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VOL. XXIV. NO. 19.1.
ASHEVILLE, N. C, SUNDAY MOHNINd, .1 1'N K 14, UHW.
PRICE FIVE CENTS.
CRAIG CARRIES MADISON
COUNTY SOLID AND GETS
BEST OF GASTON'S VOTES
State's Primaries Practi
cal Closed With Only
fei-klenlnirff to Vote.
SMALL BALANCE IN
EA VOlt OF K ITCH IN
It is Estimated That Two
Lending Candidates Will
Run Close Together.
Tin- returns from four counties of
the u-n which voted yesterday, and an
estimated return from Franklin. In
creased Mr. Kltchln's lead over the
11. ,11 l...cke CralK ly U votes, bring
ing his total majority up to 30. The
couniiis yi't to hear from are Car
larcl. Currituck, Dare and Tyrfll.
with .Mecklenburg to vote Tin aday.
It w,ih impossible to hear from all
f the counties yesterday, scattering
returtiH only being given. The coun
tii f reporting fully last night uro:
AN HON Craig, 2.70; Kltchln, 2.b0;
Home. 2. SO.
GASTON Craig, GEO; KlU-liln. 4;
Hume. 3.50.
VANCM Craig. .50; Kltchln. 3.50;
Home. 3.
MAD1SOX Craig. T: Kitchln, 0;
Home, 0.
NASH Craig, 1; Kitchln. 7.50; '
H.irne. 1.50. j
l'UA.N'KKlN (estimated) CraLg. .50;
' Kitchln, 7.50; Home, 6. .
The grand totals, exclusive of the
four counties unreported, now read:
Craig, 310.20; Kitchln, 340; Home,1
130 K Dare, Currituck, Cartaret,
Tjrill and Mecklenburg. Mill to be
heard from, have a total vote of u'J,
and Mr. Craig's friends believe that
he will at leant break evien with
Kltehin In ;these. A It looks now,
Mr Kltehin will go down to Charlotte'
with n had of 28 or 30. ,
Mndlson Solid. '
The shining feature of yesterday's
primaries wns the solid vote of Mad
ison for Mr. Craig, her delegates . c
liu; (intruded to vote for him "fir-d.
list mid all the time." Thus it will
l .irn that the entire section of
We-tern North Carolina, with the
i vi l.tinn of a small fraction of a
i t- In Haywood, goes to Charlotte
lined up solidly for Craig. It is a
n iKiillieenl record, one that any man
!'li"iil,l lie proud of.
Thirtv-two delegates will go to
''Inrlotte untn.strneted. but Mr, ('"'ralgj
1- expected to get more than half of j
th.-v The total vote of the state
in the convention l 857. and 4l'H is
ii'inireil for nomination.
;i:)iu;k sii.ku iivi.
(By Associated Press. '
'II H'AI il . June IS. i"irti- Slier.
;.' . : i : old. a writer on Imsing, iliert
i-an-hl of heart disease. He was'
sin. U. n on the street June 4. but,
is apparently recovering. The fatal i
Mtaek tonight was unexpected. Slier
i a lightweight boxer in his young
er d:n He then became a referee
'ii'l i.ljn, Heated the Corbett and I-itz-ci
inn. .111 tight, and also the chnnipin
'li'p lights between Jeffries and Sliar
1 and Cans and Nelson. He had
' n on the staff of a Chicago tHews
l''I'W lor several years.
CAMP I.OSI.I.
Tin- camp-meeting, which has been
i'-'iiur "ii ,,t Hlltniore Bridge for the
Nt two weks. will close tonight. Itev.
T 1'ounders has been conducting
,h' ro. el illlJH Willi great success. A limit
six (.inverts have been received into
He ' himii.
EARLY MORNING FIRE
ALMOST DESTROYS THE
L0WENBEIN ALLEY
i'lr- l'alace Howling Alley on Patton
" ''in., nearly opposite the post ..f-
' " 's practically destroyed by lire
u 'o !i broke out shortly alter three
k this morning. The fire started
'" 'h. r.-nr of the building, and when
bremer. arrived was eating its
J'-'i iiiroiKh the iron shethlng over
''f the building.
