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i TWIN-CITY DAILY SENTIN EL lYEAB. iSHILtl! JEIIIIS I DELIVER IIHC ADDRESS 1 1 ' WINSTON-SALEM, N. C, TUESDAY EVENING. SEPTEMBER IS, 1906 PRICE 5 CENTS POLITICAL ISSUES DFTHE DAY 'entNebraskaOrator lose Attention ui Concourse ui pipForHour And Half. LARGELY A . Wtoshaws 'speeches INN. C. Up And Dissected the , ,t,e Treasury's Tariff I i. 3 Convincing Man- L part of His Eloquent Uted to Tariff And Lament Enlivened With Litotes Tnat Pleased the Immensely. incon&.s Republican Arguments t,d Democratic Principles iiih Masterful Logic I Not Dampen Enthusiasm Lge Throng. Nebraskan i oy Gove.i.or Glenn In te Speech.-Speech at Mr. Residence Before Mam ,ni Jennings Bryan was Lai retention on his first ston-Salem today. The 1 Xebratkas arrived here is morning and was here o'clock. !jr In tlte day prevent- b out of town being pres- i the exclusion trains K though about 1,000 vis- dii tkse trains. was gives u iio.sy recep- s arrival here, the wills- a hundred factories blow i in all pints of the chi ne Winston Cornet Band m Bays' Band furnished!' aad several thousand neo- Mm with cheers." "' was taken in an uutonio- residence of Mr. .1. C. Bux- b.mit street, where ho was about fifteen hundred rtn. He made them a C. Brown, while Mr. 0. F. Hege acted as chaffpur. Fourth street, from the station to Liberty street, was a solid mass of humanity, while the windows ami housetops were crowded. It was diffi cult for the automobiles to wend ih.dr way through the crowd and hundreds ciowded about Mr. Bryan's car aim shook hands with him! At the corner of Liberty and Fourth streets the Winston Cornet Hand, which headed the pro? ensiou ..stopped and the machines now out of the crowd, sped up Fourth street to the residence of Mr. Buxton. Cheers greet ed Mr. Bryan all along the route. A. committee of ladies met Mrs. Bryan and Mrs. Josephtts Daniels. The crowd was eo eager to see the Great, Commoner that Mrs. Bryan's presence was forgotten for the moment, but she was cheered by a large party of young men who had assembled neai the depot. . GREETED BY SCHOOL CHILDREN. Over One Thousand of Them, Togeth er With S. F. A. Stucents, Were At Home of Mr. Buxton. While at-. the-home of Mr. Buxton the school children of Winston f anil the young ladies of the Salem Female College arrived and Mr. Bryan made (hem a short speech. MR. BRIAN'S SPEECH. Tariff and Trusts and Reply To Sec retary Shaw's Address Were the Main Points Nothing Said About Government Ownership of Rail roads. Two Showers Came Op Dur ing the Address but Crowd Stood It Good Humoredly. iock Mr. 'Rryan addressed of ktwn six and eight 5"o)ie ftoin an elevated t of the Misses. Martin's iriv street. He spoke for C1 thirty minutes in a t V'ice. Many ladies were Twice during the course & he was compelled to 'an umbrella, but the rain ftperse that audience. IE i!vnti.ff i,,.;t ,,r i,i i ' w 'MS rtll- 'WIT ami iru.st questions. 1,1 reference l the ni't of railroads. His an answer to that of Mr. ;red here last week and I . . , ;.. x v i -' vi K 1 ;''.'V .' ' ' ' ' -v -, v ! I : V CHARLES 0 M'lVER'S SUDDEN DEATH LATE YESTERDAY AFTERUOOH President of North Carolina State Normal and Industrial Col lege Passes Away Suddenly From Apoplexy On Bry an's Special Between Durham and Hlllsboro About S O'clock Yesterday Afternoon-Funeral At First Presby terian Church In Greensboro Tomorrow Morning Al 1 1 O'clock. William Jennings Bryan, Who Spoke to Immense Crowd Here Today, IweniHtjon f nemo- p" sf" t his :,peeeh Mr. i'!"rrN awv 'o the station flsr:l his special and af ( f"r "iRh Point. UeM r ma!e more speeeWl , nu'r- High Point, "i. Concord and ' as arcompaiiieil () this Tr "f "isisuished lnr-,,,Ji"c Oovern,.. r:inn ' Siinrii. ""is and Overman. 1 a uiuinbcr of the IUMpHAL ENTRY. Wtr At the Rfa(i rh Street Whe M, "' As ,l tld'lll l,(.llri,, ... passen- the train forth he rth- " discordant and ,CZmtic- Two a Mr. Bry- be- ri ftp ""r rr.eno,. Piatform " rear rnanh .he 7,s f the party Cwiiii E"t the Ppple cran- f""t th. '! tl... Ill "5 1(. '"oner, it "rst glance office as with rs at the sta-but autotnobilo nnrt "M'O nint'tnn. 