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VOL. XIII. FORT MILL, S. (J., WEDNESDAY, ALIO (1ST IT, 15)01. NO. Tl.
JUDGE PARKE
Accepts the Presidents
By the Denn
THE NOTIFICATION ADDRESSES
Utterances of the Democratic Candidate
on the Issues Before the Country
in the Present Campaign.
Ksoj us, N. Y., Special.?Judge Alton
B. Parker Wednesday received formal
notification of his nomination for the
presidency of the United States as the
candidate of the Democratic party, and
In accepting gave public expression
lor tin- tlrst time of his views on the issues
i f the campaign. The notification
was brought to him by Representative
Champ Clark, of Missouri, as
chain:.an of a committee representing
every State and Territy in the Union.
Mr. Clark, in a brief speech informed
tiie candidate of his nomination and
presented to him a forn al communication
signed by the committee.
Mr. Clark said in part:
"J>. "me Parker: The most momentous
political performance known
anion; men is the quadrennial election
of p.n American President. The suprenu
executive power of S-?.oeO.OOO
free people changes hands with situ
plest ceremony and most perfect order.
V?"hile the contest for votes is waged
with earnestness and enthusiasm ?
sometimes with much heat and bitterness
the ready acceptance of the result
by the defeated is tho surest augury
of the perpetuity of our institutions.
"Presidents come and Presidents go.
hut ti e irreat renuhlic- freiirhteit ?itii
the hopes of the human rata- for liberty
?goes on forever. All history proves
that a government bottomed on popular
suffrage is a government by party.
Experience shows that he serves his
party best who serves his country
1 est. 'Hie names most fondly cherished
are those of men who devoted
their time, their energies, their talents,
their fortunes and their lives to the
promotion of the public weal. Stronger
inc entive to high and patriotic endeavor
no man hath than the hope to stand
thor.-iigh all the ages in that goodly
company.
"Out of the masterly debates and profound
deliberations of the St. Lou;#
convention emerged a re-united party.,
which goes forth conquering and to
conquer. The flower of the Democracy
OKcsnibled there to consult the government
to the principles enunciated by
1 11o fjitbors frnm ulu.li it
lor in these latter days. Every phase
of r< mocratic opinion was represented'
by 1 rave, honest and able champions
In tb t groat conclave of free and pattinti"
men. The St. Louis convention
carried out no cut and dried programme.
Its dogelotos wore not mere
auto ntons or marionettes waving and
talking when the strings were pulled
by < no man. Speech and action were
absolutely fr? e and the great debates
which took place there will constitute
part of the permanent political literature
of the country. No effort was
ir.aue to gag or bridle any one. If i
delegate had a pot iilea which he was
anxious to exrloit. he was given jiu
adequate and respectful hearing before
either the platform committee or the
entire convention. Every man had his
say. To none was opportunity denied.
Out of it all grew such unity as en
courages lovers of liberty ami of pure
government everywhere. We enter
upon the campaign with the strength
which grows out of tlie union of a
mighty party, with the enthusiasm
born of truth, with the courage that
emanates from a righteous cause, with
the confidence of men animated by noble
purposes and lofty patriotism.
"The hope is not too extravagant for
(ntertaining that in this campaign
our candidates will have the support,
not only of every Democrat in the land,
but also of every voter, by whatever
political name called, who believes
that the constitution of the United
States is a living reality and that it
applies equally to high and low, to
great and small; to public official and
to private citizen.
"into your hands the Democracy has
committed its standard with abiding
faith in your courage, your integrity,
your honor, your capacity and your
patriotism, believing that under your
leadership we will achieve a signal victory,
that your administration will he
such a fortunate, such a hannv ern in
our annals as to mark the beginning
of a long period of Democratic ascendancy,
and that you will so dischargo
your duties as to rank in history as
one of the greatest and best beloved of
American Presidents.
In accepting the nomination Judge
Parker spoke as follows:
JUDGE PARK ICR'S ACCEPTANCE.
"Mr. Chairman and Gentlemen of tlie
Committee:
"I huve resigned the office of Chief
Judge of the Court of Appeals, of this
State, in order that I may accept the
responsibility that the great convention
that you represent has put upon
me, without possible prejudice to the
court to which I had the honor to belong.
or to the eminent members of
the judiciary of this State, of whom I
may now say as a private citizen that
I am justly proud.
