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Bryan's Running Mate.
John W. Kern of Indiana,
Nominated by Acclamation?Something
About
Candidate for Vice President.
Denver, Col., July 10.?The
Democratic national convention
concluded its labors late this al
ternoon by the nomination of
of John Worth Kern,of Indiana,
for Vice President. comDletiny;
the ticket on which William J
Bryan was made the nominee (or
President during the early hours
of this morning The nomination
Kern was made by acclamation ol
amid the resounding cheers ol
delegates and spectators. No ballot
was necessary as the tide ot
sentiment had set irresistibly toward
the Indiana statesman,
State after Jtate registering the r
votes in his lavor and all o'her
candidates withdrawing belore
the universal demand for his
nomination.
The convention after adjourning
at daylight with the nomination
of Mr. Bryan, resumed
its session at 1 p. m., with a powerful
undercurrent already in
motion toward the nomination ol
Kern lor the second place On
the call ot States Indiana presided
the name of Kem; Colorado
through lormer Governor Thorn
as placed in nomination Charles
placed 111 nomination Charles A.
Towne, ot New York; Connecticut
placed Archibald McNeil, and
Georgia, Clark Howell
The names of Judge George
Gray, ot L/eleware, and ol John
Mitchell, ot Illinois, were not
presented, owing to the explicit
requests ot these gentlemen not
to have their names go belotc the
convention.
For a time it looked as ttio.igh
a billot would be required. Hut
the steady line of Slates which
1 m MO/-) in co/>nnrliii(T
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illation soon made it apparent
that the chances ot all otlier can
% ditla'.es had been extinguished.
Mr. iowne in person was tlie lirsl
candidate to recognize the decisive
nature of the lv'rn move
uient and in ringing speech withdrew
his name and pledged his
support to the ticket ot Bryan
and Kern. Withdrawals quickly
followed from the supporters of
iiowell, ot vitorgia, and McNeil,
ot Connecticut, leaving the Indiana
candidate alone in the Held.
Tne withdrawal ot the Connecticut
candidate was accompanied
by a motion that the nomination
of Kern he made by ac1*1
tYtlni Iilll Illo mntiAn Ii'ou ?
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ried with a deafening shout and
the great assemblage broke imo
clamorous demons!ration on the
the accomplishment of its work
and the completion ot the Democratic
national ticket.
Who Kern Is.
Indianapolis, Inci Jtilv 10.?
.John \V. Kern was born l^ecember
20th, 1840, al the village of
Alto, Howard county, Indiana,
iiis father, Dr. .Jacob W. Kern,
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diana, in 1830, and lived (here
until 1840, when he moved in- I
i to the northern country.
John Kern's mother was Nanley
Lieett, and she and Dr. Kern
I were married in Warren county, ,
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Ohio. In 1854, when John was j
five years old, the family re- j
moved to Warren county, Indi- (
ana. About that time lie went |
to Iowa and until he was 15
year3 old he did not see a rail- (
road train. The family moved ]
back to Howard county in 1864.
Tn the GO'a while etill in Iowa,
Mrs. Kern died. Two children
were left, John and his sister,
who is now Mrs. Isaac Kngel. of (
Daleville, Va. He was educated [
in the district schools and he
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continued this education by attending
the Indiana normal J
school of Kokomo, Ind , riding
horseback ten miles each way
every day. Later he taught ^
school near Alio. He earned
money to enter Ann Arbor, (
graduating from the law department
of Michigan University
in 1869. He immediately began
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was "drafted" when he was 21
years old to make the race for I
the Legislature in the Republi- '
can county of Howard, hut was
defeated. He was cho6en city
attorney of Kokomo for six
terms over Republican aspirants,
rti 1884 lie was elected reporter '
of the Supreme Court. Since
then Indianapolis has been hi*
home where he has practiced
law. He has worked in every i
campaign, served the country in 1
the Legislature and was the
leader ot his party in the State i
Senate. He was city attorney
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uuuei nit* nisi iwo aammistra j1
tious ot Mayor Thomas Taggarto
irom Oc'ober, 1897, to October,
1901. In 1900 lie was nonii-jj
naled lor Governor but was defeated.
Helore ihe St. Louis
convention ot four years ago Mr.
Kern's name had been prominently
mentioned among the vice
presidential possibilities.
Union County, N. C., Farmer
Murdered While Asleep
by Burglars.
Charlotte, N. C., July 11 ?
Lving on his own bed, weltering
in blo' d from a gunshot wound ,
in his side an<l 'tie bed clothing
in llanies, John Morris, a wealthy
tanner of I'mon county, was
found by his wile in the bed 1
! room of his home at Weddington
at 3 o'clock this morning.
