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i'lIR TIME.H P'OUNI-KD 1086.
i*HB D16PATCH FOUNDED 1..0.
WHOLE NTTMBER 17,581.
RICHMOND, VA., WEDNESDAY, JULY 8, 1908.
PRICE TWO CENTS.
TO
Elcction of New York Bank?
er As Republican Treas?
urer Causes Surprise.
HITCHCOCK ELECTED
CAMPA1GN CHAIRMAN
i i ___
In Order to Soothc thc Fcclings
of Vorys,' Hc Is Given Sole
Charge in 'His Own State.
Clcver Move to Bring
i About Campaign
Publicity.
(Speclal lo The Tlmes-Dlspatch.J
HOT SPRINGS, VA., July S.?Wlth
tho selectlon of Frank II.
Hitchcock as chalrman an-J
George H. Sheldon, tho New
York banker, as treasurer of
the Republican National Commlttee
horo to-day came the important an
nouncement that In tho approachlng
Republlcan campalgn there will be
jiubliclty of recelpts and expendltures.
The deslre on the part of Mr. Taft
to glvo deflnlte expression to hls vlews
on thls subject of campalgn contrlbu
tlon publlcity was In large part respon
hlble for the selectlon of Mr, Sheldon
nt the last mlnute. Severai lawyers,
Includlng Wllllam Nr.lson Cromwell,
who enme on lo Hot Springs to s-ug
gest Mr. Sheldon's name, have advlsed
Mr. Taft thnV-.thc New York State pub?
llcity law Trtll apply to the national
treasurer provlded hls headquarters
and thc hcadquarterH of the national
commlttee are In New York. Both
headquarters will be In that clty.
The actlon of the subcommittee in
taking advantage of the New York
Stato publlcity law is regarded wlth?
out exception here as a elever cam?
palgn move. Not only will lt serve to
emphasi/.e thc fact thnt Mr. Taft was
fiincerc in hls deslre for liie enact?
ment of n publlcity bill by Congress.
but It will. it is be. cved, put the
Democrats in a hoie whero they will
eltlier have to follow suit In selectlng
a New York man aa treasurer or else
make some other provlslon for pub?
llshlng their recelpts and ....pendltures.
Got d fnmpnlsrn .Move.
It Is understood thnt Mr. Taft had
Inslsted, no matter who wns selected
ns treasurer. that a complete set of
books should be kept and proceedings
put down in black and whlte.
?X-ttit when the Ktitrgestlon wns mad.
tf. hlm of tlie posslbility nf taking ad
vantage of tlie Ne-w York State pub?
llcity law. he and the members of the
subcommittee quickly sa\. the oppor?
tunity they had for a good cnmpalHin
niove whlch would at th6 same tlme
vindicate Mr. Taft's efforts in favor of
thc enactment of a campaign publlci
t_ bill by Congress.
There Is reason to helleve that Mr.
T.:ft himself knew nothing about Mr.
.M:eldon's candldacy for the trc-amircr
Fhip until Mr. Cromwell arrlved here
thlR mornlng as a representativo to Mr.
Bllss. Mr. Taft got a telegram from
Mf>. Cromwell last night, saying thot
he was on his way to Hot Springs
?with a name to stlggest; and asklnj.
>tr. Taft not to make any deflnlte ar?
rangements In regard to the treaauror
shlp.
At that tlme -the only talk wns of
Congressman Wllllam B. McKlnley. of
Illlnols. In fact. things had progressed
so far that Mr. Taft had told Mr. Mc?
Klnley to hold himself ln rcadlness to
be drafted: although the Illlnols Con?
gressman had made It plaln that he
dld not want to serve.
Cliisxninte of Roosevelt.
Upon the arrlval of Mr. Cromwell at
9 o*clock this morning. there was
scarcely a suggestion that anybody
else would relleve McKlnley of the
burden. In fact, members of the sub?
committee, up to within a short time
before the meeting at noon were igno
rant of whom Cromwell had up hls
eleeve.
Wlth the subcommittees once in
scsston, however, lt took them only
about an hour and a half to scttlc
both the chalrmanshlp and the treas
urershlp. In fact. the selectlon of Shel?
don wlth such dlspatch. when his can
tiidacy was practically a surprise, has
given rlse to the belief that Mr. Crom?
well came to Hot Springs with some.
body besldes Mr. Bllss behlnd the Shel?
don suggestion. It would not be much
ot a surprise lf Mr. Roosevelt hlmsell
had something to do wlth the Sheldon
candldacy and tho publicity proposi?
tion. One member of the subcommlt
teo is authorlty for the statement that
they knew Mr. Sheldon was acceptablc
t0 the Presldent. Mr. Sheldon was ont
of Mr. Roosevelfs classmates at Har?
vard.
Thick Wlth Harmony.
Tho meeting of tho subcommittee was
thick wlth harmony. No one would
lmaglne that Frank H. Hitchcock*.**
name had ever suggested anything tc
the commitoo except love and brotherl.
aliectlom They had selected Hltchcocl<
unanimously wlthln an hour after tlu
meeting had been called, and a mes?
sage was speeding East to invlte hln
to como on at onco to confer wlth thc
candidate.