"At the very threshold of this response
and before dealing wth other
subjects, I must, in Justice to myself,
R IS NOTIFIED]
al Nomination Tendered
ocratic Party
] and to relieve my sense of gratitude,
i express my prol'uond appreciation of
I the confidence reposed in me by the
! convemion. After nominating me !
and subsequently receiving a coin- ,
mimication declaring that 1 regarded
j the gold standard as firmly and lrrej
vocably established, a matter which j
1 felt it incumbent upon me to make
known my attitude so that hereafter
no man could justly say that his
support had been secured through in- !
direction or mistake, the convention !
reiterated its determination that I I
snoum uo tno standard-bearer of the
party in tho present contest. This
mark of trust and confidence I shall 1
over esteem as the highest honor j
that could be conferred upon me?an
honor that, whatever may ho the fate
1 of the campaign, the future can m !
no degree lessen or impair.
A1) M11IA It LB 1? I jAT FO KM.
"The admirable platform upon
which the party appeals to the eoun- j
try for its confidence and support I
clearly states the principles which |
were so well condensed in tho first ;
inaugural address of President Jeflfer- |
son and points out with force and di- ;
I reefness tho eour.-e to be pursued
through their proper application in
order to insure needed reforms in
1> >th the logislat'vo and administrative
departments of the government.
While unhesitating in its promise to
eorre.u abuses and to right wrongs
when vcr they appear or however
caused; to investigate tho several administrative
departments of tho gov'
rnmcnt, the eonduct of whoso ofllciais
has created scandals, and to
punish these who have been guilty of
a breach of their trust; to oppose the
granting of special privileges by
which the few may profit at the expense
of the many; to practive economy
in the expenditure of tho money
of tho people, and to that end to re
uirn onco mor to tin1 methods of the
founders of tlie republb by observing
in disbursing the public funds the
care anil caution a prudent individual
observes in respect to bis own; still
the spirit of the platform assures conservative.
instead of rash action; th<*
protection of the innocent, as well as
the punshmmt of the guilty; the encouragement
of industry, economy
and thrift; the protection of property
l and a guarantee of the enforcement
for the bene,nt of all man's inaliena- |
ble rignts, among which, as said in i
| the Declaration of Independence, are |
"life, liberty and the pursuit of happiness."
liberty, as understood in
this country, moans not only the right
of freedom from actual servitude, imprisonment
or restraint, but the
right of one to use his facilities in all j
lawful ways, to live aiul work where
he will and to pursue any lawful
trade or business. These essential
1 rights of life, liberty and property
are not only guaranteed to tbo elti- j
zon by the constitution of each of the
several States, but the States are by
the Fourteenth Vmendnient to the
; Con:;titution <.>{ th t ailed States for !
bidden to deprive any person of them
without due process of law.
"Occasionally, by reason of unnec- '
eKsary, or impatient agitation for re- |
forms, or because the limitations
placed upon the departments ?f government
by the Constitution are disregarded
by officials desiring to-accomplish
that which to them seems
gocd, whether the power exists in j
them or not. it becomes desirable to I
call attention to the fact that the people,
in whom all power resides have
seen lit to limit the powers conferred
and to say to departments created
bv it: "Thus far shalt thou go and no
farther." To secure the ends sought ,
tho people have by the Constitution
separated and distributed among the
throe departments of government-*- |
ino isixecuuvc. L'-gislative and Judi- |
cial?certain powers, and it is the 1
duty of those administering each de- I
partment bo to act as to preserve. ;
rather than destroy, the potency of
the co-ordinate branches of the government.
and thus secure the cixerciso
of all the powers conferred by the
people.
THE THREE POWERS.
