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VOLUME XIII, No. 184.
BOO! OF HARRIS
ill LIES IN
mi
Beloved Southern Author Passed
Away Yesterday Afternoon
Surrounded hy Family
ATLANTA, Ga.—The body of Joel
Chandler Harris, author of the
“Uncle Remus’’ stories, lies in state
at his home near here today while
hundreds of telegrams pour in to his
family. Mr. Harris, who was editor
and owner of the Uncle Remus
Magazine, died at 8 o'clock last
night.
“Uncle Remus” was born in Eaton,
Putnam county, Georgia, December
?, 1848. He was a precocious child,
and before reaching his sixth birth
day he had devoured “The Vicar of
Wakefieid,” and from that master
piece of Goldsmith’s he obtained his
desire to write.
In 1862, after he had received the
schooling allotted to pupils at the
Eatonton Academy, he was attracted
by an advertisement in the Country
man calling for an apprentice to
learn the printing business, and in a
few days he was installed in the of
fice of a country newspaper.
EMPLOYED BY
THE MORNING NEWS
AND CONSTITUTION.
After the close of the civil war
Harris wandered around the South
for several months and finally con
nected himself with the Morning
News in Savannah. When the city
was visited by yellow fever in 1876
he moved to Atlanta, where he con
nected himself with the Constitution
and from that date his literary
career really began. When Sam
Small, the evangelist, resigned front
the staff, Harris was giver, his place
and his first sketch was entitled
"Uncle Remus Kis Songs and Say
ings.” The creation of Uncle Rentes
was an event in the literary world
and the sketohes were widely copied
both at home and abroad. They
were soon followed by "Nights With
Uncle Remus,” "Mingo and Other
Sketches in Black and White,” and
"Free Joe and Other Georgian
Sketches." In later years he wrote
the "Chronicles of Minerva Ann."
“A Little Union Scout” and many
other hooks equally well known
He married Miss Essie Larose,
who was born in Albany, October 11,
1854.
ENTERTAINED BY
PRES. ROOSEVELT
LAST WINTER.
Last November on a visit to Wash
ington he was entertained at the
White House. During dinner the
president is said to have insisted
that the 'Possum does not play the
guitar and that to sav he does was to
impose on the > credulity of Innocent
children.
"I know he do,” retorted Uncle Re
mus.
"How do you know, Mr. Harris?”
asked the president.
"Brer 'Possum done tole me so,”
replied Uncle Remus.
"At any rate,” the president is said
to have replied shifting his ground,
”1 am familiar with bears, and I
know for a fact that the grizz'ey does
not lure its prey by singing coon
songs. ”
"Brer Bar done got a mightj fine
voice,” was Mr. Harris’ only reply.
Mr. Harris was surrounded by all
the members of his family, who had
realized for several days that death
was inevitable. He was totally tin
conscious for twelve hours preceding
his death. Cirrhosis of the liver fin
ally developed uraemle poisoning
and the case became hopeless.
SHERIFF IS SENT
AN INFERNAL
MACHINE
CALUMET, Mich.—Sheriff Beck,
of Houghton county, received by ex
press yesterday a dynamite bomb,
evidently ln'ended for his assassina
tion. Had he opened It according to
instructions on the package he would
have been killed and the court house
and Jail wrecked.
,Ho was suspicious, however, and
opened the package from the side,
disclosing five sticks of dynamite and
two electrical batterloa. He had re
ceived several threats against his
life.
Beck has been energetic In enforc
ing the liquor laws and keeping in
cu h the large lawless element
,a| mg tlie many nationalities making
u,> he population of this country.
The package came from some point
In Wisconsin.
FIVE LEADING DEMOCRATIC FIGURES WHOSE INFLUENCE WILL BE FELT AT GREAT CONVENTION AT DENVER.
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Senator H. M. Teller, of
Colorado, wbo left the re
publican party when they
cut loose from Free Silver
and who is likely to take
a prominent part in the
Democratic Convention.
DECLARED THAT CONVENTION MAY BE
ADJOURNED IF UNFAVORABLE TO BRYAN
The Nebraskan Has an Easy Majority ol Delegates But His
Claim of Two-Thirds is Now Regarded as Doubtful
(By Hector H. Elwell.)
