rHH TIMEB FOV.VDBD 1886.
fHB DISPATCH FOUNDED 1860.
WHOLE NUMBER 17,554.
RICHMOND, VA., FRIDAY, JUNE 12, 1908.
3. RICE TWO CENTS.
Y
Anti-Gaimbling Bills Became
Laws After Sensational
Fight in Legislature.
SENATOR LEAVES BED
TO STAND BY HUGHES
Foclkcr Crawlcd from Sick
Room and Made Sixty-Mile
Railroad Journey to Vote.
New Stattttes May Mcan
Death of Racing in
Empire State.
ALBANY, N. Y., June 11.?After
a struggle, thc prccise llke of
which no man ln or ahout tho
Leglslaturo has ever seen, the
famous Agnew-Itart antl-racc
track gambllng bills are now laws of
the State of New Vork.
Af__ing his signature to each of the
bills at 4:35 P. __ to-day, Governor
Hughes crowned a leglslatlvo vlctory
the hrllllancy of wliich, cqunlcd only
hy Its uncxpectedness, Is conccdcd even
' by those who fought thc executlve In
the matter to the l_st. A few minutes
before 2 I>. M. the extraordlnary sesslon
ot the Leglslaturo of 190S adjourncd
without day.
I.rft Slck-Iled.
The declslve vote*, whlch passed thc
bills. were. east by Senator Otto. G.
Foelker, of the Fourth Senatorlai Dis?
trict of Brooklyn, who crawlcd from
a sickrbed and mado a slxty-mlle rall?
road Journey to do lt, so wenk and
dlstresscd ln mlnd and body that he
?eemed on tho verge of utter collapse,
and a new Senator, William C. Wallace.
of Nlagara Falls. wlio was clectet^ in
a speclal campaign. preccding wl.ich
the Governor hlmself toured the dls?
trlct, speaklng in behalf of hls candl
dacy.
Governor Hughes late to-day record?
ed his appreciation of Senator Koelkcr's
action In the followlng letter:
"My Dear Sennlor,?I deslre to ex
preaa my apprrelntlon ot your herolc
netlon ln coinlnK to tlie Senate thln
moruliiK. Vour cournKeoim perform
"nee of duty nt so gnivr n rlsk dr
m-i-ves the lilKhesl pralse. nnd nlll Iiuikt
he poluted to rnn a flne UliiKtratlon of
Bdcllty and patrlotlc devotion to tlie in
lerests of the State. I trust tliat you
i-lll nnt nullrr nny IU eii'et-ii. nnd lluii
> mi .vlll noon he restored to your full
health and vtjjor.
"Wlth aanurnnces ot my hlgh estcem
and best ?-rl_he?. I nm,
-?Fnlthfully yonrs,
(.l_ncdi "CHAS. E. HL'GHES."
There was no surprise In the vote
of Senator Wallace, who from the out
set, had been deftnltely pledged to thc
support of the Governor's recommenda
tion in thls matter. Every other Sen?
ator, Includlng Foelker. voted as he
dld, pro or contra. when the bills were
before the regular sesslon In Aprll.
and they passed by the precise con
Etitutional majority of 20 to 23.
Clutiiice . ln I.u-v.
The bills, whlch now constltute chap
ters 506 and 507 of tho laws of 190S, in
no way affect, so far as their face pro
vlsions go, the Stato racing commis?
sion in partlcular ou horse-raclng In
general. They relate solely to the
penalties for gambllng, pool-selling
snd bookmaking; whlch, as before, aro
declared by tho law to be "a puhlic
nulsance."
Chapter 506 amends the racing law
by repealing that provislon under
wliich an exclusive penalty of simple
recovery at civil sult of tho amount
wagered, was incurred. whlch pro
vlsion has applled to gambllng within
a race-lrack enclosure, thus excepting
such gambllng from the penalties oper
atlve elsewhere In the State, and it
also provides that thls general penalty
shall bo "imprisonment ln tho county.
jail or penitentlary for a perlod of not
more tjian ono yoar," without alter
natlvo of flne.
Chapter 507 amends the penai code
in like manner, and in addltion changes
the grade of the crime from that of
felony, which any gambllng was until
to-day. to tliat of mlsdemeanor, thus
hringlng tho offenso within the jurls
diction of the mlnor crlrnlnal courts.
Foelker AVIII Recover.
Senator Foelker expects to return
to-morrow to the home of hls father
ln-law, at Staatsburg, where for a
month he has been confined to his bed,
recovering from an operatlon fo'r ap?
pendlcltls on May 10th. Dr. Francls
N. Murphy, of Staatsburg, hls physiclan,
?who accompanled hls now famous pa?
tlent from hls home to the Senate
chamber, sald that tho anxioty and
nervousness of Senator Foelker un?
doubtedly had retarded his recovery,
but admltted that ho was better this
afternoon than he was this morning.
ITo expressed tho belief that Senator
Foelker had not boen permanently in?
jured by hls experience.
Wlll Tnke -latter to Courts.
