Insurance Commissioner McMsatee Is doing all in his power to Induce Insurance companies doing business In this Stat to make Investments in the ' State. ; He invites corresDond- ence with county arid municipal au thorities on vie subject, that iic may bring to the, attention of the insur ance companies public Investments. He is sending, to a number of Insur ance companies the .following letter, which speaks for Itself: . . I beg leave to call your atten tion to the fact that bldaTor 115.000 non-taxable 6 per cent.' coupon court house bonds of Lee county. 8. C will be opened at Bishopvllle. 8.- C on July 14th. . These bonds are to Do' dated February 1st, 1008, payable twenty-nine years after date, with tight to redeem after expiration of fifteen years from date. Interest at S per ceit payable annually. - Further Information of them may be obtained from W. A. James, secretary, Bishop vllle, S. C.-.---I . ' . . "As I do not believe your comnany holds any Investments In South Caro lina and ss you do considerable busi ness lit this State, I trust you- will con sider favorably th investing In South Carolina securities." . ; . DEMOCRATS NEED FUNDS. Ckmgresslonal ' Committee Is Con fronted with a Hard Proposition and New YorUtrs Will Be Asked to Come to the Rescue. Washington, 'jun 18. The Demo cratic congressional committee Is confronting a hard proposition- In th matter of of money to carry on the campaign ana Representative Lloyd. its cnairman, win go to New York early to-morrow for ' the purpose of breaking into some or the barrels of Democrats In whose loyalty to the party he has confidence. Th fact is th committee- has begun Its work two months ahead of schedule time this year and while It usually cans tor . money , in September It is stated that It work is so far a. vanced that It must now have funds or call a halt In the -sending out of its . literature. 11 nas made exten sive preparauons, which it Is ready to put Into effect in keeping with vu,Ktsu vrjeru t aur, Lloyd to-day stated that he does' not expect to have hla campaign brought to a stanasuu ana ne believes the result of his visit to New York will be to allow him to go ahead with the execution of plans that have been made. . . ; , -. .,, . :- . Durham May Abolish Its Drug Store Saloons. ,: . Special te The Observer.': T Durham, Jun 25. There Is a wen- defined rumor on the streets that at th next meeting ot the aldermen, which Is to be held on th first Monday night In next month, art, effort will be made to refuse stralghtout any and all drug " stores the right to sell whiskey on prescription or els to cut th number ta one and allow but one drug store to sell booze. .. At th pres ent time there are three drug stores that sell whiskey on prescriptions, th other stores not even applying for license. : The rumor Is that the prohi bitionists want the number reduced to one or cut out entirely. If this move Is made there will probably be a lively tut. - . :- - : . , . Severe Thntidcrstorm In Savannah. .Savannah. Ga.. June 2 J. Savannah Is experiencing" the" worst thunder storm the city has known In many years. The lightning flashes follow ons another so quickly thst the sky is alight almost continually.-Two smsll fires, quickly extinguished, were caused bl lightning strokes. In one house light ning followed gas pipes, turned on and lighted a Jrt Immense oak trees have been uprooted, hy the dozens slong the sutomoblle course several of j them falling across and obstructing th roads. CLEVELAND BUBIAL TO-DAY ONLY ; VERY" SI3ULE- SERVICES. Funcra : Services Over Dead Presl t'ent Will Be Held at Cleveland Home To-Day and Will Be Slarked By Extreme Simplicity No - Bands Will Play Mournful Dirges, No Sol- . dlers Will Escort the Remains and ' No Eulogy WIU Be Pronounced by ' the Officiating Clergymen Mounted Ttoods and Soldiers Will Police the Tborourhfare Through Which the" Cortege Will Pass as a Protection, to President Roosevelt . ; Princeton. N. J., ; June 15. The funeral ' of Grover Cleveland to-mor row, will be marked by extreme slm pliclty". Although twlc elected Presl dent ef the United States no pomp or splendor will have a place In the ceremonies. There will be no bands to play mournful dirges en the way to the" Princeton : cemetery, no military escort no eulogy by the officiating clergymen. 