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VOL. XIII Parker Not His I* r The Formal Speech of Notification Made by Congressman vChamp Clark. MANY DEMOCRATS ATTEND Amid the Thunders of Applause the Candidate Hears the Call of Democracy and the People. At Ksophus, N. V., where lie lives, ( Judge Alton U. Parker on bust Wednesday received formal notltlcatlon of his nomination for the Presidency of the United States as the candidate of the Democratic party, and in accept- i, ing gave public expression for the lirst time of his views on the issues of the campaign. The notltlcatlon 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 Informed the candidate of his |, nomination, and presented to him a ( formal communication signed by the , committee. ] Standing beur headed, during a brief lull in the rain storm which had lasted ( since soon after daylight, Judge i'ar- , ker accepted the nomination and set , forth Ills views in a speed) thai ev< k- ( ed frequent and hearty applause. lie | spoke for a little more than half an hour. The ceremony was held on the lawn at Kosemount, under tire trees at the ' uortli of the house, and was attended 5 by upwards of (100 persons, the larger * number of whom came from New York ' City with the notification committee ' on tire steamer Sagamore. The Com- ' pany included many Democrats of na- ,v tional prominence, as well as a large 1 and representative delegation from * Tammany Mali. ; Tiiere would have been a gala day gatlrcring from Kingston and vicinity ' where perhaps the Judge Is best ' known, hut the rain hud been so heavy and so continuous that few local pco- ( pie ventured forth. It was at iirst decided to hold the s ceremonies on the Sagamore, owing to the storm, hut the protest of those who ^ ui.in?n/) I,..I.... .. t I.I.. I I nautuvi i> i ai iu:i iiuiiiu ti au own house was so vigorous that, al the 1 last moment, the little platform elected on the I'arker lawn was hastily dee- ' orated with llags and the ocivinonh s were held there according to t he orig- 1 I mil plan. During most of the time ( coupled f>y ' Chump Clark's speech the rain was 1 falling in a steady drizzle, hut it stop- 1 ped entirely just as Judge I'arker he- 1 gan his address, and held oil until he c finished. 1 Representative Clark was speaking ;l and Judge I'arker was stand ng hire-11 headed without shelter when a man in 1 the crowd called: "Somebody hold an ;1 umbrella over Judge I'arker."' A number were Remedial. ly olfeied 1 hut the Judge rt^used them with ai' courteous wave of the hand. "Justice 1 for all, spiclal privileges for none," r said Mr. Clark, and the spectators ^ showed their appreciation of the sally J by a shout of laughter. 1 While Judge I'arker was speaking 1 there was no need of shelter. The rain 11 stopped and not a breath of air stir- 1 red. In the stillness, every word could 1 be heard distinctly to the farthest bor- 8 ders of the crowd. c It Is long years since Judge I'arker * has heed heard In a political speech, 1 and to most of his hearers he was absolutely new In this capacity. They c heard him with a kern interest, not unmixed with curiosity. The address 1 was delivered in the clearest, tones, in f avoiceseldom raised above the conver- 1 national pitch, but perfectly audible, * nevertheless. His enunciation was (lis- ( tinct and his delivery exceeding'y deliberate. He used few gestures, mak- ' ing his emptiasis almost entirely with his voice, lie adhered to the text of his written address, with the wording .of which lie appeared perfectly famil- s iar, though lie held a copy in his hand and followed It somewhat closely with s his eyes while speaking. J The speech was heard with closest [ attention and applause frequently 1 punctuated It. The candidate's audi- 8 _?ence awoke to a high pitch of enthusl- j -v a*m wnen ne spoke or so called mill-1 truism and imperialism. ?'Ours is a world po^ver," said he, "and as such it mijsA^o maintained, but I deny that 11 S Pjl- all recently that the United States has att&lned that eminence." When he enunciated tills principle there came a hurst of cheers that caused the speaker to wait a few J minutes before he continued, llis pledge not.to accept a second term If he was elected aroused Instant interest, which increased to marked enthusiasm when llie speaker went on to , explain his position. Then the crowd seemed to yield to the forc8 of his reasoning and at the end of a particularly telling period toward the close of the speech, It gave the candidate the greatest, demonstration of the after? noon. It looked as though every man, | woman and ohild in the throng surrounding the platform had a small Amerioa flag and as they cheered the waving ilags almost concealed the oc- : cupants of the stand. The speaker waited for the appl&usa to subside and then made his rew concluding remarks, finishing his address at six minutes before three. He began bis < address at 2.18 P. M. i ified of domination. HE WAS SMOOTH. A .Macon Hotel Man Up AkhIiihI the h.'al Article. A dispatcli from Macon, Oa., to the Augusta Chronicle says Proprietor hen. L. Hendricks, of the Park hotel, Wednesday morning swore out a war rant In the city court for W. W. Craig, one of Ids guests, who lias