DENVER, Colo. —Probably the most startling development that has
come out in Denver developed early today. There is no question but
what Bryan has a majority of the delegates back of him. There is a
serious question that he has three-quarters of them now, it is said,
Bryan has deliberately planned with his leaders to offset any attempt to
stampede the convention to another candidate by a clever ruse. If it
develops early in th e voting that he is losing and an uninstructed dele
gation always believed to be for Bryan is split or votes against him, a
Bryan man will move to adjourn and a Bryan chairman—Henry D. Clay
ton, of Alabama —will, see that the convention is adjourned. When
this story was circulated there wer e those who laughed at it. It could
not be done, it was claimed. But the plan is on foot and It shows how
seriously the Bryanites are looking at the campaigns being made by
Judge George Gray, of Delaware, and Governor John A. Johnson, of Min
nesota. '■
MURPHY AND McCARR AN ARRIVE
AND LOOK OVER SITUATION.
Charles F. Murphy and Patrick McCarren, the New York fighters,
reached Denver on the same train. Both issued statements and then
backed up in silence afterwards. Murphy is just waiting to find out
how the situation sizes up. What came from New York a few days ago
is absolutely true, viz.: if Bryan needs New York Murphy’s delegation
to elect him he will not get it. If he does not need it he might as well
have it as not. Fine logic. In this same connection comes the last
vice presidential boom. Judge Wm. .1. Gaynor, of the supreme court
of New York. Mr. Bryan cannot get Judge Gray for a running mate
he wants Gaynor, according to the views of the New York crowd.
Shortly after the New York delegation arrived there were many
conferences. The last one was in Murphy’s rooms. He said he was in
bed. He was in conference. Everybody was worried about the situation
and nobody was willing to move until things are found out. While the
New Yorkers were busy conferring they were Visited by Mayor James
Dahlman, of Omaha, the closest man to Bryan in the country, and told
that Bfyan is not worried about the New York delegation and can be
nominated without it if they do not want to cjlmb into the wagon. That
made tiiem sit up and take notice. The next thing, Boss Murphy Issued
ah order decapitating National Committeeman Norman E. Mack and slat
ing State Chairman W. .1. Conners to th e job. Mack and Murphy con
ferred. Later Mack said:
“I have heard this story, but 1 do not know it to be true. Of course,
Mr. Murphy can remove me if he w ishes.”
ALL DENVER REVELLING IN THE
DELIGHTS OF THE BIG GATHERING.
There is no doubt that Denver saw things last night that it never
saw before. The streets are decorated beautifully and there are enough
electric lights to put the World’s Fair in the shadow. Everybody was
interviewing everybody else and all the high brows and leaders in tho
brain trusts settled every question to their own satisfaction if to no one
else’s.
While these statesmen were settling things in Denver ‘Mr. Bryan
spoke in Lincoln. He picked out Governor C. N. Haskell, of Oklahoma,
as the chairman, on resolutions. That Is where the fine work of the
“roller coaster" might be seen. Governor Haskell brought this Informa
tion to Denver himself. He had a long oenference with the Lincoln or
acle and asserts that he discovered Mr. Bryan’s ideas on at least two
of the planks for the democratic platform.
MR. BRYAN WILL INSIST ON TWO
IMPORTANT PLANKS IN THE PLATFORM.
According to Governor Haskell these are;
Mr. Bryan wishes a plank that means what It says.
H* wanst a plank that will n aan the declaration of the government
for governmental guaranty of national bank deposits.
Another plank which is absolutely a certainty is one calling for the
publication of campaign funds.
Still another is to be one providing for the discovery of the phy
sical valuation of railroad property that the meaning of the term '‘rea
sonable rate" may be discovered, in regard to the anti-injunction plank
there is to be trouble. The labor element has made more of a showing
here than it did In Chicago. A meeting was held at the Albany hotel
yesterday which was attended by A. B. Garrettson, president of tho
Railway Conductors; E. K, Wills, assistant grand chief of the Brother
hood of Locomotive Engineers, John J, Mannahan, grand master of the
Brotherhood of Locomotive Engineers; P. H, Morrissey, of the Brother
hood of Railway Trainmen; James O'Connell, president of the Interna
tional Association of Machinists, and H, B. Perham, of the Order of
Railway Telegryher*.
At the conclusion of their conference it was announced that, they
will insist upon a plank which Mr. Compere presented to th u n/iub
licuns at Chicago. v
AUGUSTA, GEORGIA, '
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United States Senator J.
