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CHARLOTTE, N. C, MONDAY MORNING, AUGUST 31, 1098;
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THE POLICE STILL AT SEA
NO CLUE TO ROBERTS' ASSASSIN
The Wounded Man. U m, AU
lantlo City Hospital uoyrruig c
i if miA Death and the An
thorltics Are as Much In the Dark
Concerning the Man w ho Did the
Shooting as They Were at Firet--AtlanUo
City Chief Blames tho
' Kililmore Authorities t Their
Ana.th and xnrowa uot itarn
Hints They Do Koc Hold to the
? Highway Robbery Tneory,- inougn
" the Families of Those Concerned
Continue to Seek t t Impress It
'-. Upon the Public. -j . -':-; -
Atlantic City. N. X, Aug. 30.--Llttla
I or no progress, was made to-day In
soMnr ; the mysterious j board ; walk
- ' shooting- of last 'Wednesday night.
'- - Charles B. Roberts. Jr., of Baltimore,
Md., the victim of the affair, that is
proving so baffling.- to ; the,, Atlantic
City police, lies in. the city hospital
hovering between life - and '- death
. ' pending the result of his abdominal
wound, the authorities are almost at
a standstill. In the event of bis re
covery ; they ; are t hopeful
that h
may be led Into a. satisfactory ..." ex-
planatlon of the affair, while in the
' case of hla - death more powerful
"means of Inquiry would be put. Into
their, hands to get at the bottom of
i the how closely-guarded secrets. And
the only wordhatcomes from the
sick room is to the effect that If Mr,
1 Roberta lives ' two : weeks . longer' he
will recover, , There was no, change
In Mr.'. Roberts ' condition to-day.
lie survived yesterday's operation in
v good shape and Jt ..to' now merely
.question of waiting and watching to
see If blood poisoning is to develop
. .and set at! naught the. efforts of the
attending physicians . to save the
wounded man's life. .
. t BLAMES BALTIMORE! POLICE.
. Chief oft Police Malcolm Woodruff
i discussed the case , with apparent
frankness to-day. . '..'Despite reports
to the contrary," he said, "we 'have
not changed our line of inquiry, and
. so far as we in this city are con
cerned. have neither, sought a
blood relaUve of Mrs. W. S. O. Wil
liams, the woman who was with Mr,
Roberts at the time he was called
" from his rolling chair and shot down
on the board walk, nor have we made
, any inquiries as to- his present
'whereabouts. I have, as yet received
. ; no report from Baltimore that satis-
' fles me with the result' of investiga
tions In that city. I .believe that the
, Baltimore police could clear up tho
Question of Mr. Williams' wnere
abouts on the night of the. shooting
In a convincing manner, and - in
.very short while if they chose to 'do
so. But we are not getting tne com
r, plete co-operation that I had hoped
for. . I understand that 0TTneirr-imia
th e of Mrs. Williams is .' connected
with. the Baltimore police board
.. do not know that this has had any
effect upon the investigation. v I have
- read all that has been printed from
, Baltimore, but shall ' continue f my
inquiry aiong tne lines originany oe
termlned ; ajpon until I have h good
' .reason' for a change. i.--,-i; -.
' NO DEVELOPMENTS. .
''So far . as to-day's ' developments
are concerned, there is really nothing
new; Mrs. Williams is still in the
. ' city and I have absolute faith in the
. promise she gave me , Friday thsjt
' she would remain here and be avail
ble whenever her presence might
be desired by the authorities."
- Chief Woodruff said he had not
. been able, to get a statement from
f Mr. ' Roberts prior to 'yesterday's
operation. - ,
. '-"Have you definitely-cast aslda the
highway . robbery'' theory T" . Chief
. Woodruff was asked. The reply was
a question to the interviewer. "Would
a hlahway robber deliberately shoot
a man who was not offering the
slightest resistance to . his ' demands T
After - hoTdlng . up his . victim . In a
r lonely spot, would a robber, - after
shooting, run away , with no thought
, of the $1,600 In Jewels and money
that were invitingly at his mercy T"
. The Atlantic City police resent the
statements or the mends of Mr.
; Roberts and of the , Williams' that
- their refusal to accept the robbery
theory Is .flue to . their Jeatouny of
.a. .a i a h.. . , '
Aiwiiiiu m gouu name. , iney as-
-clare that with what meagre material
they are able to secure they are
going ahead with the investigation
along , lines", that seem . rational .to
-.-them. ; ' ': ' ''
' WILLIAMS FAMILY ON SAND.
Mrs. Williams is -surrounded, by
. several members of her family, who
- are denying her to all visitors. . One
of her brothers, . Thomas de Ford, it
- was stated here to-day,- is still - at
Narraganaett . Pier, and Is quoted as
saying that the first intimation he
had of the shooting was in a Chicago
'paper last Thursday, He had gone
to Chicago Tuesday, he said, on a
- "matter of business. He also accuses
, the Atlantic City police of refusing,
for professional reasons, to entertain
the robbery theory.) which he declared
appeared Vo him the only tenable
.one. -'.'V V"'': '
' ' The chief figures in the shooting
and the attending .investigation are
among the prominent members of
Baltimore's : most exclusive social
sets. Their family connections, it-is
stated, extend far back in the lineage
of Maryland's oldest f ami Ilea, .-. 1
A bulletin posted at police head
- Oaartens to-night -stated that ' Mra
Williams had left the Hotel -Brighton.
where she had been stopping. TheH
move to i, mora secreted - place. . it
was announced, was with the consent
of tlui rvnllMi 1nartment. and It an. a
again stated Mrs. Williams won 11
appear - at any time she might be
wanted. - 1 :
It was mid late to-nlght that Mr.