'S np con- a light t-rey In Sute ,of t)m "hen "UI'fl n, Mr. Krank' Mr. Bryan arrived at the speaker's stand on Liberty street at 11 o'clock, accompanied by many .distinguished Democrats of the State and county Ail about him the people had gathered and from the stand to the courthouse the prowd was so thick a person could not' move. All windows and other points of vantage were occupied and many ladies were present. Mrs. Bry an had a seat on the stand and was one of the first to grasp the spptiker'-hawi at the-close of the! 1 cm. tr Mr. J, C. Buxton presented Govern or Robert II. Glenn, who in turn In troduced Mr. Bryan. In his introduc tory remarks Governor Glenn referred to Mr. Bryan as the greatest living ex ponent cf Democratic principles Hi the United States and the crowd gave its approval to this declaration with a hearty cheer. The crowd again cheered when Mr. Bryan rose and advanced to the railing. He began his address "oy say ing he was glad to be among North Carolina people and words were Inad equate to express his feeiings at the cordial welcome which had been ex tended him In this State. "You North Carolinians have on deposit in my bank a large amount and your dratts will always be honored," declared thf Nebraskan. " ' Mr. Bryan paid a beautiful tribute If Dr. Charles D. Melver, his friend for many years. He said his heart was in another city, mourning with the widow of this illustrious North Caroli nian and did he but follow the dic tates of his .heart he would speak of no man or Issues other than Dr. Me lver. Mr. Bryan devoted much time to the recent address of Secretary Shaw He declared there are two kinds of .Republicans today one termed the sland-patters and the other the re formers. Secretary Shaw is the prince of the stand-patters, and taking the re cent conflict in fnwa as a basis it ap pears that Secretary Shaw is on the losing side. Mr. Bryan declared the Republican party Is now on t ho verge I of undertroiner the experience that the I Dprnnnrot... h,i tn 1 Sf, nml while he I felt Borry for It he could do nothing In ff thai w the cmrs, hotn it tho nenincrntlc nar- pari.v nit-iidd put k, .j it.i .ho ,M.liovnf thu shad- could never be rid of of of death and he knew by exper ience that the path bf the Republican nm-tv through thut vallev would be weary and foot-sore. At this point a shower Came up and Mr. Bryan was handed an umbrella, which tie raised over him. The crowd also raised umbrellas, but insisted that he proceed. The shower lasted only a few minutes and soon those who had sought shelter were crowding about the stan dagaln, Roosevelt, he declared, is the most Influential member of the reform cl ement of the Republican party. Secre tary Shaw Is perhaps the ablest expo nent of that wing of the party which is content to let everything alone, and he has been down here in North Car olina discussing measures which his own people, have thrown off. He was offering you second-hand goods, sa:d Mr. Bryan. He declared no man could make speeches In favor of tne tariff without contradicting hims.'lf He took up the statement of Mr. Shaw that this country sold only $ low."1"1 worths of goods cheaper on the for elgn markets than at home. He said the tariff now In force permits the manufacturer to recover a draw-hack or rebate, from the government 01 $t20,000,nno from manufactured arti cles made of imported raw materials upon which the tax had been paid. Under the present tariff the foreignei does not pay the tax as the Republi cans claim, but the people of this rmii. try pay It. He declared that the pres ent tariff was made for the beueiu of protected interests, to which the Republican party . Is allied. He ridic uled the statement, that, a tariff for revenue, only would be a di.