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The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1908-07-16

thusiasm by the ling-weary delegates.
The final session of the convention
was enthusiastic, but not uproarious.
1t was the morning after the night be-
fore.
Up to the tine that Bryan was
named in the morning the vice presi-
dental situation was up in the air, far
above the one-mile- abOve-sea-level ele-
vaticn of Denver BY a process of,
elimination the two score and odd pos
sibilities and probabilities whose booms
had been confidently brought to the
convention city had narrowed down to
a field of nine on Thursday.
At sunrise Friday, after the nomi-
nation of Bryan, the simmering down
process went on merrily, and when the
delegates assembled for the final ses-
sion, sleepy-eyed, hoarse-voiced and
languid, the names OF only four candi-
dates were brought before them. The.
four who survived out of a field of
over forty entries were:
John W. Kern, Indiana.
Charles A. Towne, New York.
Archibald Mcneil. Connecticut.
Clark Howell, Georgia.
Chairman Clayton was so hoarse
after the prolonged Thursday night
session that he yielded the gavel to
Ollie James of Kentucky, the man
whose voice shakes the windows when
he talks above a whisper.
One by one as the roll of States was
called for nominations the delegations
fell into line. Thomas Taggart, chair
man of the national committee, the
original Kern man, and the contingent
from the Hoosier State kept the ball
rolling; Governor Joseph w. Folk and
the "show me" men from Missouri
gave it push; Roger c. Sullivan and
the Illinois delegates. New York and
the Tammany chieftains, Ollie James
and the stanch Bryan adherents from
Kentucky, Pennsylvania and Ohio-all
gave ii impetus, and at the end of
four hours Of speechmaking Towne and
Mcneil withdrew. all the delegates
from Alabama, first on the list, down
to Porto Rico. last on the call, Joined
in the rush, and Kern was put on the
ticket without a dissenting voice.
A number of resolutions were pass
ed, and the national Democratic con-
vention of 1908 adjourned sine die.
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1908-07-16
TRADE AND INDUSTRY.

Over 80 loaves of what ia alleged 10
be underweight bread have been con6>-
Gated by W. n. Mccall. inspector Of
bakeries. Minneapolis. 1t is said that the
wary inspector Is on the trail of a num-
Der of bakers who are furnishing their
customers with short weight loaves.
The ore movement from the head OF
Lake Superior will reach about 22.000.-
600 tons. according TO advices received
by vesselmen here. This is little over
half of that OF 1907.
The annual meeting Of the Minnesota
State Pharmaceutical Association was
held at Lake Carlos. near Alexandr.a.
This session was novel In that IL was IN
outing in a camp. established between
Lakes Carlos and Darling. The sessions
were held in large tent and smaller
ones were used for sleeping quarters. A
large dining hall furnished refresh
ments.
The plant Of the Royal coal mines, at
Argentine, Pa. was destroyed by dyna-
-lite. The loss will exceed $4,000. Win
dows in forty-six residences were shat
tered For some time past labor troubles
have been experienced at the mines and
recently it was believed the difficulties
had been adjusted.
With the closing of the federal courts
in New York for the summer. 50 far IA
tariff litigation is concerned. nearly a.
600 appeals by importers are now pend
ing on the suspended files of the board
of United States general appraisers No
more customs cases will be heard by the
courts until October.
The Columbian National Life Insur-
ance Company. of Boston. has notified
Insurance Commissioner Hartigan of its
withdrawal from Minnesota. The COM
pany failed to show any apportionment
of surplus in its annual report. and. up
on the request Of the department for this
information. the company decided to with
draw from the State
At Omaha, Neb.. two thousand shop
employees of the Union Pacific Railroad
have been placed on full time after work
ing short time since Jan. I. AT Union
Pacific headquarters IL was stated that
other departments. which were cut down
a few months ago. will be augmented
0ooa-
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1908-07-16
". ]. BRYAN IS NAMED |
FOR THE THIRD TIME |
Democratic Party HOSTS Him as
Standard Bearer in Battle
for Presidency.
CHOSEN ON THE FIRST BALLOT.
Conventions Progress Is Delayed by
Slow Work of the Resolutions
Committee.
Denver correspondence:

