SPhfStmi^
'm&m IB IS* ? WHOLE NUMBER, 16,328.
RICHMOND, VA., THURSDAY, AUGUST 27.1008,
PRICE TWO CENTS.
SUMMARY OF DAY'S NEWS
THE WEATHER.
WASHINGTON, Aug. 20,?Forecast for
Tnlirsday and Friday:
Virginia?Partly cloudy ? Thursday;
Bhowor? In western or north portions.
Friday showors and cooler ? variable
winds, becoming cast to southonst and
fresh.
North Cnrollna-i-Partly cloudy Thursday
nnd Prlduy, probably showors and cooler
JTrldayj variable winds.
The hot wave wns temporarily checked
yesterday by a considerable, fall of rain,
during which tho mercury fell from 95
lo 80 degrees, Inter rising to 80 degrees.
Showers are lookod for to-dny; to-morrow
moro shower? nro expected and It will
probably be cooler.
STATE OF THE -THERMOMETER.
? ?. M.i. 90
12 M. 31
S P. M. sa
0 P. M. M
0 P. M. 80
12 midnight .78
AvcrnBe .,.8-16-0
?flghost tempernturo yesterday. 05
Lowest temperature yesterday. 77
Mean temperature yesterday. SO
Normal temperature for August. 78
Departure from norinnl temperature... OS
Proclpltntlon during post 24 hours.... ,,36
MINIATURE ALMANAC.
August '?I, 1903/
Sunrises.0:30 I HIGH TIDE.
Sun sets.rt:<7 I Morning.7;??
Moon sets.9:62 ] Evoning.8:22
RICHMOND.
Enthunlnstlo gathering of tho Windy
Point Club last night-Explanation of
tho registration law-Many happenings
of Interest In thn rnllrond world-Large
excursion to the seashore-Negro at?
tempts to rob Presbyterian maneo and
draws a razor on a citizen;?Fine organ?
ist scoured by OmceiStreet Presbyterian
Church-Richmond mar. made president
of the Southern Nurserymen's Associa?
tion-Theatrical season to open here to?
morrow night-Persian ministers loavo
for their native Inno-Justice John going
lo New York to consult his physicians
Another candidate mentioned for the Su?
premo Court clerkship?Number of ar?
rival? at the Richmond hotels-Allegn
tlons Hint the Barksdnle law-' -wan dlsre
f'arded In Culpeper county-Alleged p?i;
cy man under arrest-Mnnnger of the
Horse Show expected here September 10th
-?Pleasant fall In the temnornture and
cooler weather looked for-Political
gathering ln Henrlco county. MAN?
CHESTER-Citizens (locking to tho
parks?Councllmnn J. T). Roams to run
lor Mayor; Mayor Maurice Is undaunted;
Mr. Pettlt may get Into the rnre-Legis?
lative campaign Is UstlcsB-All rifling on
the ( cars--Mr. Bowrli moves his head?
quarters-Mrs. A. C. Harding 111?Chil?
dren of Mr. ?\t. Vf. Williams ?lek-Pnr
tle.i for the Amateur Circus being made
?up-Bnzaur Committee meets this even?
ing.
VIRGINIA,
Mayor Mos?. of Newport Nows, vetoes
nil rcdiitrlcting bills-Tho city of D.in
vllle made to pay edsts In Injunction suit
ngalnst cltlz?ns-A negro iiorter nt New?
port News confesses to theft nnd then
fnlnts-Hunters ln Augusta extermi?
nate a big den of rattler? and copper?
heads?Tho Hurry County Democratic
Committees reverses Its action nnd orders
it primary to nominate county officers
nnd member of the House-Olrl's arm
dlHlocutr.d by a giant wave at Roanoke-?
A seamen overheated In tbe.. fire mom
Jumps Into cold wnter ? id Is drowned
Became nf friction with Lady Board su?
perintendent of Norfolk Protestant Hospi?
tal resigns: doctors' protest-A colored
?woman killed at Chester by accidental dis?
charge of gun knocked over by her chil?
dren-The Corporation Commission visit
paper mill at Covlngton-Tool and oil
house of Baltimore nnd Ohio Railroad at
Staunten-Norfolk county nuthorltle*
hot nfter Mayor Rlddlck, of Norfolk,
for aiding a woman under hond of tho
county authorities to esenno-Negro In
Petersburg rent to jail for kicking a
while boy-American Bar Association at
Hot Spring*? given reception by commit?
tee from Vlrglnln Bar: Mr. Rrnxton makes
? brilliant welcome address-A little
girl blows the top of her sister's head off
with a gun In Stnfford countv-The
tramp who attempted to wreck Southern
trnln sent on to grand Jury In Halifax
county?Summer law clnss nt tho Uni?
versity ot Virginia form an alumni asso?
ciation. ?