I'h. r.. wan some delay In getting the
1'nrlinent on the scene for the r.-a-s'"1
Hint the men could not find
"e blaze Officer Lyda. hearing a
...n y.iitng tire as he ran up the
"feet, turned In an alarm from the
"'luai. The hose wagons and their
'h s... inK n) flrc ln th n,.iRhbor
J1" ) started back w hen the light of
!n.,lla7e wa" Been down the nvenue.
" hen the firemen arrived they soon
, ,w fine streams playing on the
alibiing but they were little use at
nrst against the hot blaxe made by
,n frame woodwork.
"V hard work and with a depleted
"fee they kept the blase from becom
J dangerous to the adjoining prop
tjy h',h la stored with' T. 8 Mor
1 ! Company's large stock of
GUBERNATORIAL TABLE
Following Is tho C.ubernatoriul tal)l
to dine:
' Kltch-
Vote Craig in Horne
Counties
A lexa inler . .
Ashe
Illllicilllllie . .
lililke .. ..
Clav
(iruliani .. ..
Iredell
McDowell ..
Mueoll
Mlleliell
I'olk ..
ltitlidolih . .
Stanlv
Swain
Washington .
Watauga ...
W.Ikes .. ..
Yu ncey . .
Johnston . . . .
tleailfurt. ..
4.r,u
r,.7
"(1.45
2
12.50
6
C
X
a
K.61
:i
3
2.55
i;
1 .'.IK
3.37
.411
8
:i
i;
7
:
3
s
7
17
13
i::
x
8
li
3.57
1
3 82
3
17
n.cii
3. lilt
i . i'h'i
.74
4 20
3 -iii
If. ' '
4
12
IU.7K
7
1
4.7
4.7
5.73
5.HII
1 45
1.110
1.27
4 CI
4 CI
,C1
1.31
I C4
I. UII
Iluilfax .. ..
Warren . .
Harnett
Montgomery .
Munrii
klchmunil ..
Cleveland . .
Cherokee .. .
Uulherfon!
Hit.vw.snl .. ..
Jaeksoli . .
Alallulllcc . .
Durham .. ..
Person
Kein.lr . .
Cliatliani
( uldwell . . . .
1,1'nnville. ..
ih nge . .
Cabarrus . . .
Henderson . .
Transylvania
1 in viilsou
Wayne
Nor! Iinuipton
Kiigeeolnlie .
(ireene
(.oilfi.nl .. . .
N. Miinover
Hyde
Davie
1'iinillei) . .
I Mil Mil .. ..
render . .
i.-e
Cuiiiwliii . . . .
( Inslow
I'lilon
I 'umbel in nd .
Iilndcn .. ..
Iir.inswlek . .
Kocklnglniin .
Sot bind
r ursvth
Cobiinlius ..
Caswell
I ill I es
Yakdln.. ..
AlleKhimv
FiiHiiuotuuk . .
1 niven . .
Jones
Per.iilminnns
Robeson . .
-flurry
1'iit
Wake
Wilson
S.okes
Anson . .
CillStoIl . .
Vnnee
Madison . .
Nash
Franklin ..
,. 12
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Ii
13
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:i ,5
.1 bi
I 8
. II
I ;
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I
I
I 14
.1 !
I 10
.1 11
I 7
. ll
.22
1 i.25
7.21
11
7.50
4 40
1.50
10.02
4.50
1.42
Mil
(i. 511
I 2
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0
4
7 :vi
2. 4 3
2 2
1
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2.51)
1 ,08
4.50
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3.50
5.20
8.44
li.KO
S.50
A
13.55
141
.80
2.4 I
1.52
4.31
I. SO
2.01
2.48
4.05
3 64
4.42
li.lli
1.31
12.22
em;
3.55
1.50
1.117
r..ti5
3.33
2
1
6.19
I. 41
2.13
,R8
.50
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2.1.'.
II. 84
2
.03
.78
1. m
141
.80
I - it 1"
1
1 73
2. C0
.54
4
.70
1.04
1.47
1,1.0
.50
.411
i.'eii
.72
.42
.'in
38
.50
a
3
3.60
I
.72
2.2.1 I
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fi.24
I 2.04
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.50
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3.50
I fill
.113
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4
4
16
2. lift
5.83
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2.7(1
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11.50 I
10, r.o I
13 I
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4
3.5 0
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7.50
7 50
I 2.80
I 3.50
I 3
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I 1.50
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1
50
linn. I Tola
I lei I fold. r,
Rowan. 17.
l.ii.eoln. 7:
Ksllnail.
