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The "DO THOU LIBERTY GREAT. INSPIRE OUR SOULS AND MAKE OUR LIV?SS IN THY POSSESSION HAPPY OR OUR DEATHS GLORIOUS IN THY CAUSE." VOL.WIX BEN NETTS VILLE, S. C., ERIliivY. AUGUST 19, 1904 lift 34 Parker Noti His r> ? i The Formal Speech of Notification Made by Congressman Champ Clark. MANY DEMOCRATS ATTEND Amid the Thunders of Applause tbe Candidate Hears tile Call of Democracy and the People. At Esophus, N. Y., where lie lives, Judge Alton li. Parker un last Wed nesday received formal notification of his nomination for the Presidency of the United States as the candidate of the Democratic party, and In accept ing gave public expression Tor the first time of his views on the issues of the campaign. The notilicatloii was brought to him by Representatives Camp Clark, of Missouri, as chairman of a committee representing every State and Territory in" the Union. Mr. Clark, in a brief speech Informen the candidate of his nomination, and presented to him a formal communication signed hy the committee. Standing bear headed, during a brief lull in the rain storm which had lasted since soon after daylight, Juljge Ojt-" ker accepted the uoir^nation and set forth his views leo"speech that evi li ed frequent and hearty applause. He SpSfee^-fOr a little more than half an hour. The ceremony was held on the lawn at Rosemount, under the trees at the north of the bouse, and was attended by upwards of OOO persons, the larger number of whom came from Kew York City with the notiticaticn committee on the steamer Sagamore. The Com pany included many Democrats of na . tional prominence, as well a* a large snrt.. representative delegation from Tammany' Hall. There would have been a gala day gathering from Kingston and vicinity where perhaps the Judge is best known, but the rain had been so heavy and so continuous that few local peo ple ventured forth. It was at tirst decided to hold tlie ceremonies on the Sagamore, owing to the storm, but the protestor those who wanted .fudge Parker noti lied at his own house was so vigorous that at the last moment the little plat lorin elect ed on the Parker lawn w?.i hastily dec orated with Hags and "ne cen monh s were held there according to t lie orig inal plan. During mest of the time occupied by | Champ Clark's speech the rain was! falling in a steady drizzle, bul it stop- j ped entirely justas Judge Parker 1 e- j gan bis address, and held oil until he finished. Representative Clark was speaking and Judge Parker was standing h ire-1 .headed without ulieltcr when a man in the crowd called: "Somebody hold an umbrella over Judge Parker.'' A number were immediately offered but the Judge refused them willi a courteous wave of the hand. "Justice for all, special privileges tor none," said Mr. Clark, and the spectators showed their appreciation of the sally by a shout of laughter. While Judge Parker-was speaking there was no need o? shelter. Tlie rain stopped and nota breath of air stir red. In the stillness, every word could be heard distinctly to the farthest bor ders of the crowd. lt is long years since Judge Parker lias heed beard in a political speech, and to most of bis hearers lie was ab solutely new hi this capacity. Tiley heard him with a keen inte rest, not unmixed with curiosity. The adel rei-s was delivered in the clearest tones, in a voice seldom raised above I he e; inver sational pitch, but peifectly audible, nevertheless. His enunciation was dis tinct and liiB delivery exceedingly de liberate. He useel few gestures, mak ing his emphasis almost entirely with hlB voice, lleadhciel to the text of lils written address, with the wording of which he appealed perfectly famil iar, though beheld a copy in his hand and followed it somewhat closely .with his eyes while speaking. The speech was heard with closest attention and applause frequently punctuated lt. The candidate's audi ence awoke to a high pitch of enthusi asm when bespoke of so called mili tarism and imperialism. "Ours is a world power," .said lie, "and as such it must be maintained, hut I deny that il is at all recently that the United Statis has attained that eminence." When he enunciated this principle there came, a burst of cheers that causeel thc speaker to walt a few mlnuteB before he continued. His pledge not,to accept a second term if he was elected aroused instant in terest, which Increased to marked en thusiasm when the speaker we nc on to explain his position. Then the crowd seemed to yield to the force or his rea soning and at tho end or a particularly telling period toward the close or tlie speech, it gave the candidate the greatest' demonstra ion of the after noon. It looked tis though e very man, woman and child in the throng sur rounding the platform had a small America Hag and as they cheered the waving Hags almost concealed the oc cupants of thc stand. The speaker waited for the applause to subside and then made his few concluding re marks, finishing his address at six minutes before three. He began lils Address at 2.18 P. M. HE WAS SMOOTH. A Macon Hotol Man lip A???iiHt thc Kcal Article. A dispatch from Macu?, Ga., lo the Augusta Chronicle says Proprietor Ben. L. Hendricks, of the Park hotel, Wednesday morning swore out a war rant In the city court for W. W. Craig, one of his guests, who has de parted for parts unknown und who has not paid the proprietor his bill