departed for parts unknown and who lias not paid the proprietor ids bill for lodging since last Wednesday From what can te judged Craig is one of ihe smoothest citizens that ever visited the Central City. lie came to this place last Wednesday and said that lie w;,s an expert chatfeur representing the New York Safety Steam Power company, and that he intended to give a free exhibition for the benetit of the people who ride in these parts. He did not have Ids machine and said that it would arrive in a few days. Ho took particular pains to have a number < f persoi s about the hotel hear hi in telephoning to the freight department of the Southern lailway and asking them to change the route of Ids racing auto which had been billed through mistake by way of New Orleans. He a'so hurriedly opened a letter in the hotel Wednesday in the presence of Mr. Hendricks and others, from which lie produced a check for $S)8.(iO. This lie asked the hotel mau to cash, j But Mr. Hendricks was wise. lie I telrgraplied about the New York Safety Steam Power company and was j told by one bank that no such establishment was known. Craig, however, was able to borrow a few dollars on the strength of the check. Later, however, he gave a draft on the concern. The wires were used and nothing satisfactory was learned. In the meantime things were getting so warm on the track of LJraig that he disappeared Tuesday night some time or early Wednesday morning. The police of the various cities and towns of the state have neon notified to look out for Craig. As Judge Parker spoke his closing words the band struck up ' The Star spangled banner," and from the dock >f the yacht Sapphire In the river beow a number of bombs were tired In <alutc These bursting in the air, reeased parachutes from which were suspended the national colors. Later jhere weie whistle silutes from the iteamer Sagamore, John Pieici' yacht Sapphire and August llelmont's yacht, Plie Scout, which brought former Senator David B. Hill from Hyde I'ark. After the ceremony all crowded up sugerly to shake the candidate's hand knd to congratulate him upon his prech. The reception was continued on the ,'eranda until after I o'cloek when the sompany broke up and the visitors ra wwl 1.. * ? .nine i L' 1 I mil wriiKt itllll tilling. Congressman Clark, in his notitlca/li'ti speech, In pari: "Your long and corspicuous career: is a jurist in one of the high st courts n the world the period which you tave spent in expounding oonstituions and statutes cause your coun- j ryraen to believe that more exalted lor-itlon to which they are ah ?ut to all you, you will cirry with you tint m found respect lor the c nstitution md the laws which with you has beicine a conlirmcd mental habit and ipon which depends the perpetuity of /iir system of government. "Into your hands the great historic larly of constltutlo: al government 11s committed its standard with abldng faith In your courage, your Integity, your honor, your capacity und 1 /our patriotism, believing that under j /our leadership we will achieve a slglal victory, hoping that your administration will lie such a fortunate, such i happy rpech in our annals as to mark he beginning of a long era of Democratic ascendency and that you will >o discharge the duties of your high >mcc as to rank in history with the createst and best-beloved of American presidents. "The convention, according to Demicratic custom, appointed a committee of which it did mo the honor to nake me chairman for which I am leeply grateful to convey to you cficial information of your selection as /lie Democratic nominee for president >f the United States." .Judge Parker's speech in full will be ound in another column. Crazed by Oriel. At Olive Springs, Miss., frantic villi grief over the death of her hus>and, Mrs. Annie Milhr McCargo >atiii;tteu nur own inir ano cior.rillie | villi kerosene oil Wednesday and set lcraelf on tire in the public square. Spectators, horrilled by the awful ipectaole, tried to aid her, hut she 'ought them otf desperately, though the uttered no word, not even a moan jo show her sufferings. Finally thiee nen with blankets rurrounded her ind extinguished the dames. The voman, unconscious fell to the ground ind died in an hour. Mrs. McCargo conducted the principal hotel in the dty, and when her husband, Attorney W. H. McCargo, died several da)s igo the shock unsettled her reason. The climax came in her fearful act of self-destruction. Will Keep Tticni tiiiHy. The 200,000 workmen in i'ennsyl* vania who have been laid oil, the 20,J00 strikers In the New England milts trui the 20,000 working men who are nut on account of the little differences with the beef trust will provide suftldent ground for prosperity talkers to keep all the star Kcpublicau spellbinders busy this year. <'otlon la Hurt. The farmers In many sections of the State are complaining of too much rain, particularly Colleton county, and unless there Is a hold up in the rains the plauters say their crop will be seriously damaged. Already the cotton crop has suffered from too much wet weather. T!lr THE HODGE S MURDER 1*1 mtiiccl by a Society of Nejc?"ocn <>rK*ni/.e(l for Murder. A dispatch from Statesboro, Ga., hays a new light is about to be thrown