Camden 3.
1 I 3 10 I :i4U I 1 30
llllllisl I llel e.l.
Illlinsl 1 11' led.
Illdlistl II. led.
I.
imlnslriirled.
row u:k 11.1. srr.AK.
(By Associated Press)
l.VNCIIIU'l'.lTr V A., June 13 -11.1.1-,,iable
Charles N. Fowl, r, or New Jer
sey . bail iliaii of the banking and
eurrellev conilllill if Hie ll-ulse of
i:, pros, nialues has accepted all in
vitation t.. .lelivr an address at Hot
Springs. Va . Inf.. re the Vile.ini.l State
I'ank. Ass..( ialioti on Tlinrsdav.
.lone 1 v t Ii. It is 1111.I. rsioo.l that he
will discuss Hi.- currency I. gislatlui
cnncled and proposed at the last ses
sion of congress.
CCKITS Till) $.MI.MMI.
(By Associated Press.)
ATIIKN'S. !A . June 13 --Tin- board
of trustees of t Ii . Fiilversity of 1',,-iir-Hia.
today accepted the iroposition of
the ivabody Hoard. ..f a new $.',0,000
building, and pro. id. .1 for the 1,-ctlon
of Ho requisite iiunil" r ..t t. aeh.rs
when the new boil. ling i lini.slle.l , The
tr.li.liliii will be f.irinerb a ppr. .pi ia ted
l.v the I'olthody tiust.e" 11. -M llctoli. r.
The buil.lhiK will he starl.il bv Jail
nary -. and comideteil by S. ptelllle r
1. I lini)
'v.ihi. les and had it under control in
: about tw. nl- minutes
The property b longed to Captain
W T Weaver and was occupied by
Julius Ini.'lllii'ln. who has run the
bo'.i ling nl.-y there f..r s..nie time.
Mr I.owenb.in said lasi night that
the origin of the lire was a mvstery to
him a there was no lire in the bund
ling from which It could have caught,
j He said he had two thosuand dollars'
worth of property nnd stock In the
j building and It will be almost a total
'loss He bad a small insurance, he
said.
Ther. was a carpenter shop located
I in the basement.
ti, f ., t ihnt a large numlver of the
fir. men and some of the apparatus are
awav attending the tournament ln
Wilmington gave the fierce blaze a
serious aspect for a while.
Hy four o'clock the fire was out. but
the firemen kept a close watch over It
for some time, because of the inflam
mable nature of the building. The
front of the building was not much
damaged but the rear was badly
wrecked.
TORPEDO LEFT
OLD MONITOR
BADLY HURT
. t
Florida is Again Made the
Virtinn of thv. Navy's
Experiments.
STOOD THE TEST
IN FKHJTINU TRIM
Hole liored Six Feet into
Her Hull Hut She's
Scrap Iron.
(By Associated Press.)
J oUT MiiMtnK, VA.. Jiuu l.'i
Plnr i-il Willi ;tn A rnii iii 11 W'h U lit-utl
lrp In, r.ii ryin :i riiurg' nf KUiinit
twi, uii !i ton- a Imk holt- In her itU
the I iH.-il St iles niMiill'ir I'loii.l.t unw
r M . in On' (It y -lock nt Ihr NorTulk
n;iy : -tni, a victim of a ruival rx
u rlnt -nt to -st th- ulncr atilU
fnuu torM (lo ntt;i( U of water tiht
huiKhf The water In tin vin-'elw
hold KivcH her a Mh( of u- -eutei-n In
ches to starboard.
The tent look place off I'ine Iteach.
nonr the JaineHiown I'lvimHiUon
grounil. where the monitor an
chore! in 1 feet of water, The naval
officers, while admitting tin damage
done to Ihe ens.d Ih very serioiiy. de
clare that it i- not vital, and .ay that
the test is sat isfartory They assert
thut a ltatiles)ii equipped with hulk
heudH similar to those tested today
coiih) ontintie (ihtiiiK If injured to
the Mrime rxtnd, iinleHs H' vcinl com
partments on the same nid were si
milarly punctured, and the weather
ronditloric wen' had. A thorough In
veHti:atit:ii will he neeeHnary In-for
an exact -decision can le reachetl on
the .success of the experiment.
