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VOLTJUE SO. RALEIGH, N. C, FRIDAY, JULY 3, 1908. pines 5 czntz. mmm m w am m m mm ' to wmi iIymi No Doubt Today That Alliance Ex ists Between Minnesota Governor and Dblaware Judgotd Keep Ne braska : Man From Getting ; Nomination on First Ballot ---Vice-Presidential Talk Now Favors McNeil of Conheoticut, New York's Choice. 9 The Johnson and Gray tore have Joined at Denver to prevent the nomination of Vl!IiuffnnIng8 Bryan for president. The manager of JonnMcu itAl -te jnnnmger of Gray do not admit it in so many words, bpt U.e irjtfh Wthe matter is that 'Mr. Lynch and " f Mr. Marvel understfli wich otheiw-they are trying their level best to keep the NrfraH oator from 'netting the necessary 669 votes f) on the first ballot. The fact that Judge Gray denies his candidacy about onee an hour doesn't make any difference to Josiah Marvel. The Johnson people made the first move toward this alliance for it is an alliance 'They want the ticket to b Johnson and; Gray. They are certain Buctwa ticket would bring much of the northwest, as well as many Atlantic states, over into the democratic column. They are certain today that the- Johnson and Gray coalition will 9 mean at tens 400 qnin'structed votes on theilret ballot. Mr. Bryan, too, on the other hand, wovld like Judge Gray on fi the ticket with him. lb fact, the Delaware judge is wanted by both 4) sides. His strength gto-wj steadily the death of Grover Cleveland, 9 whom Judge Gray resembles in some measure, has given fresh 6 interest and vigor to the effort being made in behalf of the man t) from Wilmington- And this lewds Manager Marvel to say: 0 "Why do you tul about Judge Gray for vice-president? The friends of Judge Gray re hero to see that he is nominated for - president. T Most any tiuidldato would like to have .the Judge r wWH him in pwsWeiiffrU use.'Vut Jwe Oray J yoing t ) nominated for president e'jr the democratic party and elected by toe people of the United Stales.1 Wait and see." (By HECTOR II. ELWKIiliV Denver, Col., July 3 The real fight against William Jennings Bryan for the democratic nomination at the Denver convention on July 7 has begun. Theodore Knappen and Charles H. Day, two of Gov. Johnson's chief boomers, held a secret conference with Josiah Marvel,, Judge Gray's man, and Bemed willing to stand for the story that these two candidates were forming an alliance. Judge Alton B. Parker will be in Denver shortly, prepared to start something on the antHnjunctlon plank. ' So many more newspaper correspondents have arrived at Denver that there are now about 15 correspondents to every politician. In fact, the situation as It stands today has reduced the newsgetters to a state of Inter viewing one another on the vice-presidential situation. On all sides in Denver you can hear it said that if Judge Gray will accept, the democratic ticket will be Bryan and Gray without question. Then you hear, if Gray will not agree to run second, the ticket will be Bryan and McNeill. Then, again, you hear from the Gray boomers that if Bryan would run second to Gray, his nomination and election four years hence would be assured. Although both the Gray and Johnson people have laughed at these "alliance" stories, there has been a real conference between them. It was the Johnson people who moved. Knappen and Day went to the Gray headquarters in the Savoy hotel and talked things over. There was nothing tor give, out, but. the fact remained that for the first time since negotiations for the convention have opened the two anti-Bryan candidates for the lead have come together and talked. It has been practically agreed by all that the leaders in the party now in Denver that when the convention convenes an early adjournment will be taken In honor of Grover Cleveland. There is a slight possibility of such a short session that no business can be transacted. When this became known, the Denver business men smiled broadly it means the keeping of the crowd in Denver one more day. Meantime, while everybody is guessing at vice-presidents and wonder ing what it's all about, a great deal of Interest is being taken in Samuel Woods' proposition of a mass meeting of the delegates in Denver. The rabid Bryan men believe this is a big Joke.t Others, luke-warm for Bryan, 'take an interest in it. Some others attend such a meeting it would be one to make history. Vice-Presidential Problem No Nearer to Solution. Who will be the vlce-presldontlal nominee! That question is being discussed In Denver more energetically today than the same question was discussed one day before it was fixed, and before the convention decided It finally, for.the republicans In Chicago. After one has looked over the entire field, there are to be found but four men who can possibly be looked upon at present as a field from which to pick.. Of course, when the delegations and candidates arrive a deal may be fixed up that will fool everybody. But, looking at the thing like a tout looks up the dope, It seems probable that the vice-presidency will go to the east. . . ' The men who are looked upon as the four leading candidates are lined up like