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J. J. MINER, Mgr, BREVARD, TRANSYLVANIA CO., N. C., FRIDAY, AUGUSTJ, 1908. VOL. XIII. NO. 32.
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CAWOT UME MAILS
Letters Soliciting Liquor Orders
Illegal in Georgia.
IS m seuTg decision
Court Holds That Solicitation by Mail is
Same as by Person, Therefore
Constitutes a Crime.
Atlanta, Ga.—That Uncle Sam can-
npt be used as an agent in the solici
tation of orders for liquor to be ship
ped to Georgia was decided by the
court of appeals in a decision hand
ed down in the cast of R. M. Rose vs.
the State of Georgia,
This decision is one of the most in
teresting and far-reaching since the
adoption of the prohibition law, and
itj interpretation by the supreme
court.
Tlie prohibition law prohibits the
sale of liquors in Georgia, or the
soliciting or taking of orders for the
sale of liquors in this state. The court
of appeals now holds that solicitation
may Ik- made by letter, and that when
such a letter from a seller in another
state is received and opened by a citi
zen of Georgia it is as much solicita
tion as though the writer of the let
ter had appeared in person.
The law governing unmailable mat
ter, passed by congress, prohibits the
shipment of intoxicating liquors
through the mails. Hereafter in Geor
gia. under this decision, no solicita
tion by letter looking to the sale of
liqUor in Georgia may be sent through
the mails in this state. The crime of
sendins^ such a letter is committed at
the point where the letter is received,
and takes effect.
The decision rendered says: “The
OF POLiTiCAL INTEREST.
Governor Campbell was re-elected
for another term as governor of
Tex^s.
Frknk H. Hitchcock spent most of
Sunday morning in company with Wil
liam J. Bryan in the Auditorium An
nex Hotel, Chicago. Politics was not
mentioned, and both seemed to have
enjoyed the incident.
The Taft banner which hangs over
a street in Lincoln, Neb., will possi
bly be removed on the day that Mr.
Bryan is formally notified of his nom
ination.
The executive committee of the re
publican party, as named by Chair
man Hitchcock, follows: Charles F.
Brooker, Connecticut; T. Coleman du
Pont, Delaware; William E. Borah,
Idaho; Frank O. Dowden, Illinois;
Charles Negle, Missouri; Victor Kose-
water, Nebraska; William L. Ward,
New York; Edward Duncan. North
Carolina, and Boise Penrose, Pennsyl
vania.
Governor Hughes of New York has
announced as a candidate to succeed
himself. It is stated that the party
organization of his state does not
want him, but to ignore him would
mean the withdrawal of independent
voters from the support of the state
ticket.
After a seven-hour conference, in
Chicago with William J. Bryan and
John W. Kern, respectively democrat
ic nominees for president and vice
president, the subcommittee of the
national committee made its selec
tions of the oflBicers of the commit
tee. It was the first time In many
years that a national chairman had
been selected by the democratic par
ty only after a bitter contest had been
waged. The officers are as follows :
Chairman, Norman E. Mack, Buffalo,
N. Y.; vice chairman, L. P. Hall, Ne
braska; treasurer. Governor C. N.
Haskell, Oklahoma; sergeant-at-arms,
John 1. Martin, Missouri; secretary,
state may punish for a crime com-1 Urej Woodscn, Kentucky,
rcitted through the mails as a medium | William Randolph Hearst has re-
Avithout in any sense infringing the i turned from abroad and upon his ar-
undoubted right of the national gov- • rival gave out ^ statement to the ef
cniment to control the mail. Freedom j feet that he would not be the candi
to use the mails does not extend to j (jate of the Independence League for
theli' use as a means of committing; ^^1^0 presidency.
crijne.’’ The solicitation of orders for j rpj^g course of the price of stocks
hquor is a crime in Georgia. There-: ^ew York on Saturday was ascrib-
foie, ?ucli solicitations sent through I interpretation placed on
the mail, even though they be mailed j Taft’s speech of acceptance of
ouibule of tlie state, become a crime. nomination for president, of which
vben the letters are received within j advance copies had been distributed.