Roberts had undergone a slight
change for the worse. ' This called
forth a rumor that an 'ante-mortem
statement had been secured, but no
confirmation of the report could b
' obtained from the authorities, and
It was-not strongly credited..
Mrs. Willlamh at Home; PrrbUrts la
Her Robber Theory. v.
Baltimore, AU. 80. Mrs. W. 8. O.
Williams in at her country residence
In Long Green Valley. Baltimore
county, having arrived there to-day.
That is the only actual fact' In the
day's-Baltimore history of the in
vestigatlon Into tho rhpo.lng lasrt
Wednesday night, on the board walk
st Atlantic Cia.pf Charles. B. Rob
erts, Jr,- of this city, upon which
occasion he was taking a ride in a
wheel chair ith Mrs. Wllllama :
At her country home to-faight Mra
Williams -aid: .
"It is utterly ridiculous to nay that
any one hnt a robber hot Mr
Roberts and I am surprised that U.v
police are continuing to follow up!
the cse on any thr theory. Th
man who shot Mr.-Roberts couM cq,:
BIG FIEEJN -OBLEAKS
SWEEPS OVEU THREE BLOCKS.
nrcmen Enjojiwr Their Annual Plc
iiic at Suburban Park and the
Blaze. tleta a Good Headway Be-
l -tore TUey Get to Work on It-The
. Devastated Section M: e-Up Large
ly of Old Wuoietio iiuuamg
L Which Bum Like Tinder liquor
in Two Big Warehouses Explodes
"' and Keeps Jlrcmen on the Anxious
Seat Tho Property Loss Will
. Reach Betwen On and Two Mil
lions Fire Contlnaes to Barn Well
into tne Aigut. . ...
New Orleans, Aug. 80. Fire which
broke out in the centre of the -commercial
'district - here this afternoon
swept over portions of 1 three blocks,
destroying a large number 'of whole
sale houses, : manufacturing plants
and f amal' t stores. Originating; at
Bienville and , Chartres ; atreeta, the
flamas worked thelr'way north as
far as Contl street andJwest toward
Royal) -bringing about. a property loss
of between one and, two million dol
lars before they were finally subdued.
Several circumstances combined to
give the fire a headway which proved
harm to overcome. At the time the
alarm was turned in, shortly before 8
O'clock,' the : New Orleans . firemen,
were In the midst of their annual pie-
nfo at suburban park and the engines
and patrols responded with' a 'mere
handful of men. It was fully an hour
before the department' was in a posi
tion to make anything. like a success
ful fight against the fire, and, even
then - the handicap against it .- was
added to by an ; Inadequate supply
of water. ' "1 : V:."
A SPECTACULAR BLAZB
The fire was' one of the most spec
tacular that Jias occurred In New Or
leans during recent years. The sec-,
tlon devastated was made up largely
of old buildings, ! some" over a half
century in use. ; They proved like so
much Under to the flames, and fan
ned by a high wind, the, fira made
rapid -progress. ,.v."'; '- h
Two warehouses, filled .with wines
and liquors, were among the buildings
destroyed by the fire. .- As they burn
ed the barrels of ' whiskey . and
brandy - exploded with . thunderous
roars which could be heard for blocks
and which shook the walls of adjoin
ing buildings and . enflangered ' the
lives of firemen engaged in fighting
the flames. " ' ..'-'-.'' "" K',r-:i
It was not until several hours had
lapsed that.the fire waj gottes un
der control. -and even, then It con
tinued to burn well into "the nlght'Y"
Among the establishments burned
were: Central . . Glass - Company,
George D. Scott, lighting and electrlo-
at instruments; - Heldenheim, Levy
and Weiss, shirt-manufacturer; Hoehn I
end Dleth, "vholesal millinery; Kost
Commission Company; Paul GelpJ and
Sons, wholesale liquor dealers; New
Orleans" Junk Comjny; Isidore
Keifer & Oo., boots and shoes;
Thomas L) Harris, wholesale liquor
dealer. , 4 -
KILLED IX PAMXLT QUARREL.
TallaliaiMcean Bites the Dust and Two
Men and a Woman Are . Held to
..Answer For tho Killing. y 4....
Tallahasses, f Fla.r Aug. 0. In a
shooting affray last 'night at this
lace Jim Duncan was killed.
Investigation has consumed all day
to determine whether the man was
shot by one Harvey, who: was visiting
at the Duncan home, or by the wife of
Will Duncan, a brother of the "dead
man. Harvey and Wul Duncan- and
his trite were all arrested. , ; '
Mrs. Duncan, the accused, was sent
to the insane asylum at noon to-day,
having given violent symptoms of de
rangement. '-:. -.V.,-,", 4
In a statement made shortly before
his death, Jim Duncan said be was
shot by his brother's wlf e but evi
dence brought out during the investi
gation points strongly to Harvey.
The shooting grew out of a family
auarret' V. ,r .
Aged ' Man Walks a Hundred Miles
to Jtaiiui rroemse. ,.
- Huntsvtlle, " Ala- Aug 80. Charles
Eaton, an aaed one-armed man who
had been released from Jail , by
Federal Judge Hundley, to v visit his
sick - wife, surrendered himself , last
night after having walked over : 109
miles to .fulfill his promise to return.