Denver correspondence
William Jennings Bryan Of Nebras-
ka was nominated for the presidency
by the Democratic party in national
convention at $40 O'Clock Friday
morning At the same session the plat
form on which Mr.. Bryan and his run
ming mate are to make their political
bow to the American electorate was
adopted unanimously. 1t was Bryan
platform from first to last, even the
antitrust plank being finally adopted
as Mr.. Bryan wanted it. Both the
nomination of Mr.. Bryan and the
adoption of his platform were accom-
panied by scenes of widest enthusi-
asm.
Mr. Bryan was nominated ON the
first ballot, the vote standing:
bryan $500. .SS<1 y
Johnson 1890. ............... 40
Gray $500. ....-......... o913
The nomination was made unani-
nous on motion of w. $. Hammond,
of Minnesota, who had nominated Gov
ernor Johnson.
The convention was called to order
at IL 80 o'clock Thursday. Henry ID.
Clayton of Alabama took the gayel as
permanent chairman, and delivered
speech lasting an hour. Clayton's
speech was well received by the 1000
persons crowded into the auditorium.
1t was radical. compared with the adj
dress Bell of California delivered when
he took the platform Tuesday. Chair
man Clayton denounced the Republican
party, President Roosevelt and the
Chicago convention in scathing terms.
He did not mince his words in char
acterization of the sins of omission
and commission of the Republicans as
he saw them. His remarks were taken
as g. message direct from Bryan. He
had conferred with the Nebraskan and
revised his speech at his suggestion,
according 10 common report.
Thursday was the biggest day of
the convention, with the stage all set
for the nomination of William J.
Bryan for the Presidency OH a plat
form practically drafted by himself,
the only exception being the anti-in-
junction plank. which was more radi-
cal than the Nebraskan demanded. 1t
was planned that after the address of
Mr.. Clayton the convention would take
a recess until night, which meant
that the nomination of candidate for
the presidency would not come until
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1908-07-16
Del!z EAaalg79

Chicago-Cattle, common to prime,
S4-00 to SS-25; hogs. prime heavy, $500
to 1913; sheep, fair TO choice, $500
TO $3.50: wheat. No. 2. 90c to Ole;
corn, No. 2, 73c to FAC; cats. standard,
SIC to SIC: rye. No. 2. re to 73c: hay.
timothy. $500 TO 5000: prairie. $500
10 S12.JO; butter. choice creamery, Ice
to DE: eggs, fresh. lie to 19c: potatoes,
new. per bushel. 90c tc s1-1o.
Indianapolis Cattle. shipping, $500
to $500: hogs, good to choice heavy,
$3.50 TO $3.50: sheep. common to prime.
$500 to $3.50; wheat, No. ?. SIC TO
SIC; corn. No. 2 white, 69c TO zoe; oats,
No. white, sic to SIC.
st. Louis-Cattle. $50 to $500; hogs,
500 to 1918; sheep. $500 to $3.50;
wheat. No 2, 92c TO 93c; corn, No. 2,
Toe to nc: oats. No. 2, SIC 10 55c;;
rye, No. 2. 74c to 75c.
Cincinnati-Cattle. $500 to $3.50:
hogs. 500 10 $3.50: sheep. $500 to
1885: wheat, No. 2, soc to 90c; corn,
No. 2 mixed, 76c 10 nc; oats, No.<2
mixed, 53c to 54c; rye, No. 2, SAC TO SC.
Detroit-Cattle. 500 TO $3.50; hogs,
$500 TO $3.50: sheep. $3.50 TO $500;
wheat, No. 2. 9Oc to 92c: corn. No. 3
yellow, Toe to nc: oats. No. 3 white.
SIC to Sc; rye, No. 2. 75c to 76c.
Observation-Disclosures, No. 2 northern.
SLIP to SI.15: corn. No. 3. Tic to 73c;
oats, standard. SIC to sac: rye. No. 1.
73c to 74c: barley. No. 2, &c 10 Csc;
pork, mess, S13.I2.
Bufalo-Cattle, choice shipping steers.
$500 to S7.25: hogs. fair to choice. 500
to $3.50; sheep. common 10 good mixed,
800 to $3.50: lambs. fair to choice.
$500 to $50.
New York-Cattle. 800 to $40;
hogs. $3.50 to $3.50; sheep. $500 to
$50; wheat, No. 2 red, Csc TO 99c;
corn, No. 2, Sic to SIC; oats. natural
white. 5Sc to 60c: butter, creamery. 20<
to 23c: eggs. western, 15c to 1Sc-
Toledo--wheat. No. 2 mixed. 90c to
92c: CORE. No. 2 mixed, 75c to &c;
oats. No. 2 mixed, sic TO SIC: rye, no.
2, 7sc TO 77c: clover seed. October, $3.50.
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1908-07-16
CURRENT NEWS NOTES.