NORTH CAROLINA.
Traveler's Protective Association to tako
official notice of serving break fa? t to
Booker Washington and party nt Hamlet
hotel and shutting whlto peoplo out
A lineman falls thirty feet from ? pole
In Wilmington and perhaps fatally hurt
-Robeson eountytho most lllternto In
the State-Southern pays ? largo amount
Into thi- State Treasury for tnxes-New
cotton sola for over fcurteon' cents at
Raleigh.
GENERAL
Stock market wns utmost stngnnnt, the
dealings falling to legs thnn on day be?
fore, nnd tl*.o prjco changes reached ns
much as ? point In very few Instances;
bonds dull nnd steady-Tom L. Johnson
nominated by acclamation for Governor
of Ohio by Democrat?, and the platform
which wns adopted renews alleglnnce to
tho Kansas City plntform nnd followed
Bryan on natlonnl Issue??-Report thnt
the Shamrock wns Injured during the
erjunll of Tuesday Is denied, nnd tho two
yachts will sail third, race of tho series
to-day; weather man predicts that . the
broozo will be light-Tho army claims
victory over navy In tho wnr manoeuvres
off the New England const-Many cns'es
of yellow fever nre reported to exist at
Llnnros. Mex.?Sweet Qretohen won the
Adirondack Stakes nt Snrotogn-Einstlc
Pointer captured the Norfolk In tho
Grnnd Circuit ?.ac's at Roadvllle, Maes.
??Sultan Is mobilizing larger forco than
wns engaged In Tureo-Greek War to sup?
press the Insurrection In Macedonia
II. L. Poherty, tho English campion, wins,
tennis tonrnnmont and will meet Larneif
for the camplopshlp?Oxford und Cam
bridge golfers win the International match
on the Shlnnecock links?Two nersons
killed nnd throo injured In explosion In
powder works near Carthago, Mo.
MRS. GRUBBS KIDNAPS
HER OWN CHILD
(Special to Tho Tlmos-Dlspatch.)
?BRISTOL, T15NN.', August lit!.?Airs,
Manilo arubbs, who ono night recently
dlsuppenrod from* Bristol, leaving her hus?
band and threo small chlldron, has Just
caused a commotion by returning and
kidnapping her baby, which sho found
In iho yard at tho homo of its grand?
parents,
A letter received in Bristol Indicates
that she Is 'taking tho child to a woman
In North Carolina, whoro It is to bo given
? homo, The little one's father Is frantic
over Its dfsnppenrtmce,
Mre. Grubbs has Just heen denied a di?
vorce from her husband.
HORSE-SHOW MANAGER
COMING NEXT MONTH
Mr. C. W. Bmlth, manager of the nicli*
mond Horse Show, will arrive hero on
or about September 10th and will open
heatlqunrlors and remain on th? seeno
from that timo until after tho show is
over. Ho has mnnagotl tho two suocohb
fnl exhibition hero, and Is eminently
qualified to mako this year's show In
?very respect tho superior to the
other two. Air, Smith will be busy nn.
r&nflng- tho details of tho exhibition.
BRAXTON
GIVES A '
WELCOME
Brilliant Speech Before
The American Bar.
VIRGINIA LAWYERS
GIVE A RECEPTION
Entertained ln the Casino
Grounds.
MANY VIRGINIA LAWYERS
JOIN NATIONAL BODY
Governor Montague and Senator Mar.
tin Were Prominent Figures?Pres?
ident Rasvles, of the Associa?
tion, Replied to Mr. Brax
ton's Welcoming Ad?
dress?Notes,
(Special from a Staff Correspondent.)
HOT SPRINOS, VA., August ?.-Vir?
ginians have played a most conspicuous
part on this first day of the convention
of tho American Bur Association.
Tho address of welcome, delivered this
morning by Hon. A. Cap?rton Braxton, of
Staunton, was a gemi of eloquence that
aroused ? perfect whirlwind of enthusiasm
among the visiting lawyers.
Air. Braxton concluded his address with
these words: "Gentlemen of the Ameri?
can Bar Association, ln the darkest hour
of the strugglo for American Indepen?
dence, the Pather of His Country, when
iho outlook for success staggered the
hopes of tho strongest patriot, he said!
