HDN W J BFIYANCHOSFN AS STANDARD BEARER FOR HE DEMOCRATIC PARI* AFTER AN ALL NIGHT SESSION THE NEBRASKA MAN IS NAMED ON THE FIRST BALLOT BY A VOTE OF 892 1-2 LATER HIS NOMINATION MADE UNANIMOUS. JOHN W. KERN OF INDIANA IS NAMED AS BRYAN'S RUNNING MATE-GREAT ENTHUSIASM MARKED THE PROCEED INGS OF THE NATIONAL CONVENTION. Denver, Col.—William Jennings Bryan was Friday morning nominated for presi dent of the I'nited States by the Demo cratic national convention. The nomina tion was made at 3:40 o'clock amid Beetles of tumultous enthusiasm, the vast assem blage breaking en masse into a frenzied demonstration of intensely dramatic trib ute t > the chosen leader. The first and only ballot gava Bryan the commanding an! decisive total of ByUVfe votes, or 221 more tlmn enough to nominate, with Gray •OS l ,a, Johnson 46. The announcement was greeted with a perfect pandemonium of sound and mo tion, floor and galleries joining in deaf ening. long continued tumult. The derisive ballot was followed, at the lir.it lull, with motions from the Gray and Johnson leaders to make the nomination unanimous and by acclamation, which was carried with an echoing chorus of approval in which every state joined its voice, with but one dissenting vote from the state of Georgia. Denver, Col.—Two sessions of the Democratic national convention, the tirst at 11 o'clock Thursday and the second be ginning at 7 p. m, advanced the work well nigh to completion. The opening session lasted three hours and brought about the completion of the permanent organization of the convention, with the address of Congressman Clayton of Alabama, per manent chairman of the convention. The address of Chairman Clayton was a caustic arraignment of the failure of Hoos§velt policies and an enunciation of Democratic doctrine. The ringing voice of the i rator and the emphasis of his gestures started the listening thousands to frequent demonstrations of enthusias tic approval. At 2:: mi the convention took a recess until evening. The defeat of Col. .1. M. Guffey of Pitts burg, national committeeman from Penn sylvania, as a candidate for re-election was accomplished by the faction headed by James Kerr of Clearfield, at a meet inn hold in the convention auditorium Immediately following the adjournment of the first session of the convention. Some Divorce Statistics. Cleveland, O. Divorces Ranted in this county in the year ended .June 30, 1907, numbered 770; in the year ended June 30, this year, 806. To wives were granted in the last year 618 divorces; to husbands, 188. In ten cases only were wives refused divorces from husbands; in 13 cases husbands were refused divorces from wives. Wives relented in 200 cases, after they had filed suits against hus bands, and dismissed the proceedings in court. Husbands did likewise In 54 cases. At the night session the convention proceeded to the nomination of a candi date for president of the United States, the nominating and secondinji speeches being made. The speech placing William J. Bryan in nomination awakened a whirlwind of demonstration rivaling in intensity and duration the record breaking tribute of Wednesday. The names of George Gray of Delaware and of Gov. Johnson of Minnesota were also placed in nomination with demon strations of approval from their limited fallowings. The speech placing Willlnm J. Bryan in nomination was made by Ignatius J. Dunn c 1 Nebraska, a youthful orator of lire and eloquence, whose closing phrase stirred the vast assemblage to u wil'l demonstration. "1 nominate," he exclaimed, "as the standard bearer of our party the man who in the thrilling days of 'l)6 and 1900 bore the battle scarred banner of Democracy with fame as untarnished as the crusad ers of old —America's great commoner, Nebraska's gifted son, William J. Bryan." Immediately a perfe t pandemonium of sound and motion was unloosed as dele gates and spectators rose en masse and joined in the chorus of tribute to the Nebraska candidate. The standards of the states were wrenched from their places and borne through the hall to the platform, while banners bearing Bryan's portrait were waved aloft and the multitude joined in long continued tribute. At times the in tensity of the demonstration threatened a panic. The platform was adopted at 1 o'clock Friday morning and then followed a num ber of seconding speeches. Henry D. Clayton. Permanent Chairman of Convention. KERN FOR VICE PRESIDENT Denver, Col.