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NEW BERN, N. C, SATURDAY, JULY 11. 1908.
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V
McCARVEN'S
FATAL BLOW
Murphy Wins Out in
Battle For Control
JUSTICE KELLY DECIDES CASE.
Elections Held In Future Will Be Dom
inated Over By Murphy-Coler Men
Means McCanen's Political Death
and That He Will Control No Longer.
. By Wire to The Sun.
New York, July 11. Justice Kelly,
of the supreme court in Brooklyn, to
day, wiped state Senator Patrick Hen
ry McCarven out of politics by deny
ing a mandamus to compel the board
of elections to appoint McQafven's
men as election inspectors, poll clerks
and other officials.
This means the political death of
McCarven and that he will no longer
control in Brooklyn, through election
officials or city patronage.
Murphy has been fighting McCarven
in the city and state for two years,
but never has been able to completely
overthrow the Brooklyn leader until
now.
At the September primaries and
November city, state and national elec
tions, all officials at the polls will be
Murphy-Coler men.
SNAKE INDIANS ON WARPATH.
Drive Oklahoma Sheriffs from Camp
With Message of Defiance.
By Wire to The Sun..
Muskogee, Okla., July 11. The sher
iffs of Mcintosh and Okmulgee coun
Ues wnt to the Old Hickory, grounds,
near Henrietta, today, to Investigate
the uprising of Snake Indians, but
were driven away from the camp by 30
armed Indians -sand negroes. " "Crazy
Snake delivered a message defying the
laws of the state and the United
States government, declaring they
have no authority over the Indians.
The officers got into communication
with Guthrie, and It is probable jthat
state troops will be sent to disperse
the malcontents. Crazy Snake is the
leader of several hundred uncivilized
Indians.
RALEIGH SOCIETY.
Notes of Interest Transpiring In the
Capital City.
Special to The Sun.
Raleigh, N. C, July 11. A party of
young people chaperoned by Mrs.
James H. . Pou, spent the week most
delightfully camping at the Dr. Rog
ers bungalow near Milburnle, six
miles from Raleigh. Fishing and row
- lng were among the' chief features of
entertainment, that with a jolly good
' time generally "roughing it." In the
party were. Miss Edith Pou, Miss Liz
zie Rogers, Miss Nannie Hay, Miss
, Juliette rews, Miss Annie Era Pou,
and Messrs' Jessie Primrose, Hugh
Thompson, Jno. Cole, Burke Haywood,
J. S. Mason, Jno. Bushall, J. Y. Joy.
ner, Jr., Dr. L. J. Pegram and Mrs.
Pou as chaperone.
The Raleigh Sunshlners are making
abundant preparation for their annual
outing, more than one-hundred strong
at Beaufort They met several times
with their chsperone, Mrs. Chas. H.
Gattis and their director, Col. P. A.
Olds,' the past week perfecting theirJ
arrangements for the tlrp. They are to
. start Tuesday morning and be away
two weeks. Two goodly boats have
been chartered for the -time and fish'
lng and sailing will be among the
chief passtimes. About seventy-five of
the boys and fifty of tho girls holding
' membership In the 'society are ar
ranging for the trip.
'' Mrs. R. B. Glenn and Miss Rabeka
'are at the governor's mansion again
having been obliged, to return from
' their intended summer outing because
of the accident that befell Miss Glenn
in Jenesboro, Tenn., where her ankle
;was turned, spraining it so badly as
to make It Impossible- for her to walk
again before September or later. This
' Is the second accident of the kind she
w has suffered within two years With the
same ankle, making the recent Injury
, all the more serious. .
. At the general reunion of the de
cendants of the signers of the Declara
tion of Independence! in Philadelphia
the past week Ralegh had a represen
tative in the person of Mrs. Helen
DeB. Wills, a linial descendant of Wil
liam Hooper, the "signer." She re
turned to Raleigh Thursday.
BELIE YES IN PUBLICITY.
Can Get AH the Money Needed for
Campaign Fund.
By Wire to, The Sun.
New York, July 11. "I have always
believed in publicity with respect to
campaign expenditures," said George
R. Shelton, tho new treasurer of the
republican national committee today.
