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THE PLANTERS EO?N AND SAVINGS ?BANK. AUGUSTA, GA.| Pays Interest on Deposits. Accounts Solicited. Ii. C. HAYIUC, Pr?sident. CHAS. C. HOWA?D,< Cashier. THE NATIONAL BANK OF AUGUSTA' FBAXK G. FOBD, Cashier. CAPITAL. $250,000. Surplus j Undivided Profits. $125,000 L. C 'HAYNS, President. Our New Vault contains 410 Safty-Loclc Boxes, which we offer to oar patrons and : public at three to ten dollars per ?nen ra. VO1 . 69. EDGEFIELD, S. C.. WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 17,1904. NO. 34. Accepts the Presidents By the Demi THE NOTIFICATION ADDRESSES j Utterances of the Democratic Candi ; date on the issues Before the Coun try In the Present Campaign. Esopus, N. Y., Special.-Judge Alton ?. Parker Wednesday received formal j notification of his nomination for the presidency of thc United States as the candidate of the Democratic party, and In accepting gave public expression for the first time of his views on the is sues of the campaign. The notifica tion, was brought to him by Represen tative Champ * Clark, of Missouri, as chairman of a committee representing every State and Territy in the Union Mr. Clark, in a brief'speech informed the candidate of his nomination and presented to him a formal communica tioa-'signed by the committee. "Mr. Clark said in pa?t: "Judge Parker:-The most moment ous ; political performance known among men is the quadrennial election of an. American President. The su preme executive power of 80,000,000 free, people changes hands with sim plest ceremony and most perfest order. While the contest for votes is waged with' earnestness and enthusiasm sometimes with much heat and bitter ness-the ready acceptance of the re sult by the defeated is the surest aug ury, bf the perpetuity of our institu ci?n^. ^'Presidents come and Presidents go, but >the great republic-freighted with the. hopea of the human race for liberty -rgoes on forever. All history provea that a government .bottomed on popu lar suffrage is a government by party. Experience shows that he serves-his party best who serves his country test The names most fondly cher ished are those of men who devcied their time, their energies, their talents, their fortunes ~nnd their lives to the promotion of the public weal. Stronger incentive to high and patriotic endeav or nb man hath than the hope to stand thorough all the ages in that goodly company. - "Out of the masterly debates and.pro found deliberations of the St. Lous . convention emerged a re-united party,, 1 which goes forth conquering and to ! ! conquer. The flower of the Democracy ?sesmbled there to consult the govern ment to the principles enunciated by the fathers, from which it has drifted for in these latter days. Every phase of Democratic opinion was represented *>y-brave, honest and able champions,, in -th?t great conclave of free and pa- 1? JJ ut" ?nd dried pro gramme. Its debates were not.mere automatons or mahoniettes waving and talking " when the strings were pulled ?jy ene mau. Speech and action were absolutely free and the great debates "which took pla?e there will constitute part of, the permanent political litera ture?, of the country. No effort was mad-, to gag or bridle any one. If a delegate had a pet idea which he was anxious to exploit, he was givea an adequate and respectful hearing before either the platform committee or the entire convention. Every man had his say-. To none was opportunity denied, Out of it all grew such unity as en courages lovers of liberty and of pure government everywhere. We enter upon the campaign. with the strength which grows out of the union of a mighty party, with the enthusiasm horn of truth, with the courage that emanates from a righteous cause, with the confidence of men animated by no ble purposes and lofty patriotism. ''The hope is not too extravagant for < entertaining that in this campaign our candidates will have the support, not only of cv?ry Democrat in the land, but- also of every voter, by whatever political name called, who believes that the constitution of the United States is a living reality and that it applies equally to high and low, to great and small; to public official and to private citizen. "Into your hands the Democracy has committed its standard with abiding faith in your courage, your integrity, your honor, your capacity and your patriotism, believing that under your leadership we will achieve a signal vic tory, thal your administration will be such a fortunate, such a happy era in cur. annals as to mark the beginning of a long period of Democratic ascen - dancy, and that you will so discharge your duties as to rank in history as ene of the greatest and best beloved of