—The Democratic na tional convention concluded its labors late Friday afternoon by the nomination 1 Labor Leaders Are Sued for Damages Denver, Col. —While Samuel Gom pers, John Mitchell, John H. Len non, Frank Morrison, Joseph Valen tine, James Duncan and Max Morris were holding a conference on labor matters Friday, Deputy Sheriff Law son served them with papers to ap pear as defendants in a suit brought by the W. R. Thompson Marble Co. against them as leading ofiicers of the American Federation of Labor, for $50,000 for alleged iiamages to its business by a strike un<l also a boy cott. J CAMERON COUNTY PRESS, THURSDAY, JULY 16, 1908. of John Worth Kern of Indiana for vieo president, completing the ticket on which William Jennings Bryan was made the nominee for president during the early hours "112 Friday morning. The nomina tion of Kern was made by acclamation amid the cheers of delegates and specta tors. No ballot was necessary, as the tide of sentiment set irresistibly toward the Indiana candidate, state after state registering their delegations in his fa vor and all other candidates withdrawing before the universal demand for his nom ination. The convention, after adjourning al daylight with the nomination of Mr. Bryan, resumed its session at 1 p. m. On the call of states Indiana presented the name of Kern: Colorado through ex- Gov. Thomas placed In nomination Charles A. Towne of New York; Connec ticut presented Archibald McNeil, and Geirgla, t'lark Howell. The withdrawal of the Connecticut candidate was accompanied by a motion that the nomination of Kern be made by acclamatii 11. The motion was car ried with a deafening shout and the great assemblage broke into clamorous demonstration on the accomplishment of its work and the completion of the na tional ticket. The nomination was made at 4:2.1 o'clock anil the convention thereupon ad journed without delay. The Democratic national committee will assemble to-day to complete its new organization and to select a chairman, who will be the com mander-in-chief of the Democratic forces in the campaign. Indianapolis, Ind. —John W. Kern was born December 20, IS 19, at the vil lage of Alto, Howard county, Indiana. His father. Dr. Jacob W. Kern, was a Virginian by birth who removed to .Shel by county In 1836 and lived there until 184H, when he moved into the new north ern county. John Kern's mother was Nancy Llg gett and she and Dr. Kern were married in Warren county, Ohio. In 18.14. when John was 5 years old, the family re moved to Warren county, lowa. From the time he went to lowa until lie was 15 years old he did not see a railroad train. The family moved hack to How ard county in 1864. In the 60's, while still in lowa, Mrs. Kern died. Two children were left. John and Ills sister, who is now Mrs. Isaac Rngel ot Dansville, Va. John was educated in the district schools and he continued this education by attending the Indiana Normal school at Kokomo, riding horse back ten miles each way every day. Later he taught school near Alto. He earned money to enter Ann Arbor, grad uating from tile law department of Mich igan university in 1869. He immediately began practicing in Kokomo. He was ■"drafted" when he was 21 years old to make the race for the legislature In the Republican county of Howard, but was defeated. He was chosen city attorney of Kokomo for six terms over Republican aspira nts. In 1884 he was elected reporter of the supreme court. He has worked In every campaign, served the county in the leg islature and was the leader of his party in the state senate. He was city attor ney under the last two administrations of Mayor Thomas Taggart from October, 1897, to October, 1901. In 1900 he was nominated for governor, but was de feated. Lincoln, Neb. lmmediately after Bryan received positive assurance of his nomination he gave out this state ment: "The presidency is the highest official position in the world and no one occu pying it can afford to have his views upon public questions biased by personal ambition. Recognizing his responsibility and his obligations to his countrymen, he should enter upon the discharge of his duty with singleness of purpose. Be lieving that one can best do this when he is not planning for a second term, I announce now, as I have on former oc casions, that if elected I shall not be a candidate for re-election." FIRST DAY'S PROCEEDINGS. Denver, Col.