for lodging since hist Wednesday. From wha can be judged Craig is me of the smoothest citizens th>it aver visited the Central City. He came to this place last Weduesday and said that he was au expert eb a tlc ur representing the New York Safety Steam Power company, and that he intended to give a free ex hibition for the benefit of the people who ride in these parts. He did not have his machine and said that it would arrive in a few days. He took particular pains to have a number cf persbns about the hotel hear him telephoning to the freight department Df the Southern railway und asking them to change the route of his racing auto which had been billed through mistake by way of New Orleans. He als ) huriiedly opened a letter in the hotel Wednesday in the presence A Mr. Hendricks and others, from wblch lie produced a check for *'.)?.tm. Phis he asked the betel man to cash. Hut Mr. Hendricks was wise. He .elrgraphed. about the New York Safety Steam Power company and was :old by one bank that no such estab Ishment was known. Craig, however, was able to borrow i few dollars on the strength of the meek. Later, however, he gave a irate on the concem. The wires were used and nothing satisfactory was learned. In thu meantime things were getting so warra on the track of '?raig..?/.vi?;.-i.o - disappeared P?ta?a, night some lime or early Wednesday morning. The police of the various ilties and towns of the state have iieen notified lo look out for Craig. As Judge Parker spoke his closing .vords the band struck up ' Tue Star spangled Banner," and from the deck if the yacht Sapphire in the river be ow a number of bombs were bred in ?ahite. These bursting in the air, re eased parachutes from which were luspended the nat ional colors. Later lhere were whistle salutes from the ilea mer Sagamore, John Pleic?' yacht Sapphire and August Belmont's yacht, The Scout, which brought former Senator David B. Hill from Hyde Park. After the ceremony all crowded up lagerly to shake the candidate's hand uid to congratulate him upon his ?peech. The. reception was continued on thc ?erainia until after I o'clock when the company br ike up and the visitors re turned to their boats and trains. Congiessman Clark, in his notifica Jon spjech, In part: '"l our long and conspicuous career is a jin ist in one of the high st courts T t'.jc world the period which you lave spent in expounding c institu ions and statutes- cause your c iun rymen to believe that more exalted KM-it ion lo which they are ab iut to all you, you will ctrry with you that irofound respect for the c nstitutlon ind the laws which with you has be elu ; a confirmed montai habit and lpun which depends the perpetuity of air system of government. '"lulo your hands the great historic larty of constitutio-al government las committed Its standard with auld ng faith in your courage, your Integ rity, your honor, your capacity and ^our patriotism, believing that under ,'our leadership we will achieve a Big lai victory, hoping that your adminis tration will be such a fortunate, such i happy rp' ch in our annals ?us to mark he beginning of a long era of Demo ;ratic ascendency and that yen will to discharge the duties ol your high lillee as to rank in history with the rreatest and best-beloved of Amer! an presidents. "Theconvention, according to Dem icratlc custom, appointed a committee of which it did me the honor tu nake me chairman for which I am leeply grateful to convey to yon of icial information of your .selection as ihe Democratic nominee for president if thc United States." Judge Parker's speech lu full will ba tumid in another column. < 'razed Oj Oriol, At Olive Springs, Miss., frantic with grief over the death or her hus band, Mrs. Annie Miller MuCargo saturated her own hair and clothing with kerosene oil Wednesday and set herself on tire in ihe public iquare. Spectators, horrilied by the awful spectacle, tried to ai l her, but she fought them elf desperately, though she uttered no word, not even a moan Lo show her sufferings. Finally thieu men with blankets turrounded her und extinguished the Hame.-'. The woman, unconscious fell to the ground and died in an hour. Mrs. McCargo conducted the principal hotel ni Hie city, aud when her husband, Attor ney W. ll. McCargo, died several da) s ago the shock unsettled her reas'jn. The climax caine lu her feaiful act of self-destruction. Will Keep 'I IH-III Busy. The 200,000 workmen in Pennsyl vania who have been laid oil, thu -(>, ooo strikers in the New England mills and the ?10,000 working men who are om, on account of the little differences with tho beef trust will provide BU Hi elen t ground for prosperity talkers lo keep a'I Hie star Republican spell binders busy this year. Cotton IN Hurt. The fanners in many sections of thu State are complaining of too much rain, particularly Golleton county, and unless t here is a hold up hi the rains the planters say their crop will be se riously damaged. Already the cotton crop has su tiered from too much wet weather. BRYAN'S GREAT SPEECH. The Charlotte Mew? Malert? a Pre diction About Bryan. Allen White, the famous Kansas journalist, writing for Collier's Week ly has this to say of Bryan's great speech before the Democratic conven tion: "It must be considered one of the memorable orations of this prosy unor atorlcal day. It bas been said that sime words are so momentous that tbey become deeds. Bryan's