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VOL. xiii. MANNING, S. C., WEDNESDAY. AUGUST 17, 1904. NO.47
Parker Nol
His s
The Formal Speech of
Notification Made
by Congressman
Champ Clark.
MANY DEMtOCRATS AHEND
Amid the Thunders of Applause
the Candidate Hears the
Call of Democracy and
the People.
At Esophus, N. Y., where he lives,
Judge Alton B. Parker on last Wed
nesday received formal notiication of
h's nomination for the Presidency of
the United States as the candidate of
the Democratic party, and in accept
Ing gave public expression for the first
time of his views on the issues of the
campaign.
The notification was brought to him
by Representatives Camp Clark, of
Missouri, as chairman of a committee
representing every State and Territory
in the Union. Mr. Clark, in a brief
speech informed the candidate of his
nomination, and presented to him a
formal communication signed by the
committee.
Standing bear headed, during a brief
lull In the rain storm which had lasted
since soon after daylight, Judge Par
ker accepted the nomination and set
forth his views in a speech that evck
ed frequent and hearty applause. He
spoke for a little more than half an
hour.
The ceremony was held on the lawn
at Rosemount, under the trees at the
north of the house, and was attended
by upwards of 600 persons, the larger
number of whom came from New York
City with the notification committee
on the steamer Sagamore. The Com
pany included many Democrats of na
tional prominence, as well a, a large
and represeatative delegation from
Tammany Hall.
There would have been a gala da~y
gathering from Kingston and vicinity
where perhaps the Judge is best
known, but the rain had been so heavy
and so continuous that few local peo
ple ventured forth.
It was at first decided to hold the
ceremonies on the Sagamore, owing toj
the storm, but the protest of those who
wanted Judge Parker notifled at his
own house was so vigorous that at the
last moment the little platform erect-,
ed on the Parker lawn was hastily dec
orated with flags and the cert monihs
were held there according to the orig
inal plan.
During mcst of the tiime occupied by
Champ Clark's speech the rain was
falling in a steady drizzle, but it stop
ped entirely just as Judge Parker t e
gan his address, and held off until he
inished.
Representative Clark w~as~ speaking
and Judge Parker was standing bare
headed without shelter when a man in
the crowd called: "Somebody hold an
umbrella over Judge Parker."
A number were immediat~ly titered
but the Judge refused them with a!
courteous wave of the hand. "Justice'
for all, special privileges for none,"
said Mr. Clark, and the spectators
showed their appreciaticn of the sally
by a shout of laughter.
While Judge Parker -was speaking
there was no need of shelter. The rain
stopped and not a breath of air stir
red. In the stillness, every word could
be heard distinctly to the farthest bor
ders of the crowd.
It Is long years since Judge Parker
has beed heard in a political speech,
and to most of his hearers he was at
solutely new in this capacity. Toey
beard him with a keen interest, not
unmixed with curiosity. The address
was delivered in the clearest tones, in
a voice seldom raised above the c >nver
sational pitch, but per fectly audible,
nevertheless. His enunciation was Ciis
tinct and his delivery exceeding'y de
liberate. He used few gestures, mak
ing his emphasis almost entirely with
his voice. He adhered to the text of
his written address, with th'e wording
of which he appeared perfectly famil
iar, though he held a copy in his hand
and followed it somewhat closely .with
his eyes while speaking.
The speech was heard with closest
attention and applause frequently
punctuated it. The candidate's audi
ence awoke to a high pitch of enthusi
asm when he spoke of so called mili
tarism and imperialism.
"Ours is a world power," said he,
"and as such it must be maintained,
but I deny that it is at all recently
that the United Statt s has attained
that eminence."
When he enunciated this principle
there came a burst of cheers that
caused the speaker to wait a few
minutes before he continued, ils
pledge notjto accept a second term if
he was elected aroused instant in
terest, which increased to marked en
thusiasm when the speaker went on to
explain his position. Then the crowd
seemed to yield to the force of his rea
soing and at the end of a particularly
telling period toward the close of the
speech, it gave the candidate the
greatest' demonstra ion of the after
noon. It looked as thoughr every man,
woman and child in the throng sur
rounding the platform had a smahl
America Ilag and as they cheered the
waving flags almost concealed the oc
cupants of the stand. Tue speaker
waited for the applause to subside and
then made his few concluding re
marks, finishing his address at six
minutes before three. He began L-2
address at 2.1S P. M
111000
ifi*ed of
~omination
HE WAS SMOOTH.
A Mac.>n Hotel Man Up Against t]
Real Article.
A dispatch from Macon, Ga., to t
Augusta Chronicle says Propriet
Ben. L. Rendricks, of the Park hott
Wednesday morning swore out a wa
rant in the city court for W. N
Craig, one of his guests, who has d
parted for parts unknown and w!
has not paid the proprietor his bill f,
lodging since last Wednesdal.
From what can be judged Craig
Lne of the smoothest citizens th:
ever visited the Central City. I
came to this place last WednesdE
and said that he wos an expei
chaffeur representing the New Yoi
Safety Steam Power company, at
that he intended to give a free e:
bibition for the benefit of the peop
who ride in these parts. He did n<
have his machine and said that
would arrive in a few days. He toc
particular pains to have a number
persons about the hotel hear hi
telephoning to the freight departmei
of the Southern railway and askit
them to change the route of his racir
auto which had been billed throug
mistake by way of New Orleans.
