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SNITNG. S. C. WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 19, 1908 NO.52 V' \L. .A.. . BRYAN NOT OF I Acceptance Speech Strong Plea For Government of and by fhe People. IS CHEERED BY IMMENSE CROWD THOUSANDS APPLAUD AS NOMIl NEE READS HIS SPEECH OF ACCEPTANCE-N OTHN G TO MAR THE CER EMONIES. Lincoln, Neb. August 12.-Under the burning rays of an almost tropi cal sun. and. in the presence of a vast assemblage, which cheered him to the echo, WilliamJ. Bryan to-day received from Henry D. Clayton, of Alabama, formal notification of his nominaton for the Presidency of the 'United States. Thrice honored by the Democra tie party as .its standard-bearer, Mr. Bryan plainly exhibited the pleasure it gave him once again to proclaim the principles for which he stood. His nomination. for a third time, he declared in his speech of ac ceptance, could only be explained by a substantial and undispUted growth in the principles and policies for which he, with a multitude of otherE had contended. "As these princi ples and policies." he said. "have given me whatever political strength I possess, the action of the Conven tion not only renews my faith in them, but strengthens .my attach ment for. them.' The ovation accorded Mr. Bryan as he rode through the streets of Lincoln on his way to the State House, 'where. the exercises were held, were non-partisan- It was the homage' of the citizens of the West ern city of the plains to a distin guished neighbor. Almost the entire Republican Administration. was- re presented; Governor George L. Shel don and many State oicers lending their presence both in the parade and on. the. platform. Before coming to Lingol~n front F'airview-four miles distant--Mr. Bryan received L,500 visitOrs. Tc al he extended a cordial greeting. His arrival shortly .after-nUoon at the Hotel LinColn, where he and John W. Kern, the Vice-Presdenia can idate, were the guests of honor at a alunchen to the committee on no tification, was the signal for an out b ~rst of cheers and applauLse. He was immdiately surrounded by a great crowd, and was kept busy -for some time shaking hands. Never before :had Lincolni's streeti nd ildings presented -such a gall apaac.On street was a riot o< olor. un~id the mutilated Taf' nra crowd of curious visitor. wsalways clustered. With a. na toinal notoriety the banner was al most the first point of Interest visit ed. The parade carried Mr. Bryat drectly under the banner. Not an Ujntoward Incident. The State House grounds were masof humaity and. Mr. Bryan' mas aperneo u latform Wa apeaanwith vociferous cheers an< d ~lappng- *The ceremony of nC tiicaton was conducted on the nort Kern retired to the - Capitol. wher andevery window were jammed t' an foin.Not a . single inciden ccrrd tomar the~ proceedingt The poice arrangements were e> ceenltt. Realing that the regul? poiefo'ce was not suffcient to co wih the great crowdthAdta General of the State, at the reque. of ayor Frank Brown, ordered oit the 2nd Nebraska regiment, andwt their - assistance, perfect ordrw Before te notification and accept anesee ere delivered, Nor E. Mack. chairman of teD man ati national committee, wh< m actdas pesidng oc.aldo nintomake a speech. M Kern e poed in a few felicitou3 Kernarespin whih hte gave unstinte ase the non-partisan characte T e seerchses Mr. Bryan conclU& edThe peemhOnies and he and M Keer retred to th Capitol. wher tehed a public reception' tei het 3r. and Mrs. Bryan er teranedhe - in~r f the notifi terti ne 0ilth e atm berdinner at the i cai hom ataFiri The party as homeet yMrs. Rth Bryan Lea iU and Miss Grace Bryan hoste Mr the host and th hostess; nMr Spangl1er and Mrs. T. . -tily f the and sisterina dapete an oftb Democratic candidte- nd M Arrested in New York AisacfrmNew York sa: aAy isp ar'. h oro m he is Jo'r aEyun me~Y .9 rear - of Cfharle E.Me e .C.anlwho declares his fat' eoni5 C 51cient importance in th vic ifntityoe reiwa asses on th carge' of not payixngaho btil- Before Messerry gets out ~his scrape he may also have to fa a indidctment for forgery. 'IFIED JOMINATION. MR. BRYAN'S SPEECH. Lincoln, Neb., Aug. 12.