were such. As he talked, the purple shadows of the coming day were seen through the windows, and before he closed the dawn was gray about him. He stool there surrendering his power, that had come to his youth so suldenly. He had carried the banner of social Democracy in America further than any other man had carried lt. It ls not free silver that Bryan stands for, and he knew lt, in the breaking day. when his party told him to stand aside, ne believes that bis idea (whether be defines it clearly or not is Immaterial) is important to the welfare of bis country. Probably he is wrong; but as tie stood there sadly appealing to bis party for bis old cause, which he knew was a lost cause, he seemed bidding farewell -a long farewell -to all the power and glory that has been the breath of his nostrils. He has lived cleanly, and has acted fairly and squarely accord ing to his lights. He is the idol of that party, of his branch of bis party, which stood for his Ideas. These men live in the middle weit. Thous ands of them Caine many bundled miles to see him surrender, and he quit like a gentlemen with his colors (lying. The editor of The News ls not what might be called a Bryan Democrat though we are all plain Democrats now, and ls at the farthest removed from Populism. But we desire to make a prediction that may be con veniently remembered If lt comes true, lo this effect: If Parker ls elected he will probably be reelected for the second term. What the country needs today is a man c:.iihe Parker type and he will personally grow more popular Instead of less as was the fate of his last Democratic predecessor in that high olllce. But Parker Is not the type of a man that ls called a "reformer." Bight years from now it is not fin possible that the trust Issue, involv ing the transportation Issue, will have become the over-shadowing one. Say what one pleases about govern ment ownership of railroad and tele graph lines, when the question nar rows to this, whether they shall own the government or the government them, the people will be quick enough to decide, and to decide right. In brief, we should not be surprised to see as opposing candidates in 11)12 a chosened Roosevelt and an older Bryan confronting each other, and that the Democratic p'atform of that day will contain such a radical plank against the trusts, and the tyranny and discrimination of the railroads, as that the puople will look to Bryan lo carry out their will. At any rate, those who hive been preaching his funeral are a little premature. Char lotte News. A Winnini Scalped. Before the horrified gaze of hun dreds of society women and men in evening dress, dining on thc broad verandas of the Park Cas'no, in the mello .v rays of Japanese lanterns, and as the orchestra p'ayed the scalp of Miss Mary Dougherty, of No. .'lit; North street, Recuestar, N. Y., was torn from her head by the crankshaft of the big ied gasolene automobile from which she had just alighted, about six o'clcck Wednesday night. The How of blood, crimsoning the soil, and her shticks, caused a dozen wo men to faint and all the guests were thrown into a panic. While she was writhing on the gravel walk ber screams, with those of her sister and a woman friend who wi rein the auto mobile, were echoed by the women in the Casino's fashionable throng. Many cabs were called far, and a score of pri vale equipages drove away with their passengers, while thc un fortunate woman, carried into the main building of the Casino, was be ing attended by Dr. Lathrop, of tlie Presbyterian Hospital. A Fraud Uncovered. A fraud order was issued today by the post?nico department against Prof. lt. IO. Dutton and his "School of Science," at Lincoln, Neb. Mr. Dut ton pron ss'js to have tho powers of Christ and claims lo have a peculiar force' simply wonderful to mankind. In his advertising matter, that the department says is bringlag him in a fortune, he announced that for "he would awaken the great soul of the functions of your live special senses and to develope psychic faculties in ten days and m ike you a wonderful hypnotist with power to travel In spirit to any home and trace up lest and stolen articles, find bm ied treas ons and lead the very life history of any person from the cradle to the grave.? _ Cured Lockjaw. Dr. Charles W. Mercer, a young physician attached to the stair of Hie City Hospita', Richmond, Va., just succeeded in culing a case of lockjaw. The patient was Charles Ilollman, a one-legged man. While traveling lu a cattle oar he was injured by a nail j penetrating Hid stump of his leg. Ile I was taken to the hospital with h'S j jaws tightly locked, Dr. Mercer opened the wound, cleaned and caute rized it. Ile then administered hypo dermically at interval light doses of tetanus anltoxiu, which wrought a complete cure, Hard Fighting. A junk which has arrived at Che? poo, having left Port Arthur Oil Aug ust ss, brings confirmation of previous reports of severe fighting day and night. Coe Japanese shell struck the corner of a building in l'ort Arthur und killed or .wounded -00 people. Fifteen six-inch shells fell at one spot on the water front In one day, but hurt no one. lt is roughly cst I mated that the Japanese are from live to night miles from Port Arthur. WINTHROP COLLEGE. ? Li?t of the Young Ladies Who Won Scholarships. THE LI8T DOES NOT INCLUDE The Names or Those to Whom Full Scholarships Have Been