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T^AD HP "\/TTT T HPTA /TIP C< _T KJXX 1 lVllJLlv I llvIxSo. VOL. X1IL EORTMILL.S.C., WEDNESDAY, A U( id NT 24,1904. NO. 2.!. EXCITEMENT Japanese Vessel Anchor BattI AMERICANS ACT WITH JAPANESE i China Not Being Able to Prevent the Russians From Violating Her Neutrality by Making Repairs on the Askold and the Grosovoi. the Japanese Take the Bull by the Horns. Shanghai. By Cable. Shanghai was thrown into a fever <?f excitement Sunday afternoon by the arrival of Japanese torpedo boat. She passed the ! "Woosting at full speed and started up -?t._ ... mi* river at iu ior Shanghai. The United States torpedo destroyer Chauncey. slipped her cable and followed the Japanese destroyer. The Japanese boat was cleared for action. She anchored off the Cosmopolitan dock, where the Russian cruised Askold is undergoing repairs. The taotni has notified \nterican i Consul Good now, who is the dean of the consular body, that China cannot protect the foreign settlements. Mo i contends that Russia ignores the orders issued by China, and that China has not the means of making her obey j them. Consul Goodnow called a meeting of the consular body to take joint action j for the protection of foreign inhabitants. The Askold has doiltTtd adjacent to the \tarehouses here of the Stanard Oil Company, which are valued at over 1 AAA AAA mu ? Oi* ' ' ^ * * '** ^i.uuv.uvv. ue auinufira un company , l<ns demanded protection for its prop- J ertv from Consul Goodnow. The dock whore the Askold lies is owned by British interests. Inside this dock is tier- ! man and Dutch property, and on the j other si lo American property. There are eight American, one German. two British and four French wnrsl'.ips heie. SURrKIsS: CREATED IN LONDON. Ixindon, By Cable.?The intervention of the American squadron at | Shanghai in tho Japanese operations | against tho Russian cruiser Askolri. created eonsitlerahle surprise in official circles here. An official of the legation said: "If the report is not untrue, the American commander must have had good reason for his action, such as the protection of American interests, which would have boon endangered by f.ying shells. "Japan has been very reluctant to send ships into the harbor, for she recognized the international character of Shanghai, and the laws of neturality demanded that China should order the Askold and the Grozovi to dismantle or leave the port, she having given the order and the Russian ships hav- ! ing refused, it was then incumbent for Japan to act, thereby protecting the Chinese neutrality and at the same time exerting her rights as o belligerent. It would never have done to permit Russian ships to remain in a Chinese port deliberately and avowedly violating the neutrality of the country. Whatever reason actuated tno American commander. If he really did as reported. it is certain that no complications will follow." A Destructive Storm. St. Paul, Special.?Death to twelve persons, injuries to many others and instruction to property, both private and public, estimated in round num- i bers at $1,000,000, resulted from n j furious gale which tore down tlie val-| ley of the Mississippi at about 9 o'clock | Saturday night from a point somewhere j Corporal Punishment Abolished. St. Petersburg, By Cable.- One ai t signaling the birth of an heir to the throne will'be the abolition of eorporal punishment throughout Russia. A ukase to this effect was issued Wednesday. It is reported on good authority that Emperor William of Germany ns!;s the privilege to act as one of the irod fathers to the heir. Russia Calls Out Reserves. St. Petersburg, By Cable.?The Emperor has issued an ukase summoning to the colors all the reserve officers throughout the empire. The Official Messenger announced the mobilization of the reserves in districts, calling to the colors one-tenth of the reserves of European Russia. Considerably over half the first-ciass reserves of European Russia have now been called out and practically all the reserves in Siberia. Current Events. Col. Ismail Montos was inaugurated ns President of Bolivia. The Board of Public Works is or. gaged in assessing railrond property in West Virginia. AT SHANGHAI! s Close By tlie Russian eship near the confluence of the Minnesota atul Mississippi rivers near Port Snelling." At about that point the fury of the elements seemingly divided, and with a roar descended