Hitchcock will, of course, accept the
alection. lt is explained that he was
actuated ln wlthdrawJng hls name af?
ter the Cinclnnatl meeting of the com
mittee merely by a desiro to free Mr.
Taft from any embarrassmont on thc
chalrmanshlp questlon.
Vorys Dlsposed Of.
The subcommittee settled the row
between Hitchcock and Arthur I.
Vorys, the Ohlo national commlttoe
man and Taft boomer, by putting
Vorys at the head of the State and
presldentlal campalgn In Ohlo, wltli
headquarters in Cinclnnatl. Vorys wil
run tho Ohlo campalgn all by himself
Wlthout any Interference by Hitchcock
?nd will report dlrectly to Mr. Taft
Instead of the national chairman. II
?was Vorys's a*S>IratIon, of course, tc
become national .chairman, and his
rlght agalnst Hitchcock was largely
?responslble for tho adjournment ol
the chalrmanshlp electlon when the
?tubcommitteo met in Cinclnnatl rlghi
t?ftcr tho Chieago convention.
OonuiiHtos ICvpliiInw..
Tho commlttee Issued the followlni
?xplanatlop wlth reference to tho se
lectlon of Sheldon for treasurer:
"Mr. George R. Sheldon Is solectoi
?vCoatinued ou Socou'd Pubq.). ,
BIG CONEY ISLAND FIRE
Two llnleN, Ilupld 'I'rntiKlt Mtnllon nnd
Otlier Proper. y Involved. &
NEW YORK, July 0.?A flre broke
out shortly after 1 o'clock thls morn?
lng at Pabat's Loop Hotel at Conny
Island. Threo alarms wero turned ln.
Thore wero 200 employes and guests
ln Pabst's Loop Hotol and they made
n quick fllght. Tho flamea leaped to
Vanderveer's Hotel, adjolnlng, In which'
there wore 100 guests, who fled to the
street. Tlie Brooklyn Rapld Translt
Station caught flre next ' and ' was
burning at 2 o'clock thls mornlng. Thc
wlnd then shifted and the flre assumed
dang.rous proportions.
At 2:05 A. M? the Culvertlne depot
of thc Brooklyn Rapld Translt System,
was ablaze, shuttlng off trafflc. . It Is
llkely thc frnme hotel bulldlngs near
Eighth Streot will catch flre.
USES RAZ0R 0N TRAIN
One I'nnsengcr Trlm to Klll Another
nnd Culu Hls Own Thront.
[Speclal to The Tlmes-Dlspatch.]
NORTON. VA., July 8.?A serlous and
posslbly fatai cuttlng affray on a
Cllnch Valley train, In Wlse county,
to-day crented much excitcment.
On passengcr train No. 5 on thc
Cllnch Valley Dlvislon at noon a pass
enger named Clover suddenly sprang
upon another passengcr named Stur
glll Just as the train wns pulllng out
from Coeburn to Tbm's Creek, and cut
hls throat wlth a razor.
When the brakeman of the train was
attracted by tho excltemcnt he pulled
hls plstol and told Clover to stop or
he would klll hlm. He replled that he
need not shoot hlm for .he was going
to klll himself. and Immediately com
menced Blashlng the razor across hls
own throat and infllcted an ugiy
wound, whlch may cause death.
When the train was stopped Sturglll
was able to be taken from the train
at Bondtown, and Is not thought to be
serlously cut, whlle Clover's wounds
are undoubtedly of a serlous nature,
j and he was reported dying late thls
! afternoon. Clover had been on the
i train all dny, but had not been dls
! orderly or acted In such manner as
, to cause suspielon, and lt Is supposed
j that he suddenly became insane. It
Is sald lie did not know the man he
tried to klll.
GOULD DIVORCE SUIT
iFnllure to Answer Motlon I.cndft to
Itiimor of Itx Belng Dropped.
j NEW YORK. July _.?A motion en
|tilied "Gould vs. Gould" was on the
calendar, to-day In speclal term. Pact
II.- of the Suprcme Court. before Jus
Hlce Erlander. When lt was e-illed by
iClifford Boesc, clerk uf tlie court. no
ione answered, so it was marked off the
i calendar.
I An examlnatlon of the note of issue
ifiled with the calendar clerk showed
| tliat it whk a motlon for an ordor to
jshdw cause In the suit for divorce be?
gun against Frank J. Gould by hls
|Wlfe some weeks ago. Nlcoll, Anabie
??& Lindsay appear as counsel for Mrs.
j Gould on the note of Issue. whlle Stet
Ison, Jennlngs nnd Russell are Mr
jGould's attorneys. Inqulry at the of
jfices of both flrms ellclted no deflnlte
jexplanatlon of whnt the motion was
I for, or why it was not answered
'when called. It was sald, however. by
jono of the clorks In the Nlcoll. Anable
-,& Lindsay office that the motlon re
jlated to tho proposed examlnatlon of
witnesses outslde the "State by com?
mlsslon.