He added: "In the approaching cam
paign I will be guided solely by the
publicity law."
In Mr. Sheldon's opinion publicity
at this time will do good in dis
pelling exaggerated ideas on this sub
ject. "Of course," he 3aid, "there are
objections on the part of many givers
to having their names published. The
reason is, that they immediately be
come a target. For the same reason
many large donors to charitable ob
jects are unwilling that their gifts
should be known to the public. I am
not alarmed over the outlook for rais
ing money for our expenses in tho
coming campaign. They told me I
couldn't raise money for the Hughes
campaign, but I did. I got all wo need.
ed."
Mr. Sheldon left for Hot Springs,
Va., this afternoon to confer with
Mr. Taft.
CROP ENCOURAGING
Farmers Report That Conditions
Are, Good
Mr. Brock ef the Firm of Neal and
Brock, Says Reports From the Farm
Are Encouraging.
Mr. Brock, of the firm of Neal and
Brock, the well knon livery firm who
conducts a business on East Front
street, stated this morning that busi
ness was 1a a fair condition that his
firm had no complaint whatever. Mr.
Brock spoke very encouragingly of
conditions as he saw them.
"From what I can learn, and I have
talked with many of the farmers
across the river, crops are good this
season. I am told that the corn crop
will be excellent in Graven, or at least
this part of the country."
"So far as I have learned," said Mr.
Brock, "the average crop will be good."
Mr. Brock said he had talked with
some farmers from Beaufort county
and had learned that the crops there
were in an excellent condition.
This firm is well known in New Bern
and viciylty, for Its reliableness, hav
ing carried on a livery business that
has won merits for Its promptness and
fair dealings; and we take it that the
report on the conditions of the farm
are valuable.
WOMAN RELENTS TOO LATE.
Judge Orders Her Arrest, as WeU as
' College Student Companion.
By Wire to The Sun.
New York, July 11. Mrs. Elizabeth
Washburn, of Lafayette, . Ind., who
caused the arrest last night of Enri.
que Llamas, a youthful Perdue Uni
versity student on the charge of steal
ing 12,400 from her,' pleaded in vain
with Magistrate Wahle today to dls
miss the charge against the young
man. Instead, the. magistrate held
Llamas in $5,000 on the larceny
charge, and then directed the arrest
of Mrs. Washburn and the . rearrest of
the young man on a statutory charge.
Each was held In $500 ball.
Mrs. Washburn pleaded for the pri
soner. -
"He Is too nice a gentleman judge,
He wouldn't steal the money," said
she. "He could have stolen i a long
time ago,' and. a great deal more, had
he wanted to do bo.",. 1
Mrs. Washburn told the court that
she paid Llamas' tuition at Purdue
University 'and made, horn an allow
ance of $50 a month. , ,i -
Llamas appeared much disturbed
when he learned that Mrs. Washburn's
husband has been apprised of the dou
ble, arrest "Maybe he will shoot me,'
said the young man..
BATTLESHIP
,S LAUNCHED
South Carolina Goes
Over at Philadelphia
SISTERSHIP TO THE MICHIGAN
Daughter of Governor Angel Breaks
the Bottle While All State Officials
Stand With Bared Heads Large
Crowd from State.
By Wire to The Sun.
Philadelphia, July 11. The United
States battleship South Carolina was
launched here this afternoon at the
Cramp's shipyard.
Many state officials from South Car
olina were present and took part in
the ceremonies and attended th
launching.
The South Carolina is one of tha
"all big gun" ships, the other one be
ing the Michigan, recently launched
at the New York Shipbuilding yard,
at Camden, N.' J.
The vessel was christened by Miss
Fredericka Calvert Ansel, the daught
er of Governor Ansel. Miss Ansel is
a handsome young woman and when
she broke the bottle of wine over the
bow, the state officers stood by with
bared heads. '
Governor Ansel was accompanied
by his staff and upwards of a score
of other persons from South Carolina
and the east.
SUIT TO OUST ICE COMPANY.
New York Attorney General Brings
Action to End its Business.