NEW YORK. Tune 11.?When" the
passage and tho slgnlng of the antl
race-track gambllng bills was mnde
known at the ^Gravesend raco-track
thls afternoon, gloom settled down
on the layers pf odds, but when lt
was announced that the rnoetlng which
has yet six days to run wlll continue,
and that the prog-rams at Sheepshead,
Saratoga and other tracks wlll be run
off accordlng to schedule, every one
began to look on tho sunny sldo of
the situation. It was said by a person
hlgh in racing authorlty; to-nlght. thnt
a legal test of the constltutlonality
of the election of Senator Wallace,
whose vote turned the scale, wlll ba
made.
It ls known that.the Intentlon ls now
to have the bookmakers "welgh ln"
to-morrow^ aB usual, and, if inter
ference is offered by the arrest of any
one of them, to seek a wrtt from the
Supreme Court Iri order that a test of
the new law may be had.
Should the "stnnd up" system of,
bettlng be abolTshed, It was sald that
the Engllsh. ov credit system, might
be Intcofluced.
Severe lllo.v lo American Turf.
LONDON, June II.?When seen to
nlght ou' tho subject of the niitl-gaiuh
llng bills just pasaed ln the Now Vork
State Legislature, August Belmont,
chalrman of the. Joekey Club, made the
followlng brlef statement: "l cannot
?ay what the varlous racing sssncla
FOR MEMORIAL TO HOOD
Commission Arrnrils Coutrnct for It to
nichiird Brooks.
[Hpeclal to Th? Tlmes-DMpateh.l
BALTIMORE, MD., .Tune 11.?At a
meeting last Monday of the connnln
slon In chargo of a publlc memorial
to the late General Jolm M. Hood, It
was finally decided to award the con?
tract to Mr. Rlchard Brooks, of New
York.
The commission also dtclded that
the .10,000 npproprlntod by thft clty of
Bsltimore would hc sufllelent to do tho
work. Thls actlon slmplined the sit?
uation. wliich aroae out of the offer of'
Mrs, Hood of an addltlonal $.1,000 to
pilrchase a sultable pedestal on tho
condltlon, however. that Valentlne. thc
Southern sculptor, be glven the work.
Mrs. Hood was gtrongiy ln favor of
the statue being dcslgned by Mr. Val?
entlne on account of hls having so
often deplcted the Southern type, to
whlch General Hood holonged.
The commlttee in charge of thc work
consists of the followlng well-known
BaltlniorcaiiK: General Andrew C.
Trlppe, chnirman; William B. Hurst.
Reuben Foster and Frnnk N. Hoen. .
REPRESfeNTATIVE WILEY ILL
Member of Coiitcress from Alnhainn lu
Crltlcnl Couclltlon.
HOT SPRINGS, VA., June 11.? Repre
sontatlve A. A. Wlley, of Alabama, a
member of thc past four Congresses,
Is crltlcnly III at hls hotel rooms here.
Mr. W'ile)'. who Is about flfty year_
old, was lll wlth Itiflammatory rheu?
matism at hls hotol in Washington
for eleven wook.. and was brought to
Hot Springs eight days ago. The phy?
siclan here attrlbute his lllness to a
general crltical brcakdown, and say
that he Is lrratlonal as the result of
ovcrwork and long lllness.
Lieutenant Noble J. Wiley, U. S. A.
a son of tlie Congressman, who was
called from Cuba on account of the
serious condltlon of his father, Is at
hls bedside. Durlng the War wlth
Spaln, Representatlve Wiley served in
Cuba part of the time as General
Lawton's chief of staff and clvll gov?
ernor of the eastern provlnce.
KEEP MILLS SHUT DOWN
North t ii roll ii a Manufacturers to Ex
tend tlie Tlme.
[Sperlal to Th? Tlmos-Dlmmtch.]
WILMINGTON, N. C. June 11?The
Cotton Mauutacturer's Assoclatlon of
North Ca-.-ohna held its annual con?
vention at Wrlglitsville Beach this
afternoon und to-nlght. The conven?
tion was laxg.ly attended and a num?
ber of jirucllcal talks were made by
prominent member...
In hls annual report, President K.
M. Miller. .lf., of Charlotte, recommend
ed a curtaiiment of productlon of tho
mllls, at Ic-ost until AiiKust lst, and
until September lst by the mllls that
can stand it. This really meant an ex?
tenslon of the present shut down per?
iod whlch -___s decided upon by the
executive crmmlttee of the assoclatlon
H.vural w.eks ago. and the lltnlt made
July lst. Consecuently some mllls
shut down and many others have been
runnlng -jn hair tlme.
Presldent's MlUer's rc-commendation
was adopted. and thls was the most im?
portant feature of tlie convention. All
the old officers ot tho association :were
re-electe-d. To-morrow the associa?
tion wlll spend ln a social way.
TWO DEAD IN TRUNK
Children Hid There to Keep From Go?
ing to School.
FALL RIVEH, MASS.. June 11.?Af?
ter a long search, to-niglit the bodles
of Joseph and Andre Beaudry, eight
and tlve years old, respeotlvely, were
found locked in a trunk, in which the
children are supposed to have hidden
in order to escape going to school thls
mornlng. The trunk had a spring lock.
Tlie medlcal examlner decided that
thelr deaths were due to suffocation.
The Interior of the trunk, the clothing
and the bodles of the children gave
evldenco of the struggies whlch the
llttle ones had made to escape before
death tlnally overtook them.
