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' ^ ^ ^ VOL. XIII. Sled By a bomb Russian Prime Minister Assassinated In His Carriage WAS NEXT 10 THE CZAR IN POWER Rnrv> K T ^ rA???? I I iU O ? I -??? ?* ? * i w**ii unu^-i 111 c Vrt? i iciyc vi the Minister of the Interior in a Crowded Thoroughfare Near a Railroad Station in St. Petersburg. St. I otersburg, By Cable.?M. Von Plehve, Minister of the Interior, was assassinated at 9:50 o'clock Thursday morning by a bomb thrown at his carnage while he was driving to the Baltic station to tako a train for the palace at I'eterhoff, where he was to make bis weekly report to the Emperor. The assassination is believed to be the outcome of a widespread plot, the existence of which has been suspected for several days. Numerous arrests have been made, including that of the assassin, a young man who is believed to be a Finn named Regie, and who is now in a hospital, severely and perhaps fatally injured by the explosion of bis own bomb. An accomplice of Leglo, also apparently a Finn, but whose nam? is unknown, has been arrested. He had in his possession a bomb, which he tried to throw, but lie 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. Ho stood on the sidewalks just as Minis tir Von Plehve's carriage was about toy cross the canal bridge near the station. The minister was escorted by a number of detectives on bicycles, and one of tbem jostled the assassin, who then rushed into the road and threw the bomb after the carriage. The mlssle struck the hind wheel and exploded with fearful force, killing or wounding over a score of persons. Minister Von Pleve and his coachmen were killed outright, an-1 an officer of the guard was fatally injured. A SS AS SIN A kith'ST ED. One of the cyclist detectives arrested I tlic assassin, who endeavored to escape, though wounded by splinters in the i.it i . .uui unu uuuuuicii. lie iiuuir nil attempt to- resistance, however, when seize,! by the v:eteetives, and confessed his crime, but refused to Rive his name. . The police, immediately after the ! explosion, arrested a suspicious indl- > vidua! who touk refuge in a hotel opposite theisc'fene of the tragedy, lie' earri' d a horab similar to that thrown by l.cgio. As soon as the police saw the bontb they scattered, but an employe 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 powder, heaved up the pavement ard flung n heavy pie - o: the iron work of the carriage across the canal, severing the thick mast of a barge, which fell, stunning the aptain of the har.<e. livery body in the street was kuocied down and more or less bruised. \Y :."n the officers of the law. headed by Minister of Justice Vturavioff. ha 1 ' terminated tlie necessity formalities I by drawing up a written report of j the crime, the mangled remains of the J Minister of the Interior were conveyed O, V, . I . I ? -I 1 _ ? .. i .? ii.i.iTTik- ciuipci, ?l)i>inillK UlC I station, the windows of wltich mirnculously esraped destruction. The priests and people, with characteristic Russian piety, at once jonied in a solemn requiem. The square in front of the station was filled with a reverent crowd of peasants and laborers, and the busy nuin of traffic was silenced. A priest lifted up liis voi'-e and proclaimed "The eternal memory of the departed servant Wcneeslas," while all those in the congregation dropped to their knees. T1 e infernal machine was thrown with deadly accuracy, and the assasa was favored by the fact that traffic here is always of the heaviest, owing to the crossing of lines of surface cars and the continuous stream of heavy trucks. M. Von Plehvo was always apprehensive of attempts upon his life and used to drive as rapidly as >ossllde. The coachman, however, was ?ompelled to go slowly at this point. The assassin in laying his plans evidently foresaw this circumstance and, while the Minister's coachman slowed down, threw the bomb. The explotdon was terrific and practically annihilated the woodwork of the carriage. The horses tore off, dragging the axle and the front wheels. The animals, though Infuriated by the wounds they had sustained, had not galloped far before they fell, with ;iools of blood under them. The Minister's servant, who was also on the carriage box, was badly wounded. and two officers who were driving by in a cab were injured by flying splinters. The assassin himself was wounded in one eye. I * NEWS THROUGHOUT THE COUNTRY Paragraphs of Minor Importance Gathered From Many Sources. i Through the South. Capt. Joseph T. Allyn. of Norfolk, Is