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LAST EDITION
ALL TIIE. UAr.ri.J
THE RALEIGH EVENING TI
VOLUME 3a
RALEIGH, N. C, TUESDAY, JUNE 30, 1908.
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New York's Delegation Not Yet Per
suaded His Nomination is to Be
Accomplished at Denver Gom
pers Planning Hard Anti-Injunction
Fight Nebraskan
May Modify Draft of Plat
form Before He Sends
it to Convention.
(Special to The Times)
Denver, June 30 It la a very
cheerful message that "Jim" Dahl
man, "The Cowboy Mayor" of Omaha,
will take or send to Mr. Bryan at
Lincoln. Dahlman came to Denver
direct from Lincoln bearing the first
orders he called them "requests"
lsued by Mr. Bryan regarding the
temporary organization of the con
vention which Mr. Bryan predicts
will nominate him on the first ballot,
and without a contest. ,
The wishes of the confident Ne
braska candidate were obeyed with
out a dissenting voice; there was not
even a murmtir of protest. Dahlman
Invited npnosiiton to iu Prvini jlnu
of oiKuii 'ti !!. m ' t'ii u
terday. He rn obviously Sut;upa
bv a dcalr i ' mK- nut.' .the ovl
gm im extent' o ui;: iiwiiic r ating
thst may wrtst nrfior.r; mum burs of thm
sub-committee of the national com
mittee Intrusted with the preliminary
arrangements for the convention.
He seemed to be particularly con
cerned regarding the attitude of Rog
er Sullivan and Chairman "Tom"
Taggart. But whatever the private
opinions of those leaders, who are not
In tte confidence of Mr. Bryan, they
gav no sign of opposition.
Mr. Bryan's expressed wish that ex
Congressman Theodore A. Bell, of
California, one of the most, pro
nounced of Bryan men, be made tem
porary chairman, did not arouse a
single criticism. His Implied desire
to have Congressman Henry D. Clay
ton, of Alabama, selected as perma
nent chairman was received with com
placency though the sub-committee
members have no authority to carry
. it out. '
No Preliminary Fight.
The ease with which Mr. Bryan's
programme was put through, estab
lished one Important fact. This is
that the plan of the allied leaders of
me opposition aoes not cumeiupiuie hi
fight regarding the organization of.
the convention. It doei not mean
mat mere is 10 oe no opposition to
the nomination of Mr. Bryan or to
the adoption of a platform to be dic
tated entirely by him. For the pres
ent Mr. Bryan has things ail his own
way. The test of strength will come
over the complexion of the platform
and Its adoption, which will precede
the presentation of. names for the
presidential nomination.
Dahlman provided some idea of the
purposes of Mr. Bryan regarding the
scope of the platform favored by htm.
In his "smoking out" mission he cau
tiously suggested that Mr. Bryan had
very clearly indicated his views re
garding the principal issues which he
considers most effective in the plat
form adopted by the Nebraska state
convention held in March. The in
dex finger of Mr. Bryan's right hand
played a conspicuous part in the con
struction of that document, and Dahl
man rather strongly Intimated that' it
would be used to flavor the national
document, supplemented by a new
thought or two which Mr. Bryan is
working out.
The national committeemen with
whom Dahlman talked made no com
ment npon his disclosures concerning
ihe platform intentions of Mr. Bry
an, for the reason that none of them
ia scheduled to serve as a member of
the committee on resolutions. Mr.
Bryan will probably intrust his In
terests to Renator "Gum Shoe Bill"
Stone, of Missouri, who is stated to be
favored by him for chairman of the
resolutions committee, and others of
hit loyal followers. The opposition
will be captained by Col. Quffey, of
Pennsylvania. Judge Alton B. Par
ker, of Now York, Go?.-lect "Joe"
Brown, of Georgia, and men of that
sort. It Is not likely that these men,
primarily opposed to the nomination
of Mr. Bryan under any conditions
and upon any platform, will permit
him to unload a platform similar to
that adopted by the Nebraska demo
cratic state convention without de
termined opposition.
May Vnlte Upon Johnson. ,
The confidence of the Bryan peo
ple, who make a general claim of vic
tory without the ' actual votes in
sight, is not shared by some of the
men who are now shouting for Bryan
nine days ahead of the convention.
For one thing they view with suspic
ion the apparent m:ithy of th 1'-;J-ws
n'lio thvv will lis; a i t'j ihe
Hint mlmite to attve th- .uavU from
Mr, 'lev.'.' A vi-rv lnr;
oil Ihe men ho ore counted i,-rj In
tyr Vr Btv hi vi'hout i irmui
of protest are merely waiting for a
loader to voice their opposition to the
Bryan program.
Such a leader has not appeared; be
may not appear. But that there Is
need for one Is manifest from the dec
larations of the men who believe Mr.