The test wan w ittiesMed hy a num
ber of til fh ials he hid ink Secretat les
Metcalf ami Taft. rostmnsttT (Jenej
ul Myer and ordnance officers of the
navy and army.
How TorWMla Was Fired.
The arraiiKetTieittH ,,r tn,. t,.st Wl.r,.
carried mt in detail without an a p
parent hitch. Ad mi ml Mason and oth
er officials Ituiii W'ashinnton hoarded
the Klortda before S o'clock and gave
the fitia I orders for conducting the
lest. Aboard the float, anchored 4('
feet away, from which the torpedo
wa dispatched, tne crew were n-ad
for tht'lr work- Olrectior.8 to lire wnv
Kiven from the monitor about L'(J min
ute. after 8 o'clock and live minut s
lat' r Lieutenant liabcock. aboard the
float touched the 1 .-r which sent
the torpedo whl.ziiiK lx feet b low
the water on its mission of destrm ti n
A rar acom pa n led the t x plosion.
The pe lacle w h ii-h followed w as
Krand. The tfn-at masH of water that
was thrown into the air cast shadow:,
for some distance around, The col
umn exceeded In height the hlKh ma at
of the Florida Almost simuItanouHly
there was a shower of pieces of steel
fragments, of broken torpedo, accom
panied In fine dust, which s altered
for fiiily a third of a mile around
There was a scamper for shelter by
persons on half a doy,en vessels in the
vicinity. A dummy (Ik ure of a man
had been erected on a bridge of the
Florida, nnd altho It wan fifty fet
from the torpedo impact, the shock
knocked K oer.
TIhmi Crew umc Out.
The doz-n or more officials and
crew inside the superstructure of the
vessel, waited for a few minutes he
fore venturing out on the deck to as
certain the damage. They found that
on and alcove the deck the damage
wan confined to bending aonw of tin
frameworks which supported th
booms holding the torpedo nets. thv
cracking of several plates, the break
ing of Iron guy rope and the break
ing of three booms from their fasten
ing, letting a net used for protetlng
th after part of the hull drop Into
the sea.
Off for The Front
"n'4C'T0 11 u j ' jj
Qgjoay j
WILLSONENDS
POWERS CASE
WITH PARDON
Also Pardons IJowanl, rn
dii tetl With I lini for Mur
der of (Joebel.
HKLIIOVKS YOUTSKY
ONLY (iiniPY oni:
hi Long Statement Sets
Forth Keasons for Free
ing the Two .Men.
(By Associated Press.
KltANKI "i:T. KV Jiiik- 1 :i Hy
nnnoinit'inv I'm- luirilnn l-.ibn f I'nb'b
l-ow.rs Mini Iiiii.m lb.wor.1. i J tv rii' r
V ill-uin .1.. ! Ih. Inst li.-i I r of one
of Kelitucl. . - Hotel ruses. In wlllrh
the ..... . I . ... .-ill xer!in.4 of tile I II it -ed
Sllltr h.r f . .r III :l 1 1' . -X (.ri'HS.-ll
tli.lr Int.i.-i b ninniiiK i. -till. ins f..r
ll.-lllll.il.
In the r..-iiig .bi'H uf .bimiiiry eight
yi-ars hk... . iilh- Hie contest of W'il
llllln (l.i. In ! ' i.r tile Klilici iuill.iliiil unit
ni'i-upleit In Will In m S Taylor. n"
being heur.l ilni-lii-l wiim slinl, iH ing
l.-ltcr from ic- v'.iiiiiiI The .-.but u;ih
heli.-ved l.
'i lie come fMiiii a ball
' .v of1 tle Hri retary of
ixl :i ; Caleb putter wa-
if tlie Stale. .Milr-pilj.fh
.ml his arr. -i l-dolwed-
id I'oW er.M bet n juit on
life en Hi.' eliiHR.' -.f
I ) : rmirtb r. Ilinr I rials
' "ii ie( ion and nti-m e,
Hie pelia 1 1 V i li tw " t l i.i 1
' 1 1 1 1 ia I . w h i h ea me a I'
li.nl bei u en l ied lj t he
r.i'itt. ami had linalh
1 In the kii preine omM ,
t it hark 1o th. (;,(,.