I Two unknown white men rushed
j out of the house just as Mrs.
Morris was awakened by the re-j
port ot the nun and made good I
I heir escape. Neighbors of the
Morrises are suspected. The
wile snatched up the burning
bedding anil extinguished the
flames, reaching her husband
jlist as he expired. The murder
was done with Morris's own gun
and forty dollars ill cash was
missing from his bed room,
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I little pills that are easy to take. Sol 1 l>y
all ilrnggiRtK. tt-h
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REVIEW 1876 EI
LANCASTER, S. C., JULY 15
Attacked Husband With Axe
and Then Tried to Jump
in Well.
Winston-Salem special in
Monday's Charlotte Observer:
In a fit of insanity Mrs. Thomas
V. Pi a 11, of 922 Academy street,
Salem, attempted to take the
life of her hushand by striking
him a terrific bh>w on the side of
the head with an axe while he
lay asleep about 8 o'clock this
morning, and afterwards tried
to commit suicide by jumping
nto a well iu the yard. She
was on the verge of making the
lescent to the bottom of the
well and eternity when Mr. PfalT,
who had partially recovered
trom tlio ort'nfOc r\t iim -
_ .v*-. wa <m i iic umw, arrived.
She had both feet in the
opening p.* the top of the well
11?1 was ready to make the 'a'al
leap when she was cautrht by
Mr. '.fall, who immediately
called for help. Several neighbors
rushed to his assistance and
he woman was carried back into
the house.
Several Drowned at Baltimore.
Baltimore, duly 12.?Five
men are known to have been
drowned and three women and
a man are believed to have met a
like late tins evening, when a
very severe wind and rain storm
passed over the harbor ot this
r*i I v Kidlii !? ??>? - ?? '
?.v. men III ;v IOW DOiU
were endeavoring to reach Fort
Mcllenry when one of them, l'e
ter Dietrich, terrified by t he
storm, while attemp'ing to leap
overboard, upset the boat. lie.
William DcLacour, Joseph Lohnmiller
and Edward Simmons
were drowned. The other- rinht
?id the boat and reached t lie fort
'ately.
Hartsville R. R. Agt. Missing.
llartsville special in Monday's
St .t?-: William 1*. W-iodward,
agent for the Atlantic <Va t Line
i-iiT- ad in tin- city, <i sappe.uvd
lust evening immediately after
an (dlicial ol the America! Surety
company of New Void; caused
a warrant in ho issu * i r his ir
res?, (Miarming mm wit 1 having
embezzled $(>,000 b< nmnsr ' ?
the railroad eotnpanv 1 tie alleged
shortaiie was di-eov red by
Traveling An .itor Sincl >ir, .vho
lias noi vet c inpleted i-i- ex mi
ination of ?he tc mints of tin?
auency. The accused o.ts been
c< nnected w i11? the railroad com
puny lure lor 15 years, during
which I line he enj ivcd an excel1
mit reputation.
Young Man Killed by Lightnino
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llarrisburir, I't., July 12.?
Roy Spencer, aired 1 years, of
Steelton and Karl I'.ixton, about
the same ane, were rowinu across
the Susquehanna river in a
steel skill when a bolt ot lightning
struck Spencer, killimr him
instantly. Paxton was not badly
hurt.
Mrs N. T. ItlackiiKiii and children
i t't IVxlav Inst i<i spend the summer in
the country?llf Primus section.
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^TERPRISE 1891
, 1908. PI
Girl Mourned as Dead Re- Tr
turns After Six Years' Absence.
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Winston-Salem, N. C., spec- ,
ial in yesterday's Charlotte Ob ,
server : Mourned tor dead six
years, Ellen Myers, the 13 yearold
granddaughter ol Mr. and
. pa
Mrs. Bowling, who reside near |)f))
ttie Winston Fuuiture Company, j
'returned here on the late train
mo
| last night from Reidsville, to
which place she was spirited six ^
years ago. lhe girl's parents
died some years ago and she was ^
residing with her grand-parents
? 1 can
when some one, whose name j ja
has not been learned, spirited WQ
her away to Reidsville, where |
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I she resided <or a few years until
l)6i
the Ireatment she was acorded ,
dui
became so cruel that she ran ^
away and went to Danville, j
wheie slie resided for some lime.
as
wa
Negro Boy Cuts Another |Ie
With Broken Bottle.
