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DOWN TO BUSINESS
TODAY I DENVER
to Contests. Pennsylvania The
Most Important
IS ALL SORTS
OF PLANKS
Rules and Order Com
mittee Report v
By Wire to The Sun.
Denver, July 8. The convention
was called to order at 12.22, Denver
time. "
The credentials committee refused
to seat the Pennsylvania contested
delegates. This is a great victory for
Col. Guffey. New York's Murphy dele
gates was seated unanimously, and
also Sullivan delegates, of Illinois,
and Dubois delegates, of Idaho.
The credentials committee reports
that the contesting of the Bryan dele-
gates should be stated from Pennsyl-
', vacia, and Col. Guttey's antl Bryan
men thrown out. Guffcjvwm the
;wMsrefla:uw..;wieaT;m Wan" for hours. It
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Utile James, oi jxemuu&y, iui turn
mittee of credentials, says the fulf re
port won't be ready until tonight - He
' saya adjournment is best. There were
loud cries of "No, No,"
Denver" July 8. The committee on
permanent organization, rules and or
der of business of the convention was
ready to report when the convention
met at noon today. The , credentials
committee may be ready to report, but
the committee on' platform will not
be raedy. That about sums up the
situation here early this morning.
The credentials committee went in.
to session at 5 o'clock last evening
and it was after 6 o'clock this morn
ing when they reached the Pennsyl
vania contestants' case. The commit,
tee heard all the evidence of all cases
before going into , executive session
to make up the report tor present
tion to the convention. They will pro
bably be ready when Chairman' Bell
calls for a report, but it is possible
nhat an extension of time will be
necessary. Tho best impression is that
the action of (he national committee
will be approved in the-cases of(the
Illinois, . Ohio, New York and District
of Columbia case, and that Idaho will
be split,' eich side being given halt
vote. :r .;x'i: .
The Pennsylvania, case the
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highly explosive piece of dynamite
about the convention, is n. the .air.
If Guffey delegatse are unseated,
there is due to follow the hottest fight
on the floor of tho convention. C51.
Guffey made a canvass from center
to circumgerence and will surely
ve?' ' "start something" if. he sees a good
: chance.- k.
The sub.committeo on platform
which has in charge the drafting of
the declaration of the party prind-
. pies, remained in session until 2.30
this- morning, ' going into . rCxecutlve
Iscsion after listening for several
hours to arguments in favor of all
sorts of planksT-heh they concluded
v ' . '. to take a. little rest, and resumed
C" their sitting at ninli ? o'clock this
' ; ' morning. The1 hope '..to reports-draft
" f of a platform to. the full committee
, " about 5 o'clock this afternoon. It this
:.-. it to, the platform may be presented
. " ' at the night'''se8sionvV'J,i:;?S::'ri'
' ' ' The sample of harmony that ; de-
tr . ' veloped bver Grover Cleveland . reso.
: luttons," offered some relief ' to 1 the
warring factions of the convention
; today, when such : pronounced advo-
, cates and followera jot the ?deal
'statesman as Davids k- FrancisA of
; Missouri, ' and ; Judge .'Alton B.;' Par
ker, a candidate of four years agi'tor
president, can agree with Bryan,
there is cause ' for rejoicing in the
democratic camp. And, from a Mis.
Bouri standpoint, the ..best of . all is
that it was brought about by a Mis
sourian. What promised to be one
of. the most bitter and nasty fights of
the convention has turned out to be
unanimous tribute to the democrats,
who, three- times was the nominee of
the party for president, two, of which
were rewarded with elections.
U was not more than twenty min
utes before the resolution was pre.
sented to the convention that a un
derstanding of the Bryan wing and
the gold democrats was reached. '
Then on the understanding . that
Judge Parker would be afforded op
portunity for reading resolutions pre
pared by himself as a tribute to
Cleveland. It required constant nurs
ing on the" part of Mr. Francis, of
Missour, before ha could induce Par
ker to consent to the program, which
was altered to t,vold a fight on the
floor of the1 contention. ,What argu
ments Francis brought CtO; bear on
tne iormer .candidate, is unknown.