Joseph and Andre were the sons ot
Mr. and Mrs. Henry Beaudry. who
worked in the mills, and were left in
tho care of thelr older brother, AV11
fred, who was supposed to get them
ready for school. Wilfred ls eleven
years old. He says he thought Joseph
and Andre had started tor school when
he left the house to attend school hlm?
self. and he knew nothing about their
dlsappearance until he returned home
to-night.
ROBBED OF BRIDE
WHILE ON* HONEYMOON
SPARTANBURG, S. C, June 11.?No
trnco has been found of Mrs. W. F.
Burns, who, hor husb&nd alleges, was
taken from him while they were on a
bridal trip across tho Panther Moun?
tains. Burns has gone to "Travelers'
Rest," tb swear out -warrants before
the local maglstrate against two mem?
bers of the gang of six men charged
with rotfblng and beating him. Mrs.
Burns ls a very handsome woman,
aged twenty years. and before her rnar
rlage was MIss Martha Boston, of
Franklln county, N. C. Burns ls a
wldower, flfty years old.
MURDERS WOMAN AND
TllliX KILLS IHMSELF
RENO, NEV., Juno 11.?Harry Mc
Causland late last night shot "Nan"
Harrison throuprh the breast, kllllng
her instantly, and then sent a hullei
through hls o_\vn head. and died. The
tragedy occurred iu a local cntertaJn
ment resort, whero Mrs. Harrison sang.
McCausland camo from'' Los Angoles.
Accordlng to letters he left Nan Har?
rison, known also as Nan Suthorland,
was tho wlfo of J. Byron Harrison, of
Bloomfleld, N. J., and was.ln Reno to
get a divorce.
VOUNU AA'OMEN KILLED
IIV FAST EXPRESS TRAIN
GREENSBURC1, PA.. .Tune 11.?
O'auglit between a safety fenco and a
tast moving express train 'at Lockport,
near here to-day, one woman was in
stantly killed and another dled soon
iftorward. The vlctlms nre Mrs. Geo
Saiters, aged twenty, and Mrs. Wil?
liam Robertson, aged twcnty-tlve. In
-rpsslng tlio tracks tlio women were
nurled against the fence and fell un
ler the wheels, the whole train pass
ing over them.
HOLD OWSBR AND CONTRACTORS
RESPONSIBLE FOR COLLAPSE
[-pei-dal to Th? Tlraes-Dlspatch.)
WASHINGTON, June 11,?The coro
ler's jury, which has been holdlng an
nquest Into the death ot Rlchard West.
me of the two mon killed In the col
apse ot the apartment nt Twontleth
uid P Streets on Tuesday, to-day re
urned a verdlct holdlng for the grand
ury the owner and b.illldor, Thomas II.
??IncUforci, Contraotors John F. Bano
md M. I. Bltiko, and M. Snowden Asho
ord, buildlng Ihapector for tho. Distrlcl
if Columbla.
* l.it_liic Swliien Triiln,
UNIONTOAVN, PA., Juno 11.?One
nan was fatally Injured and sev
>ral othors seriously hurt here to?
liglit, whon tho Falrrnont'ex_ ress side?
wlped a coko train oiv the _Baltimo,_
___,J__Uo_ ? ? -?*.??
BRYAN WRECKED
pibtuiu sirs
The Long-Time Democratic
Leader in New-York Ridi
cules Nebraskan's Claims.
TAFT CANDIDATE OF
POLITICAL FATRONAGE
Declares Opportiinity Offered by
Disorganizcd Condition of Re?
publicans Has Been Lost.
Johnson Is Best Man
to Get Votes, Hc
Thinks.
NEAV YORK, June 11.?Davld B.
Hlll. former Unlted States .Sen?
ator, and. for a 'ong tlme leader
of the Democratlc party In this
? State. salled for Europe to-day
on the steamer Baltic. Dlscusslng his
retircment from actlve politics, Mr.
Hlll sald:
"There ls .^o Democratlc party. AVhen
I met tho lato Governor' Altgeld in a
little room up a back stairs in a Chi?
cago hotel, shortly before the flrat so
called Bryan conventlon, I told hlm
that tlie policles whlch he represented
would drivo the Democratlc party to
heli. Then. when he begged for another
try four years later, I aald: 'You are
'most there; stop before you have abso
lutely rulned the party.' But Bryan
was nomlnated, as I saw the futllity
of a minority report, wlth only ten
votes to back me.
Both DIsorRnulzeri.
"I admlt that the Republican party
1% badly dlsorganlzed at tho present
tlme. Both partles aro dlsorganized.
There was an opportunlty, but I fear
that lt has been overlooked.
"The key of thls political campaign
should be 'Taft, the candldate of po?
lltlcal patronago.' AVhat else is he?
He is put before the people as a can?
dldate by the 'power of polltlcal pa
tronage." Nothlng else.
"Now. both sldes ln the coming po?
litical struggle will havo to go to tlie
masses for their 'votes. They must
draw from the masses. and what better
man couUI gtand against the candl?
dates representing the 'power of pa
tronage' than John Johnson, who spent
hls boyhood days ln a county poor
house? Thlnk of it: Torchllgt proces
slons, with banners readlng: -John
Johnson, the poorhouse candldate!' and
from what I have' been able to learn,
Mr. Johnson is more than a mere ncar
to-the-people candldate; he is a well
balanced man and an able man.
Hlll ln Bltter.