1 The halt enlle of thor oughfare through which the cortege will pass from "Westland." the Cleve land horn on Bayard Lane, to the cemetery, will be policed by mounted troops and blue' coated soldiers, but they will be there for police duty and as a measure of precaution in pro tecting th living President. - rather than aa an element of display in pay ing tribute to a departed Chief Exec utive. . .- t ' It has been Mrs. Cleveland's wish to avoid anything of a military nature at the funeral and It Was only when the necessity of guarding President Roose velt was borne upon her by those In charge of the funeral arrangements that she consented to the presence of troops; t - - , . THE PALL-BEARERS. The final arrangements for the cer emony and the names of those select ed to officiate were announced this af ternoon. Four clergymen will officiate at the house and at the grave. They will read th burial service from the Presbyterian book ot common wor ship, but .will offer no eulogy. This simple but Impressive service will be conducted by Dr. Henry VanDyke, of Princeton; Rev. Dr.' William K. .Rich ards, pastor of the Brick Presbyter Ian church of New York; Rev. Syl vester W. Beach, pastor of the First Presbyterian church - of - Princeton, where the Cleveland family attend, and Rev. M. V. Bartlett : former pastor of the same church. There will be no honorary pall-bearers. Those who will bear Mr. Cleveland's body to Its final resting place In the Clevelan d P'(t will be -Mayor George B. McC'ltllau, Paul Morton, Commodore E. C. Bene diet Richard Watson Gilder, of New York; Prof. Paul VanDyke. Andrew F. West, Prof. John G- Hlbben, Junius S.. Morgan, a nephew of J. Plerpon Morgan; A- D. Russell, Prof. Howard McLenahan and Bayard Stockton, of Princeton The services at the house, which Will begin at S o'clock wilt be brief, after which the cortege will be formed and proceed to the cemetery down Bayard Lane to Nassau street, the principal street In the village, thenoe up Va'n- deverter avenue to ' Wlggtn street. which leads to the cemetery, a high way along which cluster many histor ic memories. Only those Invited to the funeral and a few newspaper men will be permitted to enter ' the - cemetery, which will be guarded by mounted troops and members of the National Guard of New Jersey. The simple Presbyterian service will be said at the grave, the casket lowered into the ground and one of the country's most distinguished cltlsens will have become but a memory. ROOSEVELT WILL ATTEND, President Roosevelt: Governor Fort, ef New' Jersey; Governor Hughes,' of New York; Governor Hoke Smith, of Georgia, member of President Cleveland's Cabinet and other notable- citizens are expected to attend. ' President Roosevelt will arrive on a special train from Oyster Bay to-morrow at 4:40 p. m. He will be met at the station by Gov ernor' Fort and they will drive direct to the Cleveland home.- After the ceremonies- the President will leave Princeton at once In his private car Signet Although .admittance to the Cleve land home and to the cemetery I to be limited principally to personal friends of ths family, thousands of people are expected In Princeton to morrow. Princeton's police force consists of only a few men, and the precaution of safeguarding President Roosevelt, ot maintaining order ana keeping the thoroughfares cleared became a serious problem with - the city authorities. Mayor Robinson de-4 elded to call on Trenton for police assistance and te rope oft the thoroughfares from the - Cleveland house to the cemetery, but utter In adequacy of a score of policemen to handle a crowd or several tnousand people and te keep the cemetery free from Intruders became at one ap parent Governor Port through As sistant Adjutant General Frederick Gllkyson, tendered to Mrs. Cleveland th SUte troops for a military funeral. - The . tender was declined, but later accepted. MILITARY FUNERAL DECLINED. - Professor MeLenshan. after con sulting with Mrs. Cleveland this af ternoon, mad ' th following state ment: - " Governor Fort offered a military funeral through Colonel Gllkyson, Assistant Adjutant General ot the State, yesterday, but Mrs. Cleveland declined It because of her great de sirs to keep the service .entirely free from