The Horry herald. (Conway, S.C.) 1886-1923, June 30, 1910, Image 5
KILLED WIFE
,rA
Arrested u lie Cuie OA Genua
Liner at New Yerk.
HE CONFESSES CRIME
U?ed Mallet to Nlay Woman After
v
Tfaejr Hud a Violent Quarrel, Then c
Htuck the Ilody in a Trunk, Car- c
ried it Down to Lake, and Threw *
f
it in the Water. a
Porter Charlton, husband of Mary
Soott Custle Charlton, whose body n
was found In a trunk in Lake Como, a
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ltaiy, rearueu .>ew i ui n. vu ?
' man Liner Thursday. A man re- 1
r
sembling Charlton whh arretted as r
L
he stepped from the steamer at ht* r
pier lu Hobcken. He gave the names i
?i Charles W. Coleman, but a report ii
from Hoboken said that at the po- z
lice station he broke down and admitted
that he was Charlton. v
Charlton said in hJs confession r
he and his wife had been having sup- z
per together at the villa on Lake t
Corao and that they had engaged in t
a violent quarrel. f
Charlton said his wife, who was p
one of the best women in the world, j
but had rd ungovernable temper, t
called him some vile names and that f
finally who he could not stand her h
abuse any longer, ho attacked her f
with a wooden mallet. The young e
man said that he struck her over the a
head three times, knocking her uneconeclous
and killing her. as far as g
ho knew.. r
Charlton told the police that he a
then stuck the body of his wife iu a t
trunk and carried it down to the f
lake, where ho threw the trunk into f
the water. s
Tha body of Mrs. Charlton was h
found packed in a trunk which was \j
taken from Luke Como near the vil
la^e of Moltrasio by fishermen June I a
10th. The woman with her husband I h
had occupied a villa on the lake front, I 0
leased by them some time before. At I jj
the time the woman's body was found I j]
Porter Charlton could not be found. I y
The Italian police have insisted I t,
that Charlton was alive and have di- I u
reeled. their energies to locating the J &
young nan. American Consul Caug- I h
her, om the other hand, held to the J
theory that a double murder had been t*
committed, and it was through his I ti
representations that the Italian au-L
thorities engaged divers to make the b
search of the lake bottom.. J
Meantime detectives followed up I n
their own theory and their recent \({
conclusion was that Charlton was u I t<
passenger upon some steamer which y
had sailed from Genoa or other Itai-1 ^
ian port for New York. I 8
The police were watching for the r,
arrival of the steamer Deutschland,
as it had been reported that Charlton a
sailed oa that steamer. The officers n
had a description of Charlton, and r
when they saw a man resembling 3
him leave the ship they pounced up- n
ou him and placed him under ar- a
rest. He protested vigorously and 0
seemed Inclined forcibly to offer re- c
sistance, but he soon subsided. Capt. p
Scott, brother of Mrs. Charlton, took a
one look at the prisoner and said r
the man was Charlton. Later Charlton
made a signed statement to the
' police., [
While he was being sweated un-1 y
p der the "third degree," Charlton became
infuriated, and drawing a re-1
volver. tried to shoot Chief of Police J
Hayes. Ho was quickly disarmed,
and a few minutes later confessed *
the crime, *
Within .half an hour after his ar- v
rest Charlton hud signed the follow 1
ing statement: e
"My wife and I lived happily to- ^
ge4 her. She was the best woman in H
the world to me, but she had an '
ungovernable temper. So had 1. 1
Wo frequently quarreled over the ^
most trival matters and her lang- '
uago to me was frequently so foul v
tiiat i know she did not know the s
meaning of it. 1
"The night I struck .her she had 1
been quarreling with me. She was I
in the worst temper 1 had ever seen H
her in. 1 told her if she did not c
cease f would leave her and put a
stop to it. She stopped for a little ^
while and started again. a
"1 took a mallet which I had used
to do household repairs auu struck
. her three times. 1 thought she was
dead. I put the body in u trunk in C
which I also threw the mallet. c
"About twelve mat .
brought the trunk to my house and r
dragged it down to a small pier and (
threw it overboard. I loft tho fol- r
lowing night and went to Como, and f
from there to Genoa, where I took 1
the steamer Irene three days later, f
"The room where I killed her was t
an outdoor sloping apartment." (
Two Burned to Death.