After visiting his wife at Winchester,
Ten n., Eaton found himself without
funds and waa forced to walk back
to Huntsvine, where he was serving
sentence xor illicit aistuiing. t
Columbia State to Support E. D.
? Smith For Senate. , " w.
Special te The Observer .;-' ,K
Columbia, & C. Aug, lO.-The State wlQ
to-morrow come out vigorously in - ad
vocacy of E. D. Smith's candidacy tor
the Senate. It does not assail Mr. Evans
acrimoniously, but compares reeords tef
Mr. Bmith's aavsntsge. ; v-'f'
have been .anything else but . 'one
wanting money, He was a starving
man. I had the opportunity - to . sen
him well, and the clothes he wore and
his whole appearance proved what
.wit He was a poor, wretched.
ignorant, man," who wanted- money
na supposed thst if he held us um
Mr. ' Roberts would rive It to kink
am sure he would have demanded ttftrtance but it will be
or any one elan rf we had - not
happened along first." .
The - Baltimore police have abonr
ceased work on the case, having ac
complished all they were asked t
o to learn the whereabouts f
Williams last Wednesday and Thurx
day -to the expressed satisfaction of
Detective Wilson, of the Atlantic
City force, who has been here several
days. Police Marshal Farnan J
censedTbecause of S dispatch ouotllirt
Chier Vkoodrurr. or Atlantic City, as
saying that the Baltimore officers
have not given proper assistance In
the case. Marshal Farnan said to
night: ,
"If Chief Wrodruff said that we
were tying hlh hapds, he ih htatlng
what Is not true. I have been doing
everything in my power to aid De
tective Wilson and have placed any
number of men that he desired al
his disposal." -
FAYETTEVILLE IS TESTED
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STOOD THE i PLOOD LIKE ROCK.
Tellow Waters of Capo Fear Surged
,in Vaja Against tho Clarendon and
A, C. Lv BHdpres at Fayetteville,
. and the City Plucks Up Courage
and Begins to Be 'Herself Again
Electric: Lights Shine Luridly Over
Muddy Streets and Houses, tho
Homeless Are Cared For and Itfcrtd
Health Precautions Are Being
'iaiten--Loss In County of Comber
land - Placed at $260,000 Traflio
- let isadly Crippled. -,.. '
Special to The Observer. - , ; . ,t
Fayetteville, Sept. 80. The v sun is
snming. the skies are blue, "tha mists
have rolled away" and the waters are
going down. The two ACL. iron
bridges across the Cape Fear have
stood the test;., the Clarendon bridge,
wnn immense brick pillars end
wooden superstructure, is a monu
ment to the contractor, the late A,, J,
Klvett, of Cumberland county.
tremendous flood of waters has surged
through the.' windows - and over the
floors; great timbers and masses
debris have heaten against, its pillars,
but it has stood imore solidly than a
stone wall. The old Clarendon bridge
was burned by; Confederate General
Hardee in March, 1885, to retard
Sherman's pursuing -foreee.' It was
then private property, owned -chiefly
Dy-A. A. McKethan and H. and K
Lilly. , These gentlemen rebuilt It In
is5- with A. j.Klvett as con
tractor; it was then a toll, bridge
About ;.twenty-flve years ago, by an
election of the voters of Cumberland,
it was made a free bridge and bonds,
some 3(,000, were issued for Its pur
chase and how after forty-two years
it has stood the brunt in the great
est flood ever known in the history of
the Cape Fear. The memorable
flood of 1901 was 68 feet and 8 Inch
es, -while this one at the floodtide
was 71 feet and' 8 Inches. The
Fayetteville or western end of the"
bridge la raised somewhat by the Im
mense pressure of backing water, and
the wooden superstructure is perhaps
somewhat awry t but it is impossible
t this writing to give an estimate of
tne damage to this end. - - -
As to the country precincts it Is
Impossible to do anything but esti
mate the loss. - The east side of the
river from upper Cumberland all. the
way to Wilmington has been flooded
as never before, though ln sections
the west side has also suffered heaV'
lly. Whole stretches of country but
recently dotted with farm houses and
plantations of splendid growing-crops
are now covered by a vast lake or
muddy flood water. A conservative
and ell-informed , citizen to-day
placed the loss v In Cumberland
county In crops, live - stock, houses.
hams and the like at 8280,000, but
this Is only estimated and may be
overestimated when the facts . are
known. . ' v--?-'" v'.',nt -r ' "
HUNDRED HOMELESS FAMILIES,
Capt. J. D. McNeill, chairman of
the citlsens relief committee,' inform
ed The Observer correspondent to-day
that he was 'confident the community
eould amply take care of the suffer
ers In the city, but the statu In the
country is as - yet unknown. About
one hundred families In lower Fay
etteville were forced to leave perma'
nently their entirely . submerged
homes, while many others were tern
porarlly compelled to leave but have
race been able to return. Precau
tlons are being taken by the health
officers to prevent the spread of dis
ease, and lime and disinfectants are
being freely used. ..In the debris and
trash caught In the Clarendon bridge
there are numerous mocassin snakes,
frogs and other reptiles which have
sought refuge- there from the vast
flood of rolling waters. -,.,
The city is to-night lighted again
by electricity, the plant being able to
resume operations. ;. .: : ;
No through, trains can run on the
A C. L.' and travel has not yet been
resumed on the Raleigh A South port.
Five hundred handa are at work on
the A. C. L." main line east of the
Cape Fear river repairing, several
miles of track washed away.
TRYING TO TRAVEL BY - WATER.
