The county record. [volume] (Kingstree, S.C.) 1885-1975, July 14, 1904, Image 7
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6KEAT ENTHUSIASM MANIFESTED
Eminent New York Jurist Wins the
Nomination on First Ballot Amid
Great Enthusiasm?Platform Adopted?Hearst
nand Gray
St, Louis, Special.?Judge Alton B.
Parker was nominated for President by
the Na:ional Democratic Convention
on Satrrday morning at 5:40, central
time. On the first ballot be received
67 ballots?more than the two-thirds j
aeeessaiy to a choice.
There was unbounded enthusiasm
among the delegates when the result of
the vote was announced.
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ALTON B
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Thf Democratic National Convention
which assembled in St. Louis on July
6th v.as one f the largest representative
bodies tl At ever graced a convention
hall since the begining of the republic.
John Sharp Williams was temporary
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MEETING PLAC
chairman, ana made a vigorous speech,
arraigning the Republican position on
all questions.
The committee on permanent organization
nominated Champ Clark, of
Missouri, for permanent chairman.
The platform was adopted on Friday
night, and Parker, Bryan and Gray
were each placet; In nomination.
The following la taken from the
nomination speech of Mr. Littleton who
placed Judge Parker's name before the
" Boy Shoots Four Children.
Roanoke. Va., Special.?A special to
The Times from Grahat^, Tazewell
county, says: "A triple tragedy occurred
Tuesday morning at Bluestone
Creek, when the eleven-year-old son of
Henry Gill, a farmer, accidentally shot
and instantly killed his brother, aged
five years; fatally wounded another
brother, aged seven years; seriously
wounded his sister, aged three years,
and mortally shot a boy by the name
of Holbrooks, ag? d 11 years.
rHE NOMINEE
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ratic National ConvenSt.
Louis
convention:
"Mr. Chairman and Gentlemen of the
Convention:
"We do not expect here that stupid
peace which smells of chloroform. We
do not wish that unctuous unanimity
which springs from the uaoonflicting
emotions of a solitary man. We would
not have our harmony in a single harness.
We. too. love the stir of a strenuoup^ife;
but we believe in equal strenu^Sness
for all and special strenuousness
for none. We do not derive our
power from the seats of the mighty, but
from the souls of the humble. We do
not ask for insane agreement springing
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bursts of dissension Issuing from roJaMgiBiSEg
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l. PARKER.
; bust freedom. We are not In executive
; session, but ratber in the oramittee of
' the whole. We were sent here by the
j people to select a candidate. We were
not sent hero by the candidate to notify
the people. Our adversaries, by dwell'
ing tenderly on the simplicity of the laST.
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mented McKinley, managed to endure
for three days the strenuoslty of Roosevelt.
By recounting in affectionate
terms the achievements of the one,
they evoked an enthusiasm which they
immediately credited to the other.
Through tears that were shed for the
noble dead, they saw a larger outline of
the living. Driven by lash and lured by
j luck, they called on all the sacred dust
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Highwayman Captured.
Helena, Mont., Special.?C. C. Moser,
one of the highwaymen who shot Police
Sergeant Hanna, after having robbed
the Owl Saloon, at Billings, of $2,000,
was captured near the Shoshone river.
He was unarmed and made no resistance.
It is said that Ed. Grady, his
accomplice was seen in Billings Saturday
night, but no trace of him has
been found.
three full days, the pendulum petered
out, the hands stuck fast, and only a
strenuous shake could make the wheels
go round. Spiritless in the sullen task,
they worked uphill the grain and gravity
of the hour. Without the master
whom they had learned to love, they
lingered under the whip of one whom
they have learned to fear. Stripped of
premediatated pomp and shorn of
soothing phrase, the occasion meant no
more or less than an era of boots and
spurs. Take away the tribute to the
dead and all that is left is a horseman
on the slopes of San Juan. Remove the
reverend black that tells of a nation's
grief, and underneath is a khaki uniform.
Withold the record made by
hands and hearts now still, and all that
is left is usurpation's bold account.
