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VOL. XXXI-NO. 4748.
CHARLOTTE, N. C, FRIDAY EVENING, JUNE 24, 1904.
PRICE: 3 CENTS
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OScnn Nominated Tod.
Winston, Lieut. - Governor
After an All Night Session Witla Many Stirring Incidents the
Gubernatorial Contest Gomes to a Close Early This
Morning-Glenn Was a Hundred and More Ahead on .the
First Ballot and His Lead Steadily Increased With Each
Succeeding Vote Particulars of the Struggle.
(Special The News.)
Greensboro, N. C, June. 24 Robert
. Glenn, tribune of the people, whose
popularity is only second to that of the
lamented Vance, was this morning
nominated to succeed Governor Ay-1
coek as North Carolina's chief exe
rmive. After an all night's session,
with the delegates tired and worn out,
but tTill full of spirit and hope, the
iHimination came Mr. Glenn's way.
The first county to make any deci
sive change was Cabarrus. Hereto
fore Mecklenburg's neighbor had been
dividing her vote practically between
Siedman and Turner. When the
.;,;inty was called on the roll, Dr.
Kobt. Young, who is well known in
Charlotte, and has many friends there,
advanced towards the platform with a
smile on his face and a big banner in
his hand, and said in voice that was
heard all over the building, "Cabar
nu casts her entire thirteen votes for
Robert B. Glenn of Forsyth." . Hardly
had the sounds of Dr. Young's voice
died when a stalwart delegate from
Craven county, which was next on
the list rushed forward, almost en
veloped in banners, and cast the en
tire vote of Craven county, which was
sixteen, for Glenn. Currituck follow
ed the lead of the two counties and
placed her seven votes in the Glenn
column. When Hertford was reached
a down easter, with a voice like a fog
horn, announced that Hertford cast
her nine votes for Glenn. -.All the
counties between Hertford and Martin
held firmly to the vote as previously
given .in. When Martin was reached a
small delegate with a penetrating
voice, mounted the shoulders of two
cf his champions and announced that
.Martin's thirteen votes had been trans-
ROBERT B.
The Next Governor
ferred to the Glenn column. Then it
was that the Stedman forces realized
that their champion was defeated. On
the outer edge of the big warehouse
where the convention was held there
was a considerable stir. Delegates
who had faithfully watched every op
portunity to better their candidate's
chances picked up their coats and
with an expression of absolute de-jp'-tkm,
moved towards the entrance
it the building. They realized that
Glenn's nomination was inevitable
and proud men that they were, they
retired gracefully and allowed the vic
ars to have the whole field. When
Yancey county, the last on the list
was reached, and the faithful men
who had diligently worked the ad
''lins machines during the night had
finished the last fractional part of the
Vf,te, a swift calculator who had been
looping tab on the vote in front of
'lie platform announced in a joyful
manner that Glenn ha.d received twen-t:-six
votes, more than required to se
cure his nomination. The conserva
tive delegates awaited the result from
the platform and in a very few min
utes the figures as given out by the
enthusiastic delegate on the floor were
confirmed. The final vote gave Glenn
six hundred and fifty-one. .
When this was announced, the scene
immediately following was almost in
describable. Nothing in North Caro
lina history has ever approached it,
ave and except the demonstration
that was accorded Zebulon B. Vance in
the old auditorium at Charlotte the
Irfst time he ever appeared before an
audience of North Carolinians. Del
egates from all portions of the build
ing rushed to the platform, and with
banners unfurled they shouted Jthe
praises cf the man whom North Caro
ling., through her 'individual delegates,
had named for the highest position in
the gift of the people.
It is . but charitable to say that the
other delegates who had worked so
incessantly for their favorite candi
dates joined in the great outburst cf
arplause that followed the announce
ment of the vote. While some ardent
supporters of the other three candi
dates failed to make much noise, it
was not expected, that they would en
ter into the hilarity of the occasion as
did the victors.
