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VOLUME X V. CAMDEN, S. C., Fill DAY, AKiUST 'if. , !!)?(. NO. 33. EXCITEMENT ? SHANGHAI, / 1 ''\ Japanese Vessel Anchors Close By the Russian Battleship AMERICANS ACT WITH JAPANESE China Not Being Able to Prevent the 'Russians From Violating Her Neu trality by Making Repairs on the Askold and the Grosovol, the Japa nese Take the Bull by the Horns. Shanghai, Hy Cable. ? Shanghai wm thrown Into a fever of excitement Sun flay afternoon by the arrival of JapH nesq torperlo boot. > She passed the Woosung at full speed and Btarted up "the river at Iu for Shanghai. The .?United States torpedo destroyer Chnuncev slipped her cable and fol lowed the Japanese destroyer. The Japanese boat was cleared for action. JShe ftJicliorod off the Cosmopolitan ?do<ik, where the Russian cruised Askold is undergoing repairs. The taot:il has notified American Consul (Joodnow, who is the dean of tho consular body, that China cannot jprotect the foreign settlements. He ?contends that Russia ignores the or 'ders Issued by China, and that China has not the means of making her obey them. Consul Goodnow called a meeting of tho consular body to take joint action for the protection of foreign inhabi tants. The Askold has dockeji adjacent to the warehouses hero of tho $t&n*rd Oii Company, which are valued at over $1,000,000. The Standard Oil Company J as demanded protection for its prop erty from Consul Goodnow. The dock where the Askold lies is owned by Brit ish interests. Inside this dock is Ger man and Dutch property, and on the other side American property. ' There are eight American, one Ger man. two British and four French war tdilps here. /' \ SURPRISE CREATED IN LONDON. London, Hy. ('able.? The interven tion of tho American squadron at Shanghai in the .Taiwanese operations against the Russian cruiser Askold, ! <c routed considerable aiyprlse In official circles here. An official of the lega tion said: "If the report Is not untrue, the American commander must havo had good reason for his action, such as the protection of American interests, which would have been endangered by ftyixrg shells. "Japan has been very reluctant to send ships into the harbor, for she rec ognized tho International character of Shanghai, and the laws of neturallty demanded that China should order the Askold and the Grozovi to dismantle crv leave the port, she having given the ordpr and tho Russian ships hav ing refused, It was then incumbent for Japan to act, thereby protecting thq Chinese neutrality and at the same time exerting her rights as a belliger ent. It would never have done to per mit Russian ships to remain in a Chi nese port dellberatoly and avowedly violating the neutrality of tho country. Whatever reason actuated tae Ameri can commander, if he really did as re ported, it is certain that no complica tions will follow." A Destructive Storm. St. Paul, Special.? Death to twelve persons, injuries* to many others and destruction to property, both private and public, estimated in round num bers at $1,000,000, resulted from n furious gale which toro down the val ley of the Mississippi at about 9 o'clock Saturday night from a point somewhere Corporal Punishment Abolished. St. Petersburg, By Cable. ? One net signaling tho birth of nn hoir to the throne will be the abolition of corporal punishment throughout Russia. A ukase to this effect was issued Wednes day. It is reported on good authority that Emperor William of Germany asks the privilege to act as one of the god fathers to the lufir. Russia Calls Out Reserves. St. Petersburg, By Cable. ? Tho Em peror has Issued an ukase summoning to the colors all tho reserve officers throughout the empire. Tho Official Messenger announced the mobilization of the reserves in 45 districts, calling to the colors one-tenth of the reserves of European Russia. Considerably over half the first-class reserves of European Russia have now been called out and practically all the reserves in Siberia. Current Events. Col. Ismail Moptes was inaugurated as Presfdent of Bolivia. Tho Board of Public Works is en gaged in aspeeBipg railroad property in West Virginia. "Otti Is be!