Ais state. As to whether or not 1 cjaims of a knowledge of the con-
is, a violaUou of intersttae commerce, | were made the basis for pub-
Judge Rwssell h\ tliis decision declares comments which were circulat-
‘ ihe exercise of such state regulati^,, ^ financial district previous to
go far fvom being in conflict with tne .opening of the stock market.
There was some selling at the outset
on the allegation that the Roosevelt
lolicies were reiterated by the candi
date. A substantial demand develop
ed at the decline and a material re
covery followed. Professed ground
power cf congress to regulate inter-
.. 'ate commerce, is expressly allowed
by law,”
LARGE SUIOADE BY MAIL ROBBERY.
eovery luiiuwcu.
Two New York Men Are Arrested , buying was the claim that the
and Confess.
New York City.—By robbing mail
boxes, raising checks found in let
speech of acceptance would be found
satisfactory to the financial world.
As the result of the republican cen
ters, and cashing them by means of ference held in Chicaga, which was
iorgt'd indorsements, two young men j called by Frank H. Hitchcock, chair-
ai rested have obtained between j man of the national committee, head-
§7j JO and $10,000 from more than a' quarters will be established immedi-
sf ore cf banks in and near New j ately in eight states and active cam-
Yovk, v. ithin the last six months, the | paigning for Taft and Sherman be-
police say. Six other men were ar- j gun. The states taking part in the
rested on suspicion of having been i conference were Illinois, Indiana,
implit aied in the robberies. j Iowa, Kentucky, Missouri, Michigan,
I'lobert Cohen-and William Bradley i Minnesota and Wisconsin,
the la st two to be arrested made Henry W’att^rson oT Louis-
wri tu-ii confessions, it is said, and
upon these the other six men were
lakt^n into custody. They said they
were William Butler, John Ryan,
John Ribert, William Esmond, Jos
eph Devlin and Joseph Sullivan. Their
au: s range from 19 to 25 years of
ag<\
Discovery of the scheme was made
through a check for $14 which had
bf'Pu stolen from a letter box and
haibcd to $204. Payment was made
on young Cohen’s indorsement, but
in course of time the check was re
turned as worthless.
ville, Ky., was selected chairman of a
new committee of the democratic par
ty, which will be charged largely with
the publicity of problems of the cam
paign. The body which Colonel Wat-
tersoh will head will be known as the
newspaper committee, its membership
being drawn from the publishers of
all the metropolitan newspapers in
the country which support Mr. Bryan’s
candidacy. Mr, Watterson will name
personnel of the committee later.
John A. Johnson of Minnesota re
ceived a personal letter from W. J.
Bryan, democratic candidate for the
presidency, requesting his early pres
ence at Fairview, and asking him
when he would be available for speak
ing purposes. The latter question is
asked, Mr. Bryan says in his letter,
in view of the numerous requests that
have been received for Governor John
son for speaking dates in the various
states. He says the demand in this
COMMITTEE TO GHEGX FIRE BUGS.
'‘Millionaire Colonies’' Near New
York Are Menaced by Fires.
Xew York City.—So many fires,
cii^arly of incendiary origin, have oc
curred within the last two weeks in
wiiat are known as “Millionaire Colo* j i v +v,
r.Ies ’ of Great Neck, Mass., Fort i respect is general, and he hopes ine
V> iishington and other towns in the Minnesota governor will be able to
North Hempstead district of Long give it his attention,
liland, that radical measures have
bpen determined upon and there is
taitv of the formation of a vigilence
committee.
Among some of the estates affected
ai3 those of William K. Vanderbilt,
J; Clarence H, Mackay, Bourke
C oehran, Howard Gould and Mrs. Sar-
loi'.vhite.
At least one fire has occurred in
STORM SMPS COAST
Center of Disturbance Reported
Near Wilmington, N. C.
UNKNOWN SCHOONER ASHORE
Winds Shifted Sands So at Cape Henry
That Force of Men Were Kept Bnsjr
Clearing Railroad Tracks.
