The railroads of England are modern izing their coaches at last. \u25a0 Read the de scription of the "Royal" and "American'' j trains, which you will find in The Sunday Call VOLUME CIV.— XO. 39. Bryan's Whip Fails to Align All of the Bourbon Delegates Gore Causes Demonstration for Bryan That Breaks All Records SOCIETY GIRL'S DRESS RUINED BY INK SLINGER Miss Florence Ives, Sister of Mrs. Henry Crocker, Victim of Miscreant Vandal Is Seen, but Makes Es= cape in Crowd Aiter Chase by Police Outrage Occurs on Van Ness Avenue During Busy Shop ping Hour The ink slinger is again at work, and the wreck of a handsome street gown belonging to -Miss Florence Ives of 2220 Washington street, sister of Mrs. Henry J. Crocker, attests his presence j among the crowd of shoppers who ! thronged Van Ness avenue yesterday J afternoon. For the first time since reports of the wanton ruining of women's dresses j began to come into the police depart- j jnent several weeks ago the police j have a good description of the mis- j creant •who has been committing the I outrages and today the efforts to cap ture him will be redoubled. His escape without detection yesterday was a nar row one, for as he fled from the corner where he had thrown ink on Miss Ives' gown he was seen by several women. An alarm was raised at once and a special policeman save chase to the jnar but fai!«** to 'overtake him. Mies Ives and Mrs. Henry J. Crocker, wife of State Harbor Commissioner Crocker, were walking together on the sidewalk In front of the White House In Van Ness avenue near Pine street when the ink was thrown on the for mer's dress. They were in the midst of a crowd of women, attracted by the display of a directoire gown in one of the vestibule windows of the store, when suddenly an acquaintance uttered) a scream and pointed to the skirt of Miss Ives' gown. There on the front breadth of the handsome gray street costume were several great splashes of fresh black I ink. from which trickled little streams J of the fluid. As the attention of the; \u25a0crowd was suddenly drawn to Miss; Ives' dress, several women in the crowd! saw a man elbow himself hurriedly away from her side, push through the Jam ct the front of the store and run around the corner Into Pine street. A special policeman, summoned from the! etore, hurried after the escaping ink] slinger, but was too late to find him | among the throngs of shoppers in the! vicinity. Mrs. Crocker and Miss Ives were taken into the White House, where an effort was made to remove the stains from M;ss Ives' dress, but the ink had spread so badly on the ekirt that it was practically ruined- Several women who witnessed the affair yesterday gave excellent descrip tions of the man to the police and set tled for all time the question of wheth er it was a man or a woman who has been committing the depredations. A couple of weeks ago the police ar rested a man whom they believed to be guilty of the many crimes of this na- j ture, but as there was no evidence! against him he was sent out of the! city without being prosecuted. It was J believed then that no more reports of Ink clinging would be made, but sev eral have come In since that time and It is now certain that If the suspected man was guilty at all he was not alone In his work. APPLIES MORAL LAW TO U. S. CORPORATIONS Convention of International Congregation Discusses New Testament Ethics EDINBURGH, July S. — At today's ses sion of the international Congregational convention Dr. Mills of Chicago, speak ing on the bearing .•;- . IS HEAVY STOCK HOLDER - Friends of C. F. Elwell, the inventor in the case, have been unkind enough to suggest that Hopkins was moved to is sue his ukase by the fact that he is a heavy stock holder and a member of the executive board of the Pacific States telephone and telegraph company. They point to the significant fact that the ap paratus on the big steel tower of the ruined library building was allowed to remain undisturbed as long as the uni versity authorities believed that It was there to catch dots and dashes and not vocal sounds. • Elwell has become well known for his original work in electrical engineering and long before his graduation he was made an assistant in that department at Stanford. .Last year his work attracted the attention of the men who are trying to sell a wireless telephone system to the government, and the young engineer was appointed to conduct experiments for the company on this coast. Tho backers of the enterprise supplied him with $6,000 worth of