He ais,) hurriedly opened a letter i
the ho:el Wednesday in the presen
of Mr. Hendricks and others, fro,
which he produced a check for $98.6
This he asked the hLtel man to casl
But Mr. Hendricks was wise. E
telegraphed about the New Yo,
Safety Steam Power company and w,
told by one bank that no such estal
lishment was known.
Craig, however, was able to b->rro
a few dollars on the strength of tt
check. Later, however, he gave
draft on the concern. The wires we
used and nothing satisfactory wa
learned. In the meantime thinj
were getting so warm on the track (
Craig that he disappeared Tuesda
night some time or early Wednesda
morning. The police of the variot
cities and towns of the state ha%
been notified to look out for Craig.
As -Judge Parker spoke his closin
words the band struck up 'Tte St
Spangled Banner," and from the dec
of the yacht Sapphire in the river b
low a numbE r of bombs were fired I
salute. These bursting in the air, ri
leased parachutes from which we]
suspended the national colors. LatV
there were whistle salutes from tt
steamer Sagamore, Jobn Pierce' yacl
Sapphire and August Belmont's yachi
The Scout, which brought form(
Senator David B. Hill from Hyd
Park.
After the ceremony all crowded u
eagerly to shake the candidate's ban
and to congratulate him upon h.
spech.
The reception was continued on th
veranda until after 4 o'clock when tt
company broke up and the visitors re
turned to their boats and trains.
Congressman Clark, in his notities
tion speech, in part:
"Your long and corspicut-us caree
as a jur ist in one of the high st cour1
i'i the world-the period which yo
have spent in expoundirg c~nstitt
tions and statutes-cause your cjur
trymen to believe that more exalte
poition to which they are ab->ut 1
call you, you will cirry with you the
prfound respect for the e nstitutic
and the laws which with you Las bi
cme a confirmed mental habit at
upon which depends the perpetuity<
our system of government.
"Into your bands the great histor:
party of costitutio al governmet
hs commit'.ed its st andard with abit
ing faith in your courage, your intei
rity, your honor, your capacity at
your patriotism, believing that und<
your leadership we will achieve a sij
nal victory, hoping that your admini:
tration will be such a fortunate, sue
a happy ep-ch in our annals as to mar
the beginning of a long era of Demi
cratic ascendency and that ycu wi
so discharge the duties of your hig
otice as to rank in history with ti
greatest and best-beloved of Ameri
can presidents.
"The convention, according to Der
ocratic custom, appointed a comnmitti
-of which it did me the honor1
make me chairman for which I a
deeply grateful -to convey to you o
ficial information of your selection
the Democratic nominee for presidei
o the United States."
Judge Parker's specoh in full will i
found in another column.
Crazed b~y Griet.
At Olive Springs, Miss., frant
with grief over the death of her hu
band, Mrs. Annie Milk r McCari
saturated her own hair and clctbii
vith kerosene oil Wednesday and si
Iherelf on fire in the public squar
Spectators, horritied by the aw f
spectacle, tried to aid her, bat si
Ifought them off desperately, thoui
she uttered no word, not even a moi
to show her sufferings. Finally thw
Imen with blankets surnounded h
and extinguihhed the Ilames. Ti
woman, unconscious fell to the grout
and died in an hour. Mrs. McCari
conducted the principal hotel in ti
city, and when her husband, Attc
ney W. H. McCargo, died several da:
ago the shock unsettled her reaso
The climax came in her fear ful act
self-destruction.
Wi Keep Them Busy.
The 2001,000 workmren in P'ennls2
vaia who have been laid off, the :k
000 strikers in the New England mi:
and the 30,000 working men who a
out on account of the little ditfeienc
with the beef trust will provide sui
cent ground for prosperity taikers
keep a'l the star Republican spe
binders busy this year.
Cotton is Hurt.
Th'le fsrmers in many Sections of t
State are complaining oJf too mu
ran, particularly Colleton county, a
unless there is a bold up in the tai
the planters say their crop will be:
riously damaged. Already the cott
crop has suffered from too much a
'waher
WINTHROP COLLEGE.
List of the Young ladies Who
Won Scholarships.
HE LIST DOES NOT INCLUDE
he Names or Those to Whom
Fun1 Schoiarships Have Been
Awarded Before the Late
Examination.
On July 8, 546 young women, at the
trious county seats in South Caro
na, applied for a scholarship in
inthrop and stood the entrance ex
:nination for admission: the results
this examination have just been
termined. The successful applicants
ill be at once notified.
Those interested are in all sections
the State and, of course, they are
3xicus; some have been successful,
hers must try again.
The list is not complete and in the
)unties of Anderson, Edgefield, New
,rry and York the result is not yet
aown. The delay comes from vari
is causes. The Act of the Legisla
ire under which these scholarships
e now awarded is a new one and
Lrious limitations not before in force
>w apply; sickness, lack of informa
on as to details, both contribute to
ie delay in these cases and as scon as
>ssible the uncertainty will be
ided.