Awarded Before the Late Kxu ni I nat lon. On July 8, G4t> young women, at the various county seats in South Caro lina, applied for a scholarship in Winthrop and stood lite entrance ex amination for admisslop; the results of this examination have just been determined. The successful applicants will be at once notified. Those interested are in all sections of the State and, of course, they are anxlcus; some have been successful, others must try again. The list is not complete and In the counties of Anderson, Edge field, New berry and York the result Is not yet known. The delay comes from vari ous causes. The Act of the Legisla ture under which these scholarships are now awarded is a new one and various limitations not before In force now apply; sickness, lack of Informa tion as to details, both contribute to the delay in these cases and as soon as possible the uncertainty will be ended. The following is the Hst as lt now stands. This Hst do2S not Include names of tltose to whom full scholar ships have been awarded before, but only those who have secured them by this last examinatk n. The number following the name of county indi cato3 the number of scholarships va cant in that county when this exami nation was otlered-the term "one year" following any name Indicates that the award in this case ls for one year only and that this scholarship wi!! be ope" for competition by ex amination again next year; this condi tion is determined by the average made In examination: Abbeville, (1) Eliza L. Mabry, Abbe ville. Aiken, (:i) Sarah M. Lesley, Lang ley; Ethel Coleman, one year, Earle: Ophelia Langston, (one year.) Lang ley. Anderson, (4) report not complete. Hamberg, (1) Linnie Riley, (one year.) Bamberg. Barnwell, (1) Blanche Baxley, Black ville, r.v. ^ Beaufort, (1) Alina Ohlandt, ohc] year, Beaufort. Berkeley, Ol) Pearle Gilmore, Holly Hill; Edna Barre, PIuopolls; Eiitb Oliver, one year, Plnopolls. Charleston, (4) Ethel M. Lofton, (one year,) McClellanvllle; Sallie W. Smith, one year, Mount Pleasant. Cherokee, (1) liena Wcssinger, Gaff ney. Chester, (1) Evelyn Albright, Ches ter. Chesteitield, no vacancy. Clarendon, (2) Sallie B. Anderson, one. year, Summerton; Sadie E. Tls dale, one year, Manning. Colleton, (il) Bessie Barnwell, Adams Run; Caroline E. Caldwell, one year, Walterboro; Mary fi. Ackerman, one year, Cottageville. Darlington, (:t) Margaret Lawrence, Darlington; Florence A Burn, Socie ty Hill; Emma Rogers, Society Hill. Dorchester, (1) Margaret Pluckney, Summerville. Fairfield, no vacancy. Florence, (!) Je.-sle L. Wilson, one year, Florence. Georgetwon, (2) Mildred L. Heaty, one year, Georgetown: Annie /.. Yls anski, one year, Georgetown. Greenville, (1 ) Margaret J. Hailey, one year, tireen ville. Grcenwcod, (1) Annie L. Tarrant, Greenwood. Hampton, (I) Arrie Lawton, one j ear, Garnett. Horry, (2) Sue Martin, one year, Conway. Kershaw, no vacancy. Lancaster, no vacancy. Laurens, (1) Dorothy L. Cromer, Clinton. Lexington, (:i) Mary Eva Hite, Hatesburg; fiuolci R. Wesilnger, Lex ington-, Mary Barr, Leesville. Lee, no vacancy. Marion, (2) Vallie Hethea, Latta; Kate Manheim, Marlon. Marlboro, (2) Cora Helle Hogers, bennetts ville; Elizabeth G. Evans, one year, Kol lock. Newberry, report not complete. Ocon.ee, no vacancy. Orangiburg, (:i) Fannie C. Walling, Fort Motte; Julia C. Dibble, Orange burg; Justine fi. Sanders, Orange burg. Bickens, (2) Mamie Ballentlne, fias ley; Isadora Williams, fiasley. Richland, (:>) Mary Reynolds, Co lumbia: Mamie Squier, Columbia; Marie H. Duke, Columbia. Saluda, (2) Maude Crouch, Bates burg; EliseC. Rudd, one year, Saluda. Spartauburg, (1) Mamie C. Pearson, Woodruff. Sumter, no vacancy. Union, (2) Mary Flynn, Union; Mary Thomas, Union. Williamsburg, Floride M. Harper, Kings tree. York, (2) report not complete. The board of trustees has been very careful In its aclition under the new Act. At the cost of much work it has ex un:ned carefully all applications and the a tilda vi ts In support of them in order to see that no scholarship ls awarded except in full comformity to thc provisions of the Act. The importance of these scholarships to the successful applicants ls very groat. Succ?s here i ea I ly makes a young woman independent. This scholarship, with four dollars per an num additional, will enable her to se cure a college education and special training for teaching. Its value ls the greater because, awartled as it is, the scholarship stands as the rewartl .'or hard and faithful work alreatly done; it is not of grace. Visitors from other sections com ment on this feature of Winthrop anti consider lt as kone of the mt st far reaching steps ever taken by a State to secure a supply of trained teaoheis for its public schools. lt ls the special mission o? Winthrop to supply the ever-growing demand for teachers; If the demands can be met. Thc number of aPP]}^^J^l_y^_ Lcontlnued on page 4.J MYSTERIOUS MURDER VF Of an TJukni wa Whit? Woman in the Ci y of Columbia. FOUND INgBED BADLY BEATEN. Two Mysterious alon Involved. No body Found Who Knows Any ot th j Trio. Proserved Their Identity. A white woman was found gasping her last ly Inc on a bed at a litt'e three-room cottage on Plain street be tween Pulaski and Huger Thursday afternoon at, 5 o'clock with a stab wound into the brain through tbe top of her head near the forehead. She was blue black from wounds i ntl luted on her limbs .'and trunk and it was evident tl:at she bad been struck 50 or more severn blows. Several bloody oloths were found behind the screen in the lire place, another bloody cloth was found on the sofa in front of the screen and still another in a closet A bloody shoot, from which attempts had been made lo wash out blood stains, was found wadded in a ball under the sofa, and tbe sofa was wet and blood-stained. In a washstand iu the adjoining room was found a chi mes soaked with b'.ood. In the tire place was found the two ends, of a broken broom, and sticks with which the woman had evidently been beaten were found Ijlng about the mum. In a bureau drawer were found a re volver and a razor. All chamb?rs of the revolver were loaded and there was nothing to Show that lt had been recently tired.