Two men were burned to death .
and two others received slight inju- <
rfes im a fire that destroyed the Cen- I
tury dab cottage and an adjoining <
small Hammer residence at Bates i
Park, In Beverly, Mass., Tuesday. I
The dead are: Henry B. .Barrett, of
Peahody, and Bert McShane, of Salem.
The two men, with the three
pthera, had hired the cotUkge for
their sammer vacation, ,
MAKES GREAT FLIGHT
IKPPKLIN'8 DKUT8GHLAND MAR
INO KHGUIiAR FLIGHTS.
mmea.se Airship Covers Three Hun
dred Mile Journey in Nine Hours
Curries Twenty Passengers.
The first regular air ship service
ras inaugurated at Dusseldorf, Ger
nany, Wednesday, when Count Zop
?ellu's great craft, the Deutchiand
arrying twenty passengers, success
ully made the first scheduled tri]
rom Friedrichshafen to Dusseldorf
i distance of 300 miles, in n Ln<
tours.
The weather was perfect and th<
uotors worked faultlessly. Tiie aver
>ge time maintained for the complete
ourse whk approximately thlrty-tbre<
uiles an hour, but between Fried
ichshafen and Stuttgart the 12<
niles were covered at an average
ate of speed of forty-one miles ui
lour. The best speed for a sinel*
lour was forty-three and a hal
niles.
Count Zeppelin was at the heln
vheu the Deutschland arose at Fried
ichshafen at three o'clock iu tin
norning and sailed away on the tri]
hat was to mark an epoch in avia
ion. The passengers were directors o
lamburg-American Steamship Com
any and the Gorman Stock Company
olnt owners of the dirigible, an<
heir guests. They occupied the ma
logany walled and carpeted cabiu
ituatod between the gondolas am
rom the windows of which they view
id the soeiiery as the aerial ca
wept along.
Count Zeppelin steered for th<
;reater part of tho distance. Th<
oute was via Stuttgart, Manhein
nd Cologne to Dusseldorf. It hac
>cen carefully marked out in ndvanci
or the guidance of the pilot and wai
ollowed exactly. There was no ai;
tiring, and the Deutschland mad<
tor initial trip tnrougn a now o
>right sunshine.
The L >ur aDd minute of the prob
hie passing of the various points hat
>een bulletined ahead, so that no'
nly the people of the cities of th?
Ine, who filed the streets, but th<
habitants of all the intermediate
illagos turned out and cheered enhuslkstlcally
as the immense torpedi
ke structure, with its whistling
crews drove over their heads at a
eight of between 200 and 300 feet
The Deutschland swung gently ino
her landing at noon, and the muiItude
surrounding the landing yardi
houted a welcome. The city hat1
een decorated in honor of the event
Regular trips will be made, and
lany tickets already have been soid
jr the first few days at from $2tj
3 $50 each. The airship is equipped
rtth a restaurant, which will supplj
he passengers with a buffet servict
uch as is afforded on parlor car raiload
trains.
The dimensions of the Deutchland
re: Length, 4 85 feet. Its gas eapacty
is 2 4,85 2 cubit yards, and it caries
three motors, having a total ol
30-horsepower. It uas designed tc
naintain a speed of thirty-five milei
,n hour. Its lifting capacity it 4 4,
00 pounds, of which 11,000 pound!
over the crew, passengers and ex
A-.J 1- - ?l.l? 4,
tress. it is expecieu 10 u? huic k.
.ccomplish a continued trip of 7 0(
niles.
COYFNSSKS TO KILLING.
Vcbb Says He Killed Johnson Ant
I'ut Uody in Trunk.
Jesse B. Webb Tuesday night a
'ortland, Ore., confessed to the kill
ng of W. A. Johnson, whose bod:
vas found in a trunk at Union sta
ion Monday night. Webb, in a sigu
id statement to the police, said n<
:i 1 led Johnson in self-defense afte
l brawl between the two men ii
ohnson's room at the hotel. Mrs
). W. Kersch, who was arrested witl
Vebb, is exonerated from complicif:
n the crime by the confessed slaye
vho charges, however, that she con
pired with him in the packing o
lie body in the trunk and sending 1
o the station. Mrs. Kersch is sup
tosed to be the wife of Johnson, bu
he admitted that she was the wif<
?f Bert Kersch, a city employe o
Seattle, and that she ran away vitl
Vebb a year ago. Webb says he 1;
i. printer and is 4 5 years old.
Fell Sixty Feet to Deatli.