-as! rolls measure for this country and th" la boring clashes in particular. Mr. lit van said Republican litera ture was interesting matter to him, that his father woiiid not. permit him to read fiction in his boyhood days and new be 'dearly loved to read it and the Republican literature of today was action pure and simple. - Mr. Bryan denounced the Insurance graft ci s in no uncertain ti rms and said I hey should be punished as much as any other thieves. "Mr. Shaw is long on tariff and short on trusts, said Mr. biyan, who add ed that the trust rptcrrton was Hie most Important, issue of 'the day. . Rain agaiti1ii!erfe!eu' for a few moments, 1 and Mr. Bryan, after look ing over the crowd for a moment as it stood under thotis&nd umbrellas, jok ingly remarked that .lie believed his audience had heard so much Republi can doctrine of late that. It was glad to hear Democracy even if il was di luted with water. Continuing his discussion of the U ust issue Mr. Bryan taid the Repub lican party Is the party of the tiusls .Hid then fore no proseeuiion of the trusts may be expected from the Re publican party. He said the Republi can party had hi en ir. powi-r for ten years; Congress was Republican; the .-hief executive was a Hi-publican; the Supreme C'iiul and the Federal Conr's. weie Republican and would nive a R"publican Interpretation of tlii' tin' paw a partisan inter pretation and .vi H osts have bi fill .illew ed lo limn isli in ill! parts oi the count r. "A few yeais ago." declared .Mr. Bryan, "the. Republican party bad a i: II in I, i i- of men whom they II he Re iml.iii -in:.-) iiihi.-ti'd vveii' of-presidential fiililue, bul toil, i.i we find them with only our- uiau in nil tin- parrj wlii'iii they iltink f ! n I. ad 1 1 1 1 1 1 t,j all other victory.. This nee Ulan Is tf.e President, ami the president has made himself popular by adopting Demo cratic mensiiii.s. "II we could gel, a l'iilei:t on platforms for seventeen veais the Republican pailv would sim ply go o:.t of et-;e!ie" for want of a plat form." Mr. Brian lidieii.eu method' of pn ceediu trusts In Injunctions. ha I w as thi CUBAN TROUBLE MAY BE SETTLED (Bv Publishers' Press.) HAVANA. Sept. IS. The efforts of "peacemakeis," who are trying today to arrange a compromise between the government and Insurgents at th gate cf the city befoie the arrival of Secretaries Taft unj Bacon, are now being directed toward trying to Induce all members of congress to nroffor I their resignations. Palnia's reslgna.- Moiv Is regarded ft stun U be forth coming at the proper moment. If the senator and representative will resign it will leave the way open to holding of new elections, the mail desire of. the insurgents. Dixie Arrives at Citnfuegos. WASHINGTON. Sept. IS. The ar rive! of I tie Dixie at Cienfuegos Is a decided relief to the authorities here. There were rumors about threatening attitude of Insurgents In that neigh oorhood toward sugar plantations there, mainly owned by American and there was considerable uneasi ness as to safety of these estates. The Dixie must, have made a record run. The Dt-s Moines has arrived at Tampa ready to take on board Secre tary Taft, Assistant Secretary Bacon and party. It is- t xpeeted (hey will be latidid at Havana some lime tomor row. The only dispatch received this won. inn from charge d'affaires Sleep "r ;ii Havana wum to -confirm the an neuiieeini in that both' tho government and insurgent forces had agreed to suspend operations pending peace negot la! ions. the Republican UCill'Ist the ij.rlaiing thai the Republican -lie the count n rust-1. "Put one of tljos.e niiilioiiaiie trust magnates mi jail." said Mr. Bryan, "and you will find it n much better n niedy." Mr. Bryan quoted young John Rockefeller as saying that as il neces.- iiy to destroy n i 1 1 ' y -; . i : the , hundred buds m order t ducr' the AmHcan (4 aui v in.--, was in business. Mr i!t v.m ;' Dial such was not the ea.