on the twin cities and their environs. The dead: Lorin F. Ilokanson, killed at Tivoli Theatre; George Kwenton, i carpenter, killed at Tivoli Theatre; I Richard Hillisbrck, telegraph operator, j killed by lightning; unknown child, killed by falling wall of dormitory at! House of the (Jood Shepherd; Albert Odhe. killed at St. tenuis Park; three unknown dead at St. Louis Park, aj suburb of Minneapolis; four unknown ' dead at Waronia, a small station 20 | miles west of Minneapolis. beginning below Fori Snelliug there j is the tirst evidence that the storm j struck with damaging effect, it canto from th? southwest anil howling in its fury unrooted trues and demolished buildings in its pathway towards St. Paul. If tore off two spans of the high | bridge as completely as if they had been unbolted from the rest of the j structure and carried away by work- i 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 tlie fiats j below, where flying steel girders and heavy planks fell on several small j frame houses of the fiat dwellers and , crushed them completely. None of tho occupants of these houses were hurt, j they having seen the storm coming and taken refuge in the caves in the hillside where they were safe. MANGLED r.ODlES EOI'ND. rndernonlh the debris of the Tivoli, were found, when the storm had passed. the mangled bodies of l.orin F. j Hokanson, one of the employes in the concert hail, and George Kwenton, one of the audience. The storm then rushed on to the northeast, over the wholesale district and here the greatest destruction to property was wrought. i>u?-r musing navo 111 si. I'aui. ttie tornado swept onward to Minneapolis 1 end its suburbs. Here, however, the \ (bktructlon of property was not so K*eat, although telephone and telegraph wires were torn down in great ntrubers. For hours the twin cities were cut off from any communication with the outside world. Drummer Killed in Atlanta. Atlanta, Ga., Special.?A quarrel ahou' an open bed-room door led to the tilling of Frank E. Brett, a traveling salesman by Andrew A. Wallinc, superintendent of the Florodora Tag lompany. here Sunday. Brett had hen in the habit so it is cdaimed, of leaving the door of his room open whojn ho was undressed. Walline ha< remonstarted with him about the ma.ter on several occasions, and a quarrel ensiled early in the day, resulting n the killing. Wallino claims self-defense. Brett formerly lived in Macon, vhere last season he acted as coach f?r the Mercer College Basehall tean. Repcrted Capture of Fort. Chefdb, By Cable.?It is reported that the Japanese before Port Arthur have captured Port No. 25, one mile north of Go den Hill. The Japanese are not attempting to storm Uaoti promontory. Their rieht wlmr terminates at Pigeon Bay. The Russian garrison of Port Arthur s estimated at 23.000 men, covering an area of 12 miles. A junk arriving at Tengchou from the Miao Taio Islands reports seeing yesterday five Japanese men of war pursuing two Russian warsiipe type unknown. They were going in an easterly direction. Must Disarm at Shanghai. j Shanghai, F5" Cable.?The Russian i I torpedo boat testvoyor Grozovoi has I been ordered o stop repairing and either to leave this harbor at once or to disarm. The Russian eruiser Askold must leave here Monday at noon. These orders were issued by the t note! of Shanghai. It is believed in official circle that both warships will disarm. I Telegraphic Briefs. It is pleasant to .earn that the Chinamen are discarding their queue? and the barbers in some cities are doing a good business removing them. It is a singular fad that the queue, once a symbol of salvation, became step by step a mark of dignity and patriotism. I * nt there has arisen a society, known LS the How Wong Woy, which hns heroine very active in Instructing the ( liinese in their own history, and the I removal of thousands of queues is the result. The wearing of queues has i?lb n been < itc.l as an evidence that tho Chinese refuse to become Amcricano i. Hut when barhered In American .style they look very much, like other . men. NEWS THROUGHOUT THE COUNTRY ] Paragraphs of Minor Importance ! Gathered Frcm Many Sources. Thrcurh the South. The postoffiee at Imllanola, Miss., j has l>e< 11 i.' iii. il rem Presidential i trade tt? the fourth class. \V. S. Edwards is "expected to run as | an independent a: ainst Jos. H. Gaines j ! for Congress in West Virginia. Overheated iish scrap set the