Charles Beasley, of Greensboro, N
}., a lineman for the Southern Pow
>r Company, was killed Tuesda;
norning while working on the com
>any's lines about five miles fron
Jreenville. In some way Deasley go
nixed up in the wires and fell 6<
eet. The man's body was badl,
jurned, his right arm being tori
'torn the socket and his left sho
orn from his foot by the heavy vol
age.
Diamonds Tossed in Pipe.
Baroness Von Schroeder, daughte
3f the late pioneer Peter Donahue, c
3an Francisco, who left her a fortun
of millions, is tearing out the plumt
Ing of her country .home, Kagles Nes
in a search for jewels valued at $30
000. The jewels were careless)
tossed into a wash basin by a mai
and were ewept into he pipes. Tfc
plumbing of the entire house hi
been d lsmantled without luoceas.
RAPS BALL1NGER
- SKNATH WlIJi FIGHT tMTlKMK TO
UllHAK VHNGHANCK.
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ProgBMntrcH and I)enHKraUi Hold
Up Rill Putting Anuy in Charge
of Reclamation Bcrrice.
9 A combination of insurgent Re.
publicans and Democrats took auoth.
er slap at Ballingerlsm in the Senate
this week. The attack came
when the combination announced its
^ opposition to the bill increasing the
engineer corps of the army. This
j bill, which adds about 60 to tin'
number of engineer officers, also au?
thorizes the President to place the
. army engineers in fall charge of all
public works.
ii..t thn fur.?pnini? insurgents im
. mediately detected an effort to proj
vide an easy way for Bellinger to
e get rid of Director Newell and Chief
j Engineer Davis, of the Reclamation
B service, as it had been quietly hinted
f that one of the first uses that would
be made of the law would be to
3 place army engineers in charge of
. the Reclamation service, and theiee
by permit Ballinger to wreack perp
sonal vengeance upon Newell and
_ Davis for daring to publicly proclaim
f that his conduct was antagonistic to
_ the public interest.
Senator Bailey of Texas Is the
j leader in the fight against the bill,
although he is actuated by personal
motives. He has even admitted that
j .he was animated by no higher purpose
than a desire to get even with
r the army engineers for refusing to
recomment an hart>or improvement
e in Texas which ho had advocated.
e The Texas Senator also announced
a that he would not allow the pasI
sago of the bill, even if it was necB
essary to resort to a filibuster.* But
B the Senate developed other opposir
tion equally as determined, and so
, strong has the feeling against the
t bill become that It is expected the
effort to pass it will be abandoned.
J HOTTER SERVICE.
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i Oaw-Klertric Cars to Be Used by the
, Southern Hallway.
Following the announcement made
' by the Southern Railway Company on
5 May 3 let that the use of gas-electric
1 care in some of the more congested
districts along its lines was contem'
plated, It is definitely announced by
that Company that Its steam paasen*
ger train service in the Greenville
4 territory is to bo supplemented in
July by the inauguration of regular
1 gas-electric motor car service.
1 Pending the completion of three
' motor cars now being built for the
' Southern Railway Company, the management,
determined not to delay the
! inauguration of the new service, has
' arranged with the General Electric
Company for the return of the gas'
electric car which was used experi'
mentally with very satisfactory results
last summer on the line between
' Manassas and Strasburg, Va.
' Gas-electric motor car service will
4 be furnished in the Greenville terri"
tory by this car until the delivery of
4 the two improved gas-electric cars,
" being built especially for the South}
#?rn Railway Company by the General
* Electric Company, and the gasoline
car being constructed by the McKeen
Motor Car Company, of Omaha,
Neb. These cars will be completed
in a few months and will be put
1 into regular service as soon as delivered
to the Southern Railway Company.
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TIE VP RAILROADS.
Y
_ Slippery Hugs Grease the Kails Until
Trains Cannot Move.
B
r The valley in the neighborhood of
1 Scranton, Pa., containing t.he little
,. villiagc of Peckville, was paid a vis1
it last week by millions of locusts.
y From early morning until sundown
r the noise made by the whirring of
- the locus can be heard above everyf
thing else, while the valley is rapidt
ly being devastated of vegetation by
- the pests. The insects have covered
t one of the little coal branches of
8 the Ontario and Western railroad,
f swarming around the rails, which
i gather and retain heat during the
s day, until it is impossible to operate
the road. Tons and tons of coal are
standing on the sidings because the
locomotives can make no headway
against the slippery bugs.
y Sensational Shooting at Church.