this: . ' George Gray, of Delaware, does not care for it because his boomers think he should be at the head of t,he ticket. He could undoubtedly win if be wanted the Job. - Archibald McNeill, of Connecticut, is considered the second strongest roan, because he Is strong with the laboring classes and capable, as well as recognized as a national man. He expects to have New York and New England with tilm at the start. : John W. Kern, of Indiana, will be in Denver this evening with his boom. He is backed by Tom Taggart and might get Illtonls' support, He Is. considered stronger than any western candidate. James Hamilton Lewis, of Illinois, Is not outspoken for the place, but till be is willing to enter It. He Is a man considered strong in certain parts of the east and south. There Is Charles A. Town to be considered, but a majority of the leaders do not look upon him as a possibility. There are many from New Tork, but It is not believed that New York will permit any of them to go .(Continued on Page Seraa. ' .;" " ' ' " ':' I r- : : y believe that If the delegates dared to IP JTOU'RE THIRSTY IN DENVFR Denver, Col., July 3 At a meeting of the Denver Bar Keepers' Mutual Association the following line of novel-. ties in tbirstkillers for the convention were agreed on:, Ct Bryan frappe. ' Johnson Swedish punch. Taggart Fizz. Sullivan flip. Gray lemonade. C Murphy highball. Mack rlckey. '. Towne cobbler. f) .McGraw Julep. Mitchell Sour, 9 Bell smash. : Clark Howell lemonade. McCarren old fashioned, cocktail. Chanler toddy. JOHNSON WASHTUB WILL NOT FIGURE IN. CONVENTION CITY - (By Leased Wire to The Times.) Denver, Col., July 3. When Gov. Johnson's devoted manager and friend, Frederick B. Lynch, was asked today about the report that all the Johnson men from Minnesota would wear badges with a picture of a tiny wash tur, the Minnesota governor having started life at the tub and wrlnper in the northwestern woods, ho replied with a laugh: "We won't be that spectacu lar. We don't want to run rivalry with the Teddy bears and the Alice rabbits and the Tammany tigers, you know. The, washtub period of Gov. Johnsons are was an nonoraoiu punua, uui ii is past and I see no reason to hash up the 'memory of those boyhood days. 7 or Turner Smith Freed By Justice Badger State Fails to Make Out Case Fellow Who Woiild Invade H:"Defliaasiralten Checked The Testimony Today. Police Justice Badger this after noon at 1 o'clock discharged Turner Smith, -the young white man who had been in the guardhouse Bince Wednes day morning for shooting and killing B. M. Stultz, a Seaboard engineer, for attempting to enter his home Wednesday morning. The announce ment by Justice Badger came after City Attorney Snow and Mr. B. C. Beckwith had made able arguments both for and against the discharge, and when the justice had finished his remarks he was called on to check a demonstration of Joy at the result. : In the courtroom were the boy's mother and Bisters and nearly a hun dred spectators. The prisoner held a copy of yesterday's Evening Times in his hands and every now and then he would fasten his eyes on the head lines of the paper, "Was Justifiable, Says the Jury." He did not appear to be worried, much, and seemed as if MR. CLEVELAND LEAVES ENOUGH FOR FAMILY (By Leased Wire to The Times.) New York, July 3 The will of Grover Cleveland has been filed with the surrogate of Mercer county, N. J. Within 10 days Mrs. Cleveland will come from the summer home In Tara worth, N. H., and the will will be probated. Although no specific amount can be learned, It Is known that the ex-president left a large es tate, enough to keep, his widow and children In comfortable circumstan ces. This was learned on the high est authority. Practically all has been left to Mrs. Cleveland, although the children and others have been provided for liberally. The will discloses the fact that the ez-presldent owned the summer home at Tamworth, which has always been regarded as the property of "Mrs. Cleveland's mother. , . cSamp CONG, CLARK. Wa'-'HiSicSm Cltatn'j Cla."'.V, . . cvMCtresrainn. aiv the,. . h'cium1' r.lHf general handy. I nnr "from M swiri," is ljkely to ' succeed' John Shcr A iHlnms, of Mis ! slsslpjH, - as Mij'fHly leader in the 'Jioust.y cud air. bo cswUdate for Against Youog Man for Sliooliny he never doubted the result, of the trial. Turner Smith was minus a col lar, and was dressed just as he was when he surrcudered Wednesday morning. Ho looks to be over 20 years of ase. He has almost red hair and la light complected. His face is not bad. ; AH during the trial he and his mother and sisters were much inter ested. Mrs. D. E. Smith, the mother, occasionally had to suppress a tear, particularly when the attorneys were arguing the case. Mr. Snow stated frankly, while prosecuting, that he knew he had the unpopular side, but that he was doing his duty in the matter, however his' feelings might have Inclined. ' He left the matter with the court, be said, and would be perfectly satisfied with the verdict. Mr. Beckwith had been called in today by Col. J. C. 1 Harris because (Continued on Second Page.) EXPL0SI0N0N0ILTA1 STEAMER KILLS 2 MEN (By Leased