But today, two hours after the con
vention has taken a recess, one hears
nothing but a reunited democracy with
Bob Glenn as its leader. At the Guil
ford hotel this morning at eight
o-clock, General Julian S. Carr threw
his arms around Mr. Glenn and with
his face almost touching that of the
Forsyth man, extracted a promise
from Mr. Glenn that the-, open
ing speech of the campaign should be
made at Durham and that he. General
Carr, might introduce North Carolina's
next governor. This is an instance
which shows how quickly North Caro
linians accept the will of, the majori
ty, for General Carr's county voted
practically solid for Stedman.
THE CONVENTION TODAY.
10:15 a. m. The convention is called
to order by Chairman Doughton.
10:20. The nomination of candidates
for Lieutenant Governor are now in
order. Speeches are limited to five
minutes each. John H. Bellamy, of
Wilmington, nominated George L. Mor
ton. Woodard, of Wilson nominated
Francis D. Winston, of Bertie. Joseph
Brown, of Columbus, was put in nomi
nation next and the balloting began.
GLENN
of North Carolina
Long before the roll was finished it
was evident that Winston had won.
The official ballot was: Winston g06,
Brown 232.5, Morton 212.
The following State officials were
nominated by acclamation: Grimes,
who was nominated by Maj. W. A. Gra
ham; Dixon, nominated by Senator
Overman; Joyner, nominated by R. A.
Doughton; Gilmer, nominated by F. S.
Spruill, and B. R. Lacy.
11:40. E. W. Pou nominated John H.
Grower for Commissioner of Agricul
ture. S. L. Patterson was nominated
by Colonel Cunningham.
11:40. John H. Gower appears on
the platform and withdraws in favor of
Patterson, who is then elected by ac
clamation. 11:41. Judge George H. Brown Is
elected Justice of the Sjapreme Court
by unanimous vote.
11:50. The vote for the other Asso
ciate Justice stands: Hoke 759 ; , Jus
tice 490. '
12 m. The. vote for Corporation
Commissioner stands: Alexander 3.87,
Rogers 848. 1
Platform and Delegates.
The adoption of the platform pro
voked considerable discission. The
document is a well-worded one, and
any Democrat can stand thereorf with
out the slightest fear. In the first
place it compliments the party for
the good management of the State's
affair? and the preservation of all that
dear to a true North Caro
linian. It approves of the general
principles of the Watts law as to the
regulation, the manufacture and the
sale of liquors and limiting the same
to cities and towns where police pro
tection is ample. A resolution to en-
dorso or instruct the delegation to the
national convention for Judge Parker
was witndrawn. The delegates to St.
Louis will be John E. Woodard, Kope
E. Elias, Locke Craige and J. S. Carr.
NOW HISTORY.
A Great Convention and the Able Work
of the Campaign Managers.
Now that the Democratic State con
vention of 1904 has practically passed
into history one obtains a clearer view
of the great game that was played and
the men who played it.
The Glenn men are, of course, exult
ing over their victory after such a
hard-fought battle, and they are en
titled to do so. It was for them a
glorious triumph and they have abun
dant reason for rejoicing. It appears
now that Manager Eller, who conduct
ed Glenn's campaign with such rare
ability, knew what he was talking
about in some pf the forecasts he
made prior to the convention.
There can be but profound sympa
thy and admiration from one end of
the State to the other for Maj. Sted
man, that gallant and knightly gentle
man who again sustains his -part in
a "lost cause." No man ever led a
more loyal and devoted following;
throughout the five ballots his enthusi
astic legions stood by him like a stone
wall, his vote scarcely varying at any
time.
With Maj. Stedman should, also be
remembered his able manager, Solici
tor Aubrey L. Brooks. He took Ma
jor Stedman's cause and built it from
the ground up and demonstrated him
self to be a really great political
manager. In the light of the obsta
cles he overcame it must be admitted
that he made a masterly showing for
his candidate. There is a touch of pa
thos in Mr. Brooks' position of which
the world knows little, nor needs to
know much. Some months ago he
uffered a great bereavement in the
death of his young wife of but a few
months. The shadow of this sorrow
has lain heavily upon him and it was
to beguile himself 'from a grief almost
too great that he plunged into the dis
tractions of an exciting campaign.
He will be a notable figure in State
politics by reason of the record he
has made.
Messrs. Bourne and Hartness, the
managers respectively of the Davidson
and Turner forces, were alert and
able in the prosecution of the cam
paign of their chiefs, and came in for
a fair share of the laurels that are
bestowed even upon the vanquished.