"Thomas Jefferson, in a letter to
William 0. Jarvls, touching the perpetuity
of our institutions. written
many years after ho had retired to j
private life, snid: 'If the three pow- j
ers of our government maintain their
mutual independence of each other,
i it may last long, but not so if either
can assume the authority of the oth!
er.' It must be confessed that in the
i cuursu 01 our nistory executives have
! employed powers not belonging to
: them; statutes have been passed that
I were expressly forbidden by the eonj
stitution and statutes have been set
i asido as unconstitutional when it was
' difficult to point out the provisions
! said to bo offendod against in their
i enactment; all this has been done
With a good purpose, no doubt, but
; in disregard, nevertheless, of the fart
; that ours is a government of laws,
not of men, 'deriving its just powers
from tho consent of the governed.'
If we would have our government
continue through tho ages to come,
for the benefit of tboso who shall
succeed us. we must ever be on our
guard against the danger of usurpation
of that authority which resides
in the wholo people, whether the usurpation
he by officials representing
one of the three great departments of
government, or by a body of men act
ing wl jhout a commission from the
people.
IMPATIENCE AT RESTRAINT OF
LAW.
"Impatience of the restraints of
law, as well as of its delays, is becoming
more and more manifest from
day to day. Within the past few
years many instance^ have been
brought to our attention, whore in
different parts of our beloved country
supposed criminals have been seized
and punished by a mob, notwithstanding
the fac I that the constitution of
each S'.ato guarantees to every, person
within its jurisdiction that his
life, his liberty or his property shall
not bo taken from him without due
process of law.
"In a struggle between employers
and employes, dynamite is said to
have be n used by the latter, resulting
in the loss of life and the destruction
of property. The perpetrators of this
offense against the laws of God anil
man. and all others engaged in the
con- pira >* with them, should, after
due trial and conviction, have had
meted out to them the most rigorous
punishment known to the law. This
crime, added perhaps to others, led
to the formation of a committee of
citizens that, with the support of the
military authority, doports from the
State, without trial, persons suspected
of belonging to the organization of
ix' i'h the perpetrators of the dynamite
outrages were supposed to bo
members. In both ease:* the reign
ef law gave way to the reign of force.
Theso illustrations present some evidence
of t ho failure of tho government
to protect the citizen and his property,
which not only justified the action
of your convention in this regard,
but made it its duty to call attention
to tho fact that constitutional guarantees
are violated whenever any citizen
is denied the right to labor, to
acquire, and to enjoy property, or to
reside where liis? interests or inclination
may determine: nrd the. fulfillment
of til.' assurance to rol?iil.-e -,,,.1
punish all denials of those rights,
'vhother brought about by individuals
or government agencies, should be |
enforced by every olllcial and supported
by every citizen. The essence of
good government lies in strict observance
of constitutional limitations, enforcement
of law and order and rugged
opposition to all encroachment
upon the sovereignty of the people.
"The foregoing distinctions but emphasize
the distinction which exists
between our own and otber forms of
government. It has been well said,
in substance, that there are but two I
powers in government, one by the !
power of the sword, sustained by the j
band that wields it. and the other I
tho power of the law. sustained by
an enlightened public sentiment. Tho
differeneo between a republic?such
as ours, based on law and a written
constitution, supported by Sntelli- !
geneo, virtuo and patriotism?and a j
monarchy- -sustained by force exert-:
ed by an individual, uncontrolled by
laws otber than those made or sanctioned
by him; one represents constitutionalism.
the other impcrialsm.
PRIvSUNT TARIFF UNJUST.
"Tito present tariff law is unjust in j
its operation, excessive in many of its i
rates and so framed in particular instances
as to exact inordinate profits
from the people. So well understood
has this view become that many promi- i
nent members of the Republican party, I
and at least two of its State conventions.
have dared to voice the general
sentiment on that subject. That party
seems, however, to be collectively able
t > harmonize only upon a plank that
admits that revision may from time to
time be necessary, but it is so phased
that it is expected to be satisfactory to ;
those favor a reduction thereof, and j
to these opposed to any change whatever.