'Give me but a flag, and tho means to
plant It upon tho mountains of West
Augusta, and I will draw ' about It an
army which will never yield!'
"Gentlemen, to-day I welcome you to
tho mountains of West Augusta."
I have rarely ever heard such loud
applause or heard applause bo prolonged.
A fier the session perhaps a hundred peo?
ple crowded around Mr. Braxton to con?
gratulate him upon his speech, ?
ELEGANT RECEPTION.
A committee of twenty-five mombers
of the Virginia Bar Association formed
the host? ?ram elegant reception-to the
visitors to-nlght.
The reception ivas held in tho Casino
grounds, which were brilliantly Illumin?
ated.
Air. A. W. Patterson, of Richmond,
chairman of tho special committee, an.d
Air. Alexander Hamilton, the president?
elect of tho Virginia Association, were
leaders of the Virginians, who took pos?
session of the two hundred and fifty
national lawyers and made them fool at
homo on the soil of old Virginia.
PROMINENT FIGURES.
Governor Montague and Senator Alartln !
Waiting Anxiously for the Windy Point?
er? to Stop Talking and Begin Eat'f.g.
were prominent figures. Mrs. Montague
returned bom?? yosterday, Mrs. Alartln,
Airs. Alexander Hnmllton, Mrs. Lunsford
L. Lewis, Airs. D. Q. Eggleston, Miss Day,
Airs. J. B. C. Spencer, Airs. C, V. Alore
dlth and AUbs Merodi'ih, Airs. Baker, of
Winchester, and hor daughter, AIlss Vir?
ginia, and other Virginia ladles graced the
occasion and helped entertain tho visitors,
NEW MEMBERS.
The following now members were oleotcd
to-dny:
?Worn Virginia?J. C. Wysor, Pulaskl;
W, Tt, Vance, Lexington; John S. Bar?
baci!, Culpeper; Eppa Hunton; Jr., Rich?
mond; R. H. T. AdnmH, Jr., Lynchburg;
H, A. Atkinson, Richmond; J. 1? Bullllt,
Big Stone Gnp; Frank P. Christian,
Lynchburg; Frank W, Christian, Rich?
mond; S. Gordon dimming, Hampton;
Charles Hall Davis, Petersburg; Richard
B. Davis, Petersburg; J, S. Draper, Pu?
laskl; S. V, Fulkorson, Bristol; John T.
Harris, Harrlsonburg; Randolph Harri?
son, Lynchbure; William J, Kllby, Suf?
folk: John H. Lewis, Lynchburg; Arml
stead Long, Lynchburg; Eugene C, Atas?
sie Rlohmnnd; C. V. Meredith, Rich?
mond; J. T. McAllister, Hot Springs; C,
A. McIIligh, Roanoke; Hugh G, Allllor,
Norfolk; A. A. Fhlegar, Chrlstlanshurg;
William L. Royall, Richmond; R. Carter
Scott, Richmond; George 13, Sipo, Hnrrl
Kouburg: Jo Lane Blorn, Richmond;
llenrv T, Wiokham, Rlclimymdi Joseph
E. Willard, Richmond; Leo D. Varrei,
Emporta, \
Prom District of Columbia?Thomas H.
Anderson, Edward F. Bfngha'm, Chan
nlng Rudd and Charles F. Scott
WALTER EDWARD HARRIS,
THE PROCEED?NOS
A. A. Phlegar, of Virginia, Elected Mem
ber cf General Council.
(By Associated Pross.)
HOT SPRINGS, VA., Aug. 2(1.?The an?
nual convention of tho American Bar As?
sociation opened hero to-day, Altout two
hundred Inwyorn nr?? In attendane?, Tho
session will lost until Friday night.
i-Ion. Charles F. Llbby, of Ataino, call?
ed the convention to order, In the ab?
sence of U. M? Roso, tho rotlrlng presi?
dent, and presented Francis llawio, of
Philadelphia, president of the Association,
Tho president, in turn, Introduced Allen
Copertoli Braxton, of Stonatoti, who de?
livered tho address of wulcotno, as tho
representativo ot tho Virginia Bar Asso?
ciation,
Pr?sident Ruwle spoko briefly In roply
to Air. Brax ton's address. Ho then de?
livered, hi? annual address, reviewing na?
tional and State legislation during the
past yoar.