** cele brated in 6ulpeper comity. ? The United State* Immigration au thorities, Instead of raiting any ob jection to Mr*. Maybrick's coming to America, will facilitate her landing a^ much as possible. Admiral Jewell's squadron wJU - leave the Mediterranean and go to ' Northern Europe. Minister Powell has sent word to qtaie Department that President MorC of Haiti, never threatened to siaeMcre foreigners. near (ho confluence <>f the Minnesota and Mississippi rlvciB near Fort Knell ing. At about that point the fury of tho elements seomingly divided, and with a roar descended on the twin cities and their environs. The dead: Ixnln F. Ilokanson, kill ed at Tlvoll Theiitre; George Kwenton, carpenter, killed at Tlvoll Theatre; Hlchard Hillisbeck, telegraph operator, killed by lightning; unknown child, killed by falling wall of dormitory at House of the Gqod Shepherd; Albert Odhe, killed af St. IjouIs I'ark; three unknown dead at St. Louis I'ark, a suburb o if Minneapolis; four unknown dead at Waconia, a small station 20 miles west of Minneapolis. I Beginning below Port Quelling there is the first evidence that the storm struck with damaging effect. It came from the southwest and howling in its fury uprooted trees and demolished buildings in its pathway towards tft. Paul. It tore off two spans of the high bridge as completely as If they had been unbolted from the rest of the utructure and carried^ away i>y work men. There the bridge connected with the high bluffs at West St. Paul and It is ISO feet above the river. This mass of steel was carried to the fiats below, where flying steel girders and heavy planks fell on several small frame houses of the fiat dwellers and crushed them completely. None of the occupants of these houses were hurt, they having seen the storm coming and t?ken refuge in the cavos In the hill? side where they were safe. MANGLED BODIES FOUND. Underneath the debris of the Tlvoll, were found, when the storm had pass ed, the mangled bodies of Lorin F. Hokanson, one of the employes in the concert hall, and George Kwenton, cme of the audience. The storm then rush ed on to the northeast, over the whole sale district and here the greatest de struction to property was wrought. After causing havoc in St. I'aul, the tornado swept onward to Minneapolis and its suburbs. Here, however, the destruction of property was not so great, although telephone and tele graph wires were torn down in great numbers. For hours the twin cities were cut off from any communication with the outside world. Drummer Killed In Atlanta. w Atlanta, Ga., ... Special. ? A quarrel about an open bed-room door led to the killing of Frank E. Brett, a trav eling salesman by Andrew A. Walv line, superintendent of the Florqdtfra Tag Company, hero Sunday, .' Brett had been In the habit so it is cdalfn ed, of leaving the door of his room open when ho was undressed. Wal line had remonstarted with him about the matter on several occasions, and a quarrelensued early In the day, re sulting in tho killing. Wallino claims self-defense. Brott formerly lived In Macon, where last season he acted as coach for the Mercer College Base ball team. Reported Caj)ture of Fort. Chefoo, By Cable. ? It Is reported that the Japanese before Port Arthur have captured Fort No. 25, one mile north of Golden ^ 1111. The Japanese are not attempting to, storm Llaoti promon tory. Their right wing terminates at Pigeon Bay. The Russian garrison of Port Arthur is estimated at 23,000 men, covering an area of 12 miles. A junk arriving at Tengchou from the Miao Talo Islands reports seeing yesterday five Japanese men of war pursuing two Russian warships, typo unknown. They were going in an easterly direction. Must Disarm at Shanghai. Shanghai, By Cable. ? The Russian torpedo boat destroyer Grozovoi has been ordered to atop repairing and either to leave this harbor at once or to disarm. The Russian cruiser Ask old must leave here Monday at noon. These orders were issued by the tao tai of Shanghai. It is believed in offi cial circle that both warships will disarm. Telegraphic Briefs. It is pleasant to learn that the China men are discarding their queues and the barbers in pome cities aro doing a good business removing them. It is ? singular fact that tho queue, once a symbol of salvation, became ste'p'Sby step a mark of dignity and patriotism*.. But there has ari?en a society, known r.s the Bow Wong Woy, which has be come very active in instructing tho Chlneso In their own history, and tho removal of thousands of queues is the result. The wearing of queues has cften