-Upon the occasion of the formal notification of his nomination as the Democratic qanddate for the presidency, Wil liam Jennings Bryan spoke as fol lows: Mr. Clayton and the Gentlemen of the Notification Committee: I cannot accept the nomination which you officially tender, without first acknowledging my deep indebt edness to the Democratic party for the extraordinary honor which it has conferred upon me. Having twice before been a candidate for the pres idency. in campaigns which ended in defeat, a third nomination, the result of the free and voluntary act of the voters of the party, can only be explained by a substantial and undisputed growth in the principles and policies for which I, with a mul titude of others, have contended. As these principles and policies have given me whatever political strength I possess, the action of the conven tion not only renews my faith i-n them, but strengthens my attach ment to them. A Platform is Binding. I shall, in the near future, pre pare a more formal reply to your notification, and, in that letter of acceptance, will deal with the plat form in detail. It is sufficient, at this time, to assure you that I am in hearty accord with the letter and the spirit of the platform. I endorse it in whole and in part, and shall, if elected, regard its declara tions as binding upon me. And, I may add, a platform is binding as to what it omits as well as to what it contains. According to the Demo cratie idea, the people think for themselves and select officials to car ry out their wishes. The voters are the soveregns; the officials are the servants, employed for a fixed time and at a stated salary to do what the sovereigns ~ want done. Platforms are entirely in harmony with this Democratic idea. A plat form announces the party's position -n the questions which are at issue; and an official is not at liberty to use the authority vested in him to urge personal views which have not. been submitted to the voters for their approval. If one is nominated upon -1 platform which is not satisfactory to him he must. if candid, either de line the nomination, or, in accept ing it, propose an amended platform which in lieu of the one adopted by the convention. No such situation, however, confronts your candidate, for the platform upon which I was -iominated not only contains noth 'ng from which I dissent, but it spe cifically outlines all the remedial leg- F slaton which we can hope to* secure luring the next four years. Republican Challenge Accepted. The distinguished statesman who -eceived the Republican nomina tion for president said, in his notifi ation speech: "The strength of the1 Republican cause in the campaign at and is the fact that we represent the policies essential to the reform cf known abuses, to the continuance ->f liberty and true prosperity, and that we are determined, as our plat form unequivocally declares, to maintain them and carry them on." In the name of the Democratic arty, I accept the challenge, anid I charge that the Republican party is -esponsible for all the abuses which tow exist in the federal government, nd that it is important to accomplish the reforms which are Imperative v needed. Further, I cannot con cur in the statement that the Repub lan platform unequivocally de dares for the reforms that are no essary; on the contrary, I affirm tat it openly and notoriously dis pponts the hopes and expectations f reformers. whether those reform rs be Republicans or Demorcats. So ar did the Republican convention 'all short of its duty that the Re ,ublicanl candidate felt it necessary o add to his platform in several im nortant particulars. thus rebuking -he leaders of the party, upon whose --operation he must rely for the iactment of remedial legislation. As I shall, in seperate speeches. iscuss the leading~ questions at site I sh'll a tthis time confine -nself to the Dar 'nunlt question. d to the far-reachinlg purposes of r rty. -as that purpose is set -rth in the platform. Shiall the People Rule' IOur platform declares that the >vrhdwn issue which manifests tself in all the questions now undler liscussion. is "Shall the People rle?' No matter which way we trn: no matter to what subjlect we aidres curselves, the same question confronts us: Shaa the people con ol their own government, and use tat government for the protection a their rights and for the promo ion of their welfare? or shall the :epresentatives of predatory wealth er upon a defenseless public vhile the offenders secure immunity rom subservient officialS whon tey raise to power by unscrupulou~ rethods? This is the issue raisec b the "known abuses" to which Mr Taft refers. Pesiden's Indictment Against th Party. In a message sent to congres: last January, Presidenlt Roosevel sid: "The attacks by these grea corporations on the adininistration actions have been given a wide cir clation throughout the country. Sthe newspapers and otherwise. h those writers and ,speakers whc 3- --rsci'ously or unconnseinnSly.