Wilmington, N. C.—The northeast
storm which has been central off the
coast, reached its height and passed,
doing no serious damage. Some anx
iety was felt at Wrlghtsvllle Beach,
on account of the high winds and
tides, and a majority of the resi
dents and transient population left the
resort on special trains.
Norfolk, Va. ^ The West Indian
storm, which swept the Atlantic coast,
reached Hatteras, on the Carolina
coast, with a wind velocity tit fifty
miles an hoxir. The winds shifted the
sand so at Cape Henry that a force
of men had to be kept at work clear
ing the railroad tracks to prevent the
blocking of traffic.
An unknown/ three-masted schooner
is reported ashore at New Inlet, 30
miles down the coast from Cape Hen
ry. Although not on duty, the life-
savers stood by. The vessel was an
chored in the inlet, and the dragging
of her anchor caused her to go
ashore.
New Orleans, La.—In a storm here
four coal-laden barges, valued with
their cargoes at $12,000, sank in the
Mississippi river. The barges be
longed to the Monongahela River Con
solidated Coal and Coke company.
The wind (blew down trees in several
sections of the city, while heavy rains
caused an Inundation of outlying parts
of the city. Skiffs were used in sev
eral streets. Reports from the state
indicated that the storm was general,
and ihat the rice crops in western
Louisiana suffered much damage.
PROSPEROUS E8A FOR THE SOUTH.
J. T. Harahan Says Prospects for a
Good Year Are Bright.
New Orleans, La.—President J. T.
Harahan, of the Illinois Central rail
road in an interview here said; “I
don’t see anything to interfere with
the progress and prosperity of the
south. Conditions are better in our
territory, I know, than for some
months. Crop conditions are much
better than a year ago. The sawmills
have resumed operations, and some'
of the mills are running overtime to
fill their orders. I don’t think the
presidential election will have as
much influence as usual, and it looks
as though we are on the eve of an
era of prosperity, such: as we have
never seen before.
“Europe will deal with the south di
rectly on a larger scale, beginning
with this year, than formerly. Our
Representative abroad has ibeen
working for this for some time, and
we have at last made arrangements
that will mean more business for the
south. . I
PRESIDENT’S YACHT IN USL
Mayflower Sent to Haytl on Account
of Trouble in South.
Oyster Bay, N. Y.—Because of the
immediate necessity of gunboats and
small cruisers in the Caribbean sea,
where there is trouble in Hayti,
strained relations with Venezuela and
Central America, and where the
watchful eyes of the American offi
cers are required. President Roose
velt has had to dispense with the use
of the cruiser yacht Mayflower for
the remainder of the summer. The
Mayflower, in command of Thomas
Snowden, left Oyster Bay bound for
soutliern waters. She will go to
I’?>'^ti to relieve the gunboat Patri
arch, vhich is at Port au Prinee look
ing after American interests. ' It is
said that the navy department needs
so many small vessels that several
gunboats now out of commission on
the Pacific coast will be brought to
the Atlantic and probably .be used in
the Caribbean.
CAMCflS EXEQDATEPRS.
Hondnran President Takes Drastic Ac-
tion Against Foreign.
Washington, D. C.—Because they
interested themselves in behalf of the
non-combatants, the consular repre
sentatives of various governments at
Celba, have incurred the displeasure
of President Davila of Honduras, and
he has canceled their exequateurs.
activity of the consuls occurred
Just preceding the revolutionary at
tack upon Cetba, when the revolution
ists were rep^ed -by the government
troop». Information of the canceling
of the exequateurs has reached the
state department from American Con
sul Drew Unard at Ceiha. He has
been asked by the department to send
by cable a full statement of the facts
leading up to the action taken by
President Davila,
Word had previously been received
at the state-department that consider*
able dissatisfaction existed at Ceiba
with the foreign consuls there, .but
later reports indicated <hat the tirade
against them by the local newspapers
had ceased.
Following a conference 'between
Acting Secretary of State Bacon and
Acting Secretary of the Navy New
berry, it was announced that the gun
boat Marietta, now at Porto Cortez,
Honduras, will remain there until fur
ther orders. Officials say, bowever,
that the situation there and in most
of the other portions of Honduras, has
become quiet.