It was a convention that will be re
membered long after many of the ac
tors in it have passed from this earth
ly stage.
FLAGMAN HURT.
A Flagman on a Seaboard Train at
Raleigh Hurt by a Piece of Falling
Timber.
(Special The News.)
Raleigh, July 24. O. J. Mull, a flag
man on the Seaboard Air Line, was
seriously injured early this morning on
the yards at Johnson street station. He
had just come in from Columbia, S. C.
with his train and in passing by a
car-load of lumber a piece of timber
fell off and struck him on the side the
head breaking his cheek bone. He is
thought to have internal injuries,
which may prove fatal.
J. P. Taylor & Co., of Henderson, is
chartered to do a general tobacco busi
jness in Henderson, capital $200,000; in
corporators J. P. Taylor, Erasmus Tay
lor and Jas. I. Miller. '
Certificate filled for change of name
cf Kinston Ginning Co., to Hadrahan
(N. C.) Ginning Co., R. H. Coup, pres
ident
MARRIAGE AT SHELBY.
The Brilliant Morriage of Popular
Young Couple to Whom the News
Wishes All Happiness.
(Correspondence Trie News.) '
Shelby, N. C, June 23 Fair and
beautiful' indeed was the scene that
greeted the guests at the home of Mr
and' Mrs. A. Richard Eskridge, Thurs
day evening, June the 23rd, as they
gathered there to see these two lives
united whose troth had been plighted
in their youth, that of Miss Frances
Eskridge to Mr. William J. Roberts, Jr
With a most cordial greeting from
Mr. Charles C. Blanton, uncle of the
bride, as one entered the hall so
tastefully arranged with ferns and
palms, the guests were invited into the
parlor where the cermeony was to be
performed.
Mr. and Mrs. Burwell Blanton, and
Mr. and Mrs. A. Richard Eskridge, re
ceived at the parlor door. The parlor
in its artistic decorations of white and
green presented a scene of rare loveli
ness on which the eye might linger
with unceasing pleasure.
Promptly at the appointed hour, the
strains of Mendelssohn's wedding
march, under the deft touch of Mrs. L
P. Holland, floated out from the sit
ting room, the ribbon girls. Misses
Vera Webb and Lallage Oates formed
an aisle with the white ribbons
through which the bridal procession
was to pass. Miss TTna Webb, first
bridesmaid, beautifully gowned in
white silk, entered with Mr. Forest
Eskridge, brother of the bride, followed
y Miss Pearl Dixon, of Raleigh, maid
of honor, who was most, becomingly at
tired in white net. Next came little
Miss Frances Oates, the ring bearer.
The strains of the wedding march
rose majestically on the air, the eager
eyes watched for the coming of the
bride, who 'with stately tread proceed
ed to the improvised altar in the bay
window which was a mass of palms and
ferns, where she was met by the bride
groom, attended by his best man, Mr
John Bowen, of Yorkville, S. C. The
bride wore an exquisite gown of liberty
silk over taffeta with a bertha of point
and duchess lace.
The ceremony was performed by Rev,
M. El Parrish in his most impressive
style.
Immediately after the ceremony
large reception was held.
Those receiving with the bridal party
were Mr. and Mrs. J. R. Oates, of
Asheville, and Mr. and Mrs. B. E. Blan
ton, of Lincolntou.
RUSSIAN CAVALRY
ATTACK JSPAHESE
Oil RjEHT FLANK
But the Country was Not
Suitable for the Operations
ot the Cavalry as the Rus
sians Found to Their Cost
Too Late.
Firing Again is Heard at Port
Arthur and Continues for
Many Hours of the Day
and Night. Other N-ws
From thn Far East.
(By Associated Press.)
Kuroki's Headquarters in the Field,
Via, Fusan, June 24. A cavalry divi
sion commanded by General Rennen
kamp, attacked the Japanese right
flank. The country is mountainous
and - almost impassable for cavalry
operations, although ideal fof infan
try. Consequently the cavalry forces
on which the Russians depended to
harass the Japanese proved ineffec
tive. Russian Troops Marching.