-e and he weuid stand with the lifi-ely nine In prefen nee 10 'he one dredth even if the lasl named larger and more perfi er. .Mr. Ilivau s lid the -aborieg f were' awakening to :io- fact must take up politics or t be lesers lie reft rr-ti to election of las; week l. what the workins; cia-'-fs cjisi they vote their sentiments at th In conclusion Mr. Bryan o' that thcr" was only one i'l'.u! i ment ami that Is-a goviTtiniet people that would ;y a.: cijiial 'rights 10 all ami ?en.ii leces to none. . I) W ,1 I of M O Ml a o d VI. T I HUNDRED RE SENTENCED H.i' th. hey wou he .;,.; i VIO.i. p..; WARSAW. Sept. IS. Two hundred persons arrested while the outbreak at Siedieii was in prop.s today woie condemned to death foe alleged vioieiier. couiiiiitti d during the mas sacie. Most of those sentenced are lews. The Reuleiicf has aroused a siorm of piotest as Hie injustice of thf net Is So apparent. It Is believed the iiiiiborltieH at. St. Petersburg will order a commutation- of the sentence. Plot Was Frustrated. VIENNA, Kept. IK. Pieparations to blow np every one at'endijlg the, fun eral of Genera! Trepoff at St. Peters burg tomorrow bud been completed ;.y terror!.-!, but the plans were lolled by the djucoveiy of tne pint. This Is the report, telegraphed by the eorrespopdf til of a newspaper. The funeral will be held In court chape'. Tie . ten oris, s praiitied to blow up the chapel while tho funeral whh in pnnrrenH. Two arrests have Iwen made in connection wlttj ibe allege, plot. RAIN KEPT MANY AWAY. The Excursions Left Their Destin tions While the Ram Was Falling In Torrents. The liieommir ti bios en " biough' alf'Ut one tnousa n! the ci'v. None of the e nish.tt-' rniwded. us they left their -'! itlr.atl'iiis at an earty ooui .o. i jtitiif ram was falling in :.( Special Notice to Masons. Special comnninlcaMon of Winston Lodge No. i r;r a, F. and A. M. tonight at S o'clock to 'make arrangements for attending and conducting funeral ser- I vices of our late brother. Dr Charles D. Melver, at (,r "iisboro tomorrow. Winston iudgi.. will go down ou the 5 o'clock train tomorrow- morning. All m"tiib"is urged to s'teud meeting to .night and t() go wjtli loditiv Bv order J. Il LAI GEN'OCR. W. M. t. i. farrow. sc. to .re lie., 1l.lt litS Mr, W. C llavix, 'he great cutler of th Columbia Tailoring Co., Is at the Meycrs-WeMbrook . Co. s dir depart ment .store. Gentlemen, rail ai once and have your measure taken for lm- media to or future dei.vcit Fit. and workmanship guaranteed. Dr. Charles Duiicaa Melver died suddenly on the III van special I rain between Durham and Hiiishoru yester day afternoon about 5 o'clock, llln dea tii resulted from apoplexy. Dr. Melver who whs the beloved president of the Nwith Carolina State Normal and InriiwtrfHt O; - at Greensboro, ss nearly 41! fu of age ne is suiiuen n a who iuki iur children. When the Brian party left the train at Durham Dr. Melver lemalned In the roach, saying that he was suffer ing from an attack of acute Indiges tion. After members of the party bad returned he nodded his head, saying "1 u in very III." He died In a few moments. When the time for the Bryan speak ing In Greensboro last night arrlveif the Nebraskan. Instead of making a political speech as contemplated, de livered the following eulogy oil his deceased friend, Dr. Melver: "I am sure that you will agree with us that this Is not the time or occa sion for a political speech when I tell you that Just after wo left Durham one of our party. Dr. Charles I). Me lver, suddenly died. He was the man who first invited me to North Carolina twelve years ago, and have never been In your Stale since that he was not on the reception com mil lee and the first to greet and cheer me. and when I recently reached New York from abroad Dr. Melver was there to greet nin and to Invite nm to North Carolina. "His life, perhaps more than that of any man I knew as well. Illustrated the value of an Ideal. He was art educated man whose sympathies were with the uneducated. Ho moved In the highest circles, yet nnpod the golden