Pull off the mask that wears the kindly
smile of peace and Bee the grim and
firm set teeth of war. It was the
change from sure and certain ways to
the shifting, eddying currents of the
wHd unknown. It was a leap in the
darkness of Republican eclipse, and
four years hence will find them vainly
looking for the light. It marks the
place where a party, in a year's time,
forsook the beaten path and went on
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a winding wuy ot uutmvcicu iuoub. n
makes the gap between the era of the
conservative and the radical. It looks
good now because they do not see
where the old force ends and the new
begins.
"We appeal to every Democrat from
everywhere to forget the bitter warfare
of the past; forget the strife and
anger of the older, other days; abandon
all the grudge and rancor of party discontent,
and, recalling -with ever-Increasing
pride, the triumphs of our fifty
years of a constitutional government
of liberty and peace?here and new resolve
to make the future record that re|
splendent reach of time In which liber'
ty and peace went up and down the naj
tlons of the earth, building their king- ;
dom In the hearts of men and gathering
the harvest of genius and toll; in which
| reason struck from the hand of force
the sword of hate and plucked from the
heart of war tbe germ of greed; In
which conscience smote the thoughts
of wrong and filled the mind with mercy's
sweet restraint; In which power
grew In the human brain, but refused
the shelter of a elitterlna crowd: In f
which the people of all lands and tongues,
awakened to hope by the Inspiration
of our example, followed with the
march of years the luminous pathway
leading to a destiny beyond the reach
of vision and within the providence of
God. In this spirit. New York nominates
for President of the United States
Alton B. Parker."
i Mr. Littleton's speech dealt at length
with Republican claims, and he grew
eloquent in his peroration In which he
named the New York jurist for the
standard bearer. He was liberally applauded.
The nominations of both Hearst and
! Gray were well received and liberally
' applauded.
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The platform adopted deals with a
; number of public questions. The money
| question, however, was omitted as a
j compromise.
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AL CONVENTION.
Rumor of Naval Battle.
St. Petersburg, By Cable.?It is reported
in special dispatches from
Liao-Yang under Saturday's date that
a persistent rumor to the effect that a
a naval engagement has occurred at
! Port Arthur, In which 21 Japanese
j warships participated, resulting in a
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current at Llao-Yang July 5th, the location
of the engagement being given
aa northward.
Killed by Mob.
Charleston, S. C., Special.?John Tyler,
a negro laborer on the Seaboard
Air Line work train, was taken from
the train at Mlddendorf, a station 20
miles south of Cheraw, at 6 o'clock
Tuesday morning by a mob of over 25
men. He was carried about half mile
: away where he was to be shot but
I broke away from his captors and ran
j 300 yards, and there he was literally
I shot to pieces.
RUSSIANS DISCOVERED
8uccess of Japanese Flanking Operations
Surprises Them?Heavy
Fighting Now Likely.
St. Petersburg, By Cable.?With tho
return of three days' fine weather,
drying tho roads at the theatre of
war. the military authorities here are
once more inclined to believe in the
probability of heavy fighting and even
in the possibility of a general engage
ment. The Japanese columns appear
again to be pushing forward at all
points but the strategic plans of the
Japanese, as well as the location of
their main force and the place where
their chief blow will be struck, whether
at Kai-Chu. Hai Cheng, Lio Yang or
even at Mukden, are still puzzling
the Russian authorities. In a general
way, the Japanese seem to bo withdrawing
their pressure southwest of
Kai-Chou and Liao-Yang, but to be
maintaining It northeast, as if contemplating
a combined attack on TaTche-Kiao
and Liao-Yang. The sue
cess of the Japanese flanking operations
is disconcerting the Russians.
One by one the passes in the mountains.
which the Russians had fortified
in advance with infinite pains,
have been attacked by the Japanese
who have always managed, by trivals
r.ot marked on the maps, to circumvent
the Russians. ?
St. Petersburg, By Cable.?A division
of the Baltic Squdron will sail from
Cronstadt July 28th under sealed orders.
Complete mystery enshrouds
its- destination. It is said, although
nothing is certain on this point, that
the orders for the division will be
opened at five days interval. There
are attending circumstances which
make it seem unlikely that the division
will start on its long journey
to the far cast until the other ships
are ready. It is understood the division
will include the armored cruiser
Admiral NakhimofT, the battleship Osliabia.
the protected cruiser Aurora
and the battleship Alexandra III, and
possibly the battleship Navarin and
the transport Kamtchatka.