American Presidents. In accepting the nomination Judge Parker spoke as follows: JUDGE PARKER'S ACCEPTANCE. "Mr. Chairman and Gentlemen of the Committee: "I have resigned the office of Chief Judge of the Court of Appeals, of this State, in order that I may accept the responsibility that the great conven tion that you represent has put upon me, without' possible prejudice to thc court to which I had the honor to be long, or to the eminent members of the judiciary of this State, of whom I may now say as a private citizen that I am justly proud. "At the very threshold of this re sponse and before dealing wth other subjects, I must, in justice to myself, Ey Wire and Cable. . President Nord, of Haiti, made a speech threatening foreigners. It is officially denied in Berlin that ! Germany had sent an ultimatum to j Venezuela demanding the payment of j interest on the idemnity. In the House of Commons Joseph Chamberlain said he was anxious for a general election at once on his tar iff proposals. A French ofl&cer was appointed head of the Tangier police. A satisfactory test was made of the York Haven power plant, near York, Pa. The United Lutheran Synod, at Newmarket, Va.,, will decide at its next convention whether ministers of its churches may re-marry divorced persons. The West Virginia Legislature con sidered tax measures. Mr. Morgan -C. Munboe, Democratic member from Pendleton county, died suddenly of Bright's disease. ? The body of Joseph Lamar, Jr., of ' Pittsburg; was found in a clump of ; willows near Whaling, W, It li bttjiimd ba waa auraoredi ii Nomination Tendered eratic Party ! and \& relieve my sense of gratitude, express my profuond appreciation of the confidence repese'd in me by the convention Alter nominating mc and Subsequently receiving a com munication declaring that I regarded tho gold standard as firmly and irre1 vccably established, a matter which I felt it incumbent upoft me te male? known my attitude so th?t hereafter no man could justly say that his support had been secured through in direction or, mistake-, th? convention reiterated its determination that I should be the standard-bearer of the party in the present contest. This 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 th 3 fate of the campaign, the futm'Q catt iii no degree lessen or impair. ADMIRABLE PLATFORM. "The admirable platform upon which the party appeals to the coun try for its confidence and support clearly staten the principles which wero BO weil condensed in the first inaugural address cf President'Jeff or son and points out with force and di rectness the course to be pursued through their proper application in order to insure needed reforms in both .the legislative and administra tive departments of the government. "While unhesitating in its promise to correct abuses and to right wrongs wherever they appear or however caused; to investigate the several ad ministrative departments of the gov ernment, the conduct of whoso offi cials has created scandals, and to punish those who have been guilty uf a breach of their trust; to oppose the granting of special privileges by which the few may profit at the ex pense of the many; to practive econ omy in the expenditure of the money of tho people, and to that end to re turn once more to the methods of the founders of the republic by observ ing in disbursing tho public funds tho care and caution a prudent individual observes in respect to his own; still the spirit of the platform assures con servative, instead of rash action; tho protection of the innocent ?s well as ?e punshment of the guilty; the en :ouragemcnt of industry, economy md thrift; the protection of property ! ;nd a guarantee of the enforcement , !or the benefit of all man's inaliena- , ile rights, among which, as said in , he Declaration of Independence, aro * 'life, liberty and the pursuit of hap-1 ( riness." Liberty, as understood in j his country, means not only the right t >f freedom from actual servitude, im ?risonment or restraint, but the . ight of one to use his facilities in all iwful ways, to live and work where e W'H and .^,,?^,^^,?