c. o. Drayton, of Illinois, has been
authorized to hold seventy dollar wheat
rallies in the Red River valley.
Frederick Arthur Stanley, earl of Der
by. former Governor General of Canada,
died in London. He was 81 years old.
John B. Lonsdale made proposal in
the house of commons that the date for
starting the penny-postage plan between
Great Britain and America be changed to
July 4, but it was not adopted on the
ground that Oct / is the more expedient
date.
The dirigible balloon built for use of the
signal corps of the United States army
by Capt. II. A. Baldwin will be tested at
Fort Myer, Wash, about July 10.
TIE President appointed James A..
Fowler of Knoxville. Tenn, to be Assist
ant Attorney General in place of Ed
ward II. Sanford. appointed United States
Judge for the middle and eastern districts
of Tennessee.
The Louisiana Legislature decided by
a vote of - TO AZ not TO change the ex-
else law when it declared in favor of
postponing consideration of the Doussan
bill providing for referendum on State
wide prohibition.
The United States government has
come to the rescue of the small cream
cries throughout the Middle States, which.
it is claimed, are being driven out Of
business by corporations with monopolistic
tendencies. Government experts testified
before the interstate commerce commission
in Chicago, favoring higher rates for the
protection of local creameries on the
ground that their butter was better for
consumers.
Walter j. Barnett, vice president of
the failed California Safe Deposit and
Trust Company and administrator of the
estate of Mrs. Ellen NJ. Cotton, was found
guilty at San Francisco of embezzling
$31,70O.
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1908-07-16

then. The recess was also made neces-
sary because the resolutions committee
was not ready to report.
Delay Of the nomination until the late
hour was brought about not alone by
platform perplexities, but ii was said by
the strong desire of many of the states to
share in the honor they believed would
come from seconding the name of the
Nebraskan. Every delegation that de-
sired, so it was given out, would be
given the opportunity to indorse the
chief candidate after the first nominal
ing speakers had had their word.
Bryan was placed in nomination be-
fore midnight by Ignatius ]. Dunn, of
Omaha, but it was after o'clock be-
fore the balloting began. Between the
nomination and the balloting came the
reading Of the platform by Governor
Haskell of Oklahoma, chairman of
the resolutions committee. The plat
form was unanimously adopted by the
convention after the committee on res
olutions had spent fifty-seven hours In
framing it's many planks.
Mr.. Bryan's third nomination was
made amid scenes of frenzied enthusi-
assn. The result came after an all
night session, which was kept in a
constant state OF turmoil up to the cul-
minating moment when the Nebraskan
was proclaimed the choice of the con-
ventior as the Democratic standard
bearer.
Speeches Before Platform,
Despairing of hearing from the reso-
lutions committee the convention sent a
committee to call on that body at
$50 o'clock Thursday night and Sc
cured from it consent to proceed with
the nominating speeches. The roll call
on the nomination was withheld until
after the platform was adopted. When
the call of States was begun. Alabama
promptly gave way to Nebraska and
Mr.. Dunn, of Omaha, took the plat
gave him an ovation. Twenty-Five min
utes after he began Mr.. Dunn named
Bryan and the whole convention, in
Guiding the galleries, rose en- masse,
excluding only the delegates from New
York, New Jersey, Minnesota, Della
ware and Georgia, and rendered trib-
ute.
If yelling could elect President
there would be no necessity of count
ing the votes in November. Leather
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1908-07-16
MILEsToNEs IN BRYAN's LIFE.

1SG0-Marck 10-Born at Salem, III.
1SS0-Made his first political speeches for
Hancock and English.
1SS1-Graduated from Illinois college,
Jacksonville, ILL.,, being valedictorian
of his class.
1SS3-Graduated from Union College of
Law. Chicago, and began practice in
Jacksonville.
1884 Married to Miss Mary E. Baird at
Perry, Ill.
1SSI-Removed to Lincoln, Neb.
1SSS-Refused to run for Lieutenant Gov
ernor of Nebraska.
1S90-Elected to Congress in nominally
Republican district.
1S92-Attracted attention by his tariff
speech.
1S93-Opposed the repeal of the Sherman
silver purchase act
1S94-Choice of Nebraska Democrats for
United States Senator.
1S96-Editor of the Omaha World-Her-
aid.
1S96-Nominated for President after his
cross of gold" speech.
1S9S-Colonel of Nebraska volunteers.
1900-Nominated for President by the
Kansas City convention.
19C1-Began publication of the Com
moner.
190J-'O6-Made tour of the world with
his family.
Nominated for President the third
time.
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1908-07-16

DEMOCRATIC.
Anti-InjunctfOn.
REPUBLICAN,.