—With cheers from 10,- 000 throats, with the swell of political oratory and the inspiring spectacle of a vast multitude of people, the Demo cratic national convention began its de liberations Tuesday. The session, lasting a little over two hours, was more notable for its spectacular effects than for the business accomplished. It gave, however, the opportunity for the awakening echoes of convention enthusiasm, the keynote speech of the temporary presiding officer. Theodore A. Bell of California, a heated skirmish incidental to the contest in the Pennsylvania delegation, and finally a unanimous tribute of homage and respect to the memory of the late Grover Cleve land. SECOND DAY'S PROCEEDINGS. Denver. Col. Two sessions of the Democratic national convention were held Wednesday, the lirst at noon producing a Bryan demonstration breaking all rec ords in duration, the second at 8 p. m., being tiie culmination of the struggle over the credentials of the Pennsylvania delegation and the supremacy of the Pennsylvania leader, Col. Ouffey, who has been denounced by Mr. Bryan. The committee on credentials conclud ed its labors shortly after 10 o'clock Wednesday, after having been In contin uous session since 5 o'clock Tuesday af ternoon. No attempt was made to re strict the time for the presentation of evidence in the various contests, the proceedings in which were all conducted with open doors. The Ohio and Pennsyl vania cases prcVoked much bitterness from the opposing sides. Col. James M. Guffey of Pittsburg went down to defeat before the commit tee in all his contested cases, the con testants all being seated by a vote of 27 to 15. The Nineteenth Ohio district again was given to Tom Johnson of Cleveland, who appeared in the committee room and made a strong plea that the action of the national committee might be sus tained. A Close Call for Minister O'Brien. La Paz, Bolivia. Details received here of the revolution in Para guay state that while fighting was going on in Asuncion an incident occurred which might have had a most serious result. The American minister, Edward C. O'Brien, desir ous of proffering his good offices in order to prevent further loss of life, while approaching the headquarters of the revolutionists was fired upon three times by government troops. The minister's escape was miraculous, as many persons were killed Picked Up in~#w> Pennsy Ivan ia BUTLER. —Another big gusher has ' been struck in the Mcßride field uear I the Harry N. Hoffman well. OIL CITY. —Carl Mellweg, aged 10 years, fell into an oil tank and was drowned in the fluid, which was two feet deep. BEAVER FALLS. — A bulldog at tacked the 8-year-old daughter of Mrs. Peter Clear, frightfully lacerating the child's legs. UNI O N T O W N.— Thieves entered the stables of L. L. Johnson and De tective William Briscoe at New Salem : and stole two horses each valued at SSOO. ALTOONA. —Chester Hamer, aged' 16, of Altoona and a young compan ion named Kauffman were drowned in the Juniata river near Ryde Sta tion. HARRISBURG. The state's dis bursements last month were the larg est in years, reaching $3,026,979.93, j of which $753,743.28 was for the schools. GREENSBURG. Johu Byers, son of F. H. Byers of Greensburg, has been appointed a cadet at the Annap olis Naval academy, and has success fully passed' the examination. CHESTER. During a quarrel at Trainer, David Murphy, jr., shot and killed Deputy Sheriff Darwin Spence. Spence shot twice at Murphy, once wounding him in the shoulder. BEAVER FALLS.— Mrs. Ellen Mil ler Ruby, aged 45, mother of Frank Ruby, who was killed by a train at New Castle, died here from shock fol lowing the news of her son's death. GREENSBURG. —Cramps caused a rupture of a blood vessel, from which John F. Hummel died within an hour. Mr. Hummel was 75 years of age and had held several municipal offices. UN lONTOWN.— Charged with prac ticing medicine and surgery without a license and being indirectly respon sible for the death of Elizabeth Car pete, Mrs. Anna Bogush, a Slavish woman of Briar Hill, was committed to jail. SOMERSET. —Judge Kooser grant ed' a preliminary injunction restrain ing the Pennsylvania & Maryland Street Railway Co. from crossing the tracks of the Salisbury branch of the Baltimore & Ohio at Kreitzburg crossing. READING. —WiIIiam Burns, an iron worker out of employment, dropped dead in his cell at the police station from the shock d'ue to his arrest, it is believed. He was sleeping on a bench in the city park when taken in to custody. ALTOONA.