Judge by the record of performance,
rather than that of promise, on the j
part of that party in the past, it would 1
seem as if the outcome, in the event of i
its success would be to gratify the lat- I
t? r class. With absolute control of
i both the legislative and executive department
of the government since
March 4th. 1S07. there has been neither
.. ...i. mm inn mi niiempt at reduction
In tariff duties, it in not unreasonable
to assume, in the light of that record,
that a future Congress of that party
will not undertake a revision of the
tariff downward in the event that it
shall receive an endorsement of its
past course on that subject by the peo- I
pie. It is a fact and should he frankly
conceded that though our party he ?nn.
cessful in the coining contest we cannot
hope to secure a majority in the
Senate during the next four years, and
hence we shall be unable to secure any
modification in the tariff save that to
which the Republican majority in the
Senate may consent. While, therefore,
we are unable to give assurance of relief
to the people from such excessive
duties are burden them, it is due to
I them that we state our position to be
in favor of a resonable reduction ?-.f
the tariff; that wo bolleve it is dcmand;
od bv the bost intorests of both manui
facturor and consumer, and that a wise
i and beneficent revision of the tariff
| can be accomplished as Soon as both
branches of Congress and an executive
in favor of it are elected, without creI
ating that sense of uncertainty and instability
that has on other occasions
manifested itself. This can be achieved
bv providing tint such a rosona'olo
! period shall Intervene, between the date
of the enactment of the statute making
I a revision and the date of its enforcej
ment. as shall be deemed sufficient for
1 the industry or business affected by
such revision to adjust itself to the
changes a" 1 new conditions imposed,
j So confident am I in the belief that the
i demand of the people for a reform of
the tariff is just, that I indulge the
hope that should a Democratic House
of Representatives and a Democratie
executive he chosen by the people,
i even a Republican Senate may heed the
warning and consent to give nt least
some measure of relief to the people.
THE TRUSTS.
"The combinations, popularly called
trusts, which aim to secure a monopoly
of trade in the necessaries of life as
well as in those things that are employed
upon the farm, in the factory
and in many other Holds of industry,
have been encouraged and stimulated
by excessive tariff duties. These operate
to furnish a substantial market
in the necessities of eighty millions of
people, by practically excluding com
petition. With so large a market ami
highly remunerative prieos continuing
long after the line of possible competition
would naturally be readied, the
temptation of all engaged in the
same business to combine so as to prevent
< mi petition at home and a resulting
reduction of prices, has proved irresistible
in a number of eases. All
men must agree tlint the net result
of enacting laws that foster audi inequitable
conditions, is most unfortunate
for tin people as a vliole, and it
would seem a. if all ought to agree
that the effective remedy would he to
appropriately modify the offending law.
The growth of monopoly, of which
complaint is justly made, cannot he
laid at the doors of the courts of this
country. The decisions of th ? Supreme
Court of the l.'nited States, the
Court of Appeals of this State, and the
courts of last r sort in many other
States, warrant the assertion that the
common law as developed affords a
complete legal remedy against monopolies.
The fai t that they have multiplied
in number ami increased in power
lias been due. not to the failure of
the courts to apply tlie law when properly
niovi d b> administrative ofllclals
or private individuals, hut to the failure
of oihriais charged with the duty
Of enforcing the law to take tlie necessary
procedure to procure the judgments
of tic courts in the appropriate
jurisdiction, coupled with the fact that
the legislative departments of some of
our State governments, as well as Congress
in the manner already referred
to, have, by legislation. encouraged
their propagation. What is needed in
addition to the passage of a statute revising
the tariff duties to a reasonable
basis is not so tmteh other and different
laws, as otlh'ials having both the
disposition and the courage to enforce
existing law. While this is my view of
the scope of the common law. if it
should be made to appear that it is a
mistaken one, then 1 favor such further
legislation within constitutional limitations
as will give the people a Just and
full measure of protection.
SKI.F-C.OVKIINMKNT FOIt FIU-'
PINOS.
"It is difficult to understand how any
citizen of the Ftiitod St ites, much less
a descendant of Ilevolutlonary stock,
ran tolerate the thought of permanent-!
ly denying the rigiit of self-government
to the Filipinos. Can we hope to instill
into the minds of our descendants
reverence and devotion for a government
by the people, while denying ultimately
that right to the inhabitants
of distant countries, whose territory
we have acquired either by purchase or
by force? Can we say to the Filipinos,
'Your lives, your liberty and your property
may he taken from y 1 without
due process of law for all time,' and!