As a result of a sensational shootl
ing at Highland Church, in Macou
t county, Tenn., Monday afternoon,
0 one man is dead and three wounded.
y After the shooting it was found that
ri Alonza Gaines had been killed and
e Robert Nichols and two men namec.
- barker naci neen snot. in? troume
1b believed to have been the result of
an old feud between the parties.
T Human Pincushion May Die,
if Cornelius Snoep, who for many
e years traveled with side shows es a
)- human pincushion, may die in Grand
t, Rapids, Mich., as the result of blood
poison. His stunt was to take pina
y from people in the crowds at the
d shows and run them in the flesh tc
ie the head. He evidenced no pain and
is no blood flowed after tV? pi"\ wa?
withdraws.
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I CARS JUMPED TRACK
FOUR FATALLY HURT ON SCENIC ]
RAILWAY.
Merry-Making Crowd at Coney Island 1
Hurled from the Cars a Distance
of Sixty Feet.
At last four persons were fatally
Injured and a dozen others seriously r
hurt early Wednesday when two
crowded cars on a scenic railway on
the liowery at Coney Island, N. Y., '
running at a terrific speed, jump *d J
the track and dropped a sheer 6U c
feet to the ground. I
Two cars of the big switchback had i
been filled and hauled up the incline
and the party laughing and shout- i
ing, plunged down the first steep. Up 1
the next incline the cars shot to i
' - ..-1 ."" lin I'/Wilj till. I lllll/Mtl ?
utii! ie?ei ui uiv owim- i v/?w unu i
the div? down at a mile a minute
pace.
Something went wrong with the
mechanism and as the ears were dashed
around the first turn the rear car
jumped the track, dragging the forward
car with it. Ten of the occupants
were hurled from the cars and
went crashing down among the scenery,
falling to the ground where
they lay unconscious. Six went down
with the first car and were pinned
fast heneath the wreckage.
These last were the one most seriously
injured. Five of them were
residents of Brooklyn. The sixth was
from Ix>s Angeles.
As the cars took their frightful
plunge, spectators screamed in terror
and the prnic was increased when
some one switched off the electric
lights. The man in charge of th^
driving cars escaped in jumping. He
could not explaiu the accident, but
declares it was unavoidable.
MUliDKK DUTCH TRADKItS.
Gunboat Pursues Moi*o Slayers But
Moke No Capture.
.1
Mindanao Moros have murdered j
Dutch traders on an island off North a
Borneo under conditions which may f
develop into an outbreak so serious r
I that a demonstration by troops from s
the miliatary station at Camp Jolo
may be required, according to a re- n
port brough by the steamer Taiuba v
Maru. j
When the Tamba Maru sailed, re- v
ports had reached Hong Kong that a t
party of eight Moros from the Tawi- ^
Tawi group of Islands, being driven h
by storms to an island of the Cel- h
ebes group, had murdered three traders
and made away with 40,000 pesos
worth of loot. A Dutch gunboat
gave pursuit and chased the murder- |
ers to Manusmanca, an island of the
Phillippines, where they are still hiding.
MAKKN FLIGHT AT NIGHT. J
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Hamilton Startles I0,(M)0 People by ^
a
His Daring Flight. 1
s
Charles K. Hamilton, made a sensational
flight at Nashville, Tenn., ,
Wednesday night, taking his bi-plane t
into the air after darkness had fal- ^
len. He flew for eighteen minutes .
through inky space while 10,000 peopie
at the fair grounds stood aghast
at his daring.
The attempt was unannounced ^
and the spectators hardly knew what j
was happening until tht great-bird
like figure had shown itself far above
the myriads of electric lights and
disappeared into blackness. . Suddenly
it reappeared, and three times
Hamilton thrilled the spectators by
dipping in front of the grand stand
until ho almost touched the row or
lights stretched across the track. Ho
even dipped under the wires and
finally came to earth on the track
(Erectly in front of the cheering
thousands.
CANTON PEOPLE FAST.
One Ohio Woman Has Not Raton for
Twenty-seven Days.
The Starvation cult of Canton. O.,
is attracting much attention and
gathering in scores of converts. One
of the most enthusiastic mem.bers,
Mrs. George Fulkerson, was compelled
the break her fast last week by
eating a piece of toast. She had not J
tasted food for 2 7 days. In that
time she has done her own washing,
ironing and housework besides cooking
for her husband. P. L). Hardy, (
president of the Canton Pressed j
Prick company, also a member of the ,
cult, is continuing his fast. He de- ,
clares he has no desire for food. (
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No Olne to Murders. <
Wit a bullet hole through the head, i
the body of a well-dressed man was '
found late Thursday night at Chic- 1
kasha, Okla., partially submerged In i
a ditch. A rope tied around one ankle,
the police say, shows that the
body was dragged some distance to j
where it was discovered. .There is
no clue to the murderers of the man.