Tien-Tsin, June 24. New entrench
ments are being thrown up east of the
Liao river. The Chinese have been ex
pelled from their houses, which are to
be used by Russian troops. A new
proclamation has been issued forbid
ning the export of food -stuffs to
Northern New Chwang. It is reported
that large bodies of troops are eight
miles from New Chwang under com
mand of General Kuropatkin. It is sup
posed that they are marching toward
Kaichou.
Firing at Port Arthur.
Che Foo. June 24. Heavy firing was
indicated at Port Arthur for several
hours last night and this morning.
Russians Falling Back.
St. Petersburg, June 24. Many ru
mors are received from the theatre of
the war. The only thing that can be
stated, with certainty is that informa
tion received by the war office shows
that General Kuropatkm has no in
tention of seriously contesting the
Jananese advance at Kaichou, wnicn
seems to carry the decision practically
to abandon the entire peninsula to
the onemy and naturally the with
drawal of Russian troops from New
Chwanr. According to the latest' re
norts General Oku's Scouts are four
miles north of Senuchen and Russian
outposts eight . miles north of the
same place and are gradually falling
back along the line of the railroad.
It is likely that the Japanese will
reach Kaichou within two days. Ku
roki's three columns seemed to have
suspended their advance pending
Oku's arrival at Kaichou. The exact
position of the Japanese on the Tache
Kiao road is not known. Military crit
ics approve of Kuropatkin's decisjon
not to fight at Kaichou, which they
say is a particularly unfavorable posi
tion. The Japanese forces t engaged
at this movement are estimated at a
hundred and fifty thousand men and
an enormous number of guns. Appar
ently two divisions were left at Port
Arthur, which would account for the
practical suspension of seige opera
tions, but this may be due to the re
ported loss of a seige train on the
Japanese transports.
A BRUTE SHOT DOWN.
A Negro Who is Wanted for Having
Assaulted Three Little Girls is Shot
by a Posse.
(By Associated Press.)
Birmingham, June 24. A special
from Columbia, Miss., says Sterling
Dunham, negro, wanted at Emporia,
Miss, on charge of having assaulted
three little white girls, was run down
by a posse near Vienna, Alabama, near
the Mississippi state line, this morn
morning and shot many times. The
posse has been after Dunham many
days and when they located him at
Vienna, he fled. Many shots were fired
at him and running six miles he fell
fearfully wounded. If he does not die
be will be taken to Columbus tonight
where a crowd is expected to meet him.
If identified, mob violence is expected.
The Rock Went Wild. '
James Chisolm, a negro who has a
disposition to defend himself with
rocks when hard pressed, was arrested
this morning by Officers Youngblood
and Asbury, because he threw a rock
at Oscar Richardson this morning, but
missing his intended victim, the rock
crashed into a fence and knocked a
paling loose.
The trouble occurred on East Fifth
street, where the two men were work
ing. Chisolm is in the tombs this af
ternoon, awaiting trial tomorrow
morning.
Briefs.
Mr. J. M. Johnson, who has been
sick for several days, is reported to be
better now. ' :
Young men desiring to enter the A
& M. College may take the examina
tion at the county court house Thurs
day, July 14th, at 10 o'clock. Superin
tendent Cochran -will conduct the ex
amination.
The Baptist excursion, which re
turned this morning, made faster time
going and coming than the regular
schedule of the road, according to the
statement of one of the managers. The
crowd was better pleased than ever be
fore, J
FIRE AT WORLD'S FAIR.
The' House of Hoo Hod Consumed.
Flames Theatened Other BuMd
' mgs.
(By Associated Press.)
St. Louis, June 24. A fire which
threatened for a time to destroy many
of the buildings at the World's Fair,
today, consumed the house of Hoo-Hoo.
So quickly did the flames spread that
five occupants of the second floor . had
difficulty in escaping with their lives.
The loss on the building is estimated
at $50,000, with insurance of $20,00. .
The catering company, which had a
concession in the building, lost $8,000.
The fire is believed to have started
from electric wire on which insulation
was worn.
House of Hoo-Hoo.
