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I Radium to Illuminate Gun Sights. (i The discovery of the latest use to vilch. radium can be put-the illuml nation"of gun sights, and the like at \night time-seems to indicate that it ^wlll'play an important part In war ?fare... In gun sights, leveling Instruments ."and telescopes tuere is what is called fl ? "fiducial" mark, which is used to ^obtain a faithful result. These marks of course are useless In the dark, and, though many ways of illuminating them have been tried, "^nothing has proved satisfactory. m Mr. - Andrew A. Common of Eaton ris? Faling, was the first to attempt . to solve the difficulty by the use of radium, and his" experiments were'so successful that he applied for a pat ent. Unfortunately, he did not live to have -it granted, but the complete -specifications submitted by Mrs. Com mon, his widow and executrix, have .just been accepted.-London Daily Mail. . "Went Through Poultry Flock. A pet dog turned himself loose in a Damariscott?, Me., poultry yard the other d?y and slew 120 chickens in as many seconds. . CHIEF OF POLICE SAVED. Newberry, S. C.-W. H. Harris, Chief of Police of Newberry, says: "I suf fered for a numb.er of years with' . kidney complaint. There was a dull .' aching across the small of my back ^hat was worse at night and made me feel miserable all the time. The kidney r secretions" were dark and full of sedi " ment, and lack of control compelled me to rise a number of times during, the night. Between this annoyance and the backache it was impossible - for me to get nrech sleep and ray health was being undermined. I tried a number of remedies, but. nothing . helped me until I got Doan's Kidney I Pills. The use of this remedy accord ing to directions promptly brought . about a change for the better. After using two boxes the backache all left me, the kidney secretions cleared up and the action of the kidneys became ^normal." 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Present at the Cere mony, Which Was Held on the Veranda of Sagamore Kill. Oyster Bay, L. -, Special.-Theo dore Roosevelt Wednosday formally opened the political campaign of 1904 ai* his beautiful country h<sme, Sag amor? Hill. Standing on a spot made dear by the associations ot a life time, surrounded by his family and relatives and friends, he formally received and accepted the nomination of the Re publican party for President of the United States. Speaker Cannon and his committee of notification, together with many of invited guests, arrived here on a spe cial train from New York. The attend ance of the members of the committee was notably large, regrets being re ceived from?only three, James N. Com bes, of Florida; Senator Chauncey M. Depew, of New York, and Senator Clarence N. Clark, of Wyoming. In all, about 125 persons were present at the ceremony. President Roosevelt personally re ceived the members of the committee and other guests as they arrived at Sagamore Hill. He knew almost every man personally. After the visitors had been greeted by the President, Secretary Leob presented each one to Mrs. Roosevelt and to Miss Alice Roosevelt. The guests were seated on the veranda, where the ^notification ceremony was held. As Speaker Can non, attired In a dark gray frock suit, stepped upon a chair standing near the veranda railing, he was given a cordial reception. While Mr. Cannon read his speech. President Rooosevelt stood at his right hand, giving close attention to the address. Mrs. Roosevelt,' surrounded by her children, Kermit, Ethel and Quentin, stood facing Mr. Cannon, almost in the centre of the crowd. Mr. Cannon was interrupted frequently by applause. He spoke as follows: flR. CANNON SPEAKS. Mr. President: The people of the United States, by blood, heredity, edu cation and practice, are a self-govern ing people. We have sometimes been subject to prejudice and embarrass ment from harmful conditions, but we have outgrown prejudice and overcome conditions as rapidly as possible, hav ing due regard?to law and the rights of individuals. We have sometimes made mistakes, from a false sense of security or from a desire to change policies instead of letting well enough alone, merely to see what would hap pen, but we have always paid the pen alty of unwise action at the ballot-box and endured the suffering until, under the law. through the ballot box, we haye returned to correct policies. No nation" nas so successfully solved all problems and chosen proper policies as our nation. Under the lead of the Re publican party for-over forty years, the United States from being a third class power among the nations Las become in every respect first. The people rule. The people ruling, it is necessary that they ifould be com petent to rule. Competen^y^xequires not onlyjjjaixiotismrbUi'material well -beln'g" 'education, statecraft. The people, under the lead of'trie Republic?n party, wrote upon the sta tute books revenue law's, levying taxes