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f W WH MUtltLI.
MCrTBUCVNH SHOVT THEM
A I? HOAR8K POR TEDDY.
of Haajnafil Contention nt
Forty-Five Minute*
Yell, "Four, Vowr,
Year* More''?Tnft Delegate*
Mg Majority and Four of
In Sal
Chicago. Juno 17.?Tht second day
k of the Republican national conven
" Uon has brought the long-exported
I yell, a whllrwlnd of enthu
which raced within the Taut
of the Coliseum for
fully 41 minute* today, and for a time
Haunting to the timid the) spectre of
n BeoiiTi.lt stampede. This demon
wee decidedly the feature of a
notable for a stirring
from the permanent chairman
of the convention* Senator Henry Cabot
Mage af Massachusetts, for much
aeaatioal procedure In placing the
eesjveutioa ea a amooth running
pibaaja aaa far the anal defeat of a plan
the representation of
tea at future national
Probably the moat Important net of
IIa day aaa the one having greatest
sagntaesaci was the adoption of the
? report of the Jcomsa'ttee on creden
* tmM mating the Taft delegations
k the
Hagalualtr la toto. If there had been
aar Uagertng doubt of the Tnft
ft disappeared before this
action, which, In effect,
glared upwards of. ?M delegatee In
the Taft column. Squally important
more remarkable was the
Baal asssptanco of thle result by the
without, the formality of a
minority report and with?
out carrying the question to the floor
of the contention for the open fight
been long threaten
of thle all further op?
iated to crumble; those
had pfomleed trouble quietly ac
tha Inevitable and thus the
cleared fbr the fulfillment
at ' lUnrt already well matured for
K the nomination of the head of the
?ehat
The faro rite sons still have, how?
ever, the bands of steadfast support
ere, who ?Uli show'their loyalty when
the first ballot hi taken.
At scene within the Coliseum to
a aay fsaaami that of yesterday In the
r magaitude aaa brilliancy of Its spec
tamsmr feature*. Again every seat
wag occupied - ana 14.000 people.
loom, aisle*, galleries and1
Joined In the ebb and flow
aaa agitation and enthusiasm. Tern
I neftaty Chairman Burrows called the
convention fen order promptly at
If.ft. hat the delay of committees In
rsnwrtlag gave an hoar for diversion
aoflere the serious work of the day was
This time waa given over to
visMiasj eloba. with bands and
bearing banner* and
af O. O. P. elephants,
fa freest of the delegatee paraded this
throng, enciting laughter and
The hit af the parade waa
a glee oktb which halted before the
Ohio do legation aad varied the en
af ' Billy Taft Yep
Mara Msr with a melancholy dirge
v Thm drrereion over, the convention
tmad m the committee reports,
waa that of orcdontiaie?the
foundation on whieh delegates
heed their seats and voted. It wa*i
tied by Senator Palton oC Ore?
in a three-minute egsson, stat?
ing that the action of the national
committee had been fully justified and |
npheki. For a moment delegates look
ad about for the fire-breathing Book
waltet of Indiana, who had led the
minority force* and promised a live?
ly fight ua the floor. But Mr. Book
waiter ant with the Indiana delega?
tion, ? baking his head In answer to
Inquiries and announcing that the
fight had aeon abandoned, as only
three delegate* would undertake to
bear the brunt of a contest on the
jfioor. The report was quickly approv
<*d with only a few scattered votes In
opposition.
The presentation of the report on
?permanent orgenlmtlon was the elg
aal far Senator Burrows to yield his
wtaoe as) temporary chairman and to
?escort %o the platform the permanent
?charrmaa of the convention. Senator
Xo4g* of Massachusetts. Mr. Lodge,
'trim end businesslike, looked as from
a later generation than the white
haired retiring chairman. His voice,
too. has that resonant New England
twang, which made It ring out to the
Vartbect corners of the galleries.
"The fervid fancy of an uneasy
dream." was his Indictment hurled
against the visionary policies of op?
position parties).
"*The spplause had hardly died away
when Mr. Dodge launched his sen?
tence which ctsetrlfied the assemblage
Into its first real demonstration of
wild enthusiasm.
"The president." exclaimed Mr.
