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raB SUMTES WATCHMAN, Established April, I860? Cosolidatecl Aug. 2,1881. 'Be -Instand Fear not-Let all the Ends thon Aims i at be thy Country's thy God's and Truth's. THE TRUE SOUTHRON, Established Jane, IS? SUMTER, S. C.. WEDNESDAY. M ARCH 8, 1905. New Series-Vol. XXIV. So. 33 PaWlflhed Shrary Wednesday, -BY OSTEEN PUBLISHING COMPANY, SUMTER, S. C TB SHS : $1 50 per annam-ia advance. ADTIBTISIMIITt S?B?~Square first insertion.............$1 CO ?very subsequent insertion........ SO Contracts for three months, or longer will te made at reduced rates. All coammnicatione which anbserve private .interests will becharged forasadvertiements. Obituaries and tributes of respects will be sh&rged for. FULLY FIFTY THOUSAND WIT? NESS THE CEREMONY. One oT the Most Brilliant Pageants Ever Witnessed in Washington Inaugural Address Was Brief. "Speak Softly, Bat Carry a Big Stick." . Special to The Dairy Item. * Washington, D. C.. March 4. Theodore Roosevelt was today trans? formed from President by chance into President by choice; from President through an assassin's bullet into President through the ballots of tho people. Under "the shadow of the gray-' domed Capitol., gazing ia to the placid * marble features of Greenongh's statue of the first President, the twenty sixth President of the United States sworo faithfully to execute the laws and to preserve, protect, and defend the Con? stitution. Once before he had taken his solemn obligation ; then, at the death-bed of his martyred predecessor surrounded by a small company of tear-dimmed friends and counsellors; today, in the ' * presence of a cheering hose of fifty thousand people. Then he had ridden many lonely miles over ' storm-swept mountain roads to reach the tragic scene of his elevation ; today he was escorted along the nation's grandest i . avenue from the White House to the] home of Congress between two dense ly packed lines of his countryme a .gathered from every qnarter to cheer | him and wish him Godspeed in the j coming four years. Then he had said, with choking voice, "It shall be my aim to continue absolutely. unbroken the policies of President McKinley^for "the peace, prosperity, and nondf of our beloved country " Today he left it for his fellow-citizens, who had honor? ed him with a greater majority tfcu.n ever before given, to judge whether or not he had redeemed that pledge. The Colonel of the Bough Riders has written of his crowded hour in Cuba. Today he showed his former comrads a crowded hour in Washington. They were waiting for him when he emerged from the White House this morning 30 picked men under Governor Brodie. With the crack squadron-^ A of the First Cavalrv, LT. s. Army they form? ed his escort to the Capitol. As they swung around the Treasury building into Pennsylvania avenue a division of the G. A. R, with General O. O. Howard and staff in the lead, which had been standing at salute, wheeled into the column, while the cavalrymen checked their pace to accommodate the slower footsteps of the aged veterans. ? mighty wave of chesrs swept along the Avenue as the Presi? dent's carriage came in sight. Throughout the whole route -he President, with hat in hand, kapt bowing in acknowledgment of ;he greetings. On his arrival at the Capi? tol he was conducted to the Presi? dent's room, in* the rear of the Senate chamber, where he began at once v,he sifning of belated bills. At noon he entered the abode of the Senate to witness the installation of Senator Fairbanks as vice-President. This ceremony concluded, he proceeded to the stand on the east front of the Capitol to receive the oath from Oiief Justice Fuller and to deliver his in? augural address. Immediately upon its conclusion the__Preisdent was en? cored back to the white House, where, after lunching with the officials of the Inaugural Comm i tee, he took his posi? tion on the stand in front to review the formal inaugural parade. The quadrennial national fete clay will be conclued with general illumi? nation of the city and fireworks on the Wahsington Monument grounds followed by the great inaugural ball in the Pension building, at which Presi? dent and Mrs. Roosevelt will be the guests of honor. * * . Senator Charles Warren Fairbanks, of Indiana, became vice-president of United States shortly after the mar? ble-faced clocks of the senate cham? ber registered noon today. He reached the north side of the capitol a few minutes after ll o'clock and wen: to the vice president's room, which he will occupy for the coming four y??ars " as presiding officer of the senate.