on the tragedy. J. C. Deal, G. L Mikell and J. M. Fordham have just returned from Savannah where they went to see the two negroes charged with the murder, viz., Paul Held and Will Catoe. (/'atoe is said to be holding up sis well as could be expected, but Held Is about to break down. He told the gentlemen referred to above a good many tilings and promised to make a clean breast of the whole matter when they call on him again for the purp se of obtaining if possible, all ilie details of the horrible crime. NVheu ilrst approached Held refused to talk. He stated that he had decided to die with all lie knew still concealed in his breast, but the men who had known film for years iinally prevailed on him to talk. He said that there was a society known as the "Before Day Club" which held meetings in the neighborhood; it was at 21 meeting of tills club that the murder was planned, that the men to do the work were selected In this meeting, and that three other men, viz , i. b. Smith, A. J. Smith and Miles L. Waters were selected as the other three victims. The name of the club was made "The Before Day Club" for the reason that It meets after midnight and always adjourns before clay. Held says that a large number of the negroes In that section belong to the club. He did not state whv It was that the other three men were not killed on tills occasion. He stated that he knew his doom, and expressed himself as being afraid to come back here. He stated that he feared even his own race. He was trying to make peace with God, and if the men would come hack on Tuesday he would tell them all he knew about It, and give the names of all the parties who were engaged in the commission of the crime or the planning of It. Mr. Miles Waters was in town Thursday, and believes there is such a club as the one that Held claims exists here. He says that it met on 1 Sunday night near his house, and he does not relish the idea that his name lias been handed In as one of the parties marked for slaughter. Other parties who were in town from the section above here also believe that such a club exists. They say that one of the meeting places of the club is at . the Nichols gin house about ten miles above here. They will meet at a late hour and hold secret sessions until 1 just before day, when they will quietly slip away. Messrs. Deal and the other gentle- 1 men will go down to Savannah this morning and will endeavor to get all 1 tire facts possible from Held. Catoe will a'so be visited again. The two 1 negroes have n >t seen each other since they were locked in Chatham county jail. < >ne Is on the tir.st, Moor of the ' Jail and the other one on the third 1 ih or. Handy lu 11, the negro who is said to have had the gun, has never been . released from jail, though he was not ' ordered held by the coroner's jury. Will ll ilney, another negro Implicated by Hold, has been arrested and placed 1 In jail. Hold's statement will be looked for 1 with a good deal of Interest and a good deal depends on how he mak;s It, and the reasonableness of his asjrtlons as ua?. i* ...lil ? ? * hi uuw iii win iic rcueivu j, 11 ne understands as It seems that he does, [ that he is a doomed man, and that tie will neither profit nor gain by putting others in the same plight as himself, ' he will probably break down and tell the truth about it. That is the recoid even of the most abandoned oriminals. When they see Ci rtaln death facing them, they then begin to make peace with their maker as a last res( rt, and can then be depended upon to tell the truth better than at any other time. ( A Woman Sculped, before the horrified kmc of hundreds of society women and men In 1 evening dress, dining on the broad verandas of the Park Cas no, in the mellow rays of Japanese lanterns, and as the orchestra played the scalp cf Miss Mary Dougherty, of No. :t 1 <> North street, H.Chester, N. V., was ' torn from her head by the crank shaft of the big red gasolene automobile from which she had just alighted, about six o'clock Wednesday night. The flow of blood, crimsoning the soil, and her shrieks, caused a dozen women to faint and all the gursts were thrown into a panic. While she was writhing on the gravel walk her streams, with those of her sister and a woman friend who were in the auto ' mobile, were echoed by the women In the Casino's fashionable throng. ' Many cabs were called for, and a , score of private equlpages drove away with their passenge s, while the unfortunate woman, carried Into the , main building of the Casino, was being attended by Dr. Lathrop, of the Presbyterian Hospital. A Fraud Uncovered. A hand order was Issued today by < the postottlce departme ot against Prof. It. K. Dutton and his "School of I Science," at Lincoln, Neb. Mr. Dut- i ton professes to have the powers of I Christ and claims lo have a peculiar force simply wonderful to mankind. I In his advertising matter, that the department says is bringing him in a fortune, he announced that for $6 "he i would awaken the great soul of the ; functions of your Ave special sens s i and lo developo psychic faculties in i ten days and make you a wonderful i hypnotist with power to travel in spirit to any home and trace up lost i and stolen articles, find buried