Lodge, "is the best abused and most
popular man In the United Btates to*
day '
This was the long awslted signal.
Instantly a shout broke from the gal
?*? ? ? I i. ?.*?r.tr from the
floor, at first only a tempest of de?
tached yells and cat-calls and shouts
of "Teddy!" but gradually gathering
force and volume until It swelled to a
whlrlwfn^d of sound and motion, as
delegates and spectators rose en
masse, mounting chairs, waving ban?
ner*, hau, hankerchtefs, flags, news?
papers?anything which could be
seised upon to add turbelence to the
me.
Amid the tumult the band struck
up. but the clash of brass and drums
was completely lost In the.- babel of
sound which welled up from 14*000
throats.
Por the flr?t minute Sanator Lodge
stood waiting to proceed, occasionally
raising his hand for silence, only to
awaken a defiant yell, twice louder
than before.
Five minutes passed, and Instead of
abating* the uproar was increasing.
Senator Lodge ssnk back In his chair
to await a lull la the storm.
Five minutes?10 minutes?IS min?
utes! There was no lull, no abate?
ment. The hoarse roar had taken the
place of the detached yells.
"Four! four! tour years more,
came In a deafening chorus from the
full sweep of the gallery, as If precon
carted, sac** "four! four!" exploding
like the boom of heavy artllery.
Fifteen minutes?SO minutes?25
minutes.
Now delegations were Joining In the
outbreak. Some had mounted chairs
?Texas. Kentucky, Tenneases and
were gesticulating* madly.
One delegate far to the left had
torn of? his coat and was whipping It
widely above the head. Texas and
Kentucky appeared to be the centre
of the agitation on the floor. New
York viewed the storm with calm
and so did Ohio, except, strangely,
one of the lonesome Foraker dele?
gates. Judge Marcus Shoup.' who
nr ounted on a chair, kept both arms
lik motion with a waving flag and a
newspaper and his voice Joining In
the general pandemonium.
Thirty minutes?SI minutes?40
minutes?45 minutes!
Forty-five Minutes of Uproar.
A fall three-quarter* of an hour
h?d paseed In this bewildering con?
fusion of sight and sound. For a
time some fear was felt by some that
a stampede was Imminent. But the
political generals were glad to give
tlte pent-up enthusiasm of the mul?
titude expression and at no time was
there the slightest apprehension
among them that the well-deviled
plans would miscarry by some over?
powering movement Frank H.
Hitchcock, the Taft manager, moved
about the floor, smiling as the tumult
was at Its height
"The ehears for Roosevelt today
will be for Taft tomorrow," said he,
with con Aden cs.
With the subduing of the Roose?
velt storm. Senator Lodge completed
his stirring speech and then the con?
vention turned to the reports of the
lather committees. That no rules and
I order of business brought a majority
I report against the resolution offered
by Jas. Francis Burke of Pennsylva?
nia, reducing the representation of
Statte to a basis of the Republican
vote oast by those mates. Mr. Burke
presented a minority report la which
17 of the States concurred.
A sharp contest occurred on this
question, bringing for the first time
before the convention some of Its
best known orators, Including Burke
of Pennsylvania, Qov. Willson of
Kentucky, the veteran difer of
Ohio. sx-Oov. Herrick of t ?io. Rem
mel of Arkanaas, Buckingham of Illi?
nois, Wadsworth of New York, Mudd
of Maryland. sx-Qov. War mouth of
Louisiana and the negro orator from
Georgia. Henry Lincoln Johnson.
The resolution was finally defeated
by the close vote of 501 agatnet 741.
a margin of 35 votes In a total of 077,
throe delegates being absent. The
change of a single State might have
altered the entire reeult. Although
defeated Mr. Burke said that the re?
sult had shown a tremendous growth
of sentiment In favor of this restrict?
ed representation and that In his
opinion tl. future success of the plan
appeared beyond doubt
The final details of the platform
are being arranged by the platform
committee tonight, and tjils accom?
plished, the convention will be equip?
ped tomorrow to make Its declara?
tion of policy and* proceed to the se
Section of candidates. Tomorrow's
?esslon opens at 10 o'clock In the
morning, Instead of noon, as hereto?
fore, so that a full day may be had
for the discussion of principles and
men. The plstform Is expected to
ifo before the convention early In the
day and Its adoption will be followed
by the speeches placing In nomina?
tion the candidates for president.