* President Roosevelt had arrived a lit? tle before, and was in hs own room receiving the leaders of the senate and the house between scratcher of his pen as he signed bills passed dur? ing the expiring hours of the Fifty eighth congress. Today's buisness was of insufficient importance to seriously engage th?: at? tention of the spectators, the h'savy business of this congress already lav? ing been concluded for better or worse. At hoon Senator Frye, president pro? tein, hammered the marble desk, and announced in set formula that the ?senate of the Fifty-eighth congress as adjourned sine die: then ne im ediately called the extraordinary session of the senate of the Fifty-n congress to order. Mr. Fairbanks was forthwith us] ed into the chamber, the senate m hers of the inaugural committee ing as his escort. He proceeded to rostrum, where Senator Frye adn istered the usual oath. The new v president's first official act was to upon the senate's chaplain, the I Dr. Edward Everett Hale, to pray. * * . The broad plaza whose level s face stretches east from the Xatic Capitol can accommodate an ar: For hours this morning Washing poured its own population and a \ increment of visitors into the fr yard of the seat of government. Fr the porticos, and windows of the C itoi building a good idea of the sc( of the multitude could be gather Eight acres of humanity spread fj shaped from the focus made by a tie covered shelter, open at the sid where the president was to sta: Overtoward the imposing facade of 1 congressional library it extended, 1 eral?y a "sea of faces.** There n have been only 50,000; probably th< were nearer 100,060 in sight of 1 president when he took the oath. Stands on the central portico, < tending to the tribune wherein the c? emony" occurred, covered an ac From the central entrance of t capitol to the seats of honor surrour ing the pagoda-like tribune was laic carpet of crimson plush. Long b?fc th'e ceremonies in the senate, whe vice-President Fairbanks was taki is oath of office, were concluded, m< of the reserved seats had been fill by ticket holders. Four years ago there was an ei barrassing misunderstanding betwe the members of the Supreme ?Cot and the Diplomatic Corps as to pi cedence in the march of notables dov the red carpet; ' also, the diploma found no seats reserved for them. Tr. year there were seats for all, but tl justices went aheadand the diploma followed. The slight form of Chief Justi. Fuller was the oneto first catch tl eyes of the vast crowd. The whit haired chief justice led his colleague next came the president escorted ! the congressional committee of a: rangements. Mrs. Roosevelt and Mrs. Fairbanl were next escorted to seats just o scsi-: the- tribune. The presiden c's chil lro were witji Mrs^ Roosevelt, and. M Fairbanks' two sons, students at Yal and his daughter, Mrs. Arthur Tin mons, were with Mrs. Fairbanks. vice-President Fairbanks, accon panied by the secretary of the senai and followed by the senators and e3 Senators, was next in order. The came Speaker Cannon and the Hous of Representatives. Secretary Hay and other membei of- the cabinet were ushered to the: chairs, and at their heels came Ac mirai Dewey and Lieutenant Generi Chaffee A The governors of states and terri tories and other distinguished guest next came along in the prescribed or der. President Roosevelt advanced fror the door of the capitol, arm in arr . with Chief Justice Fuller. Instantlj from all parts of the eight acres o humanity, arose a prolonged, tumul tuous shout. At a distance it migh : have been mistaken for a chorus o colossal fog horns; close by it fille< and deafened the ears. Behind th? i president and his white-haired com panion came James H. McKenney clerk of the supreme court, bearing i ponderous Bible. After all were seated Chief Justic< : Fuller stepped from the tribune im mediately followed by the president the two taking positions facing ead ! other. In feeble tones the venerabli jurist pronounced the oatth. President Roosevelt's voice was ea? sily audible at some distance when hi repeated the formal declartion pre? scribed1, in article II of the Constitu? tion: "I do solemnly swear that I will faithfully execute the office of Presi? dent of the United States, and will tc the best of my ability, preserve, pro? tect and defend the Constitution ol the United States." A second later he bowed and press? ed his lips upon the open pages of the Bible held toward him by Clerk Mc? Kenney, of the Supreme Court. Again erect, he faced the people, and foran instant perfect silence held. A signal had been flashed from the dome of the capitol to the navy yard, whence