! The fact that the motlon was not
i answered when called led to a rumor
;that the divorce suit was to be drop
jped.
FIRE AT COLLEGE POINT
* , ,;
Hotel, Ttro Cnnluos and Smnller Bulld?
lngs nre Burned.
NEW YORK, July 8.?A loss estl?
mated at nearly . 200,000 was suffered
to-day at College Polnt, L. I., by ?
fire which destroyed Zehden's Hotel
and Caslno, Donderas Casino and a
number of small adjolnlng building)?.
The blg factory of the Amerlcan Hard
Rubber Company was on flre once, but
v.as saved by the company's own fir.
brigade. The Bethlehem Orphan Asy
lum, shelterlng over 500 chlldren, was
nicnaced for a time, and there was a
panlc among the Inmates.
Tho flrenien, composefl mostly ol
volunteers, had to work among a tan
gle of live wires, and wero ln constanl
danger of death.
Bursting hose was another source ol
trouble, coupled wlth. the hlgh wint!
tliat blew. A flre boat from New Yorli
rendered much asslstance along thc
vater-front.
N0 LIGHT 0N WILSON'S DEATH
iMilludelphin Oftlclali. Now Castlng
About tor n New- Clue.
PH1LADELPHIA. July 8.?The case
agalnst Frederlck Gles Jr., having col
lapsed, the police and coroner's de?
tectives' are to-day casting about foi
a new clue ln the case of Dr. Wllliarr
H, Wilson, who died June 26th, aftei
drinklng poisoned ale sent him by
express. Practically no progress has
been made ln the case since tho ln
vestlgatlon started,
The person who sent the bottlp ol
ale to the doctor has effectually cov?
ered hls tracks. The only thlng the
pollco have about hlm Is an imporfeel
description of the man furnlshed bj
tho oxpressman who handled the ex?
press packages, and an employe of s
type foundry who sold a letter "S'1 tc
the supposed murdored. The. letter was
used in stamping the label on the bot?
tle.
It ls probable that detectives will b<
sent to New York and Boston, ln ar
effort to flnd a trace of ,the mah-want
ed; It-ls the Intention of the'pollct
also to further questlon the physlciap'i
wldow and severai ot hls Intimate
friends.
REV. MR. GOODWIN SEES KINC
:
HU Majusty' Very Cordial in Greetln/j
Kector of Old Bruton.
[Speclal to The Tlmes-Dlspatch.]
WILLIAMSBURG, VA., July 8.?Rov
W. A, R. Goodwin, who is in England
writes that he has had an audlence
t wlth King Edward, and ,that Ht
Majesty expressed himself as dellght?
ful to meet the rector of old Bruto.r
Parlsh ln America, to which Jie hac
presented a Bible. The King , wn.
greatly pleased- to learn from the lipi
of tho rector of the parlsh how deepl.
' the lutter's parishloners appreclivtod tlu
fc'lft.
BURN QUARTER M1LE
Fire Sweeps Water Front of
East Boston, Doing Million
? and Half Damage.
_ * ?
ANGRY FLAMES LEAP
FROM PIER TO PIER
Starting from Spontaneous Cotri
bustion or a Locomotive Spark,
Fire Destroys Four Piers,
Three 'Warehouscs, an
Elevator and Many
Cars.
BOSTON, MASS-, July 8.?A fire,
belleved to' have been eaused
by spontaneous combustlon
or a locomotlve i spark and
fanned by a brlsk northwest
wlnd. swept nearly a quarter of a mlle
of the harbor front of East Boston latt
to-day, causlng a property loss estl?
mated at nearly $1,500,000. Much
of the loss falls upon the Boston and
Albany Railroad.
One person?Danlel Sulllvan. a
watchman at the Cunard Llne pler?I.
mlsslng. and It Is thought he perlshed
in the flames.
Sprend Very Rapldly.
To-day's fire was the blggest and
most destructlvc that has broken oui
along the harbor front for many years
The flames spread wlth remarknbl'
rapidlty. and by the tlme the flrst
flre-flghting apparatus arrlved on the
scene they were beyond control and
leaplng from pler to pler. Within
an hour of the time the flre was dls?
covered four plers, three warehou?es
a grain elevator contalnlng 30,00"
bushels of grain. and many loaded
fre'ltrht cars hnd been d?/?troyrd.
Severai vessels and Hghters narrow
ly escaped destructlon. The hlg Ley
land llne steamer. Devonian. whlch ar?
rlved yesterday from Livorpool, wa?
moorcd at one of the plers whlch waf
destroyed. The dlsclpline on the De?
vonian was so oxcellent. however. thai
she was warped out Into the strean
wlthout even having a square lnch 01
palnt bllstered. Less fortunate wer<
the Brltlsh bark, Belmont. of Yar
mouth, N. S., nrjd the schooners Pau
Palmer. a flve-masted craft. and tlu
O. TI. Brown. a four-masted schooner
The Belmont was moored by stee
cnbles to the pler where the flre
I started. So ouickly did the flames en
j velop the wharf and warehouse tha
j It was lmpis?lblr to sllp the cable
j from the moortng ports, nnd it wa<
i necessary to resort to the tedlous pro
j cess of cutting a half dozen or mon
jof the great wire ropes.- Brthe tlm<
i the Belmont was gotten out Jrito th.