The general naval situation, with
the Port Arthur squadron ready for
sorties at will, and the Vladivo3tock
squadron embarrassing the Japanese
transport plans, compelling the constant
presence of Vice Admiral Kamimura
in the Sea of Japan, is considered
to have much improved. There
is elation everywhere over the latest
successful cruise of the latter.
Kaw River on Rampage.
Kansas City, Mo.. Special.?All of
the west bottoms of the Missouri
side, including the union depot
and the great wholesale district
of Kansas City, will have been
covered with water before the day is
closed. A break in the Kaw river
near Armourdale, Kan., late Friday
night, sending a current of water into
the bottoms, that first inundated the
outer railroad yard^ and finally crept
north, flooded cellars in the wholesale
houses and spread out toward
the union depot. The water rose
slowly and while it will undoubtedly
do great damage, it is not believed
that the tremendous losses of last
year will be duplicated. Friday morning
a heavy rain storm started in
Kansas City and west to Topeka,
which will send the Kaw still higher.
Negroes Confess Assault.
Lancaster, Pa., Special.?Aaron Timbers
and Jonas Sims, two of the negroes
who assaulted Mrs. Elsie Biddle,
whose home is near Burlington, N. J.,
were arrested in Columbia early Thurs
day. After a few hours in a cell, the
men confessed that they were implicated
in the affair, but claimed that
they had not taken part in the assault,
which they assert was committed by
William Austin, who was arrested last
night in Philadelphia. The news of the
arrest soon spread and created great
excitement here. The prisoners were
brought to Lancaster today and lodged
in the county jail.
Gen. Howard's Funeral.
Washington, Special.?Brief funeral
services were held here Friday over
the remains of Brigadier General
Thomas B. Howard, of the Confederate
army. Mrs. Rankin Mason, a
daughter-in-law of tho deceased officer.
left later with the body for Houston,
Tex., wheie interment will follow
a Masonic funeral next Sunday.
Warns Republicans.
New York, Special.?The Wall
Street Journal, the country's leading
financial paper says the safe condition
of the country's business is due to
the abandonment of free silver and
Populism by the Democrats. It will
also congratulate the Democracy and
sound a warning to the Republicans.
Georgia Railroad Sold.
Gainesville, Ga.,Special?The Gainesville.
Jefferson & Southern Railroad
was sold in this city by Samuel C. Dunlap.
special master. The road was first
offered as a whole, but there were no
hidHers. The road was then sold in
sections, the first part put upon the
block being 55 miles, running from
Gainesville to Jefferson and from Belmont
to Monroe.
Another Seaboard Train.
Wilmington, Special.?President J.
A. Taylor, of the Wilmington chamber
of commerce, is officially notified by
Traffic Manager E. F. Cost, that a
double daily passenger service on the
Seaboard Air Line between this city
and Charlotte will be inaugurated immediately
by the addition of another
train, which will leave Charlotte Sunday
at 3:30 p. m., arriving here about
11:30 p. m., returning leave Wilmington
about 5 a. m., reaching Charlotte
about noon.
DAVIS SECOND PLACE
National Democratic Ticker Completed
Saturday Nifht
WAS .NOMINATED BY ACCLAMATION
Entire Harmony Prevailed at the
Close of the Convention and All the
Factions Were Satisfied
FOR PRESIDENT
ALTON BROOKS PARKER
of New York.
For Vice-President
HENRY G. DAVIS
of West Virginia.
The above is the ticket nominated by
the Democratic National Convention at
St. Louis last week. The questions
were all gone over thoroughly and the
standard-bearers were chosen after mature
deliberation and thorough discussion.
The Presidential nomination was
made early Saturday morning, and it
was expected that when the convention
reassembled at 2 p. m. the vice-presidential
matter would be settled quickly
and an adjournment reached. But
in the interim a telegram ha'd been received
from Judge Parker that threw
the mass of delegates into a temporary
state of great excitement. The
telegram follows:
' Hon. W. F. Sheehan, Hotel Jefferson,
St. Louis:
"I regard the gold standard as firmly
and irrevocably established, and
shall act accordingly if the actiqn of
the convention of today shall be ratified
by the people. j\s the platform is
silent on the subject, my view should
be made known to the convention, and
If it is proved to be unsatisfactory to
the majority, I request you to decline
the nomination for me at once, so that
another may be nominated before adjournment.