^7 Iflfflfaj I j rg^s^f^'?f'??bwty and property s re not only guaranteed" to the ci ti- f en by the constitution of each of the j everal States, but the States are by T he Fourteenth Amendment to the , Jonstitution of the United States for- t ridden to deprive any person cf them s vithout due pyocess of .law. ? "Occasionally, by reason of unnec- t ?sary, or impatient agitation for re- r orms, or because ' the limitations t ilaced upon the departments cf gov- t ?rnment by the Constitution are dis- t egarded by officials desiring to ac- t :omplish that which to them seems * jood, whether the power exists in hem or not, it becomes desirable to 1 rall attention to the fact that the peo- , de, in whom all power resides have < >een fit to limit the powers conferred j ind to say to departments created j )y it: "Thus far shalt thou go and no 1 'arther.' To secure the ends sought j he people have by the Constitution ; jeparated and distributed among tho 1 :hree departments of government- j he Executive, Legislative and Judi- 1 iial-certain powers, and it is the 1 luty of those administering each de- - partment so to act as to preserve, 1 .ather than destroy, the 1 potency of < :he co-ordinate branches of the gov- ? jrnment, and thus secure the exercise j >f all the pow?ts conferred by the ( people. i THE THREE POWERS. ? "Thomas Jefferson, in a letter to : William C. Jarvis, touching the per- '? petuity of our institutions, written ?nany years after he had retired to private life, said: 'If the three pow ers of our government maintain their mutual independence of each other, It may last long, but not so if cither can assume the authority of tho oth er.' It must be confessed that in the course of our history executives have ! employed powers not belonging to ' them; statutes have been passed that ! wer? expressly forbidden by the con stitution and statutes have been set aside as unconstitutional when it was difficult to point out the provisions sa'd to be offended against in their enactment; all this has been done w?th a good purpose, no doubt, .but in disregard, nevertheless, of the fact that ours is a government of laws, not of men, 'deriving its just powers from the consent of the governed.' If we would have our government continue through the ages to come, for the benefit of those who shall succeed us.- we must ever be on our guard against the danger of usurpa- ; tion of that authority which resides ? in the whole people, whether the usur-1 pation be by ofiieials representing 1 one of the three great departments of government, or by a body of men act-1 flin or rient ion. The British expedition under Colonel Younghusband reached Lhasa, Tibet. The total number identified bodies recovered from the wreck at Eden, Col., np to Tuesday night was 73, and the j unidentified 3. The United Mine Workers' executive j board adjourned at Scranton without j definitely deciding upon the date for a 1 s;rike in the Wyoming and Lackawan- j na valleys. The Griffith Improvement Company of Athens, Ga., was placed in hands of a receiver. S. C. Upson was named as receiver. The receivership was caused by a petition in involuntary bankruptcy, brought by the creditors. Liabilities are $60,000 with assets about the same. In a statement Issued Tuesday after noon the detective agency engaged in the search ior $200,000 worth of jewels, the property of Mrs. Ogden Goolet, which was supposed to have been stol en, it was announced that the jewels were found in Mrs. Goelet'e. Bafe. in New York, wfesre the own?: nacl pm thea? ing without a commission from the people. IMPATIENCE AT RESTRAINT 0F LAW? ? "Imp?U??c? bi the restraints of law as well hs of its delays; is be coming mor* ?nd more rrianifest from o-?.'/ co.. day;, .Within the past .few j'?M**. Tr\?iiy .'instanced have been brought to our attention, where in different parts of our beloved country supposed criminals have been seized and punished hy a mob, notwithstand ing tho fact that the constitution of each Stato guarantees to every per son within it3 Jurisdiction that his life, his liberty or hts properly shall not bo taken from him without due process of law? 'Til ? struggle between. employers and employ?s, dynamite is said to have 1)0211 used.by the latter, resulting in the loss ot life arid the destruction bf. property. The perpetrators of this. offense against the laws of God and man, and all others engaged in the conspiracy with them, should, after duo trial and conviction, have had meted out to them the most rigorous punishment known to the law. This crime, added perhaps tb ?tll?rs," led to the formation cf a committee of citizens that, with the support of the military authority, deports from the State, without trial, persons.suspected, of belonging to the organiz?tibri of which the perpetrators of the dyn? init? outrag?s frere supposed to be members-. In. both cases the reign of law gave way to the reign of force. Thesp illustrations present some evi dence of the failure of the government to protect the citizen and his property, which not only justified thc action of your convention iii this regard, but made it its duty to cali attention to the fact that constitutional gu?ran teos are violated whenever any citi zen is denied the right to iabor, to acquire, and to enjoy property, or to reside where his interests or inclina tion