apparatus, and while college was still open he used this in conjunction with- the electrical and chemical laboratories of the univer sity. OVERLOOK PHO.VE SIDE As soon as Stanford closed for the summer he applied to Hopkins for the privilege of using .the laboratories dur ing the vacation period, and it is said that the business manager, still labor ing under the delusion that the experi ments were concerned with wireless telegraphy alone, granted the required permission without question. The secret was well kept for a time, but the voices in the tower swore at central one day, and Hopkins must have been passing at the time, for the inventor was summoned to his .office and ordered to remove himself and his apparatus from the campus. Asked for a reason for this order, the business manager declared that the pro ject was purely a commercial affair, and as such should be given neither the aid nor the sanction of the university. With no place to take his expensive ap paratus, Elwell , was in despair until Marx came forward with his offer of a refuge. CONVICT REFUSES PLACE ON SOCIALIST TICKET Morrie Preston, on Advice of Attorneys, Declines Nomi nation for President SPECIAL DISPATCH TO THE CALL RENO, July. 8. — Upon the advice of his attorneys, Morrie Preston, , the so cialist labor candidate for president of the United States, sent out the \u25a0'. an nouncement from his prison cell in the state penitentiary, at Carson today that he will not give his consent to the use of his name at the head of this ticket. l - The statement was given out by the prison officials, Preston refusing to make a statement beyonl the announce ment of his withdrawal from the fight The convict is serving a 25 year sen tence for the murder of Antony Silva, a restaurant keeper at Goldneld, more than a year ago. . No reason for his action is given He has an appeal for a new trial now pending and it is understood that his attorneys believe that if he were to direct a campaign It would injure his chances for a rehearing and • perhaps spoil his hopes for ultimate freedom. ACCIDENTALLY SHOOTS TWtt REDDING, July Sl— Mrs; Henry Beebe of Fern and William Woody of Cotton wood were accidentally shot last even ing at .the old soldiers^ camp * meeting near Whitmore. i Woody was cleaning a. revolver, which was discharged. The bullet pierced Woody's left hand and then entered Mrs. -Beebe's* left" breast, burying itself between the; two slower ribs. Mrs. Beebe's wound is considered very, serious.' Woody's - hand "Will be permanently crippled. VAMPIRE! CRIES DR. MINER WHEN WIFE IS NAMED Former Berkeley Physician Strikes at Her Attorney in Blind Rage Calls Lawyer Bluffer and Is Urged by Judge to Keep Cool Many SensLtions Enliven , Trial of Divorce Suit Brought by Physician SPECIAL DISPATCH TO THE CALL . SANTA CRUZ, July, 8.— "She was like a vampire, sucking my. blood, drop by drop," passionately^ exclaimed Dr. Henry- Nelson -.Miner of -Berkeley, in court to-day, in referring to his wife, whom he was suing for. divorce. Miner interrupted the -proceedings frequently and j once, after telling A. H. Elliott, attorney for Mrs. Miner, to "keep still, you dirty bluffer," he struck at the attorney in. his rage, knocking Elliott's : arm off Judge Smith's desk." "Keep : cool, doctor," " said Judge Smith. ''When myi get to your age and mtnOj we don't always -have patience.' Your attorneys 'will see' that your inter ests are 'protected!" .'•••• .'-\u25a0.- • •;• - { No* action for divorce", has created so great a sensation^in the local courts as H. D. Clayton of Alabama, to be permanent chairman "of •democratic [convention, and T. P. Gore (lower), blind senator from Oklahoma, '.wha precipitated the demonstration r for Bryan. this suit of Dr. Miner that came up be fore Judge Lucas F. Smith today. Dr. Miner had accused his wife of impro prieties with "the bachelor bucks of the state university," and had contemptu ously referred to her as "rustling her skirts in the bohemian cafes in San Francisco." On numerous occasions he had given vent to his pent up feelings in passionate outbursts of anger, which reached their climax today. Miner's attorneys had made a motion that the order made of January 6, di recting him to. pay defendant $250 at torney fees, $100 costs and $50 monthly alimony, be set- aside. This started a storm. The motion was denied.