By Wire to- The Sun. - ;
New York, July 11. The American
Ice Company was served with a sum.
mons and complaint Monday in a civil
action, brought by Attorney General
Jackson for the state, In which an ef
fort will be made to prevent the cor
poratlon from doing further buisness
in the State of New York. In the com
plaint the attorney general asks that
the company be restrained from carry
ing out contracts made with various
companies and firms, alleged to be for
the purpose of creating a monopoly
In the supply' of ice.
The complains charges the company
with greatly increasing the selling
price of Ice in any about New York
city, and with violation of the stock
corporation law. It asks that the cor
poratlon be ousted from the state and
enjoined from exercising corporate
rights within this state.
The company has twenty days to file
its answer.
FEARED INTERVENTION.
Senor Arias Resigns from Isthmian
Cabinet to Insure Peace.
By Wire to The Sun.
Panama, July 7. Senor Richardo
Arias, who resigned yesterday as sec
retary of foiplgn relations, in an in
terview today, said:
"The reasons for my resignation as
secretary are the same as those which
prompted my resignation as candidate
for the presidency, a desire for the
union of the political parties, so that
peace may prevail in the republic and
intervention by the United States be
avoided."
It is believed In political circles
here that Senor Arias intends to with
draw completely from public life for
at time at least.
HoracioyAlfaro, a young lawyer,
who, until recently lived in Colombia,
was appointed today to fill the office
of secretary of foreign relations. 1
MARKET REPORT.
i- Cotton
By Wire to The Sun,
New York, July 11. Cotton easy,
good cables, fine weather belt July
9.33, bid. ' .
Stocks , '
; New York, July 11. Consolidated
gas Southern Pacific Illinois Central
unchanged, Anaconda down 1-1, St
Paul" up 1-2, Smelting and Northern
Pacific 3-8, Amalgamated 1-4, Union
Pacific. Reading. Brooklyn Transit 1-8.
Steel Preferred opened 1-4, lower.
LEAF SALES
NOT MUCH
Less Than Half Tobacco
Markets Report
THE PROTECTIVE ASSOCIATION
Call Issued Old Engraving of George
Washington Mr. and Mrs. Leinster
Return From Hamlet Grimes Drug
Co. Changes Name.
Special to The Sun.
Raleigh, N. C, July 11. One eighth
of the leaf tobacco markets of North
Carolina less than half of them, re
port any sales for the month of June,
according to an official report just
issued by the state department as
compiled from reports made by ware
housemen under statutory require
ment. The aggregate sales foot up
57,011 pounds, of this 43,552 pounds
being first hand for growers. Winston
and Oxford, only, report sales other
than first hand, these being 3,646 for
dealers and 9,3j0 for warehouse re
sales at Winston-Salem and 425
pounds at Oxford sold for dealers.
The "first hand" sales reported by the
various markets show the following:
Winston-Salem, 14,769; Reidsville, 9,-
504; Mt. Airy, 3,785; Oxford, 2.0S7;
Warrenton, 923; Stoneville, 539 pounds
The T. W. Grimes Drug Company, of
Salisbury, gives notice of change of
name to the Smith Drug Company,
with F. F. Smith as president.
J. O. W. Graveley and other mem
bers of the executive committee of the
North Carolina Farmers' Protective
Association, were in session here to
day at the call of Mr. Graveley, con
sidering plans for maintaining the
prices of tobacco at a reasonable scale
for the crop soon to be put on the
market The outcome of the confer
ence was determination to form a
stock company sufficiently strong to
have buyers on all the markets In the
state and maintain sufficient competi
tion in the buying and if necessary to
assure the prices required, to go into
the manufacture of tobacco.
A call is to be issued at once to
the members of the North Carolina
Farmers' Protective Association and
any and all other tobacco growers in
the state to meet in Winston-Salem
August 22, to further arrange and per
fect the movement for maintaining
prices, briefly stated, the meeting to
take under consideration the perfec
tion of the orzanlzatlon, control the
marketing of the weed, regulate the
production and create the fund for the
corporation that is to go into the
markets and assure sufficient compe
tttion to keep up the prices and if
need be, manufacture the tobacco out
right.