Camden special in Monday's ot ]
Columbia Ltecord : Last week a uk.i
serious and what might prove
I fatal cutlimr scran? nrrcnrrotl
hind the dispensary. Two small
young negro boys, Eddie Doby 1
and Mangie Ross, became in- Sai
volved in a dispute about an the
empty whiskey bottle, and as a bor
result ol the unpleasantness, an
Doby cut Ross across the abdo- car
men with a rigged bottle, sever- da;
ing the intestines in two places. o\v
Dobv is in .jail and Mangie is re- of
reiving med cal attention from ide
two physicians, but is in a very
serious condition.
Cheraw Man Assaulted in
Columbia. los
Monday's State: -J. D Eonds, die
a young white man, who hails da:
irom Cheraw and who took ad- s*?
vantage ol the cheap rates to of <
come to Columbia tor a miodllhi
? I
time, occupied a cell at the po ' an<
lice station la^t night, with a
hadlv bruis-d head. A disturba
nee in the Merchants' and Me-i
I chaeics' "club" on Washington
stre i yesterday afternoon a - 11
tractel?he intention ot a police ' M
otlicer unl an investigation was
1 1
made. l'onds was brought out
I >|J
of the club with much blood in j
evidence about his head and face , ^
an i Albert lliller, manager ot II^
the M. ami M. club, was arrest- ',U
ed, charge 1 with the assault up-,'1
i? i Ira
on ronds.
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Killed Over Card Game. h;l,
Benuettsville special in Mou- a c
'day's Slate: Oliver Edwards, del
colored, was -hot and almost in no
jstantly killed in Benuettsville din
last niirht by Frank Barr, also rat
colored. it,
I? seems that these two lie- cei
uroes, with others, were eamh- i
! ling in the moonlight near the
water tank on the Atlantic Ooa9t
1 Line railroad, opposite the mill.
Edwards accused Barr of passing
er (
a soda water ticket for a 2f> cent i,y
piece. A dispute followed and Yu!
Barr shot Edwards in the breast, ?r,t
I - wo
just above the pit of the stomach, f<?r
i witii a .32 calibre pistol. ^
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Train.
Uolumbia special in yestery's
Charlotte Observer: Near
guff station about 35 miles
rt h ot' Columbia a white man
ated quite a stir among the
ssengers ot the Seaboard's
rthboumJ train late last night,
attempting to jump from the
ring train going at a speed of
jut 40 miles an hour, ile was
issed like a man in good cirnstances,
but appeared to lose
head when the conductor
ight hini attempting to beat
Way and notified him he
uld have to ge' off at the next
p. He did not wait for the
tt stop but soon as the enactor
was out of sight rr..:cie a
e through the window. Vat.
f passemrers causht his wrists
he was passing out and lie
s hauled back into the train,
gladly left the train at Lu1
and nothing more was heard
him. He relumed to give his
lie.
Labor Vote for Bryan.
^airview. Lincoln., July 13.?
nuel Gompers, president of
! American Federation of La
,will support William J. Bryin
the coming presidential
nnaimi. In nolitieal eimlpw tr?_
? O ~ I V" w v-v v
y ik announcement oversliadeil
all others, even the ariival
John W. Kern, the vice presntial
nominee.
Fire in Mill Village.
Spartanburg special in Atony's
State : A tire entailing a
s ot about $10,000 occurred iu
i Spartanburg mill village to
r, destroying completely t hree
re buildings with heavy stocks
?Oods and two dwelling houses,
ere was about $5,000 insure
on the property destroyed.
)tice to Farmers Union.
I lie Slate * 'onvention of the
itli Carolina State Farmers'
ion will convene in 'lie House
Representative-' hall in Conbiu
on Wednesday, July 22,
S. 15 p. m. Where (he counlT11*.o
11 is formed, iho basis ot
nesentation >- one delegate at
ge and one delegate lor every
mired members or majority
ction. Where there is no
inty organization each local is
titled to one delegate. If \ on
re not already done po, have
ailed meeting and elect your
legates. Application has been
me 10 ilie railroads for reced
rates. Please ask for that
e, and where you cannot get
pleaRe ask the airent tor a
tificate.
B. Harris,
L'res. 8. t'. State Union.
Health Coflee" is rt-ally the closest Col
mnuuion ever yet produced This clevrottee
substitute was recently produced
I>r Shoop of ltaciue, Wis. Not u ^rain
reul coffee in it, either. I)r Shoop's
.tit 11 Co flee ik made from pure toasted
itiH, with mult, nuts, etc. luully it
uld tool tin export who mi^ht drink it
coffee. No 20 or do minutes tedious
lint?; "Made in a minute." snys the doe.
; sold hy lieunott Grocery Co. \v