— Miss Nettie Williams of Pittsburg while walking in the sub urbs was attacked by blackbirds be cause of bright red plumage worn on her hat. The birds furiously tore out the colored feathers and badly gashed the wearer's face. GREEN BURG. —lt is announced that depositors of the defunct Farm ers and Merchants' National bank at Mount Pleasant will receive a divi dend of 25 per cent within the next 30 days. The bank closed last Octo ber and this is t'.ie first payment. HARRISBURG. Thomas Alsan, a Swede, is living in the Harrisburg hospital with eight wounds in his ab domen. He was found mysteriously shot at his home. Physicians say that life is remarkable, considering the perforations of his intestines. REYNOLDSVILLE. Beneath an apple tree where they fell, one mur dered, the other a suicide, the dead bodies of Reed W. Broscius and his wife, both well known in this section of Jefferson county, were found by Coroner J. C. Sayers and brought to Reynoldsville. WASHINGTON.— Washington and vicinity are suffering from a drouth. Unless there is soon rain injury to crops is feared. During June the to tal rainfall for Washington and vicin ity was only two inches. In other parts of the county there has been rain in abundance. MEADVILLE. Frank Curty, 40 years old, a contracting painter, was instantly killed by an Erie freight train. Curty and a friend fished in French creek all night and attempted to continue the sport through the day without rest. Curty sat down on the end of a railroad tie to rest and wait for his companion. He fell asleep on the track. WEST NEWTON. Darr mine of the Pittsburg Coal Co. at Jacobs Creek, where over 300 men met their death in an explosion last December, will probably resume operations for the lirst time, since the catastrophe. HARRISBURG. — Dairy and Food Commissioner Foust's monthly bulle tin contains a financial statement showing that since the first of the year $32,549.29 has been paid into the treasury from oleo licenses. This is the largest sum ev«r received in thiß period. CONNELLSVILLE. —A slip at the Dunbar Furnace Co. here burned live men, two of them critically. WASHINGTON. — An oil tank on the Charles Hat vey farm, uear Grays ville, containing over one thousand barrels of oil was struck by lightning and destroyed. REYNOLDSVILLE.— George Adam was probably fatally injured in a brawi at Pardus, ,a mining town near here, when one side of his head was crushed by a brick. PHILADELPHIA. — Two men were burned to death and two others in jured' in a fire following an explosion on the oiltank barge Shenango, un dergoing repairs at Cramp's shipyard. ALTOONA. —Harry L. Nicholson, one of Altoona's prominent and wealthy citizens, dropped dead on the streets of Hollidaysburg while run ning to catch a street car for his home. LATROBE. —A barn owned by Jo seph Eaton was struck by lightning and destroyed by fire, together with a calf, chickens, farming implements and 18 tons of hay. The loss is $2,500. WILKESBARRE.— Carrying his am putated leg in his arms, Juhn Ort kuski, who had it cut off on the Le high Valley railroad, crawled a quar ter of a mile in an effort to reach White Haven. WASHINGTON.— WhiIe wrestling on a towboat in the Monongahela river below Frederickstown George Davis and James Murphy fell over board and the former was drowned. Neither was able to swim. WASHINGTON. —Returning to his home from Washington. William Bane, a dairyman of 84, met death. His body was found by the roadside. His neck was broken and it is sup posed he was thrown from his buggy. ERIE. —Tony Boza, a ealthy fruit dealer, was shot and killed' by an un known. The shots were heard shortly after Boza left his place of business and he was found mortally wounded in the street, dying on the way to the hospital. SCRANTON. —The resilience of the Rev. Father Karparski, pastor of the Polish Lithuanian Catholic church at Archbald, was dynamited. The porch was torn away and the house badly wrecked, but none ol' the occupants suffered serious injury. WASHINGTON.