A. B. PAP.KER."
The reading of this message and its
explanation by John Sharp Williams
put the delegates back into a satisfied
state of mind, and the work of the body
was then closed up and an adjournment
reached amid much cheering.
Following was the detailed vote on
the first ballot, which gave Parker the
nomination: Alabama, Parker, 22; Arkansas,
Parker, 18; California, Hearst,
20; Colorado, Parker, 4; Hearst, 5; McClellan,
1; Connecticut, Parker, 14;
Delaware, Gray, 6; Florida, Parker, 6;
Hearst, 4; Georgia, Parker, 26; Idaho,
Hearst, 6; Illinois, Hearst, 54; Indiana,
Parker, 30; Iowa, Hearst, 26; Kansas,
Hearst, 10; Parker, 7; Miles, 2; Cockrell,
1; Kentucky, Parker, 2 ; Louisiana,
Parker, 18; Maine, Parker, 7;
Hearst, 1; Olney, 4; Maryland, Parker,
16; Massachusetts, Olney, 32; Michigan,
Parker, 28; Minnesota, Parker, 9;
Hearst, 9; Cockrell, 1; Towne, 2; Gray,
1; Mississippi, Parker, 20; Missouri,
Cockrell, 36; Montana, Parker, 6; Nebraska,
Cockrell, 4; Hearst, 4; Olney,
1; Gray, 1; Watt, 1; Patison, 1; Miles,
1; Nevada, Hearst, 6; New Hampshire,
Parker, 8; New Jersey, Parker,24; New
York, Parker, 78; North Carolina, Parker,
24; North Dakota, Williams, 8;
Chio, Parker, 46; Oregon, Parker, 4;
Hearst. 2; McClelland, 1; Coler, 1;
Pennsylvania, Parker, 66; Rhode
fsland, Hearst, ,6 Parker, 2; South Carolina,
Parker, 18; South Dakota, Hearst,
8; Tennessee. Parker 24; Texas. Par
ker, 36; Utah, Parker, 6; Vermont,
Parker. 8; Virginia, Parker, 24; West
Virginia, Parker, 10; Hearst, 2; Gorman,
2; Washington, Hearst, 10; Wisconsin,
Wall, 26; Wyoming, Hearst, 6;
Alaska, Parker, 6; Arizona, Hearst, 6;
District, of Columbia, Parker, 6; Indian
Territory, Parker, 5; Hearst, 1; Hawaii,
Hearst, 6; New Mexico, Hearst, 6;
Oklahoma, Parker, 2; Hearst, 2; McClelland,
1; Olney, 1; Porto Rico, Parker,
2; Hearst, 4. '
The foregoing is a total of 658 votes
for Parker. Idaho, Washington and
West Virginia then changed to the Parker
column, giving him a clear plurality
and Governor Dockery moved to
make the nomination unanimous.
Judge Parker was notified of his
nomination early Saturday morning,
just as he was returning from his customary
swim in the river near his
home. He took the news calmly and
with his usual dignity. Sunday he
attended church and listened to a
sermon in which a thinly veiled compliment
was paid himself. The usual
quiet still is noticeable in all his
manners.
ROLL FOR VICE PRESIDENT.
The roll of States was called for the
piVsentation of candidates for vice
president. Even at this time, tha galleries
were less than half filled, and
great areas of vacant scats were visible.
Alabama was called several times
with no response, but finally Mr. Russell.
of that State, announced that
Alabama would give way to Illinois.
I Samuel Alschuler, of Illinois, announced
that Freeman B. Morris
v/ould speak for that State. Mr. Morris
took the platform to name James
R Williams, of Illinois. Cheers greeted
the mention of Mr. Williams' name,
but they did not come in great measure
from the delegates.
Colorado yielded to Washington, and
Chairman Clark recognized Frederick
C. Robertson, of that State, who spoke
for ex-Senator George Turner.
Connecticut yielded to Indiana and
Delegate Spencer, of that State, secored
the nomination of Williams, of
Illinois.
By this time a report that a telegram
had been received from Judge'
Parker, declaring his position on the
financial question, had become general.
A crowd of delegates hurridly gathered
around Shechan, of New York,
and Tillman, of South Carolina.