First Texas Halo.
i Among the telegrams put forward
, by the bears in the New Orleans cot,
ton market Wednesday was one from
I Houston, Texas, announcing that the
i first Texas bale of cotton this season
would arrive there the next day.
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PROMINENT VICTIMS
[iKFORTS OF I)KATH PACK STIR
BIRMINGHAM.
rown Much Wrought Up Over Trag
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CHI J OI Mnt. tiuruiiiK IUIU u. n.
Johnson.
>nilrmlngham was deeply stirred
Thursday over the news of the sui ide
Wednesday night of Mrs. W. P.
larding and the death of G. R.
Johnson, who shot and fatally wounded
himself the same day, half an
lour after the suicide of Mrs. Hardng.
Friends of the Johnson and Hardng
families, who include practicaly
all of the most influential people
n the city are indignant over the
lublication of stories hinting at a
suicide pack between the two. The
following at the accbunts of the
loath of each, as first reported:
Woman a Suicide.
'Mrs. W. P. G. Harding, wife of
.he president of the First National1
dank of Birmingham, Ala., shot and
tilled herself at her home Wednesiay
afternoon. Nothing definite is
mown a)>out the cause of Mrs. Hardng's
act as her home life has seemed
to be vt'ry happy. She was alone
n her room when she fired a pistol
>a'.l through here heart.
A negro servant was 0:1 the premses
and ran screaming to inform the
icighbors. Mr. Harding sailed from
Slew York at threeo'clock WednesJay
afternoon for Savannah, it is
laid, nearly three hours before his
life's act
Hunker Takes His Life.
Guy It. Johnson, former president
>f the Alabama Consolidated Coal &
ron Company, shot and fatally inured
himself at Birmingham at 1 j
/clock Wednesday evening at his
lonie. The shot was fired with* sui idal
intent and it is impossible for
lim to recover.
After having shot himself, Mr.
fohhson, in a statement, attributed
lis act to business reverses. He was
done when the deed was committed,
md was found by his wife, who
eturned homo from downtown
hortly after six o'clock.
The bullet passed below the .heart
md lodged in the spine and there is
ery slight hope for his recovery,
lis brother states that he had been
ery depressed for several days, and
he recent developments In the Ala>ama
Consolidated had preyed upon
lis mind to such an extent as to make
dm irresponsible.
FEUDIST SHOOTS WOMEN.
jandlord Implicated in Murder Slays
a Tenant.
Asbury Spicer is under arrest in
askson, Ky.,. on charge of murderng
Asbury Fusgate, a tenant on his
arm, and wounding Jennie Johnson,
i member of the household and Mrs.
^ugate, who attempted to shield her
ion. The killing occurred in the
ountrv and the first the authorities
mew of the crime was wheu Mr.
Jpicer telephoned what he had done
tnd started he was on the way to
fackeon to surrender. The slayer is
me of those accused of the murder
>f Dr. Cox in Breathitt county and
vas a prominent party in the llargis
'end. The reason for his deed is not
mown.
1>OUB?jK HANGING.
Third Convict Gets Kespito From the
Governor.
Nick Marenge and Frank Chickar?n
were hanged Thursday at NorrisLown,
Pa., on the same gallows for
Lite murder in August, 1909, of GeoJohnson,
an aged cobbler, whom
Lhey attacked for money he was supposed
to havo hidden in his shop.
John Billin, who also was to have
tioen hanged also for participation in
:he cinie, was granted a respite by
3ov. Stuart until October, in order
hat his case might ho passed upon
>y the State Supreme Court. Meslengers
carrying the reprieve arrived
it the county jail at one o'clock.
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SHOT BY II Kill AW YM AX.
talesman Fired on by Negro Who
Attempts to Hold Him I'p.
While en route from Newborn, N..
J. to JOUOs county monuay inurnm^,
4r. Ralph Lupton, a traveling saloslian
for the Carolina Grocery Co.
vas held up hy a negro man about
en miles from this city, who orderlim
to hand over all of his money.
Mr. Lupton refused to do this and
ittempted to secure his revolver,
A'hich was in the foot of the buggy,
but before he could do so the negro
fired at him, the ball taking effect
in .his thigh.