Bryan is licked before he goes into
battle that they are ready to resist
his claims whether Gov. Johnson or
Judge Gray or Senator Culberson or
Senator Daniel Is selected to lead the
fight against Mr. Bryan.
From present Indications Gov.
Johnson will be the man upon whom
the allied leader's of the opposition
will unite. The extent of the forces
which will rally around him cannot
be determined until the arrival of the
men who will seize upon any chance
to arouse sufficient opposition to jus
tify a hope of defeating Mr. Bryan.
The promoters of Gov. Johnson's
boom will come to Denver about the
middle of the coming week and will
impart the first sign of life or inter
est to a situation that suggests the
perfection of the "canning" process as
applied to democratic politics.
A lot of familiar rnd popular fig
ures will be missing from this demo
cratic convention. Senator Culberson
and Senator Bailey, from Texas, have
sent word that they will not come.
Bailey because of illness, and Cul
berson on "account of a previous en
gagement.' Neither has missed any
national convention oi their party in
20 years. Mr. Bryan is represented
(Continued on Second Page.)
SENATOR CHAS. A. CUIiBERSOlf.
Bttaator Charlee "A. Cttlbereon, Joe
Railer' - colleague in Senate ; front
Lofee Star State, ha been mentioned
aa available presidential timber
ihottld nomination ever go to aoutti
era man.' '
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SfMiutor Willmin J. Stone, of Missouri, one of the stv , -mi 'v Jnuh'vs
In thp MImiHliit vllty. will In' nn tmitmtiint Wirxrc nt ik .i'' "m-
GENERAL WRI6HT
AN EARLY BIRD
Gets to Office at 9 and Ooesto
Work on Official Papers,
(By Leased Wire to The Times.)
Washington, June 30. Gen. Luke
E. Wright, who will become a mem
ber of the cabinet tomorrow, suc
ceeding William H. Taft as secretary
of war, If he maintains the pace he
is setting now will see his adminis
tration a hummer. He was at the
department shortly after 9 o'clock
this morning, poring over a mass of
official papers with which he wishes
to become familiar.
Being a democrat in a republican
official household, there is much in
terest as to what will be the gen
eral's attitude during the campaign.
Enemies Try ing to Beat Joe
Cannon for Speaker of House
Has Been Tagged as Undesirable Reactionary and Liberal
Element Wants Him Eliminated From Powerful Job
(Special to The Times.)
Washington, D. C, June 30. An
organized effort is said to have been
discovered to defeat Mr. Cannon for
speaker of the sixty-first congress if
the republicans carry the house. He
has been tagged as an undesirable
reactionary and tnuBt be eliminated,
so the report goes.
Iowa is expected to lead the revolt
against the Illinois congressman. In
the first place, Iowa has wanted the
speakership honors for years as a
tribute to her old veteran, Col.
"Pete" " Hepburn. In the Becond
place the state is not in sympathy
with some of Cannon's policies.
The action of republicans in Guth
rie county, Iowa, adopting resolu
tions, calling upon Representative
Waiter I. Smith, one of the most in
fluential men in the house, and one
who li generally regarded as need
ing no instructions, to vote against
Joseph 0. Cannon tor speaker, is
aid to be the first step in the cam
paign. ' Other Iowa organisations
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Stone, of Missouri
V;U,Ii. 1U SfrJLLMN
GKltS AT S:M EACH.
Oiv Leased Wire to the Times.)
Kast. Liverpool, O., June
30 Several hundred persons
irom various sections of the
countv are willing to sell
three fingers of their hands
at ?300 per finger. Joseph
Iiallonz. of this city, has re
ceived letters to this effect.
Ballotii! recently crushed
his fingers in an ice cream
freezer. He was advised
that the only way in which
he could recover was to have
new fingers grafted on. From
this rose the report that he
would pay $300 for new
digits. Then the replies be
gan coming in by the score.
One man offered to give
up his vholo hand at cut
rates, but Mr, Ballouz de
cided he could get along
without other peoples' fin
- get s. . - -
will follow suit, and It is predicted
that many of the congressmen from
that state will have the organiza
tions, upon which they depend for
re-election, demanding the defeat of
Cannon and the selection of Hepburn
to succeed him.