dead. F. M. Simmons was unanimously olecatod Chairman of the Democratic Executive Committee for North Carolina. Dr. C. W. Kent, of the University of Virginia, refuses to allow his name to be presented for president of the University of Tennessee. Supply liens for $42,000 have been filed at Petersburg against the Virginia Pnssenger and Power Company. Robert Smith, an inmate of the Soldiers' Home at Hampton, shot and killed Edward Taylor, a negro. Five lake submarine torpedo boats are being built in sections at Newport News. C. C. Johnson, of Portsmouth, was J taken to the penitentiary to serve two 1 years for forging his wife's will. Maj. W. E. Breese. who seven yearn j ago wrecked the First National Bank | of Asheville, North Carolina, was tried | at Charlotte and sentenced to seven years In the Atlanta penitentiary. The trial lasted seventeen days. The battleship Louisiana, now building at Newport News, will lie launched August 27. Wshington Happenings. The State Department is advised that a revolutionary movement neainst the Morales government In Santo Domingo < is threatened. It is believed that President Roosevelt contemplates vigorous measures igainst Turkey to improve the position of American citizens living in the Turkish empire. The United States Treasury working balance on Saturday fell to $26,r>22.7GS. John E. Wilkie, chief of the Secret Service, estimates that the banks of the country the last fiscal year handled a little more than $21,000 counterfeit money. I In the North. August 13 will be Manila day at | the St. Louis Exposition. In the Iowa Demoeratc convention the Parker and Hearst men united in 1 naming the ticket. The Republican State convention at Des Moines adopted a "stand-pat" platform on the tariff. John J. Ryan, a well known horse owner, was arrested in New York Tuesday on a charge of larceny in connection with an alleged g< t-rich-quick scheme. Mayor Carter II. Harrison, of Chicago. sent to Judge Parker, through a committee which visited him at Ksopus, N. Y.. promises of Democratic harmony in Illinois. Do Lamey Niooll was quoted as say- | ing that Now York was as certain for Parker as Georgia. A strike involving L'5.000 textile ope- i ratives has been or<lored at Fall Illvor, ! Mass.. today, caused liy a out in wages. ! Cardinal Gibbons preached at South ampton, L. I., where he is sp -ruling | some days. The strike situation at Chicago remains unchanged. The packing houses are completely tied '.p and no compromise is in sight. Foreign Affairs. Late information from Argus Call- ' onto, Mexico, shows that two Amori- j cans wero killed Lore by officials i who were sent to arrest, them. The Russians are reported to have j been defeated in a battle near Ta Teho ; Kiao. Manchuria, and the fall of Niuchwang is expected. \\ lisnn uarrcti, tne noted actor, died in London. The German steamer Seandia was released by Russia, which ordered the volunteer fleet to refrain from interference with foreign shipping. Colonel Younghushand notified Tibetan delegates that he could make peace only nt Lhasa. The American naval squadron which has been at Trieste, Austria, left for Flume. Cardinal Yannutelli was present at the reopening of Armagh Cathedral, Ireland, as the legate of Pope Pius. Rev. .1. J. Wynne stated his belief that the rupture between France and the Vatican would become complete. Miscellaneous Doings. Winchester is preparing to annex the Neffstown suburb. Politicians of both parties are perplexed by the element of uncertainty which enter into the Presidential catnoalgn. fORT MILL, S. I .. Wl'.i HE OPENS CAMPAIGN President Roosevelt Formally Notified of Eiis Nomination ACCEPTS Tilt TPLST OF HIS PARTY One Hundred and Twenty-Five Persons, Including Relatives and Friends, Were Present at the Ceremony, Which Was Held on the Veranda of Sagamore Hill, ?- . Oyster Bay, \a. Special.?Thenilorr* PnnontfAU "\\.i a a* n " ?. v, ..vuotitiL it tmufsuuy lorniiiiiy opened the political campaign of 1 !