treat- i ures and read tbe very life history of any person from the cradle to the grave." Itlg lioase*. The Russian estimate of the Japanese losses thus far as the result of the , selge of Port Arthur aggregate 23,000 men. This indicates most desperate lighting by the Japanese army beselglng the fortress, and those in authority here declare that the Mikado's injunction not to waste the lives of the soldiers Is ironical. * 210 IT CONWAY. S. C.. ' WINTHROP COLLEGE. A Lilt of the Young Ladies Who Wou Scholarships. THE LI8T DOE8 NOT INCLUDE Tito Nuiiiph ol' TIioho to Wlioiu Full McholHrwIiiitH Have tieeu Awarded Before tlie I at to Eta uiiiiat Ion. On July 8, r>4(i young women, at tlie various county scats in South Carolina, applied for a scholarship In Winthrop and stood the cntraoce examination for admission: the results of this examination have Just been determined. The successful applicants will lie at once notitied. Those interested are In all sections of the State and, of course, they are anxious; some have been successful, others must try again. The list is not complete and in the countlesof Anderson, Kdgclield, Newberry and York the result is not yet known. The delay comes from various causes. The Act of the Legislature under which these scholarships are now awarded Is a new one and various limitai Ions not before In force now apply; sickness, lack of information as to details, t>oth contribute to the delay in these cases and as s' on as possible the uncertainty will be ended. The following is the list as it now stands. This list does not Include names of those to whom full scholarships have been awarded before, but only those who have secured them by this last examination. The number following the name of county indi cates the number of scholarships vacant in that county when this examination was offered?the term "one year" following any name indicates that the award in this case is for one year only and that this scholarship will be open for competition by examination again next year; this condi LlC'ti is determined by the average made in examination: AMinvllla <t \ Vll... I A iiwuv i iiiv, \ i / uur<u nittui j , auw | vllle. Aiken, (.'!) Sarah M. Lesley, Langley; Rthel Coleman, one year, Earle: Ophelia Langston, (one year.) Langley. Anderson, (4) report not complete. Bamberg, (I) Linnle ltiley, (one year.) Bamberg. Barnwell, (1) BlancheBaxley, Blackville. Beaufort, (1) Alma Ohlandt, one year, Beaufort. Berkeley, (2) Pearle Oil more, Holly Hill; Edna Barre, Plnopolls; Edith Oliver, one year, Plnopolls. Charleston, (4) Ethel M. Lofton, 1 (one year,) McClellanville; Sallie W. Smith, one year, Mount Pleasant. Cherokee, (1) Rena Wessluger, GallTuey. Chester, (1) Evelyn Albright, Chcs Ler. Chester Held, no vacancy. Clarendon, (2) Sallle B. Anderson, one year, Summerton; Sadie E. TIslale, one year, Manning. Colleton, (,'t) Bessie Barnwell, ' Adams Run; Caroline E. Caldwell, one year, Walterboro; Mary 13. Ackerman, 3ne year, Cottageville. Darlington, (H) Margaret Lawrence, Darlington; Florence A Burn, Society Hill; Emma Rogers, Society Hill. Dorchester, (I) Margaret Pinckney, Summervllle. Kalrtleld, no vacancy. ( Eiorence, (1) .Je sle L. Wilson, one i year, Florence. I Georgetwon, (2) Mildred L. Beaty, i duo year, Georgetown; Annie /.. Vis- 1 inski, one year, Georgetown. i Greenville, (1) Margaret J. Bailey, I ane year, Greenville. I Greenwood, (1) Annie L. Tarrant, < Dreenwood. I Kitntnl nil ( l\ A vrln I uurf/oi a >W?*|'t\/ll| \a/ li ?TT <MIC I *ear, Garnett. Horry, (2) Sue Martin, one year, i Jon way. I Keishaw, no vacancy. I Lancaster, no vacancy. I Laurens, (1) Dorothy L. Cromer, i Clinton. I Lexington, (3) Mary Eva I lite, Batesburg; Funica It. Wes-iuger, Lex- I ington; Mary Barr, Leesvllle. < Lee, no vacancy. Marlon, (2) Vallle Bethea, Latta; < Kate Manheim, Marion. 1 Marlboro, (2) Or ra Belle Borers, I Bennettsvllle; Elizabeth G. Evans, ane year, Kohock. I Newberry, report not complete. I Oconee, no vacancy. Orangeburg, (3) Fannie G. Walling, Fort Motto; Julia G. Dibble, Orange- ( burg; Justine E. Sanders, Orange- ( aurg. Pickens, (2) Mamie Bailee tine, Fasley; Isadora Williams, Easley. ( Richland, (3) Mary Reynolds, Co- ( lumbia; Mamie S<iuier, Columbia; , Marie B. Duke, Columbia. Saluda, (2) Maude Crouch, Batesjurg; Fllse C. Rudd, one year, Saluda. Spartanburg, (1) MamieC. Pearson, ] Woodruff. 1 Sumter, no vacancy. Union, (2) Mary Fly on, Union; Mary Thomas, Union. Williamsburg, Florlde M. Harper, kingstrie. York, (2) report not complete. The board of irustees has been very careful in its actition under the new Act. At the c;w?t of much work It lias examined carefully all applications and the atlidavits in support of them in order to see that 110 scholarship is awarded except in full comformity to the provisions of the Act. The Importance of these scholarships to the successful applicants is very threat. Succes here teally makes a young woman Independent. This scholarship, with four dollars per annum additional, will enable her to secure a college education and special training for teaching. Its value is the greater because, awarded as it is, the scholarship stands as the reward for hard and faithful work already done; it Is not of