- Matters finally cooled down- long enough for an agreement to be made by both parties as follows: Oakland prop erty to be sold, both parties Joining, in the deed; proceeds of the sale, $3,000 or thereabouts, to be applied to mortgage on Oakland property. • • ; MUST PAY INTEREST Interest on -the Berkeley mortgage must be paid, also any amounts which have accrued . against property -under order of court of January 6. Old bills against property and rents in hands of defendant .since : December,. 1907, and any balance there may be shall be paid into court or deposited as suggested by Dr. Miner in an Oakland bank, and it is understood that property c will. have to be redeemed from the amount re ceived. , . • 0f \u25a0: . The couple have two boys, one of 12 years and the other 8. and, as Attorney Elliott said, the real contest is for" cus-' tody of. these boys, who are now ; with their father at Ben Lomond, where the doctor has taken up his abode j since filing charges against his' wife. . . DISCOVER SKELETONS OF 14 PREHISTORIC INDIANS Remains .-.of- -Giant Race Are Found Near Santa Monica Beach SPECIAL DISPATCH TO THE CALL LOS ANGELES, -July B— Fourteen skeletons. of giant Indians,' supposed. to have roved this 'section centuries', ago, have Just' been dug from the, sands of the \u25a0 beach on the^. Malibu | ranch just north of Santa Monica. \u25a0 The smallest skeleton indicates a stature -of - seven feet, while several of .the Indians must have been. at least eight feet tall.' - \u25a0•; The discovery -was. made-'by three Santa Monica men " camping at the mouth of- Malibu canyon. v, t ;.v a ,* The skulls, teeth-and-.bonesare in'an excellent state- of preservation.. Many relics of an extinct race *. have .'- been found in the „\u25a0 same ; locality,' but no skeletons of such sixe ever 'before have been unearthed, .-v •> \u25a0 Southerners Prominent at the Helm at Convention Turbulent Enthusiasm; land Bittier Strife of leaders Divide :Timc c^ Gonv^tion Delegates From Six; States; Refuse- to Join in Tribute to iNeßraskartand'Sit^nmdvei] DENVER, July 8.7-^Tho ; democratic; national ~ convention is marking time, 7 so: far.- as the nomination of candidates . and r the adoption [ of , a - platform f are \u25a0 concerned;.^ Ttfe ; ; day s Has >been marked chiefly; by turbulent enthusiasm and the, bitter strif e^'of rparty, leaders. Two "sessions f of >the; convention^were'held,^ the /first* at 'noon, producing a Bryan demonstration! breaking^ all I records in« duration, the second at 8 o;clock tonight bring- • ing : the 'culmination of the- struggle over the credentials of the Pennsyl vania delegation and Colonel James M.' Guffey, who has been denounced by Bryan. . . The early, meeting- gave the oppor tunity for the explosion of long pent up Bryan enthusiasm, which took the sig nal; from. Senator, Gore's eloquent ref erence to the Nebraska leader." The convention burst into a, whirlwind 61 enthusiastic tribute lasting one- hour and 19 minutes, with seven minutes more of the explration'echoes of clamor. This established the convention record of one hour and ;26; 26 minutes, or 39 minutes in excess, of the Roosevelt demonstration at Chicago, .which held the record until today. -It •was- a-declsive exhibition of the overmastery -of the Bryan column and one of the most, dramatic conven tion pictures ever presented.. : : ; Amid ' this Bryan x demonstration the six standards of- New York. Now Jersey, Delaware/ Georgia, Minnesota and Con necticut? stood ;rooted:Mn their places, the' rallying points of little, groups un moved by - the"-;- frenzied scenes • about them. \u25a0\u25a0-,* "'. " '^.' . " .- '\u25a0"" BELL RAPS FOR ORDER Temporary Chairman Bell^reached the rostrum ' jlistj before "noon,"", while the band • was | playing "The Red;. White; and Blue," and- there : were.' combined- cheers for "the patriotic/selection . and. for the first ; officer •of -the- convention." • : \u25a0>/, Chairman j Bell.-f after pounding with his ;gaveir;f6r"'lo".'.mlnutes,t dellvered-"a short .address,' -'demanding ..that "order prevail in the • convention. - Then Ihe | in troduced the . \u25a0 .--.' •; .\u25a0- . A storm of laughter went through the convention, hall -when ..Chairman :Bell said with a smile, "John S. "Whalen, sec retary, of state of New .York.. ls wanted i at the long distance, telephone by.Gov- : ernor. Hughes of, New York." -When the" laughter had . subsided the chairman said: , - "This is' no laughing matter. -This business 'concerns the affairs of state and "it Is *an Indication that democrats are already-beginning to- get together." '.Trie "Michigan delegation has lost its! Bible,", announced: Chairman ißell,i ßell,- amid another : outburst' of • : laughter.