>o t at his beautiful country home, Sag amore Hill. Standing on a spot made ( dear by the associations of a life time, surrounded by his family aim relatives and friends, he formally received ami accepted the nomination of the Republican 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 attendance of the members of the committee v. as notably large, regrets being received from only three. James N. Combes, of Florida; Senator Chauncey M. Depew, of Now York, and Senator I Clarence N. Clark, of Wyoming. lr? | all. about 12f> persons were present at ! the ceremony. t-resineiu noosovelt personally received the members of the committee and other quests as they arrived at Sagamore Hill. He knew almost every man personally. After the visitors had been greeted by the President. Secretary I>eob presented each one to j Mrs. Roosevelt and to Miss Alice j Roosevelt. The guests were seated oil j the veranda, where tin* notification j ceremony was held. As Speaker Can- 1 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 ai his right hand, giving close attention to the address. Mrs. Roosevelt, surrounded by her children, Hermit, Ktliel and Quentln, stood facing Mr. Cannon, almost in the centre of the crowd. Mr. Cannon was interrupted frequently by applause. He spoke as follows: HP CANNON SP1-AKS. I Mr. President: The people of the United States, by blood, heredity, education shim ,ii',...?lno .. -i? * |<i C| ui c <L M-'ll'ljOV lTIl" taig people. We have sometimes l?o??n ! subject to prejudice and embarrass- ; mrnt from harmful conditions, but wo have outgrown prejudice and overcome conditions as rapidly as possible, having due regard to law and the rights of Individuals. Wo have sometimes 1 made mistakes, from a false sense of security or from a desire to change j policies instead of letting well enough niono, merely to see what would happen, but we have always paid the pen- j alty of unwise action at the ballot-boN i and endured the suffering until, under the law. through the ballot, box, we have returned to correct policies. No nation has so successfully solved all j problems and chosen proper policies as our nation. Under the lead of the lt"puhllcan party for over forty years, j the United States from being a thirdclass power among the nations has become in every respect (irst. The people rule. The people ruling, it is necessary that, they should he competent to rule. Competency require"' not only patriotism, but material well being, education, statecraft. The people, under the lead of the j I .'i; - - - - j-.ii pariy, wrote upon tile strv tnto books rpvoniic law -., levying taxes upon the products of foreign countries seeking our markets, which replenished our treasury, hut were so adjusted a . to encourage our people in developing. diversifying and maintaining our industries, at the same time protect- i ing our citizens laboring in production : against competition of foreign labor. . Under this policy our manufactured i product today in one-third of the product of the civilize l world, and our people receive almost double the pay for their labor that similar labor redives elsewhere in !.(< world, there>y enabling us to bear the burdens of < n izcc.ship. Mr. Cannon spoke a Co upon the Ropublican doctrine of protection and iu identally brought forward the other issues >i the campaign. Mis speech was heartily cheered by those present. PRESIDENT ROOSEVELT SPEAKS. President Itoosevelt responded in a speech of a little more than three thousand words, and said in part: Mr. Speaker and Gentlemen of the Notification Committee: I am dt cply sensible of the high honor conferred upon me by the representatives of the Republican party assembled in convention, and 1 accept the nomination for the Presidency with solemn realization of the obligations 1 assume. 1 heartily approve the declaration of principles which the Repul Moan National Convention has adoptc l and at some future day 1 shall communicate to you, Mr. Chairman, more at lonath and in detail a formal written acceptance of the nomintion. Three years ago I became Pre-*.'.ent 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 the interest of the country. To the best of my ability 1 have kept the promise thus t . i Jn.'bitiMl ---- -- T "1 . ^ i DN^DAY, At'tithsT ? made. || in-\t N* \ < mbc my countrymen oont.rin at the polls the action of h" convention you represent. I shall under Providence. continue to worl ! will, oy<> single to tie- welfare of all our people. A pir.ty is of worth only in so far as ! pc motes tin national interest, and ev. r-.- ofli iai. high or low. can serve hi; party best hy rendering to the people the best servk o of which he is < apali'e. p. active government ;n?'s nly as >1 < resul' of t v loval o iperatlou o' i .<11here:;t persons. nnmh. is < : ; -ai," majority. the otliers in the vaiw.u; ?!ep rt::u>nis of the Administration, and the legislative and MNOi tuive branches :ts towards eaeh other, must work together with sttbordination of self to the cojnnion end o' su > essful go" criunent. 