House off Hoo-Hoo was one of the
first buildings to be completed for the
exposition, and was erected by the lum
bermen of the United States. It was di
vided into many rooms constructed of
aifferent kinds of fine and expensive
lumber. It contained also many speci
ments of rare woods which were much
valued. It has not yet been decided
whether to rebuild or not. Thirty black
cats in the building are believed to
have perished. The proximity to .the
Texas building caused much anixiety
and the women worked energetically
to save the precious relics of the States
and their early history.
SEABOARD NEWS.
A Large Piece of News for This Sec
tion A Holding Company and Am
ple Capital for the Development of
the Seaboard Line.
(By Associated Press.)
New York, June 24. Plan for the
formation of a holding-company for
the Seaboard Air Line Railroad is
under consideration by the banking in
terests in control of the property.
Conferences have been held here re
cently but details of the plan have not
been worked out. It is known however,
that the plan includes the organization
or a holding company which will pro
vide a large amount of capital for the
road. A bond issue of ten millions is
contemplated.
TELEPHONE MERGER
Stock Passed Into Bell's
Hands Last Week.
Increase in Rates"
"No
Says
Manager Spier of the Bell.
Mr. Millers' Statement.
. After repeated rumors, covering
many months, the property of the
Charlotte :TeIepncrI8; - Company has at
last passed into the hands of the
Southern Bell Company, which by an
exchange of stock, which occurred last
week, becomes sole proprietor of the
local field.
The Charlotte Telephone Company, it
is said, had not been on a paying basis
for some time and this would only tend
to hasten the consummation of the sale
to the Bell Company.
The statements of the managers of
the two systems, which were given the
News today, explain fully the causes
leading up to the consolidation. Man
ager M. B. Spier, of the Bell Company,
states that no increase in rates is now
contemplated by the Bell. This will
be good news to the public, at least
to those who are patrons of the ser
vice here. As to the disposal of the
Charlotte Telephone property by the
Bell, no definite plans have yet been
made.
Mr. M. B. Spier, superintendent of
the Southern Bell Telephone and Tele
graph Company, was interviewed to
day regarding the reported purchase of
the Charlotte Telephone Company, by
the Southern Bell
"I have known for some time," said
Mr. Spier, "that our company was ne
gotiating for the control of the Char
lotte Company. The change in the own
ershin of the stock took place last
week, I believe, but I did not hear of
it until day before yesterday. So far as
I know, no definite plans have as yet
been made for the disposition of the
property, but I do know that we will
welcome cordially any of their sub
scribers who desire our service and
that we have ample facilities to connect
them up immediately and to give them
the best of service if they should all
come over in a body. I am also m a
position to say that no increase in our
rates is contemplated by the Southern
Bell."
Mr. A. A. Miller, the local manager
of the Charlotte Telephone Company,
was also seen today. Mr. Miller stated
that he himself had no financial inter
est in the propery. but that, as its man
ager, it was within his knowledge that
the returns for a long time past had
been inadequate on the investment.
The recent completion of the Southern
Bell Company's new building and un
der ground system had caused the loss
of a number of subscribers, be said, and
he realized the impossibility of suc
cessful competition on the part of a
company with 400 subscribers and in-
ferior facilities with one having 1,200
subscribers and a new plant through
out. To have any possibility of suc
cess, he stated, it would have been nec
essary for the Charlotte Company to
invest about $60,000 at once and to be
prepared to follow that up almost 'im
mediately with $40,000 more. "WTiile
I have every faith in the present and
future prosperity of Charlotte," Mr.
Miller concluded, "I am satisfied that
the city would never support two sys
tems, each as well equipped as the Bell
Company is now. While I was not con
sulted about the final sale, I feel sure
that if anything like the cost of the
property was received for it it was a
wise and necessary move."
MR
IITERVEWED
f
CHANGES IN CABlNT.
Moody Succeeds Knox and Paul Mor
ton Succeeds Moody.
(By Associated Press.)
Washington, June 24. President
Roosevelt today made' the following
announcement 6f cabinet changes : .
William H. Moody, of Massachusetts,
to be Attorney General..
Paul Morton, of Illinois, to be Secre
tary of the Navy.
Victor H. Metcalf of California, to be
The resignations' of Secretary Cortel-
you and Attorney. General Knox have
been announced and accepted, effective
July 1st.