I stroam tho palnt had b<-en burne"d of
: her hull, her cablns had been practl
cally destroyed, her life boats charre<
and ruined. and her spars. salls an<
rljriTlrg badly hurned. The Palme.
escaped wlth s-llght damage to hei
Tor.top sall nnd fore rlgglng. whlle tlx
i rlgglng. salls and spars on the forwnn
part of the Brown were badly charred
Tlie Burned Arca.
The burned arca Includes plers 1 an
: : of the Grand Junctlon docks and th
i pler on whlch stood tne blg grain e!e
ivntor. all owned by the Boston an'
Albany Railroad Company, and use<
by the steamers of the Cunard Line
nnd pler No. 6, owned by the Leylani
i.lne. Thls property cxtends along thi
water-front to the wharf of the Mas
snehusetts Coal Wharf Company, whicl
adjoins the East Boston Ferry Sll*
of the Boston, Revere Beach and Lyni
Kailroad, commonly known as th.
"Narrow Gauge.' The piers destroyet
were about 800 feet long and from 20
to 300 feet wlde. Plers 1, 2 and 6 wer
each covered by a large warehouse
Between plers 1 at:d 6 was, the ple
upon whlch the elevator stood.
The flre started ln the warehouse o
pler I, Grand Junctlon docks. In thi
building was stored an immense quan
tity of combustlble material, includint
wool, Egyptlan cotton, grease and oil
j Spontnneous Combustlon or Spnrk.
I lt Is sald that spontaneous combus
? tion or a spark from- a frelght' loco
I n otlve alongslde the warehouse causei
I the fire. .At the tlme there wero abou
' 100 laborers at work on the pler, am
Iwith all of them It was a race for lif?:
i In each of the warehouses destroy.'
! there were many cars loaded witl
frelght for export. All of these car
ond their contents were destroyed.
Between Pier 6 and. the pler of thi
Massachusetts Coal Wharf Company, i
wlde stretch of watfr Intervened, an<
here the flre was checked by the fln
boats, flre tugs and practically the en
tire strength of the Boston and Chelsei
fire departments. <tt Severai times th'
pler and the coal pockets wero on flre
but the property was saved. One ac
ccunt of the promixlty of the tire t>
the East Boston Ferry slips, the ferr;
boat of the "Narrow Gauge" road, sus
pended operatlons completely. Thou
sa.nds of suburbanltes could not reacl
their homes, nor could thousands o
others, who had been at the beach re
sorts return to the clty until late to
nlght.
Prlncipnl Losersj.
The Boston and Albany RallroaO
New York Central an<l Hudson Rlvo
Railroad, lessee, aro the greatest los
ers. It is estlmated that the railroads
loss is .1,000.000, covered by blanke
Insurance. fhe loss on frelght an.
grain burned ls placed at fully ,400,00(
Practically all of tho frelght was ln
surod.
T0 C0NDUCT AIRSHIP LINE
Compnny Ileliig Formed to Opernt
..irahlim Between Forelgn Cltlew.
[Special Cable to Tho Tlmes-Dlspatch..
BKRL1N, July 8.?A company, with 1
preliminary capital of $125,000, ls beim
formed to establlsh a line of passen
ger airships between Berlln, Londor
Paris, Vlenna, St. .Petersburg, Copen
hagen and Stockholm. The Krupp
and) a number .of bankers are lnter
ested ln tho company. .
Rudolph Martin, author of the nove
"Tho Comlng War ln'the Alr," an
otlier novels deallng with avlation.'l
organlzlng the German Aerial Nav
League.
Those and other' slmilar moyemen,
havo beon long discussed, but the act
L'lil ?inltlatlon. of the forogolng Is du
to the success of Count Seephelin's lut
est airshlp.
L
BEGdUSETHEY TALK
Severai of Them Put in Prls?
on For Speaking On]
the Street.
MRS.JOHNSDENIED
HER TALCUM POWDER
Pretty Woman of High Social
Position Here and in Russia,
With Others of Her Sex,
En.lure Life in Cell for
What They Claim to
Be Their Rights,
LOS ANGELES, CAL.. July 8.?As
graclous as though she were
entertalning in a barolinal
drawlng-room, Mrs. Clotidless
ly Johns, wife of the author
who Is a close assoclate of Jack Lon?
don, and wldow of Count von Plnot
kowski, of Russia,' is a prlsoner in a
clty Jall on the charge of speaking on
the j.feet wlthout permlsslon.