Final difference over, the wording of
resolution came with a visit of Fran
ta. Fair v.iew Sunday when J waa
has been a mystery as to what should
induce: two leaders to hold such long
conference, but it now y develops
Bryan objected :to the wording of the
Parker resolution. The administra
tion of Cleveland was made the sub
ject of a eulogy. Instead of that, he
told Francis he had hoped for the
resolutions endorsing Cleveland iae
a man, his presonal integrity and
rugged character. The attitude of the
old Cleveland wing of which Fran
cis was one of the principals, did not
take well to the idea.'vbut seeing no
possibility of an agreement in which
both sides would virtually maintain
position without a fight of" personal
preferences were set aside for what
they considered the welfare of the
'democratic party. Instead of opposing
the stand of Bryan, as he was at first
credited with doing, Francis fell in
with the idea and became a real
spokesman for Bryan in effecting the
compromise.
; Francis slept not a minute all that
night because of his successive trips
to quarters of both Parker and
Bryan. He pleaded and begged that
they would consider the . differences
from all Sides. They were told that
Bryan wanted to make a compromise
question and there would be no ef.
fort- to prevent Cleveland's friends
from" placing resolutions before the
convention. Arrangements were per
fected whereby' resolutions represent
ing Bryan's' idea would be presented
by . a Nebraskan and would be. second
ed by Parker in a speech when he
would read the draft that he wished
to place before the convention.
- The plea of harmony had its effect
which is Been today.
' The present outlined program fol
lows: '.
Convention called to order at noon
by Temporary Chairman Bell
-. Prayer. . .'... .'
Report of committee on rules and
order of business..' . ' -:
Report credentials committee,
- Recess unfit 8 p. m. ..'
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v Report platform 'committee. ;
' The vtoe-prssldential situation is
beginning 'to clarify, although so far
is far from being clear as yet
' 'GrayVi ; manager, " Judge) toseph
Marvel,;, wired Bryan under -no dr.
cumstances would the Delaware , man
accept second place on the ticket
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, Nine mon out of ten who come , up
and shake you , by-.' tne'' band ; either
want to borrow, money or hand you a
piece bt ad vice.
BOMB TIED OX LOJi'G POLE.
Husband Pat it Against Wife's Window
In Hqtel Bat Scheme Failed.
By Wire to The Snn.
Arkville, N. Y., July 8. Because he
objected to his wife working in a hotel
Henry Frayer, of Bloomville, tied five
pounds of dynamite on the end of a
20-foot pole early this morning and
leaning it against her window in the
Bloomville House, lighted the fuse and
ran to his near by home. The barn
man at the hotel heard the fuse burn
ing, and threw the pole away from the
house a moment before it exploded.
The explosion was sufficient to break
half the windows in the village and to
throw those sleeping in the hotel from
their beds. Had the pole not been
taken away, the hotel would have been
wrecked and it is probable that a ma
jority of twenty people in the hotel
would have lost their lives. The barn
man who grabbed the pole was thrown
20 feet Many in the village thought
there had been an earthquake.
SLAIJT BY. CIRCUS PAJfTHER.
Partly Devoured Body in Woods Be
trays Death Straggle.
By Wire to The Sun.
Rhinelander, iWs., July 8. A pan
ther whieh escaped from .a circus a
year ago south of this city has caused
a panic in Northern Wisconsin. Sun.
day the partly devoured body of a
man was found in the woods nears
Brantwood. There was nothing on his
clothing to identify him, but he is
supposed to'be a Woodsman from one
of the lumber camps in this part of
Wisconsin.
The body was partly devoured, it
being evident that the panther had
killed his victim while the man was
going through the woods unarmed.