-. The razor was new, hud brobably never been used, in the room where the body was found a pint bottle- -with about a gill of whiskey left in lt was discovered. WHO IS MAUD ALLEN? In the bureau drawer were found a i number of receipts from Maxwell & Taylor, Blain street furniture dealers, made out In the name of Maud Allen. A note addressed to Mr. H. H. Whltt, Brookland, who owns the hou.se, was found on the bureau. Nearly every word In the note js misspelled. It was evidently written Thursday morning by the murdered ..woman, though the signature ls tomjtway. It asks him Lo see her "Thursday afternoon or Thursday night.*" But the police, af ter four hours' hard work Thursday night in conjunction with the coro ner, failed altogether to identify tbe I ?roman. jft^e only perron who could he found Thursday ulgbjJ who had ever seen the woman was at urgro woman named Mary Wylie, wfco llves'just id the rear of the premises! and whose two small boys have been\actlng as errand boys for the occupants of. the house. The Wy*" i."V^JLf-Bt saw ; Maud Allen alive i?arly^Th?rsd?y^m?rllO/ig/, when she chatted with her In the yard of the premises where the body was 11 afterwards found. The Allen woman bad never complained of being ill-11 treated, and she was then in appar ently her usual cheerful frame of mind. The Wylie woman shortly af terwar 1 went to work in another por tion of thc city and did not again see the Allen woman until she was called In when she reached home to look at ber dead body._ MYSTERIOUS "MAN UK TUE HOUSE.-"' I The renter of the premises is a white man, whose identity is also a deep mystery, lie rented the place about thr e weeks agu after a careful inquiry as to the orderliness of tlie neighborhood. Ile does not seem to have given anybody his name, and tbe nearest the police are able to arrive at his occupation is by a statement from the Wylie woman to the effect that on one occasion the Allen woman admit ted that the renter of the premises made his living by gambling. The Wylie woman says that she made application to thc Allen woman to do her cooking or her washing, but that all propositions of this kind were refused with the explanation that the man of the house objected to colored people coming about. This mysterious "man uf the house," however, frequently made use of the Wylie woman's 10-year-old boy Willie, to whom he was very gener ous. Upon this boy the police have to depend for all the evidence of value they are able to get started so far ile sa vs that this man tirst sent him for a pint of whiskey, which he brought to him about 11 u'clock. TWO UNKNOWN MEN CONCERNED Just after dinner, between 2 and -I u'clock, probably, the buy was Kitting on tlie frunt steps just after having run an errand. Ile beard loud curs ing and noises which indicated a light j on thc Icslde and fearing Injury to himself left and ran home. A short time after that the mau app aren" at the door and calling to him had him bring two pitchers of water. Ab ?ut half an hour ufter that he was again summoned to the dour and told to KO to the nearest 'phone and call for a physician to come at once. This time the boy was given 10 cents. In about 15 minutes be was called again and told to 'phone again for a physician; he was given 25 cents this time. Just before Dr. S. M. Deal arrived lu response to the call the renter of the premises walked leisurely ont of the front door and another unknown man walked out of the rear door ?They came In sight of each other on Huger street. The man who came out the rear door hurried on down to ward the river bridge, while th? other man went back into tlie house, re maining there but a minute and hur rying out and disappearing In the same direction as th j other man. Coroner Green expects to hold tte Inquest Friday, but there ls no prospect of evidence being deduced that day to lix the crime on any body and unless such evidence is forth coming it will be us.less to hold the Inquest. The body was Thursday night re moved to Van Metre's morgue. The woman's features were coarse and her face tells of dissipation. She was apparently between 25 anti :10 years old. lier hair is auburn. She weighs about 125 pounds. The woman from the red light dlstrlot with whom she is said to have recently lived was brought into the room Thursday night and given a good look at the body. She said that she had seen the VISITS THE PRESIDENT. A Scantily ?Clad Delegation of Fili pinos Call on Ulm. Picturesquely, but not quite ade quately garbed, a party ol eight Moro Igorrote chiefs, constituting a part of the Philippine exbibitattbeSt. Louis exposition, Tuesday