Mrs. Johns, wlth Mrs. Allce Hollo
way,, wife of an attorney and wrlter;
Mrs. Bertha Dalley and Mrs. M. R
Bacon, nll Soclallsts and wives o*
promlnent buslness men, have refvi'.ad
an offer of ball. and declare they ivlil
stay In Jall until trlcd. They say thelr
constltutlona; rights are belng )n
frlnged, and they aro wllllng to servc
as martyrs. Thc actlon of Mrs. Johns
and her adherents is the outcome of
a fight being made by Soclallsts for
permlsslon to speak on the strcots.
Thlrty-flve men have been arrested
and somo are on the clty chain gaig,
The women went before the poii.-e
board yestorday and asked permlsslor
to speak. Thls was refused. and last
nlght they spqke to a crowd of 2.000
Mrti. Johns. handsome and reflned. was
first-etrestcd. She was taken to the
Cfrtral Station and held under $30t
ball. She Inslsted on going to Jall
Even her box of talcum powder anc
' puff were denied her.
The four women passed the nighl
t in a common cell ln the women's de?
partment and from Indications the*v
will remaln tnere a' month. Mrs.
Johns is well known throughout the
country. She Is a friend of J. Phelpf
Stokes. of New York, and is promlnen!
ocially ln Californla.
SHE SUES JOHN CHANLER
Interest In Brench of Promlse Suit
IJronght by Irma Johnson.
r?-per|al toThe Tlmos-Ptspat-l-i.J
WORCESTER. MASS.- July 8.?The
^15.000 breach of promlse ?uit of irma
C. Johnson, the Worcester dlvtacec.
vho went to Prlnceton. N. J.. and
?reated a stlr among even tho sumrnpr
? Isltors by her attlre and her. splrit
?iralnst John Chandler, a min * ol
?-?ealth among the Prlncetonians, hn
been brbnght to the stage of entry
-tmong th casos pendlng trial ln tn*
Superlor Clvil. Court. Attachment pro
.-ordings were mado by Deputy Sherifl
Bullock to-dny not only agalnst the
real estate of Chandler. but agalnsl
?he Worcester Trust Company. thc .Vor
cester National Bank. the People f
Saving Bank. the Warcestor North Sav?
ings Institutlon and the Fitchburg faav
Ings Bank. ,-- ??.:'?
That thore wtll be determined con?
test of the actlon ls _ndicated anc*
interesting evidence is expected if tbe
case of the clty woman against thc
rural man of affalrs comes to trial.
SHERIFF CHANLER DIV0RCEE
Fact Thnt Wife Securc. ? Ycnt
Ago Just Made
POUGHKEEPSIE, N. **? S.?II
became generally known day foi
the flrst tlme that mllllonalre Sherifl
Robert W. Chanler. brother of Lieu?
tenant-Governor Chanler, pf New York
had. been dlvorced by hls wife, w_k
was Miss'Julia R. Chamberlain, of Rec
t-Iook, N. Y. The divorce was obtalnec
a year ago last May in Paris, and was
secured by mutual consent. There wai
no hint of scandal or misconduct or
elther sldo, the s:ep belng taken solelj
on? account of lncompa*lblllty of tem
per.
The coupje have two children. Thesi
are given into the custody of Mrs
Chanler. but there Is an arrangemen
by whlch Mr. Chanler is to see then
at intervals.
SOON BE HAULING COAL
Vlrglnlnn Rnllway to Be Dcllverlnj
Coal nt Scnell's Polnt by Jnnuary.
[From Our Regular Correjjpondent.]
WASHINGTON. D. C, July 8.?_
Washlngton man who has been In VIr
glnia a great deal recently sald to-da;
that the Virgtnian Rallway. formorl
the Tldewater, would be dellverlng coa
at Its termlnals at Sewell's Polnt. Nor
folk, by the llrst of next January. H
said he had his lnformatlon dlrect. fror
a general oftlcer of the company.
It is understood that the grading i
practically completed from Norfolk t
the coal flolds; and that tralns will b
runnlng Into Roanoke ln a short tlmi
LEAVES STATION T0 BRUII
Bonr Wounded by Trnln Near Norfoll
Runs Agent Out.
NORFOLK, VA.. July 8.?An incom
ing train on the Norfolk and Westeri
thls afternoon struck a 300-pouni
black bear at Junlper Station, abov
Norfolk, breaklng one hlnd leg am
otherwlse injuring hlm, and hurlini
hlm through the station .wlndow. Th
station master took to tho loft am
left bruln tn charge.
The late afternoon local train stop
ped at tho station, and tho crews suo
ceeded ln killing the bear and rellevei
the agent from hls oonflnement. Th'
carcas of the bear was brought to Nor
folk to-night.
m
MR. ROCKEFKI.LER VERY NEAR
' THBEKSCORE AND TEI
CLEVELAND, OHIO, July 8.?John E
Rockefeller quietly. celebrated bls six
ty-nlrith birthday at. Forest Hill, hi
suburbaj. home, to-day. Mr. Rocke
feller, to the frlendB who callod t<
congrabulate him, deolared that . hi
was enjoylng splendid. health, and tha
he nevor felt better ln hls llfe.
WEATHER.
Fair and Warmer.
ISSUE AT DENVER
Injunction Problem Most Dlffleillt Be
fore Deinocrntlc Pnrty TUIn Tlme.