grace. Visitors from other sections com ment ou this feature of Wlnthrnp and consider It as one of the most farreaching step* ever taken by a State to secure a supply of trained teachers for Its public schools. It is the special mission of Wlnthrop to supply the ever growing demand for teachers; if the demands can be met. The number of applicants this year [continued on page 4.] V rilURSDAY, AUG I MYSTERIOUS MURDER Of an Unknown White Woman in the City of Columbia. FOUND IN BED BADLY BEATEN. Two MyHterloiiN Men Involved. Nobody Pound Who Kiiowh Any of l fie Trio. 1'reHerved Their Identity. A white woman woh found gasping tier last lying ou a bed at a lilt'e three-room cott'ige on Plain street between Pulaski and Iluger Thursday afternoon at 5 o'clock with a stab wound into the brain through the top of her head near the forehead. She was blue black from wounds inflicted on her limbs and trunk and it was evident that she had been struck 50 or more severe blows. Several bloody clot lis 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 sheet, from which attempts had been made lo wash out blood stains, was found wadded in a ball under the sofa, and the sofa was wet and blood-stained, in a woshtband in the adjoining room was found a chimes soaked with b'ood. in the lireplace was found the two ends of a broken broom, and sticks with which the woman had evidently been beaten wore found lying about the room. In a bureau drawer were found a revolver and a razor. All chamh rs of the revolver were loaded and there was nothing to show that it had been recently tired. The razor was new, had brobably never been used. In the room where the body was found a pint bottle with about a gill of whiskey left in it was discovered. WHO IS MAUD ALLBN? In the bureau drawer were found a number of receipts from Maxwell A Taylor, Main street furniture dealers, made out in the name of Maud Allen. A note addressed to Mr. II. II. Whltt, Hrookland, who owns the home, was found on the bureau. Nearly every word In the note Is misspelled. It. was evidently written Thursday morning by the murde:ed woman, though the signature Is torn away. It, asks him to see her "Thursday afternoon or Thursday night." Hut the police, after four hours' hard work Thursday night In conjunction with the coroner, failed alt< gether to identify the woman. The only person who could be found Thursday night who had ever seen t he woman was a negro woman named Mary Wylie, who lives just In the rear of the premises and whose two small boys have been acting as errand boys for the occupants of the hous3. The Wylie woman last saw Maud Allen alive early Thursday morning, when she chatted with her in the yard of the premises where the body was afterwards found. The Allen woman tiad never complained of being illtreated, and she was then in apparjntly her usual cheerful frame of mind. The Wylie woman shortly aft/e-warl went to work in another por lion of the city and did not again see the Allen woman until she was called in when she reached home to look at lier dead body. M YSTKItlOUS ".MAN OK T1IK 1IOU8K." The renter of the premises Is a white man, whose identity is also a deep mystery, lie rented the place about three weeks ago after a careful inuuirv as to the orderliness of the neighborhood. He dees not seem to have given anybody his name, and the nearest the police are able to arrive at Ids occupation is by a statement from the Wylle woman to the etTcctthat on one occasion the Allen woman admitted that the renter of the premises made Ills living by gambling. The Wylle woman says that she made application to the 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 of the house," however, frequently made use of the Wylle woman's 10-year-old boy Willie, to whom he was very generous. Upon this lioy the police have Lo depend for all the evidence of value they are able to get started so far. He says that this man first sent him for a pint of whiskey, which he brought to him about 11 o'clock. TWO UNKNOWN MKN CONCKKNKL). Just after dinner, between 2 and h o'clock, probably, the boy was sitting on the front steps just after having run an errand. He beard loud cursing and noises which Indicated a fight 011 the irslde and fearing injury to himself left and ran home. A short, time after that the man app ared at the door and calling to him had him bring two pitchers of water. About half an hour after that he was again summoned to the door and told to go to the neart st'phone and call for a physician to come at once. Tula time the boy was given 10 cents. In about 1 r ?u? 11 ? -J iu iuiuubc.f iiu was luihu again and told to 'phone again for a physician; he wan given 25 cents this time. Just before Dr. S. M. Deal arrived in response to the call the renter of the premises walked leisurely out 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 the other man went back Into the house, remaining there but a minute and hurrying out and disappearing In the same direction as th) other man. Coroner Green expects to hold the inquest Friday, but there is no prospect of evidence being deduced that day to fix the crime on anybody and unless such evidence is forthcoming it will be useless to hold the Inquest. Tire body was Thursday night