WILLIAMS RESIGNS AS LEADER.
Democratic CauruM Chairman Makes
the Announcement.
Eufaula, Ala., June 18.?Congress?
man John Sharp Williams, of Missis?
sippi, has resigned the minority lead?
ership of th* house of representatives
to take ?ffeet December 1 next. This
announcement is made by Congress?
man H. D. Clayton, chnlrmun of
the Democratic caucus.
HYDUOI'HOHIA IX ASHEYUXE.
Little Clyde Himer Dies One Month
After Being Bitten by a Mnd
Dog.
Ashevllle, N. C, June 14.?Bitten
bv a dog Just a month ago. Clyde
Hnr.er, the little 10-year-oll ton of
Mr. and Mrs. J. P. Plnnor ot West
Aahevtlle, yesterday dlel In awful
*gony. hydrophobia having developed
In a most pronounced form.
A month ago little Clyde Pinner
and several small companions were
playing In a pasture near the home
of his parents, when a dog, belonging
to a resident of West Ashevllle named
Sherlln, appeared and, running into
the group of children, made a snap
at one of them. Clyde Pinner came
to the rescue of his companion and
attempted to drive the brute away
when It sprang at him, sinking its
teeth twice in his cheek. The little
fellow's wounds were dressed and It
was not though that any serious re?
sults would follow. On Saturday
morning last, however, the child
complained of being 111. He was treat
! ed for what appeared to be earache.
Everything possible was done to re?
lieve his terrible sufferings, but with?
out avail, and death yesterday ended
his awful agony.
A pathetic feature of the last hours
waa the request of the little chap
that his pet dog should be killed. He,
realising that he must die from the
effect of a bite from a dog, Insisted
that his own pet dog be killed for
fear that It might Inflict a similarly
fatal Injury on some of his little play?
mates.
The dog which bit the child disap?
peared from the neighborhood short
ly afterwards and was next seen at
Woolsey, almost three miles away.
It was later seen at Beaver Dam,
where, showing pronounced symp?
toms of rabies, It was shot to death.
' This Is the second death from hy?
drophobia In this section within the
past three weeks, James West hav?
ing died two weeks ago after being
bitten by a mad dog.
The city board of aldermen have
ordered that all dogs must be muz?
zled.
PUZZLES WAR DEPARTMENT.
Can Lieut. Cabanisa Accept Compli?
mentary Title of Colonel?
/
Washington, June 16.?The act of
the South Carolina legislature creat?
ing the office of "colonel" and be?
stowing It upon the regular army of?
ficer detailed for duty with the Na?
tional guard of the State. Lieut.
Cabanlss, Is giving the war depart?
ment a tough nut to crack. The au?
thorities now have the question under
consideration and are trying to deter?
mine whether the officer, referred to
may accept the office of colonel?al?
though the title has generally been
considered as going with the place
occupied by a retired officer assigned
to such duty.
The act of the South Carolina leg?
islature creating such an office in?
vests no duties, confers no emolu?
ments, and does not Include a neces?
sary exercise of the appointing power.
It merely gives, by operation of law,
a curtesy title to the detailed officer
with a view to establishing his prece?
dence among officers of the South
Carolina militia.
If a commission Issues whioh pur?
poses merely to announce the opera?
tion of the law of the case and does
not undertake to charge She officer
with its duties, it is held that Us ac?
ceptance would not Involve a for?
feiture of the officer's regular com?
mission In the operation of the sec?
tions of the revised statutes bearing
on the case.
The question of whether Lieut.
Cablness shall be a "colonel" under
the South Carolina law and be called
"colonel" or remain a lieutenant un?
der Uncle Sam's law Is squarely before
the Judge advocate general of the
army for an opinion.
ATTACKED BY MAD DOG.
Young Newberry Farmer Bitten
While at Work In Field.
Newberry, June 16.?Eddie Boble.
son of W. H. Boble, who lives about
three miles from Newberry, was bit?
ten on the leg and arm this morning
by a supposed mad dog. Mr. Boble.
accompanied by his father, left at
noon for Atlanta, carrying the dog's
head with them. He goes to Pasteur
Institute for treatment and the dog's
head will be examined to determine
whether or not It was mad.