In a statement to the press, Mr.
Graveley said that while the North
Carolina growers depreciate and con
demn the "night riding" carried on in
Kentucky for keeping down the vol.
ume of crop and forcing up the prices,
the association is determined to pro
ceed to attain the same end by pro
ceeding along such conservative lines
as will Induce Investors in all branches
of Industry to join in the undertaking
as a matter of profitable investment
There is to be a detailed statement
of the plans of the committee issued
to the public' very soon. Those parti'
clpating in the conference here were
J. O. W. Graveley, Rocky Mount; P. B.
Neal, Rockingham; J. L. Bailey, Wil
son; R. H. Simmons, Surry; D. F.
Tillotson, Stokes; H. M. Wlnstead,
Edgecombe county.
An old steel engraving showing two
views of the famous Conova statue of
George Washington that was destroy
ed when the state house here was
burned In 1831 has been found in the
archives at Washington and sent to
Secretary R. D. W. . Connor, of the
North Carolina Historical Commission,
by, F. W. Ruckstuhl, the distinguished
sculptor who is now doing a marble
bust representing Hon. W. A. Graham
prbminent in the early history olf
North Carolina and In that of the na.
Hon as well. One view of the engav-
ing shows the Inscription on the sta
tue, the first lines of the farewell ad
dress of Washington when he retired
from the presidency. It is in Span
ish. Mr. Ruckstuhl goes to Paris soon to
prosecute the work on the Graham
notches in the rotunda of the state
house.
Mr. and Mrs. R. L. Leinster return,
ed today from Hamlet where they at
tended the marriage of Mrs. Leinster's
sister, Miss Helen Hall to Mr. Tho
mas H. Gore, manager of the Western
Union Telegraph office at Athens, Ga.,
celebrated in the home of the bride
Wednesday. Rev. Mr. Fetter, rector of
the Episcopal church, at Wadesboro,
was the officiating minister. Mrs. Lein
ster was the dame of honor and Mr.
Fred Gore, brother of the groom, was
best man, Mr. and Mrs. Gore will re
side in Athens, Ga., after a bridal
trip.
MEMORIAL TO A. J. CASSATT.
Tablet Erected to Late President of
The Pennsylvania.
By Wire to The Sun.
Philadelphia, July 10. A bronze me
morial has been placed in the Episco
pal Church of the Redeemer at Bryan
Mawr in memory of Alexander John
ston Gassatt, late president of the
Pennsylvania Railroad Company.
It is of Gothic design, in high relief
and rests on the window sill under
neath the memorial window which Mr.
and Mrs. Cassatt erected a short time
before his death in memory of their
daughter, Mrs. Katharine Kelso Hntch
inson the wife of Dr. James P. Hutch
insonv PARIS BOUND OVER
Guard Who Shot Unm Toler Under
Bond
Justices Find Reason for Holding the
Guard for the Next Term of Craven
Court.
The taking of testimony was re
sumed yesterday afternoon before Jus
tice Baxter and Davis, in the case of
State vs. Abner Parris. and was con
cluded just before night. At 8:30 the
court resumed again to hear argument
by counsel, which lasted till near 12
o'clock.
The defence showed that Toler was
abusive to the guards, and was more
or less in an ugly mood; that he used
threatening and abusive language to
wards all who attempted to bother
him.
The defense also showed that Parris
intention was not to kill Toler but to
prevent him from escaping, as Toler
was in the act of going away.
Tho argument was able and strong
carrying with it a vein of wit.
The justices after considering the
case, found that Parris be put under
a $250 bond. Parris is now in jail.
EXPELLED FOR PLAGIARISM.
Clergyman Made Odd Defense Before
Amateur Press Association.
By Wire to The Sun.
Milwaukee, July 11. Richard
Braun8tein, a New York state clergy
man, has been expelled from the Na
tional Amateur Press Association, for
plagiarism. It is charged he was first
detected through a story published
which proved to be the same as a
sketch printed elsewhere. Later, he
submitted to the Scotchman, of Chi
cago, a poem entitled "The Voices." by
Richard Braunstein. This, it is alleg
ed, was plagiarized from Tennyson's
"Two Voices."