- .7 '- the reprosentatives of pro'dst-r / ealth-f the wealth. arenimulatC io ona giant scale by all forms of ib i iuity ranging from the oppressic ei of wage earners to unfair and u11 3f holesome methods of crushing 0 3e cmpetition and to defrauding til (ontinued on last page.) KILLS HIS CHILDREN. RELIGIOUS MANIA CAUSES HOR RIBLE CRDIE. Slays His Son and Married Daughter, Tried to Kill His Divorced Wife And Cuts His Own Throat. At Los Angeles. Cal., driven insane by religious mania, H. J. Dufty, six ty years of age, Friday attacked and killed his son and daughter with an axe and then cut his own throat with a razor, inflicting fatal injuries. The tragedy occurred in the extreme orthwestern part of the city. Dufty lived at the home of his son, Fred Dufty. He had been on the verge of violent Instanity, it is said, for weeks as a result of religious enthu siasm. The night before he attend ed a religious meeting and worked himself into a frenzy. When he arose that morning he was suddenly seized with a desire to kill. Securing a sharp-bladed axe he stealthily entered the bed room of his son while the latter lay asleep. He crept close to the side of the bed and, raising the axe aloft, brought it down with terrific force across the neck of the son. The blow was delivered with such tremendous force that the head of the victim was severed completely from the body. With a manical shout Dufty rushed from the house and down the street waving his bloody weapon. Reaching the house at 451 North west Lake avenue, where his wife and daughter resided, he opened the front door and entered. Mrs. Ada Lacom, the daughter. with her moth er. was in a rear room. Proceeding cautiously to this room the murder er opened the connecting doors. Mrs. Lacom stood with her back to him. Without a word of warning he swung the axe high in the air and cleft head was crushed in from the blow. Mrs. _Dufty fled through a rear door, closely pursued by the maniac, striking at her with the axe. The woman succeeded in eluding him, but not before she had received a severe gash on the elbow from the axe swung by Dufty as he chased er. Mrs. Dufty's cries finally attract ed the attention of neighbors who came to her aid. Dufty then walked to the street, where he drew a razor from his pock et and slashed his own throat. in ficting frightful injuries, from which, however, he is likely to re cver. Several weeks ago Dufty went to the Evergreen Cemetery and pur chased a lot, explaining that he want ed it for himself, son and daughter. Tree days ago he purchased a cof fin for himself. Fred Dufty, the son, was 24 years af age and unmarried. He was an automobile machinist. The daughter lived with her hus band. Ferdind Lacom, a painter, and their six-year-old daughter. Mrs. Dufty and her husband had been divorced, and she had gone to the ene of her daughter to nurse her through approaching confinement. Before entering the Lacom home Dufty concealed his axe In a sack which ihe carried. The old man sat n'rvousy fingering the sack while~ te wcman proceded to prepare breakfast. Suddenly he got up. dew the axe from the sack and tattcked them. Dufty not only purchased a lot in tbe cemetery for the burial of his i'ztims. but had headstones erected for three graves. Thre plain tomb stones were put in place on the lot at his order. bearring th -names 'ienry J. Dufty." "Fred A. Dufty" ad Zaidaih Lacom.'' The grave stones for his children were placed on each side of the one erected for himself. 2ufty paid $60 for the headstones and told the sales man that he was in no great hurry to have them erected. NEAR MURDER AT AUGUSTA. Mn Shoots Wife in Abdomien and Himself Through a Lung. srs on Friday about 12.50 o'clock, N. S. Usher. a man of middle age. walked into the Sibley Mill where h wife was at worked in the spool room, and shot her through the ab donen with a 32-calibre revolver. ie turning he fired a bullet trough his right lung and exclaim &: " am glad it's all over. I ve klied her and myself, too. sher was arrested a few minutes. ltr by a bicycle policeman and tak e to the City Hospital. where an opra tink willI be performed. His wif, is not seriously wound ed. but ~sher's condition is regard e as precarious. The man's motive is thought to have been jeaionsy. He had nlot liv e with his wife for several months. They ha:1 no children an dshe is said t have received company to some etent since thy separated.* /GflO HORRtIBLY BURNED. Rahits Foot Companly, Negro The. at~ricl Troupe, Meets D~isas.ter. A dispatch fro Charlotte. N. C., s sven male members of the .ibs Fet Company. a negre ttvefl theatrical organlizatiot we~e horribly hurnle6 Friday morn in gat Shelby. near there. Two o thhm will die. The special car it whhch the troupe travels caught fir froroa gasoline explosion and wa depsroyed. all th company~ escapini e nnid save seven. Two horse ca- iO by the compiany wTee hirnl< dn he ar. There is no fire depart et at Shelby and nothing could b ndone to save the car. The injlure we-e:e brought to a Charlotte hosp: tatalfor treatmnifl. A leaking gasolin mk ankwast sairl to have caused th ovnmosion. WILL FORM CLUBS. GENERAL CALL ISSUED BY EX ECUTIVE COMMITTEE. Bryan Thinks They Will Do More Good Work For the Ticket Than Anything Else. A dispatch from