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 indued by our record of achievement. In tin' years that have pone by we have | made the deed square with the Word and it we are continue^ in power we shall unswervingly follow out the great ; lines of nunlic policy which th?? lleptih- | licnn party has already laid down; a! public policy to w; irh w? are divine. ! and shall give. a united, and therefore an ellk-ient, support. In all of this we are more fortunate j than our opponents, who now appeal for confidence on the ground, which some express and some seek to have j confidentially understood, that it' triuuphant they may he trusted to prove false to every principle which in tins last eight years they have iu.d down ! as vital, and to leave undisturbed those | very acts of the administration because of which they ask that the admlnistra- j tion itself be driven from power. Seem- i ingly their present attitude as to their ! past reeord is that some of them were j mistaken and others insinci re. We > make our appeal in a wholly different | spirit. W'e are not constrained to keep silent on any vital question; we are di- I vided on no vital question; our policy 1 is continuous anil is tho u-u.w. f..r oil sections and localities. There Is nothing experimental about the government j we ask the people to continue in power. ! for our performance in the past, our j proved governmental efficiency, is ? | guarantee aB 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 consideration of the fact that they intend to treat their past promises as null and i void. We know our own minds and we have kept of the same mind for a suf- j ticient length of time to give to our j policy coherence and canity. In such a i fundamental matter as the enforcement of the law we do not have to depend upon promises, hut merely to ask that our record lie taken as an earnest of what we shall continue to do. In dealing with the great organizations known as trusts, we do not have to explain why 'lie laws were not enforced, but to p.'int out that they actually have born enacted to increase the effectiveness of their enforcement. We do not have to propose to "turn tli rascals out," for we have shown in very deed that whenever by diligent investigation a public official can be found 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 ...... HP mill nil- I.inCillS (Kit. UIlll III l\ft'P them out. ami it has the writ e? sincereitv. Moreover the betrayals of trust in the last seven years have been insignificant in number when compared with the extent of the public service. Never lias 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. '1 lie President then discussed the lasers 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 reciprocal advantage instead of hostility. We hold that the prosperity of each nation is an aid and not a hinderaneo to the prosperity of other nations. Wo si ek international amity for the same reasons that make us believe in pi ace vithin our own borders; and we seek this peace not because we are afraid or unready, but because we think that peace is right as well as advantageous. \nicrican Interests in the Pari He have rajHclly grown. American enterprise lias laid a cable across this, the icatest of aceans. We have proved in effective fashion that we wish tho Chinese Empire well and desire its integrity and independence. Our foothold in the Philippines greatly strengthens our position in tho competition for the trade of the Kast; but we tire governing the Philippines in the interest of the Philippine people themselves. We have already given them ti large share in their government and our purpose is to increase this share as rapidly as they give evidence ( f increasing fitness for the task. The great majority of the officials of the islands, whether elective or appointive, arc- already native FilipiAos. We are now providing for a legislative assembly. This !s the first step to lie taken in the future; and it would he eminently unwise to declare what our next step will be until this first step hns been taken and the results are manifest. To have gone faster than wc have already gone In giving the islandeis a constantly increasing measure of selfconstantly increasing measure of selfgovernment would have been disastious. At tho present moment to give political independence to the islands would result in the immediate loss of civil rights, personal liberty and public order, as regards- the mass of the Filipinos, for the majority of tho islanders have been given these great boons by us, ami only keep them hecause we vigilantly safeguard and i90i. guarantee