The following is the list as It now
ands. This list does not include
Lmes of those to whom full scholar
tips have been awarded before, but
ly those who have secured them by
is last examination. The number
lowing the name of county indi
tes the number of scholarships va
nt in that county when this exami
tion was offered-the term "one
mr" following any name indicates
tat the award in this case is for one
r only and that this scholarship
ill be open for competition by ex
nination again next year; this condi
on is determined by the average
ade in examination:
Abbeville, (1) Eliza L. Mabry, Abbe
le.
Aiken, (3) Sarah M. Le;ley, Lang
F; Erhel Coleman, one year, Earle;
phelia Langston, (one year.) Lang
Anderson, (4) report not complete.
Bamberg, (1) Linnie Riley, (one
ar.) Bamberg.
Barnwell, (1) Blanche Baxley, Black
le.
Beaufort, (1) Alma Ohlandt, one
ar, Beaufort.
Berkeley, (3) Pearle Gilmore, Holly
ill; Edra Barre, Pinopolis; EJith
:iver, one year, Pinopolis.
Ct-a:leston, (4) Ethel M. Lofton,
ne year,) M.Clellanville; Sallie W.
ntb, one year, Mount Pleasant.
Cherokee, (1) Rena Wessinger, Gaff
Chester, (1) Evelyn Albright, Ches
r.
Chesterfield, no vacancy.
Clarendon, (2) Sallie B. Anderson,
e year, Summerton; Sadie E. Tis
le, one year, Manning.
Colleton, (3) Bessie Barnwell,
lams Run; Caroline E. Caldwell, one
an, Walterboro; Mary E. Ackerman,
e year, Cottageville.
Darlngton, (3) Margaret Lawvrence,
arlingt on; Fiorence A. Burn, Socie
Hill; Emma Rogers, Society Hill.
Dorchester, (1) Margaret Plnckney,
immer ville.
Fairfield, no vacancy..
Forence, (I) Jesie L. Wilson, one
ar, Florence.
Georgetwon, (2) Mildred L. Beaty,
Le year, Georgetown; Annie Z. Vis
tski, one year, Georgetown.
Greenvilie, (1) Margaret J. Bailey,
e year, Greenville.
Greenwood, (I) Annie L. Tarrant,
reen woc d.
Hamptoa, (I) Arrie Lawton, one
La, Garnett.
Hor ry, (2) Sue Martin, one year,
ynway.
Kershaw, no vacancy.
Lancaster, no vacancy.
Laurens, (1) Dorothy L. Cromer,
inton.
Lexington, (3) Mary Eva Hite,
Ltesburg; Eunice R. Wes-inger, Lex
gton; Mary Barr, Leesville.
Lee, no vacancy.
Marion, (2) Vallie Bethea, Latta;
ate Manheim, Marion.
Marlboro, (2) Cora Belle Rogers,
nnnettsville; Elizabeth G. Evans,
te year, Kollock.
~New berry, report not complete.
Ocones, no vacancy.
Orangeburg. (3) Fann!e C. Walling,
ort Motte; Julia G. Dibb'e, Orange
rg; Justine E. Sanders, Orange
2rg.
Pickens, (2) Mamie Ballentine, Eas
y: Isadora Williams, Easley.
Richland, (3) Mary Reynolds, Co
mbia; Mamie Squier, Columbia:
arie B. Duke, Columbia.
Saluda, (2) M~aude Crouch, Bates
rg~; Elise C. Rudd, one year, Saluda.
Spartanburg, (I) Mamle C. Pearson,
roodruff.
Sumter, no vacancy.
Union, (2) Mary Flynn, Union; Mary
homas, Union.
Williamsburg, Floride M. Harper,
ingstrEe.
York, (2) report not complete.
The board of trustees has been very
reul in its actition under the new
t. At the cost of much work it
as examined carefully all applications
id the affidavits in support of them
torder to see that no scholarship is
warded except in full comformity to
ne provisions of the Act.
The importance of these scholarships
the successful applicants Is very
reat. Succes here ieally makes a
ung woman independent. This
holarship, with four dollars per an
ua additional, will enable her to se
ire a c.ollege education and special
aining for teaching. its value is the
reater because, awarded as it is, the
holarship stands as the reward for
ard and faithful work already done;
,is not of grace.
Visitors from other sections com
ent on this feature of Winthrop and
)nsder it as bone of the mist far
~achig steps ever taken by a State to
cure a supply of trained teachers for
s public schools. It Is the special
jission of Winthrop to supply the
ver-growing demand for teachers; if
ie demands can be met.
The number oif applicants this year
[conntinued on pae 4.]
MYSTERIOUS MURDER
Of an Unknown White Woman in the
City of Columbia.
FOUND IN BED BADLY BEATEN.
Two Mysterlous Men Involved. No
body Found Who Knows Any
of the Trio. Preserved
Their Identity.
A white woman was found gasping
her last lying on a bed at a litt'e
three-room cottage on Plain street be
tween Palaski and Huger Thursday
afternoon at 5 o'clock with a stab
wound into the brain through the top
of her. head near the forehead. She
was blue-black from wounds inflicted
on her limbs and trunk and it was
evident tl-at she had been struck 50
or more severe blows. Several bloody
cloths were found behind the screen
in the fire place, another bloody cloth
was found on the sofa in front of the
screen and still another In a closet.