came the boom of a ten-inch gun. first of twenty-one, fired in honor of the newly inaugurated chief ex? ecutive. The tension was broken, and a roar of cheers resounded far and wide across the plaza. On the out? skirts of the crowd bands were play ng; cannon in the Virginia forts across the river and batteries in the city were joining the big guns of the cruiser "Prairie" in the salute to the presi? dent. For many minutes the jangle of sounds continued before the president could find a chance to begin his in? augural address. . . . My Fellow Citizens: No people on earth have more cause to be thankful than ours, and this is said reverently, in no spirit of boast? fulness in our own strength, but with gratitude to the Giver of Good who has blessed us with the condi? tions which have enabled us toachieve so large a measure of well-being and of happiness. To us as a people it has nnramrw.? w. been granted to lay the foundations our national life in a new contine We are the heirs of the ages, and : we have had to pay few of the pen tier, which in old countries are exa ed by the dead hand of a bygone ci\ ization. We have :uot been obliged fight for our existence against a alien race; and yet our life has call for the vigor and effort without whi the manlier and hardier virtues wit er away. Under such conditions would be our own fault if we faile and the success which we have had the past, the success which we con dently believe the future will brir should cause in us no feeling of vai glory, but rather a deep and abidii realization of all which life has c fered us; a full acknowledgement the responsibility which is ours; and fixed determination to show that und a free government ajnighty peop can thrive best, alike as regards tl things of the body and the things the soul. Much has been given to us, ai much will rightfully be expected fro us. We have duties to others and di ties to ourselves; and we can shii neither. We have become a great n. tion, forced by the fact of its grea ness into relations with the other n; tions of the earth; aand we must- b have as beseems a people with, sue responsibilites. Toward all other n; tions, large and small, our attitue must be one of cordial and sincei friendship. We must show not only : our words, but in our deeds that v are earnestly desirous of securing the good will by acting toward them in spirit of just and generous recognitic of all their rights. But justice ax generosity in a nation, as in an ind vidual, count most when shown not t th weak but by the strong. Whi ever careful to refrain from wrongir others, we must be no less insistei that we are not wronged ourselve We wish peace; but we wish the peac of justice, the peace of righteousnes We wish it because we think it : right and not because we are afrai< No weak nation that acts manfully an justly should ever have cause to fea us, and strong po^'er should ever b able to single us out as a subject fe insolent aggression. Our relations with the other pow ers of the world are important; bu still more important are our .relation among ourselves. Such growth i wealth, in population, and in powe .as this nation has seen during the cen tury and a quarter of its national lif is inevitably accompanied by a lik growth in the problems which are ev er before every nation that rises t greatness. Power invariably mean both responsibility and dangf-r. OU : forefathers faced certan perils whicl we have outgrown. Wre now face othe perils the very existence of which i was impossible that they should fore see.Modern life is both complex am j intense, and the** tremendous change i wrought by the extraordinay industria j development of the last half centur; are felt in every fibre of our social an< j political being. Xever before have mei i tried so vast and formidable an exper ; iment as that of administering the af I fairs of a continent under the form; j of a demacratic republic. The condi tions which have told for our marvel ? ous. material well-being, which hav< ! developed to a very high degree oui energy, self-reliance, and individua initiative, have also brought the cart: and and anxiety inseparable from th? accumulation of great wealth in indus? trial centers. Upon the success of oui experiment much depends; not onlj as regards our own welfare, but as re? gards the welfare of mankind. If w? fail, the cause of free governmenl throughout the world will rock to the foundations; and therefore our re? sponsibility is heavy, to ourselves, to the world as it is today, and to the generations yet unborn. There is no good reason why we should fear the future, but there is every reason