Young Bobble was In the field ear?
ly this morning working and was on
his way to get a bucket when the
dog, which was lying In a row, sprang
at him, biting him on the leg and
arm. The dog was killed and Its
head cut off. Young Boble came to
town at once and went on to Atlanta.
Stomach Troubles.
30 days' trial $1 is the offer on
Pineules. Relieves backache, weak
back, lame back, rheumatic pains.
Best on sale for kidneys, bladder and
blood. Oood for young and old. Sat?
isfaction guaranteed or money re?
funded. Sold by Sibert's Drug Store.
THE STATE LEAGUE AVEHAGES.
The Secretary Has Had Great Deal of
Trouble in Getting the Scorers to
Report.
The fielding and batting of the
playera of the South Carolina State
league are In danger of never being
known unless scorers at several of
the four towns hurry and send in
reports now a month overdue.
It is the rule In the State league for
official scorers to file tabulated score
sheets with the secretary of the
league Immediately after each series.
Secretary Houses** says that there
has nothing come to him from the
Rock Hill scorer, and, officially, he
doesn't know whether or not the team
is actually playing ball, or In the
league', for that matter. He has writ?
ten to most every one whose name
appears on that baseball club's let*
ter head, but so far has not received
a reply. The league has been In prog?
ress a good long while now, and the
only games reported that were played
at Rock Hill were those of the open?
ing series, which the Chester scorer,
who happened to be on the Rock Hill
lots, was kind enough to report to the
secretary. Orangeburg has also been
exceedingly lax. The club has had
three scorers, at least. The first man
turned in his work all right, the
"middle man" hasn't sent anything,
while the man now in charge Is
filing his reports and promises to
aid the secretary in getting those
missing.
The scorers at Sumter and Chester
deserve much credit for their prompt
and accurate reports and had the
scorers of the other clubs done half
as well the secretary's books would
be in excellent shape. It was the In?
tention of the secretary to publish
averages every two weeks, but as the
score sheets haven't been filed, this
has been impossible.
This is a matter which the clubs'
officials should not look lightly upon.
If a club wants to sell a player It
must have the player's average, as
baseball magnates have stopped
swapping or buying "sight on seen."
The secretary is anxious to have the
averages kept accurately but right
now Is In a terrible plight. It has
been suggested that the offending
clubs be fined. This might help mat?
ters.
After the above had been put In
type, the State was Informed by
Secretary Houseal that he had re?
ceived a letter from a Rock Hill offi?
cial yesterday in which he stated in
reference to the Rock Hill scorer that
'up to the present time we have had
none . . f although one of our local
men has been keeping score for us
and Is out of the city now so we can?
not give you the scores as asked, but
we will endeavor to do so as early as
possible."
The secretary says he feels quite
sure that the Rock Hill officials will
do all they can to get the score sheets,
but the matter only shows that the
clubs are so wrought up in winning
games that they seem to forget about
the business end of the situation.
Sentiment seems to have gotten the
best of them.
Anyway, it looks like it's going to
be a long time before any averages
can be, issued, much to the regret of
the secretary and the hundreds of
baseball fans who are watching the
doings of the State league.?-The
State.
Newest Thing In Ducks.
Ths newest thing In ducks la the
Khaki, the egg-producing duck of
England. Whether they are more
valuable than the Indian Runner In
this respect remains to be seen; It Is
asserted that the Khakl duck usually
lays more eggs than a good hen, Its
average being over 200 a year. This
duck Is In great demand for utility
purposes, and has a very pleasing ap?
pearance. It was evolved from a fine
Rouen drake and a large Indian Run?
ner duck, to which was added wild
duck blood to give flavor and hardi?
ness. Ducklings can be hatched every
month in the year, and no matter in
what month they come they can be
relied upon to begin laying at five
months old; at least this is the as?
sertion of Feathered Life the Eng?
lish paper. In carriage and general
appearance, this variety resemples
the Rouen. The color, as Indicated
by the name, Is a yellowlnsh fawn,
the neck of the drake, wings and tail
marked In Imitation of the B? jen.
When first produced it was known as
the Campbell. The females are
marked rather Indistinctly in the
plumage, like the Rouen females.