Chicago, Ill., says a call for the organization of Democratic clubs in every voting precinct in the United States to aid in Mr. Bryan's campaign was issued Friday by the Democratic national committee. Mr. Bryan, it is said, informd Chairman Mack and other members of the committee that he believed that the Democratic cause would derive its greatest :Impetus from the formation of these clubs tLrougbout the country. The appeal for club organization was signed by Chairman Mack and John W. Tom linson, head of the committee on club organizations. Asserting that the Republican party intends to rely on favor-seeking interests, the call for club organization says: "All patriotic citizens, irrespective of party, who stand for the rule of the people and who .are against the orrupt or undue influence of money in elections and to that end favor publicity of the larger campaign ontributions before the election as demanded by the Democratic plat form, are urged to organize themsel ves immediately into campaign clubs for the Presidential election. "All organizations in sympathy are expected to assist actively in this work. The chairman of the Demo cratic State committee in each State is requested to have each county and precinct committeeman (organize a ampaign club in each precinct on or before the 15th day of September, and to call meetings immediately for that purpose. All existing or anizations should meet at once and appoint campaign committees. "No special plan of organization r bylaws is necessary." Former National Chairman Thom )s Taggart called at Democratic ieadquarters and conferred with Mr. [ack and othr members of the com mittee regarding campaign plans. peaking of the situation in Ohio Lnd in Indiana, Mr. Taggart said: "The situation in Indiana, so far s the Democrats are concerned, is )etter than it has been for twenty -ears and there is absolute harmony n the party ranks. Indiana is in 1 ne. Democratic column without a t oubt. The reports that I receive rom Ohio are also encouraging, and shall not a surprised to see the democrats in that State elect their 1 andidtae for Governor and give a 1 najority for the Democratic national c icket." Chairman -Mack has given up the ,lan of returning East the early part )f next week and the eastern head luarters in New York will not be pened, in all probability, until about he first of next month. POLISH PRIEST FLEES. Boards Steamer for Emnope After WVarning Police. Asserting that he has been driven rom city to' city by persons threat ning his life until he fears that he must leave the United States, the ev. Michael Servetka, a Polish priest of Nekvark, N. J.. appealed toi he police of that city for protectioni ,d fled aboard a steamer bound for He was recently assigned tempor arily to the Holy Trmnity Catholic1 hurch in Newark and had hardly been established there when he re cecived one of the letters that have been troubling him. Faer Servetka turned over to the polic three letters which he has re ceived during the last three weeks. [he irst came while he was station ed in Brooklyn, and he then went to Elizabethport. N. J., where another letter reached him. The last came to him when he went to Newark. The priest told the Newark police that while he was stationed in Brooklyn a fw weeks ago he was at taked by two men who seized him by the throat and demanded $1,000. from him. Since he h as been in Newark a little 1ess than a week. he feels sure he has been followed con ASSAULTS WHITE WOMAN. Terrible Retailiationl for Lynehing of Negro Rapist at Pensacola. Mrs. Ed Moclair. residing four mies from Pensacola. Fla.. was as et. ,v an unknown negro Friday aterna - "This is how we pay bck foi ynchinlg Ed Shaw," said the negro as he overpowered the wo man and choked her into insensibi When Mrs. Mocrair recovered enough to let the neighbors know her plight the county officials were notified and a sheriff's possee was started immnediately upon the track o the assailant. In Pensacola a crowd was gathered abonw the -lail awaiting the r eturn of th~e officers. Meanwhile excitement is at white hat. following so closely upon the lynching of the negro Shaw. two weks ago. Shot His Mother by Accidenlt. A dispatch from Spartanburg. sas Pete .Tackson. colored, shot Jne .Tckson,. his mother, on North Den street Sunday afterflonn. whil' cllening a pistol. The ball passed thhrugh Jackson's left band. and sttrck his mother, entering th -stach. The wound is thought tc bebeserious. JTackson has heen ar seand is in lnending devel PERILOUS SITUATION.! HUNG BY HIS TEETH HALF HOUR IN AIR. Coney Island Slack Wire Performer Finally Rescued From Peril With Life Net. The New York Times says the dark thunder clouds which preceded I Tuesday's storm were just beginning I to come up into the sky, driven by I a steadily increasing