been cited as an evidence that the Chinese refuse to become American ized. But, when harbored In American style they loolj vary much like other men. The ?nnual parade of the Grand Arsny of the Reptile wm held in Boston and 26,000 were In line. Mayor Stoy. of Atlantic City, be gan a ornsade against flirting along tho beach. George K. Iy>un#bery, ex-Governor o? Connecticut, died at Farmingville, Conn. It Iff believed in Tokiolhat Port Arthur wflTb# captured ys 1 fcV day*. Russian official reporia blamfe Jews for the recent riots I d the provinces of Radum and Sledllfs, Hnss/sn Pol Mi j SOUTH CAROLINA CROP blll ETIN The Conditions of Ci'op? for the Past Week Given Out by the Department. I * The week fending x a. in August 22nd hud a meah temperature of HO degrees | which is also the normal for the week; there was a slight deficiency In temper j ut ore on the cOast. The extremes were a minimum of 59 at Itateshurg on the 10th, and a maximum of % at Hates burg. lilackvllle and liowman on seve ral dates. The sunchlne averaged ahout 05 per centum of the possible, apd was very beneficial after the recent cloudy weather, Hail And high winds did con siderable lamage locally, on the 10th, from Aiken county westward to Oco nee, and In Williamsburg; also in Georgetown on the 16th. There were quite general showers mostly in the form of thunderstorms on the 15th and 10th, with heavy rains locally In nearly every part of the State, and there were occasional Pght showers on other da tea except the last two of the Week which were practical ly without rain. Lauds and crops were damaged in a few places, but general ly this week's precipitation was not un favorable although a week of dry weather would prove beneficial. The average precipitation was below nor mal, with, however, excessive amounts in localities scattered over the whole State. Tho general condition of coin i? f-llghtly better than heretofore .and the weather enabled considerable fodder to be saved from old corn; all reports on young corn continue favorable so that a gcoJ crop is practically assured. Theso is no material change in the average condition of cotton, for while on sandy lands it continues to shed excessively and rust is spreading, and the plants are turning yellow and are dying in places, and in many places have ceased to fruit, on red lands there is n marked improvement In fruitage and growth, though the weed Is too large on day lands generally and some fields have become foul, and while the bottom crop is light, the middle crop is heavy. Molls have begun to open in the southeastern counties and some cotton has been picked, but picking will not be gen eral in those sections until about Sep tember 1st. Sea-island cotton is bloom ing profusely and is well fruited. Tobacco curing in practically finished. The crop was a very satisfactory one. Early rice is rendy to harvest, and late is heading; the crop has improved and is now an aveiage one. or better. J'eas, pastures and late gardens are doing well. All minor crops are very satisfac tory. A heavy rain damaged truck in the Georgetown district, while in the Charleston district more rain would be beneficial, There is every indication of heavy yields of all kinds of forage crops. Late fruit is rotting extensively. J. W. BAURKlt, Section Director. Negro Had a Fit. Bamberg. Special. ? In what came near resulting in a serlou eaffair, David Kinard, a young white man of this town, was severely bruised and torn, as well as choked by George Hasell. a negro nian, Saturday about 1 o'clock. Mr. Kinard was bitting In the entrance of his father's livery stables, quietly reading, when Hasell walked in and without saving anything, jerked the chair young Kinard was sitting in. and in so doing.. threw him out. Kinard jumped up and hit the negro, and then they clinched, the negro fallfng on top. They scuffled in this way for several minutes, one being on top awhile and then the other. Finally TIassell seized Mi'. Kinard by the throat and succeeded in backing him against a buggy. It was only after a desperate attempt that the negro was thrown off. and then Kinard called for help. In a very fcbort time a large crowd had gathered around and wore all trying to get tho negro, but he withstood the attempts with remarkable show of strength. Finally ho was carried to the city guard house, where he is now. Charged With Cow