Marooned Passengers at Wilmington
Ask Government For Loan of Kev
cnuo Cutter to Take Them to Char
leston Railway ixnea xet ilea up.
Special to The Observer. .ir ;,
Wilmington. Ag- 18. From the
best Information here : to-night the
flood . conditions in eastern Carolina
and adjacent territory in South Caro
lina are slowly abating. Railway
transDortation over the Atlantic Coast
Line and Seaboard Air Line, except
from1 here to Hamlet over the 'latter
and from Wilmington to Sanford via
Chadbourn and El rod. Wilmington to
Marlon, 8. C-. and north with trans
fer over the weuse river ana from
Wilminrton to'Newbern over the A.
C. Lu, is practically tied tip.
More than a aunarea passengess
bound south on through trains Nos.
85 and 88 are marooned here and
at Marlon, S. C, until the conditions
are relieved. Some of these have
important business engagements south
and are chafing under the delay. An
effort was made here to-day to char
ter a steamer for the trip as far south
as Charleston, but none of the local
crafts had paasenger license for out
side service and a request has been
made of the Treasury Department at
Washington to allow the rsvenaa cut
ter, Seminole to take the marooners
around. An effort was made to
catch one of the Clyde liners by wire
less this afternoon, but this failed and
the delayed passengers are making
the best of a rather .awkward situa
tion. ::,, S - -' ...-:::: : . -
All trains are being operated with
extreme caution oser' all short lines
out of Wilmington. - , This morning
two an! one-half mile beyond Lam-
berton a stretch of track about-two
miles long was Inundated and the
train from Hamlet was delayed sev
eral hours, but a material train from
Hamlet, was . expected . to repair the
trouble by to-night, Estimates of
crop damage are still much at va-
great. , The
damage to the Coast Line alone will
oe way up in the thousands, and of
ficials, here are working to taelr ut
most to restore anything like normal
conditions, which are expected to be
reeumed'Tuesday or Wednesday.
At Wilmington and in the vicinity
little damage has been done, but when
the worst of the flood stage reaches
the 'low area between the city and
Navassa to-night some damage to the
numereus raUway tracJis- tbre Is ex
pected to result. ,
WATERS FALLING. RAPIDLY.
Flood Kit nation Thronghont Sooth
Caroline Improving Rapidly First
Train Over the Coant Line Gets In.
Columbia. S. C Aug. 10. Th flood
situation throughout Fouth Carolina
to-night howe considerable Improve
ment. Vvater In the vsrious rivers
and creeks is falUflf ropldly and some
progress is being made in the mat
ter of repairing railroad and . county
h The first railroad train' over the
Atlantic Coast Line from Florence - to
Columbia sir;t Thursday ntzht. ar
rived here about' noon to-day. being
a few minutes late. The Watcree
liver : bridge- wh'ch) , has been under
wuter, for three days' was passed over
eaieiy and found to be little damaged.
No tralna .are moving north of
Florence owing to the unsate condi
tion or tne Pee Dee river bridge.
-The line from Columbia to Char
leston to open by the way of Black
vine, increasing the distance about t
miles. n-. ' - v ' . .-.
The. Southern Railway bridge over
Congaree rtver is temporarily repair
ed a-!d tra:ns are moving Into and
out of Columt-in over tnat line.
The -.lr.es betaeen Columbia . and
Spart.twburg,v and -Colnmbla and
Greenville are still blocked and it
cannot be said when traffic will be re
aumed on thepe roads. '.. ?
- The bodies of the little Hlnson boy
and the nerra oriver of Henry Sav
age; of Camdtn. who-' were drowned
when tho toll bridge over the Wa
teree river at Camden went down
on Wedn.iday, were recovered to
day. Three or four others who were
on the bridged at. the same time are
still missing.
No report of the conditions at King
ville has been received here to-night.
The Congaree river Is falling and no
doubt the water at that point is re,
ceding. No loss of life has been re
ported there. . . ;
HERCULEAN , TASK AT AUGUSTA.
Per pl Patting Forth Every Effort to
. Bring- Order Unt 01 cnaos work
of Clearing Away the Wreckage
' Will Begin To-Day Aothorilies
Are in Absolute control.
Augusta, Ga.. Aug. 80. The sun
shone out brightly to-day. Augustan
putting aside " everything else, - are
putting forth every energy to the
work of helping the sufferers. Promt
nent men who make up the advisory
and relief committee,, the board of
charities, the Associated Charities,
the Salvation Army and King's
Daughters are working hand in hand.
The work is very thorough). The
task, however, Is herculean. There
is need for clothing, new or half
worn, mattresses, etc., and surround
Ing cities would help greatly by
sending such articles.
Bread gave out Saturday ' night,
but six thousand loaves got 'in to
day from Atlanta and Charleston,
and- Savannah is sending 2,000 loaves
to-night. ,
Cleaning up and clearing Saway
wreckage will be begun Monday
morning. The county.- convicts, the
city convicts and as many thousand
men as can be employed to go to
"work- to-day on the streets, sewers.
canals, etc. -The hoard of health has
the sanitation situation well in hand
The police, with emergency deputies.
are in absolute control. There is na
loitering or rowdyism. -
The city "is asking the Georgia
United States Senators to urge . the
War. Department. to immediately send
here an engineer to inspect the flood
situation along the river with a view
to : future consideration of measures
on the part or the government .lot
protection to tne city,.-col. Dan u
Kingman, United estates engineer In
charge of this district, has beeh ap
pealed to by wire to come te Au
gusta at once, with the" same purpose
in view. - -V- 1 '!-
U. S. Engineer Sent to Augusta-
Atlanta, Ga.. Aug.' 80. Brigadier
General Potts, commanding the de
partment of the Gulf, to-night stated
that he had sent Captain Huguet to
Augusta to make . an Investigation of
the flood situation there. Captain
Huguet. has been instructed to report
to the department to-morrow what
react is necessary. . - -;
PEE DEE ON A RAMPAGE.