wind, when "The Flying Howard," the profes sional title of Billy Howard, acro bat, trapezist and strong-jawed man, 3 who appears at Dreamland, Coney Island, started his "slide for life" I hanging by his teeth to a leather thong attached to a pully running over a slack wire stretfning from the top of the Dreamland tower down to the lighthouse atop the l Shoot the Chutes platform. Many thousands feet beneath him f a crowd of nearly 4,000,mostof them women and children, stood gazing upward, where but a moment before Eloward and his wife had completed I i trapeze act on a wire just below s :he one to which the athlete then lung. At a signal Howard sprang from t .he platform far up on the tower, Il and, with arms extended, shot out a ind downward, clinging only by his 0 :eeth, at a pace which grew swifter with every foot. The wire sagged a >eneath his weight, until presently s he expanse between Howard's sway- I ng figure and the end of the wire I tad assumed an almost horizontal c osition. The wire had been strung oo loose. Thewatching crowds sawHoward's ace slacken perceptibly, each in- I tant growing slower, until at last he whirling figure, buffeted by the rind then blowing with almost a urricane's fury, stopped and Ho- C rard, clinging by his teeth, revolved s lowly round and round above the c .eads of the crowd. The storm broke almost at the t: ame moment, but the downpour of t ain, the vivid flashes of lightning, c Lnd the rumble of thunder could not rive the crowd to cover. All stood g razing up at the athlete, who was c; ignalling desperately with ' his d .ands. His face was upturned to 19 he rain; with his teeth he clutched ' he leather strap, and it was impossi- a le for him to shout for help or give d irections for aiding him f: Mrs. Howard had been watching ier husband, and the spectacle of .im swinging helpless above her Lead overcame the woman. With a ry, "He will be killed," she fainted, a nd men in the crowd carried her nto the Emergency hosyital, where r. Smith attended her. Other wo nen promptly followed Mrs. Ho ard's example aiid there was :inten e excitement. Meantime. other performers., and ~mployes of the park were shouting ncouragement to Howard, although tt a loss for a method of aiding him. oward tried hard to haul himself o the wire by his hands. The strap :o which he clung by his teeth was* ust long enough to prevent his get ing his hands upon the wire. The1 ;trap itself was soaked by rain and uickly became so slippery that to ~lutch it in his hands only 'relieved ,he strain on his jaws a trifle, while :o draw himself up to the wire by .t proved impossible, his bands slip ing back each time he instructed nore than the slightest weight to :heir grip, Then some one raised he shout:. "Get a life net!"' The cry was taken up through the 1 lrowd and Howard waved his hand, apparently to signity that he could hold on a few minutes more. Already men had started toward the quart ers of the fire show in Surf avenue, nd when they returned there came with them John Green, foreman of the show. with half a dozen employ es carrying one of the life nets used n their exhibition. The men took their positions and Grene, waiting until Howard's swaying form hung for an instant almost perpendicular ly over the net, sbouetd the worrd. Howard opened his clenched teeth. A gasp arose fronm the crowd. Before they could inhale another breath, the athlete was safe in the net and a dozen hands were assisting him out of it to the .ground. The crowd was forced back and he was hurried to the Emergency hospital, exhausted and almost overcome by the exper ience he had undergone. Howard hung by his teeth for nea:'ly half an hour. KILLTNG AT AUJGUSTA. Former North Augusta Olficer Shot Dead by a F'licema. At Augusta, Ga., Edwin C. Tur er, aged about forty-four years, formerly employed as town marshal of Nrth Augusta, was shot and in Istantly killed T~uesday night on Up per Market street by Patrolmanl M. 0. Mat thews. He claimed self-de fence and was exonerated by .the coroner's jury, who rendered it as "their belief that he fired six shots in selfdefenlce, four of which took effect." Turner was arrested several months ago by Matthews onl a dis orderly conduct charge, which the officer subsequently withdrew. Since then he has "had it in for" the offi ar. having miade' public threats on numerous occassions athat if Mat thews ever tried to arrest him again one or the other would die. Tuesday night he came to town and was soon drikingly heavily, in company with two companions, who were with him when Matthews fired, but who ran ... n thy saw Turner was killed. HORRIBLE TRAGEDY. BOY ACCIDENTALLY KILLS GIRL COUSIN. Overcome With Remorse He Shoots 1 Himself, Dying in Half an Hour Afterwards. One of the most horrible double tragedies ever heard of in Saluda ,ounty occurred two miles from that )lace at 4 o'clock on Thursday fternoon, when Ernest Rowe acci lently shot and instantly killed his I ousin, Jessie Rowe, a girl of 18 rears, and soon afterwards shot him elf, inflicting a wound from which e died in thirty'minutes. a The young man and the girl were t Lt the home of Miss Rowt. While I urnest Rowe was playing with the un, which he thought was not load- s d, the weapon was fired, the entire o oad of shot entering the girl's 1 nouth, killing her instantly. Horri- t ed at what had happened Ernest t .owe begged some one to kill him, 2 aying that the horror of what he had t one was more than he could bear, t nd that if none of those present rouid shoot him he would kill him elf. Little attention was paid to t hat he said, but soon a shot was 0 eard outside the house and on rush ag out the crowd found Rowe wet- a ering in his own blood. He had laced the gun under his right jaw C nd the load had torn away the side P f his jaw. He died in a half hour. Ernest Rowe was 18 years of age U nd was the son of Bud Rowe. Jes- 14 ie Rowe was the daughter of J. T. Lowe. There is no doubt that the c tilling of the girl was entirely an ac- L idnt. # BALDWIN MAKES ASCENT. t [is Dirigible Balloon Meets Speed - Requirement of Government. c C A dispatch from Washington, says f apt. Baldwin Friday fulfilled the E cond requirement for the acceptan- j e of his military dirigible balloon e y making two successful speed t rials at Fort Myer. A week ago li e air ship was accepted so far as a nstruction is concerned. Capt. Baldwin is allowed three ighs to fulfil the endurance specifi- a ations. At .6.3. Friday evening the U irigible shot across the starting ne headed in a northerly direction. si he course followed was a new one h nd lies in the direction of Cheresy- p ale, Va., two and a sixteenth miles a om the starting point. t, On the home stretch the air ship " ulled evenly, and at a greater rate si f speed than it had ever attained G reeore, crossing the finishing line w t 6.48, fifteen minutes after start- G 1g. C It is expected the average speed r the flight will be found to be 16%~ After replenishing the supply of asoline, Capt. Baldwin made an ther official speed trial in order to 'et abonus on his contract price of 6,750. At 7.10 the air ship crossed the f arting line the second time. The air ship turned for the return ip at 7.17, having made the two *nd one sixteenth miles in seven sinutes. The actual time for the cd flight was thirteen and* three- F *uarter minutes. It is believed that the official imers will figure Capt. Baldwin's I verage time for the last test att ineteen miles an hour. The con ract with the Government requires a hat twenty miles an hour be made n order that the contract price be ecured. For every mile less than wenty made by Capt. Baldwin., 15 er cent will be deductd from the o ontract price. C RUNS WITHOUT ENGINEER. aassengers on Flyer Unaware of Ac-. cident-Manl Seriiously Hurt. At Battle Creek, Mich., with En ineer Charles Strang lying injured longside the track and the fireman usy on the back of. the tender, the rand Trunk Flyer, east bound, ran our miles Thursday afternoon with oo guiding hand at the throttle and with the 300 passengers in the coach ss calmly gazing out of the windows ignorant of the fact that they were iding on a runaway train. Finishing his work on th etender, the fireman returned the train to a1 stop and backed it up until the en-I gneer was found lying beside the track with his left arm and left leg broken, one shoulder crushed an'd his skull fractured. It is supposed that the engineer lost his balance in leaning from the window or gangway to look for a hot box. He was taken to Nichol's Hos pital where it was said there was a chance that he might recover. BLLOON ENVELOPE EXPLODES. Two Killed and Six Injured on the Londonl Exposition Gronds. A dispatch from London, says Two persons were killed and six in jred by an explosion Friday morn in on the grounds of Franco-Brit is Exposition. of the balloon en velope. owned by Capt. Lovelace, of the New York Aero Club. Preparations for an ascent were being made when the accident oc curred. The cause is supposed to have been the throwing down of a lighted match. Miss Hill. aged 18. sretary to Capt. Lovelace, was one of the persons killed. She was burn ee to a cinder. The other person killed. a man, and the six men who sustained in juries, also were employed by Capt. Love]ace. Capt. Lovelace's clothes were burned, but otherwise he sus aie no injuries. CLAIMS NEW 'YORK FOR BRYAN. Chairman Connors Confident of Vic tory-Convention Date Fixed. The New York Democratic State 3ommittee, in a ten-minutes session Friday afternoon, voted to issue a call or the State Democratic Convention :o be held in Rochester September