removed to Van Metre's morgue. The woman's features were coarse and her face tells of dissipation. She was apparently between 25 and 30 years old. Her hair is auburn. She weighs about 125 pounds. The woman from the red light district 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 mill. J ST 18, 10O4. VISITS TEX FKXBIDXHT. A Scantily |Cla<l DelcgatIon ol Filipinos Call on lllm. Picturesquely, but not quite adequately garbed, a party of eight Moro Igorrote chiefs, constituting a part of the Philippine exhibit at the St. Louis exposition, Tuesday paid their respects to President Roosevelt at the White House. The exchanges be lween the chiefs and the president were informal, but happy in their tone. Through Antero, a bright lf? yearold Igorrote boy, who acted as Interpreter, the Moro dates and Igortote chiefs exprer-sed their pleasure at being received by the president and told him that he might depend upon their loyalty to the American go\ernment. President Roosevelt, after shaking hands with each one of his little brown visitors, replied that he was glad of the opportunity to greet them, to welcome them to the national capital and to assure them that the American government desired to promote their welfare, prosperity and contentment. As the president's kindly expressions were interpreted to them by Antero, the datos and chiefs nodded j1 their heads In approval jind smiled 11 their thanks. The reception took plate in the president's ptivatc otllce 1 and adjoining the cabinet room. Wlille it was in progress, the members \ of the cabinet arrived to attend the regular semi-weekly meeting. Rich in turn was presented to the Filipinos ( who paid them the highest respect ' known to their people, before the ' conclusion of the reception, t lie chiefs, ! through Antero, predated to the president some handsome native gifts, including curiously carved metallic ' pipes, a beautifully embellished spear ( and two shields, one of closely woven native grass and the other of wood 1 covered with hide. After they left the executive others the Filipinos were shown through ' the lower apartments of the White House. The Moros were garbed in ' native costume of brilliantly colored ' Japanese silk blouse and tightly lit- ' ting trousers, all elab irately figured, ' and wore turbans of the same materl- I ui twisted loosely about their heads. The Igor rotes wore complete suites of spotless white duck, relieved by orlen- , tal scarfs of brilliant colors. The visitors were taken to the war depart- , ment and driven in car iages to all ( public buildings. * , Acotyleiio Hxplotiioii. At Charleston the ae tylene gas plant used for lightning the German ' Artillqry hall, exploded Tuesday afternoon, seriously injuring Nicholas lis cholT, keeper of the hall. Mrs. lilscholf, and their son, Clarence, were injured. The entire plant was demolished as was the small frame house in which 1 the tanks and generatois were located. MischotT was standing on the platform pouring carbide In tanks, which was bciag handed him by his son, when the explosion occurred. BIschotT was hurled against the side of the Artillery hall building, his lace and hands being badly cut and his hair burned from liis head. Clarence Bluebell was blown out of the doorway, escaping 1 wilii bruises on his face. Mrs. BIschotT received a slight gash on her arm from a fragment of the plant. The report 1 made by the explosion heard several 1 blocks and the adjoining building 1 shook, so great was the concussion. * ( Suited 1 iiin Mxactly. At Washington tire police found a < negrob >y late last night who had had j enough watermelon to satisfy him for | some time to come. lie was Jimmie l Harrington, eleven yrais o'd, the son < of an employe in the Southern rail- ] way yards at C ilumbla, S. C. Last i Thursday week he was playing In the yards, and noticed a trainload of watermelons on a side track. He < climbed up into a car and was | "hunting around for a cracked one," ! lie said, to break open and eat when an employe drew the door shut and locked him In. He was afraid to i make an outcry and kept still. For three days and nights the lad subsisted oti watermelons until the train < reached the freight yards in Washington. When the car was opened < the boy appeared and the police took j | him in charge. A dispatch was sent to his father and lie was started home- j ward at once. IIml a (tough Time. Their throats parched for eleven ' days, which they spent without food or water, exhausted, emaciated and nearly dead, Peter Oradley and i Charles Conley, picked up from their dory by the schooner Hydrangea, were brought into North Sidney, N. 8., ! Wednesday. When found they were forty miles olT Miquelou. L st in a fog while tishing near their smack, tlie Indrama, 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 h^nds. Their appearance was that of dead men, and it was not until kindly hands had worked over them for hours that their worn and weary bodies gave signs of life. Frightened |?y Fxploslon. Hy the explosion of a stick of dynamite under a car of the Tazewell electric company, at Tazewell, Tuesday afternoon a dozen or more Deonle were placed In jeopardy of their lives. The dynamite was put into the flange of the track by