A sweeping change in the cabinet of
President Roosevelt is announced offi
cially at the White House today. The
announcement came in the form of a
brief, typewritten statement issued by
secretary Loeb.
For two weeks or more it has been
known these changes were impending.
When Secretary Cortedlyou was ap
pointed by President Roosevelt as his
campaign manager, it was certain he
would retire from the cabinet upon the
assumption of the duties as chaiman of
the Republican National Committee
Just before he left for Chicago he
placed in the hands of the President a
letter resigning from the secretary
ship of the Department of Commerce
and Labor. It was agreed that the
resignation be accepted as effective at
the end of the present fiscal year, June
30th. That time will permit him to
complete the Important work in the De
partment, A week ago Attorney Gen
eral Knox formally announced that he
wquld retire from the Department of
Justice June 30tb. It is understood at.
the same time that Secretary Moody
would succeed Knox. The statement
is made, however, that the transfer of
Secretary Moody to the Department of
Justice was dependent in a measure on
the President's success in securing a
worthy successor at the head of the
Navy Department The President ten
dered the appointment of Secretary of
the Navy to Paul Morton, first vice1
president of the Atchison, Topeka &
Santa Fe Railway. Morton is a per
sonal friend of the President of many
years standing, a son of the late J.
Sterling Morton, of Nebraska, Secre
tary of Agriculture in Cleveland's last
administration-. President Roosevelt
made more tha none effort to induce
Morton to accept the position in his
cabinet, but he uniformly declined such
an appointment, feeling the success he
has achieved at railroad work might be
impeded by the acceptance of a govern
ment position. v
Morton Accepts.
Morton was requested by the Presi
dent to reconsider declaration. Last
night he took dinner at the White
House and while there the subject was
considered, after Morton had consulted
with personal and business friends. At
the conclusion of the conference, Mor
ton told the President he would accept.
It is expected that further changes will
take place in the cabinet next winter.
Postmaster-General , Payne probably
will retire from the cabinet after the
campaign. He will be succeeded by Na
tional Chairman Cortleyou. Secretary
Moody will continue a member of the
cabinent till the end of the present ad
ministration. next: March when he will
retire to enter upon the private prac
tice of law in Boston.
Snowstorm in Montana.
(By Associated Press)
Butte, ont., June 24. An intermit
tent snowstorm has been raging here
since last night. The mountains are
covered with a white mantle, though
the snow is melting in the valleys as
fast as it falls. The temperature rang
ed about 30 during the night. The
storm appears general through the
State, but it is not believed the stock
will suffer, though some damage will be
done to crops and early fruit..
Blessing Panama With a Tariff.
(By Associated Press.)
Washington, June 24. Secretary
Taft today issued an order making the
terms of the Dingley act regarding the
tariff applicable to the canal strip on
the Isthmus of Panama. He also is
sued an order providing ' for the es
tablishment of a postoffice on the ca
nal strip.
IS
RELEASED TODAY
He and Varley are Expected
at Tangier Today. Raisul
and the Sultan of Morocco
Will Harmonize Their Dif
ferences.
(By Associated Press.)
Washington, June 24. Consul Gen
eral Gummere, in a cable to the State
Department, dated Tangier today, says
& communication has just been re
ceived from Perdicaris and Varle.7,
which states they are leaving for Lai.
culy. Gummere expects them to arrive
at Tangier tonighL .
Russian Comments.
St. Petersburg, June 24. The results
of the Chicago Convention were re
ceived here too late for press comment
this morning. Novoe Vremya devootes
along editorial to speculation regarding
the enormous naval expansion of the
United States, saying:
"It is difficult to suppose it Is for a
pacific purpose and more difficult to
imagine it is due to the fear of ag
gression by an European power."
Continuing the paper declares the
only presumption left is : that the
United States is preparing at no distant
date an attack on some one and warns
statesmen, "to beware of the boundless
appetite of American exporters for
markets, which, other means failing,
must be woa by force of arms."
P RO M S
KEIIT J, LOOMIS
HOT YET FOUND
BY HIS ERIE
His Disappearance Does Not
Seem to Excite Any Great
Degree, of Apprehension
Though it; is Somewhat
Embarasslng.