I dWaKle. i, .'Hid then-
- I r a pardon tor pnvv
! ot .I.iiik -i I biwa i d who
l I' ll SOIIie . ill'" on
-it p! i. 1 1 . w -r r new ed
and signaler' o pen
i - .i ml all m i I i iir v i
: he petit iris 1 bat p i r
i! n r i 1 1 mi i n . w ho tor
h:'M In i n etinhidering
I is dec'tnion wan imwle
In tin nhap of a for
' 1 1 ! the pa rib in a ltd
opened w ,n
Htate" .d'i- ,
t lleU seel t t
fell on bin
I'tilil title
Dial tor i
eomplit it i
1'ertUltIim il.
death beih:
i in the foi
t.T the e.i .
t'nit. d St,,i.
Im i-il a ppt i
wli ii-h tin n
eoiirts. lie -upon
the i !'
ei'H as Wt 1 1
bad been '
eba rtfi-x !
.Many ti
pie i, ;,1
appelMb-ct
ed is on i;
Meverat v, -the
ease
known tod '
ma I stat- i:
hiK h ihuh : 'n i l lore.
t.ttM rnor'n Heam.
After ).
appie;ition
eompant-'
half a rto:
of whom
Uillson it:
hintoix
erime, ; 1 1 1 ' 1
"The - n
world ai. i'
woman, i
tm n and :r
rnurdi r
"I b.r.
biit have
vate or -either
..f t;
out exo j.t
prot- edinr
In the pre
ri'-' the I. i 1 iijit the
i p.irtlon had In i n ;n -a
p- t it ion f on, n. n r
l: p pe. tI)M -j M IffMi
l eflt urkia n., I f iii'T
-t i t e in 1 i t i e i I'll t he
i . ae, ih ijoi nm ( h.
n . .id
Ue, which makt all the
i - ', er K""d tnaii and
th tip- brotti-?M. Uirr-
mN of tlie v l tun ot ih.
' Im ;i rd nor tnide refl .
-t tl to i onsi.i.-r an- pi i -t
r niM-st or a ppeji 1 j n
i as-s. and have wi! h
r- 'irnred that a1! ..f Ihe
' hi be In ;i d piddle!
i e of rtpl'iHett;itl if of
(Cfintimied on Piure Thme.y
5H0WER&
WASIIINi'.ToX. June 13 Forecast
for Korlh ' irolina: Hhowom Hun
day, except filr on the const; Mon
day showers, variable winds.
MOTHER WHILE
INSANE SLEW
WHOLEFAMILY
One Hoy Out of Family of
Fight SurviveH, and He
May Die.
CIlhOKOFOKMFI)
TI I FN SHOT THEM
Was Ouee in Asyhwn and
Jirooded Over Husband's
Loss of Work.
(By Assoclst.d Prsssl
('AIII,I,.C. Mich. June l.'l- Rev
. nl.-. u- . :ir-nbl l-'l-rd. I 'ooper, tin- IhhI
living in. 'in I. . i' of 11 family of i-IkIu
li.-moiiH. II.H t.uilglit In Mwre Hos
pital with lust a lighting rliunre f.ir
1 1 T. -. Willi.- the Imilb-H of the "III. r
h..cii in. uib.-rs of Ihe family, nil slain
by the wlf- nml mother, who after
wards riimmltte.l suicide, lie 111 thi
ol, irgue. the obji-cf of morbid Inlen-sl
b f li. i iinii ii.Ih !' tuwDHpepole, nml far
iii. is from ilu- surrouiiilliig rountry
.--i.il I'linprr mii's Hint nil he r.-in.-m-I..
is ul last nlKlll H dreadful ornu -i.-nc-H
In the i ii. p. r home Is n vague
i'cr..ll.-cil.in of li.ariiig u r-vilT sboi
Ml. I Ibal In- has In. rei-ollrctl.iii until
be i-.iii. .1 in the li'inpitul.
If N the supposition that tin- h!i.1
Ii. In aril was Ih.- om- which kill. il bis
brother who lui beside him In bed. It
is Sllpli'isril that bis mother llnme.li
ri t I afli-rwai.ls sclil ll billl.t Into
I'l. il s head.