Should Iowa lead off In this mat
ter, most of the northwestern states
will follow her, it is calculated. Wis
consin Is eald to be up in arms
against the drastic rules of the
speaker that have squeezed the La-
Pollette disciples so hard that they
have been able to do nothing more
effective than to make a futile pro
test. Not one solitary crumb of re
form have they been able to bring
forth to the hungry reformers in the
Badger State and they say it is all
because Cannon will not allow them
to do anything to save the nation
Some of them have spoken their
minds on the floor of the house,
while others content themselves with
breaking over party lines when the
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L
OOKINGFOR MAN
WHO
MURDERED
DOCTOR W
iLON
Bfilieved Philadelphia Phys
ician Was Poisoned 8y Some
one With Desire for
Vcnpnce
(By Leased Wire to The Times)
New York, June 30. Detectives from
Philadelphia reached New .York today
in a hunt for the murderer of Dr. Wil
liam H. Wilson, a wealthy" physician;
who died at his home on north Seventh
street In the Quaker City after drink
ing ale from a bottle 3ince discovered
to contain cyanide of potassium. The
bottle of ale, it has been learned, was
sent to Dr. WHson from New York and
there are now two clues to the identity
of the sender.
Police Think "Get Square" Was
Motive.
Detective Frank Paul, of the Phila
delphia coroner's office, reached New
York at the head of a number of sleuths
and immediately went to the district
attorney's office to confer with the
county detectives. He Is working on
two clue? and stated that he expected
to make an arrest in New York within
the next twemty-four hours. The police
of Philadelphia learned today that Dr.
Wilson had a ifire practice, y. chiefly
among wealthy womeMj, and they be
lieve the. ".murderer if i'np husband of
one of these patients. TheV-police are
of the opinion that vengeance was the
motive behind the crime, the murderer
believing that Dr. W ilson had either' In
sulted or harmed the -slaver's wife.
Doctor's Career Was Jlystorlous.
J.'!' ;' r-. .,'..' !'"', I ;;, A I
try j-l.To iit CVinv.w'.'i. hii 1 itio rt-.-centlv
piirenisd an fxn:n.r,e auto
mobile and a tnotorboac.
Detective Paul, when he reached New
Yolk, went directly to the district at
torney's office. It is said he will ask
the help of several county detectives
to hunt down the two clues he has -to
the identity and Whereabouts of the
murderer.
FOURTH! JULY
COMES TOO SOON
Fenosess Family Celebrates
Prematurely and One Boy is
Dead Another May Die
(By Leased Wire to The Times)
Canousburg, Pa June 30 By a
premnture celebration of the Fourth
of July, one child is dead and three
persons are seriously burned.
The dead boy Is John Fenosess, Jr
aged 6 years. The injured are: Jen
nie Fenosess, aged 3 years, face,
body and hands burned; Gelempy
Fenosess, aged 8 years, frightfully
burned, may die; Mrs. John Fenosess
Sr., mother of the children.
The accident occurred at the house-
of John Fenosess, a Russian miner.
The children were exploding fire
crackers and one fell into an open
powder can. Beside the enn was an
other containing sticks 6f dynamise
and one filled with kerosene. : All ex
ploded, tearing the top off the house
and hurling the children about. John
died from his injuries . two hours
later. Mrs. Fenoses, who rescued the
children, was burned in getting the
children out of the children's room
CRACK SHOTS PRACTICE FOR
THE COMING OLYMPIC GAMES
(By Cable to The.Times)
London, June 30 The rifle and re
volver teams which will represent the
United States in (the Olympic games
have arrived here and have already
been in practice work, preliminary to
the competitions of July 8 and 9.
They were the first team to reach
England for the games. Brigadier
General James A. Drain, who Is lu
charge of the rifle team says he has
a fine team ot crack shots and ex
pects them to put up a good fight.
All his men are in splendid health.
OLD WAGE SeiLETO
BE RESTORED JULY I
PARK IS SCENE
OF AN OUTRAGE
Mrs. Sessman Beaten, Chioro
formed and Robbed in New
York's Pleasure Ground
(By Leased Wire to The Times )
New York, June 3D. Seized from
behind by three powerful men, who
beat, chloroformed, robbed and at
tacked her, Mrs. Mary Sessman, 26
years . old, a handsome woman, of
No. 105 west 100th street, Is proba
bly dying today from Injuries re
ceived In one of the most daring
holdups that has ever
Central park.
Although the at trie!
i . ; !, t t i on
-viU'-'s tari'Vt-
the transverse road, a
from Central park, w-, 'jl.tr-.. : Bc.m
man's screams were i it Ji aid
she was left to lit Aiik -i.:?i:toj a fuUy
an hour after her assails.'-ts V-' br.
Then.covered with wott i ti, anu wak
ened by. the terrific stl r:,!e h! V. id
maintained against lh ilirnn 'nuy.s,
s;ie literallv dragged
heme," wheru-- she fc
mother's arms
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a, '! I,.1 r hi. ard tfc
police eit totally m ir -pss'i 1 t
t.itir Learcn. J -
. May Hum '.shock. i
M"s. Sessman w;ik n.'M.ivd to ( .