' BY JOHN STEWART BRYAN,
Edltnr-ln-Chlcf of The TlmcH-DIsp "tell.
DENVER, COL., July 8.?Whether
Mr. Bryan wllls lt or not, the Injunc?
tion plank Is the Issuo as Denver uees
It to-nlght. In 1900 Mr. Bryan tn
slstcd on a free.silver plank, whlle de
claring that Imperiallsm was the Is?
sue. The publlc decllnod to accept
his dlsflnctlon. and the Demooratlc
party had agaln the burden of free
sllvor, and waa defeated. Thls year,
I learn from very hlgh sources, Mr.
Bryan has ostenslbly declared for a
platform drawn by the commlttee on
resolutlons wlthout reference to hls
personal vlews. The burden ls thus
shffted from his shouldcrs to that of
the party, but the burden l.j there, and
ln a 'word lt 'is, shall"the Democratic
party abandon lts fundamental prln?
clple of equal laws for all, and to galn
the labor vote wrlte a plank that
would, if enacted Into law, make or?
ganlzed labor a class whlch enjoyed
speclal legal rights? As yet the com?
mlttee on resolutlons Is wrestllng wlth
that problem.
The New York platform speclflcally
calls for a law preventlng thc
Issuance of an Injunction ln any
case where ' one would not Issue
If no labor dispute was Involved.
Another plank suggested is that no in?
junctions be allowed In Industrlal dls
putes. Thls agaln creates a class dls
tliktlon. As to trial by j <?).*&. Gover?
nor Swanson made the.suggestion that
the language used be that no one
should be deprlved of hls liberty wlth
out trial. New York's strong plank le
explalnable elther on the ground that
New York has a blg labor vote whlch
Tammany wants to placat.e, or, because
as thls correspondence has already sug?
gested. Tammany wants, Bryan to hang
himself. Thls much emerges clearly?
that Tammany ls playlng lts own game
without regard to the rest of t'..e coun
try, and that all unblased observers
agree that. whlle a proper Hmltatior
may be placed on the Issuance of In?
junctions, yet class leglslatlon is _
load the Democratic rart.- cannol
-bear.
MAKES A NEW RECORD
Thc _?*nnntn Makcs Evcn Fn?tcr TIm
Tban She Had Done Before.
NEW YORK. July 8.?The swif
Cunard llner Lusitanla has broken an
other speed record by logglng 613 nau
tlcal mlles a dny, according to Infot
mation roeelved to-day by the Cunar
Line offlclals in New York. Howeve
the Lusitanla has merely moved he
own record a couple of notches hlghe
as she prevlously held the speed recor
at 6.1 mlles per day. The new fat
run was made on the flrst day out o
the Lusltania's present trlp froi
Queenstown, whence she sailed for Ne
York on July 5th.
MUST MEET THE CHARGE ,
Judge Ovcrrulen Demurrer to For__r
Cbnrge Agalnst Mne Wood.
NEW YORK. July 8?The trial .
Mae C. Wood on a charge of forger
and perjury, alleged to have been corr
mltted ln her suit for divorce frot
United States Senator Thomas C. Piat
will begln on August 8th, according t
an order Issued by Judge Foster tc
day.
A demurrer was made to the forger
indictment, on the ground that the al
leged forgery to Senator Platt's slgna
ture to'a letter purportlng to acknowi
edge Mae, C. "Wood as hls wife mus
have been committed In Washlngtot
lf at all. The demurrer was over
ruled.
DROWNED IN THE RIVANNA
Walter Allen, Young Lnwyer, Lose
: Llfe Whlle Bntblng.
[Specinl to The TlTno.-Dlsiputch.]
. OHARLOTTESVILLE. VA., July S
Walter P. Allen, aged twenty-two. ;
member of the staff of wrlters for th
Mlchio Law Publlshlng Company. o
thls clty, wns drowned about 6 oclocl
thls evening In the Rlvanna Rlver, jus
above the the dam at the Charlottos
vllle Woolen Mllls. Allen was ln bath
Ing wlth Frank Moore, a friend, an
it is supposed that he falnted, as h
mado no outcry. Moore saw Allen'
head bobbing upon the surface of th
water, but bofore he could reach th
spot, Allan sank. The body was re
covered to-nlght at 9 o'clock.
Mr. Allen was tho son of Jasper Al
len, a-promlnent farmer of Fancy Ga.
Carroll county, Va., and a recent grad
uate of Washlngton and Loo Unlver
slty. Soon after leavlng college h
was an unsucccssfu, candldato fo
Uommonwealth's Attorney of Carro:
county. Eight months ago ho accepto
a positlon here.
OVER TWO SCORE INDICTED
True Bllls A{.alu?t Men Who Dti
Sliootlug lu Dainaacus.
[Speolnl to The- Tlmes-Dlspatch.")