the military element. Because, however, of the presence of President Roosevelt and th possible presence of Vic President Fairbanks, It was deemed necessary to call on the militia for -protection. Mayor Rob inson has accordingly made a re quest on the Stat authorities for the necessary troops .ana tne uovernor ha ordered out the Monmouth Mounted Troop. -Late this afternoon Colonel Gllky son cam . nere xrom Trenton witn other officials and with Mayor Roh inson held a long consultation, with those in charge of the funeral at the Cleveland home. Following the conference It was stated thst the military would consist of th second troop of calvary; Companies A. 11 and C. of Trenton, and L of Prince-! ton, of the Second Kegtment of the Nations! Guard of New Jersey. The mounted troops will b''un4er com-! mand of Capt Edwin Field-.--- Thi Trenton companies snd the lvr companies, numbering about loo men, will be commanded by Major j John McCullouxh. To eo-eperate with the troops and mounted soldiers twnty - flv policemen are expert here to-morrow from . Trenton- The station where President Roosevelt will arrive, Westland; the Cleve land home, the streets leading to the cemetery and the cemetery Itself will be thoroughly policed and no vehicles or pedestrians will be allowed in the streets, . on - the Cleveland gr.ounds, or In the cemetery during . , the funeral; --?. '' . -. .--.' f t "' DEATH MA8K TAKEN ' . ! !- Mra. Cleveland ' spent the day quietly. She arose early and shortly after 8 o'clock this morning, accem- Jpanled by President Findley,- qf the1 College of City of New Yorfcwent to the cemetery, where she gav final directions for . locating tn giwve Mr. Cleveland will be burled near the Ivy ; grown grav ot th eldest daughter. Ruth. The ex-President's body was em balmed to-day and was placed In 1 casket To-morrow It will be taken down to th , library - on ; the first floor.' where the ' ceremonle will- be conducted to-morrow. stiver plate bears 'the inscription. "Grover Cleveland. March 18th, 1117 June 24th. 1008. ' A death mask takn yesterday at Mrs. Cleveland's reauest by Ed win Wilson, a sculptor connected with Princeton University, when completed to-day showed that . Mr, Cleveland had become greatly, ema ciated during his illness. , FLAGS AT HALF MAST. American Officers Everywhere Will Pay Tribute to Dead President flags. Ordered, at liatr Jtattt iw ; Thirty Day. V Washington. Jun 15. To every naval station and every government vessel In commission throughout the world, to sll military posts and sta tlon. to all United State diplomatic and consular officers In every quar ter, went forth Instructions to-day for the observance of the President' proclamation announcing former President drover Cleveland's death, There was an Innovation at the State Department Inaugurated to meet the modern conditions. This Was tele graphic notification- Instead of by mall to our representatives In for eign countries to display flags - at half mast for thirty days. This In structlon was gathered wtth a view to uniformity In th time of obser vance. Copies of the Presidents telegram also have been mailed to all our diplomatic and consular of ncers. The orders telegraphed by the War and Navy departments direct the half masting of th colors, th wearing of the badge of mourning until July 25th and the firing of salutes every half hour from sunrise to sunset to-morrow, the day of the funeral, at all poets, stations and on board snip. MACK BOOMIXG CHAXLER. Believes New York Should Have Sec ond Place on Ticket and Is Booming the lieutenant Governor fitlectloo. Would picas Mr. Bryan. . v Denver, Colo., June 18. Norman E. M-aek, of Buffalo, arrived to-day, bringing with him a boom for Lieu tenant Governor - Chanter, of Nea York, for th vie presidential noml nation: - ' A . - ' "Conceding th nomination for fit A place to Mr. Bryan," h said. "I think th nomination for the vie presl deney should go to New York' State Mr. Chanter has demonstrsted his popularity there and I am very' sure his nams would add strength to th ticket." ' - "Would he b acceptable to Mr. Bryan?" he was asked. Mr. Mack replied: "Of course, Mf. Bryan Is not attempting to dictate the choice of a running mate, but I don't mind telling you that In Lincoln yes terday I discussed