J. Hood WrlKht. hos;t: fi-om nur
home, where it was Vairi fa- might
die from shock and tl, , ur-iMe biat -
. . . . . . . c i ttmiuuiin'mt'iii win nr iimih:u viiii w
in? bhe had rereued r V I an Is of i,, not nn) nN r, e , f( ,y (nter.
these three men. -Lor rmga-.and jesU,d. but ,1V th(. (.c,,.t,v ai larBo, as
money were stolen, ni)ft)en inrf af,(.atimr a ictnrn i no.-ri.-l condt-
loss : ot several hundn i! iloliar- tlon.s.
SEABOARD BUYS 12.C80
TONS OF STHI li.'ilS
" ( By Leased Wire t" ". ho. T
Baltimore, Mr.. J1.. :' -ceivers
of tliel So;il . i
Railroad . Company i . i
order for ll'.onn tot. i t -with
the Mat Wand "St '(. Cut..
e re
Line i an
tails
for
delivery within t lie next six months.
The rails will bo used on the northern
end of the system. . ;
Bishop Potter Not Likely
To Live Throughout the "Day
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fhe 'Venerable Dignitary of Episcopal Church in New York
Very Low and the Doctors Hold Out No Hope
t By Leased Wire to The Times)
Cooperstown, N. Y., Juno 30
Henry Codman Potter, Protestant
Episcopal bishop of the diocese of
New York, is dying today. at Fern
lelgh, his country place here. It Is
not expected that he will live until
evening. A statement to this effect
was made today by one of the two
physicians in attendance on' the aged
bishop.
According to the attending physic
ians, Bishop Totter rallied slightly
through the night, but bocame con
siderably worse before morning and
before day broke all hope of his re
covery was abandoned, both by the
physicians and by the bishop's rela
tives at his bedside.
All Bishop Potter's relatives have
been summoned to his bedside and
the physicians have almost abandoned
hope of his recovery. Dr. Jarvln
early today gave put this bulletin;
"Bishop Potter has been pros
trated from the hot weather of the
Southern Railway to Return
Ten Percent Reduction of
Its Employes.- - ."
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Better Business Conditions the
Reason-Probably No
Cut for Mechanics.
Approximately 1,000 men, employes at
the Southern Hallway will, beginning
tomorrow, be restored the tei per cent
reduction made February 1 aid earlier.
All employes out will h" sfcetfid except
the president and "ice-piesldeuts.
whose salaries will not !w r.iad t the
scale In operation at t! e f..n thft re
duction was made. . '
The foregoing1 is ott.c ; :. .01 k rnea
affected, most of thtm i e '.vtrii 'yd in'
the general offices of the jkipriif
others are counsel fo tb n hd
Etill others are iasseufr ag- rt-i tod
traveling representative 'I"l;e iTCrO)
will be general. ; f-i
It .is. learned also on -.Is hi st av 'Ifori.
ity that the wases of tl: - tt.itUiLr,. hnl
mechanics and other nn jtiyps ?t V'
Southern will hardly be tt'duiMtf it -e-tober.
1'usiness, it- is i n ounc ffc
picked up oonslderablv m:b the tnic,
I and if traffic continuot tn imp
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tmw thourht that tliei- o
; to retrench.
Although- not nwi ldt o ; i v;ll be
juiiemed m North .csimm r. esu-
: '""ted that l.(.i inpl - r" the
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SUBSTITUTFS FOTl
Today ends the t
postofflce departtr,
snbslltute til.v Ii'tt.
ir with the
ih' new
tin nnve
t'ii-rter, ef--aviinintees
been named bv t
fective tomorrow,
are Joseph B. B.nlv
i ley, and John B. J
To fill a viicrin1
j. postofflce. Charlie
'been appointed an ;
. to 1
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cln:-u
tr- IV. Ut-
.li'i.i In the
niuant has
ia S. Jones
t te clerk.
has been named i
'The .appointees are scleHed by the
! postmaster from the civil service eli
gible list..
past few days and is in a very critical
condition."
Bishop Potter was sick during
Lent and unablo to take part in
church sorvicos on Easter Sunday.
Announcement was made that he was
suffering from acuto Indigestion.
On Friday Bishop Potter was pros
trated by the heat, ,11b had been ex
pected to take part In the wedding
ceremony of Miss Wardell, daughter
of Mr. and Mrs. Henry Lansrng Ward
ell, at Plnohurst, at the head of Obe
go lako Saturday last, but ho was
unable to go. It was not until Sun
day, though, that it became known
that Bishop Potter's condition was
serious, It having been thought by
those in attendance at the patient's
bedside that the prostration was of a
transitory nature. The bishop, how
ever, displayed little rallying power,
and last night a tusssage waB sent to
New York summoning the bishop's
son, Alonzo Potter, to his father's
(Contlned on Page Seven.)