expect we will long glory in that f'-a- 1
111 rft ?P M'i?? . ? / m.MI.I . .. i.: i- 1 t
w. i * I'm iii, w n ii 11:iss
come ineorpi rut il, in substance. and >
effect, into jho constitution of every
Stat?\ as \v !! as into 11 fourteenth
amondniont t tlio constitution of the}
United States? ("an we hope for tliej
respect of the civilized v. rid. while
proudly guaranteeing to <\ery eiti/.'n }
of the i'nited States that no law shall
he made or enforced which shall \
abridge the privileges or iiiiiimi i t i< s of;
citizens of the I'nited Stiites, or deny*
to any person the e.ptal prote ti<>n of
the laws, and at the same tine- not only
deny similar rights to the inhabitants
of the Philippines, hnr take away from
them the right of trial by jury, and
place their lives and the disposition of
their property in tit" keeping or those
whom we sent to them to he their
ernors? We shall certainly rue it as
.? uuuun II nc iMiiKt) .my SUCH attempt. I
Viewing the question even from the
standpoint of national selfishness, ihere
is no prospect that tlie t wenty millions
of dollars* expended in the purchase of
the islands and the six hundred and J
fifty millions said to have tieen since I
disbursed will ever come back to us. |
The accident of war brought the Philippines
into our possession and we are j
not at liberty to disregard the respon- |
sibility which thus came to us, but that
responsibility will bo host subserved j
by preparing the islanders as raipdly
as possible for self-government and
giving to them the assurances that it
will come as soon as they are reason- j
ably prepared for it. There need be
no fear that the assertion so often
made of late, that we have now become i
a world power, will then be without
I sunnnrt Huru i w?ei/i ?~ < ? -1
_ ri ??, nwi in mm
as such it must lie maintained, lint I j
deny that it is at all recently that the J
United States has attained that emln- I
ence. Our country became a world pow- j
er over a century ago, when, having !
thrown off foreign domination, the peo- !
pie established a free government, the
source of whose authority sprung, and j
was continuously to proceed, from the j
will of the people themselves. It grew
as a world power as its sturdy citizens,
to whose natural increase were added
immigrants from the Old World seek:
Ing to obtain here the liberty and prosI
perity denied them in their own conn'
tries, spread over the face of the land,
I reduced the prairies and forests to ruli
tivntion. built cities, constructed liighi
ways and railroads, till now a natlt
l which at the formation of the govern- (
j nient. numbered only three millions in i
j population, has become eighty millions, |
I and from oeean to ocean nnd the lakes
to the gulf, the country Is the abode of
a free and proseprous people, advanced ,
in the highest degree in the learning
nr.d nrtR of civilizations. It is the lib- (
erty. the advancement and the pros- I
perity of its citizens, not any career of 1
conquest, that make the country a
world power. This condition we owe to
tiie bounty of Providence, unfolded in
the great natural resources of tlio
country, to the wisdom of our fathers
manifested by them, to the energy, industry,
moral character and law-abiding
spirit of the people themselves.
"We are not a military people, bent
on conquest, or engaged in extending
our domains in foreign lands, or desirous
of securing natural advantages,
however great, by force; but a people
loving peace, not only for ourselves,
but for all the nations of the earth.
MILITARY DISPLAY.
i n?? great c.apiay or military nr
iiianionis r.iav please the cyr and, for
tin* moment, e* cite the pride of tlie*
cltizi 11. luit it cannot bring to tho
fountry tho brains, brawn and muscle
? f a inglo immigrant, nor induce
the Invest mi nt here of a dollar of
i-apilal. Of ootirso, such armament as
may be in i rssary for tho security
oy* tho rountry and tho protection of
tho rights of its citizens at liomo or
abroad, inn.--1 be maintained. Any
othi i* coarse won1 I lie not only false
economy. but pusillanimous. I protest,
however, against the feeling,
now far too preva. tit, that by reason
of the i annmndivg position we have
assumed in tp<. world, we must tnlie
part in tin* disputes and broils of foreign
countries, and that because we
have grown great wo should inter>?
no in every important questiou that
arises in othi r parts of tho world. 1
also protest against tho erection of
any such military establishment as
would be required to maintain tin*
country in that attitude. We should
confine our international activities
solely to in Mters in which the rights
of tlie country or of our citizen.-; are
directly involved. That is not a sit
nation of isolation, hut of indepen
deuce.