There was evidence that the man had
put up a hard battle, as his hands
contained bits of the panther's hide,
literally torn off st&e jbrute while -be
was in his"de"ath grapple. , y
ORMSBY OBTAINS WRIT.
Boston Court to Decide as to the Cus
tody of His Child.
By Wire to The Sun,
Boston, July 8. George F. Ormsby,
of Washington, was granted a writ of
habeas corpus today by the supreme
court of Masachusetts for the release
of his 2 year old son, Woodbury Orms
by from the custody of Mrs. Ormsby,
after a long legal squabble. The writ
is returnable tomorrow morning.
Ormsby alleges the pretense of his
wife for the restraint of the child is
some divorce decree obtained by Mrs.
Ormsby in a western state. He at
tacks the validity of that divorce. He
also explains his action in bringing
his son to New England, stating that
the child was brought to the seashore
on account of the prevalence of chil
dren's diseases in Washington.
SUIT TO OUST ICE COMPANY.
New York Attorney General Brings Ac-
. tion to End Its Business.
New York, July 8. The American
Ice Company was served with a sum
mons and complaint today in a civil
action, brought by Attorney uenerai
Jackson for , the state, in which an
effort will be made to prevent the cor
poration from doing further business
in the state of New York.-. In the com
plaint the attorney general asks that
the company be restrained from car
rying out contracts made with various
companies and firms, alleged to be for
the purpose of creating a monopoly in
the supply of ice. - y
The complaint charges the company
with greatly increasing the selling
price of Ice in and about New York
city, and with violation of the stock
corporation law. It asks that the cor
poration be ousted from the state and
enjoined from , exercising , corporate
rights within, this state. The com
pany has 20 days to file its answer.
PARAGUAY AGAIN AT PEACE.
Revolutionary President Assumes Con
trol of Affairs. - ;
Montevideo, July 8. A dispatch re
ceived here today from Asuncion says
that peace has been restored in Par
aguay. Dr. Emillano Naveiro, the for
mer vice president, who w.aa appointed
president by the Victorious revolu
tionary party, has assumed control of
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representatives of the foreign
powers, have, interceded successfully,
the dispatch- Btates, in behalf of the
former ministers, who took, refuge in
the various legations. f ; ' i y yiy
CAPITALCITY
NiWS BUDGE!
News of Interest From
Raleigh
.MOWING MARKED IMPROVEMENT.
Oov. Glenn Has Applied for a Requi
sition from tlie Governor of Virginia
for Beotsn Brown, a Dangerous
Negro Other Items of Interest
Special to The Sun.
Raleigh, N. C, July 8. The annual
reports of the county superintendents
of public schools are coming in to the
state superintendent of public instruc
tion now are showing marked improve
ment over reports for previous years.
Supt. Joyner says one of the most not
able reports thia year comes from Dur
ham county where Superintendent
Massey that the terms are longer than
ever, salaries higher and enrollment
and average attendance considerabl
better than Sever before with contract
Just given Out for three new schooi
houses that will add ten thousano
dollars to the value of county school
property. That the value of' rural
school property now is 138,700, with
42 school houses of which 32 have
patent desks.
Superintendent Joyner attributes
much of this advance to the fact that
Durham county employes a competent
superintendent for all his time at an
adequate -salary the office of superin
tendent of Schools being held above
factional politics.
4 Eight years ago "Boots" Brown, a
dangerous--mft -of a negro, shot down
almost In cold blood a negro woman
here against whom he had a grudge
and fled the state. Advices are jus)
received from Norfolk that he has been
identified there by North Carolina ne
groes and taken into cusotdy. Sheriff
Sears has applied to Governor Glenn
for a requisition on the governor of
Virginia for him and will send for
the fugitive at once.
There was to have been held- toVlay
the preliminary trial of Ira Oakley, a
young white man charged with burning
the dwelling of Jim Underwood and
with it the wife and child of Under
wood. He was brought from Virginia
more than a month ago whither he had
fled but he has not yet had his pre
llmlnary hearing. When the case was
called today a postponement was or
dered until 11 o'clock tomorrow.