H. Bankhead of Alabama,
who was defeated in Con
gress by Capt. iobson was
elected to the Senate.
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Representative Champ
Clark, of Missouri, one of
the Democratic leaders in
Congress, who will be a
prominent figure in the
Democratic Convention.
PARKER APOLOGIZES
FOR HIS ANNOYING
RESOLUTION.
What happened to Alton B. Par
ker when he reached Denver was a
shame. He immediately began mak
ing apologies for his Cleveland me
morial resolution which coated such
a stir and after practically retracting
was compelled to listen to comments
which Boss Murphy passed upon the
publication of the Parker resolution.
When Murphy’s attention was led t .
it, he said:
"My attention has been railed to
an interview said to have been given
by Judge Parker about a resolution
concerning Mr. Cleveland, which lie
talks of introducing at the conven
tion. i have not heard about it until
now. It represents. I take it, the per
sona.! views of Judge Parker. But
any resolution or plank that rep
resents the views of the New York
delegation, first must he submitted
to a Caucus of the delegation and ap
proved by it. This resolution lias
not been submitted to any such cau
cus -and until it is it must remain a
mere expression of the personal
views of Judge Parker.”
As to the printed resolutions Judge
Parker had this to say:
SAYS IT WAS HIS
PLACE TO INTRODUCE
THE RESOLUTION.
"Regarding the preparation and in
troduction of resolutions expressing
the deep regret of all good citizens
whether democrats or republicans at
the recent death of Mr. Cleveland,
and making formal recognition by
the democratic party of the great
service he rendered the country, I
have onjy tills to say:
"It seemed to some members of
the N« w York delegation proper that
sucli resolutions should be presented
to the convention and peculiarly fit
ting that they should emanate from
the state which he served so well as
governor and which gave him to the
Union to become one of the most
honored of our many presidents.
"It also seemed appropriate to
some of my associates and I do not
hesitate to say frankly, to myself,
for reasons that appear obvious, that, :
I should tie the one to offer such re- !
solutions, and It was and I* my in
t/milon to do so. Whether they will!
take the form indicated by the ten- ]
tatlve draft published In New York j
since I left there, i cannot say, for j
the simple reason 'hat I have not had !
lime to study it. carefully. I shall do I
so as soon us I have the opportunity |
and shall embody such portions as
seem to me suitable In the resolu
tion, which, 1 hope to have the prlvi
lege of offering.
NOT INTENDED AS
BLOW AT BRYAN.
"Any suggestion (hat my colleagues!
or mytelf wort: actuated by any mo
tive other than a desire to a proper 1
tribute, on a fitting occasion, is
wholly without foundation, as I am
confident every fairmindc-d man will
recognize when I shall have com
pleted the resolutions for submission
to the convention,”
When the entire situation as to the
first place on the ticket has been
boiled down the question arises;
"Has Bryan the deb gates as ho
claims —more than 700?”
Last night Josiah Marvel, cam
.palgn manager for Judge George
Gray, of Delaware, declared:
Continued on Pago Two
AFTERNOON, JULY , 1908.
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I * .(& F «®x%fe-loWnlwiriß t < ■ 5
Hon. M. F. Tarpey, of Cal
ifornia, who lias long
been a prominent Figure
in Democratic politics on
the Coast.
RFMfISL CHARLES THOMAS
DIES SUOQENTLY 111 CALIFORNIA
del MONTE, Calif. -Rear Ad
miral Charles Mitchell Thomas drop
lied dead here yesterday afternoon,
lie seemed to be in perfect health,
ate a hearty dinner and started for
liis room.
Five minutes after entering the
lii'd chamber he was stricken with
apoplexy and died five minui.es later.
Mrs. Thomas and her daughter
were Willi the admiral att the time of
his death. The body will be held
here awaiting the arrival of his son
from San Francisco.
Admiral Thomas became com
mander of the battleship fleet on
April fil h on account of the Illness of
Admiral Evans. He retained com
iHYITISOF
IDE GLORIOUS
FOURTH
NEW YORK.—One child was kill
ed, a woman was fatally hurt and
many persons were injured when the
celebration of the Glorious Fourth of
July began early today, and by to
night these figures will look small
compared with tin total.
The list of casualties so far re
ported :
John Ttipiey, 13 years old, No. If 1 2
West -'ltth street, dead; fell from root
while setting off fire crackers. Geo.