paid their re spects to President Roosevelt at the White House. The exchanges be tween the chiefs and the president were Informal, but happy in their tone. Through Antero, a bright 15 year old Igorrote boy, who aoted as inter preter, the Moro datos and Igorrote chiefs expressed their pleasure at be- I lng received by the president and told him that he mlgbt depend upon their , loyalty to the American government. President Roosevelt, after hhaklng bands with each one of bis little brown visitors, replied tbat he was glad of the opportunity to greet them, to welcome them to the national capi tal and to assure them that the Amer ican government desired to promote their welfare, prosperity and content ment. As the president's kindly expr?s- ! slons were Interpreted to them by An tero, the datos and chiefs nodded 1 their beads in approval and smiled ( their thanks. The reception took 1 place lu the president's private otllce ' and adjoining the cabinet room. 1 While lt was in progress, the members J of the cabinet arri ved tu attend the regular semi-weekly meeting. Eich In turn was presented to the Filipinos J who paid them the highest respect known to their people, liefore the ' conclusion of thc reception, the chiefs, through Antero, presented to the president some handsome native gifts, Including curiously cai ved metallic pipes, a beautifully embellished spear and two shields, one o? closely woven native grass and tho other of wood J covered with hide. After they left the executive olllces } the Filipinos were shown through ' the lower apartments of the White J House. Tbe Moros were garbed In \ native costume of brilliantly colored ? Japanese silk blouse and tightly tit- ' ting trousers, all elaburately figured, 1 and wore turbans of the same mater!- I al twisted loosely about their heads. Thc Igorrotes wore complete suits of spotless white duck, relieved by orien- ( tal scurfs of brilliant colors. The \ visitors were taken to the war depart- t ment aud driven in car.iages to all t public buildings.__^ * ? Acetylene Explosion. 1 At Charleston the ac.-tylene gas j plant used for lightning the German { Artillery hall, exploded Tuesday after noon, seriously injuring Nicholas Bis choff, keeper of the hall. Mrs. Bischoff, 1 and their son, Clarence, were Injured, j The entire plant was demolished as : was the small frame house in which ( tho tanks and. generators were located. Blscli'Otf was standing On the platform 1 pouring carbide in tanks, which was 1 jeiag handed him by his son, when jhe explosion occurred. Bischoff was ?urled agarnst the side of the Artil lery hall building, his face and hands i aelng badly cut and his hair burned from his head. Clarence Bischoff was I jlowu out of the doorway, escaping ? with brulses^efl^s face. Mrs. Bischoff I received ?, ?Qi&S??&l?- on her arm from i fragment of the plant. The report ii made by the explosion heard several 1 'jloeks and the adjoiulng building i shook, so great was the concussion. * 1 Suited Him Exactly. 1 At Washington the police found a negro boy late last night who had had enough watermelon to satisfy him for . ?ome time to come. He was Jimmie . Harrington, eleven years old, the son af an employe in the Southern rail way yards at Columbia, S. C. Last J Thursday week he was playing in the yards, and noticed a trainload of wa termelons on a side track. He slimbrd up into a car and was : ''hunting around for a cracked on?-," , he said, to break open and eat when an employe drew the door shut and locked him In. He was afraid to ! make an outcry and kept still. For three days and nights the lad subsist ed on watermelons until the train reached the. freight yards lu Wash- : ington. When the car was opened the boy appeared and the police took j him lu charge. A dispatch was sent to his father and be was started home ward at once._ 1 Hatl a Konzil Time. Their tbroats patched for eleven i days, which they spent without food or water, exhausted, emaciated and nearly dead, Peter Gradley and , Charles Cjnley, picked up from their dory by the schooner Hydrangea, were brought into North Sidney, N. S., Wednesday. When found they were forty miles oil Miquelon. L st In a fog while lishlng near their smack, the In drama, the men drifted for nearly two weeks, now burned by the blistering sun, now chilled by heavy mist, the wind drove them 200 miles, and when found they were unable to lift their hands. Their appearance was that of dead men, and lt was not until kindly hands had worked over them for hours that their worn and weary bodies gave signs of life._ Frightened by Explosion. By the explosion of a t.: lek of dyna mite under a car of the Ta/.ewell Elec tric company, at Ta/.ewell, Tuesday afternoon a dozen or more people were placed In jeopardy of their lives. The dynamite was put Into the Hange of the track by unknown persons and when thc explosion occurred the pas sengers, numbering about half a dozen ladies and about, as many men, were panic stricken, but no one svas injured beyond being severely shocked. The car was so badly damaged that the passengers had to be transferred In backs and taken bas', ily to the train. The al?air caused a good deal of ex citement in the neighborhood. There ls no clue to the perpetrators of the crime. * woman somewhere but that she had never lived here and she did not know her name. Inquiry by the police at practically ail the other resorts failed to discover any one who had ever known a woman named Maud Allen. Mr. Witt is well known in Brook land, where he owns much property. He is also well known In Cuiumbla. He could not bc reached over the 'phone last night after his indirect connection with the mystery became known.