Mr. Braunstein said he copied the
poem for use in a sermon, and that
it was sent to the Chicago paper by
mistake. In the facsimile of the ori
glnal copy, published ' to prove the
case, the lines appear in quotation
marks, but under the heading, "The
Voices," by Richard Braunstein, it is
said.
Bishop Curtis Dead.
By Wire to The Sun.
Wilmington, Del., July 11. Bishop
Alfred Curtis, of the Roman Catholic
diocese of Wilmington, died In Balti
more this morning at eight forty.
Services at First Baptist Church to
morrow at 11 a. m. Sunday school at
4 p. m. No services at night
PLANS HAVE
BEEN CHANGED
Mr. Bryan Not to go to
Denver Now
HAPPIEST DAY IN HIS LIFE.
Committee Will Go to Fain lew and
Talk Over Matters 'So Many Dele
gates Calling on Kim That He Can't
Get Away.
By Wire to The Sun.
Denver, Col., July 11. John W. Kern
was nominated for vice-president on
the democratic ticket as the running
mate of W. JJ. Bryan.
"Question!" "Question!" came from
all parts of the hall. Mr. James stated
it and at 4.05 p. m. a roar of "ayes"
made John W. Kern, of Indiana, the
nominee for vice-president of the
democratic party.
Loncoln, Neb., July 11. Mr. Bryan
made a formal announcement today
that he will not, as at first planned,
go to Denver for a conference with
the national committee to select a
chairman to manage the campaign but
will on the other hand, invite the com
mitteemen to come here and talk over
matters and map out the campaign.
Mr. Bryan had hoped to go to Denver
but so many of the returning dele
gates stop at Fairview that he can't get
away. He Is anxious to have the chair
man and other committee officials elec
ted with all possible dispatch.
Demonstrations for the candidate ou
the part of neighbors, both democrats
and republicans, continue and act una
bated today and the candidate said
to everybody that came "This is the
happiest day in Bryan's life."
THE MAD STONE AGAIN.
Cabarrus Farmer Bitten By His Own
Dog Yesterday Morning.
By Wire to The Sun.
Charlote, N. C, July 11. Attacked
suddenly in his yard by a dog be
longing to him and failing In an at
tempt hastily to climb a small peach
tree distant but a few feet from the
place of attack, Mr. John T. Gardner,
a Cabarrus farmer, was slightly bitten
yesterday morning about 9 o'clock. He
came to Charlotte last night accom
panied by a friend and the Butler mad-
stone was again applied for the third
time in two days. The wound is just
above the right ankle.
The timely Intervention of Mr. Gar
dner's son In law, Mr. E. L. Torrence,
who shot the dog, saved him from
more serious injuries. Mr. Gardner
at the time was standing in his yard
and Mr. Torrence was on the porch.
Between the two came the dog, making
for the rather aged ma- who, in turn,
made a dash for the tree. As he was
pulling himself up, the dog leaped into
the air and seized his leg, cutting
through his clothing. With an effort
the man shook off the beast, and as
the latter came back to the earth he
was shot dead by Torrence, who had
seen the whole thing and had been
quick to act.
The animal as part bird dog and
had manifested no special symptoms
of Insanity, although something was
said ..by somebody about fits that
morning. As recently as Saturday
night his owner had fed him meat out
of his hand.
PLEADS GUILTY OF BRIBERY.
Former Assistant Engineer of Colum
bus Admits Taking Paving Money.
By Wire to The Sun.
Columbus, Ohio, July 11. Arthur
A. Beck, formerly assistant citv en
gineer, pleaded guilty Monday to ac-.
cepting a bribe of $175. from Nelson
Cannon, formerly agent of the Cleve
land Trinidad Paving Company, and
was released under a $5,000 bond. Sen
tence was deterred until the other city
hall bribery cases have been disposed
of. V'
Beck denied, after his plea, that he
had ever been a fugitive from justice,
but declared that he had left Amerl.
ca for Australia with the determina
tion o returning whenever he was
needed by the county prosecutor's of
flee.
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