schooner Jose OJaverri olire in Norfolk, and she was sunk to extinguish the llames. While quarreling with his wife, a Newport News negro fell down tha cinire nti/l Ui^. tulfA The "Tented City" in Louisville, Ky., j was transferred to the Knights of i Pythias, whose biennial conclave be- ] gins today. Washington Happenings. The Republicans are preparing to make an aggressive campaign in Kan- j sas, where they tiave to face a Deraocratie-l'opulist fusion. Postmaster-General Payne gave out a statement which gave without comment a letter written by Governor Vardaman, of Mississippi, to the Charleston, (S. C.) News and Courier, in which a disrespectful reference was made to President Roosevelt. uvit .luu.uun ai res 01 lauu in ureRuu, which had Icon included in forest reserves, were restored to the public domain and are open for settlement. I In the North. The gunboat Dubuque was launched at Mollis Heights. N. Y. I'lans have been made by both par- j ties for a vigorous campaign in Maine j and Vermont. .J. Edward Addicks was reported aa declaring he would never give up his light t<> go to the Hnited States Senate while he lived, and that Delaware was | certain for House volt. Ex I'm ident and Mrs. Grover Clove land were given a welcome by New Hampshire oik at Sandwich, N. H., Governor an I Mrs. Baehelder nartici paling. The number (trusts incorporated in New Jersey has largely decreased in the last few years. Rev. Iluno 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 Sheriff and caused a disgraceful riot. No cattle were killed in the New York branches of the so-called "Beef Trust." Attorney General Robert II. McCarter, t-f New Jersey, as counsel for the Universay Tobacco Company, made an application to Vice Chancellor Steven son in Jersey City for an order directing the sale of the assets of the company 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 spent the day at the I Winnisook Club, in the Catskill, and I returned to Rosemount in the evening. Mayor Carter Harrison will try to arrange a settlement of the packinghousc strike in Chicago. There were several attacks on nonunion men in connection with the butchers' strike in New York. "The" Allen, the veteran New York sporting man, was reported to be critically ill on Long Island. Foreign Affairs. The Vladivostock squadron was defeated in battle by the Japanese, the cruiser Rurik being sunk. The Japanese advance on General Kuropatkin's position at Liaoyang remains suspended. It is believed that a general assault on Port Arthur was begun by the Japanese. Czar Nichols appointed General Gkucff Minister of Public Instruction. Parliament was prorogued by King Edward. Twenty-five persons were drowned while searching for "Kruger's millions," a treasure supposed to be sunk cfi the Natal cost. Governor Wright, of the Philippines, ordered a concentration of the inhabitants of several districts in Snmar, where there are disturbances. Miscellaneous Doings. The standard Oil Company declared another dividend of $."? a share. John W. Gates, according to report, lost $100,000 in a wheat deal. MR. DAVIS NOTIFIED Accepts Democratic Nomination For Vice'Fresidency HIS SPEECH BRIEF AND POINTED j 9 i Mr. Davis' Speech Read in Conversational Style. Heartily Received? Evident Vigor of the Octogenarian Nominee. Iton. Henry G. Davia was formally I notified of his nomination as eandi- ! date for Vico-Prcsident on the Demo- j cratie ticket Wednesday at White Sulphur Springs. West Virginia. The > notification speech was made by Hon. j John Sharp Williams for the committee. and in a pleasant speech of con I sidcrable length Mr. Davis accept.*1 1 | the trust committed to him. Among other things Mr. Davis said- , i "Mr. Chairmand and Gentlemen of the Committee: "The ollicial noli that ion which you bring of my nomination lor the VU e Presidency of the United States, by tho national Democracy, gives me a feeling of the sincerest gratitude to ; my party for the honor conferred. At the same time brings to me a deep ; sense of my responsibility, to my par- J ty as a candidate, and to my country in case of my election. "A spirit of determination to succeed in tho campaign beforo tts appears to pervado tho rank and file ] [ of our party in all sections of tho ! country. Of that rank and file t | bavo for many years been a member j I and have at all times devoted my 1 I humble powers to party success, boj lieving that success to be for the country's gw*d. Unexpectedly railed | I as 1 am wow to 1terefront., I am impelled to an acceptance of tho ob'iJ gation by a sense of gratitude to my I follow workers, and the hope that i 1 may be able the better to assist in restoring to power that party whose principles and past history guarantee a safe, wise, economical and const' tutional administration of the government. "I find it. therefore, a groat pleasure, standing hero upon tho borderland of the two Virginias, to receive nnH tl>.. ,S- ^' M4?a uk; L ^iiiiiiianiuii y\.m ut'ur to Bend greetings through you to '.ht Democrat-} of tiie whole country. 