Mr. Chsnier with him and am sure thst the selection would not be displeasing." Mr. Mack was accompanied by hts wife, who wIU remain her with him until after the convention. Hill 1 member of the committee on arrange ments. Immediately after breakfast he took off his coat and went to work with his colleague to prepare details for the convention. He pre diets a large attendance from eastern States. Mr. Mack reiterated to-day the statement he- made yesterday in Lin coin that It was his. belief that' no rovernment ownership plank or men tlon of government ownership ot rail roads would be in th Democratic ttlatform. "This Is th Impression I gained from talk with Mr. Bryan while I was in Lincoln." added Mr. Mack. do not believe that th convention and Mr. Bryan ar going to be at variance on the platform. I have a fairly good Idoa of what th majority of th eon ventlon will b satisfied with snd I tso have a fairly good Idea of what Mr, Brvan has in mind In that connection and It la my belief tnat mere win ne no considerable difference of opinion between the leader of th convention and th Nebraskan. TAGGART FAVORs'kERX. V National Chairman Says Bryan and Kern Will He the Tk-aet commit tee Meets To-Morrow. Denver. ; Col., - Jun 28. Thomas Taggart chairman of th national Democratic committee, came to town to-day bringing along a vice presi dential boom wnicn ne put jorta witn much enthusiasm. "Bryan will b nominated, on tne Arat ballot without doubt and his running mat will be John W. Kern, of Indiana." This was the greeting Mr. Tsggsrt gav to newspaper men. A little lat er, when he had visited the conven tion hall, h exnioitea utu less en thusiasm. . ' "Th arrangements for th conven tion are fine." he said. "I cannot se how they could be Improved upon. The Auditorium is a wonderful piece of architecture snd everything seems to be In most tip-top form." Chairman Taggart has called a meetfnr of the national committee for Saturday, Jun llsh, when the prin cipal business . will be to hear and determine th contests for seats ss delegates, which have been filled. These are comparatively few In num ber. So far aa filed with Secretary Woodson, they Include contests from the second, third, fourth, fifth, sixth and seventh districts of New York; the ninth Ohio, and the . delegation from the District of Columbia. It has been reported that a number of seats from Illinois were to be contested, btit ss yet no official notice of such Inten tion pas been received. . Ooal-Ladea St ranter Ground. Miami. FU-. June 25. The netw- ship Josle, owned by the United Fruit fctAmhlp Company, went onto the rocks two rnlles emt ef Cape Florl last night. Tne sMp has a crr of coal snd rnerl merchandise and li valued at 1 10 0,00 9. EIGHT KUBSES GRADUATE BRIGHT ANGELS OF SICK' RO03I Exercises of Graduating Cla of , Nurses at tVhitehred-Stokes Hospi tal st Salisbury Held Last Eve , rung, an Attractive Programme Be .',ing Carried Out Salisbury Musi ; dans Organize a Brass Band Gos . pei Tent Meetings Closed Jim . Cramp, a. Negro Convict. Attempt to . KiJJ Hiniacir br Kluhlnr Ml- xnroat with a FUsor Warcl.toiiAO to Me BoUt Adjoining Empire Bulld- ingXews of Rowan's Capital. Special ta The Observer. " Salisbury. June 28. The exercises of the graduating class of nurses of th - Whltehead-Stoke ; Sanatorium sire held in the auditorium of th graded school this evening at 8 o'clock. An attractive programed had been arranged and a large crowed of friend of these young ladles atlehded. The following nurses received thejr diplo mas: Miss Lillian Evylln , Garland. South Carolina; Mis Margaret Hatch er, North Carolina; Oils Florence Lee Ritchie, North Carolina; Mis Mary Martin Swift North Carolina; Mis Martha Louise Bingham. North Caro-. Una; Miss Margaret Elmlra Goforth. North Carolina; Miss Alice Shelton Oray, North Carolina; Miss Edwin Martin Richardson. South Carolina. The Whltehead-S,tokes Sanatorium has always enjoyedthe reputation of hav ing superior nurses. Th members ef the clsss represent the highest type of woman; they have received . thor ough, scientific and practical instruc tion In one of the best hospitals In th South and all who know them predict for them a -bright future in their pro fession. Sixteen brass hand enthtiirieata met In the armory last