"To. every Dernocrat 'Bryan says:
'I kept the falth.' lt makes me smile.
He kept the falth. Indeedl He kept it
out in Nebraska, hls own State,. whlch
Is now Republlcan to Its polltlcal core.
"The Democratlc party never wanted
Mr. Bryan. Mr. Bryan wanted the
Democratlc party. He forced hlmself
on the party ln 1896, and again on what
was left of tlie party ln 1900, and now,
In 190S, hc calls hlmself the Democratlc
party, and says: 'I have kept the
falth.' "
After seeing the British Parliament
and the English courts, former Senator
Hill wlll visit tho Relchstag and pos
sibly other forelgn Parllaments.
FIGHT FOR PROHIBITION
Opposltlon of Bryan to Be Isprt ns
Lever to Get Democrntle Vote*.
M1LWAUKEE. AV1S., June 11.?Pre
dlctlng great galns ln the South, wlth
posslbly victory in all Southern pro?
hlbitlon States, State Chairman Alonzo
WTTson, of Illinois, told the AA'lsconsin
State Prohlbitlon Convention here to
day that tho foundatlon of hls ex
poctatlon is the alleged opposltlon of
Wllllam J. Bryan to prohlbitlon.
"In 1S90," "sald Mr. AVtlson, "Mr.
Bryan stumped Nebraska agalnst a. pro?
hibition amendment to the Nebraska
Constltutlon. I have also ln my pos?
sesslon a copy of a letter from Mr.
Bryan to Southern men who deslre a
plank for prohibition in the Demo
,-ratlc national platform. In thls letter
Mr. Bryan declares that lf his wlshes
are followed, there wlll be no such
jlank in the platform. As Mr. Bryan
s ln' control of the Democratlc party,
tis platform desires will undoubtedly
:ontrol in the Democratic National
Conventlon, and therefore no prohibl
loh can be expected from that conven
lon."
Mr. Wllson said thls was the ex
?ectation of the Southern delegates
A'ho had been looking Into the sub
ect. He said ho jvas to leave for the
jouth to-night to confer wlth leadlng
irohlbltlon Democrats about thelr sup
>ort of the Prohibition party if no pro
dbltlon plank ls inserted in tha Dou
?er platform.
Mr. Bryan Explaln*.
LINCOLN, NEB., June 11.?Feferring
:o-nlght to a dlspatch from Mllwaukee
lOncernlng hls attltude on prohlbitlon,
Hr. Bryan sald: "I havo recelved many
etters from prohrbitlonlsts, and many
'ront opponents of prohlbitlon, and I
tavo answered them all tn the same
yay. I have told them I did not ro
rard the question as a national ques
lon. AVhlle it is an issue In a number
if States. 1 do not expect lt to be
nade an issue by eltnor tho Bepubltcan
ir the Democratlc National Conventlon.
have made it a rule not to dlsctiss
nattors outside tha platform, becauso
ho candidate has no right to inject
ssues which his platform excludes.
"In answer to questlons about my
iwn record on the subjVt, I have
tated, never havlng used llquor as
, beverage, but in 1890. I voted against
ha State prohlbitlon amendmont. be
ause I thought the llcenso system we
ad, wlth local optlon, was better sttit
d to the conditions we hnd to meet
n our State. When an a.ttampt has
leen made to draw ooncluslons fromi
his ns to.what ought tn be done ln
ther States, I havo ealted attentlon to
ho fact that State laws .ought to bo
iiridn to .meet the conditions exlsting
n the State, and that what I did In
Jt'braskn could not hn a guldo In
tates where conditions were dlf
erent."
Mr. Bryan and Charles A. Tawne,
f New Vork. attended the niooting- to
Ight of the Llnooln Bryan Club. Both
~J"iContln.ue,^ piTlBT^biF-KasaA -_
s
miSWITHIETS
Many Sponsors Abandon
Carriages and Walk With
Old Soldiers in Parade.
NEXT REUNION TO BE
HELD IN MEMPHIS
Full-Bloodcd Indian Malden At
tracts Much Attention?Ova
tion for Lee Camp?Appcr
son Elected Commander
in Chief by the
Sons,
BIRMINGHAM, ALA., June 11.?
,Tho parade. of tlie warrlors of
the Confederacy thls mornlng
was a flttlng cllmax to what
ls generally pronounced to bo
one of the most successful reunlons of
tho. Unlted Confederate Aretorans. AVlth
sprlghtly step. measured to tho alrs
the South loves, the old soldiers, no
fewer than'10,000 strong, travcrsed tho
two mlles of tho parade route between
thousands of sympathetlc and Inter?
ested spoctators, and tliere was not an
accldent, not a slgn of a tottering step.
Toticbcd by Sccue.
Loving hands served Ice water to
the old men as they passed along
the route. fans were dlstrlbuted and
everythlng posslble was done to re
llcve the long tramp of Its tedlum.
That the veterans were ln excellent
spirit was shown by the fact* that
many of them sang old camp songs as
they marched. such as "Buttermllk
Cavalry," "Old-Tlme Confoderates."
"Bonnlc Blue Flag."
They were happy, but they left a
feeling of sadness among the specta
tors, for every one was touched by
the sentlmental appeal made by the
appearance of tho aged flghus's. Many
ln the parade had left a leg. or per
haps both legs. on some hloody battle
Ileld. but they enjoyed the occaslon
as inucli as the others, being carried
in vehicles.