BRISTOL, VA., July 8.?Tho specla
grand Jury to lnvestlgate tho case li
whlch a number of mon called "nlgh
rlders" shot up the lumber town o
Damasous, In Washlngton county, to
day found lndlctments agalnst twenty
nlne persons of the mountain sectloi
alleged to have been Impllcated In th
rlot. The names of those under lndlct
ment havo not boen learned hero.
Judge F. B. Hutton, of the Clrcut
Court, is qtmtod ua saying he will ox
haust evory legal remedy to keep dowi
the nlght rlding splrit ln Washingto:
oounty. Tho sherlff and hls deputle
are searohlng for the men agalns
whom in_l-.men.il havo been i-.turnec
Frenzied Democrats
Shout for Bryan Until
WomThroats Give Out
Wild Demonstration Lasted Nearly Hoiir and
Half and Broke All Records in History
of Party Organization.
GUFFEY IS OUSTED AFTER
HOT MEETING AT NIGHT
Injunction Plank Satisfactory to Labor Chiefs Drafted by
Sub-Committee?Woman Suffrage and
Negro Queftion Carefully
Avoided.
DENVER, COL., July 8.?So far as the nomlnatlon of candidates an?
the adoption of a platform is concerned, the Democratic National
Convention ls marking tlme, and ls passing through the stages of
organlzatlon and the throes of frenzied demonstrations. To-day
has been marked chiefly by turbulent enthusiasm and the bitter strlfe of.
party leaders, the essentlal developments being these:
Two sessions of the convention were held, the flrst at noon, produclng
a Bryan demonstration breaklng all records in duratlon, tho second at S
o'clock to-night, being the culmination of the struggle over,the credentlals
of the Pennsylvania delegation and tho supremacy of the Pennsylvanla
leader, Colonel Guffey, who has been denounced by Mr. Brvan. fiuffoy
was ousted by an overwhelming vote.
Demonstration for Brynn.
Outslde of^ the convention the commlttees have proceeded with the
serious work of preparing the way for convention actlon. The credentlals
committee unseated oight of Colonel Guffey's nnti-Bryan Pennsylvanla dele?
gates, thus reversing the complextion of the Pennsylvania delegation from
anti-Bryan to Bryan, and precipitating the Intense controversy which was
fought out before the nlght session of the convention. The platform 13
still ln an incomplete condi.ion, and will not be presented until to-morrow,
but its essentlal features are agreed upon, and little remaln but the de
talls of phraseology.
The early meeting of the convention to-day was productive of little
practical progress, as the special commlttees were not ready to report. But
it had the effect of exploding the long pent up Bryan enthusiasm. which
took the signal from Senator Gore's eloquent reference to the Nebraska
leader, and burst into a whirlwlnd of enthusiastlc trlbute, lastlng one hour
and nlneteen mlnutes, with eight mlnutes more of the expirlng echoes of
clamor, breaklng the convention record and runnlng a full thlrty-nlne min
utes in excess of the Roosevelt demonstration at-Chieago, which held the
record until to-day. It was a decisive exhlbltion of the overpowerlng
strength of the Bryan column, and one of the mo3t dramatlc convention
pictures ever presented as the standards of the States were torn from thelr
moorings and borne through the hall, until they stood together on the
platform, like an army of banners, proclaiming thelr unlted alleglance to
Bryan. Amid this storm of Bryan demonstration the six standards of New
York, New Jersey, Delaware, Georgla, Mlnnesota and Connectlcut stood #
rooted on thelr places, the rallying polnts of little groups unmoved by tho'
frenzied scenes* about them. .
Through the hour and nlneteen minutes the deafening uproar con-'
tlnued, ebbing and flowlng in intensity, women jolnlng wlth the men ln.
bearlng the Bryan standards aloft whlle the whole assemblage of 12,000.
people joined in the tumulttious demonstration. The early session lasted!
three hours, and then, worn out with exhaustion and lacklng the material
to proceed with the business, the convention adjourned until night.
GufTey Turned Out.
At the nlght session, after an hour of speech-making, the committeo
on credentlals reported on the Pennsylvanla and other contested cases. A
minorlty report on the Pennsylvanla case resulted ln an hour's acrlmonious
debate, after whlch the convention, by the decisive vote of 615 to 387, re?
jeeted the minorlty report, favorable to the Guffey factlon.
The convention then adjourned until 11 o'clock to-morrow.
PLATFORM TO BE PRESENTED
BY SUBCOMMITTEE TO-DAY
T DENVER, COL.. July 8.?After reach
I ing an agreement on a plank on the
f questlon of Injunction and announc
y ig the fact, the subcommittee of the
, I subcommltt6e on platform. havlrig that
t,1 subject in charg-e, to-night falled to
t supply the full commlttee wlth the
0' document. and thus eaused a suspen
,. j slon of the proceedings on that ques
I tlon. Not only did the subcommittee
v! fail to present its rdport, but up to
11 o'clock, nelther Mr. Wllllams nor
Mr. Sulllvan had put ln an appear?
ance at the committeo meeting. Dur?
lng the evening there was much dis?
cusslon by the labor leaders of tlie
Injunction plank, and whlle lt was
asserted that tho offlcers of the Fed?
eration of Labor were satlsfied with
the plank, other representatlves of
labor made loud protest agalnst the
omlsslon of the. provlslon. demandlng
notlce in advance ln Injunction pro?
ceedings.