The contract is awarded for the $50,-
000 new building for Rex Hospital
here. It is to be of concrete and will
be of the most approved, design two
stories and a .basement. W. B. Barrow
of Raleigh was the successful bidder.
Tomorrow at Sanford, S. M. Gattls
grand master, and other officers of the
North Carolina grand lodge of Masons
will lay the corner stone for the new
Lee county court house which is de
signed to meet the needs of the county
for many years to come. Within the
past few months the North Caroline
grand lodge has been called upon to
lay corne&r& stones at Holly Springs.
Maxton, Henderson, Greensboro, Sun-
fors, Sunberry and elsewhere, an unu
sually large number within so short a
period.
Eight to six in Raleigh's favor was
the score of the game last afternoon
with Klnston here. It was a slow
"sluggish match" with the one feature
of a three bagger by Kelly for Raleigh
when the bases were full sealing Kin
ston's defeat.
Score: R. H. E.
Raleigh . . . ... . . . .010 030 0408 15
Klnston ......... 030 200 010 6 9
Batteries: Hoffman and Wrenn;
Brooks and Sexton ' and Adams,
, STEEL TRUST BUTS PLANT.
Reported to Hare Paid $5,000,000 for
y; , Schoen Wheel Company.
By Wire to The Sun.
Pittsburg,'' July. 8. The Schoen Steel
Whee Company's plarit, patents, and
busjneBs were, today transferred to the
United States Steel Corporation, the
consideration; it is reported, being
about $3,000,000.
' The wheel company was owned
largely by Charles C. Schoen, inventor
of the steel 'wheel used on , the new
steel cars and . said to be the only
wheel that will carry the load of these
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NEW BERN'S BUSINESS
; IN A GOOD CONDITION
Several Business
Speak of Their Own Affairs as
Being Encouraging
JEWEL ROBBERY DENIED.
Hotel Knows Nothing of Women Pa
trons' Belated Tale.
By Wire to The Sun.
New York, July 8. A raid by a bur
glar on patrons of a local hotel early
an Friday of last week was made
Known today. Mrs. T. D. Palmer and
Mrs. Albert Moyer, both of Chicago,
who were returning from Boston where
they attended the Women's Federation
conference, registered at the Imperial
on Thursday.
Mrs. Moyer was awakened, according
to her story, by a noise made by some
one at the bureau. There was light
enough to see the figure of a man ran
sacking the drawers. She awakened
Mrs. Palmer and then slipped out of
bed to the telephone. The click of
the instrument attracted the burglar,
and he turned from the bureau with a
threat to brain Mrs. Moyer, but she
pluckily stuck to the telephone and
screamed the news to the office that a
burglar was In her room. The only
response was a negro bell boy. By
that time the burglar had escaped with
about $800 worth of jewelry.
At the hotel tonight it was denied
by the management that there had
been any robbery.
HALLUCINATION CAUSES DEATH.
Belief That He is Poisoned Kills Man,
and Doctors Are fuzzled.
By Wire to The Sun.
Chicago, July 8. Suffering all the
agony, physical and mental, and ex
hibiting many of the symptoms that ac
company death by poisoning, John Ne-
riza died yesterday, the victim of hallu
cination. It is believed his condition
resulted from worry because of Fourth
of July nose. Attending physicians
found no trace of poison in the exam
ination of Neriza. eMmbers of his
family declare he had eaten nothing
that might cause his condition. But
the efforts of physicians to assure him
that he was not poisoned were futile,
and he passed into a comatose condi
tion, and died after hours of suffering.
The case puzzled Alexian Brothers
Hospital physicians, many of whom
attended the inquest. Alienists were
also present to explain the cause of
Neriza's death.
WRESTLER RULED STOKE HOLE.