The 1 1 1 1 1 . - town Is filled tonight with
i.t in ngcrs ,'iiiiii. ic.l by the tragclv iin.l
nil. .1 lib morbid curiosity nerkers
Tin- im. hi ta k.-rs who has rli.-ug.- -.1
Hi., bodies . stlni.il. s that 3. nun p. .,
pi. haii- I ii.-. I to view them today
The .lead ar. :
I AM i;i. i '. h il'Klt. (1 ven is old
At Its 1'inil'KI!. 4". yeais "Id
II A It l(V. aged 11
INK",, ag.d I I
HAMI'KK. aged 10
IK( iltOIANNA. aged C.
KhnllKNCK. ag.il years
A Horrible Knur.
When Mrs '.... p.-r's niotber ,-md
..Iher neighbors eiilered the boiiie on
i-hapln street this morning about :,
,, i,i. k lin i. w. r. no signs of 111.-, lb-U..li.-s
A.-r. s. alt.-r.-.l all about S'.iij.
- r in tli.lr l.eil- and others "ii Ih'
Moor Mi- i-ooiier lay ncr-.s the
P....I'. of a l.abv on th- bed. .illi an
. II. pll-'l revolver b'Slde ll.T
Mr l '. ... j i was once ( - fill. .1 in
.in in-, in- asvliiin, iiimI for K.iuo- lini-
h.,,1 I.e. n broodlllg .1 IT the fact that
I'oopel was out of work A few iliivs
ice sin is i. ported to have mild sin
would -viiil It all" I lev.'lofinients In-
lieai-d lhat the (iny.ed mother first
. ho..i ol roi.-d the members of th
tamilv before sl.,tiig !h.-m. Th.-r-w
i.- no signs ot a struggle In any In-st.ilic-
.Neither were there pow.br
marks whlih Indl'.iles that Ihe wo
traii sloo'l s..me distance away from
her victims in firing the shots A f'.ur
oiirc. , holorof rm bottle was found in
on. of the rooms II has also i'1-vel-ot.-.l
thai th- woman had been in.n-
! mil. unsound ever since the birth of
I her v.. iing. st ( hllil, Florence. I H
I months ago She was sane lit Inter
vals and during h-r lurid moments
'brooded over her nu-ntal condition
Mrs (-..op.i apparently bad pre
j meditated tin- wholesale killing Last
' night she mad.- a festive occasion
'she took all br children to the Ala
mo theatre, whi r, a special vaudeville
bdl was given Hli- bargained with
the girl ticket seller to admit the en
tire family f..r cents. The seller
ald she would do so, hut that II
I should not be considered as a preec
: dent "You will never heed to again".
I replb-d .Mrs. f'ooper, "liecauae none
' of us Will ever come here after to-jniiht"
COHORTS ARE
MARCHING TO
CONVENTION
Advance Guard of Kepulili
cans From all Over the
Count rv Has Arrived.
IlKAlKUAIiTKliS HAVM
NOW 1JKKN OI'KNKI)
Keep Up (he Bluff .f Hop
ing Altliough Everything
Seems Settled.
(By Assoclst.d Prss.)
I IIK'AOO. June ;3 The tramp of
eonv.-iitbm IioMh Ih now fairly under
way, unj tonight ChleaKo In lKln
nliiK to throb with the r. infusion nml
exelteiiiniit of arilylnn thri)ti(, om
with biinnei-K nml baniln anil nully
unllormeil nmrcherH, others made up
of Hliile ilvh.gntlonH with their con-Hpli-loiiM
lender nml their cohortH or
ntruiiK-liingi'd follower and nhouter.