L5. The commttee also adopted mnanimously a resolution endorsing :he candidacy of W. J. Bryan and fohn W. Kern and expressing appro >ation of the platform of-the Denver lonvention. Resolutions were adopted as fol ows: "The State committee of the De nocratic party of the State of New Cork, in meeing assembled, cordial y ratifies, approves' and endoses he action of the National'Convention .t Denver in selecting as th estand .rd bearers of the party in the na tonal campaign Wm. J. Bryan, of 7ebraska, and John W. Kern, of In liana. We believe that Mr. Bryan tands out 'among all the public men f the country as the embodment of Honesty, integrity, patriotism and he other qualties which go to mike tp an ideal American statesman, nd that in Mr. -Kern, he has a wor by running mate who sizes Up. well D the great office of Vice-President. "We strongly commend the plat arm adopted at Denver, and believe hat it will set forth the prniciples f progressive Democraccy. "In the face of th egreat .extrav gance of the present Republican dministration and its plain 'disre- r ard of the best Interests of 'the peo le we see on every side evidence of )emoratic harmony, and we call q pon the State of New York, regard :ss of party, to rally to the support f Bryan and Kern, and take part, in arrying the ticket to victory -this a State Chairman W. J. Conners, Shen asked about the situation aroughout the State, replied: "Wm. J. Bryan .ill. carry New ork State by from 75,000 to 100, 00. Bryan is the -strongest Demo rat in New York 'today. We will arry Erie, Niagara, Chenago and. d fteen or sixteen other counties. :ings County will roll up a big ma- a >rity, and other boroughs of Great r New York miy be depended upon a > add a sufficient, Democratic plura- e ty to wipe out the Republican b hoever is nominated by the Re- e ablicans will" not carry the State b urality up-State..' In my opinion, f bove the Bronx by more than 50, 00 or 75,000." Discussing the Gubernational tuation, Mr. Connors said he had eard the names of Judge 'Alton B. a arker mentioned as a candidate. There. is plenty: of good material pick from," said Mr. 'Oonners. r Pfartin W. Littleton 'would make a .rong candidate. State Comptroller, f lynn has made a good record, and n ould make a. strong candidate for & overnor. Lieutenant -Governor handler is also strong up-State:" * LOCKJAW PROM BLOW. a [an Comes to Hospital And Can't h; Talk-Might Not Recover, b: Philip Tully, 24 years'old, enter- a I the receiving office of the Belle ue Hospital of New York, Friday ight and by motions Indicated that s] e was suffering severe pain about ti is head and jaws. He appeared g nable to speak and his jaws were d: >cked partly open.|t Dr. LeRoy Smith questioned the|C ian with a pencil and paper, the d ttter answered questions. He said F hat he attended a dance at New i t Iorp, Staten Island, about two weeks n go. He was attacked by two thugs, Is e wrote, and was struck over the Ih ye with a blunt instrument that in- b icted a lacerated wound. He left h be dance hall and went home with t medical treatment. - - j Dr. Smith said the man was suffer-|c g from tetahus and that a germ of he disease had developed in the b round recived in the dance hall. The .o 'hysicans succeeded in feeding Tully e y an artificial process. Small hope s entertained for his recovery. The i olice- are seeking his assailants. * t AMBSHED AND MURDERED. *otel Keeper Evidently Was Keeping 4 Appointment as Letter Indicates. A dispatch from New York Thurs lay says: Ambushed in a lonely spot known as the "murderer's field" u Lincoln road, in the Flatbush see- 1 :ion. of Brooklyn, r'letro Barilla, a< well-to-do hotel keeper of- Woodhav m. was attacked by a number of1 Barilla is thought to have gone to the place to keep an appointment as a letter was found on his person, seemingly written in blood. Barilla rode to the scene on a bicycle and carried a magazine re volver. which he nearly emptied in his desperate defense. Persons nearby heard the shots. and rushing to the place, saw the ier feeing across the fields. Bar! ll~ was found dead. FOR CHICAGOANS DROWNED. Pleasure Launch Overturned by the Waves of Passing Steamer. At Kilbourn, Wis., by the capsiz ing of a pleasure launch on the Wis consin River Friday afternoon four Chicagoans5 were drowned as follows: Miss Mabel Ward, Mrs. W. G. Heath and son, E. G. Pfeiffer. The launch, containing nine per sol. was returning from a trip through the Dells. When near the wharf the boat got into the waves of. a passing steamerT and capsized. The accident was seen by many peoplei on the pier and rescue at once was atteptea with boats and launches, but four had sunk before aid arriv ARSON AND LYNCHING 1!OB LYNCHES BLACK WHILE FIRE RAGES. assault on White Woin Qanses Mob to Seek Negro Who is Spirit ed Away. At