them. To withdraw our government from the islands at this time would mean to tlie average native the loss of his barely-won civil freedom. Wo have established in the is lam's". a government by Americans as: : ted by Filipinos. We are steadily driving to transform this into selfgovernment by the Filipinos asslted 1 y x mericnns. The principles which we uphold In abi appeal to all our countrymen. ; all portions of our counti v. Above ; !! tisey should give us stte'ugth with th? men and women who ore spiritual i s of those who uphold the hands of Vi.rnham Lincoln: for we are striving t i do our work in the spit it with which neolh approached his. During the veil years that have just passed then; no <luty. domestii* or foreign. whteh have shirked: no necessary task which we have feared t?> undertake. or which we have not performed with iensonnhle effieiency. We have never j?h aded importenee. We have never cr.ght refuse In criticism and comi.iint instead of action. We face the future with our past and our present ,-i guarantors of our promises; and we re content to stand or to fall by the i .vord which we have made and are tonkins. * CAROLINA SEASIDE RESORT. Wrightsville Beach Unsurpassed For Health and Pleasure. Of all the avenues open to the weary and the overworked to seek a few flays or weeks of perfect quiet and undisturbed repose during the heated summer period, none are quite so inviting ns a stay at the seashore, where the never-ending splash of the waves of old ocean lull one. all unconsciously, to i>viLvn repose ami u' i t !e getfulness j Many seaside resorts are open, eaet I one itli its advertised attractions but : no other appeals so strongly to those | desiring an ideal spot in which a long or short vacation can be most satisfactorily spent, as the Seashore Hotel, Wrightsvilo llcach, N. C. Nothing here is wanting that could add to the comfort or pleasure of tho most fastidious guest, whether that guest be the monied prince or the ordinary citizen seeking a holiday, so long as a capacity for real enjoyment is left. All alike will find a welcome at this magnificent resort, and each will he fanned impartially by the invigorating breezes that are the gratuitous gift from the bounteous Atlantic. The Seashore Hotel has been enlarged to three times its former capacity. and no resort on the Atlantic coast affords such charms to the health or pleasure seeker. The management delights to gi\e its guests the most perfect service and the greatest pains are exerted to make each feel at home and at case. This popular resort Is reached by way of the Seaboard Air Line ltnilway. by means of a splendid schedule of passenger trains, a new one being contemplated that will leave Chariot to and up-country points in the late afternoon and arrive in Wilmington in the evening. carrying special parlor cars and i first-class coach accommodations. The j Seaboard system has become a well- ! known factor in developing the resorts j of the South, and its schedules are ar- j ranged with a view to accommodate | its ever-increasing patronage in every j possible way. No blither n1<-:i?i.ro ?. need of a vacation than a stay at the Sea Shore Hotel and a dip in the surf that rolls so near Its spacious piazzas, and no need to seek further North or South, for an ideal place to spend one's leisure than at this popular resort. American Retains His Job. New ChwanItv ('aide. Major Takayania. the Japane. >. administrator of New Cliwa .sr. I as arrived here and lias iFsue.i noiiflcation t? the population that New t'h.wriiK <tnd Yinkow are now under Japanese control and that lives and property will he protected, Mr. (lilchrist. an ,\nieri< mi ' ho was leputy eommissionerof customs hereunder the .'{u.isian ad minis' t 'lion, has t een appointed commissioner of customs. Protest Against Asphalt Lake Seizure. ! Port of Spa .i. Trinidad. Ity Cable. The Priti.