NEWSY PARAGRAPHS.
Word reached the penitentiary of
ficials from Rankin Farm, near Jack
son, Miss., that a shot gun carried by
Sergeant McBride was accidentally
discharged, mortally wounding J. D.
Lewis, seriously wounding W. M.
uu« XXC.O .- Clipper, and slightly wounding an
ti' district every day in the last fort-i other. The three victims are whUe
3' ht and on several occasions the convicts. The gun was loaded with
vi-lunteer companies have been call- buckshot. Although reports indicate
t 'l out to subdue as many as three i the shooting was accidental, the au-
^'■i 'uiu the space of a few hours. | thorities are making an investigation.
The contest In the Florida Third
congressional district has taken a
new turn. After the committee had
met and decided that J. TV alter Ke-
hoe was the nominee, D. H. Mays, his
opponent, secured from Judge John
W. Malone, an alternative writ of
mandamus returnable August 5, to
compel the committee to canvas the
returns of the recent primary.
NOTES ARE MET BY RAILROAD.
Gould Road Takes Up Ofaligation—
Consideration No^ i^ade Public.
Xew York City.—Arrangements for
mec-^ing the $8,000,000 of Wheeling
Lake Erie railroad notes, were
'owtileted by Kuhn, Lorb & Co. and
J lai’- ic Co., bankers, according to an
uoinicement made by the bankers.
'vas stated that no issue of addi-
>na.l security would be required un-
der the plan, but the consideration by
the Gould road "was enabled to
nu f r the notes was not made public.
X'either would any of the parties con-
i:'‘f'led with the transaction say
'’ heiher or not the destiny of any
the Gould railroads was affected
the terms of the new agreement.
The Takarado Oil company con
tinues its process of absorbing all its
rivals. Some time ago news was pub
lished that it had puchased the Nam-
boku and Fuji companies for a sum
of 650,000 yen and rumors say that
it has now effected the purchase of
the Bokuyetsu company for 260,000
yen, of the Yamato for 100,000 yen
and of the Minku for 75,000 yen.
INDEPENDENCE PARTY PUTFORM.
Contains Planks on Many Subjects of
Public Interest.
.Chicago, Xll.—The platform adopted
by the Independence Party in session
here contains planks on the many sub
jects of gr6.ve interest to the coun
try.
It states that it is the intention of
the new party to wrest the conduct
of public affairs from the hands of
selfish interests, political tricksters
ai^ corrupt bosses, and make the gov
ernment as the founders intended* an
agency for the common people.
It agitates direct nomination of pub
lic officials by the people and the
right to recall these officials for cause
and for economical administration of
public affairs.
It gives the views of the party on
the following subjects: labor, curren
cy, tariff, railroads, trusts, pu<blic own
ership, parcels post and postal sav
ings banks, good roads, statehood, fic
titious §sdeB of farm products, nation
al health bureau, Asiatic exclusion,
the navy, inland waterways”and na
tional resources, protection of Amer
ican citizens, popular election of sen
ators and income tax.
WILL HOLD THEIR COHON.
to
TAFT ACCEPTS NOMINATION.
Officially Notified of His Nomination
for Presidency by Republicans.
Cincinnati, Ohio.—William Howard
Taft was tendered the Republican
presidential nomination, Tuesday.
Senator William Warner of Missouri
made the notification address and in
the first paragraph of his speech
Jud^e Taft accepted the nomination.
The remainder of his speech was an
outline of his policies and touched
on the vital questions involved in the
campaign,
Cincinnati citizens took a holiday
and the day was made one of rejoic
ing, A giant parade took place in
the afternoon and at night a magnifi-
vent fire works display was given in
honor of the occasion.
Roosevelt Bars Midshipman.
Oyster Bay, N. Y.—The president
approved an order for the dismissal
of Midshipman James Haralson of
Alabama, a member of the second
class of the United States Naval Acad
emy. Midshipman Haralson’s dismis
sal was recommended by the super
intendent of the Naval Academy.