Worked His Way to Olympic Games
and Knocked Out Stoker.
By Cable to The Sun.
London, July 8. John Craig the mid
dleweight wrestler from Philadelphia,
whose expenses the Olympic committee
refused to pay, worked his passage
over on the steamer as a stoker.
Cralge has two of the fingers of his
right hand In a bandage, the result of a
scrap with a bullying German who ran
things in the stoke hole until the
wrestler came along. Craige landed
a smasher on the Teuton's jaw, put
ting him to sleep for fifteen minutes.
The amateur stoker lost twelve pounds
of flesh shoveling coal in the steamer
furnaces. . . '
CORRIGAN FOR VICAR GENERAL.
Named by Cardinal Gibbons to Succeed
Bishop Curtis.
By Wire to The Sun.
Baltimore, Md., July 8. Cardinal
Gibbons today announced the appoint
ment of Rev. Owen B. Corlrgan, a?
vicar general of the archdiocese of
Baltimore, in succession to Bishop Al
fred A. Curtis, who is seriously ill at
St. Agnes Hosptial. "
Bishop Curtis asked several months
ago to be relieved of the duties of vicar
general, but continued In the office
at the request of the cardinal. Father
Corrlgan is a native of this city, and
was ordained in Rome in 1873. He is
pastor of St Gregory's church, the
building of which was due to his
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Men of This City
A STATEMENT
FROM FIRMS
About as Good Now as
at Any Time
In speaking of the business world
as pertains to New Bein, a Sun re
porter called on several of the busi
ness men of this city this morning
in an effort to get the facts in the
matter and it was stated by those
called on that they had nothing to
complain of whatever. All spoke with
disgust of the continued wrangling
about hard times, and of people hav
ing to suffer or leave the city and
gave it as their opinion that they
could not see the reason for so much '
of it.
Every one knows who has been in
business for any number of years that
collections in June and July are not -as
good as they aje iBNaveaiber'id
December, said one man, and It ought
not to require a man to live his whole
life before he finds this out, and it
looks lik an overdose of "hot air" on
the part of some to continue to kick
up dust and call it smoke for the pur
pose of hollering fire.
As one of the best evidences sup.
porting the fact that things are not
as they have been represented, is the
statement made by a prominent gro
cery firm this morning.
Lucas and Lewis.
This firm deals in, staple groceries
and is known by its reputation, qual
ity of goods and the freshness there,
of, prompt deliveries and reasonable
prices. This firm is Lucas and Lewis,
and these gentlemen told the reporter
that their business was excellent;
that they had not seen it much better
during the so-called "good seasons."
That if their busines should in
crease they would have to increase
their force, which is as large now
as at any time for some years back.
These gentlemen did not tell this as
any secret fdr there -were other peo
ple standing by.
Mr. Gaskill Talks.
In reply to a question, Mr. Joseph
Gaskill said his business was good,
with no exception, whatever. Is so
much so that I did not feel safe in
going to Beaufort with my family,
although there would be four men on
the floor. Mr. Gaskill is in the hard
ware business and showed the report.
er a large order he filled for a pros
perous farmer, who, he said, had a
good crop laid by and was now re
pairing his wagons and other farming
Implements. I see no reason for all
this screaming about New Bern's
businses interests, was the sense of
Mr. Gaskill's statement.
J. 0. Baxter. '
Inquiries at the store of J. O. Bax.
ter, who conducts a Jewelry busi
ness and a repair work depart
ment, also an optical department,
brought forth the statement that this
firm was just as busy as itcould be.
If business iucraseed they would have
to add to their force. Of course this
is an old and established firm and
some who are inclined will offer this
as a meson for this statement, but
when this class of business la pros
perous, and we offer this reliable au.
ihority ab evidence, there must be no
doubt about the whole city being
prospreous.
The reporter also called at S. Cop-
8. Coplon.
Ion's store and made inquiries. Mr.
Coplon was not . lu but a clerk In.
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