KEEP HANDS OFF FOUEUJN
TROUHEES.
"The government of the United
Slates was organized solely for the
people of the United States. While
i, was contemplated that this country
should become a refuge for the
o| pressed of every land, who might
he lit to discharge the duties of our
citizenship, and while we have always
sympathized with the people of
every nation in their struggles for
self-government, the government was
not created for career of political or
civilizing evangelization in foreign
countries or among alien races.
"The most etlleiont work wo can do
in uplifting the people of other count
isi 11 v* tlii* nro> .i.triH/.t* ??f *
.... .... ..... ........'II ... ?V I I?l?py,
prosp tous, self-governing nation
a:, an ideal to bo emulated, a model to
bo followed. The general occupation
of our citizens in the arts of peaco,
or the absence of large military ar
manionts, tends to impair neither patriotism
nor physical courage, and
foi the truth of tills 1 refer the young
men of to-day to the history of the
Civil War. For ."<) years, with the
e . 'option of the war with Mexico,
this count ry had Iohui at peace, with
a standing army nio. t of the time of
loss than ten thousand men. lie who
thinks tint the nation had grown of
fiinina'o during tir.it period should
r* mi the casualty rolls of the armies,
on cither side at. Sliiloh, Antletani,
Frederick dnirg and (lettysl.urg, at
Stone kirr and Cliiianiauga. 1
Willi!:! ! ' !'. 1" ' ..1....I- -- -I- '
...... . . ti? I?I? 11 IV/ I: i U < IV ?I mil"
glo lam from the crown of any one
ol' the military herons to whom this
country owes so much, hut I insist
that their most heroic deeds pro(ceded
irtinii ly more from <! votion
t<? the country, then from martial
spirit. A. I he' already p. ?cede 1
a* too pros? h . ;h. other < " tions
suggested in th p ;form mu i. await
my letter *?f ac?eptanee.
NO MIX A TI OX ACC i ll'T KI).
"Mr. Chairmen: In meet graceful
speech you have reminded me of trie
great responsibility, as well as the
gnat honor of the nomination bestowed
upon me by the convention
you represent this day. He assured
that both are appreciated so keoniy
appreciated that I am humbled in
their acceptance.
"I accept, gentlemen of the commit
tee, the nomination, ..nd if the action
in iui' convention snail be i ndorsed
by an election by the people, 1 will,
God helping me, give to the discharge
of the duties of that exulted olllee
the best service of which I am capable
and nt the end of the term retire
0 private life. I shall not be a candidate
for, nor shall 1 accept a re nomination.
Several reasons might be advanced
for litis position, hut tin con
trolling one with me is that I am fully
persuaded that no incumbent of that I
oflice should ever he placed in a situation
of possible temptation to consider
what the effect of action taken
by him in an administrative matter
01 great importance might have upon
his political fortunes. Questions of
momentous consequence to all of the
people have been in the past and will
bo in the future presented to the
President for determination, and in
approaching their consideration, as
well as In weighing the facts and arguments
hearing upon them, he should
he unembarrassed by any possible i
thought of the influence his decision ;
that may effect hini personally. I ,
tnnbn !>!.. '
........ .-uiM iuriii, noi in criticism I
of any of our Presidents from Wash- !
ington down who have either held j
the office for two terms or sought to |
succeed themselves; for strong &r- ]
gr.ments can lie advanced in support !
of the re-election of a President. It
is simply my judgment that the interests
of t':is country are now so vast
and the questions presented are fro- 1
quently of such overpowering magnitude
to the people that it is indispensable
to the maintenance of a befitting
attitude 1; fore tin? people, not
only that the Chief Magistrate should I
be independent, hut that, that hidep<
ndencu should Le known of all i
men." I
JAPS TAKE VESSEL
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the Russians
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The Dismantled Torpedo Boat Destroyer
Ryeshitclni Boarded at 3:30
O'Clock Fridav Morninci in the Chi
ncsc Pert of Cheefoo by the Crews
of Two Japanese Destroyers and
Towed Off by a Third.