upon the products of foreign countries seeking our markets, which replenish ed our treasury, but were so. adjusted as to encourage our people in develop ing, diversifying and maintaining our industries, at the same time protect ing our citizens laboring in production against competition of foreign labor. Under this policy our manufactured product today in one-third of the pro duct of the civilized world, and our people receive almost double the pay for their labor that similar labor re ceives elsewhere in the world, there by enabling us to .bear the burdens of citizenship. Mr. Cannon spoke also upon the Re publican doctrine of protection and in cidentally brought forward the other issues of the campaign. His speech was heartily cheered by those present. PRESIDENT ROOSEVELT SPEAKS. President Roosevelt responded in r speech of a little more than three thov sand words, and said in part: Mr. 'Speaker and Gentlemen of the Notification Committee: I am deeply sensible of the high hon or conferred upon me by the represen tatives of the Republican party assem bled in convention, and I accept the nomination for the Presidency with solemn realization of the obligations I assume. I heartily approve the decla ration of principles' which the Repub lican National Convention has adopted and at some future day I shall com municate to you, Mr. -Chairman, more at length and in detail a formal written acceptance of the nomintion. Three years ago I became President because of the death of my lamented predecessor. I then stated that it was my purpose to carry out his principles and policies for the honor and thc in terest of the country. To the best of my ability I have kept the promise thus made. If next November my country men confirm at the polls the action of the convention you represent, I shall, tinder Providence, continue to work with eye single to the welfare of all our people. A party is of worth only in so far as it promotes the national interest, and every .official, high or low, can serve bis party best by rendering to the peo ple the best service of which he is capa ble. Effective government comes only ?s the result of the loval co-operation yf many differtut persons. The mem bers of a legislative majority, the offi .'crs in the various departments of the Administration, and the Legislative and Executive branches as toward? each other, must work together with subor dination of self to the common end of successful government. We who have been entrusted with power as public servants during the past seven years of administration and legislation now come before the people content to be judged by our record of achievement. In the years that have gone by we have made the deed square with the word; and if we are continued in power wo shall unswervingly follow out the great lines of public policy which the Repub lican party nas already laid down; a public policy to which we are giving, and shall give, a united, and therefore an efficient, support ' \a all of this we are more fortunate than our opponents, who now appeal for confidence on the ground, whic? some express and some seek to have confidentially understood, that if tri umphant they may be trusted to prove false to every principle which in the last eight years they have laid down as vital, and to leave undisturbed those very acts of the administration because ! of which they ask that the administra tion itself be driven from power. Seem ingly their present attitude as to their * past record ls that some of them were 1 mistaken and others insincere. We ! make our appeal in a wholly different spirit. We are not constrained to keep silent on any vital question; we are di vided on no vital question; our policy is continuous, and is the same for all sections and localities. There is noth ing experimental about the government we ask the people to continue in power, for our performance in the past, our proved governmental efficiency, is a guarantee as to our promises for the future. Our opponents, either openly or secretly, according to their several temperaments, now ask the people to trust their present promises in consi deration of the fact that they intend to treat their past promises aB null and void. We know our own minds, and we have kept .of the same mind for a suf ficient length of time to give to our policy coherence and canity. In such a fundamental matter as the enforcement of the law we do not have to depend upon promises, but merely to ask that our record be taken as an earnest of what we shall continue to? do. In deal ing with the great organizations known as trusts, we do not have to explain why the laws were not enforced, but to point out that they actually have been enacted to increase the effective ness of their enforcement. We do not have to propose to "turn th rascals out;" for we have shown in very deed that whenever by diligent investigation a public official can be founa who has betrayed his trust he will be punished to the full extent