why we should face it seriously, neither hiding from ourselves the gravity of the problems before us nor fearing to approach these problems with the un? bending, unflinching purpose to solve them aright. Yet, after all, though the problems are new, though the tasks set before us differ from the tasks set before our fathers who founded and preserved this Republic, the spirit in which these tasks must be underttaken and these problems faced, if our duty is to -be well done, remains essentially un? changed. Wc know that self-govern? ment is difficult. We know that no peo? ple needs such hight traits of character as that people which seeks to govern its affairs aright through the freely expressed will of the fremen who com? pose it. But we have faith that we shall not prove false to the methods of the men of the mighty past. They did their work, they left us the splendid heritage we now enjoy. We -in our turn have an assured confidenc that we shall be able to leave this heritage unwasted and enlarged to our children ar ur children's children. To do so we mst show, not merely in great crises, but in the every day affairs of life, the qualities of practical intelli? gence, of courage, of hardihood and endurance, and above all the power of devotion to a lofty ideal, which made great the men who founded this Re? public in the days of Washington, which made great the men who pre? served this Republic in the days of Abraham Lincoln. The conclusion of the address was the signal for another ovation, during which Mr. Roosevelt shook nando with most of the notables who pressed about the tribune. Then ho was es? corted back to the rotunda of the cap? itol and thence to the executive cham? ber, where he held a brief reception before leaving for the White ?louse. BETTER SERVICE TO BE GIVES. Schedules on the Sumter and Bishop ville Road AVill be Improved and Will Be Maintained. By virtue of the complaint publish? ed in The State recently, the railroad commission has decided to give better accommodations on the line between Sumter and Bishopville. It will he re? membered that a number of traveling men united with residents of Bishop' ville in denouncing the lack of ser? vice. The railroad commission has inves? tigated the matter and the following has been agreed upon: That an addi? tional train will be put on from Sum? ter to Lucknow, leaving Sumter after the arrival of trans from Columbia, Charleston and Florence, about 10 o'clock a. m., leaving Lucknow so that it may reach Sumter in time to make connection for Columbia, Camden, Charleston, etc., trains in the after? noon. This passenger train to be in addition to the service now on . said road, less the service from Elliott to Sumter. The new schedule will go into effect at once and will prove a great con? venience to the people of the territory along the line of road. The Alcolu railroad originally was a private lumber road, but it was ac? cepted by the railroad commission as a common carrier of freight. Applica? tion has been made to the commission to have passenger facilities furnished by the road and that matter is now under consideration. The road is only 17 miles long, but its owners contem? plate extending it, . The commission has under advise? ment thte request from Darlington for better depot facilities-The State. CHADWICK TRIAL BEGINS. Andrew .Carnegie, the Multimillion? aire, Who is lo Be the Star Wit? ness, Present. - Cleveland, March 6.-Mrs. Cassie L. Cha^dwick was arraigned before_Judge Taylor' of the United States district court today for trial. She is charged with violating the National Bank laws in having conspired with President Beckwith and Cashier Spears of the Citizens' National Bank of Oberlin, whereby she obtained money on worthless checks. In the indictment the woman is re? ferred to as Cassie L. Chadwick, alias Mazie .Dev .e. Mrs. Chadwick arrived at court at 9:20 and her self-possession was per? fect, eyes steady and manner com? posed. She was in % rich costume of black, the noticeable feature being a black velvet jacket trimmed with white applique. She wore a hat with a broad flat plume trailing over the left side. She wore a white veil when j she entered the court room and took a seat back of lier lawyers at the trial table on the front bench. Her law? yers are J. H. Dawley, Sheldon Q. Ter nish, and ex-Judge Francis J. Wing; District Attorney Sullivan and two as? sistants appeared for the government. Judge Taylor, garbed in an ordinary sack suit took his seat and announced the case, the United States vs. Chad? wick, and in a few minutes the selec? tion of the jury began. About this time Andrew Carnegie entered the room and there was a buzz as he passed the defendant on his way to a seat. If the prisoner knew this was the man whose name she had so freely used she gave no intimation of the fact. STRIKE ON IN NEW YORK. Traction .Companies. Import . .One Thousand Strike Breakers From the West. New York, March 6.