Clieefoo. By Cable.?Two largo Japanese
torpedo destroyers which have
been hovering outside the harbor, entered
under cover of the darknesj
Thursday night, showing no lights,
and anohored a quarter of a mile from
tb* Russian torpedo boat destroyer
Ryosltelnl, which hud been moved to
u permanent anchorage. The correspondent
of the Associated l'ress was
not allowed to board the a panes*
vessels. The Japanese ollicors sa.J
they would depart at daylight.
Cheefoo, Uy Cable.?A boarding party
front a Japanese torpedo boat destroyer
boarded tho dismantled Russian
torepdo boat destroyer Ryeshitrlni
Thursday morning at 3.30 o'clock.
The Japanese discharged their small
ami: mil! (lilt-tin* lti.> "I Wiicci'in
was wounded in one of his logs. Daybreak
showed a third Japanese destroyer
towing the llycshitelni out
of the harbor and all disappeared.
The .lapancso consul claims that the
Japanese ships wi re ignorant, of the
dismantling of the lty? shitelni. An
Associated Press informed the Japanese
of tliis fact when he visited tho
two Japanese destroyers at il-JO
o'clock Friday morning.
Progress cf Chicago Strike.
Chicago, Special ?The stockyards
strike Thursday night seems no nearer
a settlement than it did tho day tho
struggle began. HtTorts of a committee
composed of retail butchers and grocers
to bring about a conference between
the packers and the strike leaders
were of no avail. The retailers'
commitleo was in conference with lidward
Tihlop, John K. Maurcr. Thotnas
Wilson and Thomas J. Connors, repro*
renting the pack tv. for three hours
this afternoon, and after the meeting
the following sl it* uent was given out
by the committee of be incss men
"We wi'i'c courteously rcn ived by
the packers and we were informed,
considering all that had passed ami
j?r? sent ? t-:: ! d ions, in> Rood reason exlsde
1 wliy any furllier ronfereneo
with i til.< ih would be beneficial."
No uateincnt was i. sued by tlio
packers regarding tlie conference, and
they all rei'us -1 to di .-us' tin1 matter
lurtlier th in to eonlinn the statement
Riven out by the intermedia :y committ
e. When the strike, leaders were
informed of the determination of the
markers to i?Tu e to enter into farther
eonferenees \ ith t'> e.tib-vi I . ibev
I c-Ran to form plan-: to force the hand
of tbe legal department tbo United
states in an endeavor to ring nbout a
settlement. This movement was derided
upon by the legal advisers of tbo
strikers after they ha 1 received what
they considered reliable information
that the Attorney General would not
make a move to bring into operation
the perpetual injiinep a now held by
the government again t eombii "ions
among the par king firms unless ordered
to do BO by President Roosevelt.
The plan is tlii : An action will lie
started in the Federal Court in tho
name of a striker who holds stock in
one of tb" biggest of the packing concerns,
demanding that the injunction
he put into operation on the. ground
that the illegal :*>nibination still exists
and that through it shareholders
are suffering o loss. Thin, it is expected
by the strike leaders, will induce
President Roosevelt to take up
the tight and force the packers to produce
their books, contrails and argu
meats in open court. Such ;i stop, it is
believed hv the strikers, will bring the
packers to terms and end the struggle.
News of the Day.
A general strike of teamsters began
in Vienna.
S. F. Cole, of Catskill, N. Y., broke
the world's typewriting record at the
World's Fair, averaging nearly US
words a minute for seven hours.
A movement at Charlestown. \V.
Va.. to lynch (leorge W. Williams,
the negro assailant of Miss Kn >do,
ended In a committee of the would bo
lynchers being arrested.
Sultan Must Keep Faith.
Washington. Special. The State I>epartment
has heard nothing from Minister
' eishnian. at Constantinople,
since last Monday, when lie cabled thai
iiiu i-tin mm promised 10 see mat no
received the Sultan's answer to his
representations tourhing tho rights of
American citizei h in Turkey. If today's
engagement is not kept, the Department
probably will send additional Instructions
to Minister Irishman an
soon as he officially reports the additional
breach of faith. In that event
he is expected to go to Smyrna to communicate
personally with Admiral Jewj
ell. commanding the European squadron.
and perhaps to take up his quarj
ters aboard the flagship Olympia, thua
' marking a diplomatic crisis.