In tbe Parnde.
The parade formed shortly after 11
o'clock, and requlred one hour and
forty-five minutes to pass a given
point. The route was from Slxth Ave?
nue on Xineteenth Street to First Ave?
nue to Flrst Street to Fifth Avenue to
Twentleth Street to First Avenue,
countermarchlng on Twentleth Street
to Capitol Park. where the reviewing
stand was located.
In the vanguard wero eight com
panles of the local National Guard, In?
cludlng ono battcry of artlllery and
one troop of cavalry. Chattanooga had
one troop of cavalry ln llne.
Governor B. B. Corner. of Alabama,
wlthhis entlre staff. was next in line.
General George P. Harrlson, command?
er of the Alabama Division, was chief
marshal, and Colonel E.. J. McCrossIn,
of Birmingham, was chlef ald.
The veterans of the Department of
Tennessee headed the llne of vlsltors
ot Jionor. these being followed by tho
Trans-Mi.?slssippl and the Armv of
Northern A'lrglnia.
Indinn Malden There.
Among the more conspicuous com
panles were the Forrest cavalry corps,
mounted. and tho mounted troop from
Nashville. 'These companles are reg?
ular members of the National Guard,
belng the only Confederate body to
have that distinction. Memphls repre?
sentatives also came in for great ap?
plause. They wero accompanled by a
flfe and drum corps, Probably no one
person in the parade attracted more at?
tentlon than the handsome 'Mlss Tommy
Gentry, a full-blooded Indian malden,
sponsor of the Indian Terrltory De?
partment. Her escort was Adjutant
Gerieral I. D. Coleman.
General Clement A. Evans, the new
commander-in-chief, was at the head
of the column, wlth hls entlre staff
conslstlng of General J. F. Shlpp, Gen?
eral AV. E. Mlckle, Colonel J. P. Bank
head, Colonel AV. B. Leedy, Colonel J.
Thompson Brown, Colonel J. AV. Reed
and Colonel Bass.
The Sons of Veterans followed the
/eterans and were accompanled by
their sponsors.
Sponsors Wnlkcd.
A notlceable feature of tho parade
was that a number- of tho sponsors
ireferred to walk with the companles
ihey represented,- rather than rlde in
;ho carriages whlch had been provided
Mlss Mary Hall, olad in gray, accom?
panled the Georglfi dlvlslon on foot.
VIrs. Kelly, ot New Orleans, seyenty
tlno years of age. went through the
narch on foot, as did Miss Edna Raub
)f Memphls.
To-night thousands of veterans left
'or homo, but other thousands went to
ho Fair Grounds to wltness tho dis
)lay of fireworks, and still others at
ended the ball at tho Hlppodrome.
n honor of the vetorans and
hoir malds and sponsors. Balls
vere glven also at the Country
Sons Elect Ofllcers.
At the annual meotlng of the United
jons of Confedorato Veterans, .the fol
owing offlcers woro elected:
John AV. Apperson, Memphls, com
nandor-ln-chief; Clarence J. Owon.
ibbevllle, Ala., commander Department
>f Tennessee; C. M. Folder, South Car
?lliia, commander of the Army of
Northern A'irginla; Charles M. Reed.
lallas, Toxas. commander o??tho Trans
Ilsslssippi Department; Thomas M.
?wen. Montgomery, Ala., hlstorian-gen
ral.
Memphls was selected as the place
'f meotlng for next yesw. Other or
.nnlzatlons, auxlllary to tho Unlted
:onfederate A'etorans. had thelr sos
ions to-day, and all have adjourned
o meet next y6hr ln Memphls.
Tho Confederate Memorlal Assoclatlon
0-day decided to asslst ln bullding
fionuments to Jefferson Davls at St.
lOtilS and New Orleans. Mrs. Behan
.'111 sorva as president another your,
udgo A. O. AVright, of Jscksonvlllo,
'la., was re-elected commander of
onfederate Naval Aroteraits yesterday,
nd Dr. J, C. Abernatby, of Blrmlng
tt'inj wna elected presldent of tho Sur
eons' Assoclatlon, to niu-ceed Dr. Sum-.
(CotiUnmd on lOlghtl) Page.)
WEATHER.
Pair;
PLEAD FOR MURDERER
Women C'roml Thentre nnd Wcep nnd
Chcer.
CHICAGO. Jtinm 11.?Application wns
mado to-day to Judgo Landls, ln the
United States District Court, for a wrlt
of Imbcas corpus In behalf ot llcrman
Bllllk, the rortuno-tellcr, who ls acn
tenced to hang to-morrow for tho
murder of Mary V_rnl. The applica?
tion, whlch followed tho refusal ot a
rehearlng of the case by tho Illlnols
Supremc Court, was denied.
Attornoys for Bllllk tlicti asked for
ptrmlsslon to appeal frem hls declsion.
and the Judge ngreod to tnko the
matter under advlsement tmtll 11
o'clock to-morrow mornlng. provided
he was, assurcd by the shorlff tliat
Bllllk would not ho oxecuted before
that hour. H<j was Informotl that noth?
ing would ho done before he had hand
od down hls declsion, and the entlre
matter went over.