Secretary John Hlnkley, of Baltimore,
road his annual report. It showed that
nil th? States, oxcopt Nevada, and nearly
all the Territorios nt;o represented In tho
association. Thlrty-nlno SUitos, two Ter?
ritories and three hundrod nnd nineteen
local bar associations aro represented,
On motion of Burton Smith, of Goorgia,
? recess of ten minutes was taken to al?
low Stato delegations to nominato mom
bors of the general council, which Is com?
posed of ono member from each Stata.
Tho following wero elected:
Alabama, Oscar R. Huntfley; Arkansas,
John Fletcher; Florida, R. W. Williams;
Georgia, P. W. Mcldrim; Kentucky, Wil?
liam XI. AtcCoy; Louisiana, P, J, Ker
nnn; Mississippi, R. IL Thompson; North
Carolina, J, Crawford Biggs; South Caro?
lina, ?. Vf. Mordecal; Tennessee, H. P.
Ingersoll; Texas, F. _C. Dlllar; Virginia,
A. A. Phlegar.
Henry G. Ingersoll, of Tennessee, Intro?
duced a resolution providing for a stand?
ing cornmltteo on uniform Stato laws. The
resolution went over until to-morrow. To?
night Sir Frederick Pollock rend/p. pa?
per on Law Reporting In England.
To-nlght tho members of tho association
attended a reception glvon by the Vir?
ginia Bar Association.
The committee to secure uniform legis?
lation by tho States held Its last meet?
ing to-day. The ronort of the president,
Arnos Eaton, of T?hode Tsland, showed
that twenty-two States havo enacted a
uniform law governing negotiable In?
struments. Several States have adopted
a uniform divorce law, which provides that
parties cannot secure divorce In nny
State for cause which -would' not entltlo
them to divorce in the Stato whero; thoy
reside.
The Association of American La-w
Schools hold Its annual session to-day.
Representatives of twenty or more Insti?
tutions were present Papers were read on
technical subjects.
MUST TAKE OATH OF
ALLEGIANCE AT ONCE
(By Associated Press.)
WASHINGTON, Aug. 2fl.? An order
from Public Printer Palmer was Issued
to the heads of the divisions In the Gov?
ernment printing office Just before the
hour of closing to-day, to appear jbe/nre
a notary public In tho oflico and take t'no
oath of allegiance to the United'States, as
subscribed to by clerks undor the civil
service law.
Air. Palmer said the object of the order
?was to place tho per diem employes ln the
attitude toward the Government as that
ot clerks on annual salaries. He said
that every employe of the office would be
affected by the order. The Issuance of
tho order created considerable surprise
among employes of the office, especially
among members of the boogblnders' union,
who believe it has indirectly a bearing on
the Issues growing out of? the Miller
case.
NOT YET OF AGE.
WILL BE A LAWMAKER
The latest Information from tho legisla?
tive district, composed of the counties of
Elizabeth City and Accomac, is that Mr. ?
Donohoe, who It was thought, would
be chosen, has withdrawn from the race
and that Air. C. Lockfe Collier Is the
only aspirant, and will probably be pro?
claimed the nominee.
Air. Collier, if elected, will be the
youngest man In the body, not yet hav?
ing attained hie majority. ?i'e waa a
student at Richmond College last year
and Is well known to the hoys at that
school. Prior to entering the college he
attended the Virginia Polytechnic. Insti?
tute nnd lator the College of William and
Alan'. Ho Is a son of Air. Fay T. Col?
lier, for a long time Commonwealth's at?
torney, and one of the best-known crimi?
nal lawyers and most popular men on the,
peninsula. Air. Collier will be warmly
?welcomed to the House by his many
friends ln Richmond. He was In the city
recently as a member of the Peninsula
Guard, of Hampton, on duty here during
the car strike.
TWO WERE KILLED IN
POWDER EXPLOSION
(By Associated Press.)
CARTHAGE, AIO., Aug. 26,-An explo?
sion at tho works of the Independent
Powder Company, situatoti four miles
west of Cartl-.nge, on Centre Creek, wreck?
ing the mixing room, killing two persons
and Injuring three others, ono fatally.
Thirty workmen escaped Injury.
To-day's explosion Is the second at th?
Independent Company's work? within a
month. Tho mill had Just been rebuilt,
nnd th? making of dynamite for blasting
In the lead and zinc mines of this terrl
ory resumed. When tho explosion oc?
curred, Superintendent Roll Pearmnn and
'Hawarth wero all ln tho mixing room,
which Is secluded from the other ten mill
building?, behind a hill.