unknown persons and when the explosion occurred the passengers, numbering about half a dozen ladles and about as many men, were panic stricken, but no one was Injured beyond being severely shocked. The car was so badly damaged that the passengers had to be transferred In backs and taken hastily to the train. The alfair caused a good deal of excitement In the neighborhood. There Is no clue to the perpetrators of the crime. I I * woman somewhere but that she had never lived here and she did not know her name. Inquiry by the police at practically all the other resorts failed to discover any one who had ever known a woman named Maud Allen. Mr. Witt Is well known in Brookland, where he owns much property. He is also well known In Oolumbia. He could not be reached over the 'phone last night after his indlfect connection with the mystery became known.?Oolumbia State. Judge Park Gi rHRTNAVAirRAT^ Between the Ruieiaus and Japanese Port Arthur Fleets. SEVERAL SHIPS WERE DISABLED. i'lie J a |taiiene i 'IaIiii i hut tlie ItutnUti Ships H uttered Heavy l>*mi iiki'h, hut Their l>*inateeu Were (Slight. Admiral Togo has reported an folows: "On August 10th our combined lcet attacke 1 the enemy's fleet near Juan Uock. The Russian vessels were emerging from Port Arthur tryng to go south. We pursued the rnemy eastward. Severe lighting lastid from 1 o'clock Wednesday aftorloon until sundown. Toward the dose the enemy's lire weakened renarkahly. Ills formation became confused and then his ships scattered, rite Russian cruisers Askold and No f\\ ani Several torpedo boat destroytrs Hid t?i the southward. Other of die enemy's ships retreated separately /jward Port Arthur. "We pursued them and it appears ihat we inflicted considerable damage We found life buoys and ether articles )elongirig to the Russian battleship >.arevitch 11 ating at sea. The Cziiedtch probably was sunk. We have ccelved no reports from the torpedo ioats and the torpedo Ixtat destroyers which were engaged In the attacks on die ships of the enemy. The Russian .essels, with the exception of the Ascold and the Novlk, the Czarevitch ind the crulsir Pallada, appear to rnt urnnH A ? ? Ri>?- * MXjm ? w ivuutuvu uv; A '/I U M I tliUl , Will iamage was slight. Oar fighting )ower has not been impaired." TUB RUSSIANS KSUAl'K. The Russian protected cruiser Ask>ld arrived at Woosung Thursday >v 1111 her fifth funnel gone close to Hie lock, all of the funnels riddled with .hell holes, one gun on the port side hsmounted and several large sholl loles alove the water line. One lieutenant and 11 men had been killed md 50 men wounded. A dispatch from Shanghai says a Russian torpedo l)oat destroyer arrived there Thursday. It is report2d that 'our Russian battleships a.c off the laddie islands, about 70 miles south last of this port. i The Saddle Islands are about 550 < niles from Port Arthur, which place die Russian squadron left at 7 a. m., 1 Wednesday, Aug. 10. RUSSIAN SIIIl'S IN TOUT. A dispatch from Cheboo says late epoits from Tslngchou says that the Russian warships there are the battleship Czarevitch, the protected jruisers Pallada find Novik and three crpedo boat d?stroyers. Tiie Czara.itch, wiiicli is badly damaged, is beng repaired with Herman assistance, t Is alleged. A report has also been eceived to the effect that Admiral Withoft was killed in the naval battle iff Round Island last Wedne day. A strong detachment of Japanese varships is reported to have sailed | K.uth for the purpose of intercepting 1 .he Vladivostok fleet, which it is beieved has not yet effected a junction . vith the vessels reported to have been jurchased by Russia from the Argen,ine government. TUB KAHUOA SUNK. A dispatch to Reuter's Telegram sompany from St. Petersburg says .hat the Japanese armored cruiser \asuga (formerly Argentine warship tlvadavla) was sunk with all on hoard luring the engagement off l'ort Ar,hur on Wednesday last. NOVIK BSCAl'BS. A message has just been received at Jheffo saying that the Russian cruiser ^lovlk escaped from Tslngchou at the txnil Slf.ion of t.llM t.ima llnrtO. i\t OA lours set 'upon her remaining there. So lighting at sea has yet been re>orted. DETAILS OF THE BATTLE. Viceroy AlexiefT, In a dispatch to ihe Kmperor, gives tiie following report from Capt. Matousevitch, the ate Rear Admiral Wlthoft's chief of itaif, 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 p irt at 0 o'clock. The squadron consisted of six battle ships, the cruisers Askold, Diana, l'allada and Novik and eight torpedo l>oats. The Japanese opposed us with the following forces^^A first detachment, consisting of the battle ships' Asabl, Mlkasa, Tu)i, Nashlma and the cruisers NIs sidn and Kasuga; a second detachment, consisting of the cruisers Yakumo Kasagi, Chitose and Takasago and a third detachment, consisting of the cruisers Akltsushlma, Irsumo, Matsushima, Itsukushima and Ilashidate and the battleshp Chin Yen, with about thirty torpedo boats. wui Hiiuauruu manueuverea to gain a passage through the line of the enomy's ships. Meantime theJapanese torpedo boats were laying floating mines in the way of our squadron, thus rendering evolutions very dlftlsuit. "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 fighting 