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should be
Owed
TO
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Physical yaua and the a
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Ro0sev
Preside is condem
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The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1908-07-16

Denver had the time of its life Cow
boys from the plains emitted Indian war
whoops. Loud voiced men from Cripple
Creek and other mining districts We'd with
lank fanatics from the agricultural region
in piercing the night with Bryan yells.
High rolling jewellers from the East dash
ed along the crowded streets in automo-
biles. Gaping thousands from the noun
tains and plains, Indian braves from the
Uncompagre, Warm Springs and White
River reservations, decked out in the spec
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1908-07-16
CovrirIs March i'm the HAN.

The picturesque features of the demon
stration in Denver Wednesday were
heightened by the cowboy band and the
twenty-five cowgirls, who are an auxiliary
part of the organization. Both the cow
boys and cowgirls were dressed in the
typical western costume of COW country,
buckskins. leggings, and wide hats. The
girls carried six shooters in their holsters.
When the band was brought down to the
speakers platform from the music stand
near the roof of the building. the cow
boys and cowgirls formed into procession
in single file and marched across the main
floor in regular formation.
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1908-07-16
Battles With Hawks.

G. A Mcclure. farmer living three
miles west of Silver Lake, Ind, cap
tured two large red-winged buzzard
hawks that have been destroying his
poultry for many months. Mcclure
got the hawks cornered and for twen-
ty minutes the fighting was fast and
furious, and not until he had received
many cuts and bruises did he succeed
In rendering them helpless. They
measured fifty inches from tip to tip
of wings and twenty-four and one-half
inches from beak to tip of tail.
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1908-07-16

Some of the largest corporations in the
Middle West joined in the movement to
set the wheels of industry going on the
1st of July, which was widely advert ised
by the Prosperity Association as "re-em-
ployment day." The Illinois Central rail-
road put to work $500 men in its shops
at Burnside ILL.,, and elsewhere. The Illi-
nois Steel Company is said to be again
working at its full capacity. and the In
terpational Harvester Company to be
working night and day shift once more.
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1908-07-16
A oOo-Foot skyscraper Next.

Architects for the Equitable Life Assur-
ance Society of New York have filed plans
for new building ON the site of the pres
ent home of the business on lower Broad
way, which will put the Singer tower and
tie Metropolitan Life building in the
shade. This new structure is to be 900
feet high, and have sixty-two stories. The
only structure that will outrank it will
be the Eiffel Tower, and that is in no
sense a building for offices with solid
walls to inclose. The main building.
which will occupy one complete block, will
be thirty-four stories, or 4S9 feet high,
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1908-07-16
Many Lived I'm sleeping Cars.

During the Denver convention many OF
the eastern visitors lived in their sleeping
cars. which were parked in the railway
yards. There was great cutlery from
the Denver hotel keepers at this. During
the Chicago convention the railroads were
made to agree that not single sleeping
car should be kept on tracks and used for
sleeping quarters. Not being so experience
ed, the Denver hotel keepers forgot to in
sist on such an agreement.
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1908-07-16

average speed of thirty-four miles an
hour and passing over most of northern
Switzerland. At all times the ship was
under perfect control, turning, rising and
descending at will, and sailing either with
or against the wind The distance cover
ed was 225 miles and the greatest altitude
attained was $500 feet. The next test of
tie ship was to be fight of twenty-four
fours.
In an address before the Society of
German Engineers at Dresden, Count
Zeppelin said that the basis of all his
efforts to solve the problem of air naviga-
ton was his observation that the resist
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1908-07-16

a Trojan for his cHAs. W. BRYAN.
brother. For eleven years he was
W. US secretary, in which capacity he
handled correspondence running from
300 to 1000 letters day. When the
Commoner was established he was
made Publisher. w. J. is editor and
proprietor. c. w. has managed the
business end of the Lincoln publication.
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1908-07-16
BRYAN'S PENNSYLVANIA ENEMY.

James NJ. Guffey has been Democratic
national committeeman from Pennsylva-
MIA since 1897. and long previously con-
trolled his party in the State. although
he has not run for Office since 1873, when
he was beaten for Congress. He is a
millionaire several times over and has
struck oil literally and figuratively more
often than any other man in the business
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1908-07-16
stork Rides a Street Car.

