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Only Afternoon Paper in the State of North Carolina With Leased Wire and Full Press Dispatches LAST EDITION ' ,t ; i ALL THE MARKETS THE .RALEIGH EYENING TIME VOLUME 30. RALEIGH, N. C, THURSDAY, JUNE 25, 1908. PRICE 5 CENTS. IISIItTOTTl m 4 THIS MTElli Delegates Vote 7th Time and No body's Nominated-Kitchin Leads on Last Call, Getting 377 to 324 for Craig and 154 for Home Wild Scenes Follow Announcement of Eve ry Ballot and Hall's inTre mendous Commotion TYRRELL COUNTY'S VOTE PROTESTED AND HELD UP Bitterness Between Craig-Kitchin Forces Continues and Neither of Leading Candidates Will Yield Only Two Physical Encount ers So far In Auditorium Convention-Police Called in to Quiet Crowd. (Special Staff Correspondent) Charlotte, June 25 At 12 o'clock the Auditorium wan packed to the doors. The platform was crowded with delegates -and people who had forced their way, re ' gurdless of protests of the officers in charge. At 12:30 tint chairman had been unable to secure order, and the hajl was the wildest scene ever witnessed in this state in V' aiy coiiveution hall. Hundreds of men and women have , "remained in their seats since yesterday. 1 ' Each side has held secret caucuses this morning and vtHe leaders from each side have held secret meetings, but it is understood no agreement has been reached, and the n flit will be continued to the bitter end. -' The bitterest feeling exists between the Craig and iitchin forces, but only two personal encounters have occurred in the hall so far. 1 At 12:45 the chairman secured order and the conven i tion proceeded to take the fifth ballot. The fifth ballot resulted : Home, 151.77; Craig, 327.695; Kitchin, 377.535. The vote of Tyrrell county was challenged and at 2:00 o'clock no decision has been reached and the crowd is in an uproar. police Called in to Preserve Order. At 2$0 o'clock the police reserves 'were called out by Chairman Parsons and order was finally restored so that the convention could proceed with the sixth ballot. So far no changes have been made, and each side is pre pared to stay indefinitely. The delegates are tired, sleepy and hungry, but it is likely the session will be continued all night, if necessary, to make a break. The sixth ballot resulted: Horne, 138.55; Craig, 340.905; Kitchin, 377.535. On the seventh ballot it was: Craig, 324.95; Kitch in, 377.675; Horne, 154.97. THE HARD ALL-NIOIIT FIGHT ON CONVENTION FLOOR. (Special to The Times) Charlotte. June 25 -The Wg light of the convention began last night, when the battle of balloti com menced. The first ballot resulted: Craig. 834.88; Horne, 147.14; Kitchin, 377.206. At 6 o'clock the delegates were growing weary and some of the dele gation from the Horne and Craig forces wanted to adjourn. The Kitchin forces fought the adjourn ment. . . . ' W. T. Blckett, of Home's side, moved to adjourn to 12:30, and for mer Gov. C. B. Aycock, of Craig's side, seconded the motion. Rollcall was demanded and the vote on adjournment was 427.32 for and 429 against. A second motion was made to adjourn and, although no business had Intervened, an aye and no vote was taken. Amid a storm of protests from the Kitchin forces the chairman adjourned the conven tion and left the hall. The Kitchin forces rushed to the stage and attempted to put in a chair man and effect a new organisation and continue the convention. The wise council of the Kitchin leaders kepi them from doing this. Every thing was at fever heat, however. When the convention meets at 12:30 there will be another, hard bat tle. From present Indications the big fight has just begun. . The Craig yl ll in 'i JVJ and Kitchin sides have been so bitter that there la grave danger of a split in the convention, unless an agree ment is soon reached. Although the delegates and visitors were up all night, thousands are marching the streets with flags and banners to the music of bands and the cheers of the great crowds. Such scenes as were witnessed last night have never been seen before in a democratic convention in this state and the worst may yet come, ns only four votes had been taken last night and each side is confident of victory in the end. RESOLUTIONS FOR MR. BRYAN COULDN'T BE HEARD AT ALL. One of the surprises to many of the delegates was the announcement that the Hon. W. L. Parsons, of Richmond county, had been elected permanent chairman of the conven. tion. A fight had been looked for on this place, but it seems that all sides agreed on Parsons and his elec tion was unanimous. The Hon. W. C. Rlddick, of Wake, was made permanent, secretary, and the chairman declared the conven tion ready for business. .'.'