Friends of Bllllk were exceedlngly
actlve throughout the day. and a' num?
ber of meetlngs were held In varlous
parts of the clty for the. purposo of
lirlnglng Influence to bear upon the
Governor to secure a commutation of
Uie sentence.
The scenes that attended the meet?
lngs wero among Ihe most remarkable
ever wltnessed In Chlcago. The prin?
clpal meeting in the downtown section
was hold In tho Great Northern Thca
tre. A crowd composed largely of wo?
men packed the place to the doors, and
| they alternately wept and checrcd as
! they were n roused flrst to enthuslasm
for the cause of Bllllk by Father O'Cal
Inghan, a Paullst prlest. and then to
plty for hlm, by the slght of Edna
Bllllk, the pretty daughter of the con
denined man, and by Jerry Vzral, one
of tho survlvors of thc famlly whose
dcaths are charged to Bllllk.
FOR FAIR'ELECTIONS
President NntlQcs I'nunnin Thnt Elec?
tlons Mu_i Be Conducted Propcrly.
WASHINGTON. June 11.?ln lan
guage that- cannot be mlstnkon, the
President and Secretary Taft have no
tlfled the Panama government that
electlons In that republlc must be con?
ducted falrly. Thc clrcumstances at?
tondlng thla wnrning were made pub?
llc to-day as If In preparatlon for ac?
tlve Interventlon on tho part of the
Unlted States by the use of whatever
force shall be necessary to render lt
effective. In a letter deiivered to
President Amador In person, and dated
May 12th, Secretary Taft declares thnt
two years ago, when charges of fraud
were made concernlng tlre congres
sional election at Panama, it was not
thought best to do more than to urge
falrness ln the admlnlstration of elec?
tion laws, though there was much evl?
dence of vlolence and of repfiatlng. It
was hoped that the lrregularitles were
due merely to the fact that the elec?
tion laws were new; that the republlc
was young, and that a more im?
portant election. llke the pendlng pres
idential election, greater caro would
he taken to prescrve the rights of tlie
citizens.
USES PISTOL AND KNIFE
Enrnjccd Man _Tic? to Kll__Wlfc, Sli
ter-ln-Lnw nnd Self.
PITTSBURG, PA.. June 11.?Partrick
O'Hare, a laborer, aged thlrty-five
years, to-day shot and seriously In?
jured hls sister-ln-law, MIss Rosle Mc
Partland, aged twenty-six, beat his
wife over the head wlth a revolver
untll her condition Is crltlcal, and
then, going to a nearby hotel, engaged
a room nnd cut his throat, inflictlng a
wound that doctors say will prove
fatnl.
O'Hare left hls wlfe and chlld, aged
two month.*, a short tlme ago on ac?
count of domestic troubles. His sls
ter-ln-law, who had Ilved wlth the
famlly, remained wlth Mrs. O'Hare.
O'Hara is sald to have been drinking
to-day an.l late this afternoon went
to hls wif _'.. room to see hls chlld. He
was met by hls wlfe, wlio told hlm tn
leave the house nnd not to come back
ngain. This so enraged O'Hare thnt
he Is alleged to have drawn a revolver
and fired a shot, the bullet strlklng his
sister-ln-law, wlio was In the room. lle.
then hit hls wlfe wlth the weapon.
nnd hefore the crowd, whlch had
gathered at tho sound of tlio shot,
could stop him, left the house and went
to the hotel.
HITCHCOCK RELEASED
l.nll Bontl of S7,.'i00 Apprnvcd.by Jus?
tice Goff.
NEW YORK. June 11.?Raymond
Hltchcock. the comedlan, who early to
day was acqultted on one of four in?
dlctments growing out of charges made
agalnst hlm by several young glrls.
has heen released from the Tombs
prlson on ball. A bond for $7,500 was
upproved by Jii-tlce Goff in the Su?
preme Court. Hltchcock hnd heen ln
the Tombs slnce hls trial began nearly
a week ago.
Six Indlctments orlglnally were flled
agalnst Hltchcock, all based on cotn
plalnts by Helen von Hagen, Elsie
A'oecks and Flora AA'histon. Threo of
these Indlctments charged attempted
assault and abduction of Helen von
llagen, nnd were incorporated in the
enso ln which Hltchcock wns ac .ulttod
Inst nlght. Ono other Indictment was
dismissed in the flrst trial..
No- do&nlto declsion as .to what
courso will be taken with reference to
tho indlctments stlll pendlng has beon
reaehed.
M'CORMICK FOUND GUILTY
Convleted of Murder ln Second Dccrree
. aud Glven ElRhteeii Yenrs.
[Speclal to The Times-Diapatch.]
LEX1NGTON, VA., Juno 11.?Tho
|ury In the rlal of A. Mooro McConnock
for tho murder of W. I. Yowell on
l-nstei- Sunday, near Falrfleld, Rock
m-idge county, brought in a verdlct
ilils mornlng flndlng tho accused gullty
nC murder In tho second degree and
flxed hls pimlshniont at elghteen years
ii tlio penitentlary.
Tho trlnl was In prc.gross a week. |
ind exclted great interest. When thu |
:irst poll of Ihe Jury wns taken ten |
?tood for tho death ponnlty, one for t
Ivo years and one for a higher term. i
Tlie verdlct, therefore, was n com- \
iromlse. although every Juror ud
iudged the prlsoner gullty. McCor
nlck has n wlfo nnd three children.