of the law without regard to whether he was appointed under a Republican or a Democratic administration. This is the efficient way to turn the rascals out and to keep them out, and it has the merit of sin cerely. Moreover the betrayals of trust in the last seven years have been in significant in number when compared with the extent of the public service. Never has the administration of the government been on a cleaner and higher level; never' has the public work of the nation been done more honestly and efficiently. The President then discussed the is sues of protection, reciprocity and our foreign policy at some length. He said further: "We earnestly desire friendship with all the nations of the New and Old Worlds; and we endeavor to place our relations with them upon a basis of re ciprocal advantage instead of hostility. We hold that the prosperity of each nation is an aid and not a hinderance to the prosperity of other nations. Wo seek international amity for the same reasons that make us believe in peace within our own borders; and we seek thi3 peace not because we are afraid or unready, but because we think that peace is right as well as advantageous. American interests in the Pacific have rapidly grown. American enter prise has laid a cable across this, the greatest of aceans. We have proved in effective fashion that we wish tho "Chinese Empire well and desire its in tegrity and independence. Our foothold in the Philippines greatly strengthens our position in the competition for thc trade of the East; but we are governing the Philippines in the interest of the Philippine people themselves. We have already given them a large share in their government and our purpose is to increase this share as rapidly as they give evidence of increasing fitness for the task. The great majority of the officials of the islands, whether elective or appointive, are already native Filipinos. We ire now providing for a legislative assem bly. This is the first step to be taken in the future; and it would be eminent ly unwise to declare what our next step will be until this first step has been taken and the results are mani fest. To have gone faster than we have already gone in giving the islanders a constantly increasing measure of self constantly incicasing measure of self government would have been disas trous. At the present moment .to give political independence to the islands would result in the immediate loss of civil rights, personal liberty and pub lic order, as regards the mass o?_the_l Filipino?,-for- -thc ninjurtxy- or" the i's-" fanciers have been given these great boons, by us, and only keep them be cause we vigilantly safeguard and guarantee them. To withdraw our government from the islands at this time would mean to thc average native the loss of his barely-won civil free dom. We have established in the is lands a government by Americans as sisted by Filipinos. We arc steadily striving to transform this into self government by the Filipinos assited by Americans. The principles which we uphold ohould appeal to all our countrymen, ir. all portions of our country. Above oil they should give us strength with the men and women who are spiritual heirs of those who uphold the hands of Abraham Lincoln; for we are striving to do our work in the spirit with which Lincoln approached his. During the soven years that have just passed there is ho duty, domestic or foreign, which we have shirked; no necessary task which we have feared to undertake, or which we have not performed with ^sonable efficiency. We have never .aded importence. We have never .iight refuge in criticism and com plaint instead of action. We face the future with our past and our presen I ns guarantors of our promises; and we are content to stand or to fall by tne record which we have made and arc making." American Retains His Job. New Chwang, By Cable.-Major Ta kayama, the Japanese administrator of New Chwang, has arrived here and has issued notification to the population that New Chwang and Yinkow are now under Japanese control and that lives and property will be protected. Mr. Gilchrist, an American who was deputy commissioner of customs hereunder the Russian administration, has been ap pointed commissioner of custom? "I was troubled with stom ach trouble. Thodford's Bleck Draujtht did mo more good in ons woek than all tho doc tor's medicine I took in a year.'"- MRS. SARAH E. SHIRFIELD, Ellettsville, Ind. Theclford's Black Draught quickly invigorates the ac tion of the stomach and cures even chronic cases of indigestion. Jf vou will take a small dose of Thed ford's Black Draught occa sionally you will keep your FtoiiKich ?:?d liver in per fect addition. THEDFORW More sickness ia caused by constipation than by any other disease. Thedford's Black-Draught not only re lieves constipation but cures diarrheca awl dysentery-and keeps the bowels regular. All druggists sell 23-cont packages. "Thedford'R Black Draught ia thc best medi cine ro regulate the bowels I have ever used."