A bloody sheet, from which attempts
had been made lo wash out blood
stains, was found wadded in a ball
under the sofa, and the sofa was wet
and blood-stained. In a washstand in
the adjoining room was found a chi
mes soaked with b'ood. In the fire
place was found the two ends of a
broken broom, and sticks with which
the woman had evidently been beaten
were found l)ing about the room.
In a bureau drawer were found a re
volver and a razor. All chambers of
the revolver were loaded and there
was nothing to show that it had been
recently fired. The razor was new,
had brobably never been used. In
the room where the body was found
a pint bottle with about a gill of
whiskey left in it was discovered.
WHO IS MAUD ALLEN?
In the bureau drawer were found a
number of receipts from Maxwell &
Taylor, Main street furniture dealers,
made out in the name of Maud Allen.
A note addressed to Mr. H. H. Whitt,
Brookland, who owns the house, was
found on the bureau. Nearly every
word in the note is misspelled. It was
evidently written Thursaay morning
by the murdered woman, though the
signature is torn away. It asks him
to see her "Thursday afternoon or
Thursday night." But the police, af
ter four hours' hard work Thursday
night in conjunction with the coro
ner, failed altogether to identify the
woman.
The only pirson who could be found
Thursday night who had ever seen the
woman was a negro woman named
Mary Wylie, who lives just in the rear
of the premises and whose two small
boys have been acting as errand boy s
for the occupants of the house.
The Wylie woman last saw Maud
Allen alive early Thursday morning,
when she chatted with her in the yard
of the premises where the body was
afterwards found. The Allen woman
had never complained of being ill
treated, and she was then in appar
ently her usual cheerful frame of
minti. The Wylie woman shortly af
terwar] went to work in another por
tion of the city and did not again see
the Allen wdman until she was called
in wbien she reached home to look at
her dead body.
MYSTERIOUs "MAN OF THE HOUSE."
The renter of the premises is a
white man, whose identity is also a
deep mystery'. He rented the place
about thrEe weeks ago after a careful
inquiry as to the orderliness of the
neighborhood. He dces not seem to
have given anybody his name, and the
nearest the police are able to arrive at
his occupation is by a statement from
the Wylie woman to the effect that on
one occasion the Allen woman admit
ted that the renter of the premises
made his living by gambling.
The Wylie woman says that she
made application to the Allen woman
to do her cooking or her washing, but
that all propositions of this kind were
refused with the explanation that the
man of the house objected to colored
people coming about.
This mysterious "man of the
house,'' however, frequently made use
of the Wylie woman's 10-year-old boy
Wille, to whom he was very gener
ous. Upon this boy the police have
to depend for all the evidence of value
they are able to get started so far.
He say s that this man first sent him
for a pint of whiskey, which he
brought to him about 11 o'clock.
TWO UNKXOWN MEN CONCERNED.
Just after dinner, between 2 and :3
o'clock, probably, the boy was sitting
on the front steps just after having
run an errand. He beard loud curs
ing and noises which indicated a fight
on the inside and fearing injury to
himself left and ran home. A short
time after that the man app:ared at
the door and calling to him had him
bring two pitchers of water. About
half an hour after that he was again
summoned to the door and told to go
to the nearest 'phone and call for a
physician to come at once. This time
the boy was given 10 cents. In about
15 minntes he was called again and
told to 'phone again for a physician:
he was given 25 cents this time.
Just before Dr. S. M. Deal arrived
in response to the call the renter of
the premises walked leisurely out of
the front door and another unknown
man walked out of the rear door.
They came in sight of each other on
Huger street. The man who came
out the rear door hurried'on down to
ward the river bridge, while the other
man went back into the house, re
maining there but a minute and hur
rying out and disappearing in the
same direction as the other man.
Coroner Green expects to hold the
Inquest Friday, but there Is nc
prospect of evidence being deduced
that day to fix the crime on any.
body and unless such evidence is forth
coming it will be useless to hold the
inquest.
The body was Thursday night re
moved to Van Metre's morgue.
The woman's features were coarse
and her face tells of dissipation. She
was apparently between 25 and 30
years old. Her hair is auburn. She
weighs about 125 pounds. The woman
from the red light district with whom
she is said to have recently lived was
brought into the room Thursday
night adgiven a good look at the
bd.She said that she had seen the
BRYAN'S GREAT SPEECH.
The Charlotte News Mak s a Pre
diction About Bryan.
Allen White, the famous Kansas
journalist, writing for Collier's Week
'ly has this to say of Bryan's great
speech before the Democratic conven
tion:
"It must be considered one of the
e I memorable orations of this prosy unor
atorical day. It has been said that
sjme words are so momentous that
they become deeds. Bryan's were such. v
As he talked, the purple shadows of I
r' Lzhe coming day were seen through
- the windows, and before he closed the a
e-' 0:
dawn was gray about him. He stcod d
:r there surrendering his power, that v
had come to his youth so suddenly.