may determino; and the fulfill ment of the assurance to rebuke and punish all denials Of these rights, whether brought about hy individuals or government agencies? should be enforced by every Official and support ed by fevery citizen. The essenco of good government lies in strict obser vance of constitutional limitations, en forcement of law and urdor and rug ged opposition to all encroachment upon the sovereignty of the people. "The foregoing distinctions but em pbasizo tho distinction which exists between our own and other forms ct government, lt has been well said, in substance, that there are but two powers in government, ene by the j power of the sword, sustained by the land that wields it, and the other .he power of the law, sustained by in enlightened public sentiment. The lifferenco between r. republic-such is ours, based on law,.and a written constitution, supported by ?nteMi jenco, virtuo and patriotism-and a nonarchy-sustained by force exert ;d by an individual, uncontrolled by aws other'than O**??? m<wio nr sanc-J. ioned by him; o ?titutionalism, the PRESENT TA "The present tai tances es to exac rom the people, las thi3 view becor lent members of tl md at least two | ions, have dared - v..~ e~">-?"-' ;entiment o" that subject'. That party leems, however, to be collectively able ;0 harmonize only upon a plank that idmits that revision may from time to ime be necessary, hut it is so phased ;hat it is expected to be satisfactory to ;hose favor a reduction thereof, and ' ;o those opposed to any change what iver. "Judge by the record of performance, .ather than that of promise, on the I part of that party in the past, it would I ;eem as if the outcome, in the event of ts success would he to gratify the l?t :er class. With absolute control of poth the legislative and executive de partment of the government siuce \iarch 4th. 1S97, there has been neither 'eduction nor an attempt at reduction n tariff duties. It is not unreasonable to assume, in the light of that record, that a future Congress of that party will not undertake a revision of the tariff downward in the event that it shall receive an endorsement of its past course on that subject by the peo ple. It is a fact and should he frankly" conceded that though our party be suc cessful in the coming contest we can not hope to secure a majority in the Senate during the next four years, and hence v/e shall be unable to secure any modification in the tariff save that to which the Republican majority in the Senate may consent. While, therefore, v/e are unable to give assurance of re lief to the people from such excessive duties are burden them; it is due to them that we state our position to be in favor of a resonable reduction of the tariff; that we believe it is demand ed by the best interests' of both manu facturer and consumer, and that a wise and beneficent revision of the tariff can be accomplished as soon as both branches of Congress and an executive in favor of it are elected, without cre ating that sense of uncertainty and in stability that has on other occasions manifested itself. This can be achiev ed by providing that such a resonable period shall intervene, between the date of the enactment of the statute making a revision and the date of its enforce ment, as shall he deemed sufficient for the industry or business affected by such revision to adjust itself to thc changes and new conditions imposed. So confident am I in the belief that the demand of the people for a reform of the tariff is just, that I indulge the hope that should a Democratic House of Representatives and a Democratic Executive be chosen by the people, even a Republican Senate may he?d the Odds and Ends. Even a golden vessel cannot make a smooth sea. If the Sinless knew sorrow shall the sinful escape? The branch that bends lowest oears the most fruit. You must either flee from Egypt or forfeit Canaan. w Circumstances may abase, but only sin can debase you. , No breath was ever yet wasted in true prayer. There is no progress in holiness without practice. Cornelius Vanderbilt, who has pat ented a number of valuable railroad inventions, is at work on others, it is said, which he expects to complete shortly. The mother of F. Augustus Heinze, the Montana copper magnate, died In Germany. It ta reported at Cheiu that a Japa nese attack, on Port Arthur last Fri : day waa repulsed, with enormous loss warning and fcbnse?t .to giv8 ?t. i,??st some measure of relief io tfi? p?dpl?V THE TRUSTS: "The .combinations,_ popularly .called trusts, y/hich aim to secar? a monopoly' of trade .in the dl?c?ssari?? of life., as' well,as. in _thos? things, that, are eni-j ployed upon the farm, in the factory' and in many other fields of industry, have been encouraged and stimulated, by excessive tariff duties. These op erate to furnish a substantial market in the necessities of eighty millions of people, by practically excluding com petition. With so large a market and ] highly remunerative pf-ices e?ntifluingr long after the line of possible compc-[ titioii would naturally be r?ached; tri? I temptation" of Hil erigaged in the sam? business to combine sd as to p'i'ei vent comp?tition at home and ? result ing reduction of prices; li?s prdv?d ir= resistibie in a humber bf cas??: All men must agree that" the net result, of enacting laws that foster such in equitable conditions, is most unfort?.