irthem with tho frlendH and admir
ers of th vtirlou prenlilentlal candi
date, and Htlll olhei-H and again oth
er of the curious onlookers, drawn
Irom every awtlon of the country. In
cluding many of the reprmatntaflveii
of forelKh if iviMnmentB, who havn
comii to wiinMH thin natlumtl pec
Ule. All day wpefial and regular trains
have emptied UiouNtndN of atrntigers
Into thlH political Mecca. The effect
o. this Influx Is seen tonight In the
urging street crowds. th growing
n n I unit Ion of the choked and smoky
hotel
lobbies, the strains of music
nnd the swell of oratory from some
of the heihunrter of candidates, and
the bounteous hospitality which these
heitdnuurters are beginning to dis
pense. And yet this foregathering of the
Chicago convention of 1908 hiut al
ready established a record for un
usual calm and t-riimiulllty, for, meas
ured iby the din and turmoil, the
scene of delirious excitement and the
spirit of dle-ln-the-last-dltch which
has marked some historic gatherings
"f the past, this Invading army of
epecuitors Is a most votes 111 the electoral college to th
staid and unemotional body. Hut It 'candidate who exercises control ovx-r
Is none the less M army with newlfndernl patronage, t
columns coming t the front hourly, if the resolution should be adopted
and with Ihe pronpect of plenty of It would result In a reduction Of
nurian ami nieworks iihend to mil-
male (he lenders ami Mir Ihe blood
uf the onlookers.
il
Itig (.nils On Hand.
A drizzling ruin tonight nflrr a hot.
muggy day, tended to restrain the out-I
hursts of enthusiasm, but there Is a
promise of good con v ent Ion w eather
ahead The centers of Intercut tudiiv
have been the arriving delegations, I
with many uf the leaders of cotisplcii-
(His national prominence, nnd the
iitiiiin-( in ine vurious presmen-
Hal rnndldiilcs.
Among those to arrive i,lay were
lion I'aineron, former I'lilted
states
senator irom r.iinsvlvanla. who has
not allrmled a national convention
ilm-e issn. when he stood with Itos-
coe I .inkling and John l,olran hj. the
I. -adds ..f the third term movement
In th.- Interest of fliin-ral ilrnnt:
Henry Tall, brother of the secretary;
Senator l 'ha u n cey M l-lcw. who
-iKhl veins ago electrllled the 1'hlln-l.-lphia
-onventliin with bin speech
cco nillng the tiomlnatlon of lloo.e
veil for vice president; Keprewnlatlvn
Sereno I'liviie .if .New Volk. rhalr-
in.'in ..f the whvh and means commit-'
f the bouse of representative: '
r.in. ,1 sji..'.. u.. i ..i v.. '
I States Senator Kong of
-as. ,o is lepnie.t to have th. i,.-j T). ,,,., pr,,,,,,,,.,) ,y nepresenta
liv. r vie -esl.lei,tla boom In cold 1 1 vx- Itnrk.- Is In all essentials the Hams
storage. Janus S Sherman ami Tim-,
",n ' w '"" "' N' York, both
i-.-repthe v, presidential p ossi h i 1 1 -
ties: ex-f;overn..r Vate of 1 1 1 1 ru.l,
w ill! a w lllliigiiess I., consider his re-'t
(urn in tne gut.er ualorlal . hair, ami a
ho I of others notable in the nolltl-
al world The rank and (lb- i the
slate de.gail.,ii ai.- lather late In
irrivlng and organizing,
Th.- Am. en- .im, ..r I'iitsl.iirg. s
Knox org iin..iti..i, wltli handsome
uniform- and ga v ...loied n m bn-ll i..
march, d through the sti. elK and gave
I fol.ta d. of the Mi eti-s to come.
a ml Male' llcii.l.piarlcrs.
The Tall lini..llart. rs Is divided
betw.et, three large hotels, but the
storm i i i.l-r ol Tall ii. tlv llv Is nt
th- A ii 1 1 1 .1 I ii rn .Vliri'V Here a net of
room-, ha h. en made gorgeous with
l.ariiier-v and bunting and electric
lights. v. lui.- the genial face of th-
(Continued on page four)
TWO THOUSAND PEOPLE ARE IN
NEED ALONG THE MISSISSIPPI
(By Associated Pres.)
N'ATi'llKZ Miss.. June 13. A
number of plantation owners In this
countv hav.- signed a petition ad-
lrcwcd to ;..v. rnor Noel asking that
he memorialize the federal govern
ment to provide rations for six weeks
for the lenanis and lalsirers on 13.1100
screw of lowland which have leen
submerged for the last 80 days. If
the waters receded how It would be
too late to make a crop In this section.