Stealing. Spartanburg, Special. ? The police lecelved telephonic Information Moil cay morning that a cow had been stol en at Pacolet mills last night. An hour afterwards a negro named Arthur Sal- | tors, was in the lockup. He had brought the cow here and sold tho animal to Mr. Vandiver, a butcher. Mr. Vandiver was carrying the cow along to a lot and had not paid the negro who was waiting on Morgan square for bis money. Chief Dean identified the row from the description he received over the 'phone and informed Mr. Van cilver. A few minutes afterwards. Mr. Vandiver and a police in citizens clothes went to the Morgan monument and arrested SulterB. The owner of the cow came to the city Monday afternoon and identified and carried home his Sjropcrty. , Stiot His Wife by Mistake. Charlesh*n. Special. ? In Brunson, Hampton countyvMonday night .1. B. Bennett shot hiH wtT?v. He was awak ened by a noise he supposed to be* rats, and, looking toward a window , in their bedroom, saw Womo one whom Tie supposed to be a bmgglar. Draw ing bis pistol from under 'his pillow, ho shot what proved to no his wife through the heart. Sho died Instant ly. Mr. Bonnett was Implicated in a murder in 1895 and was pardoned on condition that he should never return to the State. His wife has been liv ing near Brunson this year, and it seems that Bennett has made visits to ber, and some of them quite pro longed. Swept by Flood. El Paso, Texas, Special. ? 8llver City, New Mexico, was swept by a flood Sunday night, after a severe cloudburst tn the mountains above. No loss of life has been reported, but it is belloved that BO Jiomes were washed uray. The |Santa Pc rallr6ad Is washed ont in many plalea, and seven bridges betweeji Silver City and White wa ter uri out. f MR, DAVIS NOTIFIED Accepts Democratic Nomination lor Vice-Presidency HIS SPEECH BRIEF AND POINTED Mr. Davis' Speech Read in Conver. national Style, Heartily Received Evident Vigor of the Octogenarian Nominee. Hon. Henry tl. Davis was formally notified of lii.s nomination as candi date for Vice-President on l ho Demo cratic ticket Wednesday at White Sulphur Springs, West Virginia. The notification speech was made by Hon. John Sharp Williams for the commit tee, and in a pleasant speech of con siderable length Mr. Davis nccoptrvl the trust committed to him. Among other things Mr. Davis said "Mr. Chairmand and nentieinon of tho Committee: "The official notification which you bring of my nomination for tho Vlco Presidency of tho United Htate.s, by tho national Democracy, gives jijo a feeling of the slncerest gratltudo to nvy paily for tho honor conferred. At 0io same time brings to rue a deep -... - v ? ? semo of my responsibility, to my par ty as a candidate, and to my country in easo of my election. "A spirit of determination to suc ceed In tho campaign before us ap pears to pervado tho rank and file of our party in all sections of the country. Of that rank and file I have for many years been a member and havo at all times devoted my humblo powers to party success, be lieving that success to be for tho country's good. Unexpectedly called as I am now to tho forefront, I am im pelled to an acceptance of tho obli gation by a sense of gratitude to my fellow workers, and the hope that I may be able the better, to assist in re storing to power that party whose principles and past history guarantee a safe, wise, economical and consti tutional administration of tho govern ment. "I find it, therefore, a grout pleas ure, standing hero upon the border land of tho two Virginias, to rccoive and accept tho commission you bear to send greetings through you to the Democracy of tho whole country. Is it. not significant of a closer and truer brotherhood among us, that for tho first tlmo since tho civil war a nom ination on tho national ticket has been taken from section of our com mon country that lies south of Mason end Dixon's line ? a happy recogni tion of the obliteration of all soctiuoal differences which led to and followod that unhappy struggle. "As Introductory to the few remarks I shall make, I deslro to say that I heartily endorso the platform upon which I havo been nominated and with tho eouvoniion and its nominee for President, regard tho present mon etary standard of value as irrevocably established. "In tho campaign preceding tho ln::t election, much stress was laid by Republican