Ammia.no, right eye blown out. Mrs.
Lena Fisehoffer, gunpowder explo
sion, will die. Will. Ftschoffer, gun
powder explosion. Moldroti Foltz, fell
from roof when giant cracker ox
plodcd near him: fractured skull. In
ternal injuries. Henry Gill, gunpow
der explosion; niny die. Eugene
Heyes, gunpowder explosion. Mary
Joseph, wounded bv blank cartridge
Louis Haras, burned. Walter White,
gunpowder explosion. William Klib
i r, right side of head, thumb and two
fingers blown off by giant fire crack
er; will die. Frank Munroe, struck
in left leg by stray bullet. Hat Car
ney, look' d Iti’o the business end of
a lighted giant fire cracker just •i
moment too long. The physicians de
clared ho would lose ids right eye
and be permanently disfigured.
SOUTH bend, Bid. Grover Davit
aged 12 years old, Is South Bend’s
first Fourth of July victim, having
been seriously Injured by an explod
ing cannon. He received the full dis
charge in thy face. It Is probable
that ho will lose the sight of one
eye.
ST. LOUIS, Mo, Raymond Hubert
and Henry Kinney are victims of
premature explosions in Fourth of
July celebrations, suffering severe
burns on the hands,
JACKSON, Mich. Charles Brown,
of Chicago, Ik In a hospital suffering
from serious Injuries In bis right leg
caused by a cannon firecracker. A
boy last night blew a finger off with
a revolver. Both were Fourth of July
victims.
SOUTH HAVEN, Mich. Max
i Greenman, 8 years old, lost both
j thumbs and perhaps urt eye last night
I while attempting to pick up a can-
DAILY AND SUNDAY, $6,00 PER YEAR.
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m 1 .
Representative J. S. Wil
liams, Democratic loader
in the House of Represen
tatives. He is of Missis
sippi.
maud until relieved recently by Ad
miral Sperry.
lie was 61 years old and a native
of Philadelphia, lie entered the navy
In 1865. Ho has been in active serv
ice most of the time, but has served
at the naval academy and the naval
war college. He ties been in ‘be coast
survey work til different times.
In 18911 Admiral Thomas was com
mander of the Lancaster, in 1900-01
of the Brooklyn, in 1901-02 of the
Oregon and in 1904-05 was command
ant of the naval training station at
Newport. He became commander of
the second division of the Atlantia
fleet In 1907 and later of the second
squadron.
MUHDEREDKISSBK;
■ CLAIMS
ISM
ROANOKE, Va. ‘ Insanity Is the do
fen ho being offered by counsel for
Lewis Wingate, on trial at Independ
ence, Grayson county, charged with
j the murder of his 10-year-old Hon Hoy
; In the testimony yesterday, however,
i Drs. Priddy and Drewry, alienists of
the Southwestern State hospital, re
ported to tho court, following an ex
amination, that Wingate was nano.
Mlhs Jessie Wingate, a relative of
the defendant, swore that on one oc
casion she went to the atablbe with
Mrs. Wingate, the boy’s mother and
found the lad chained In a stall. Ho
hogged for something to eat, and she
suggested to the mother that they
entry the hoy to the house and give
J film food, btft Mrs. Wingate declared
that the hoy’s father would not live.
PROMINENT ATLANTA
WOMAN FILED SUIT
FOR DIVORCE
ATLANTA, Ga Mrs. Mary Ellis
Harding, who was Miss Mary Ella
Hodges, of Atlanta, yesterday filed
action for divorce against la-roy C.
Harding, alias Charles Blazer, on the
ground of Mm indictment and stlbse
quont Imprisonment in Ohio.
She says they were married In
1903. He wits then president, of the
people’s Bank and Trust company, of
Fort Payne, Ala., she avers but fled
to Florida to escape Ida creditors
when the hank failed.
While In Florida, he says, he was
at rested and taken to Cincinnati on
ii charge of having subsequent to
their marriage pass'd a fraudulent
check, representing himself as a bank
president. For this, she says, he was
given three years.
non firecracker which ho supposed
would not go off.
HOT SPRINGS, Ark Mrs, Harry
Green leaf sustained a broken arm
when thrown from her buggy In n run
away caused by u cannon cracker.
JANESVILLE, Wls -Startled by
the explosion of a cannon cracker,
James Mllltr, aged 23 years, fell off
a sidewalk last night uud broke his
left ankle.