It wns announced that the full sub?
committee had passed on all but three
or four subjects to be deait wlth
and membors of the subcommittee ex?
pressed confldence that tho subcom?
mittees would be able to present a
complete report when the full com?
mitteo meets at 9 o'clock to-morrow.
At 11:30 o'clock the subcommittee ad?
journed until 8:30 A. M. to-morrow.
Long- "Duy's Work.
The subcommittee spent tho flrst half
ot the day In dlscusslng suggestlons of
Mr. Bryan and others relative to
planks In tlie platform, but shortly
afternotn declded that, ln order to
make progress, lt would be necessary
to dlvide the work. Consequently sub?
committees of tho subcommittee we\ e
appolnted on various subjects, incluct
iii'g Injunctions, trusts, railroads, r_
sources ot the country, tariff, etc.
The mlnor subcommittees consist*.d
of three members each, and the re
mainder of the day was spent largely
by them ln consultatlons.
There were, however, some quostlot-s
upon which tho full rubcommlttee
found lt necessary to pass, and these
lncluded the publlcity of campalgn
contrlbutlons, relative t_ whlch a
strong plank was adopted. Tho coro
mlttee also adopted various other me
Bostlons, among them belng planks dd
mandlng the enactment of an Income
tax law, providlng for the restrictlon
of Orlental Immigration, denounclng
what ls tormed PreBldent Roosevelt 8
porpetuatlon of his dynasty, etc.
lajunctlou l'luuk.
Tho Injunction subcommittee was
the first to be appolnted, aiid its mem?
bers were buslly occupted durlng the
day. _Tlils subcommittee reported a
fow ififnutos beforo the committeo took
a recess at 7 o'clook, stating through
Mr. Wllllam. ".? chairman, thut tho
throo members?.himself, Judge Parker
and Mr. Sulllvan?liad'reached a com
ploto agroointifit. He also mud*. the
announcements that the plank bad
been scrutinized by the offlcers of the
Amerlcan Federation of Labor, anq*
was acceptable to them,
The plank adopted thus recommend?
ed takes a positlon favorable to the
placing of labor disputes on a level
with other disputes and agalnst the
courts, whlch regard Jaborers dlffer",
ently from other classes of citlzens.
There Is no requlrement for notlce pre?
vious to an Injunction proc'eedlng, be?
cause Mr. Gompers has sald that nona
would be demanded, providlng there
could bo a cessatlon of dlscrlmlnation
agalnst the labor element.
Tariff Plank!
The subcommittee on tariff conslsted
,bf Messrs. Pettigrew, of South Da?
kota; Brown, , of Nebraska, and Al
shuler, of Illlnols, and it reported to
the full subcommittee by 5 o'clock.
The commlttee recommended the adop?
tion of a comprehenslve plank on tha
tariff, tncludlng a provlslon for free
prlnt papers, free wood pulp, lumber,
logs, etc. No deflnlte anhouncement
on the questlon of the Phillpplne tariff"
relative to sugar was made by the
subcommittee. Followlng is tho text
of tho subcommlttee's tariff recom
mendatlon:
"We Tvelcomc the bclated promlae of
tariff reform, now offered by the fte.
.Miblfcnu party ns n tardy recogultloa
of tlie rlK.iteoiiHness of the Democratle
positlon on thiii questlon, but the peo-.
jilc onnnot aufcly Intrust Mthe executlon
of tlilk. Important work io a pnrty
whlcli Ih mo oblignted to the hlghly
proteetcd Interest* thnt It poatponea
rellef uuttl after the electlon. Aud we
call attention to the ttigulficnnt fnut
thnt thc promlse now nitule l? wholly
vi tln ted by thc use of the qunllfyln_
words under whlch the present tariff
Inlqultlea have been fostered and de?
veloped.
. "We favor nn lmmedlate revlatdn of
the tnrlff by ihe reductlon of luiport
duties. Artlcles entcrluj. Into com
petltlon with artlcles controlled by
trusta Mhoulil he plnceil upon thc freo
llatj material reductlon* should bo
jiiiide lu the tnrlff upon the ne-cesaltlea
of llfe, nnd eapeclally on nrticles com
pctlng wlth auch Anierleun mnimfue.
ture'a aa nre sold ahrond eheaper thnn
at home, nnd itrarti.nted reductlon*
nhould bo miiile ln lauch other achedulea
ns mny he neceaanry to reatore the
tariff to a revenue bnals.
"Every uoualdnmtlon of publlc pol?
icy sit_.._ests tlie conservntlon of our
iirld tnnds uad the removal of tbo**
tmporl dutles tvlllch put n prcmiuiu
upon the destructlon ot our totentk,
exlstliiKT dittles hllvlnic been to paper
iiiiiniifneliirer* n ahelter behlntl whlch
they have orsrnnl_icd eombtiintloua to
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