speakers upon tho pros perous condition of tho country, and forebodings wero heard of the ill re suits, especially to tho laboring man, which would follow any change In the political complexion of tho gov ernment. It is truo that tho limoa wero then good, but it is no less a fact that, whllo thoro has been no change In tho party in power, many of tho evils prophesied have como under llep^blicnn rule. Four years ago factories, mills, mines and fur naces were in active operation, nnabie to supply the demand, but now many are closed, and those that aro open are being operated with reduced force on short hours. Then wages were high, labor was scarce and there was work for all. Now work is scarce, many wage earners unemployed, and wages reduced. The apprehension which now prevails in business circles and tho present unsatisfactory Indus trial conditions of the country seem to demand a political change. "in the language of our platform, ?the rights of labor are certainly no less vested.no lesssncred.ar.d no lc?>s in alienable than the rights of capital.' Tho time is opportune t'o emphasize the truth of this utterance. Tho moet sa cred right of property Is the right to poFsess and own one's self and the la bor of one's own hands? capital its?lf being but stoied up labor. For years 1 worked in the ranks a s a wage-earner and I know what it is to earn my liv ing in tho awoat of my brow. 1 have, nlw'ays believed, and my convictions, came from the hard school of experi ence, that, measured by the character of work he does and the cost of living, , a man is entitled to full compensation for his services. - My oxporlenco wage-earner and my bssociatlo*' labor have alike taught roe the *ahw o* Democratic principles; for In them the humblest has tho strongest security for Individual right and the highest stimu lus to that independence of spirit and love of self help which produce the fin est private characters and form the base of the best possible government. "Tho receipts of tho government fo? tho year ending Juno 30, 1302, tinn fiscal year of tho proaent administra tion. ahow<*| a surplus over expendi tures of $81,000,904. Ui?t for the fiscal year ending- Jun? 30. 1*04. instead of a KutpltiH there was .1 deficit of $11 000. From t lio l*t of July, ldOl, to August 10, or for about a month and h third of tho present lineal year, the expenditures of the government have exceeded tho receipts hy $21,715,000. There could bo no stronger evidence of tho cxtravagam ,> Into which tho Republican parly bus fallen, and no more potent argument In behalf of a change to tho party whose tenets have always embraeed prudence and econ omy In administering the people's af fairs, "Our Republican friends are prone to refer to tho gioat commercial growth of tho country under their rule, and yet tho ccusub reports shows that from 1850 to 1800, under Demo cratic rule and the Walker tariff, tho percentage oI Increase was greater In population, weHtyl), manufacturer and railroad mileage, tho factors which af fect most largely the prosperity of the country, than In any decade since. '"i no cost of government has largely Increased undor Republican rule. Tho expenditures per capita for the last year respectively of tho administra tions given, taken from tho reports of the Secretary of the. Treasury, were as follows: "In ISrtO under Iluchan^n, $2.01. "In 1 X93 under Harrison, $5.77. "In 1 S97 under Cleveland, $5.10, "in 1 "J 0 1 under McKinley, io.Iifl. "Jn 1904 under Roosevelt, $7.10. "Tho Republicans ?row great consistency in their attitude upon tho currency question, and the President In his recent speech of acceptance, said, that they know what they mean when they speak of a stable currency, 'the sumo thing from year to year", and yol in the platforms of their party in 1X84, 1888 and 1K02, they favored the double standard of value. In tho platform of 1888 they said 'Thri Repub lican party i? In favor of the use of both gold and silver as money, and coudemns the policy of tho Democratic administration In its efforts to demone tize sliver.' * * * "Dire predictions wore made by our political opponents Of what would happen nt tho St. IxjuIh convention, but they misjudged the temper of tho party and the people. While there had been differences In preceding campaigns, yet at St. Louis they were all harmonized and a common ground was found