MUCH YELLOW-FEVER
AT LINARES, MEXICO
(lly Associated Press.)
LAREDO, TEX,, Aug. 20.?A letter was
rocolvod hero to-day from ? responsible
rosldetif of Linares, Mexico, In which he
states that yellow fever exists at that
nlaco and Uiat the death rato Is now
fourteen a day. This Information was
Biven to the quarantine oillclals, both
Federal and State, of this city, and thoy
will tnho he matter up at once for Inves
C Dr Hamilton says there nro many case?
of yellow fever at Linares and Victoria
nnd that It is Increasing at thoso two
points, _?^___^_
A. P. GORMAN, JR..
FOR STATE SENATE
(By Associated Press.)
BALTIMORE, MD., Aug. 20,-Colonol A.
p. Gorman.. Jr., tho only son of United
Stales Senator A. P. Gormun, was nomi?
nated to-day by the Howard County Dem?
ocratic Convention for the Stato Senate,
having won a decisivo victory over htn?^,.
pononls. .....
Colonel Gorman Is thirty years of age,
nnd begins his political coroor whore bis
father bogan thirty years ago,
VIRGINIA COUPLE
MARRY IN MARYLAND
(Special to Tne Tlmes-Dlspatch.)
BALTIMORE, MB-, August 2ll.-Robert
Kurt Hall and Miss Harriet l?llssnbelh Wil?
liams, both of Charlottesvllle, Va., visited
Rookvlllo yostonluy ami were married
by Rev. 8. R. White, tho ceremony tak?
ing place in the odicelo* tlio publlo school
?ji.imiuIsH?oinirs.
WASTHROWN
OVER RING
JAILING
Jack Henderson Gets Bad
Fall at Horse Show.
SPLENDID EXHIBIT
OF EQUINE BEAUTY
Society Was as Well Repre?
sented at Warrenton.
MRS. BLAIR JOHNSON
HAS A FALL ALSO
She Was Not Hurt and Did Not Lose
Control of Her Mount?A Great
Crowd Wats' ori Hand to
See One of the Finest
Shows Ever Qlven
in Virginia.
(Special to The Tlmes-Dle-patch.)
"WARRENTON, VA., August 28.-The
fifth annual exhibit ot tho Warrenton
Horso Show Association oponed here to?
day with an unusually large attendance
and a total of 400 entries. Mr. Charlos
W, Smith, manager of tile show, bad pro?
vided extra accommodations for the
crowd ln the shapo of extensive additions
to the grand stand, wtilch was packed
throughout the day. Tljo Immense throng
wag a good natured one and scarcely an
unpleasant incident occurred during the
performances. The event's were presented
ln their respective order as scheduled, and
passed off with a smoothness and regu?
larity indicativo of rood management and
long experience. It would scarcely seem
amiss to say that all society was present?
a wealthy and fashionable representation
from the larger cities of the Atlantic
slope added to tbe brilliancy of the occa?
sion. Muste, bright color and laughter
were everywhere. At times, whon some
exceptional feat of horsemanship was
accomplished, the air would resound with
hursts ' of applause and the spectators
become. Intoxlcatedywttli delight- at the
heroutoan efforts or'horse and rider to
"go over without a tip."
Outside the ring the scene was one of
greatest Interest, With horses at full
gallop, great four-in-hands would rumble
into line preparatory to their coming
contests, and long blasts from coaching
horns would reverberate through the sur?
rounding hills. Sleek, sinewy thorough?
breds stood here and everywhere, some ln
victory and some in defeat, betraying no
visible emotion other than a quivering
limb or a red nostril. True aristocrats
of the turf wero these, as blue blooded
as any peer of fhe realm, Elther In mo?
nierte of supreme triumph or humiliating
downfall, they still preserved the proud,
unbending air of royalty.
And It was a sympathetic audience
which paid thorn homage, when ln mo-,
ments of broathlesa Interest these equine
beauties would make the trial of tholr
lives for their masters and for the bluo
ribbon. All tho animals exhibited seemed
to be of excellent types, splendid crea?
tures, tip-top ln breeding, lltho ln move?
ment and perfect In conformation. They
came from far and near, most all of
them from, the homes of fine horses. The
sporting and park tandem features wero
full of dash. As the gates swung open
and the spirited high-steppers thundered
post the grand stand the spectators -would
rise en masse In uncontrollable enthu?
siasm and clamor for their favorites.