-ii minister at Caracas has j stronpfly protested in the name of the Hnglish hondhold r. against the seizure l>y il;e \ encZlK ' ill government of ih- Asphalt l ake at G:iunu--o. the property ??f the New York and Merinii<\> y. Asphalt Compan; . maintaining ttiat the interests of tho honilhold-Ts will he menaced unless tin lake lie immediately restored to the company. Lynchburg Newspaper Man D^ad. Lynchburg, Special Mr. Robert II fllass. a brother of Congressman Carter Glass, of the sixth Virginia district, and business manager of The Lynchburg New.;, died there Thursday, after an illn ss extending over a long period, ills demise was caused by a cancer ..f the stomach. Mr. Glass was .VI years of age and i is sttrvivied by a wife and infant danI ghter. Me was a native of this ritv and was engaged in several vocations liefore he began his successful new: paper earner more than 20 years ago. If wife or mother nags, doubtless sho is tlr< d. Often the most unselfish and most affectionate of women I fall in'.o this habit. ' * A { NO. 20. FOR GREAT BATTLE o? Preparations Nearly Completed For a Decisive Passage at Arms A SURVEY UF Till; TWO POSITIONS Main Bodies' Very Near, Russians Holding Three Passes?Japanese Line of Great Strength, With Trenches and Breasworks. Kuslilatzu. Manchuria. Hy (.'able.?As a greet battle appears imminent, a survey of the positions of the two armies will bo interesting. The main bodies of the Russians and Japanese are very near each other. They now form, in the north, a more powerful array than at any previous time. Virtually. however, the same conditions prevail north of Ilincheng as previous- a ly reported. The Russians are holding Tien Shuitsan. CliuitBlayan. I'ien and Kuanchia passes. The latter is three miles cast of here. In view 01 me ract mat serious lighting Is anticipated in tho near future, the Chinese have begun to disappear from between the lines and to briek up their houses, though heretofore they have not vacated their property except in immediate tiring zone, between the pickets. A mile and a half east of Kuanchia Puss, the Associated Press correspondout accidentally crossed the zone of the Japanese Ire, and was fully twenty minutes crossing tho lied of the Shi river, under tire evidently from tho Yuhuangkoa temple, on the east side of the river, and in plain view of tho Russian pickets. Tho Japanese lino exteuds thence south, and is apparently of great strength, wltn trenches and breastworks, it approaches within a mile of Lien Pass and continues along the Shi river to Sipenpass and then to Hoyan, facing the Tienshuitsnn ami Oangtzu Pass positions. The correspondent visited the enlire eastern lino, it is an ideal region for military operations. Immense columns of troops are traversing the numerous valleys to recoil not re the passes and are finding mountain ar- . tillerv on the hillsides. The Japanese officers are in plain view, pacing up and down flu- trenches as though encouraging their men. The Kussnins, from equally tine positions, are making offensive demons!rations of intense interest, inviting attack and manoeuvring. The lirst ascent of a Russian military balloon oceurod yesterday evening. and. against the llnming sunset flic balloon was visible to the entire Japanese army around Moticn Pass. The balloon caused much amazement among the Chinese. The Japanese, as this dispatch is filed, can plainly he seen taking up positions for the conflict. They are apparently determined to fight, and i" is reported that the Russian comn\'A hoc.* iii'.-liii'i. I I.C/..W, ...ill ... . . ,|,40 WIII4 M <1 |/l ? &( I" he made fur four or live thousand wounded. Packers Add 1,000 Men. Chiengo, Special. Iloth the packers and I ho strikers spent Sunday in strengthening; any weak spots that could ho found in their defense, preparatory to another week of effort to bring their opponents to terms. Notwithstanding that it was Sunday, all the plants were operated during the forenoon in order to g> t rid of the livestock that had been h i't. over fioni last week. Tlie remainder of the day was spent by employ* rs installing now men in strikers' placet, and arranging many small details overlooked (hiring the heat of the eonlliet. Over 1,000 m a were added to the number already at work in the different plants. Street Car Fatality in Memphis. Memphis. Tenn., Spot ial. \V. N. Hi-own, a retired cotton factor of this city, was struck and killed by a sire<? car on Poplar Poulevard Sunday. Mr. drown was 75 years of ago, and has been prominent both in business and political affairs in Memphis, and was woll known here antl in Arkansas an J M ississippi. A World's Record Broken. New York, Special.?In the presence of fully T.ttntt spectators, who attended the Gaeli Athletic tournament, for the benefit of the Christina Brothers' Training College, at Clonrtnif. Dublin. Ireland, at Celtic Park. I-oris* Island City, John .1 Flanagan, of the Greater New York Irish Athletic Association, raised ids world's sixteen-pound hammer throwing roeoid from 171 feet 0 inches, to I7:t fe?rt. Ho also threw the tifty-six pound weight a distance of feet 1 inches, which is within 5 inches oC ids world's record with that weight. .4 I v