— Not content with the Fourth of July display here two little boys, a tank of oil and a creek gave Washington's population a series of hair-raising pyrotechnics, burned a bridge, stopped a passenger train and injured several persons. LATROBE. Andrew Rynosky fell between a loaded trip in the Baggaley mines, sustaining injuries which re sulted fatally. Nicholas Demano was caught beneath a fall of slate in the Hostetter mines, sustaining com pound fractures of both legs and in ternal injuries. DUBOIS. —Mary Olson, a young woman 18 years old, died in this city the victim of reckless firecracker shooting. While Miss Olson was walk ing along the street a boy threw a package of lighted crackers at her feet. Before she could get away her clothing caught fire. She was fright fully burned. LATROBE. —An old-fashioned navy pistol which William N. Wolf was using in a hunt for groundhogs ex ploded, the fragments of metal fly ing in every direction. One piece struck Wolf in the thigh, embedding itself in the hip joint, and another cut a deep gash in his head. A third cut a gash in his son's head'. TITUSVILLE. —A terrific storm broke over Forest county. The county is just emerging from the ruin. The Pennsylvania railroad from Tionesta to Tidioute was blockaded by wash outs and slides. The great dam of Wheeler & Duzenberry, at Endeavor, broke, letting out 4,000,000 feet of timber, about half of which has been recovered. ALTOONA. The Pennsylvania Railroad Co., after two years' experi menting, has completed in its local shops an electrical baggage truck. It is nine feet long, 42 inches wide, 36 inches high and weighs 2,200 pounds. It can be steered at either end from a platform, which folds automatical ly, and all four wheels can be manip ulated at the same time, making turns easy on narrow platforms. YORK. —A pet kitten cost the life of Mabel Seiple, daughter of Ira Seiple. The girl tried to rescue the cat from a pile of railroad ties which she feared would fall upon it. In stead, she started the ties rolling and was herself crushed to death. BEAVER FALLS. —Thieves entered the home of Gazel Bensky, stealing all his eatables and a case of beer. At the home of Antonio Vorselo they took a child's bank and provisions. A thief stole Mrs. Alice Smith's pock etbook containing sl4. SOMEWHAT SUSPICIOUS.^ Of course, it may be all right—still, you don't feel inclined to eat sau sages when you find your butcher ha« removed to a shop next door to th« Home for Lost Dogs, do you? DOCTOR SAID "USE CUTICURA" In Bad Case of Eczema on Child- Disease Had Reached a Fearful State—His Order Resulted in Complete Cure. "When I was small I waa troubled with eczema for about three months. It was all over my face and covered nearly all of my head. It reached such a stata that it was just a large Ecab all over, and the pain and itching wore terrible. 1 doctored with an able physician for some time and was then advised by him to use the Cuticura Remedies which I did and I was en tirely cured. I have not been bothered with it since. I used Cuticura Soap and Cuticura Ointment but do not know exactly how much was used to complete the cure. I can safely say that Cuticura did a lot for me. Misa Anabel Wilson, North Branch, Mich., Oct. 20. 1907." Wouldn't Go Alone. At a recent entertainment in a colored church of Washington the master of ceremonies made this un usual announcement. "Miss Bolter will sing 'Oh, that I bad wings like a dove, for then would I fly away and be at rest,' accom panied by Rev. Dr. E. F. Botts." Sounds Dubious. Citizen (proudly)— This is a city without graft. Visitor (inquiringly)— Honest? MR&FRANm^EBE A Remarkable Recovery. Mrs. Frank Stroebe, R. F. D. 1, Apple-] ton, Wis., writes: "I began using Peru na a few months ago, when my health and strength were all gone, and I was nothing but a nervous wreck, coald nov sleep, eat or rest properly, and felt Ho desire to live. Peruna mado me look at life in a different light, as I began t® regain my lost strength. "I certainly think Peruna is vithout a rival as a tonic and strength builder." lurts Libby's Cooked Corned Beef There's a big differ ence between just corned beef —the kind sold in bulk and Libby's Cooked Corned Beef. The difference is in the taste, quality of meat and natural flavor. Every fiber of the meat of Libby's Cooked Corned Bee! is evenly and mildly cured, cooked scientifically and carefully packed in Libby's Great White Kitchen It forms an appetiz ing dish, rich in food i value and makes a sum mer meal that satisfies. For Quick Serving:— Libby's Gooked Corn ed Beef, cut into thin slices! Arrange on a platter and garnish with Libby's Ghow Ghowi A tempting dish for 112 luncheon,dinner,supper Writii for frea boo k la t— 'llow tn Make Good 3
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