- *"And Continued on " Pace S. Column ' 4 PRICE FIVE CENTS. PROGRAM OF BRYAN A SOUR DOSE Delegates of Some Pivotal States Silent During - Demonstration Jim Gufiey's Remains Scattered Along Track of Nebraskan's Juggernaut Credentials Committee Report and Platform Framed Ac cording to Instructions > - • •.. \u25a0 . ._. j. .\u25a0 . . . - _ Anti-Injunction Plank Is as Radical as Desired by the Dictator Raymond SPECIAL DISPATCH TO lUZ. CALL DENVER, July B.— Chicago's steam roller was a red toy wagon compared to the remorseless 200 ton compound locomotive which has been driven through the Denver convention with Bryan at the long distance telephone and Jim Dahlmann alternately tooting the whistle and piling ; in ths coal. Poor Jim jGuffey. His dismembered remains are scattered along the track in the immediate vicinity of the stained glass signal light he guarded so brave ly, but so foolishly. * The coroner's Jury in Guffey' a case will render a verdict of justifiable homicide. If not of actual suicide. He had no business to sleep on the track and. from the Bryan standpoint, he deserved all that came to him. The Bryan steam en gine ran on the main track all the time and never Jumped or ran Into a switch. The action of the credentials com mittee was pulled off according to pro gram, the expected stampede was pro longed In the convention hall for an hour and sundry odd minutes and the resolutions committee finally got to gether on a platform which is as radi cal in every, particular as Bryan de sired. ALL IS NOT HARMOXY Naturally enough it was a day of committee work. The session of the convention during the day was all bun combe. The big committees were not ready to report, and the only thing to do was to listen to speeches and in troduce Bryan's name at the right time for a demonstration which should out last in mere duration that at Chicago when the magic came of Roosevelt was sprung upon the convention. Yet here in Denver all was not harmony, for some of the great pivotal states re fused to join in the demonstration In spite of the frantic efforts of Bryan delegates. New York, New Jersey, Pennsylvania, Delaware, and even Connecticut, sat still with Georgia and Tennessee, and refused to be butchered to make a Bryan holiday. It was a night session which did the work and which went over the report of the credentials com mittee wherein the master had been recorded, and prepared itself to adopt the platform which had been dictated, plank by plank, from headquarters at Lincoln. Before the convention met In Its night session all the work had been pretty well laid out, and In every de tail, however minute.* the hand of Bryan, was constantly made manifest. " Galley, whose' right to the Philadel phia delegation was affirmed by I the' national committee, was deprived of the ten . delegates . whose seats were In doubt, thus causing him to lose com plete control of the Pennsylvania dele gation as a whole, although he hoped to secure his return to the national committee by the narrow majority of a single vote. V-,VV -,V Pat McCarren of Brooklyn was thrown out after slight consideration, thus extending the sphere of Influence of Tammany across the -East river, and incidentally losing New York to Bryan beyond the possibility of a doubt. because the Brooklyn democracy would not vote for Bryan now If the Angel Gabriel was his running mate, and that, too, in the City of Churches. SUI.LIVAX MAKES GOOD Roger Sullivan made good In the cre dentials committee and Bobbie Burke was left out In the cold. The Dubols, or anti-Mormon delegation in Idaho, was seated and the Mormon crowd In the shoestring state Is breathing fire and vengeance against Bryan and all he stands for, openly declaring he will be beaten all the way from Shoshone to Pocatello and from Itathdrum to the Sawtooth mountains. The district of Columbia was split up and both the Johnson and anti-Johnson men In Ohio were given a, single district. Although the platform was not ready when the evening session of . the con vention was called to order, the sub committee had pretty well finished its job and its contents were well under stood. There Is an antl-iajunctloa plank which is just as radical as any thing Bryan has ever asked for, al though the phraseology has been changed. This plank did not meet the approval of Governor Haskell of Okla homa, chairman of the resolutions com mittee, who, curiously enough, was a railroad promoter not so long ago and was closely associated with B. F. Xoa.