-, As soon as this announcement was made C. O. McMichael, of Rocking ham county, obtained the floor and attempted to read a resolution di recting the state delegates to Den ver to vote for W. J. Bryan. An up roar of opposiion was brought forth from all over the ball. Jeers" and hisses rang out and it was impossible for him to read the resolution. Al though the Bryan element, tried to control the crowd so that the tjtoIu tlon could be read, the crowd refused to let It be read and It had to be referred to the reading clerk, and up to this time nothing more has been heard of the Bryan resolutions. It is likely this resolution will be presented in another form, but there will be a hard fight as there are so many of the delegates opposed to any instructions. There were only two contests one from Brunswick and one . from Wilkes. The Brunswick contest was settled by giving Horne 2, Craig 1 and Kitchin 1. The contest from Wilkes was : not sustained by the committee. Nominations were now declared in order and Mr. T. C. Guthrie, of Char lotte, In a very fine speech placed in nomination Hon. W. W. Kitchin of Person. . ... The demonstration following Mr. Guthrie's speech lasted for twenty- one minutes and was a great out burst of enthusiasm from the Kitchin supporters. The name of Col. Ashley Horne was placed in nomination by Mr.; T. W. Bicket in one of the finest speeches ever listened to by an audi ence in North Carolina. - Hia Bpeech was a perfect gem of oratory and he captured the audience and undoubt edly won many friends for his candi date. .. ; The convention adjourned at 8 o'clock for supper. This move was not favored by many, but the crowd were tired and wished to take a rest before the real battle began. At 9:45 the convention was called to order and the great hall was tiaoked to the windows and gallery with the greatest and most Intelli gent audience ever assembled here. When the chairman announced that the next speaker would be ex-Gov. C. B. Aycock, who would nominate Hon. Locke Craig, there was one of the greatest outbursts of the con vention and It was several minutes before the crowd was quiet enough for the speaker to begin. Gov. Aycock was In hia happiest m . A r r A 4-lit naAnh Vt r Tn dHq 7fl A gem that deserves to be preserved j for the benefit of future generations i This great speech by one of North Carolina's greatest speak ers so electrified the vast audi ence that It looked for over half an hour as If every person In the audi torium was for Locke Craig. The big Craig delegations, assisted by the thousands of . visitors and the hun dreds of women in the galleries, made t'ue greatest sight ever wit nessed la a convention in this state. Co); Paul B. Means, of Concord, says It was the greatest demonstra tion he had ever witnessed in the (Continued on Page Three.) BODY OF GIVER WILL NdT LIE IN STATEATHOI Contrary to Pyecedenl Mr, Cleveland "will lave Quiet and Simple Funeral (By Leased 'Wire to The Times) Princeton, N. j.-, June-, 25 Con trary to all precedent the body of Grover Cleveland will not lie in state. This was in accordance with the de cision of Mrs. Cloveland today. : The widow of the former president decided the funeral of her husband should be of the quietest and simp lest nature. She has told the inti mate friend.? now with her at the Cleveland home hat she could not bear a funeral that would be a great public function and, while she appre ciated deeply the sorrow Mr. Cleve land's death has caused among pub lic men throughout the country, she wishes only a private funeral. No Reception For President.'. Mrs. Cloveland made a special re quest of Mayor Robertson, of Prince ton today, that there be no formal or official reception of President Roose velt. She said that as the president was coming to Princetoii as a private citizen, such reception was unneces sary. She asked thai the same hold good in regard to Gov. Port, of New Jersey, and his staff, who will also attend the funeral as private citizens Chief of Police Kilfoil today swore in 20 deputies to help handle the crowds expected aloi.y the Course of i-li TufiV'si prwWUny-i vy.rwisy own .fore of unifcr. 'jicvuv.,'" wuatl-, fUkftttwMt; ... atV.U' curtew will put & v id tH. nued oh' and au 'effort "will .J-e mau Wav-.-; everyone except those Ij&i the medi ate entourage of Mrs. Cleveland out of the cemetery. Two Children ..Come Heine. Two of the. four Cleveland child ren, all of whom were at Tamworth, NV H., for the summer, left there at 5 p. m. yesterday, according to word received by Mr. Cleveland here. These are Richard. and 'Esther.' .