night to organise a bsnd. The following nnVera were elected: President Paul H. Hern. hardt; secretary and treasurer, w w Meroney; director. J. W. Hanford: principal musician, N. V. Taylor. All the members of the band have eiir-. piled themselves with Instruments and they wilt begin practicing twice a week at one. Th meetings at the Goeoel tent corner Msln and Bank streets, which nave peen conducted for th past two weeks by Rev. Mr. Neighbor,, of th First Bsptlst church, and Rev, Mr. McLarty. of the First Methadiat church, closed last night These meet ings nave been well attended and much good has been dona. Up. Ki. bor win hav thl tent taken to Athe nian next ween wner similar serv ices will be held. Th work of remodeilne tha tnt. rlor of the storeroom, l!l South Mala street, formerly occupied by C Fron berger, hardware, has been completed. Mr. L. R. Wtaecoff will occupy this stor In th futur and to-day moved his stock of groceries from his pres ent stand t 110 South Main street Mr. Wtnecoff vacates this stor to ac- ' commodate Mr. A. W. Wlnecoff. who wIU, In a few days, occupy th build ing, moving hi stock of dry good I.kl- M . - - cation in th Wsshlnaton Bulldin. Mr. A, W.. Wlnecoff wilt add a larg Stock Of new goods te his nreaent stock much depleted toy his recent ' closing out sale. . Jtnt Crump, a nea-ro convict, yes terday, made an unsuccessful attemne to commit sulcld at th convict camp located at Summer's siding, about four mile from Salisbury. He made a six-Inch incision In his throat with' a ' rasor but Dr. Foust, who sewed up th wound, says he will recover. . . ' Th owners of the Errmlre - TtuiM. Ing, Comer Main and Bank atreeta. have begun work on a larg ware- jinua on sana- street adjoining the Empire store. This wsrehous will be used by th T. E. Witherspoon Fur nltur Company, which because - of considerable increase In business find Its present quarters Inadequate for It large assortment of furniture. Messrs. Adam at Bell have enen. tH office in the Empire Building, where they will conduct a real estate " and i general Insurance ' business and msnurscturers' agency. Mr, James Day. the eooular em ploye of the Salisbury steam Laundry, Is at the Whltehead-Stoke Sanatori um, where he will underro an enara. tlon. His many friend hop this on- - cra-uen win relieve nim of th trou ble with which he ha suffered for th past few months. Mr. David Oeatrelcher sailed to.tav from New: York for Surop. Mr. Oea trelcher expects to be away several months, spending most of his time at hi old home In Germany. EMBEZZLED BAXK'S FUNDS. Former Clerk In Pltteburg Bank Ar. n-wro on vnarge or Abstracting; M 1,000 of the Bank's Funds Re- ICAarrf Mil 11m. , - . Pittsburg. Pa.. Jun Ji. T . w Tiers, former discount clerk of th First National Bank, of this city, was arrested late "to-day on Information mad by National Bank . Examiner """' - rwiua, uiargnif nim witn the abstraction of about 181.000 ot the bank's funds Tier furnished hall ln the sum ef 0.000 for a hearing. Alt the money was taken from the bank February tth. 1800. to July 16th, I sos. enortiy after that time the bank officials learned of the Irregularities and dismissed Tiers. He made par tial restitution and turned over to th bank certain collateral upon which. It I stated to-day. the institution hoped to realise. Nothing was said of the matter, at he time and the bank charged off the shortage from the surplus. Recently, however, the many bank defalcations occurring in this vicinity resulted In orders.belng received from . Washington. It Is astd. to proeecute alt sucn caes and the information against Tiers was made. j ' Sine leaving the employ of " the real estate business. T. P. A.8 MEET IX ASI1EVIIXE. Traveling Men Select Mountain City as the Place For Next Conven tion. s Mllwsukee, ' Wis.. June 23. TJ Commercial Travelers Inter-f ' eoneree, of New York, which r - -In New York City on Aueut H h t ISth, "to boom prosperity." : ei dorwd in a t of ro!uti"n t .- 1 Travelers' Protective Awoc. - 1 -dar. Mayor PavU R. wauVee; Iol. c-te A a I.n New York, n r. 1 York, spoke !! f ,-. lution. AHevi:i. -. C. the r',a,-e f r t 1 - r- l!nrv O. fir v. r f ur.aniinou;-'- . t -1 r.
The Charlotte Observer (Charlotte, N.C.)
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