-MRS. A. M. GRANT, Sneads Ferry, N. C. KILLED BY A BOMB Russian Prime Minister Assassinated In (tis Carriage WAS NEXT TO THE CZAR IN POWER Bomb Thrown Under the Carriage of . the Minister of the Interior in a Crowded Thoroughfare Near a Rail road Station in St Petersburg. St. Petersburg, By Cable.-M. Von Plehve, Minister of the Interior, was assassinated at 9:50 o'clock Thursday morning by a bomb thrown afchis car riage while he was driving to the Baltic station to take a train for the palace at Peterhoff, where he was to make his weekly report to the Em peror. The assassination is believed to be the outcome of a widespread plot, tho existence of which has beep, suspect ed for several days. Numerous ar rests have been made, including that of the assassin, a young man who ia believed to be a Finn named Leglo, and who is now in a hospital, severe ly and perhaps fatally injured by the explosion of his own bomb. An ac complice of Leglo, also apparently a Finn, but whose name is unknown, has been arrested. He had in his possession a bomb, which he tried to throw, but he was overpowered by the police just in time to prevent great loss of life. The assassin wore a brown overcoat and a railroad official's cap. He stood on the sidewalks just as Minis ter Von Plehve's carriage was about to cross the canal bridge near the station. The minister was escorted by a number of detectives on bicycles, end one of them jostled the assassin, who then rushed into the road and threw the bomb after the carriage. The missie struck the hind wheel and exploded with.fearful force, kill ing or wounding over a score of per sons. Minister Von Pleve and his coachmen were killed outright, and an officer of the guard was fatally in jured. ASSASSIN ARRESTED. One of the cyclist detectives arrested the assassin, who endeavored to escape, though wounded by splinters in the face, arm and abdomen. He made no attempt to resistance, however, when seized by the detectives, and confessed his crime, but refused to give his name. The police, immediately after the explosion, arrested a suspicious indi vidual who took refuge in a hotel op r site the scene of the tragedy. He carried a bomb similar to that thrown by Leglo. As soon as the police saw the bomb they scattered, but an em ploye of the hotel rushed up behind the accomplice and pinned his arms. The explosive is believed to have been composed of pyroxylin, as it gave off little smoke. The force of the explosion was so terrific that it not only broke every window within a radius of half a mile, but reduced the heavy paving stones to powdery-sheaved up the pavement and flung a v heaver, -piafo n?.the.iron work of the carriage" across the canal, sev?ring the thick mast of a barge, which fell, stunning the captain of the barge. Everybody in the street was knocked down and more or less bruised. When the officers of the law, headed by Minister of Justice Muravieff. had terminated the necessary formalities by drawing up a written report of the crime, the mangled remains of the, Minister of the Interior were conveyed' to a humble chapel, adjoining the station, the windows of which miracuf, lously escaped destruction. The priest^ and people, with characteristic Russian piety, at once jor ad in a solemn re; quiera. The square in front of the sta tion was filled with a reverent crowd of peasants and laborers, and the busj hum of traffic was silenced. A priest lifted up his voice and proclaimed "The eternal memory of the departed servant Wenceslas," while all those in the congregation dropped to their) knees. The infernal machine was thrown; with deadly accuracy, and the assas-j F-n was favored by the fact that traffic here is always of the heaviest, owing to the crossing of lines cf surface cars and the continuous stream of hp<wy/ trucks. M. Von Plehve was .ya apprehensive of attempts upon . life and used to drive as rapidly as possi ble. The coachman, however, was compelled to go slowly at this point. , The assassin in laying his plans evi dently foresaw this circumstance and, vi hile the Minister's coachman slowed down, threw the bomb. The explosion '.vas terrific and practically annihilated .;he woodwork of the carriage. The horses tore off, dragging the axle and the front wheels. The ani mals, though infuriated by the wounds they had sustained, had not galloped' 'far before they fell, with pools of blood under them. The Minister's servant, who was also on the carriage box, was badly wound ed, and two officers who were driving by in a cab were injured by flying I splinters. The assassin himself was j wounded in on? eye. British Officials Aroused. London, By Cable.