^ nate for the people as a whole, and it would seem as if all ought to agree that the effective remedy would b? to. appropriately modify the offending law. The growth bf monopoly, Of which complaint is justly mad?? can?ot be? laid at the doors of the courts of this country. The decisions of the SiU preme Court bf. the Unit?.d States; th? Court of Appeals of this State, aiid th?; courts bf last resort in many other States, warrant the assertion that the' common law as developed affords a complete legal remedy against mono polies. The fact that they have multi-' plied in number and increased in pow er has been due, not to the failure of the courts to apply t.b<3 law wheii prop erly moved, bj' administrative officials' 6? private individuals, but to the fail" ur? of officials charged with th? d?ty\ of ?nfoi'cing the law to take the ne cessary procedure to procure the judg ments of the courts in the appropriate jurisdiction, coupled with the fact that the legislative departments of some of our State governments, as well as Con gress iii the manner already referred to, have, by legislation, eric?urag?d their propagation. What is needed-iri addition to the passage of a statute re vising the tariff duties to a reasonable basis-is not so much other and differ ent laws, as officials having both the disposition and the courage to enforce existing law. While this is my view of the scope of the common law, if it should be made to appear that it is ? mistaken one, then I favor such further legislation within constitutional limita tions as will give the people a just.and full measure of protection. SELF-GOVERNMENT FOR FILT> PINOS. "It is difficult to understand how any citizen of the United States, much less a descendant of Revolutionary stock, can tolerate the thought of permanent ly denying the right of self-government lo the Filipinos. Can we hope to in still into the minds of our descendants reverence and devotion for a govern ment by the people, while denying ulti mately that right to the inhabitants respect of the civilized world, while" proudlv guaranteeing to every citizen of the "United States that no law shall be made or enforced which shall abridge the privileges or immunities of citizens of the United States, or deny to any person the equal protection of the laws, and at the same time not only deny similar rights to the inhabitants of the Philippines, but take away from them the right of trial by jury, and place their lives and the disposition of their property in the keeping of those whom we sent to them to be their gov ernors? We shall certainly rue it as a nation if we make any such attempt Viewing the question even from the. standpoint of national selfishness, there is no prospect that the twenty millions of dollars expended in the purchase of the islands and the six hundred and fifty millions said to have been since disbursed will ever come back to us. The accident of war brought the Phil ippines into our possession and we are not at liberty to disregard the respon sibility which thus came to us, but that responsibility will be best subserved by preparing the islanders as raipdly as possible for self-government and giving to them the assurances that it will come as soon as they are reason ably prepared for it. There need be no fear that the assertion s.> often made of late, that we have now become a world power, will then be without support. Ours is a world power, and as such it must be maintained, but I deny that it is at *11 recently that the United States has attained that emi ence. Our country became a world po er over a century ago, when, havin thrown off foreign domination, the peo' pie established a free government, th source of whose authority sprung, an was continuously to proceed, from th will of the people themselves. It gre as a world power as its sturdy citizen to whose natural increase were adde immigrants from the Old World see ing to obtain here the liberty and pro^[ perity denied them in their own coun tries, spread over the face of the land, reduced the prairies and