A dispatch from Vldalla, La., says:
.1 ' '
"ALLIES" WANT
TO CUT DOWN
SOUTH S VOTE
Resolution Will Be Offered
t Reduce its Representa
tion in Convention. i
HAS u:0 PFLEflATES,
NO PARTY STRENGTH
The Plan is the Haimo as
That Offered by Late Sen
ator (Juy in KMX). '
(By Associated Pr.ss)
rilK'AOO, June IS Details ol
the plan of the "allies" to male
light on the Hour of the republican'
national convention to reduce the)
representation uf the southern atate
were made public today by Repr
( ntotlve Jame F. liurke of PannafyV.
va n in. manager fur Senator Mtfno. .
The reaoliitlun agreed upon by lh
"allies" and which will be offered pa
the floor by Mr. Burke to Aa followit
"Hesolved, That ih bnala of repre'
sentntlnn In the republican national
convfii tton hereafter tthftll be j fot. ,
lows: Bach sUtt (hall be entitled to
four delegates-at-lArge and on ddls
tlonnl delegate for each 10,000 VtvtM
or majority fraction thereof caat l .
the last preceding preeldentlal alee.
Hon for republican electors, ai;d two
dcleg.-ites from eaoh territory, the -District
of Celumbla, Alaska. - !! "
wall, l'orto Hlco and the Philippines,
and that methodg necessary for the
enforcement of this rule shall be ;
prov.lded 4y the republican national '
committee chosen by the dlegaea to
this convention." ,
The Introduction of this resolution
Is the direct outcome of the dbtaatla '
faction felt hy the representative ot
the "allies" with the manner In which
the recent contests before the national :
committee were decided. Th charge
was mode freely by the "alllea that '
tepresen-tatlves from the northern
tntes necessary for republics auci
cess were Ignored for the purpose of.
Ruining delegates from ,th southern
i (dates which never prly th party any
about Kit) delegates from southern
states which Invariably go demo
cratlc An Increase of nearly ISO
would be made In the delegation
from northern states, and thus woulif
he destroyed the possibility of a fev
northern states, aligned with the solid,
delegations from southern states, con
trolling republican conventions In th
future.
!trMihlb-an Vote Rmall.
Mr n., ...Ol. "Tv, ....u.,
this clmtiKe has become apparent In
,h ni,i r r,.eni ,,.!,.. i.
the present convention 2f,0 delegate
. will be seated from states which In
20 years have not even pretended to
.ngage In a contest for the election of
a republican candidate for the presl
dency. More than that, tho republl
eiin vole In these stales Is rapidly dls
niipesirlng. while their representation
remains as largo as ever. South Par
..Una Is now entitled to a, national
delegate for every J3B republican
vol.- Us casts, while Pennsylvania. ra
ci lv-s but one delegates for every
U'.:ic.T republican votes. Illinois one
for -very 11.718, Indiana one for ev
ery I.M'Tii. Ohio one for every 1S..04S
and I'olurado one for evorv 13.i4g
Kaa-.republican votes."
as that Introduced In In.. r..,,.uhl l.n
!,, .mention at Philadelphia In 100 by
1 1 , ,. t,, KeiiatirT Ouav of I'ennsvl.
v x ncllon was taken noon It
that tm, the resolution being
vv Iflnlra wii by guay before It readiest
a Vote
IN GOOD HEALTH
IS AWAITING DEATH
(By Assoclst.d Press)
Passaic. N j.. June u,. Calmly
asserting that she would die before s
..lock tomorrow morning. Mrs Anna
Kls-llu. who has been awaiting for
what she believes Is her appointed
end. was resting quietly at the Gen
eral Hospital tonight, where she Is
under (onstnnt guard for fear she
may take hi r life In order to carry Out
lb. premonition of death which she
.li . hired has come to her. The physl
(lans stated tonight that the woman
was ill good health.
''apt J K. Kong. U 8. A., stationed
al the Jefferson barracks. New Or
leans, ha returned from an Inspec
tion of the flooded portions of the
parishes of Catahoula and Concordia,
li . nnd reports than two thousand
liersons are In urgent need of Imme
diate relief from the government. He.
snld that It will be Impossible for the
people In that district to make a crop
rhls year, and 'they ere In a destitute
condition. The water come from th
Mississippi. Black- and Trinity- rivers.