The show ring was absolutely dustless,
tho splendid thick turf prevontingrall tho
discomforts Incident to a dirt ring. The
special awards mado In plate sllvor and
riding paraphernalia woro exceptionally
fine and hotly contested for. Most of tho
jumps averaged four and a half and five
feet. Thoy were of considerable stiffness.
THE LABIES.
Especially noticeable arid deserving of
praise was the superb horsemanship of
tho ladles who rode. They would launch
their mounts at these formidable hur?
dles and sail over them with an ease
and bravado which turned the stand Into
a bedlam of npplnu.se each time. Tho
music was oxce-ittomilly good, being fur
Young Americans Render the Windy
Point Club Great Assistance,,
?iVh^i w ilio Alalino Band of Washing
G?? Tl?e Sliver cup Presented by Mr.
\< ?? win of I'lillutielphlii, to tho
Alaxwell W ot 1. drMw'eWw wee a
winner of tlio I lleliamlsomely engraved
? ? o oil ' awards In Jdato and
saddlery ?io latter by Harris and Com?
pany of wam iiiBt?"?,???,?? "i0 rm lno
paiiy, ui ii? produce. During a re
cra tsman e uh 1 0?,?*7??( 60c
??V,|?o associa ion, stated to a
prXy r Pre "dativo that never before
haTso many entries Heel) mudo ns this
-ear. ? ? courtesy and consideration of
thT managcmo^J"1? aP'w<"'t at o11
p?ntluued on TWrt? Pas*?)
TOM L. JOHNSON.
HE HAS NOT
LOST HOPE
Sir Thomas Says He Will Win
or Die Hard.
THE YACHTS RACE TO-DAY
The Weather Man Is Not Optimistic, bu
a Try-at Race Will Be Had Whether
There Is Wind or
"" Not. ?
(By Associated Press.)
NEW YORK, Au?j. 23.-rThc local
Weather Bureau Is In receipt of the
following special on the weather for
the yacht race Thursday from Wash?
ington!
"Observer, New . York: The wind
over the International yacht course
Thursday will be light to fresh north?
east, shifting In the afternoon to east
and southeast, with probably cloudy
weather.
(Signed) "FRANKENFIELD."
The wind at Sandy Hook at mid?
night Is southeast, about three miles
an hour. The eky Is cloudy and the
prospects for a" race to-morrow ap?
pear poor.
NEW YORK, Aug. 28,-An alleged wire?
less report from the yacht Erin, which
Is equipped with the. DeForest wireless
system, published In a morning paper
to the effect that Shamrock HI. was se?
riously damaged dtirlng yesterday's storm
and that thero wns a possibility of Sir
Thomas asking for a postponement,
caused considerable excitement ln yacht?
ing circles. Investigation promptly proved
that the statement was without founda?
tion. Shamrock rodo out yesterday's
squall without the slightest damage, al?
though the big anchor was dropped us
nn nddltrlonnl precaution.
The timo allowance undor which Kelt?
anco, Constitution and Columbi?! ??a?,?
sailed ln tho preliminary rnces this your
was made known to-day. These timos
havo been kept secret. Rellanco allowed
Constitution one minuto and forty-su
seconds, and Columbia two minutos nnd
forty-ono seconds ln nil rnces. Ry theso
times, It Is llgured thnt Constitution won
two races from Reliance, but Columbia
failed to score.
Hellauoe sustnlned no damage wliatevov
In yesterday's snunll.
Sir Thomas is Game.
Sir Thomas Llpton wns very much sur?
prised to-day to learn for tho llrst timo
that Shamrock III. was .handicapped i'J
Boconrts nt tbo start ot yestordav's race.
"That's vory bud," ho said, but no other
criticism.
Sir Thomas said ln response to ? lole
gi-ani, hoping ho" would win to-morrow ?
"I havo not lost hopo, and I shall tight
and tile hard. If I cannot win, I will
take defeat In the proper spirit,?"
Sir Thomas, said In responso to a query
as to whether ho luid nsltod to havo a
four-cornered race between Shamrock HI,,
tho I'tnllitnce, Columbia and Constitution,
that ho hndnnt mudo any suoh suggestion, I
but Ihnt if such u proposition, should ho
mudo, he would undoubtedly consider It.
Ilo did not euro tn havo It understood |
.that ho wan Inking tho Initiative.