The Clevelaod Estate.
Princeton, N. J.—While nothing in
Mr, Cleveland’s will, which was filed
several weeks ago, indicates the
amount of his fortune and, although
no official announcement has been
made as to its extent, il has become
known here that his personal and
real property amounts to $250,000.
Mississippi Farmers Determined
Control Prices of Staple.
Jackson, Miss.—That the farmers’
union- of Mississippi has determined
to hold cotton off the market is evi
denced by many surface indications
although the meetings are secret and
members give out nothing for pubU
cation that has not been strictly cen
sored. The union is thoroughly equip
ped for a practical test, its member
ship now includes a large majority of
the farmers of the ^tate.
Warehouses have been established
in almost every community. Ovei
fifty have been organized within the
past three months and applications
for charters continue to pour in at
the rate of ialf a dozen per week
When the season opens and cotton
begins to move in volume, the union
will have close to 150 to 200 ware
houses of its own -in which cotton
may be stored to await the caprices
of the market.
FOMRTEN KILLED IN MEXICAN FIGHT
Troops and Rebels Clash in .Battle
Near Texas Border.
Comstock, Texas.—^A band of IOC
Mexicans, claiming to be revolution
ists, were cornered on the Mexicai
side of the Rio Grande, six mileir
south of here, by a force oftMexicai^
troops. A brisk fight took piace, re
suiting in the killing of ni«j(^ ini^r
gents and the wounding o^^ severa.
others.
Five soldiers were Killed, .^he rev
olutionlsts managed to" escapt
through th? lines of the troops ancf
are'believed to have crossed *nto Tex
as, • - ^ -
UEDT. OSWALT KILLED.
Alabaman Accidentally Eleptrocuteo
in Manila.
Manila, P. I.-^Li^uteriant. Bernari
P. Oswaltj a native of Alabama; 2f
years^ old, and a graduate of Wes-
Poliit; met death here accidentally b;
electrocution. The officer^ was pre
paring to take a bath and bad enter
ed the tub, when he endeavored t<
arrange the lighting current to tak»
an electric bath. In some way hi
came into contact with the wires, re
celvin£ the full charge-
THREATENED THE JUDGE.
Wir
Italian Tells Rosalsky Mafia
Look After Him.
New York City.—Threats of d^atl
at the hands of the Mafia were madJ
to Judge Rosalsky In court Just aft^
he had announced sentence oa at
It&Han. /
“The Mafia will get you for this,’
shouted the enraged man. Then turn
ing to some of his friends in tht
courtroom, he cried:
“He has given me ten years; taki
care of him for me.”
The prisoner on whom the judgi
imposed a penalty of not less thar
nine years and three months and no
more than ten years’ imprisonmehv
was Cosmo Riccabona.
UTE NEWS NOTES.
General.
^ S. Keesor, aged 22, of Bandona,
Ky., gave his life to save bis girl
friend,» Miss May Bradbury, from
death. They were walking on a rail«>
road track and when a train sudden*
ly appeared Keesor pushed the girl
out of danger, but was struck and
jellied before he could save himself.
In the presence of the Shiek U1 Is
lam, the head of the hieararchy in
Turkey, the sultan took the oath ol
allegiance to the constitution of the
Koran, the oath subsequently being
given to the officers of the Shl^k U1
Islam. This solemn ceremony tends
to treasure the pi|blic minds.
Four b^en were injured, a doaen or
more windows shattered and consid-
erable excitement was caused 4>y aa
explosion of one of the big water
tanks on the street flushing maehlnM
on North Bay, St. Louis.
Representative Llewellyn Powers,
of the Fourth Maine congressional
district died in Houlton, Maine, of
bright’s disease. Mr. Powers served
as governor of Maine for two terms
and was serving his sixth term in
congress.
Joel Kinney, son of the late Fran
cis Sherwood Kinney, the cigarette
manufacturer of New York City, will
receive but $50,000 out of the $50,000,-
000 estate left by hjs father. The bulk
of the big estate, according to the
will, which has just been probated in
Morristown, Nl J., goes to two sons
and a daughter. Joel Kinney has
been missing for fifteen years.