Parts of Williamsburg and Florence
Counties In South Carolina Flooded
One Family Supposed , to Have
Been Drowned, , .
Columbia, S. C, Aug. 80. A special
to The State from Lake City says:
The lower part of - Williamsburg
county and that' part of Florence
county between the Pee : Dee and
Lynch's rivers are devastated. Holes
15 feet deep have been washed under
the Coast Line track at Effingham and
a part of the bridge has been swept
away at Bass wagon "bridge. Further
down the water is four jniies wide. -
It, Is thought that William McAllis
ter and family "have oeath drowned
When last heard from, they were on
the top of the house shouting for help,
No one could reach them and finally
the shouts ceased. Mules and horses
have been drowned and. hogs .and
chickens, have been 'Swept away by
hundreds.
Scores of people drove from Lake
City to render assistance. Two men
launched a boat and made for Bass'
bridge but turned back, saying the
current was too swift The rise at
sundown was one foot an hour. This
is the worst flood ever known In this
section. . , - -'- ' . ' ,- ? .
MOUNTAIN REGION ESCAPED.
Southern's Ashevllle-Marphy Line Lit
tle Datnagrd by Recent- Rains
Traffic on That Branch Heavy,
Special to Ths Observer. , '
Bryson City, Aug. 80. The recent heavy
rains did Uttle damage In this section.
With the exception of a smalt slide which
occurred a few miles below here and sev
eral minor washout, no damage has been
done on the Murphy branch ol the South
ern and trains have generally been on
time, t : "-.-.' -
Trafflo has been very heavy lor the
greater part of the summer and the facili
ties of ths road have been taxed te the
utmost. A dispatcher recently stated that
mors freight was being handled new than
at any other time 'la the history of the
road. The new line whlcb is being built
by the Southern from Bushnet to Knox
villa, Tenn., has been partially completed
and trains now, run regularly as far as
Eagle ceek. This country comprises some
the best timbered lands In ths State
and a large Increase In shipments of lum
ber and tanbark has been the result of
opening It up. ; '
NEARLY STABBED; TO DEATH.
A Twin Clty .Towth, Jn 'a General
Fight, rares iiauiy aoa ai ay. Ptfu
Special t The Observer. . , . J .
Winston-Salem. Aug. 80. Danger
ously, perhaps fatally wounded. Sid
Chandler, a young white man, - was
found early-taw- morning; -Wed4
nd unconscious, on the ground near
the home of Millie Bullock, a white
woman, on Crawford street. He
had been cut and stabbed on toeH
body. At the Twin. City Hospital.
where the young man was taken, it
was said this afternoon that he was
olng as well as couM bo expected.
it Is beiievea by the police that
Chandler wss In a neral nht among
evrsl men. Several arrests will
te male, it Is said.-
FORECAST OF WEEK'SMWS
POLITICS TO PLAY STRONG PART
The last of the Notification Oremon
, Jra W1U Take Place When tlte Can
- dldates of the Hearst Party Arc
I Told of Their Nomination To-XIght
Vermont Holds a State Election
. Tuesday Bryan , Will Speak at
, St. Paul To-Day and In Other CI tlon
Tuesday, Wednewlay and Thursday
lull 10 Attend tne urand Army
- Reunion In Toledo Sherman . to
Sfirak Tuesday In New York Tlie
. natUcslilp Fleet to Be hi the Public
Politics 1 undoubtedly. will play : a
commanding part In the-new of the
week for hardly a day will pass with
out a political speech or occurrence of
wide Interest. ' On Monday night the
last ceremonies 'of - notification to
presidential and vice presidential can
didates of their nomination for tae
high offices, will be held. .Thomas L.
HIsgen and John Temple Graves, re
SDectlvelv presidential and vice presi
dential nominees of the Independence
party, will then be lnrmed In New
Tork or the action or tne convention
of their party lnv selecting them to
make the race. ; ' -.
Vermont will take the centre of the
stage on Tuesday, the first on tho list
to hold a State election. This being
a presidential year and the efforts of
the campaign managers to make an
impressive showing having been exert
ed In assigning speakers of national
prominence to lend their aid in tne
Green Mountain State, the returns
will he scanned with Interest.
BRYAN AT ST. PAUL TO-DAY.
Mr. Bryan, the Democratic candi
date for the presidency, is scheduled
to speak, at St. Paul; on Tuesday In
Grand rorsa ana Fargo, mona ia no
tar on Wednesday in Sioux City, Iowa,
and on Thursday In Lincoln, Neb.
On Wednesday Mr. Taft. the head
of the Republican ticket, will attend
the Grand Army ro-tlnlon In Toledo,
Ohio. This is expected, to be Mr.
Taft's only excursion from Middle
Bass Island where he will spena tne
entire week as the guest of a fishing
club: Mr. Sherman, the vice gresi-
dential candidate of the Republican
Dartr. will speak in New York City
on Tuesday at the formal opening of
the Republican campaign in ' the
Borough of the Bronx. The following
day in Rlchflsld Springs, N. Y he
will address Welch-Americans.