Wire to The Times.) Philadelphia, P., July 3. Two men were killed, two seriously Injured and several others painfully hurt by an ex plosion on board the Guftey Oil com pany's tank steamer Chenango at the Cramp shipyards today. Fire broke out on the vessel immediately after the explosion and for a time threatened the shipbuilding plant, but It was finally gotten under control. J. CHANDLER HARRIS MAY DIE ANY MOMENT (By Leased Wire to The Times) Atlanta, July 8. Joel Chandler Harris (Uncle Remus) cannot live. At 8 o'clock this morning be was sinking steadily and doctors said without reserve that the poet could not live out the day. if STILLSEU1 FOR A POISONER Philadelphia Police Want Man Who Sent Fatal Bottle of ' Ate 1c fir, Wilson. A well-dressed, ( ' clean- 0 shaven man, between. 35 and 40 years old, with black hair . and dark complexion. He.. weighs 160 pounds, is five feet six or seven Inches tall, 0 ft and is of stocky, athletic build. Upon the day he 9 sent the bottle of poisoned ale he wore a black hat and a well-tailored business suit of mixed patterr. His air is e) S refined, his bearing cultured, 9 and his appearance indicates ' unmistakable prosperity. 9 Suavity is the word wDich 9 best describes his con versa- tlonal manner. 9 . . . - . (By Leased Wire to The Times.) . Philadelphia, July 3.' The man described above Is the person who sent the bottle of poisoned ale to Dr. . William H. Wilson, the Phila delphia physician, who died within a few minutes after he drank the contents. ; -' . This is the man ' whose name the police know . and- upon whose track they are now close. He is the man suspected from the first. His de scription has been furnished by Frederick Buckman, a clerk of the express company in Philadelphia, to whom he gave the package addressed to Dr. Wilson and who had an op- PCTtunily to observe him closely. Buckmnn Fornishes Rinding Descrip tion. scrlptlod furbished by BucJcm'nn dif fer from that of tho man whose name was found in the physician's record books, beside that of a relative who died after an operation performed by Dr. Wilson. Since the police first began to watch him he has travelled to Atlantic City and Cape May, and It is these places and other points not far from Philadelphia which are being searched today by scores of detectives. Letters May Be From Cranks. The police have received two let ters which they are investigating. They believe these were Bent for the purpose of throwing them off the track of the real poisoner, or else were the work of cranks. One let ter, mailed from Bristol, Pa., reads: "I am a printer. I killed Wilson because he was a menace to society. He poisoned my wife and child. He had no right to live. The world is well rid of him." There was no signature. It is re garded as significant that; it is on similar paper and written on the same sort of typewriter used by the sender of the decoy circular letter to Dr. Wilson, in which it was an nounced tiiat the sample bottle of ale was being forwarded under other cover. , BISHOP POTTER DYING AT HIS COUNTRY HOME (By Leased Wire to The Times.) Coopertown, N. Y., July 3. The con dition of Bishop Potter this morning Is very low. Members of his family were about the bedside all night and expected death momentarily. While the patient still retains conHclounnoss, he is not allowed to exert himself by talking. ' Out of respect to the distinguished sick man, the authorities of the village of Coopertown have posted a procla mat Ion that there ' shall be no Fourth of July celebration. Jnp Cabinet May Resign. Toklo, July 3. It is reported . that, owing to tho poor health of Prime Mln. lster Salonjl, the cabinet will resign to. mororw. Public opinion attributes the resignation to friction between the el der statesmen over the financial, situa. tion.. , PoHtofllce Hours Tomorrow. Tomorrow, Fourth of July, being a legal holiday, there will tig. one deliv ery of mall by city carriers and the general delivery and stamp window I will 'be open from I to (a. m. The money order department will be cloaad 'and the rural carriers will make no UriP. . - .. . . r-. .'. 'V . As Platform of 1908 Will Contcp at Least as Much Remedial Leg ¬ islation as That Which New York Editor Woe;- Willing to Run, Cpm monor Lf rr' Expects Hearst Support rv ThisTimeforNebraskan " (By Leased Wire Lincoln, Neb., July 3 Mr. Bryan makes plain in an editorial in this week's Commoner, issued today, that he expects to obtain the Indorsement of ' Hearst's Independence League. . In another editorial he gives some broa& hints on platform planks. In the former, Mr. Bryan defends the NeUr :, York publisher from the "too quick assumption of republicans" that be will oppose the! democratic ticket. After detailing various things for; which he should be given .credit, he say's: ' .,. V'-;- ' "Mr. Hearst could hardly be expected to announce, in advasce of. tb other conventions, what he thought ought to be done, but t will be remem bered that In 1904 hewwas a candidate in the democratic convention,' aftc. the adoption of the platform written that year. He was willing to mak the fight for the reforms outlined in that platform. ; V