-Columbia State. Judge Park Or A. BIG NAVAL BATTLE Between the Russians and Japanese Fort Arthur Fleets. SEVERAL SHIPS WERE DISABLED. rho Jupaneso Claim that tho Russian Ships Suffered Heavy Dam ages, hut Their lt.nn a?es Were Slight. Admiral Togo bas reported as fol lows: "On August 10th our combined tlcet attacked tho enemy's fleet near 3uan Rock. The Russian vessels were emerging from Port Arthur try ing to go south. We pursued the >nemy eastward. Severe fighting last id from 1 o'clock Wednesday aft^r l??ii until sundown. Toward the dose the enemy's tire weakened re markably. Ills formation became ODrused and then his snips scattered. The Russian cruisers Askuld and No v 1 lt and several torpedo boat destroy ers lied te> the southward. Other of t.he enemy's ships retreated separately toward Port Arthur.. "We pursued them and lt appears bhat we Indicted considerable damage. We found life buoys and other articles oelongiog to the Russian battleship J/arevitcb tl -ating at sea. The Czare *-itch probably was sunk. We bave .ecelved no reports from the torpedo joats and the torpedo boat destroyers .vhicli were engaged in the attacks on he ships of the enemy. The Russian /Essels, with the except lon nf r.he AR. cold and the Novlk, the Czarevitch md the cruiser Pallada, appear to lave returned to Port Arthur. Our lamage was slight. Our lighting power has not been impaired." TUE RUSSIANS ESCAPE. The Russian protected cruiser Ask )ld arrived at Woosung Thursday ?vlth her tittil funnel gone close to the leek, ail of t ne funnels riddled with .hell holes, one gun on the port Bide dismounted and several large shell ?oles above the water line. One lieu tenant and ll men had been killed ind 60 men wounded. A dispatch from Shanghai says a Russian torpedo boat destroyer arrived jil ere Thursday. It is reported that four Russian battleships are oil the saddle Islands, about 70 miles south east of this port. The Saddle Islands are about, r " .. iniliS^oTaTTo^^ j - the Russian squadron left at 7 a. m., Wednesday, Aug. 10. RUSSIAN SHIPS IN PORT. A dispatch from Cheboo says late reports from T?lugchou says that the Russian warships there are the bat tleship Czarevitch, the protected cruisers Pallada and Novlk and three torpedo boat destroyers. The Czara vltch, which ls badly damaged, is be ni? .repaired with German assistance, t is alleged. A.report bas also been .ecelved to the effect *J,iat Admiral Withoft was killed in the naval battle jfiT Round Island last Wednesday. A strong detachment of Japanese warships ls reported to have sailed ?outh for the purpose of Intercepting the Vladivostok fleet, which lt ls be ieved has not yet effected a junction with the vessels reported to have been jurchased by Russia from the Argen tine government. . THE KASUOA SUNK. A dispatch to Reuter's Telegram ?ompany from St. Petersburg says that the Japanese armored cruiser Ivasuga (formerly Argentine warship Rlvadavla) was sunk with all on board luring the engagement off Port Ar thur on Wednesday last. NOV IK ESCAPES. A message has just been received at Jheffo saying that the Russian cruiser Novlk escaped from Tslugchou at the expiration of the time limit of 24 Hours set upon her remaining there. No lighting at sea has yet been re ported. DETAILS OK THE BATTLE. Viceroy Alexietf, in a dispatch to the Emperor, gives the following re port from Capt. Matousevltch, the late Rear Admiral Wlthoft's chief of staff, under date of August 12: "At dawn of August 10 our Port Arthur squadron began to make for the open sea and emerged from the pirt at ? o'clock. The squadron con sisted of six battle ships, the cruisers Asko'.d, Diana, Pallada and Novlk and eight torpedo boats. The Japan ese opposed us with the following force: A first detachment, consisting of the battle ships Asabi, Mikasa, Tull, Nashima and the cruisers Nis shln and Kasuga; a second detach ment, consisting of the cruisers Yaku mo Kasagl, Chit?se and Takasago and a third detachment, consisting of the cruisers Akitsushlma, Irsumo, Matsu shimn, Itsukushhna and llashldate and the battleshp Chin Yen, with about thirty torpedo boats. "Our squadronmanoeuvered togalo a passage through the line of tho enemy's ships. Meantime the Japanese torpedo boats were laying floating mines In the way of our squadron, thus rendering evolutions very di til cult. "At 1 P. M., our squadron, after forty minutes' fighting, succeeded in effecting a passage, and shaped its course towards Shantung. The enemy, following at full speed, caught up with us slowly, and at 5 o'clock lighting again began and continued for some hours without either side obtaining any advantage. "In the battle the commander of our squadron was killed and the cap tain of the battle ship Czarevitch was wounded and lost consciousness. Al most at the same time the engine gear of the Czarevitch was damaged and she was obliged to stop for forty min utes. This forced tho other ships to manoeuvre around her. The command of tho squadron devolved upon Rear Admiral Prince Guktonisky, aud the command of the Czarevitch upon the second in command. [continued on page 4.J