forests to cul tivation, built cities, constructed high ways and railroads, till now a nation which at the formation of the govern ment, numbered only three millions in population, has become eighty millions, and from ocean to ocean and the lakes to the gulf, the country is the abode of a free and proseprous people, advanced in the highest degree in the learning rind arts of civilizations. It is the lib erty, the advancement and the pros perity of its citizens, not any career of Telegraphic Briefs. There are three cases of yellow fever at Vera Cruz, Mexico, three at Coatza ! coal cos, and five at Tehuantepec. There i have been no death at the latter place. Chairman Cowherd, of the Demo I eratic Congressional Campaign Com ! raittee. has issued a statement cbal ! lenging the accuracy of Commissioner ! Wright's r?port on wages and the cost i ! of living. I The repulse of the Japanese at Port j Arthur on July 26, 27 and 28 is con ! firmed in an official dispatch from Gen eral Stoessel. The United States European Squad ron sailed from Villefranche for Smyr na, in Turkey. Dr. Edward Hanslick, a noted musi cal critic, died in Vienna. The Princess of Monaco was robbed in Paris of jewels and bank notes val ued at $16,000. Representative Ghat?^p C'.arfc ia cQuft dont that Parker ant} Day!?. calve ?(?3 Qlaoioral votes, m m c^nq?i?sj;; that, in?k? th? country' 8 .world p?wer. This condition we owe td jtKlP.^?unty of Providence; unfolded i? tfre^great natural resources of . th? conntry td tal! .wisdom of our fathers manifested by them, tb th? energy, irj .^try;vr|ibral character and l?w-abid IngV.spirit .bf the people themselves; ??^?f? are not a military people, bent Q^'cOnquest, or engaged In extending our domains in foreign lands, or de sirous x?f securing natural advantages, however great, by force; but a people laying peace, not only for ourselves, but for all the nations of the earth. >V'\. ' MILITARY DISPLAY. .i?yT?? gfea? display of military af mam??ts inay please the eye and; for tb;^moment; excite tho pride of the ct^2?en?- but it cannot brldg to the b??i?tr'y the brains, brawn and mds clji?o? ? single immigrant, nor induce tlf^inv?sime?l; here of a dollar of capital. .?' Of course, such ?rm?rdent as niayf-'-.be. necessary for the security p?|?he. country and the protection of the.rights of its citizens at home or ibjcad," must be maintained. Any G^iri-cburse would be not only false eConomy, but pusillanimous. I pro however, against the feeling, ?oW^far tod prevalent, that by reason p'?ith? commanding position we have i?fjuiaed ..in the World, we must take ^a^??^ti?? disput?s and broils of for ?i^tv cbuhtri?s, and that b?cause We MjMgrown great we should inter ne.-In every important question th?t U'iaes in other parts of the world. I lisp - protest against the erection of iny"'such military establishment as .v^ld: be required to maintain the ^fMtry in that attitude. We should ffifflrle Our international activities ?ofely to matters in which the fights i^ithig country or of our citizens are I^ectiy involved. That is not a sit iaron- of isolation, but of indepen Ie|ce, ???P HANDS OFF FOREIGN :$j TROUBLES, ;^fh? government of the United ?t?t?? was organized solely for the l?opl? of the United States. While ??pr?a. contemplated that this coun r^rshould oecome ? refUg? for the inpressed of every land, who might iMpt to discharge the duties of our dtizenship, and while we have al lays sympathized with the people of very , nation in their struggles for cr?rg?A'Grnment, the government was .0^ created for career of political or Ivalizlng evangelisation in foreign buntries or among alien races. ^The most efficient work we can do l^plifting the people of other coun r??s, IS by the presentation of a hap j?fepr?spefo??, s?lf-gov?r?l?g nation fi-?ix ideal to be emulated, ? mod?l to .e|follcrwed. The general occupation fn?ur citizens in the arts of peace, ?ithe absence of large military ar l?'ments, tends to impair neither pa ?jl?tism nor physical courage, and ?tf-the truth of this I refer the young ??h of. to-day to the history of the iyil Wai. For 50 years, with th? s?eption of the war with Mexico, roc-cncrc-moat-neron:-ue?U3-proc eeded infinitely more from devotion > the country, than from martial pirit. As I have already proceeded t too great length, other questions uggested in the platform must await iy letter of acceptance. . NOMINATION ACCEPTED. "Mr. Chairman: In most graceful peech you have reminded me of tne Teat responsibility, as well as the ;reat honor of the nomination be towed upon me by the convention ou represent this day. Be assured hat both are appreciated-so keenly .ppreciated that I am humbled in heir acceptance. "I accept, gentlemen of tba