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BISHOP‘POTTER BETTER.
COOPER STOWN, N. Y.~ Bishop
Potter, after a slight rally last night,
is doing better today than the phy
sicians anticipated. Quiet relgus in
Cooperstown today following notices
posted by the trustees <5? the hamlet
asking that no Fourth of July demon
stration he carried out in the vil
lage. Bishop Potter Is very near to
death and his family is about the
bedside, many of them having had no
sleep for forty-eight hours.
DAMAGE SUIT.
ATLANTA. Ga,— Claiming he was
struck by a Southern train while the
the latter was running 60 miles an
hour in the Inman yards, Max. A.
Hughey, yesterday brought action
against the road for damages In the
sum of $25,000.
He claims that his right arm and
leg had to he amputated as a result
of thn accfdent.
ATLANTA ELKS.
ATLANTA, Ga.—A large delegation
of Atlanta will attend the national
convention that will be held July 15.
It la expected that tho local date,
gatlons will use a number of spooled
oars. i
The official route of the dolopatiTß
will be over the West Point, route,
tin* Louisville and Nashville, tht>
Southern Pacific anil the M. K. and
road-
PRITCHARD MAY GO
TO SUPREME
BENCH
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ASHEVILLE, N. O.—lt la rumored
in political circles here that Judge J.
C. Pritchard, of the United States Clr*
cult court, is to be made a Justice of
tho United States supreme court this
fall.
It Is stated that throe of the pres
ent associate justices, and perhaps
Chief Justice Fuller, are to retire in
the fall, und that it is the intention
of President Roosevelt before he
leaves office March 4 to appoint
Judge Pritchard to fill one of these
vacancies, as recognition of the South
ern bench.
CANDIDATES FDD
SOUTH CAROLINA
OFFICESSPEAK
AIKEN, 8. C.—The candidates for
state offices arrived from Edgefield
Thursday afternoon, and spent tho
night in Aiken Friday morning. Tho
crowd assembled In the court house,
where tho meeting was opened by a
short prayer by Rev. J. C. Browne,
Mayor Salley then made a few appro
priate remarks, after which he intro
duced the candidates.
The first speaker was Mr, Cole I*
Blease, candidate for governor. lie
opened against the Augusta Chrorv
lele. denying that he hud been fool
enough to offi*r to mako a bet on his
election, as charged by the Chronicle.
He denounced the statement as a
malicious falsehood. He charged ex
travagance In tho management of the
state finances. He opposed imm>-
grants, such as the Wltteklnd brought
to Charleston. He opoßed taxes paw
by whites being ÜBed for the educa
tion of negroes.
Governor Ansel followed. At the
beginning of his speech several 111-
bchaved fellows in the audienoo call
ed to him to set down. He paid no
attention to their rudeness. He made
an able speech, giving an account of
his stewardship.
The next speakers were the candi
dates for Comptroller General, Mr. N.
W. Brooker, was not present. Mr. A.
W. Jones was unwell at the Hotel
Aiken, nnd therefore not present.
The candidates for superintendent of
education then had their turns. Mr.
W. Sweat nien, of Edgefield, tho
totally blind candidate spoke first,
arid made an able speech. He was fol
lowed by Mr. E. C. Elmore, of Spart
anburg. The next fpr tho same office
was Mr. Stiles It. Mellichamp, of
Orangeburg. k
Tho candidates for the office of ad
jutant and inspector general then had
their say. They were Col Henry
Thompson and Mr. J. C. Boyd, tho
present incumbent.
The candidates for railroad commis
sioner followed. They were Messrs
It. L. Caughrnan, tlit- present incum
bent; F. C. Klshburne, of Charles
ton; J. a. Homcrsett, of Richland;
li. W. Richardson of Barnwell; and
James Causler, of Tlsrah, York coun
ty. Mr. Causler made one of his
characteristic speeches, which was de
llvered in such an excited way that
the audience could not comprehend
a half he said. He was evidently
very angry about something.
This closed the formal meeting.
There wus a good gathering, and the
court house was well filled.
Messrs. James O. Patterson, and
W, 8. Smith, candidate for congrosa.
and Messrs. James F. Byrnes, nnd
James E. Davis, ennefidates for so
licitor, were in Aiken, but took nc
part -a the meeting.