jV? ' ! "There is no danger if the platform this year .contains Jess of reforfu than the platform of 1904. There Is every indication that. 1J will go eve: further in remedial legislation. If the platform of 1904 was good enougl. for Mr. Hearst to run upon, may not the democratic platform f; 1908 bf found good enough for Mr. Hearst to support? - "The candidates, too,, may have some influence la determining I'r Hearst's action and the organization of the national committee is a far to be considered; the general trend and spirit of the convention also on to have a right in determining with what force the democratic party be able to appeal to the men who are connected with the independ party..'' . :y , f ' 1 "Plutocracy supports the party which leans most toward plutocrpc? and the radical element is likewise Independent. Each supports the par) that gives the best assurance of securing what that element daalres. v ' ii "The advocacy of remedial measures is Hot the onlv thine. TRnuired a-reform party; ability to secure remedial measures Is as HuportanPftS-1 1 'advocacy of '.I em, .and the radical who wants something done is Hkelv -k.JiJi two. iwMloa: - . . ....w.'.m' ' v r . n , . ." 'First, whrf: partles promise; reform?' twn. , ,, , ' , ,t J "'Second, of7 the parties promising reform, which party can offer; b. best assurance of fulfilling the promise?' ' . ,,"' ' T ' "The radical element of, the country can well afford' to wsitLtr after the Denver convention has adjourned before it decides whattb do,' , Three Sliarp Charges Against Republican Platform. : ' On the first page of The Commoner Mr. Bryan arraigns tbe repnbllcnuS on several counts. The first count Is based on the rejection of the pnypal valuation of railroad 'plants; the second oh the defeat of the campa. publicity resolution, and the third on the rejection the declaration favoring election of senators by direct vote. Mr. 'Bryan declares ; that "there can be but one explanation of the action of the republican conven tion, namely: That It is the Intention of those in charge of the republican party to secure campaign funds from sources which they dare not disclose," Tie broaches the new idea that butions shall be made public, and to giver to Inquiry, if, for instance, the his employer, ir a man gives largely, the public has a right to kndw where the gift comes from; if it Is part of an implied contract, whereby a return ; Is to be secured in legislation or immunity, no corporation of any kind a should be allowed to contribute to campaign funds, for corporations are not A organized for political purposes." ' ' : : '.v; ! Physical valuation of railroads, that so long as the truth Is concealed, sides and the country ought to know italized. AVhy Direct Vote For Senators Was Beaten. . "7 1 Mr. Bryan insists there was but one reason why the direct vote for : 1 senators was beaten. It is this: '..':. . "So long as the exploiting Interests can control the senate, they cin7 hold the people at bay, and this Is why the republican convention insolently 1. thwarted the purpose of those republicans who sympathise with the desire (Continued on Page Seven) r ? Lewis Wineate, on Trial for Murder of His Neighbors, However, Allege Long Period of Abase-ClElg.f Lad Was Attacked With Club, Chain and longs. (By Leased Wire to The Times.) Roanoke, Va., July 3.t At a spe cial term of the. circuit court here, Judge Massle presiding, the trial of Lewis Wlngate,1 charged with the murder of his 10-year-old son, Ray Wingate, was begun at Independ ence, Grayson county. The boy died May IS, and, on request of citizens, J. H. Carlco, commonwealth attor ney, investigated the lad's death, re porting that Wlngate had beaten bis son just prior to his death. It is charged that Wlngate con fined the boy in a chest In the house, that at other times be put a chain nrnnnri thA hnv' loor mnA foatanAt htm tn the statrntAnn (hat tin IfnnnV.l ed him down wlh a stick, and that he pulled his teeth with a pair of blacksmith's tongs so as to keep him from eating, in order that be might starve. The boy, It ,1s alleged, had 1 of 1904, Onf 1 to The Times) . ;f "it is not necessary that smalt contri make these public might subject th giver was an employe and opposed" to he declares, is necessary. ' He sars ' i there will be exaggeration on both whether the railroads are over-cap- ; , -. mr-.fWi "? ! Roy, Denies Jm been seen eating scraps ot garbage and raking grains ot raw corn out of a crib.. - '" ..:..&.'. ,,s . Boy Literally Starred to Death i. Dr. M. C. Fields, the county coro ner, testified at the trial that whe the boy's body was exhumed, brubv were found on the head, chtn, necf hands, knees and back, many of thr severe enough to produce death, , said he examined themouthfr k found only one tooth, and that t gums were not healed, show fog: teeth had been recently pulled, He said the stomach and Intet were empty, with the exception i little digested green grass, and ' hnw rne mi o tn A am t Wlngate Is a man of eonsidw means. He married Into one t ' most prominent families of west Virginia, He pleaded not to the charge, i
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