-The British gov ernment is taking energetic action in the case of the sinking of the British steamer Knight Commander by the Vladivostock squadron. Information re ceived by the government tends to es tablish in the official mind a belief that an outrage has been committed for which no excuse exists in international law. Those aware of the feelings of the ministry said tonight that all members of the cabinet are in one accord re garding the principle of the inviolality ci innocent neutral shipping as well as upon the principle that a neutral ship cannot be destroyed, even if carrying contraband of war. -. Horned Cwl Attacks Farmer. Egg Harbor, N. J., Special.-George Fanslow, a farmer here, heard a com motion in his henhouse early thia morning and he went to investigate. A large horned owl set upon him, Kink ing Ita t:ilons into his shoulders and neck and badly lacerating his hands. After a severe struggle he succeeded in killing it. The owl measured four feet and four inches from tip ti tip. Dr. McDow Dead. Charleston, S. C., Special.-Dr. Charles B. McDow was found dead in his bed Tuesday morning at his.resi^ dence in this city. He had not boen seen* since he went to his room on Saturday night and a physician declares that he died from "natural causes-heart dis ease." No inquest will be held. On March 12, 1889, Dr. McDow shot and. killed Capt. Francis Warrington Daw son, editor of TIIP NOWS and Courier.. His trial caused intense excitement: here and attracted general attention through the countrj'i ' FIRE AT SWIFT'S PACKING HOUSE Considerable Damage By Blaze That Threatened Greater Loss. Chicago, Special.-Fire broke out among the packing houses in the stock yards in the large refinery of Swift* & Company, and soon gained such head . way that every available fire engine in the stockyards district was called out. Rumors of incendiarism were rife. Ex aminations, however, showed the cause of the blaze to have been an overheat ed dynamo. The building, 150 by 250 feet and three stories in height was filled with tierces of lard many of which exploded, spreading the burning grease in every direction. The damage was principally confined to the upper part of^the building. According to Lou is F. Swift, the actual loss would be only a few thousand dollars, fully in sured. Wilmington Votes Wet. Wilmington, Special.-In the munci pal election here Wednesday under the Watts State law, upon the question of the establishment of a dispensary in .the city and the operation of distil leries within the corporate limits the anti-dispensary advocates won by a majority of 690 in a total vote of 1,912 and on the operation of the distilleries there was a majority of 461. First Death From Strike. Chicago, Special.-Clarence Hall ig the first victim claimed by death as a result of the stockyards strike here Hall is dead at the Continental Hos pital. Last Tuesday he, with R. F.( Keating, his employer, an ice dealer, was driving pasi a crowd of rioters. Two shots were fired, one of which ? struck Keating, passed through his leg and struck Hall. The police never ascertained who fired the shot. Gir; Strikers Form a Mob. Chicago. Special.-Kitty English, a forewoman of Swift & Company's plant, was mobbed and baldy hurt by a crowd of girl strike sympathizers at Halstead and Koot streets. Fully a dozen girls took part ia the attack. They heat the forewoman with their fists, tore her clothing and finally stab bed her with a. hat pin. After a desper ate struggle Miss English escaped. No arrests were made. Attorney General Attends. London, By Cable.-A lengthy meet ing of the defence committee took place Wednesday under the presidency of Premier Balfour, at which the Attor ney General, Sir Robert Finlay, .was present. The Attorney General does not usually attend these meetings, but it was stated that the questions at issue between Russia and Great Britain were under discussion and that Sir Robert was-called in to advise as to the ques tions of international law involved. No Serious Violence. Fort Worth, Texas, Special.-The packing house strike situation here is .without change. Manager Judd, of the .Armour plant, saja mmc.^ ??y%.ai-... to operate the plant. There has been no violence of a serious character. The strikers will open a commissary, and rations will be issued to such workmen as are in need. Telegraphic Briefs. Col. W. W. Sale, of the Sons of Veter ans, has appointed Miss Margaret Tay lor, of Norfolk. State sponsor for the Lynchburg reunion. Miss Osborne Tem pleton, of Waynesboro, 'is named as maid of honor. Miss Katharine Massie Ryan, of Norfolk, is sponsor for the Second restrict. Charle ? Southall, a 17-year-old negro, in a fight with another negro, named Maupin. at Ivy, Va., was cut severely in the throat with a razor. Suspecting murder, a Harrisonburg undertaker cut off the head of the sup posed victim, Clarence Peterson, and holds it as evidence of foul play. General Kuroki's Japanese army has defeated the Russians at Kia? Tung, southeast of Liao Yang, Man churia. , The .'British Mediterranean squad ron arrived at Alexandria. The offer of French co-operation in the organization of the police of Tan gier has been accepted by the Moroc can authorities. Admiral Dewey and his crews will re ceive one-half of $1,657,355 prize money as a result of the battle of Manila bay. The board of visitors of the West Point Academy advises the purchase of Constitution Island and its addition to the reservation. Secretary of Commerce and Labor Metcalf says his department is look ing out for alien musicians who may be imported to take the places of Amer icans. Jerry Smith, the colored major domo of the White House, is dead. Late reports indicate that Minister Leishman may soon reach an agree ment with Turkey respecting the treat ment of American educational institu tions. The Russian Vladivostok squadron sank the British steamer Knight Com mander and captured the German steamer Arabia off the Japanese coast. The British steamer Ardova. which was seized by the Russian volunteer fleet steamer Smolensk in the Red sea, has been released. She carried Ameri can army supplies. The American squadron left Trieste, it?- offcers and men ill of typhoid fever remaining in a hospital. The body of ex-President Paul Kru ger, of the Transvaal, was removed from Clarens, Switzerland, where he died, and will be taken to The Hague. Prominent persons were injured in a panic at a fight between a tiger and a bull at Span Sebastin, Spain. Leading stage folk attended the fu neral of Wilson Barrett at West Hampstead, England. The Democratic National Committee will visit Judge Parker at. Esopus Wed nesday. Auxiliaries to West Point. Washington, Special.-The War De partment announced the institutions of learning "whose students have ex hibited the greatest interest, applica tion and proficiency In military train ing and knowledge, and are there fore entitled to the appointment of an honor graduate of each as second lieu tenant in the army, provided there shall bo sufficient available vacancies. They include Soul h Carolina Military Academy, at (Jimrieston. S. C., and Virginia Military Institute, at. Lex ington, Va, MILLS TO CURTAIL i Agreement By Southern Manufactur ers to Reduce Their Output TO CUT PRODUCTION 25 PER CENT. Cotton Spinners From Southern States Are Practically Unanimous in the Decision to Reduce Produc tion One-Fourth During the i Months of August and September. ' Greenville, S. C., Special.--By a vote which ws practically unanimous, cotton spinners from North Carolina, South Carolina, Georgia, Alabama and Mississippi who met here Tuesday, d?cid?e, to curtail production 25 per cent, or to a basis of 75 per cent, dur ing the months of August and Septem ber. This action was due to the un settled condition of the cotton mar ket and to the poor demand, both from home dealers and exporters. The Question of curtailment was the most important matter considered at the meeting, which was largely attend ed, especially by South Carolina mill men. Colonel Jas. Lu Orr, president of the Piedmont Manufacturing Com pany, presided. The special committee appointed at the Spartanburg confer ence to ascertain the extent of cur tailment now existing showed the fol lowing: North Carolina 50 per cent.; South Carolina, 26 1-2 per cent.; Geor gia, 25 per cent.; 'Alabama, 25 per cent.; Mississippi, 25 per cent. After brief discussion the following resolution was adopted; the vote being, 2,183,052 spindles for and 106,096 spin dles against: "That the mills present agree that production shall be reduced during the months of August and September 25 per cent by either running all of tho machinery 75 per cent, of the time, or stopping 25 per cent, of the machinery ali the time, as may be most advan tageous to the respective mills, the object being to limit production to 75 per cent, of normal, and they further earnestly recommend that all the cloth mills in the States of North Carolina, South Carolina, Georgia and Alabama which are no'; curtailing to this ex tent, shall do so for the months of August and September." It was further agreed that the man ufacturers would not pay freight be yond New York, on goods destined to bleach eries and that the bills should be paid within ten days from date of shipment or date of invoice. A rate schedule for the month of August was adopted and the prices were fixed, below which the mills will not sell. A committee was appointed to notify the mills of any changes in prices. Commission houses will be notified of this tariff. Telegrams were received from South Carolina manufacturers indicating a material improvement in the condition of the cotton goods market since the Spartanburg conference, when new: higher prices were agreed upon. Taggart Chosen Chairman. Mew ?onc, were fulfilled Tuesday when Thomas Taggart, of Indiana, was elected chair- ' man of the national Democratic com mittee. Endorsed by nearly every mem ber of the committee the day after the convention adjourned at St. Louis, it has been known since that only the decree of Judge Parker in favor of some other man,or the consent of Sen ator Gorman to accept the place, could prevent the selection of Mr. Taggart. 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