commit ee, the nomination, und J! the action if the convention shall be endorsed ry an electiop by the people, I will, iod helping me, give to the discharge if the duties of that exalted office heibesi service of which I am capa >le::and nt tte end of'the term retire o private life. I shall not be a candi late for, nor shall I accept a re-nom nation. Several reasons might be ad vanced for this position, but the con xolling one with me is that I am fully persuaded that no incumbent of that jffice should ever be placed in a situ ition of possible temptation to con sider what the effect of action taken Dy him in an administrative matter' Di great importance might have upon ai? political fortunes. Questions of momentous consequence to all of the :he office for two terms or sought io succeed themselves; for strong ar guments can be advanced in support of the re-election of a President. It is simply my judgment that the inter ests of thi3 country are now so vast and the questions presented are fre quently of such overpowering magni tude to the people that it is indispen sable to the maintenance of a befit ting attitude before the people, not only that thc Chief Magistrate should bc independent, but that that inde pendence should be known of all men." News of the Day. In an official statement issued at the White House Secretary Loeb made it clear that no letter was sent either by the President or by him by their au thority to the National Association of Stationary Engineers in session at Richmond, declining to receive the en gineers as a body, because "it would create capital for the Democratic cam paign, and particularly where an asso ciation was so closely allied with la bor." The American legation at Constanti nople has not yet received a reply from the Porte regarding the demand upon the Turkish government for the same favored-treatment in the matter ot schools, hospitals and charitable insti tutions accorder! to other powers. How ever, it is anticipated by diplomata that the dc-mand will be granted be fore the arrival of thc American squad ron at Smyrna. Dr. J. H. Chandler was named by the "regular" Republicans for Governor ol Delaware; 4 teether and her tbres pliildren were klltod in R collison, nm D?tcago Tuw? ?&?, .>?.?. v. ; JAPS TAKE VESSEL Still Making Thing's Interesting for the Russians TOWED FROM A NEUTRAL PORT The Dismantled Torpedo Boat Des troyer Ryeshitelni Boarded at 3:30 O'Clock Friday Morning in the Chi nese Port of Cheefoo by the Crews of Two Japanese Destroyers and Towed Off by ? Third* Cheefoo, By Cable.-Two large Jap anese torpedo destroyers which have been hovering outside the harbor, en tered under cover of tho darknes; Thursday night, showing no lights, and anchored a quarter of a mile fron! the* Russian torpedo boat destroyer Rycsitelni, which had been moved to a permanent anchorage. The corres pondent'of the Associated Press was not allowed to board the -ap??ese vessels. The Japanese officers said they would depart at daylight. Cheefoo, By Cable.-A boarding par ty from a Japanese torpedo boat de stroyer boarded the dismantled Rus sian torepdo boat destroyer Ryeshit elni Thursday morning at 3.30 o'clock. The Japanese discharged their small arms, and during the firing a Russian was wounded in one of his legs. Day break showed. a third Japanese de stroyer towing the Ryeshitelni out of the harbor and all disappeared. The Japanese consul claims that the Japanese slilpa were ignorant of the dismantling of the Ryeshitelni. An Associated Press informed the Jap anese of this fact when he visited the two Japanese destroyers at 2.30 o'clock Friday morning. Progress of Chicago $Mk?. I Chicago, Special.-The stockyards strike Thursday night seems no nearer i settlement than it did the day the struggle began. Efforts of a committee composed of retail butchers and gro cers to bring about a conference b? vveen the packers end the strike lead ?rs were of no avail. The retailers' committee was in conference with Ed gard Tilden, John E. Maurer, Thomas ?Vilson and Thomas J. Connors, repro bating the packers, for three hours :his afternoon, and after the meeting he following statement was given out )7 the committee of business men: ?onferciices with thc unionists, they jegan to form plans to force the hand ?f the k-gal department of the United states in au endeavor to bring about a settlement. This movement wa9 de sided upon by the legal advisers of the ?trikers after they had received what Lhey considered reliable information that the Attorney General would not make a move to bring into operation the perpetual injunction now held by ?.he government against combinations ?.raong the packing firms unless order ed to do so by President Roosevelt. The