Instruct for Bryan
ntlANOKE, ArA.. June 12.?Tlie
Bryan lnNtriictlou rcHolutlou ndopted
hy tlie' Stnto Deniooriitlc t'iciventloii
Inut iiIk'Ih I** '?_ folliMVMi
IteMolved, Thnt the deleKiites fro lll
thls convoiitlon to tlie Denver cun
vriilinii he lii-tmoted to vote for the
iioiltimitioii of \\ iI lln in JenuliiiAs
Hrjiiu to the presldeucy of tlie
I nlu-il MliiteH, no Iouk' im lils ii ii ih o
shnll he hefore lll. ctvivquthiil,
The rt-Moliitlou In lu [iriicticully tlio
Inugiliig.- of Ihe one Introdiioeil nt
tlie Norfolk eouventlou tu llilin liy
llepreseiitntlve Jiinca, uud mloiitcil.
Instruct for Bryan;
Give Daniel Ovation
and Stand by Primary
Virginia Democrats, in Convention Marked fy
Great Excitement, Give Rigid Instruc
tions for Nebraskan.
BEATEN IN THE COMMITTEtl,
CARRY FIGHT TO THE FLOOR
Evident From Start That Bryan Men Would Force In
structions, But Minority Fought at Every Point.
Daniel, Swanson, Martin and Tyler Dele?
gates at Large?Electors and
Delegates.
[Speclal From a Staff Corrtspondtn'.]
ROANOKE, A'A., June 11.?The Democratlc Stato Conventlon. by an over
whelmlng majorlty, but aftor a hard fight, and amid scenes of grea;
confusloh, voted late to-nlght to send a delegation to Denver lnstructed
to vote for Wllllam J. Bryan as long as hls namo is beforo the conven?
tlon.
Tho conventlon cannot be termed harmonlous. The amount of feeling dl?
played over tho question of Insttuctlons and of amendlng the prlmary plat
was very great. So Intense was It that at tlmes all buslness would be delayed,
the chalr (lndlng lt absolutcly unable to hear a motlon and the makers thereof
to hoar themselves. Chalrman -Saunders. an excellent presiding offlcer, never
lost hls head and never got hlmself entangled beyond e.xtrlcatlon, but no par
Iiamcntarlan could have compellpd quiot among tho thousand perspirlng, shlrt
sleeved delegates, a tenth of them clamorlng for recognltlon', and the balanca
of thepi making a nolse by yelllng to encourage Bryan or antl-Bryan orators.
DISORDER EA'EN AMONG I.EADERS.
Dlsorder extended even to the stage, and members of tho State Commltteo
snd others prorninent ln party counclls'gathered ln groups. making no effort
to keep qulet or proBerve the outward semblanca of order. There was no
promise of such a stormy evening whon the conventlon took a recess at 6 o'clock.
It was evident soon after the resolutlons commlttee convened that thero was
sharp difteren'ce of oplnlon over the question of instructlons and of amendfhg
the State primary plan, but lt was thought that tho commlttee's- actlon ln re
fcrring these subjects to subcommlttees for discussion and actlon, to be re?
ported to the full commlttee, would result In harmony. But the advocatcs of
prlmary law changes and of sending nn unlnstructed delegation to Denver
proved more stubborn than anybody expected. They kept tha committee In
session for hours, whlle the conventlon waited.
The delegation to Denver consists of Governor Swanson, Senators Danlel
nnd .Martln and ex-Governor J. Hoge Tyler.
CAME NEAR INSTRUCTING ON Fbl'lvE.
The conventlon came near to Instructing for Bryan on a fluke. After aa
hour of confuslon the chalr succeeded ln puttlng to the house a motlon sub?
mltted by Judge R. T. AV. Duke. of Albemarle, provldlng that all that portion
of the platform save those paragraphs referrlng to the State primary be adoptod.
Thls was declared'adopted, but an lnstant later the conventlon realized that
1'. had adopted the resolutlon Instructing for Brytfh, as thls was not expected
by Judge Duke.
Instontly there was uproar worse than that whlch St. Paul aroused- at
^Ephesus, and lastlng nearly as leng. It took the chalr nearly an hour to get
order and put the question to tho house, but flnally, after there had been a.
brfsk fight In the maln alsle, whlch tlireatoned to spread, there was a roll call,
and the conventlon, by a vote of 60S to 186, voted to Instruct for Bryan. Many
Bryan*men expressod regret and surprlse that the majorlty was not greater.
PI.EXTY OF SPEECHES, GOOD OXES.
The conventlon had lots of oratory, delay in the reports of commlttees
affordlng opportunlty to the orators. Senators Daniel nnd Martin created great
onthuslasm by brlef addresses, Governor Swanson stlrred tho convention' with
an eloquent address, and Representatlve Flood made the delegates cheer to the
ccho a fiery speech he dellvered.
Tho candldates for the nomination to tho governorshlp had their innings.