up >n which nil could ninnd and do battle for Democratic principles. A platform was adopted by a unanimous vote, embrac ing the Issues of the day, and present ing to the poople a declaration of prin ciples which, In the language of tho ymes. is sarso, safe and sound. "With a candidate whose personality appeals to the good sense and sound judgment, of the American people, a idntform whose principles are for tho greatest good to tho greatest number, and a reunited party earnest for the restoration of good and economical government, we should succeed and the principles of democracy again triumph. "I hep my countrymen, as they value their liberty, to guard with great care the sacred right of local self-government, and to watch with a jealous eyo the tendency of the times to centralize power in the hands of tho few. "Mr. Chairman, it Is an added pleas ure to receive this notification nt your hands. You have been conservative and courageous as leader of our party In the House of Representatives, a posi tion which few men have filled with ti e signal ability that you have display. C'L "ji will be my pleasure and duty, at a time not fur hence, to accept more foi"jnally In writing, the nomination which you have tendered in such grace ful and complimentary terms, and to give my views upon some of ihe im portant questions now commanding the attention of tho country." NKWSY Ci LEANINGS. A school for cabmen i* projected in Austria. Foo Foo from Solomon Islands ere building nests in the California rooks. Russian newspapers liavc shown Ir ritation at America's action against Turkey. The British lloynl CommiHsion de elded that frozen or chilled meat does not contribute In any way to increas ing the number of eases of cancer in the United Kingdom. John ltogers, sculptor, who died the other day, came Into sudden notice dur ing the Civil War through tlie mod eling of groups illustrative of army and typW-uLJVinerican life. Two actions involvii& about ?<><>. 000 have been begun agfttnyf the Stock, (iraln nnd Provision Company by a former correspondent.* whin alleges that he was "sold out" without notice. Dr. IS. D. <j raves, of Marietta, Pa., while on a visit to Chesttpeakle City, was severely burned about tho hands and arms by the explosion of the acety lene' light on board his steam launch. The Btrndlvurlu* of Coldwnter, Mich., was William Furev who died recently, nged eighty-two years. He was noted for the excellence of his vio lins, some of which have sold for $H)<)0 apiece. The first i.scent of the Mstterhorn this season was made by u French tourist mimed (iiudraux and the guide Tangwahler. They left /ermatt at 1 o'clock in the night, nnd reached the top in nine hours, the usual time be ing .en or eleven hours. Arriving at New York City on dif ferent ships at tl h same lime were the bodies of CJoorgo Henry and Will lam Henry, brothers, of Oxford, N. J., who died accidentally in May within r six days of each other, the former in P.ueno* A'viei and thu lullcr in l'uutn Arenas, Chile. They Knew Him. . A well Known Uternrv man w.tyo has ufiU oPCCt!!s: at his old home In Vermont tells of & con* wmation which he overheard between two vlsltprs on tho porch of tho vil lage store. An acquaintance of thoirs bad Just pasted in the street, and the following comment was heard by the visitor: __!!Tlinr *oei SI Parkins." Then a meditative pause. . . "81 ain't the man he used to be." "Naw ? an* *?e ire?*r *m." ? Ha? per'a Week) NEWS TIIKOUGIIOIJT THE COUNTRY Paragraphs of Minor Importanco Gathered From Many Sources. Through the South. \V. M |<M wards la expected to run as an independent against Jos. 11. Gaines for Congress in Wost Virginia. While quarreling with his wife, a Newport News negro foil down the btam. and broke his wife. The postoffico at imlianola, Miss., has been rod need roni Presidential made to the fourth class. Overheated llkh scrap sot the schoon er .1 one Olaverrl allro in Norfolk, and she was Bunk to extinguish (lie (lames. The "Touted Oily" in Louisville. Ky? was transferred to the Knights of Pythias, whose biennial conclave be gins today. Washington Happenings. Over 300,000 acres of land in Oregon, Milch had been Included in forest ro mtvos, were restored to th? public do main and are open for settlement. The KepubllcanH are preparing to make an aggressive campaign In Kan sas, where they have to face a Demo cm! !