er's eat Speech Accepting the Nomina* tion of the Demo* crats for the Presidency. RESPECT OF THE LAW s the Keynote of the Speech. . What He Says About the Trusts, Tariff and Other Things. In formally accepting the nomina ion of the Democratic party as ita sandldate for President, Judge Parker, eplying to the speech of Chairman 'lark, of Hie notification committee, ipoke ss follows: Sir. Chairman and Gentlemen of the Jommlttee: I have rf signed the office )f Chief Judge of the Court of Appeals )f this State in order that I may ac >ept the responsibility that the great J Convention you represent has put upon ne, without possible prejudice to the Court to which I had the honor to be nni7 or to the eminent members cf ;he"judiciary of this State, of whomT? nay now say as a private oitizen I am ustly proud. At the very threshold of this r? ponse and before dealing with other ,u bj ec ts I must, in justice to myself ind to relieve my sense of gratitude, express my profound appreciation of ,he confidence reposed in me by the Convention. After nominating me md subsequently receiving a commu licatlon declaring that I regarded the mid standard as firmly and irrevocably ?st ab li si ied, a matter concerning vhich I felt it incumbent upon me to. uake known my attitude so thathere ifter no man could justly say that his support had been secured through in- - llrection or mistake, the Convention, eiterated its determination that I ihould be the standard-bearer of the larty in the present, conte&t. This nark of trust and confidence I shall ?ver esteem as the highest honor that ?ould be conferred upon me-an honor ha? ,whatever may be tho iate-of. the. lampalgn, the future can in no degree essen or impair. THE ADMIRABLE rLATFORM ipon which the party appeals to the ountry for its confidence and support dearly states the principles which vere so well condensed in the first in lugural address of President Jefferson, md points out with force and direct ?ess the course to be pursued through iheir proper application in order to in ure needed reforms in both the iegls ativeand administrative departments if the Government. While unhesitati ng in its promise to correct abuses md to right wrongs wherever they ap )ear or however caused; to investigate ,he administrative departments of the . * ?overnment, the conduct of whose ofll iials has created scandal, and to punish ;hose who have been guilty of a breach if their trust; to oppose the granting if special privileges by which the few nay profit at the expense of the many; :o practice economy in the expendi ture of the moneys of the people, and x> that end to return once more to the uethods of the founders of the Repub lic by observing in disbursing the pub ic fund? the care and caution a pru lent individual observes with respect o his own; still the spirit of the plat form assures. CONSERVATIVE, INSTEAD OF RASH lotion: tlie protection of the innocent is well as tlie punishment of the guU by; the encouragement^ot in?l?astry, 2conomy and thrift; the"protection of property and a guarantee of the en forcement for the benefit of all of man's inalineable rights, among which is said in the Declaration of Indepen dence, are "life, liberty and the pur suit of happiness." Liberty, as under stood In this country, means not only tlie right of freedom from actual ser vitude, imprisonment or restraint, but elie right of one to use his faculties in ill lawful ways, to live and work where" he will and to pursue any lawful trade . or business. These essential rights of life, liberty and property are not only guaranteed to the citizen by the Con stitution of each of the several States, but the States are by the fourteenth amendment to the Constitution of the Criited States forbidden to deprive any person of any one of them without due process of law. LIMITATIONS OK TOWER. Occasionally, by reason of unneces sary or impatient agitation for re forms, or because the limitations placed upon the departments of Gov ernment by the Constitution are dis regarded by officials desiring to accom plish that which to them seems good, whether the power exists in them or not, it becomes desirable to call atten tion to tlie fact that the people, In whom all power resides, have seen fit, through the medium of the Constitu tion, to limit the governmental pow ers conferred and to say to oepart ments created by it; "Thus far shalt thou go and no farther." Tosecure the ends sought the people have by the Constitution separated and dis tributed among the three depart ments of Governmentr-the executive, legislative and judicial-certain pow ers and it is the duty of those adminis tering each department so to act as to preserve, rather than to dcstr?y.the potency of the co-ordinate brandies of the Government, and thus secure the exercise of all the powers conferred by tlie people. TnOMAS JEFFERSON In a letter to William C. Jarvis, touch ing the perpetuity of our Institutions, written many years after he had re tired to private life, said: "If the three powers ci our Government main tain . their mutual independence of each other lt may last long, but not so if either can assume the authority of tlie other." It must be confessed that In the course of our history exe cutives ha.ve employed powers net be longing to them; statutes have been Eassed that were expressly forbidden y the Constitution, and statutes have [Continued on page 4,]