13 it not significant of a closer and truer | brotherhood among us, that for the > first time since the civil war a noni- j ination on the national ticket has been taken from section of our com- j mon country that lies south of Mason .and Dixon's line?a happy recogni- j tion of the obliteration of all sectinoal differences which led to and followed ! that unhappy struggle. "As introductory to the few remarks j I shall make, I desire to say that I j heartily endorse the platform upon i which I have been nominated and with the convention and its nominee for President, regard iho present monetary standard of value as irrevocably n<<tahli..ho.l uotaunctucu. "In the campaign preceding the last election, much stress was laid by Republican speakers upon tho prosperous condition or the country, and forebodings were heard of the ill re suits, especially to the laboring man, which would follow any change in the political complexion of the government. It is true that tho times wero then good, but it is no less a fact that, while there has been no change in the party in power, many of tho evils prophesied have come under Republican rule. Four years ago factories, niiils, mines and furnaces were i 11 a: tivo operation, unable to supply the demand, hut now many are closed, and those that aro open are being operate,] 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 the present unsatisfactory industrial conditions of the country seem to demand a political change. "In the language of our platform, the rights of labor are certainly no less vesicd.no )"sssaered,and no less innlienabie than the rights of capital.' The time is opportune to emphasize the truth of this utt'',-anc". The most sacred right of pronfcrty is the right to possess and own one's self and the labor of one's own hands?capital itself being but stored up labor. For years 1 worked in the ranks as a was* -< rner .n 1 1 know what it is to earn my living in the sweat of my brow, i havo always believed, and my convictions tame from the hard school of experience, that, measured by the character of work 1 e (iocs an 1 tho cost of living, ' a man is entitled to full compensation for his services. My experience as a wage-earner and my association with labor havo alike taught me the value of i )e:no<rctic principles; for in them the humblest has the strongest security for : < iividual right and the highest stiruu!u". to that independence of spirit and i >ve of self help which produce the finest private characters and form the ! ase of the best possible government. "The receipts of the government for th year ending June 30. 1002. the first U year of the present administrat; ?n. showed a surplus over expendiMr. es of $91,000,000, hut for the fiscal y. ir muling June 30. 1004. instead of a surplus there was a deficit of $41,000.- I i'OO. Krom the 1st of July, 1001, to August 10. or for about a month and a I third of the present fiscal year, the J \p<-miltures of the government havo l ci .'.led the receipts by $21,715,000. ! Tli'V1 i otild be no stronger evidence i i r extravagance into which the | 'tep.jblican party has fallen, and no | mor potent argument in behalf of a Viiii < to the party whose tenets have nlv.in embraced prudence and econ. i t administering the people's affai s. "!';tr Republican friends are prone to ret >r to the great commercial j prowih of tho country under their rule, an i yet the census reports shows that from 1 ^r.O to 1860. under Democratic rule and the Walker tariif, tbo percentae of increase was greater in population, wealth, manufactures and railroad mileage, the factors which affect most lar gely the prosperity of the country, than in any decade since. " i lie cost of government has largely increased under Republican rule. The expenditures per capita for the last year r> sportively of the administrations given, taken from the reports of the Secretary of the Treasury, were as follows; "In 1 m'.O under Ihichnnan. $2.01. "In lv!