While there is no explanation of
the manner in which Mr. and Mrs.
Raisbeck of New York were, drowned
in Lake Sylvia at Annandale, Minn.,
the coroner is of the, opinion that the
suggestion of foul play is without rea
son, and that the coiU)le were the
victims of an accidental overturning
of the boat in which they were fish
ing.
England is face to face with anoth
er mutiny in India. Long “apprehen
sive of the Indian situation, the gov
ernment officials were thrown into
a panic by the report of conditions
there .brought by army officers and
civilians who have just returned
from India. The whole, country Is
reeking with sedition and all of Eng
land’s repressive measures have fail
ed to check the spread. It is conced
ed were England to become involved
in war with another nation India
would mutiny and make a strike for
liberty that would stagger the mother
country.
,Nlght riders in Kentucky destroyed
three station houses belonging to the
Illinois Central Railroad, because that
company gave the state soldiers per
mission to occupy these . houses.
Robbers secured about $15,000
worth of jewelry, diamonds and gold
by blowing open with dynamite the
safe of Thomas B. Dunn & Co. in
Chambers street, New York City.
The stable of Chambers &. Co., a
ne^o pool room and two houses were
fburned at Lawrenceville, Tenn. Thir
teen horses and four mules lost their
lives. Loss $6,000, insurance $1,^00.
Standing on a box at a window of
the county jail at Cripple Creek, Col.,
Miss Alice Hodson, daughter of
United States Marshal Hodson, was
married to Professor Hans Albert, a
prispner at the jail. The couple
clasped hands through a barred win
dow as the pastor made them hus
band and wife. Miss Hodson and Al
bert eloped some time agp and he
was later arrested on a Qjaarge of in
sanity to prevent the marriage. Miss
Hodson enlisted the sympathy of
Rev. Mr. Inman and after admission
to the jail was refused them, they
went around to a window where the
ceremony was performed.
An attorney representing all the
railroads of Arkansas has applied to
Judge Vandevender for a temporary
order restraining the state riiilroad
commission of Arkansas from enforc
ing the rate laws of that state until
their validity has been tesi^^ In
courts. s
Washington.
Satisfactory assurance has been
given the navy repartment by the of
ficials and the citizens of New Lon
don, Conn., that there will toe no
further discrimination against the en
listed men of the navy or the uniform
of the United States In the places of
public amusement in that city. A
formal letter has been received by
Acting Secretary of the Navy New
berry from the mayor of New London
stating that amusement managers of
the city unite in extending a Welcome
to uniformed men of the navy.
The Chilean government has paid
to date $2,818,480, United States gold,
for property appropriated for public
use in the reconstruction of the city
of Valparaiso. This is done to widen
some of the streets, straigten others
and to modernize that portioij. of the
city that was so nearly a total wreck.
Senor Creel, the Mexican ambassa
dor, has presented to the state de
partment a strong appeal from the
Mexican government to that of the
United States for tbe latter’s co-oper*
.ation in the Work of suppressing
‘bands of revolutionists which for a
number of .weeks have been making
raids on Mexican territory, from the
Americaij side of the line. It is prob
able that additional American troops
will be stationed along the border,
and in the meanwhile the governors
of Texas and Arizona are being urged
to redouble their exertions to prevent
a recurrence of such raids.
The comptroller of the currency
was advised of the suspension of the
First National bank of Fflendly, W.
Va., with a capital of $25,000. R. D.
Garrett has been appointed receives.
HISGEN FMESIOENT
Independence Party Nominata
Candidates at Chicago.
GUVESFOtVICEPIlESIDEin
Georgian Made Good Showing for Firs%
Place—Was Unanimously Selected
for Second Place.
Chicago, 111. — The Independence
Party, at its first national conventioa
here, put a national ticket in the field,
and adopted a platform of principles.
Thomas Hisgen of Massachusetts waa
nominated for president on the third
ballot, and John Temple Graves was
nominated for vice president on tha
first ballot.
Hisgen’s opponents were M. W.