cord unselfishly lifting others up, and he devoted that life towards bringing blessings to the poor, ills death Is a loss, a fearful loss to his country, his State, his city of Greens boro, to the glorious Institution of learning which Is now his monument, to his family, to hl party and a great jieitsnnal loss to me, I hid lou a sad igoodbye." Sketch of Dr. Melver. Dr. Melver began teaching women In the Peace Institute In Raleigh In the year Uititi. H remained hers three years and It was here that he, as chairman of th committee of the North Carolina Teachers' Assembly to ineniorallie the legislature to estab lish a normal college, undertook the herculean task of making a per sonal appeal to all the legislators. The result of this effort was to gain an Indifferent legislature almost un animously for the cause, but the ap proaching of all the members of the house In the same way having been Impossible, the tilll failed to pas that body and the fulfillment of the cham pion's dream was delayed. In 1SS9 Dr. Melver ami Edwin A Alderman, were elected slate Institute conductors and began a work which few men would be able to perform. Kvery county In the state was visited, some two or three times, and at each county seat one of the men remained a week lecturing for four days In a week on the relation of the teacher lo education of children and on Friday speaking to the public at lnrg eft well a to the teachers on the relation of the people lo the education, of chil dren. This general educational erti sade was an epoch In the Intellectual history of the state, for the fiery cru sader proclaimed In a way that iu flttmed In the coldest heart (he great, doctrine of universal education He did not tingled the opportunity to add many a word on his pet (heme, the education of women, and won many converts by his Incontrovertible reasoning. College Chartered. In I' I. almost uti"ixed. an art chartering tho State Normal and In dustrial College was 'passed. In Octo ber, IW2, the college began Its work. Dr. Melver having been elected Its president. Sine then th cause of woman's education has swept on tri umphantly and reMilt have shown how great, a thing can come of one mail's I a bora-, for S.fino women edurat cd because he fought for It. have In turu passed on freeing, ennobling en iighlenment to 20b.0b children. When Dr. Melver was lead to break h ii early resolution that h would, never make a public speech, he had no Idea that he could do more than make a bare statement of (he facts he had to present. But, as, when the man was needed to set In a aaj diametrically opposite to his own In tentions, he devoted his f0 to the acting, so, when the power of moving speech w needed for that man, it came. Without the slightest attempt at oratory. Dr. Melver could nikij a speech with a reason bark of very word and with Impetus enmgh back of all to drive even' word home to the heart of the hearer, and vital power enough In each of those words lo make It, take root and grow and yield fruit. He was the crusader par ex cellence thu man who so wholly yields himself to an Ideal 'hat he seems to draw to himself from the very elements about hint the needful power to meet all opposTtig ."orces, the needful resnirces to meet all needs and the needful magic to make others even as he. The youth of this follower of one ideal was like the youths of many and many another man, tml none of his nccomplUhnients ran he accounted for by It. Itorn on a farm In Moor county In 1m;. bis early life was divided be tween study ami farm work. After reaching the ase of slsieeu he never receive.) a ibiiawthe 'id Dot earn. Ha graduated fr.iin the University of North Carolina In 11 and began teaching In a private school in Dur ham, a year later hecmne assistant superintendent of the graded schools or that cllv and was principal of the high school department until January, 1.SX4, when ho resigned lo assume a similar osl!lott in Witou, where he assisted lit