Little conferences began to occur
and the orators did not receive much
attention except from the galleries and
the small fry, who did not know that
a probable sensation was ripening all
about them. Deleware gave her place *
in the call to West Virginia, and the
chair recognized John D. Alderson, of
that State, who placed in nomination
Henry G. Davis, of West Virginia.
vigorous round of applause came from
the delegates when Mr. Davis' name
was mentioned, but little {rom the galleries.
Senator DuBois, of Idaho, seconded
tho nomination of George Turner, of
Washington. ?
UMVia vjverixiyui, ui ivausas,
former Senator William A. Harris, o<
that State, in nomination in a brief
speech from the floor.
Hearst Pledges Support.
Mr. Hopkins, of Illinois, secured
recognition for A. M. Lawrehce, oC
that State to read a telegram from
the platform. The telegram was from
William R. Hearst. The reading was
warmly applauded. Mr. Hearst's telegram
was as follows:
t"A. M. Lawrence, St. Louis: I wish
to thank my friends for their unfaltering
support. I think I can best express
my appreciation of their loyalty
by continued devotion to the principles
of true Democracy, for which we have
fought, and by loyal support of the
man chosen by the convention to lead
the Democratic party.
"WILLIAM RANDOLPH HEAR3T."
Buzzard's Bay, Mass., Special.?
Former President Grover Cleveland,
who is the guest of Joseph Jefferson,
was advised of the nomination of
Judge Parker for President as soon as
lie awoke Saturday morning. Later.
Mr. Cleveland sent the following
statement to the Associated Press:
"Mr. Cleveland declines to see any
reporter or representative of the press
but sends the following word from his
room to the Associated Press:
"I am in absolute ignorance of *ae
action of the St. Louis convention
except in so far as it has nominated
Mr. Parker as Presdential candidate.
With this result I am abundantly gratified,
and I hope that the remainder
of the work of the convention will '
add to the encouraging prospects of
Democratic success.' This is all , I
can possibly say at this time. I do
not know when I shall have an opportunity
to read the platform adopted
or to learn of the entire proceeding*
of the convention. In any event, it
is absolutely certain that no further
expression from me may be expected
at present. I hope to be relieved of
further importunity on this subject"
Kaw River on Rampage.
Kansas City, Mo., Special.?All of
the west bottoms of the Missouri
side, including the union depot
and the great wholesale district
of Kansas City, will have been
covered with water before the day is
closed. A break in the Kaw river
near Armourdaie, Kan., late Friday
night, sending a current of water into
the bottoms, tnat nrsi munaaiea im>
outer railroad yards and finally crept
north, flooded cellars in the wholesale
houses and spread out toward
the union depot. The water rose
slowly and while it will undoubtedly
do great damage, it is not believed
that the tremendous losses of last
year will be duplicated. Friday morning
a heavy rain storm started in
Kansas City and west to Topeka,
which will send the Kaw still higher.
Negroes Confess Assault.
Lancaster, Pa., Special.?Aaron Timbers
and Jonas Sims, two of the negroes
who assaulted Mrs. Elsie Biddle,
whose home is near Burlington, N. J./
were arrested in Columbia early Thursday.
After a few hours in a cell, the
men confessed that they were implicated
in the affair, but claimed that
they had not taken part in the assault,
which they assert was committed by
"William Austin, who was arrested last
night in Philadelphia. The news of the
arrest soon spread and created great
excitement here. The prisoners were
brought to Lancaster today and lodged
in the county Jail.
The. Siberian Tarantass.
Traveling in Siberia, apart from the
railway, now given up entirely to military
transports, is mainly done in a
vehicle called a tarantass. This has
been called the "Siberian hansom,"
but it is a very different vehicle to the
hansom we know by that name. The
tarantass Is a roomy carriage, cover-/
ed by a hood. It has no springs, but is
balanced on long poles, which, in
some measure, break the jolting.
There are no seats for the passenger,
who has to make himself as comfortable
as be can on a kind of mattress
spread *on the floor of the vehicle.
Sturdy ponies peculiar to northern
Russia are the animals employed,
usually in pairs, to draw the tarantass.
They live roughly and can go
immense distances over all sorts of
ground without fatigue.
Horse's Hind Legs Frozen.
A horse broke through ice In Waterjury.
Conn. When he was drawn out;
>f the water It was found that both his)
Mnd legs had been frozen together.