-'The other two children, at Mrs. Cleve land's request, will remain at Tam worth. -. The children left New Hampshire in charge of Mrs. John H. Finley, wife of the head of the. college of the city of New York, the latter being with Mrs. Cleveland here. President Finley was formerly professor of English at Princeton and is an old friend of the Clevelands. Death Mask For Princeton. A death mask of Mr. Cleveland was taken today by Prof. Wilson, of Princeton. The mask will be added to the collection of death masks of great men at Princeton, presented to the university by Laurence Hutton. The body of the ex-president was (Continued on Page Throe.) Candidate Sherman Holds His Ground Unless He Has Relapse New Running Mate,Can Be Moved Home Shortly Opera tion Still Considered Possibility. (By Leased Wire to ThenmeB) Cleveland, O., June 25 Congress man James 3. Sherman showed a de cided Improvement today over yes terday and previous days. The at tending physician stated thai, he had rested well last night and had been helped considerably by the springing up of a cool breeze, which relieved the Intense heat. . If Mr. Sherman continues to grow better without a relapse, plans will be gotten under way to remove him to his home In Utlca, N. Y., at the earliest possible moment, although there is a possibility that he may be taken to Baltimore for an operation before being taken 'home if condi tions are favorable and events warrant. BODIES HAVE One MoreThought to Be Some where in Building Wrecked By Chemical Explosion (By Leased Wire to The Times.) Chicago, June 25. Five bodies have been taken from the ruins of the Pabst Chemical Company's plant, 176-178 Huron, street, and a sixth is reported to have been found. The bodies removed are those of Mrs. Jane Nolan and her four children, Mary, Jennie, Emma and Helen. An other person, a workman, is Baid to have been burned to death. The entire structure was wrecked by the explosion. : .A sheet of flame followed. Employes of the company were trapped at their work in the basement and on the first and second floors. The third and fourth floors were occupied as living apartments. The family that perished was on the third floor. Twelve women were at work on the first floor. The ex plosion threw them from their feet and their clothes were on fire before they could rise. The girls rushed to a window aud leaped to the street. One man jumped 'from a second-story window. He is dying at the Polyclinic Hos pital. John McDonald, a fireman, was fatally scalded when engine No. 3 was overturned. Joseph' May, three years old, of 184 Huron street, was dangerously Cut by glass as he was playing in the street. A number of women were trapped on the root of the building. Their clothes were on fire and they beat each other"s garments. Firemen carried them down a ladder to the roof of a build ing the east. They were attend ed Jii a neighboring manufacturing itUi.;-to?r- P"li ,;. ambulance, . .$bj?sl- ' HI! . "v '.';-' Tt i xpkui:r. occurred in the. lu.eruent and practically demolished the building. The fire spread bo rapidly that the employes of the chemical company were cm fire be fore they had recovered, from the shock of the concussion. The exits to the street were cut. off. The men and Women fought and struggled to reach the roof. Helen and Elsie Boss leaped from a second story window.; -. "The fire followed the explosion so quickly that wo were wrapped in a sheet of flame," declared Helen Boss. "We ran to a window. It had not been broken by the explosion, but we smashed it. Both of us leaped to the street, a story below. As soon as we conld recover our feet we beat each other to put out the lire. Our waists-were entirely burned off ns." King Edward Won't Quit Tnrf. (By Cable to The Times) London, June 25 Lord Kitollys, the King's private secretary. In re plying to an Inquiry denies that his majesty Intends to abandon . horse racing.. York Congressman, Now Taft's LONG TRIP TO GET MAN WHO'SWANTLDINTEXAS Richmond, Va., June 25 Follow ing a chase of 8,000 miles, starting in Hemphill county, Tex., jumping to Alaska, then to the Hot Springs of Virginia and Lynchburg, Sherma W. B. Johnson, of Hemphill county, ar rested C. H. McPhall and today Is cn his way back to Texas with his i-rls-oner. McPhall, It Is alloged, swin dled one of the banks in Hemphill county out of a large sum of money by means of forged draft. 5 BEEN REGAINED TOM TAGGART WILL SEE FIGHT Predicts Victory for Conservative Element -Declares Party's In Better Shape Than Since 1892 Kern, Indiana Man, Wants Vice-Presidency. (Special to The Evening Times.) . Chicago, June '-'25. Thomas Tag gart, of Indiana, chairman of the democratic national committee, pre dicted a hot platform fight . at the convention while in Chicago on his way to Colorado. "The plat form will be conserva tive and one that every democrat may be able to subscribe to," was his significant remark. John W. Kern's boom for vice president went along with the Tag gart party! Mr. Kern is an Indiana BOAT RACE DAY Yale Victor In Four-Oared Varsity Harvard Eight Gets Freshman Event Yule wins four-oared varsity race by a tmtfH .