organisation of Its pub lic school system. It was 111 ISSO that he resigned lo accept tln membership of the Pence Institute faculty that brought him Into contact wllh the leg islature and enabled hlm to makn his stirring light for a woman's Slat Normal. In istij, after liirc yeais spent in his memorable educational canvass of the State, he reached th Inst grrat. mile hI which has marked! his career so far hy becoming presl-. dent of tho college, his devoted en ergy had brought Into being. Great as was his work In the bring ing about of the establishment of tho college, he has not stopped at that, but has tailored constantly for Ilia bet terment of the Institution, having secured for It glfra of property amounting to fin, nun, fio.niHi In sup port of faculty, $15,000 In loan anil icholarshlp funds, making a total of liiii.ooo. Dr. Melver hs been shown many, honors by his fellows, chief among them being the conferring upon htm of the degree of L. lilt., and LLC, by his Alma Mat nr. He ws presi dent of the North Carolina Teacher' , Arsembly. president of the Southern (educational Association, and was also president of I he Normal Department of the National (educational Associa tion, and a member of the National KducaUoual Council. He was a meni ter of tho committee of ten of the National Association to Issue an Im portant reiKirt on the subject of ed ucation and taxation. He helped or ganise the Southern Education Hoard, which In cooperating with th state superintendent has been campaigning for public education In the Southern states, and was at his death also chairman of the campaign committee. He was for seven years a trustee and member of the board of trustees of the University of North Carolina. Ha was stat proxy for the Southern Rail way under Governor Carr, this being the only position of the sort he hs. ever allowed himself to accept, not having wished In any way lo allow any outside Interests UMiiterfere with his work and positively declining to be drawn Into any partisanship what ever, save for the one great cause of education. In this way he made him self known as an absolutely nnblased champion, a man who meant to tlm public, not party nor ikiIIUcs, but tli one great cans lie lived for. Able as he might have been to meet and overoome In the political battle neb), ho was able to do an even great er thing to renounce entirely I he fas cination of the contest, man against man, thai he might turn no one agslnsi the Ideal he worshipped Dr. Melver married Mlsa tula V. Martin, sister of Mrs. .1. V. Goodman, of ibis city. Four children blessed this union, tbrc r.aughters and one son. Dr. Melver was a prominent Mason, being a member of tho Winston lodge. The fact that Dr. Mclvw wa form erly Identified with this city and baa a large number of warm friends hert . will doubtless cause quite a number from Winston Sab-m to attend th fun eral, wblrh will occur In Gioeiisboro at 1 1 o'clock tomorrow morning. Funeral Service Tomorrow. The funeral of Dr. Melver will lx held at the First Presbyterian church In Greensboro tomorrow nnrnlng at II o'clock. The Rev. Dr. L. N. Craw- , ford, of Relibtvlile, will conduct tho service. The Greensboro Masons will aio take a prominent part In the ser vice. Interment will bo mado In Greene Hill cermdery. The body will He In state In the main building of the Normal College from 7 io lo o'clock this evening In order to give tho peoplu of Greens boro an opportunity to view the remains. BOY KILLED IN WALKERTOWN MILL A telephone inesdago to The Sen tinel from Walkertowti states that John Matthews, a whlt fooy, sixiul Vi or 1,1 years old, ass killed In the roller grist mil) there about K o'clock this nioinluf While In the basement of the mill the boy was si ruck on the head by piece? of machinery. His skull was crushed slid life was extinct In fif teen minutes, He wan unable to utter a word after the accident. The ib-ccdM-d was a son of Mr. and Mis 'Street" Matthews, i,f Walker- town,