Oovernor Huxhes of New York, on
Saturday -will make the principal ad
dress of tne opening 01 ine wpuv
lican campaign In Youngston, Ohio.
Governor Harris, of Ohio, and 8enktor
Bereridge of Indiana -will also speak
en this occasion.
TOLEDO GETS TWO MEETINGS.
The national encampment ot nm
Grand Army of ths Republic and the
national convention of the Women's
n.iief , rorna will be In session lit
Soledo throughout the week, and the
nlted Spanish War vetorans on
Tuesday will begra a three days .en
campment in Boston.
The United States navy wu v
further prominent representation in
the news by reason of the festivities
in Melbourne, Australia, in honor of
the battleships. These festivities win
begin on Monday and last througnoui
the week, the fleet being scheduled to
..it on Saturday for Aioany, vei
a,, .trail. . for a week's visit befors
departing for ths Philippines, Sep
tember run. : . v -;
TAFT TO FISH A WEEK- "
n.nAAmt Arrlvea - t HUHUe aaa
encrs to Be Held and Many Golf
kXin teats Decided. .
Mtfidia Bass IsUnd, Ohio, Aug,
n wtiiiam H. Taft and party ar
rived at ths Middle Bass Club at I
hl. mnrnlnr. After a four
.le.n the candidate breakfasted
"I 1.,.- ..nlZrt aervicea In the little
chapeL He rested the remainder of
the day. . w.
Th. fourteen speeches which Mr,
T.ff delivered vesterday In the un
expected campaigning he did on tho
trtn thrnnh hla native State from
Virginia Hot Springs left their lm
nrnilnn nn- his voice tO-day. ;
Throughout the four-hour ride on
the lake, which began shortly befors
midnisht last night. Mr. Taft sat on
the deck of Commodore Richardson's
power yscht chatting wun uen. 11. v.
rrnrbln: President Lewis, of the Mld-
iH Rasa Club, and Commodore Rich
ardson., He expressea nimseu as
greatly refreshed by the lake breese
and entlrely satisfied with ths day's
work. - . v v. '.. '..'"
Whtls ths week on ins nsning
grounds 4s primarily for recreation, it
i. Hnderatood several nolltlcal confer
ences may be held. On Wednesday
Mr. Taft will go to xoieao to aaareas
the national encampment of the
Grand Army of the Republic. This
ineerh will not be political.
Tne small isiana on wnicn Mr, 1 an
will finish his prs-csmplgn vacation
is aulet and picturesque, one or
group lying twenty miles off shore,
midway between Cleveland and To
ledo. On end ef the Island Is owned
by the fishing club, where ample ae
rommodailons for Its several hun
dred members are provided by a club
house and a colony or summer cot
tarea .
The Taft family Is quartered In one
of these cottages. Ths csndldate will
divide hjln time between' Ashing for
bass, which Is done from small boats.
and -playing his favorite game of
golf. ;.' :. .''..
TOLEDO READY FOR THE VETS.
Forty-Second " Annual Encampment
of the O. -A. ft. Promlnrs to Go
Down Into - History - ar Great
Ocesslon. 1 -
Toledo.' O.. Aug. 80. A skirmish
line of veterans entered Toledo . to
day, surveyed the Oeautlftillv deco
rated atreeta noted the "Welcome
O. AR." signs on almost every house
and building, scanned the programme
or ramp .urea, parades, music and
spectacles arranged for the fortv-
second national encampment of . the
orand Army or the Republic and
had no questions for the multifarious
man with the "Ask : me" bads.
They -were satisfied.
ine rorty-secona encampment win.
etrans declare, go down In history
with a most laudatory chapter de
voted -to - a - - committee which
bandoned the traditional tents snd
omlctled the oM soldiers tinder real
roof ad-e-ja4-4dA.TJ-J!terai
In Toledo to-nlxht 1 ran no rlk - of
colds snd rheumatism from sleeping
en the straw-strewn ground or from
ew-soaked canvas. - Nor will thoat
ho corn to-morrow, and .. Tuesday.
II will be adequately hou-ed.
The official prormmm witl brain
to-morrow nlsht with a public re
run n at Memorial Hall and a
soectacle. Inrlndlnr maneurres by
the naval mlHtla, on the river. Th
features Tuesday wiU' be a elvlo
ATLANTIC CITY YERX
THE IAD ON TIGHT YESTERDAY
For the Fourth Time in Its Existence
of Fifty-Four Years Measure-Seek -,4ers
at the Famous Resort Find it
: Impossible to Quench Their ; Iloni
? Ing Thirate Tne liquor People
- Keep the . Iw - Closely ' and No
, Troops Are NeededOne of Them
Declares That Hereafter No Ltqoor
' , WIU Be Sold on Sunday Until the
; Laws Are Amended Shutters Co
,; at the 220 Thirst Factories and
There is Absolutely Nothing Doing
in tho Drink. Business, - , : '
; AtlantlcClty, : N. J,' Aug. 80-A
real blue Sunday came , to Atlantic
City to-day. Many - persons familiar
with the history of this far-famed re
sort have been Inclined, to doubt the
possibility of such- a thing, but to
day every one of the 820 saloons and
hotel , bars were closed. They ; were j
closed , alike to , bona fide guests as
well as to strangers just arrived
within ths gates. It is said that this
was the fourth time in the fifty-four
years of its existence that a drinkleas
day had been experienced In Atlantic
City. A bulletin posted at police
headquarters this afternoon stated
' "Saloons all closed. No troops In
town." : '.;,- ?;!.-;.