Entirely too many of the so-called
Indian Runners that we have in this
country, which carry this style of
marking In the plumage of the fe?
male, are probably more or less
crossed with this variety. The Khakl
are In great demand at present In
England, and very high prices are
asked for them. We imagine that
many of our Indian Runner? of the
Rouen type are of this same blood.?
County Gentleman.
You Should Know This.
?Foley's Kidney Remedy will cure
any case of kidney or bladder trouble
that Is not beyond the reach of med?
icine. No medicine can do more.
filbert*! Drug Store.
ATTENTION!
Farmers and Planters.
You Have no Control over a Hail Storm?T
And the best and only way you can PROTECT your sea?
son's work and investment is by INSURING in the Carolina HaR
Insurance Co., that has been proven and found to be
Absolutely Safe and Reliable.
The Carolina Hail Insurance Company
Was Organized in 1906 and in the two years of its existence has
paid out to its policy-holders in the State of South Carolina alone,
the enormous sum of nearly one hundred thousand Dollars ($100,
000.00.)
It is a home company, devoted to the interest of South Caro?
lina only.
RATES:
Tobacco.
$50.00 per Acre Into ranee at $5.00 per Acre.
Cotton.
$30.00 per Acre Insurance at $1.05 per Acre.
$25.00 4at $ .87^ * 44 I
$20.00 44 44 44 at $ .70 44
$15.00 44 44 44 st $ .52U 4 4 u
$10.00 44 44 44 at $ .35 44
Grain.
$10.00 per Acre Insurance at $ .35 per Acre.
Premiums are payable in cash and policies are issued by the
agent and delivered at once.
Ten Thousand Dollars worth of securities deposited with Insur?
ance Commission of South Carolina for protection of policy holders*,
in compliance with new Insurance law.
Don't put this very important matter off, but see us and insure
at once. Tomorrow may be too late.
The Citizens' Insurance Agency,
29 N. Main St. 6. E. HAYNSWORTH, Mgr. Suiter, S. I?
WEEKLY WEATHER REPORT.
Conditions In South Carolina Re?
viewed by Section Director
Bauer.
Columbia, Jne 17.?Section Direc?
tor Bauer of the local weather bu
rea has issued his bulletin on weath?
er conditions during the past week.
The report goes Into the amount of
precipitation throughout the State and
indicates the need of rain in some
sections While in other* the fall has
been large. The report say*:
"The week was characterised by
normal temperature, fee from mark?
ed extremes, generally ample rain?
fall, and slighty deficient sunshine.
"The mean temperature was near?
ly In from throughout the State and
was normal in the eastern division
and about 1 degree below the normal
In the Western division. The week?
ly extremes of temperature were 67
degress /it Darlington on the 9th
and 37 degress at Florence on the 10th.
The precipitation was nearly nor?
mal, or slightly above, except a mark?
ed deficiency In the north central
counties. The need of rain In the
western counties, indicated by the re?
ports from that section, was supplied
after the reports were mailed. Light
hall storms occurred In widely scat?
tered localities, and high winds ac?
companying thunderstorms caused
slight damage in places.
"The following special rainfall re?
ports were received by telegraph and
Include the measurements at 8 a. m.
of July i, namely: Pelzer, 246 inches
Chappels 0.82 of an inch; Blairs 1.04
Inches; Catawbas 0.64 of an inch;
Camden 0.14 of an inch; Ferguson
1.64 inches; Allendale 0.44 of an
Inch; Batesburg 0.S8 of an inch;
Blackvllle 0.44 of an inch; Cheraw
1.28 inches; Florence 0.74 of an
Inch; i Greenville 1.40 Inches; Green?
wood 2.14 Inches; . Kingstree 1.80
Inches; St. George 1.64 inches; St.
Matthews 2.04 Inches; Spartanburg
1.08 inches; Temassee 2.69 inches;
Charlotte, N. C. 1.00 inch; Wil?
mington. N. Cm 1.90 Inches; Sa?
vannah, Ga.. 0.40 of an inch; Au?
gusta, Ga., 2.30 Inches.
GOV. HEYWARD'S CONDITION.
Examination Shows That It Will be
Some Time Before He Will Return
to Work.