-The subway and Elevated management expecting labor troubles, :iave Imported a thous? and men from the West, quartered them on a steamer in the river, so as to be ready for the possible strike. James Farley, well known as a strike breaker, secured vue men, most of whom are capable. The present em? ployes of the road want more money, shorter hours and recognition of the union. The management is inclined to balk at these demands. The ex? pected trouble may come tonight or tomorrow. FIGHTING AGAINST EXTRADITION Gaynor and Green Have Not Yet Given up the Fightto Escape Trial. Montreal, March 6.-Extradition proceedings in the case of Gaynor and Greene was postponed this morning j for eight days as a result of an objec ! tion filed by the counsel for the de? fense who held that Justice LaFon taine, before whom the men were ar? raigned, had no jurisdiction. Applica? tion was made for bail, but was op? posed by Donald McMaster, counsel for the United States government. Ar* gument on both sides as to whether a prisoner under an extradition treaty can be admitted to bail will be heard this afternoon. W?R IS HELL TERRIBLE CARNAGE IX THE BAT? TLE BEFORE MUKDEN. Tile Reports Last Night Indicate That Japanese Have Outgeneraled and Are Outfighting the Russians. London, March 6. 7 p. m.-A com? parison of all the dispatches received from the front today shows that there was no cessation of the fighting be? tween the Russian and Japanese ar? mies in Manchuria, yesterday. Russian reports state tha^t at a distance the tide of battle. in the immediate vicin? ity of Mukden seemed to be ebbing. The most that war critics at St. Peters? burg seem to hope for at present 'is that Gen. Kuropatkin has . cucceded in re-establishing his line of retreat in the direction of Harbin Word has. reached Newchwang, however, which has no confirmation from other sources, that the Japanese are al? ready north of Mukden, with a large force, and that the Russians are fac? ing a disastrous defeat. There appears to be a possibility that Gen. Kuroki has drawn off a portion of his army from the center and sent to reinforce the division engaged in flanking movements. Gen. Kalbars, ttye most trusted of Gen. Kuropatkin's officers, is personally in command of the Rus? sian forces in the triangle between the railway and the Hun river, which vital position the Japanese have been assail? ing for several days. Russian reports admit that 12,000 men have been wounded, but make no mention of the number killed, and at the same time assert that the Japanese have lost 30, OOO in killed or wounded. The result of the greatest battle of modern times is expected to be deter? mined today or tomorrow. Although Gen. Kuropatkin has evidently made every preparation to cover his retreat by removing his accumulated stores and munitions northward, it is now the opinion of military men here that one side or the other cannot escape an overwhelming disaster. Field Marshal Oyama's strategy iii this battle is now clear. He startled and amazed the war office by the mar? vellous daring of Gen. Kuroki's ad? vance against the extreme Russian left the series of blows delivered at the centre, where no less than thirteen separate attacks have been launched by the Imperial Guards ten miles east of Poutiloff Hill But it is now realized that the heavy blows at the left were intended to mask the real turning movement, which came like a bolt from a clear sky out'of the west. Ku? ropatkin fell into the trap. The situa? tion seemed an exact duplicate of that at Liao Yang, and the Russian com? mander-in-chief hastened to mass forces to meet Kuroki. Friday the whole situation was reversed, when with lightning rapidity the Japanese turning operation began on the plain between the Hun and Liao rivers. In order to succeed Oyama threw the neutrality of China to the winds. Gen. Nogi, with his Port Arthur veterans, moved up the right bank of the Hun and fell like an avalanche upon the weakened Russian right, doubling it back in confusion, the Japanese ad? vance being co-ordinated with the ad? vance traight from the west of a Jap? anese column of 40,000 men, which were in netral territory. . Kuropatkin evidently was taken bj surprise. It was not until Saturday night that he was ableto shift suffi-t cient reinforcements west to stem the tide, when the Japan?se were within sight of Mukden. But the latest advices are to the ef? fect that the Japanese exhausted by their tremendous efforts, have every? where stopped, and now, if ever, Kuro? patkin's hour has come. Military crit? ics declare Oyama has not great enough superiority to take risks. Ac* cording to the war office, Oyama has not over 70,000 men in excess of Kuro? patkin, whose forces total about 340, 000. Kuropatkin's chance, the war of? fice says, is an opportune offensive, as passive resistance would be fatal. DARLINGTON MURDERERS Sheriff Blackwell Takes Mose Ham and Sam Marks Back to Dar? lington. Columbia, March 4.