Another bulletin, officially signed
by the chief, of police consisted of a
card on which was printed:
"In IS St it was 'Hold the fort'
To-day it's 'Fort holds you.' H -
AFRAID OF GOVERNOR FORT,
Governor Fort's ' proclamation of
last week containing bis threat to send
troops to the seashore In the event of
a further violation of the Sunday-clos
ing law had Its effect Saloon-keepers
and hotel men reluctantly accepted
the advice of the mayor and, bf ths
more conservative members or tne
saloon men's organisation and closed
their places of business as tightly as
they .knew how. Screens came tumb
ling down Saturday midnight and re
mained down all day. Boardwalk
cafes that on Sundays past have been
thronged to their utmost capacity,
serving liquors and food, to-day were
all but deserted. WhKe-aproned
waiters stood Idly by the . vacant
chairs surrounding the once cosy lit
tle tables and thought regretfully of
the. Sundays that wers gone. . -During
the height of the afternoon crush on
the boardwalk to one of the most
widely known cafes facing the famous
seaside thoroughfare disclosed . the
fact. that not a single patron was In
the place. Ths proprietors declared
that the loss of the drink privilege
has carriedUwith It a nearly equal loss
in the sale of foodstuff. -. There was
a decided decrease in the else of the
vlsltlng throng to-day, though many
persons came irom rniiaaeipnia ana
New York out of sheer curiosity to
see what Atlantle City, ths play
ground of the cities, looked like on a
dry Sunday. The weather was well
nigh Ideal and ordinarily the ' Inn
keepers declared they would have had
their facilities taxed to handle the
crowd. The majority of tho board
walk multitude hers, however, seem
ed not to mind the change of con
dltlons and enjoyed themselves In
other ways during the morning? and
afternoon. The gay night in the
cafes, ths music and the singing, were
perhaps missed more than any other
feature of the resort s changed Sun'
day life.
LAW WILL BE) OBEYED.
A spokesman for 'the affected 11
quor interests, and 'one of the local
political leaders, declared that the
loss of to-day's closing would amount
approximately to 8180,000. . Ha de
clared that the saloons would - close
every sundsy hereafter until some
warrant of law will permit of their
remaining open.
, "We will appeal to the Legislature
when it meets In January end have
high hope of securing some sort of
relief." he said. "We will work for
ths passags of a local option law
which will pat the question squarely
up to tne people of the city and
county. Wa have been keeping open
In the past as a result of a public
sentiment which ws believed to be in
our favor. If we are wrong we are
willing to abide by the decision of our
own people. . The permanent closing
of the saloons and hotel bars un
questionably would hurt the resort
and none", of us want to see that"
The authorities of the city we
much pleased with the thorough man
ner In whlcb ths law was to-day com
plied with. Chief of Police Wood
ruff stated that he had expected there
would be a number of arrests for ex
cise violations, but up to a late hour
to-night there had been none, what
ever may be their attitude in the fu
ture the liquor men capitulated
unanimously to-day. Many at
tempts in devious ways were mads by
the old patrons to secure concessions
of some sort to-day. but there were
no special ravors to be baa any
where along ths line.
parade and the dedication of ths
Fort Mlegs monument t On' Wednes
day,, ths big dsy of the encampment
the veterans will parade, and on the
following days officers for the follow
ing year will be electea. ' , -ANOTHETt
SPEECH-MAKING TOUR
William J. Bryan Leaves Lincoln to
'Deliver Four Speeches Candidate
Attends Religions Services as Usual.
Lincoln. Neb.. Aug. 10. William J.
Bryan, Democratic candidate for
president to-day started on another
speech-making tour. . He left hers at
4:80 o'clock for St. Paul, where to
morrow he will speaa at the State
fan grounds, bis remarks dealing with
ths subject of governmental extrava
gance. Three other speeches wilt be
delivered fcefore . he returns here
Thursday. These will be at Fargo
snd Orand Forks, N. D andf Sioux
City, I. No particular topic will be
discussed, but it is the intention of Mr.
Bryan to deal generally with the 1-!
sues of the campaign;
The Ohio speech of Mr. Taft yes-;
terday In which he entered at some
length Into the .'labor question,- was
carefully read by Mr. Bryan, but he
declined to make any comment re
garding It '
As usual, '.Mr. Brransttended-re-
Jlglou services to-day In the little
Methodist church at Normat. a short
distance from Falrview. - He waa se-
companled by the entire family, the
carriage being driven by hlmnelf.
By dint ef hard work the Demo
cratic candidate last night completed
bis lienor isy ani reoria speeches
and will be given to the prees as
sociations for d!trtSuUon monr the
Capers.
GEN; A. P. STEWAET PASSES
FAMOUS COXFEDE1LVTE OFFICEI-
Aged soldier Dies at HU Home iii
, Jiiloxi. MJxrt. a he Ah But One of
' tho Lieutenant Genera la of the
Confederate Arntv Grad-uated With
'.Honors From the United States
: (Military Academy In 1612 and at
: the Outbreak of the Clvfl War Waa
- Appointed a IlrWrarticr General
' Clone of (lie War round Him In
Command of the Army of Tennea
see Mved Mo of His Ufe In That
State Was 87 Years Old Sketch
, of His Career. .
Blloxl, Miss., Aug. 30. Gen, Alex
ander P. Stewart one of the last two
surviving lieutenant- generals of tho
Confederate States army, died at his
home here to-day. Although in his
87th year and suffering from the in
firmities of old . age. General Stew-
- w . ww ev sau'icii ea uu ' c it 1 ' 1 -3
as a distinct shock to his relatives
and friends. .;':.; "': .