He had carried the banner of social o:
Democracy in America further than a:
e any other man had carried it. It is o
not free silver that Bryan stands for,
and heknew it, in the breaking day, e4
k when his party told him to stand b
d aside. He believes that his idea k
(whether he defnes it clearly or not 01
le is immaterial) is important to the ti
t welfare of his country. Probably he a:
t is wrong; but as he stood there sadly v
k appealing to his party for his old n
,J cause, wbich he knew was a lost cause, ti
M he seemed bidding farewell-a long tl
t farewell-to all the power and glory p,
that has teen the breath of his ei
nostrils. He has lived cleanly, and
has acted fairly and squarely accord- st
ing to his lights. He is the idol of n;
that party, of his branch of his party, si
which stood for his ideas. These oi
men live in the middle west. Thous- tl
ands of them came many bund:ed ft
miles to see him surrender, and he e(
:e quit like a gentlemen with his colors ci
t dying. M
The editor of The News Is not what y,
m-ght be called a Bryan Democrat tl
though we are all plain Democrats yj
w now, and is at the farthest removed w
e from Populism. But we desire to ai
a make a prediction that may be con- ti
e veniently remembered if it comes m
s true, to this Effect:
s If Parker is elected be will probably vi
be reelected for the second term.
What the country needs today is a le
man of the Parker type and he will 0
i personally grow more popular instead le
e of less as was the fate of his last
Democratic predecessor in that high
otfice. But Parker is not the type of yE
a man that is called a "reformer."
g Eight years from now it is not im- vi
r possible that the trust issue, involv
k ing the transportation issue, will y(
have become the over-shadowing one.
n Say what one pleases about govern- H
ment ownership of railroad and tele- 0
e graph lines, when the question nar
r rows to this, whether they shall own (o
e the government or the government Si
t them, the people will be quick enough
to decide, and to decide right. In n
r brief, we should not be surprised to
e see as opposing candidates in 1912 a te
chisened Roosevelt and an older
P Bryan corrronting each other, and
that the lsmocratic p'atform of that or
S day will contain such a radical plank d
against the trusts, and the tyranny
e and discrimination of the railroads, A
e as that the people will look to Bryan ya
~to carry out their will. At any rate, or
those who have been preaching his
- funeral are a little premature.-Char- D
lotte News. t3
sA Woman Scalped. Si
U Before the horrified gaze of hun
-dreds of society women and men in
- evening dresa, dining on the broad y
dverandas of the Park Cas'n'j, in the
0 mellow rays of Japanese lanterns, and or
Sas the orchestra played the scalp of a
n Miss Mary Dougherty, of No. 316
~North street, Rcchester, N. Y., was~ 0r
d torn from her head by the crank shaft
)of the big red gasolene automobile G
from which she had just alighted,
eC about six o'clock We dnesday night. p
IThe hiow of blood, crimsoning the soil,
-and her shrieks, caused a dozen wo- CI
men to faint and all the guests were
dthrown into a panic. While she was,
rwrithing on the gravel walk her
screams, with those of her sister and c1
a woman friend who we rein the auto
h mobile, were echoed by the women in B:
k the Casino's fashionable throng. le
SMany cabs were called for, and a
11 score of private equipages drove away
b with their passengels, while the un- K
e fortunate woman, carried into the
- main building of the Casino, was be- B~
ing attended by Dr. Lathrop, of the or
'Presbyterian Hospital.
- A F~raud Uncovered.
n A fraud order was issued today by F
- the postotlice department against Prof.1
Ls R. E. Dutton and his "School of b
t Science," at Lincoln, Neb. Mr. Dut
ton professes to have the powers of
eChrist and claims to have a pecular l
force simply wonderful to mankind, i
In his advertising matter, that the
department says is bringing him in a
c fojrtune, he announced that for $5 "he b
-would awaken the great soul of the
o functions of your tive special senses
and to develope psychic faculties in
tten days and make you a wonderful
. hypnctist witfi power to travel in
ispirit to any home and trace up lest
eand stolen articles, tind buried treas
hurs and read the very life history of
nany person from the cradle to the
e grave." c
rCured Lockjaw. A
d r.Carles W. Mercer, a young h
o pysiianattached to the stafI of the a
~eC:ty Hospital, Richmond, Va., justri
-succeeded in cu-ing a case of lockjaw, a
sTue patient was Charles Hlollman, a ti
.one-legged' man. While traveling in
ia cattle car he was injured by a nail t<
penetrating the stump of his leg. He g
was tiken to the hospital with his yi
jaws tightly locd. Dr. Mercer s<
- operned the wouud, cleaned and caute- n
- rized it. lie then administt red hiypo- Ic
Is der mically at interval lIght doses of t
e tetanus anitoxin, which wrought a
s comnplete cure, I
h.IHard Fighting.
1A junk which has arrived at Che
pco, having left Port Arthur on Aug- n
ust 8, brings confirmation of previous c
reports of severe tighting day and r
e night. One .Japanese shell struck the s
corner of a building in Port Arthur ii
iand killed or vwounded :200 people.
s Fifteeni six-inch shells fell at one spot e
eon the water front in one day, but It
n hurt no onue. It is roughly estimated
et that the Japanese are from tive to -
eight miles from~ Port Arthur.
