The Horry herald. (Conway, S.C.) 1886-1923, August 18, 1904, Image 1
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
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