After shooting Mr. Lupton the neKro
took to the woods and has not
not been seen since.
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Two Little lloys lturned to Death.
Playing with matches resulted in
the death of two little sons of J.
O. Taylor, aged two and four years,
respectively, at Iredell, Texas, Tuesday.
The little boys were starting
a Are when their clothes became ignited
and they were burned to death.
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NAMES HARMON
Ohio Democrats R dominate Him For
Gorersor of Ohio.
STATE TICKET ANNOUNCED
He la Kndorsed for the Presldencf
by the State Convention at Dayton.?
Will Kcaign Governorship 'o
Make the Have.?llryan's Sugxcs.
tion to Kndor.se Senator Defeated.
The Democrutic party of Ohio goce
into the State campaign this fall with
TiirTcrm V 1 si r tiin nu ifu />n n li < 1 :i f n f< **
governor and President. Tho Democratic
state convention, which completed
its labors Wednesday at Dayton,
endorsed him in the strongest
terms for the Presidency of the
United State after It had renominated
him for governor by acclamation.
The belief held by many delegates
that the governor will resign siui.ly
alter the beginning of his new
term in order to become a candidate
for President before the next Democratic
national convention was voiced
.by former Governor James A.
Campbell. The ex-governor was introducing
Altee Pomerene, of Canton,
the nominee for lieutenant governor.
"Here is the man," lie said, "who
will be lieutenant governor, for six
months and the governor for a year
and six months. Both of those fabulous
promotions, however, were accomplished
against the earnest protest
of their beneficiaries."
The following resolution was presented
by the committee on resolutions
by. the convention endorsing
Governor Harmon for the Presidency
in 1912:
"We invite the attention of the
nation- to Judson Harmon and the
work he is doing for Ohio. Two years
house it will have been completed,
then we can spare him for larger
duties. He believes that guilt is personal?is
acting on that belief at
home, and would act upon it in large
fields. A high sense of duty provides
his only motives for official actions
and .his sense of Justice alone
completes judgment. Firmness axxi
strength mark him the man to supplant
vacillation and weakness. The
nation needs a real man and the
Ohio Democracy presents and endorses
for the Presidency of 1912 Jud
son Harmon."
Governor Harmon made a futile request
of the resolutions coiacnittee
that they omit the Presidential endorsement
resolutions, eaying that he
is making his present fight oil state
issues and did not want national issues
injected into the coming campaign.
He was told tnat i: could not
be prevented.
Atlee Pomereue, who was himself
a candidate against Harmon tor
the nomination in the state convention
two years ago, almost angrily
demanded that he be not compelled
to make the sacrifice, as he termed
it, of acepting the nomination for
second place. Although his name
was not placed in nomination, he received
nearly enough votes 011 the
first ballot to nominate. He formally
withdrew, but 011 the second
ballot, before the roll call was completed,
the nomination was made
unanimous. He asked time to conn?
.1 .... v....... .*
niwi-i cut" iiiaiLVi anu tuiri an iumii i
conference with his frienls unuounced
.he would accept.
The proposition to endorse a candidate
for United States senator that
was suggested by William J. Bryan,
was defeated, receiving but 254 out
of the 1,099 votes in the convention.
A move of great importance in
Ohio was made by the convention
when it endorsed the proposal for
a constitutional convention, a question
that will be voted upon by the
people this fail.
The following is the ticket that
was nominated to make the campaign
with Governor Harmon.
Lieutenant Go vernor?Atlee Pomcrone,
Can'on.
Attorney General?Tinioth S. Hognn,
W' llston.
Secretary of State?Charles H.
Graves, Oak Harbor..
Treasurer of State?L). S. Creamier,
St. Clairsville.
At the conclusion of the nominations
the convention adjourned sine
die.
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LIGHTNING ST It IK US NKGKO.
Strikes Shoes from His Feet but Ne
gro is I'nharmoil.
Lightning struck the shanks of
William Graham, a negro, Sunday
afternoon at ' Wiriston-Snlem and
stripped him of his shoes and socks,
not injuring him, however, in any
way, outside of mental anguish, no
to speak, for William was surely
scared. Mis wife, who was in the
room at the time was also uninjured.
The lightning ran down th*.
chimney during the severe electrical
storm which swept through Cnai
city, and tore up the bureau, before
it divested William of his shoes and
stockings, besides ripping his drawers
also from the ankle to the kae*
Many persons in the neighborhood
visited the scene and William show.
ed them corroborating garments.
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