,.-Judge. Par]
de
oro
iof a
us
re
-he
be- A BIG NAVAL BATTI
,at
eir
Between the Russians and Japane
ar- Port Arthur Pleets.
er
>te
be- SEVERAL SHIPS WRE DISABLEI
)ld
The Japanese Claim that the Russia
g Ships Suffered Heavy Dam
ages, but Their Da m
M, ages Were Slight.
Admiral Togo has reported as fol
er- lows: "On August 10Lh our combinei
at fcet attacked the enemy's fleet nea
Guan Rock. -The Russian vessel
es were emerging from Port Arthur try
La ing to go south. We pursued th
led enemy eastward. Severe fighting last
Led ed from 1 o'clock Wednesday after
ik noon until sundown. Toward thi
lee close the enemy's fire weakened re
m markably. His formation becami
rs confused and then his ships scattered
he The Russian cruisers Askold and No
ch vik and several torpedo boat destroy
os era fled to the southward. Other o
Not the enemy's ships retreated separatel:
toward Port Arthur.
hs "We pursued them and it appear
he that we inflicted considerab!e damage
hs We found life buoys and other article
i belonging to the Russian battleshi
ar Czarevitch fl ating at sea. The Czare
'e vitch prob:tbly was sunk. We havi
received no reports from the torpedi
boats and the torpedo boat destroyer
X which were engaged in the attacks o
gh the ships of the enemy. The Russiai
i vessels, with the exception of the As
in kold and the Novik, the Czarevitcl
e and the cruiser Pallada, appear t
have returned.to Port Arthur. On
'd damage was slight. Oar fightinj
ri' power has not been impaired."
Is. THE RUSSIANS ESCAPE.
of The Russian protected cruiser Ask.
n- old arrived at Woosung Thursda
he with her fifth funnel gone close to thi
rt- deck, all of the funnels riddled witt
all shell holes, one gun on the port sid
dismounted and several large shel
holes al.ove the water line. One lieu
, tenant and 11 men had been kille
'an and 50 men wounded.
er- A dispatch from Shanghai says
s. Russian torpedo boat destroyer arriveo
fg there Thursday. It is reported tha
d' four Rassian battleships are off th
as Saddle islands, about 70 miles south
ch east of this port.
d The Saddle islands are about 554
rm miles from Port Arthur, which plac
ms the Russian squadron left at 7 a. m.
en Wednesday, Aug. 10.
RUSSIAN SHIPs IN PORT.
i. A dispatch from Cheboo says lat
ds reports from Tsingchou says that the
Ld Russian warships there are the bat
ras tlesbip Czarevitch, the protecte
ng cruisers Pallada and Novik and thre
off torpedo boat destroyers. - The Czara
>m vitch, which is badly damaged, is he
:rt lug repaired with German assistance
ral it is alleged. A report has also beei
ng received to the efdct that Admira
* Withoft was killed in the naval battli
off Round island last Wedne. day.
A strong detachment of Japanes
a warships is reported to have sailed
or senth for the purpose of interceptinj
orteVadvso fleet, which itisb
on lieved has not yet effected a junctioi
iwith the vessels reported to have bee.
Spurchased by Russia from the Argen
htine government..
TheE UA sUNK.
A dispatch to Reuter's Telegran
acompany from St. Petersburg say
, that the Japanese armored cruise
4n Kasuga (formerly Argentine warshi:
en Rivadavia) was sunk with all on boar<
during the engagement off Port A]
'or thur on Wednesday last.
A message has just been received a
hCheffo saying that the Russian cruise
Novik escaped from Tsingchou at th
k expiration of the time limit of 2
hours set upon her remaining thert
No. fighting at sea has yet been re
ported.
DETAILS OF THE BATTLE.
Viceroy Alexieff, In a dispatch t
en the Emuperor, 'gives the following rt
iod port from Capt. Matousevitch, th
nd late Rear Admiral Withoft's chief c
,nd staff, under date of August 12:
eir "At dawn of August 10 our Por
are Arthur squadron began to make fc
S., the open sea and emerged from th
are port at 9 o'clock. The squadron cot
tog Isisted of six battle ships, the cruiser
[n Askold, Diana, Pallada and Novi:
WO and eight torpedo boats. The Japar
ing ese opposed us with the followin
Lhe force: A first detachment, consistin
en of the battle ships Asabi, Mikasa
.eir Taji, Nashima and 'the cruisers Nif
of shin and Kasuga; a second detackl
dl merat, consisting of the cruisers Yakt
urs mo Kasagi, Chitose and Takasago an
ave a third detachment, consisting of th
cruisers Akitsushima, Irsumo, Matst
shima, Itsukushima. and Hashidit
a and the battleshp Chin Yen, wit
ec about thirty torpedo boats.
lay "Our squadron manoeuvered to gal
ere a passage through the line of tbn
'he enemy's ships. Meantime the Japanes
of torpedo boats were laying floatin
.id mines In the way of our squadror
as- thus rendering evolutions very difi
r~en cult.
ere "At 1 P. M., our squadron, afte
red orty minutes' fighting, succeeded I
'he effecting a passage, and shaped 11
he course towards Shantung. The enem.1
in following at full speed, caught up wit
in. us slowly, and at 5 o'clcck fightin
ex- again began and continued for som
ere hours without either side obtainin
he any advantage.