>3 under Harrison, $5.77. "In 1S07 under Cleveland, $5.10. "In 1:K?1 under McKlnley? $6.56. "In 1004 under Roosevelt, $7.10. "The Republicans ' V'great | COtlsisfetlcv It. limit- -lOltiiCo ' i"* I ..x j hi ii uiai vuu.v U))v;ii lilt; i currency question, and the President in hi.: recent speech of acceptance, s;?id. that they know what they mean when they speak of a stable currency, 'the same thins from year to year', | and >et in the platforms of their party in 1 sS I. l>ss and 1 S!?2. they favored the double standard value. In the platform of 1 ss<; they said 'The Republican party is in favor of the use of both gold and silver as. money, and condemns the ; dh y of the Democratic ndm'ni (ration in i!s efforts to demonetize silver.' "Dire predictions were made , by our p-?litopponent of what | would happen at the St. Louis convention. hut thej misjudged the temper of the party and the people. While then- had been differences in preceding < impaigns, yet at St. Louis they were all harmonized and a common ground was found upon which all could -iand and do Initio for Denwieratlc principles. A platform was adopted b> a unanimous vote, embracing the Issues of the day. and presenting to the people a dodarati >11 of principles which, in the language of the times, is sane, safe and sound. "With a candidate whose personality app.eals to the good sense ami sen in it judgment of the American people, a platform whoso principles are for th? greatest good to the greatest mini Iter, and a reunited party earnest for tlio restoration of good and economical government, we should succeed and the principles of democracy again triumph. "I beg my countrymen, as they value their liberty, to guard with great rare the sacred right of local self-government, and to watch with a jealous eye the tendency of the times to centralize power in the hands of the few. "Mr. Chairman, it Is an added pleasure to receive this notification at your hands. You have been conservative and j courageous as leader of our party in ; the House of Representatives, a posi- ! tion which few men have filled with j the signal ability that you have display, ed. "It will be my pleasure and duty, at <i iiui*" noi inr non e, to accept nioro I formally In writing. th<* nomination which you have tendered In such gruceful and complimentary terms, and to give my views upon some of the important questions now commanding the attention of the country." News By Wire. The American schooner yacht Igomar won the principal race for big yachts at the Royal Albert Yarn' Club regatta in the Solent. Maher, the American jockey, redo four winners, finished third on another out of six races at tho Stockton. England, summer meeting. Another American jockey. Madden, rode two wftiners and one second and one third horse. Fifty non-union minets arrived in Birmingham from Kentucky Tuesday night and will go to work for the Schloss-Sheflicld Steel and Iron Company, at the Brr/Oksides mines. The strike situation is practically unchanged, with no hopes of an early tint 11/>rr\o*> t New Mississippi Railroad. Mobile, Ala., Special.?A special to The Register from Jackson, Miss., says a charter for a new railroad, the Delta Southern, has boon filed with the Attorney-General, J. S. IJ. Thompson, of Atlanta; M. M. Richey, of Hirminglam; W. W. Stone and Joshua Skinner. of Greenville, and David Mc.M alien, of Kvnnston, Hi., an* incorporators. The road will traverse Washington, Holivar, Sharkey and Yazoo counties?alrout GO miles of the richest c? untxy In tho State. Over 1,3)t) Brttisn vessels plying j. T*-t?!ern waters are manned by Chi tihso cruvs. WATSON IS MOriFiED Populist Nominee For President Made Strong Speech DISCUSSED THE CAMPAIEN ISSUES Cooper Union, New York City, Crowded for the Event?Notification Speech by Samuel W. Williams, of Indiana. New York, Spe< i:il. Thomas K. Watsun, of Georgia, the People's party candidate foe President, and Thomas H. Tibbies, of Nebraska, the candidate for Vice-President, were formally notified of their nomination hero Thursday at Cooper Union. The big hall was crowded when, at nVln.'L- t>lo Ivi-n panted by Alfred Iloitlton. of Brooklyn. chairman of the meeting. appeared on the platform. There was much cheering. Chairman Boulton at. once