Springfield, Ill., two white m4. sere killed, an unknown negro was ynched, more than. a half-hundred )ersons were injured an dtwo score f houses, mostly occupied by ne iroes, were burned Friday night, as he result of. an attempt by a' mob o lynch a negro who had assaulted. white woman. After a nigl..of iot, arson and slaughter, the State roops called out by the Governor, ucceeded early. Saturday in restoring semblance of :order and stopped he fire. One thousand militiamen re patrolling the streets: and- it is elieved that. further disorder will e prevented. The rioting were -precipitated by e assault committed by a. negro pon Mrs. Mabel Hallam, wife of "a treet railway cond4ctor. While he woman slept alone in -her home n . a populous resdence street, wating the return of her .husband, man broke into, the house, drag ed her into the rear yard and-as aulted her. Before noon, George Cichardson, a young negro, was ar ested bytthe sherifL's force, charg d with the crime. The victim mar?; ally Identified the prisoner:Crowds uickly. gathered about the alfbu heriff Werner's force and the polc rere able to .preserve .order until ightfall without dimiculty. Shortiy [ter 5 o'clock a successrul rusewas . orked by the authorities ald chardson was - spirited away to Richardson was placed aboard a ain and rushed to, Pori.aio ith him was taken Joe mes, a ther negro, accused of kiling' . tate :mine operator after am ig an .assault upon the spe or's' aughter. The mob gathered- at the i ;f ter darkness. to -find the negroes -^-y one. Loper's restaurant wasn?Ie = olished, some one having: mion that Loper .furnished an -auomo-- ' le. in which the negroes were '? :away. They burned his atoaio Ile in the street. Effortsof the re dpartment to disperse the crowds ere futile. Every liie of hQ. was it bfore th water could be forced Lto It. The militia ordered out _ -' te Governor was busy a -theI,ati ad none could' be spard at the scene the Loper rioting. Finally, a troop was sent to the - starant, when the rioting: broke ose in serious form. Shots were red and the air was filed :with, issues. Many fell in the mewee d it was here that Louis Johnson et -his death In the-rearof :LpeTrs ace. Leaving Lopers, the nob nade rush' for the levee, usually-populit I 'with degroes, but most ofthem ad disappeared. Shortly before midnight the mob roke Into -a pawnshop and secured ems and ammuniition and, started >march the streets n absolutek-on- - "Stand back, gentlemen, or FIH ioot every one of you who touches us man," were the words of Eu ene W. Canin, Prohibition cand ate forPresident, whofaced the mob lat had attacked the negro while han was delivering a public ad ress on the East side of the square. r this act Chafin was sti-uck on ie face with a brick, .hurled byua' iember of the mob, but was"'not riously injured. Chain's threat ad the desired effect, although he ad o weapon he had placed his' and on his hip'pocket as he spoke. After burning may -houses- n the egro quarter the, mob, which 'be ame more desperate, as the enight assed finally gratified Its thirst for lood that morning when a negro ras lynched in the heart of the so alled "Bail Lands." Troops arrived at the scene too ate to prevent the shooting.' Some the members of the zmob declared hat the negro lynched had shot 'two rhite men. They said that in a fight rith the whites the negro was foro d Into a corner at the saloon and pocer, at Twelfth aard Madison. hen retreat was cut off, the negro s said. to have opened fire, wound ng two. Then came the cry "get th erope!" L1 the members of the mob eagerly ;ook up the cry. The negro was :aught and dragged to the 2street. Elere he was beaten and shot five imes and then a rope - w as swung uround his neck and the other end f the rope thrown over the limbs of a tree right in front of the store. Wth a cry of satisfaction the negro was swung high off the ground. He was dead in a few minutes. Just then the Decatur troops arrived. Two volleys wer enired over the heads of the lynchers. The or der was given by Col. Wells, Fifth infantry, in command, to "disperse." With reluctance, some of the mem bers of the mb began to back away. The first volley fired by the troops was over the heads of the rioters. Then followed- two volleys aimed low and a number of rioters were struck in the legs. The rioters then quickly dispersed and hung around in small groups. After riddling the body of the ne gro with bullets the mob strung him to the stump of a tree trunk. Then the mob danced, around and went wild with glee. ~Their cries were fearful to hear.0 Forest Fires Still Rage. A dispatch from Winnipeg, Mani toba, says A special from Cranbrook says. The Candian Pacific railway fierne nfrom Kimberly, says that forest fires are still burning and will be 'worse than ever If the wind