Dr. James H. Mclntosh. who ac?
companied ex-Gov. Heyward to Phila?
delphia last week, has returned to the
city. Dr. Mclntosh states that the
diagnosis of Go v. ey ward's Illness,
which was made by himself and Dr.
Wharton Sinkier of the OrthopoediC
hospital and that Dr. Sinkier agrees
with Drs. Mclntosh and Guerry that
under no circumstances could Gov.
Heyward have stood the campaign
this summer. Dr. Mclntosh thinks
that it will be at least six weeks and
possible longer before Gov. Heyward
is able to leave the hospital and even
then he will not be in condition to re?
sume his business duties, so that it
will likely be September before he re?
turns to Columbia. Not only do the
physicians consider that he could
not have made the canvass of the
State, but they also are agreed that
it was necessary for him to be free
from anxiety and worry which would
have been incident from his remain?
ing a candidate, even if he had not
followed the campaign.?The State.
Here comes the spring winds to
chap, tan and freckle. Use Plnesalve
Carbollaed. (Acts like a poultice)
for cuts, sores, burns, chapped skin.
Sold by Sibert's Drug Store.
r
OLD TURFMAX NOW FAMOUS.
Ginistrelli Struggled Many Years to
Develop a Derby Winner.
New York Times. ????.
The third victory of a filly for the
double event of Derby and the Oaks,
at Epsom Downs, In the 129 yearn
of the two famous English races, by
Signorinetta, has brought into singu?
lar prominence the eccentric Italian
turfman who owns the heroine of the*
two great events, the Chevalier E.
Ginistrelli. The owner Is an elderly
man, who first took an active part Inf
English racing affairs a trifle more
than 20 year., ago. He then was a
man of moderate wealth, but his turf
ventures, which Were directed almost ?
excessively to efforts to win the class*
ic events of the turf, soon exhausted
a great part of his fortune and
though he retained an estate in Italy,
he made his home at Newmarket,
England, for about eight months
each year, and gave about all his at?
tention to a tiny breeding establish?
ment which he maintained in the
town itself.
The chevalier's farm comprises
about ten acres of land and is very
modestly equipped with buildings*.
There, however with four or five
mares he has bred on, year after
year, trying to produce a Derby or
Oaks winner, undaunted by the flat
failures which came to him for an
long a period. Of necessity he had
to conduct his breeding operational
on as cheap a scale as possible and
the old man, with his tiny farm, hin
staff of superannuated grooms, and
stray exercise boys, dismissed fronv
other stables and employed by the
Chevalier Ginistrelli, because they
were the cheapest he could get ham
been the butt of the Newmarket
horsemen.
The Italian's trumpb fn the end In
a direct tribute to his judgment and
the theory he has upheld through alL
his years of failure, for the dam of
Signorinetta is one that years ago ths>
' chevalier selected as filling his re?
quirements as the dam of a winner
in the classic races. This was Sig*
norlna, one of the best fillies of her
time on the turf of England, and a.
daughter of the sensationally success)*
ful stallion St. Simon. Only two of
Slgnorina's foals lived to race be?
fore Signorinetta, and both were fail?
ures on the turf, but in the Derby*
{and Oaks winner Signorinetta, the
; chevalier haa been recompensed for
(all earlier disappointments. The only
) fillies that won both Derby and Oaks
I prior to Signorinetta were Sir Chartern
Burnbury's Eleanor In 1801, and W?
L. Anson's Blink Bonney in 1857.
Baron Henri de Rothschilds who to
a liberal amateur of the arts as well
as a physician who has done a good
deal of research. Is building a house*
at Suresnus, near Paris, to be known
as the "Malson des Auteurs Drama
tlques Francals." When It is com?
pleted and furnished he will hand it.
over, together with an endowment, to
the Societe des Auteurs Dramatiques.
"to provide for those dramatists
whom destiny or chance has not fa?
vored." There are to be 20 apart?
ments, and a small theatre where the
residents may produce works of their
own.
Dr. S. A. Foster of Anderson, who
sued the Southern Mutual Life In?
surance company of Atlanta, wan*
iwarded a verdict of $2.000 by a
jury in the federal court at Green?
ville.
The Salvation Army will establish
a post at Anderson.