<?- I'opulist fusion. Postmaster-General Payne gave out a statement which gave without, comment a letter written by Governor Varda mati, of M i flsl ks i ppl , to the Charleston, (S. <\> News and Courier, in which a (' i prospect fill reference was made to President Roosevelt. In the North. The gunboat Dubuque was launched at Morris Heights, N. Y. The number of trusts Incorporate-.! In New Jersey has largely decreased in the last few years. No cattle were killed )n the New York branches of the so-called "Beef Trust." Plans have been made by both par ties for n vigorous campaign In Alainc and Vermont. .1. I'M ward Addicks was reported as declaring he would never give up his tight to go to the United States Senate while ho lived, and that Delaware was certain for Roosevelt. I?x -President and Mrs. Grover Cleve land wore given a welcome by Now Hampshire folk at Sandwich, N. H., Governor and Mrs. Bachelder partici pating. Rev. Buno Walters, of the Polish Catholic Church, at Plains, Pa., was besieged in his parsonage by a riotous mob of his parishioners, who prevented services, defied the BKerTff and caused a disgraceful riot. Attorney jUqneral Robert H. AlcCar tor, of New Jersey, as counsel for the llnlversay Tobacco Company, made application to Vice Chancellor Steven son in Jersey City for an ordfcr direct ing the snlo of the assets of the com pany within nine days. The petition was signed by the trustees appointed by the court to formulate a plan for the company. Democratic national headquarters were opened at 1 West Thirty-fourth street, New York. Judge Parker spout the day at tho Winnisook Club, in t.he Catskill, and returned to Rosemount in the evening. Mayor darter Harrison will try toar lange a settlement of the packing house Htrike In Chicago. There were several attacks on non union men in connection with the butchers' strike In New York. "The" Alien, the veteran New York {.porting man, was reported to be criti cally ill on Kong Island. Foreign Affairs. The Vladivostok squadron was de feated In battlo by the Japanese, the cruiser Ilurlk being sunk. The Japanese advance on General Kuropatkln's position at IJaoyang re mains suspended. f It is believed that a /general assault on Port Arthur was hefty n by the Japa nese. , Czar Nichols appointee^ General C^laz ( ff Minister of Public. Instruction.'* Parliament 'was prorogued by King Edward. \ J Twenty-flve persons "Were drowned while searching for "Kruger's mll llonB." a treasure supposed to be sunk oft the Natal cost. Governor Wright, of the Philippines, ordered a concentration of the inhab itants ^of several districts In Samar, where t^ere are disturbance*. Miscellaneous Doings. The standard Oil Coikpiiiy declared another dividend of $3 a iwre. John W. Gatea, according to report, lost $100,000 in a whe#t daal. Tha_ia03-Amerlc?n irop ore produe i i 1 1 1 1 is reported ?? ?k Old.SOS Ion* tons, a cfecrease of 634,827 towf Trom 1902. Judge A. B. Parker, with Mrs. Par ker and others, wont to Wtnnesook Txvlge, In the Catsklil Mountains for a short rest. World's Pair attendance for last ucck was the largest of any week by 6S.000, the total W?f #W,?rrr The Louisiana Purchase Es?.c:ition has paid of HjiCi.SOO.OOO In riebtednesa to the UnlteiWUtea, WATSON IS NOTIFIED Populist Nominee For President Made Strong Spcecli DISCUSSED Trtli CAMPAIEN ISSUES Cooper Union, Now York City, Crowded tor the Event~-Notlflca tlon Speech by Samuel W. Wll* llamB, of Indiana. New York, Special. ? Thomas R, Wat ??n, of fjeorgln, (ho Pooplos party can didate f?> i President, and Thomas H. Tibbies, of Nebraska, the candidate for Vice-President, were formally notified of their nomination hero Thursday at Cooper Union. riici big hull was crowded when, at ? o dork, the two candidates, accom panied by Alfred (}. lioulton, of Brook yu, chairman of tho mooting, eppear c.heei i J , 0nu' Thorfi wa8 much Chairman lioulton at once Intro. ? ' v" W. Williams, of ??; ???? M" lnado lho Hl,ccch offllcally lection candidates of their ae In addressing Mr. Watson, Mr Wll Inins ?ald (lie convention that nomina u '\ ' "f wua mUll? up of unselfish, self | "f Patriots, who attended and p.u lp<ited fn iiH deliberations solely through a high Bcnse >f duty. v;tts understood," ho continued, . t on i nominee must be a man with acionee 1 "!( R .w"8 ? matter of con tiM ?