-. - -:'" i "c ; "'- ; ' Second race, frctslimen eight, won by Harvard by a length aud a half. ( By Leased Wire to The Times New London, Conn., June 25 The Thames is choppy this morning. A wind came from the east, and chilled the thousands of college men and boatraco fans who last night enjoyed the exquisite discomfort, of being crowded from six to a dozen in the room of the various hostclries about town. When the time for the start of the first race of the day, the four-oared race, drew nigh, the judges shook their heads in perplexity as the white caps rolled in from the harbor. The crews are more evenly matched than c.Ver in the history of varsity rncl.tg. Harvard has shown a sur prising strength, and if she does not win this year thorn is little probabil ity" site will ever bocome victor in this t vent. CAXFIKLD MAY- SI" K FOB a a a'ra.a ra.ll m ll'.C 1,11 (By Loased Wire to The Times) Pittsburg, Pa.;' June 25 Richard Canfield, '.the New York-clubman and gambler, threatens to sue the Carne gie Institute for damages inflicted on a $1.0,000 painting by Whistler. Tho painting was loaned for the annual exhibition in the Carnegie are gal leries last year. Mr. Canfield is noted as a collector of rare objects of art and this Whistler painting, . en titled "Count Robert." he considers the gem of his collection. AT NEW LONDON Southern Road Will Hot Cut Wages of Employers July 1 Business Improving AH Over Territory Covered By Sys tem and Retrenchment Isn't Needed-No Strike. (By Loascd Wire to Th Times.) Washington, Juno 25. Announce ment Is made here In an official quarter that the Southern Railway will not reduce the wages of its em ployes July 1. When the reduction was proposed last March a strike was threatened and, after many confer- I ences between officials and represen J tatlves of the ' railway employes, in whleh Comm'afl-oner of Labor Noll) j and Chairman Knapp of the Inter SAYS DENVER OVER PLATFORM product, and the organiaztlon head declared the Hoosier state was going to demand second place on the ticket., : , . "We are in better shape than wo have been since 1892," said Chair man Taggart, in talking of the Kern boom. "The republicans are split up, and the fact that Fairbanks la out of the running on the republi can side makes the odds favor our side in Indiana. We are going to nominate Kern for vice-president and put Indiana in the democratic column, sure.'' LIGHTNING HITS THE HOSPITAL And Many Patients Today Are Suffering From Effects of Nervous Shock i nv Leased Wire to The Times) . :v i.',;- - ' x pi rvi patients in the Newark tuberculosis hospital, on top of Caldwell moun tain, at Verona, Jf. J., are suffering , from painful injuries today. When lightning struck the three-story brick building last night most of the patients were in the dining-room. In the rush to get out half a dozen faint ed and, with others who stumbled over them in the dark, were trampled. The lightning struck the chimney of the center wing and then went through the roof of a coal shed be tween the center and the east wings. The building was recently completed at a cost of $70,000, and, being fire proof, did not catch fire. . The light s wore extinguished, however,-' and simultarcous with the dazzling flash, the splinter of wood and the sudden darkness, patients at the table fled for the doors. A dozen women fainted and choked the doorways, those behind falling over them. The screams of those be ing trampled on addnd to the panic. Whilo no one was seriously hurt, many wpro bruised and lacerated by being, trampled in the stampede. SKNATOR H.VXSBOKOl'GH IS BKATI.X IX XOKTH DAKOTA (By Leased Wire to The Times) ': Farso, N. IX; June 25 Returns received i.t midnight last night Indi cate that rimed Slates Senator Hansborough has been defoatod In the republican primaries and that C. B. Little, stalwart, and T. F. Mar shall, insurgent, will be the high men in tho race. state commerce commission acted as intermediaries, action was deferred until July 1 and the old rats of wages was allowed to stand. It was understood that If buslnoss conditions remained unimproved on July la new wage scale would be taken up for consideration. Information received at Washing ton is to the effect that business- In the south Is reviving, and that the business and prospects of the Souh ern are improving.
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