plan is this: An action will be started in the Federal Court in the name of a striker who holds stock in one of the biggest of the packing con cerns, demanding that the injunction be put into operation on the ground that the illegal combination still ex ists and that through it shareholders are suffering a loss. This, it is ex pected by the strike leaders, will in duce President Roosevelt to take up the fight and force the packers, to pro duce their books, contracts and argu ments in open court. Such a step, it is believed by the strikers, will bring the packers to terms and end the struggle. News of the Day. A general strike of teamsters .be gan in Vienna. S. F. Cole, of Catskill, N. Y., broke the world's typewriting record at the World's Fair, averaging nearly 68 words a minute for seven hours. A movement at Charlestown, W, Va., to lynch George W. Williams, the negro assailant of Miss Knode, ended in a committee of the would-b* lynchers being arrested. Sultan Must Keep Faith. Washington, Special-The State De partment has heard nothing from Min ister Leishman, at Constantinople, since last Monday, when he cabled that the Porte had promised to see that he received the Sultan's answer to his representations touching the rights of American citizens in Turkey. If today's engagement is not' kept, the Depart ment orobably will send additional in structions to Minister Leishman as soon as he officially reports the addi tional breach of faith. In that event he is expected to go to Smyrna to com municate personally with Admiral Jew ell, commanding the European squad ron, and perhaps to take up his quar ters aboard the flagship'Olympia, thus marking a diplomatic crisis. Rev. W. E. Mumford Dead. Macon, Ga., Special.-Rev. W. E. Mumford died ai S o'clock Friday morning after a month's illness of ty phoid fever. He was well known throughout the South as a philanthrop ist, having devoted the past 15 years of his life to the care of the orphan children of .Georgia. He founded the Georgia Industrial Home, of Macon, where 150 children are being cared for. The deceased was a Methodist preacher and a former newspaper man. Georgia Legislature Adjorns. Atlanta, Ga., Special.-The Georgia Legislature adjourned Its summer ses sion of 50 days at midnight Thursday. Among the acts passed was one in creasing the salary of the Governor from $3,000 to $5,000. those of the Su preme Court Justices from $3.000 to $4, 000. and thoa* of the Superior Court JudgeB from $2,000 to $3,000 per year. The appropriations for school purposes will bring the total sum available for that purpose during the coming year Up to $2,000,000, The Legislature re vlm to ftilop; the Australian batist syatem. Buried Landscapes. One of the most curious results of gee-logical exploration is the discovery of 'buried landscapes," by which is meant parts of the former face of the earth now covered under later depos its, but yet retaining so many of their original features that the geologist can ideally reconstruct the scenes that would have been presented to the eye of man if he bad been present among them. Sometimes buried land scapes exist in countries now densely inhabited. Recent investigation has shown that one lies beneath the re gion in England known as Charnwood Forest. The rocky projections seen there are the peaks and aretes of a buried mountain chain belonging to the old red sandstone period. Sever al different phases in the history of this landscape have been traced. At one time it contained salt lakes and desert expanses. In its modern form it is a pastoral region, with barren, stony tracts and rocky eminences, where the ancient mountains project through the soil. j Lightning Settled the Quarrel. Lightning settled a dispute on Tor ringford street. Winsted, Conn., the other day. In the winter George W. Eaton felled an immense chestnut tree. When Eaton went after the; heavy piece of timber, Fred Bailey claimed it, saying Eaton had cut it on .his land and forbade its removal. An argu ment between the two men followed, and before it was finished an electric storm came up and they sought shel ter under a nearby shed to settle the point at issue. There was a fearful crash a few minutes later and an in vestigation showed that lightning had' struck and destroyed the huge log. Makes Cheap Alcohol. A Norwegian chemist has discov ered a new and cheap process for making alcohol from sawdust. Saw dust is treated under pressure with diluted sulphuric acid, by which the celluloise is transformed into sugar, which, by adding fermentation produc ers, is converted into alcohol in the old manner, and then distilled. Farrand Organs The Bese in,the world. 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