"In the battle the commander c
our squadron was killed and the cai
iad tain of the battle ship Czarevitch wa
ow wounded and lost consciousness. A.
at most at the same time the engine gea
led of the Czarevitch was damaged an
ver she was obliged to stop for forty mit
1 utes. This forced the other ships t
ok- manoeuvre around her. The comman
t7- of the sqiuadron devolved upon Rea
>a- Admiral Prince Ouktomsky, and tbn
bhe command of the Czarevitch upon thn
ect second in command.
me cniud npg .
VISITS THE PRESIDET.
A Scantily Clad Delegation of F
pinos Call on Him.
Picturesquely, but not quite a
quately garbed, a party of eight M
Igorrote chiefs, constituting a par
the Philippine exhibit at the St. Lc
exposition, Tuesday paid their
spects to President Roosevelt at
White House. The exchanges
tween the chiefs and the presid
were informal, but happy in tl
tone.
Through Antero, a bright 15 ye
old Igorrute boy, who acted as int
preter, the Moro datos and Igorr,
chiefs expressed their pleasure at
ing received by the president and t
him that he might depend upon tb
loyalty to the American governme
President Roosevelt, after shak
hands with each one of his lit
brown visitors, replied that he l
glad of the opportunity to greet the
to welcome them to the national ca
tal and to assure them that the Am
ican government desired to prom,
their welfare, prosperity and ccnte
ment.
As the president's kindly expi
sions were interpreted to them by I
tero, the datos and chiefs nod
their heads in approval and smi
their thanks. The reception t(
place in the president's private ofi
and adjoining the cabinet roo
While it was in progress, the memb
of the cabinet arrived to attend I
regular semi-weekly meeting. E3
in turn was presented to the FilipiF
who paid them the highest resp
known to their people. Before 1
conclusion of the rEception, the chiE
through Antero, presented to 1
president some handsome native gif
including curiously carved metal
pipes, a beautifully embellished spi
and two shields, one of closely wol
native grass and the other of w(
covered with hide.
After they left the executive offi
the Filipinos were shown throu
the lower apartments of the Wb
House. The Moros were garbed
native costume of brilliantly coloi
Japanese silk blouse and tightly :
ting trousers, all elaborately figuri
and wore turbans of the same mate
al twistEd loosely about their hea
The Igorrotes wore complete suits
spotless white duck, relieved by ori
tal scarfs of brillIant colors. 'I
visitors were taken to the war depa
ment and driven in car. iages to
public buildings. *
Acetylene Explosion.
At Charleston the ac tylene I
plant used for lightning the Gerir
Artillery ball, exploded Tuesday aft
noon, seriously injuring Nicholas I
choff, keeper of the hall. Mrs. Bisch<
and their son, Clarence, were injurl
The entire plant was demolished
was the small frame house in wh'
the tanks and generators were locato
Bischoff was standing on the platfo
pouring carbide in tanks, which l
beiag banded him by his son, wl
the explosion occurred. Bischoff v
hurled against the side of the Ai
lery hall building, his face and hai
being badly cut and his hair burz
from his head. Clarence Bisehoff v
blown out of the doorway, escapi
with bruises on his face. Mrs. Bise
received a slight gash on her arm fri
a fragment of the plant. The rep
made by the explosion heard seve
blocks and the adjoining buildi
shook, sio great was the concussion.
Suited Him Exactly.
At Washington the police fount
negro boy late last night who had b]
enough watermelon to satisfy him
some time to come. He was Jimr
Harrington, eleven yt ars old, the
of an emnploye in the Southern ri
way yards at Columbia, S. C. L:
Thursday week he was playing in t
yards, and noticed a trainload of v
termelons on a side track.
climbed up into a car and 'v
"hunting around for a cracked on
he said, to break open and eat wt
an employe drew the door shut a
lozked him in. He was afraid
make an outcry and,kept still. I
three days and nights the lad subsi
ed on watermelons until the ti
reached the freight yards in Wai
ington. When the car was opet
the boy appeared and the police t<
im in charge. A dispatch was se
to his father and he was started hon
ward at once.
Had a Rough Time.
Their throats parched for ele'
days, which they spent without ft
or water, exhausted, emaciated a
nearly dead, Peter Gradley i
Charles Canley, picked up from tb
dory by the schooner Hydrangea, w
brought into North Sidney, N.
Wednesday. When found they w
forty mikls off Miquelou. L- st in a
while fishing near their smack, the
drama, the men drifted for nearly t
weeks, now burned by the blister
sun, now chilled by heavy mist,
wind drove them 200 miles, and wi
found they were unable to lift tI:
hands. Their appearance was that
dead men, and it was not until kin
bands had worked over them for ho
that their worn and weary bodies g
signs of life.
Frightened by Explosion.
By the explosion of a stick of dy
mite under a car of the Tazewell El
tic company, at Tazewell, Tues<
afternoon a dozen or more people w
placed in jeopardy of their lives. ']
dynamite was put into the liange
the track by unknown persons
when the explosion occurred the i
sengers, numbering about half a do:
ladies and about as many men, w
panic stricken, but no one was inju
beyond being severely shocked. ']
car was so badly damaged that 1
passengers had to be transferred
hacks and taken bastily to the tra
The affair caused a good deal of
citement in the neighborhood. Th
is no clue to the perpetrators of
crie
woman somewhere but that she I
never lived here and she did not ki
her name. Inquiry by the police
practically all the other resorts fai
to discover any one who had e
known a woman named Maud Allei
Mr. Witt is well known in Bro
land, where he owns much propei
He is also well known in Columl
He could not be reached over
'phone last night after his indi
connection with the mystery beca
tnn-ohimhi State,
er's
reat Speech
Accepting the Nomina
e
tion of the Demo=
crats for the
Presidency.