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 captain of the battle ship Czarevitch was wounded and lost consciousness. Almost at the same time the engine gear of the Czarevitch was damaged and she was obliged to stop for forty minutes. This forced the other ships to manoeuvre around her. The command of the squadron devolved upon Rear Admiral Prince Oulctomsky, and the command of the Czarevltoh upon the second In command. [continued on page 4,j 'v ? ? NO. 19. ;er's "eat Speech % Accepting the Nominfc tion of the Democrats for the ' j Presidency. RESPECT OF THE LAW Is the Keynote of the Speech. What He Says About the Trusts, Tariff and Other Things. In formally accepting the nomination of the Democratic paity as Its candidate for President, Judge Parker, replying to the speech of Chairman Clark, of the not tloatlon oommitte?, spoke as follows: Mr. Chairman and Gentlemen of the Committee: 1 have rtsigned theotllce of Chief .1 udge of t lie Court of Appeals of this State In order that 1 may accept the responsibility that the great Convention 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 I am justly proud. At the very threshold of this re- -3^ sponse and before dealing with other subjects I must, hi justice to myself and to relieve my sense of gratitude, express my profound appreciation of the confidence reposed in me by the (Convention. After nominating me and subsequently receiving a commu- ~ nication declaring that 1 regarded the gold standard as tirmly and irrevocably established, a matter concerning which I 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 Indirection or mistake, the Convention reiterated its determination that I Should be the standard-liearer of the party in the present contest. This .mark of trust and conlidence 1 shal' ever esteem as the highest honor tha could be conferred upon me an horn that, whatever may be the fate of tb campaign, the future car: in no degre lessen or impair. J Til K A DM I KA I'll PLATFOB A upon which the party appeal* country for its confidence and clearly States the principle* ,gj*| H were so well condensed In tin _3 augural address of Presidentana points out with force a* ness t he course to lie purse 3 their proper application h? Hj sure needed reforms In ix/># lativeand administrative H of the Government. B ing in its promise to c> H and to right wrongs whenr* '3 pear or however caused; to n <9 the administrative departme % government, the conductof rials has created scandal, and those who have been guilt*' I of their trust; ?o opposeie '"VM of special privileges by '3 may profit at the expend j| to practice economy ir ffl lure of the moneys of to that end to return o. methods of the founderslce? fl lie by observing in disbun lie funds the care and ca dent individual observes to his own; still the spirit form assures. JS CONHKItV ATI VK, INSTKA' actibn: tlie protection of r C as well as tiie punishmrn fl ty; tiie encouragement i al economy and thrift; tiie t, V property and a guaranty ^3 . . forcement for the i>eri!.. _^M3man's inalineahle right!* , ... as said in tlie Declaration! dence. are "life, liberty H suit oi happiness." LHnoniP^ stood in this country, .f . J 3 < ^ tlie riglit of freedom fr/? vitude, imprisonment! tiie rlgiit of one to use all lawful ways, to live: |3 lie will and to jiursue a* ' ?8^! or liusincss. rnese esse.. 4 jv life, liberty and property are\L\i guaranteed to the citizen l>y t Htitution of each of the several but the States are by the fourteenth amendment to the (Constitution of the United States forbidden to deprive any person of any one of them without due process of law. LIMITATIONS OF POWKIt. Occasionally, by reason of unnecessary or impatient agitation for reforms. or because the limitations placed upon the departments of Government by the Constitution are disregarded by ofticials desiring to accomplish that which to them seems good, whether the power exists in them or not, it becomes desirable to call attention to the fact that the people, In J whom all power resides, have seen lit, M through the medium of the Constitution, to limit the governmental pow^*^ ers conferred and to say to aeparjS ments created by It; "Thus far shaJH : ~ ^ thou go and no farther. ' To secM..-:^^ the ends sought the people hu(^H|ii||| the Constitution separated and tributed among tlie depafl|ig|||| ments of (Government?the legislative and judicial .cer*? ers and it is the duty of those acn.. tering each department so to act a# 1 preserve, rather than to destroy, t< 10 ? potency of the co-ordinate branches the Government, and thus secure ?he exercise of all the powers conferred by the people. THOMAS .IKKKKB'tON in a letter to William C. Jarvls, touching the perpetuity of cur institutions, written many years after he had retired to private life, said: "If the three powers of our Government maintain their mutual independence of each other It may last long, but not so j if either can assume the authority of J the other." It must be confessed that in the course of our history exfr- / cutlves have employed powers not belonirinir to thAm- ut.nt.utou no iro lukAn . 0 I?W TV/ iA/VI I passed that were expressly forbldde/ by the Constitution, and statutes hay V [Continued on page *7]f