Judge Mann, Henry Stuart. Harry Tucker?allof them excited thelr supporters
to a hlgh pitch of enthusiasm. Carter Glass, a prospectlve candldate, had a
chance when h? placed Senator Danlel ln nomlnation for the place of delegate
at large, and ho did lt in flne style. It shoulu^ be st,ated that the most strlklng
feature of the convention, perliaps, was the ovation Senator Daniel recelved at
Its hands. Thero was but ono other name whlch will so early brlng the dele?
gates to their feot and set them into a bedlam of applause?the name of AA'll
liam Jennings-Bryan. Yet Senator Daniel made such a flght agalnst Bryan as
no Dernocrat of promlnence has dared make unless wllling to resign all hope
of future polltlcal preferment.
CI.OSES AA'ITH GOOD FELLOAVSHIP.
Although the convention was so stormy, it does not appear that Its results
wlll cause any ra'nkling. Tho contests were hlghly spirited at tlmes, but
rarely bltter. Good nature durlng the convention was followed by good fellow
shlp afterwards, and the dlsputaticus delegate was not In evidence after ad?
journment.
"Tho work of the convention was dispatched in less time than usual," sald
Senator Martln, after adjournment, "and whlle there was some confllct of
cpinion on a few questlons, the results accomplished wlll, I am sure, glve
satisfaction to the great body of the Democrats of the State. Por myself, T
belleve the convention has acted wisely. and Virglnla wlll go Into the campaign
wlth spirit and hope."
The convention demonstroted several things, among others the wonderful
hold whlch AVIlllam Jennings Bryan has upon the people of the Commonwealth.
the popularity of the prlmary plan of making party nominatlons, the Intenstty
of partisan feeling among tho Democrats of A'irginia when It ls aroused, and.
flnally. tho lndependenccdbf thought and speech which characterize the averago
A'irginia Dernocrat. i
MENTION OF BR YAN'S NAME
AROUSES WILD ENTHUSIASM
iffp'clai iloni a .Stiiff Co'rrespondont.)
RO.ANOKK, VA.,, Juno il.?Tlie con?
vention hall lillod up so slowly that
when the hour of noon arrived only
about half tho delegates wero In at?
tendance. The hall was strlklngly dec?
orated. with the national colors fes
toonlng tho front of the stago and tho
nrenst of the balcony and gallery. Out
lowers were arranged fn .iardlnlers at
ulther end of the footlights, and blg
jouquets of tho fair t'emlninlty of Roa
inko oqcupiod the balcony boxes.
It. was a remnrkahlo feuturo that
:he convention hall'' hnd nearly fllled
leforo a single bit of applause hnd
>een heard from the arrlvlng dolega
Ii'l'.s. AVIthln llve minutes ot tlio noou
lo'ur tho Red Men's band struck up a
irisk alr, nnd at its conclusion State
Jhalrman .1. Taylor Kllyson appea*ed
>n the stage, ready ti* rap for order;
uit thero wns stlll a conslderable wait
vhlle tho hall tilled up. J. N. Brena
nan, secretary of tho Stato Commit
ee; John' W. Wllllams, clerk of the
Iouse, ano O, V. Hunger, assistant
?lerk of the Senate, took thoir seats
it tho secretary'n tablo. The Rov.
father liyhchi of Roanoke, took hls
cut al tho side of Chalrman Ellyson,
md lt. 13. Byrd, deslgunted to preslde
s teniporary chalrman, seated hlmself
lear them. Fifteen or twenty nusm
lors of tho Sthte Commltteo occupied
eats ou tho stage, nud uboul as many
icwsiiapiu- men had tahles at the left
? f thfi presiding oflicer.
.Vpplaud Swnusou nml Mniiii.
The Ilrst note of upplausa was sound
d whon tho buiul played '"Dlxle." ticiv
rnur Swauson's tippfiaraneo on tha
tajtc \vas the flrst signal .for ft li.ear.ty,
outburst ofl cheers. led by the Fiftb
District. Judge AVllliam II. Mann also
got a round of applause. Senator Mar?
tin slipped in iiulctly whlle those on
tho stuge woro standlng for the Invo
catlon,
Sonator r?anlel was not present when
tho convention wns called to order,
hut hc was seen limplng on the stage
from the rear whlle Mr. Ellyson was
maklng the opening address, and im?
medlately tho conventlort broke lnto
applause, which was renewed tlme and
timo agaln. But tho applause which
followed the mentlon of Mr. Bryan's
name hy Mr. Ellyson was as great ln
volume and lasted as lona;.
When Chalrman Ellyson called to
order at 12:20 P. M., he faced a vast
a-semhlage, composed of tho flower
and chlvalry ot Vlrginia's manhood.
whose pent-up enthuslassm for the prln
clples of thelr party and its leaders
broke forth now and then at frequent
intervals anild tho brllliant shlfting
scene*. Mr. Ellyson made no oxtended
remarks. He Introduced the Rev.
Father Lynch, of Roanoke, who offered,
a fervent prayer for divlne gutdanc-e.
wlllle tho delogate* and vlsltors stood
Wlth reverence.
Flr_t tl.iillou of Brynii,
__, Tha chalrman declared that lt hnd
boen his pleasure to call every Demo
ointle convention to order which h_d
met in Virginia In the past twenty
yonrs. Tiils ileclarntlon was applaiuicrt.
as wns also that of eoiigrtttulailng .he
party upon tho splendld gati.-i-lng and
bright outlook tor suoc_*s. When he
?i?iiUiui_J. _a _,'___ tli Pajce