Shamrock III. put up1 hor mnlnsnll nnd
hor club topsnll this afternoon, but did
not lon-vo her nnchornge to go out. Slio
stretched and dried then). On Rellanco,
thero wan not a movo, arid Mr. Mower,
the club measurer, simply put tho tape
to tho now gaff njid declared ft tho same
length as tho old ono, so thnt her meas?
urement was the stimo as before,
DIAMOND RING TO
QUEEN OF CARNIVAL
(Special to Tlio Tlmes-Dlspatch.)
CLIFTON FOliCllfl, VA. Aug. 2U.-T),e
Clifton Forgo Rtlle?' Froo Street Fuir und
?Military Carnival begun yestordny ami Is
being largely attendali, The ciirnlvul Is
exhibiting' principally on ltldgoway Street,
nnd Ilio different uttracti'unt* uro. of a
good class, being liitorusllng and enlor
Mlss Katie I-oech won the diamond ring
for tho must popular young imly j? ??,,,
city and will on l-rlduy night bo orgwnod
?nucen of tho carnival.
SLAUGHTER
OF MELONS
Windy Pointers Assault This
Luscious Fruit.
SPEAKERS AND SINGERS
The Members and Their Venerable
President Display Much Ability
Along These Lines?Doings at ?
- Their Annual Feasts
Gathered around a long and lanky- tablo
groaning beneath tho weight of a'half
hundred cool, green melons, the ancient
and honorable body, yclept the Windy Point
Club, distinguished otherwlso by the pros
ence of seven lanterns, Captain John A.
Curtis, one lamp, and a goodly corn
Dan Hlao'ns Opening Melons for tho
Windy Pointers.
pnny of gentlemen nnd Indios of high
renown, fnnned the troea ot Marshall
terrace last night with a gent?o nnd
persuasive eloquence that finally swept
from tbo table overy vestlgo save rinds
and seeds, of tho feast that lay spread
thoro, and then lost ltsolf ln the cloud
raised by a hundred strong cigars.
"I'was ln nil respects an occasion right
worthy of the event that culled It forth.
Slnco this nnclont and distinguished com?
pany first added Its strength to tho sun?
dry element? that chnructorlzo tlio cli?
materio conditions of tho far East End,
It hau boon a time-lionorod custom to
?feast twice each twolvomonth?In the
winter, upon tho banquet provided by a
favored restaurameli,?; in tho summor,
upon the groen-rlnded melons provided
by tKe Hanover farmer. Last night It
wns tille Buinmor feant that called tho
clans together upon the bounds of tho
windy nnd proclpltous point whore the
club usually gathers to deliberato upon
tho questiona that lay boforo it. Through?
out the land the call had gone and though
many prominent members, such ns Grovor
Cleveland, Sir Thomns Llpton, and others
woro forced to send letters of regrot,
thero was yet a noble and notable gather?
ing.
fn his customnry gusty nnd cheerful
manner, Captain Curtle, the patriarch of
the club, who In tho duys when the land
was young drew around him tho com?
pany making up thu personnel of the
body' and blow Into them the profound
and prolix cloments that clwiractorl-se
hia own nature, tliundured through a
megaphone the object of tho ausiuiiblago,
thu purposes nnd alms ?*>f tho club, and
the ??????,,'? Its members, experienced In
?laving no large a gathering to talk to.
The stentorian tones of Ids volee startled
the ?oven lanterns luto a spasm, and weil
?Igb blew out ilio fllcjfpri.18 "?'? Pf ihe
wlck-lanip. Rut Urn Captain raged on
-yjialnued on Olt&i$fi l'agcj
JOHNSON
CHOSEN FOR
GOVERNOR
Nominated by Acclama?
tion by Ohio Democrats
HIS VICTORY
WAS COMPLETE
Dominated Convention Over?
All Opposition.
CLARKE FOR SENATE
ON THE SECOND BALLOT
The Convention Was as Distinctly With ?
Bryan on National Issues as With
Johnson on State Issues?Alle?
glance to Kansas City Plat?
form Was Proclaim ed.
Convention Notes.
(By Associated Press.)
COIitTMBUS, OHIO, August S?^-???
Johnson prograpime was carried oat com?
pletely to-day In the D?mocratie etate
Convention. Although the opposition ob?
structed the proceedings with minority
reports for some h our si, the name of John
L. Zimmerman, of Springfield, -was not
presented for- tho gubernatorial nomina?
tion, and every nomination of the State
ticket, Including-Mayor Tom L. Johnson,
for Governor, was made by acclamation..