SRESPECT OF THlE L-AW
- Is the Keynote of the Speech.
What He Says About.the
Trusts, Tarif f and
Other Things.
In formally accepting the nomina
tion of the Democratic party as its
candidate fcr President, Judge Parker,
replying to the speech of Chairman
Clark, of the notification committe,
g spoke as follows:
> Mr. Chairman and Gentlemen of the
Cammittee: I have resigned the office -
of Chief Judge of the Court of Appeals -
of this State in order that I may ao
cept the responsibility that the great'
Convention.you represent has put upon
me, without possible prejudice to the
Court to which I had the honor to be
- long, or to the eminent members of
i the judiciary of this State, of whom I
y may now say as a private citizen I am
justly proud.
At the very threshold of this re
sponse and before dealing with other
subjects I must, in justice to myself
and to relieve my sense of gratitude,
express my profound appreciation of
the confidence reposed in me by the
Convention. After nominating me
and subsequently receiving a commu
nication declaring that I regarded the
a gold standard as firmly and irrevocably
1 established, a matter concerning
- which I felt it incumbent upon me to
I make known myattitude so that here
after no man could justly say that his
support had been secured through ln
direction or mistake, the Convention
reiterated its determination that I
should be the standard-bearerof tJe
party in the present, contest. Tins
mark of trust and confidence I shall
ever esteem as the highest honor that
could be conferred upon me-an honor
that, whatever may be the fate of the
campaign, the future can in no degree
lessen or impair.
THE ADMtRABLE PLATFORM
upon which the party appeals to the
country for its confidence and support
clearly states the principles which
- were so well condensed in the first.in
I auguraladdress of President Jefferson,
* and points out with force and direct
. ness the course to be pursued through
-their propr application in order to in
sure neeed reforms in both the legis
lative and ad ministrative departments
of the Government. Whilenhesitat,
ing in its promise to correct abuses
and to right wrongs wherever they ap
pear or however caused; to investigate
athe administrative departmentsof the
Igovernment, the conduct of whose offi
cials has createdscandal, and to punish
those who have been guilty of a breach
of their trust; to oppose the granting
of special privileges by which the few
Smay profit at the expense of the man
-to practice-economy in the expeni
ture of the moneys of the people, and
to that end to return once more to the
i methods of the founders of the Repub
a lic by observing in disbursing the pub
lic funds the care and caution a- pru
dent individual observes with respect
Sio his own; still the spirit of the plat
Sform assures.~
-CONSERVATIVE, INSTEAD OF SAsH
action; the protection of the innocent
as well as the punishment of the guil
t ty; the encouragement of industry,
r economy and thrift; the protection of
a property and a guarantee of the en
Sforcement for the benefit of all of
man's inalineable rights, among which
as said in the Declaration of Indepen
dence, are "life, liberty and the pur
suit of happiness." Liberty, as under
stood in this country, means not only
0 the right of freedom from actual ser-,
Svitude, imprisonment or rastraint, but
e the right of one to use his faculties in
i all lawful ways, to live and work where
he will and to pursue any lawful trade
orbiness. These essential rights of
i ielbryand property are not only
r guaranteed to the citizen by the Con
e stitution of each of the several States,
-but the States are by the fourteenth
s amendment to the Constitution of the
SUnited States forbidden to deprive
any person of any one of them without
due process of law.
LIMITATIONS OF POWER.
SOccasionally, by reason of unneces
-sary or impatient agitation for re
forms, or because the limitations
-placed upon the departments of Gov
ernent by the Constitution are dis
regarded by officials desiring toaccom
plish that which to them seems good,
whether the power exists in them or
enot, it becomes desirable to call atten
a tion to the fact that the people, in
whom all power resides, have seen'fit,
a through the medium of the Constitu
e tion, to limit the governmental pow
ers conferred adto say to aepart
e ments created by it; "Thus far shalt
thou go and no farther." To secure
' the ends sought the people have by
[the Constitution separated and dis-.
tributed among the three depart
r ments of Government--the executive,
a legislative and juidicial-certain pow
ers and it is the duty of those adminis
tering each department so to act as to
'peevrather than to destroy, the
b ecyof the co-ordinate branches of
g the Government, and thus secure the
e exercise of all the powers conferred by
g the people.
THOMAS JEFFERsON
'f in a letter to William C. Jarvis, touch
Sing the perpetuity of our institutions,
s written many years after he had re
-tired to private life, said: "If the
r three powers of our Government main
Stain their mutual independence of
each other it may last long, but not so
if either can assume the authority of
0 the other." It must be confessed
i that in the course of our history exe
r cutives have employed powers not be
e longing to them; statutes have been
e passed that were expressly forbidden
by the Constitution, and statutes have
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