Howard of Alabama, John Tempi*
Graves of Georgia. William Randolph
Hearst, though not a candidate, re
ceived a complimentary vote of half
a hundred.
The first ballot resulted: Hisgen
396, Howard 200, Graves 213, Lyon
71, Hearst 49.
There being no nomination on the
first ballot, the roll call was ordered
for the second time, which resulted
as follows: Hisgen 590, Graves 189,
Howard 109, Hearst 49.
On the third ballot, the vote went
steadily toward Hisgen, and it was
soon evident that his nomination waa
certain.
Virginia broke from Graves, and
placed him within a few votes of suc
cess. Then c£>me Washington, with
ten votes for Hisgen, and he was
nominated.
There was a scramble for the band
wagon, Georgia changed from Graves
to Hisgen, and then they came too
rapidly to count. Alabama withdrew
the name of Howard after Hisgen
had been actually nominated, and
cast its vote for Graves.
The third ballot resulted; Hisgen
831, Howard 38, Graves 7, Hearst 2.
A roar of applause followed the an*
nouncement of the ballot, and a mo-
tion making unanimous the ndhiina-
tion was adopted with a yell. The
usual parade of standards around the
hall then commenced while the band
played patriotic airs. The women, in
the center boxes, who had been prom
inent when Hisgen was placed in
nomination, again took part in the
demonstration by wildly waving scarfs
and fans. The uproar continued all
of eight minutes, and then a commit
tee was sent to escort Mr. Hisgen to
the hall.
While the committee was seeking
the nopainee, the roll call for vice
presidential candidate was begun.
Clarence J. Shearn of New York
presented the name of John Temple
Graves, and asked that it be given
the unanimous vote of the convention.
Charels F. Neal of Indiana, Steven
Charters of Connecticut and Howard
Taylor of Illinois also were placed in
nomination. Graves was nominated
on the first ballot. The convention
then adjourned sine die.
SIX KILLED AND SIXTY HURT.
in Fight Between French Strikers and
Government Troops.
Paris, France.—Six dead and sixty
Injured is the casualty record of the
first day of a general strike declared
by the General Federation of Labor of
Paris, as a demonstration and protest
against the killing of workmen by
troops at Vigneux. The reports indi
cate that fifty thousand men of the
building and allied trades, including
electricians, stopped work.
Premier Clemenceau has instructed
the public prosecutor to proceed to
Vigneux to open an investigation of
the riots and to vigorously prosecute
the instigators pf it. ' '
Crasade Against koney Lenders. ,
Kansas City, Mo.—A systematic cru
sade against money lenders was
started here when Isaac Drake, a n^
gro train jpiorter of the Union Pacidc
railroad brought suit against Patripk
J. Hughes for $25,000 damages. The
Union Pacific is supporting this suit
and its local attorneys are also
Drake’s attorneys. Mr. Watson, one
of the company’s attorneys, said that
two similar suits were now in prep
aration for other employes. The com
pany, he said, means to rid its em>
ployes of usuries.
Nominated Bryan, Was Almost Nobbed
Chicago, m.—^An attempt to place
William Jennings Bryan in nomina
tion for president precipitated almost
a state of riot in the Independence
Party convention, and it was with
difficulty that Delegate J. L. Shepard
of Kansas, who named the Nebras
kan for president, was saved from
violence at the hands of angered del
egates.
m Cents Per Acre For Use of Land.
St. Louis, Mo.—^The Missouri Pacif
ic railroad is leasing its right of way
to farmers along the track near Man
kato at 20 cents an acre, to be farxn^
ed to within six feet of the ends of
the ties. No crop except a hay crop
of some sort Is to Jbe allowed on the
right of way. The rate of 20 cents an
acre Indicates that the Goulds are not
trying to Increase their income, but
have adopted this plan to keep the
right of way clear of weeds.
Carnegie la Aotomoblie CraA.
Inverness, Scotland.—The car in
which Mr. and Mrs. Andrew Carne
gie were motoring here collided with
another car. Mr. Carnegie’s car waa
damaged, but no one was injured.