introduce,! Judge Samuel W. Williams, of Indiana, who made the speech olliicully notifying the candidates of their selection. In addressing Mr. Watson, Mr. Williams said the convention that nominated him was made up of unselfish, selfsacrilhing patriots, who attended and participated in its deliberations solely through a high sense of duty. "It was understood," he continued, "that our nominee must iu> a man with whom politics was a matter of conscience. and who believed truly and fully in the tenets of Populism, who subscribed to the doctrine of the brotherhood of man and the fatherhood of Almighty Clod: who stood ready, aide and willing to defend, against any and all comers, each and every plank in our platform and who if elected Resident of the United States, would Yave thw broadness of mind, the goodness of heart, the firmness of character, the knowledge of men and affairs to so administer the duties of that high oiliec as to bring the best possible degree of peace, harmony and happiness to the whole people." When Mr. Watson arose to speak, the cheering continued in urly four minutes. Chairman lloulton introduced him in half a dozen words, simply referring to him as the ean.lidat<" of the People's part y. After a formal notice that he would soon prepare a formal letter of acceptance. Mr. Wat on gave up n great portion of his address to a discussion of im- iiiunui-raiic an i u'-pmuiran piaiforma anil the candidae> of Judge Parker. He referred to the Democratic candidate'!; gold tele^raham as follows: "Surrounded by the Wall street magnates. who had financed his campaign for two years. Judge Parker hided his time till the perils of the two-thirds rule were passed; and when it was too late for the convention to retrace its steps?for even the Democratic bosses require more than fifteen minutes to turn completely round in ho cracks the Wall street whip over the heads of his leaders, and with prompt obedience the great Democratic legions were made to furl their flag and reverse their lines of march." At another point the speaker said he would not venture to say a word against Judge Parker's character, "for I believe him to lie an eminently worthy man." Of President Roosevelt. Mr. Watson said; "I have no words of abuse for Theodore Roosevelt. I believe him to he a bravo. honest, conscientious man. I give him full credit for having a splendid courage of conviction, hut inasmuch as he stands for those government principles which, in my judgment, are hurrying this republic into a sordid despotism of wealth. I will combat him and his principles as long as there is breath in my body." Answering a self-asked question as to why he consumed more time discussing the Democrats than In speaking of tho Republicans, the Populist leader made reply thus: "It's an easier and quicker job to strike an open enemy right between the eyes than it is to tear off the mask from the face of a pretended friend and show him to he the hypocrite that he is." The speaker opened with the statemnnl tVtnf fhoro woe novnr n I itnn vi'ht?n the plain people of America were so dissatisfied with the conditions which prevail in this republic. "Deep down in their hearts." he said, "the masses of the people feel that the p ins of power are slipping out of their hands. In spite of all that can he done hy a partisan press, the fact cannot be concealed from the eyes of the average citizen that the vast preponderance of all the wealth produced in this land is transferred bv legalized robbery into the hands of a few; that the courts are run in the interest of the few; that tho law-making power is manipulated by the few; and that while hoth the old political parties pretend to devote themselves to the Interests of their common people they are both financed hv Wall street, both dominated by Wall street; both the willing and tbe servile tools of Wall street. "Do you need proof that the masses are ready to rush to the support of any leader who is brave enough to challenge the right of the corporations to rub* this land? See how they rallied to W\ R. llenrst. Because he had taken sides with the masses, because he was denouncing oppression and pleading for the rights of the common man thero was from ocean to ocean an upheaval In his favor which astounded the professional politicians and strained all of the resources of political strategy to defeat that, noble-hearted champion of tbe jef.'< rsonian la mocracy."