Even after the chair announced that the,
name of Alayor Johnson was the only
one before the convention for Governor,.,
there were . some dissenting Zimmerman
votes on the motion to make the nomina?
tion unanimous, but tho Zimmerman sup?
porters subsldod after the selection for
Governor and Senator were made.
The Ticket,
he following 'ticket was nominated*. _
Governor?Tom L. Johnson, of Cleve- ?
land.
Lleutpnant-Governor?B*rank B. Niles, of
Toledo.
Attorney-General?Prank Monette, ot ?'
Columbus. ?
State Treasurer?V. A.vDahL. of Wa*h
lngton Courthouse.
Auditor?Charles A. Klobo, of Wapon
ekta.
Commissioner of Schools?J. E. Secriat,
of Ottowa.
Alembor Board of Publlo Works?W. B.
Jones, of Ironton.
Supremo Judge?E. J. Dempsey, of Cin?
cinnati. ? ?
John H. Clarko, of Cleveland, -was en?
dorsed for United States/Senator.
Tho opposition, by various obstruction
movements, kept tho convention ln, con?
tinuous session for about seven hours..
Whllo minority reports were presented
from tho committees, the only fight that
worried tho Johnson management watiOn^
the Senatorshlp. Tho only ballots forced^'
on the dominant element weae in that
contest. Tlie minority report on rules
and order of business, which was In?
tended to omit the endorsement of a Sen?
atorial candidate, was defeated by a vote
of 211 oyes to- 448 noes, which was con?
sidered a test vote between Johnson and
Zimmerman, after all the contested seats
had boen decided In favor of the former.
Clarke on Second Ballot.
On naming tho candidate for Senator
the Johnson supporters were divided
among themselves. AJayor .Johnson and
ex-Congrossmon John J. Lentz have boen
very close personally and politically for*?
years, but a most Intensely bitter feelT'
Ing existed betweon them to-day, at least
on the part of Lentz, who openiy accused ,
Johnson with favoring for Senator a man
who had voted ogalnvt Bryan. Zimmer?
man men had Intended voting for Clarko, '
the Johnson candidate for Senator, a?
they said he represented their conserva??
tlvo views, but when Lentz opened e
fight on Johnson on the Senatorial can?
didate,? tho opposition resumed Its ob?
structive tactics and voted for Lentz for
Senator, thus driving the Johnson faction
to thp Bocond ballot. .After the first bal.
lot, which resulted, Clarke, ,835, Lent? 232,;
Snltzgaborg 125, Baker.lL?nd RuseeU 4,f
tho Johnson men made Hi terrlflo effort
on tho lloor of tho convention to name
Clarko on tha second ballot. They suo
ceoded, tho; socond ballot resulting:
Clarko 805, Lentz 206, Saltzgaberg 81.
Clarke was declared the nominee. The
Snltzgaborg vote represented tho ultra
silver men, who were the most ardent
supporters of Johnson, but who snld they
would support no man who had voted
against Bryan.
?. E. Ingalls, of Clnolnnatl, had been
ondorsed by the Hamilton county dele?
gation for Senator, arni was the choice of
tho Zimmerman mon, hut Ingalls and th?
unseated Hamilton county delegates, al?
though In tho city, did not attend the
convention.
John II, Clarke, who will canvass the
State with Alayor Tom Joht'von and other
Democrats, has been State's attorney In
Voungstown for nuyiy yeais, but Is npw
located In Cleveland, which city has four
prominent candidates, tho Republican as
well as tho D?mocratie candidates for
Senator and Governor; f
Next to tho commanding presence of
Johnson wits the part of Clarke l.a the
convention. Ho made two masterly
! speeches, ono presenting tho name of
Johnson, and the other In accepting th?
Senatorial nomination.
Air. Clarke said that ho would ask Sen?
ator Hanno, for Joint debates during thn
campaign.
With the singlo exception of the Sena?
torial endorsement, the Johnson men con?
trolliti the convention to-day, as well a?
the city and district committee meet?
ings yesterday. Tho convention was as
distinctly with Hryan on national, u
with Johnson on Stats Issues,
CHAIRMAN'S SPEECH,
Tho Hon. 0. Al*. Saltzgiiber, thp tem?
porary chairman, said In part:
"We ralso thn banner? which shall bave
Inscribed upon them 'War against tsrltt
InlqultU's,' ami Republicans who love honor
nnd Justice will rtght with us and for us.
'Three-lifths of tho voters of Ohio are hon
-swUy opi'Mtd to a continuation of the