*, Tl who b,:!lcvo<> t'uly and III J.V In (ltd tenets of Populism w/io aubBrrlhot to the rinrtrin .SUf eihoof of man and the fathoHKJoJr of Almighty (??d; who stood i>>rfdy /able and willing to defend, ugaifmt an* and a 1 1 ( mii'i.s, each and evofy piank our a form and who. jr elected President of the I -nlted Htates, would- have the bioa.lness of mind, the goodness of benrt i ho firmness of character, the ? .now iPrim. ?f men and affairs to so ad to bH, <,UV?Hi ?f tllat liIgh ??<? to 1 '"K t??e best possible degree of I l*ace, harmony and happiness to the .'whole people," When Mr. Watson arose to speak, tho cheering continued nearly four minutes halni.nn Roultcn Introduced him In inlf ;i dozen words, simply referring to hi in us tho candidate of tho People's party. 1 ? After a formal notice that he would - soon prepare a formal letter of accept g,iv? ,u> afiTeat por of his address to a discussion of the Democratic and Republican plat forms and the candidacy of Judge Par r.' n .f,,e . referred to the Democratlo candidate h gold lelegraham as follows: Surrounded by the WalPstreet magi nates, who had financed his campaign for two years, Judgo Parker bided his time till tho perils of the two-thirda rule were passed; aud when It was too late for the convention to retrace Its htopa? for evon tho Democratic bosaea require more than fifteen minutes to turn completely round In? he cracks the Wall street whip over tho he&di of : ms leadew; mid wdtit-tuxwpt-obadlaafiflL-. the great Democratlo legions we ra made to furl their flag and reverse their lines of march." At another point the speaker said Re~ would not venture to say a word? against Judge Parker's character, "for I believe him to be an eminently worthy man." ' Of President Roosevelt; Mr. Watson said: "I have no words of abuse for Theo doro noose vejt. I believe him |fl JBDIS brave, honest, conscientious man, I giya him full credit for having a splendid ; courage of conviction, but inasmuob aa ~ he stands for those government princi ples which, in my Judgment, are hurry-, ng this rdpiibllc into a sordid despot ism of wealth, i will combat birh and his principles as long as there la breath r in my body." Answering a self-asked question aa to why he consumed more time dis cussing tho Democrats than In speaking of tho Republicans, the 'Populist leader made reply thus: "it's an olnder and quicker Job to strike an open enemy right between tho eyes than it is to tear off the mask from the face of a pretended friend <and show him to be the hypocrite that ho la." Tho spoakfcr opened with the state ment that there was never a time when the plain people of America were so dissatisfied with the conditions which prevail In this republic. "Deep down In their hoarts," he said, "the masses 6f the people feel that the reins of power are slipping out of their hands. In spite of all that can "bCTRfiw by a partisan pi ess. the fact cannot be concoalcd from the eyes of the average citizen that tho vast preponderant of all the wealth produced In this land 1a transferred by legalized robbery into tho hands of a few; that the courts ar* run in the interest of the few; that the Jwv-makin* bower la manipulated by the few;, and that while both the oM political parties pretend to derote themselves to tho Interests of tMff*' common people thoy are both financed by Wall streot, both dominated by Wall street; both the willing and the servile tools of Well street. "Do you need proof that the maaaea ere roady to rush to the support of any <> leader who Is brave enough to chair lenge the right of tho corporationa to rule this land? See how they rallied to W. R. Hearst.' 'because he had taken sides with the masses, because ha waa denouncing oppression and plea4ing for the rights of the common man them was from ocean to ocean an ufthMTaT? Jn.bis ffvor which astounded the ptt> ftolonaTpoTHlcTaCT-ana sualued all at the reaourccs of political strategy to defeat that aoblo- hearted champion of the Jeffersonian Democracy." 111 1 ?? i ? i . NflW Mtaalaa?ppl lUjlwi. Mobile, At%., BIWCwi.-'A *tm* The Relator from Jaokao&'lfttM a charter for a now railroad, th ta Southern, has boon <Nbd wll Attorney-General, J. a. B* The* of Atlanta; M. M. Rlchey, of Bt ham; W. W. Stono and Joah*a nor. of OrocnTtlWr, aha ptkvid I 111 , mrm tort. Tho roa4 ?m totters*: hteUM, BollW. StaarKey a?Z ooxwUoo? ab6ut ?0 mttetfef tfeo? oconiry to