General Stewart had been In fall
ing health here at the home of his
son. Dr. A.' P. Stewart, for a year or
""e. jjeatn was due to heart dis
ease. ' , -.r.v . ;.- ..-
k PHuve or Tennessee,' ..oenerai
Srewart lived the greater part of his
life In that. State, but 'Of late had
been making his . borne in - Biloxt,
where he found the salt air and pin
wooda of great benefit to his health.
He was born at Rogersvllle Hawkins
county, Tennessee, October Sd, 1821.
and received his early education rln
that State. Later he was appointed
to the United States Military Academy
at West Point, and graduated with
honors from that Institution in June.
A ,1 . . . 1 . m . . . . '
a uio uuiuroun ui tne civil war
he was commissioned as a brigadier
general in the Confederate - States
army, made a major general In 1888
and received his commission as a
lieutenant general one year later.
The close or the wsr found him in
command of the army of Tennessee.
Only three months sgo Gen.
Stephen D. Lee. commander-in-chief
of the United Confederate Veterans,
who held the commission of a lieu-'
tenant renerai in in i'itnr.ii.i
answered the last roll call, and his
death left only two officers of the
Confederacy of equal t rank. These
were General Stewart and " Gen.
Simon Bolivar Buckner. of Kentucky.
General ': Stewart's death to-day.
therefore, leaves General Bucknea as
the only surviving lieutenant general
In the Confederacy States army.
AN EDUCATOR AFTER WAR. ' ,
After resigning from the United
States army prior to the civil war,
Oenerai Stewart filled the chair of
mathematics and national philosophy
.ft riiMih.,I.Mi fTnli,.Mlttf TAMn&AA
After the close of hostilities be
tween the States he gave himself wp
to the education of Southern youth
and served from 1874 to 1888 as chan
cellor of the University of Mississippi.
In 1890 he was appointed one of the
commissioners of the Chlckamauga
National Park and from that time
nntil he moved to Biloxt he made his
home at Chattanooga, Tenn.' General
Btewart spent ths last years of his
life devoting himself largely to liter
ary work. He was regarded as an
authbrlty on the stirring events which
had marked the country during his
life tlms and several high honors were
conferred upon him -in ?, connection
with this work, among them a fellow
ship in the Royal Historical Society.
' General Stewart married at Warren,
Ohio, in 1845, Miss Harriet Byron
Chase. . She died in 1888. .
THE HOLDER BILL TO-DAY.
Georgia Senate Win Take Up the
Question or Terminating the Con-
1 . c .... .
Atlanta. Oa- Aug. 20. When the
Senate meets to-morrow It wilt have
before It for a first reading the
Holder bill to terminate the convict
lease system, which passed the
House last Friday. -
The measure -will have to be read
on three separate days In the Senate
before' it can be taken up and put on
Its passage. -
No convict bill has yet been nassed
by the dipper body, although the
extra session! began work on last
Tuesday. A compromise bill signed
by twenty-three Senators was Intro
duced on Friday and will be read for
second time to-morrow. This pro
vides for the termination of the sys
tem of leasing convicts on April 1st.
108. on the last day of March of
next year the present .contracts ex
pire. - . - : . .-' .
Ths Holder bin provides that the
convicts may again be leased after
April lat next but. provides that all
counties wishing them for road work
may have first choice: that count!.'
desiring more than their - pro rata
share for road ' work shall need to
be accommodated: that municipali
ties shall then be provided for. e I
any convicts remaining shall 1
leased to provide . the contract, . 1
until December 81st 1911. At that
date the lease system shall end. Th
fund which will be accumulated in
the meantime Is to be spplled to th
extension of the plan of using all t:
felony and misdemeanor convicts
the State in improving the pub:
highways, buildings and maintainor ;
bridge and other public works. -
There Is a probability that a lively
fight may be projected over the sug
gestion to tax the manufacture a n I
sals of near beer to provide Tmvev 1
for the penitentiary system. If t
Senste passes the income tax smer t-
ment It will also meet with vlgorci
opposition in tne House. -
FOUND DEAD IN HIS OFFICr
8. ft. Rran, a Leading .Kitrw-r
nle!gb, a Victim of Heart ii
Me. -
By bell Telephone to The Observ
Ralelxh, Aug. 80. Cold an t t
death tne body of Mr. S. u. 1
lawyer of this city, was Xou 1 ;
night at 11 o'clock In his o: ..
the Commercial and Farmers' I
Building. Mr. Ryan had prot.
been dead for twelve or fifteen hv
as he had not been seen all cay. 1
some time he had been a sul "
from asthma but death Is surr
to have been from heart trout !.
Mr. Ryan was one of the 1, ,
lawyers of the city and-.er.i v ;
large practice. He is survivu 1
Promer, who lives la Galveston.. 2
His wife snd child, died some y
ago. The funeral arraneemen' "i
not been completed but ths bur. . 1
probably be to-morrow af..-r:
Ilorkffeller Offers r.x -lm .
, Sum of li.'.o.Cs' 1.
New York. An r. SO. U -
here tc-inlght tiiat John I
ft 11 r. through the U'n
ttonal Board of this c:
ed KichnionJ Co!:.-?, I
8150, 000 on ond.i. mi i
tit of the ,c:ate ra .--
8 350.000. H
Jfcltef.-ller's ltont n :
offer was to ; ;
ment Of a grt t t
unler the , t;