A Passenger Declares That
He Saw H m Go Do .n
the Gang-Plank, at Ply-,
mouthV His Jmportart
Mission to Abyssinia;
.. (.By Associated Press.)
Paris,' June 24. Officials here
are
not seriously apprehensive regarding
the whereabouts of Kent J. Loomis,
brother of Francis B. Loomis, Ameri
can assisstant secretary of State, who
disappeared shortly before or after
the arrival of the North German Lloyd
steamer Kaiser Wilhelm at Plymouth,
last Monday, One passenger declares
he saw Loomis go down the igahg
plank at Plymouth with other passen
gers. The failure of Loomis to re
port his whereabouts creates a per
plexing situation, Owing to the gov
ernment mission with which he was
charged. Loomis was proceeding to
byssinia on a mission connected with
.commercial; treaty between the
united States and Abyssinia, negoti
ated last year. Thei French govern
ment had been asked to facilitate the
journey of Loomis and his caravan
through French Somaliland. It has
been arranged that William H. Ellis,
who accompanied Loomis from New
York, will proceed to Abyssinia with
the treaty, which was with the bag
gage of Loomis brought here from.
Cherbourg. ,
THE HAYTIEN IMBROGLIO.
The Govenment Apologizes to France
for the Insult to Her Minister. ,
(By Associated Press) .
Port-au-Prince, Haiti, June 24. The
French Minister, Deprez, has received
a letter from the Haytien government,
apologizing for the action of the palace
guards, in ; stoning the Minister , on
Wednesday. The incident, therefore, is
regarded as closed. .
To Send a Warship.
, Paris, June 24. The government has
decided to send a warship to Port-au-Prince
to demand reparation for the re
cent attack on the French Minister by
the palace guard. : ", ,
The German View." '
. Berlin, June 24 The Foreign Office
treats the stoning of the German Min
ister at Port-au-Prince lightly and re
gards it more as the work of boys bent
on mischief than of the populace. The
government has not yet determined
what steps to take, but the Foreign
Office representative has intimtaed that
an apology will be demanded, and that
pressure will be brought to bear, if nec
essary, by a naval demonstration. Ac
cording to the foregoing official infor
mation the German Minister was not
hurt, while the French Minister was
struck by a stone and highly, wounded.
MINE WORKER'S COMMITTEE.
The Committe Will Meet a Similar
Committee From the Employers to
Discuss a New Scale.
-(By Associated Press.)
Birmingham, Ala'. June 24 An execu
tive session of the State Convention of
Mine Wprkers of America this morning
agreed to appoint a committee of four
to meet a like committee from the fur
nace operators and to consider the
question of a new wage' contract .for
workers, effective July first, The com
mittee is appointed in response to the
request of the furnace operators asso
ciation, which is composed of leading
mine and furnace operators of Ala
bama, and is the successor of the mine
operators association. Two committees
meet this afternoon, but immediate
agreement Is n$t expected, as prepaia
tory. -
READING CLERK APPOINTED.
The Reading Clerk for the Democratic
Convention is Brandon of New" Jer
sery. (By Associated Press.)
, Montgomery, June 24. W. W. Bran
don of this State received notice today
of his appointment as reading clerk of
the Democratic. National Convention.
Erandon Is an adjutant-general and
has been reading clerk of the Legisla
ture and State conventions several
years. : - . . ,
YANKEE BEATS THE EMPEROR.
Morton F. Plant of New York Out.
sails the Emperor's Yatcht.
(By Associated Press)
Kiel, June 24.-r-In the race for the
big yachts today the schooner Ingomar,
owned by Morton F. Plant, New York,
finished first and Emperor Williams'
Meteor Third, second. The Emperor
was on board Meteor Third. Cornelius
Vanderbilt and Robert Goelet are
among his guests. " - '
Shot a Young Woman.
(By Associated Press.) -Detroit,
Mich., June 24. Charles
Swayze today shot Miss Emma Alvord
with a revolver while the couple were
in the corridor of the eleventh floor
of the chamber of commerce building,
and then jumped from the window,
falling eleven stories to the pavement.
He was instantly killed. The woman
may recover.:
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