-Sheriff Black? well is here to take Mose Ham and Sam Marks backto Darlington today, the former to be given a new trial and the latter to be re-sentenced to hang under the recent decision of the su? preme court. The Darlington court convenes next Monday. CONTEST OF RELIGIONS. Kaiser Wilhelm Gives His Opinion on the Subject. Berlin, March 7.-The kaiser speak? ing today anent the recent consecra? tion of the protestant cathedral de? clared the contest between Catholicism and Protestantism will result accord ingto God's will. He said: "The relig? ion which is the correct interpretation of Christianity, will become predomi? nant." Chicago, March 7.-Twelve passen? gers were injured, one probably se? riously, by an elevated train leaving the track today and one overturning, which barely escaped falling twenty five feet to the street below. A MATTER'OFHEALTH POWDER Absolutely Pure HAS HO SUBSTITUTE TORTURING THE ASSASSIN. Russian Police Trying to Force a Confession From the Slayer of Grano! Duke Sergius. Berlin, March 6.-Die Welt, a German newspaper, reports that the Russian police are torturing the assassin of Grand Duke Sergius in an effort to compel him to make a con? fession regarding the plots of the terrorists against the authorities.. IRISH SECRETARY RESIGNS. George Windham Quits the Balfour Cabinet. London, March 6.-The resigna? tion of G?b. Windham, chief secretary of Ireland, was announced today. It is the result of the assistance given tho Dunraven revolution scheme. His res? ignation, it is believed, will weaken, the Balfour government, THE FALL OF MUKDEN; Japanese Have Captured a Position Tl lat Commands the City-Rus? sians Cannot Hold City Much Longer. Tokio,^ March 6.-A deport received today stated that the advance guard of the Japanese on left flank has cap? tured and holds a position on high ground four miles south of Mukden. The officials believe this capture will makes the ?vacuai k.n of Mukden nee esary in a very short time. Fighting is reported to be coniir.-.iing unabated,. THE STANFORD POISONING. Report From Honolulu Confirms Ru? mors of Presence of Srr^ chjiine. in Soda. San Francisco, March 6.-It is stated. Respite the official denials, ' that the Honiulu police are in posses? sion of evidence that strychnine was found in the soda ot which Mrs. Stan? ford took a dose just before death; also that the same poison was found ip. her stomach and other organs. The police say that nothing positive can be done until the official report of the inquest is received from Honolulu. The inquest isto begin thfs afternoon*. HILL BEATS HARRIMAN*. The Northern Securities Case Decided Against the Harriman Interests. Washington, March 6.-The su? preme court of the United States to? day affirmed the decision o? the low? er court in the case of the Harriman interests verus the Northern Securities Company allowing a pro-rata distribu? tion of the railway shares in the pos? session of the Northern Securities Company. This is a final defeat for Harriman and a victory for the. Hill Hill interests. BALTIC FLEET AT SUEZ".. The Long Missing Fleet is Reported at Last. Alexandria, Egypt, March 6.-The Russian Baltic fleet has been reported: as being seen in the Red Sea. Their searchlights were freely used on pass? ing ships. Chicago, March 4.-The grand jury today indicted J. Adolph' Hoch for the murder of Mrs. Maria Walker, one of his numerous Chicago wives., Columbia, March i-A Wash? ington special today says Con? gressman Lever presented ex Congressman Elliott for new federal judgeship, bat the pres? ident will take no action until the bill passes. Elliott nor any other Democrat has any chance; either Capers or Cochrane will get it, the special says. Fairmont, W. Va., Maren L Seven people were injured, sev? eral of them badly, by passenger train No 7, which was wrecked on the Baltimore and Chio Rail? road at Colfax today. The pas? senger car was overturned by the Erie cars jumping from the track, while running at a good speed.