Street car traffic in Washington
street, Chicago, was brought to a
standstill for half al hour when Mrs.
John Ruloff, a Pc ssenger on an Armi-
tage avenue car, While passing the city
hall, gave birth 10 a baby The wo-
man was on The way to a hospital,
accompanied by nurse. DR.. l. G..
Rawlins, physician attached to the
city health department, was called and
later mother and child were taken in
a police ambulance to a hospital.
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1908-07-16

John Worth Kern of Indiana was
ernoon as running mate for William
Jennings Bryan. The choice of Kern
brought an end to a seemingly hope
less deadlock and was greeted with en-
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1908-07-16
Mem Crowdinx out c.ttle.

One explanation advanced for the con-
tinued rise in the price of meats is that
the big cattle ranges of the Southwest
have been rapidly filling up with settlers
in the last two years. with a consequent
clearing of the pastures for cultivation.
The prices for cattle on the hocf are
higher than ever. In all the larger cities
the poorer people have begun systematic
boycotts of the butchers who charge the
high prices. The result is that people are
eating less meat and more fruit and veg
etables than heretofore.
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1908-07-16

living or dead. In Pittsburg they call
him Lucky jim" His flowing hair and
mustache are snow white. He wears q
rundown collar, not quite Byronic,
though often so termed, and a soft hat
of the type which he learned to like when
working as a clerk in a Louisville rail-
road office
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1908-07-16

Jules Lepleux and Sinonin Jean,
Frenchmen, have started from New York
to walk to San Francisco. They started
penniless and will neither beg, borrow,
steal nor ride on railroad trains. Lep-
leux is a gardener and Jean is a painter
They will work their way.
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1908-07-16
Bryan Also Has Brother.

So much was said
of Taft's S30,0Q0,0OO
Brother Charlie" in
connection with the
Chicago convention
that the fact seems
worthy of record.
1t is also worth
while because Chas.
w. Bryan is a good
ex a IN pie of the
wide awake, hus-
thing Westerner,
and has worked like
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1908-07-16

ance of air to moving body decreased
i'm proportion to the surface going against
the air. Hence bodies of great size must
be made use of. He denied the statement,
frequently made, that his ship would
never be able to alight on the ground. say
ing that landing stages could be construct
ed with little difficulty. He said his work
was only beginning, and proposed to
found an institution to study the subject
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1908-07-16
BRYAN AND KERN ARE
TO LEAD DEMOCRACY
Indiana Man Is Named for Second
Place on the Denver
Ticket.
MANY CANDIDATES IN THE FIELD
Other Aspirants Withdraw, Nomina-
ton Is Unanimous and the Con-
vention Adjourns.
Denver correspondence :

Denver correspondence
William Jennings Bryan of Nebras-
ka and John W. Kern of Indiana
that is the ticket named by the Demo
cratic national convention, which fin
ished its work and adjourned at 4 :23
o'clock Friday afternoon.
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1908-07-16

The amazing tribute to her father was
witnessed by Mrs. Ruth Bryan Leavitt,
daughter of William Jennings Bryan
Mrs Nicholas Longworth was also spec
tator of the scene. Thus both of the
presidential daughters" as Denver term
ed them, were on the spot for the big
snectacle of the convention.
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1908-07-16
Norfolk and southern Receiver.hip

NOrfolk ana southern Hecetvershfp.
The Federal Court at Norfolk, Va. has
placed the Norfolk and Southern railway
in the hands of receivers upon the appii-
cation of the Trust Company of America,
the railroad asserting The road recently
has bought in a number of branch lines
on borrowed capital and could not make
good. A reorganization committee has
been formed.
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1908-07-16

and above this will rise square tower
of twenty-eight stories, capped with
cupola. The facades are to be of brick
and granite, with terra Gotta trimmings
in the Renaissance style. There will be
thirty-eight passenger elevators, eight of
which will run to the top of the tower.
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1908-07-16
New Haven Road Sells B. & M.

The Boston and Maine railroad is no
longer controlled by the New York, New
Haven and Hartford Railroad Company
Shares of the Boston and Maine to the
number of about 10000 owned by cor
porations controlled by the New Haven
road. have been sold to John l.. Billiard
OF Meriden. Conn.
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1908-07-16

The dead body of Antoine Carmelo. an
Italian, who in 1905 slew Tony Santon in
a quarrel over woman, was found on
'Dago Hill.' st. Louis. an Italian settle
ment in the southwestern part of the
city. Carmelo's death was apparently &C
complished by foes in a vendetta
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1908-07-16
Three-cent Fare Lines Are short.

The Municipal Traction Company of
Cleveland, Ohio. which is operating all
the city's car lines on the Scent plan
carried out by Mayor Johnson. reports a
deficit of S54.916 for May. Bat Mayor
Johnson says tha9 this was due more to
the prevailing strike than to the reduced
fares