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SHERMAN NOTIFIED * - - -- - - - - • • Republican Nominee For Vice- V President Accepts m STANDS ON THE PLATFORM tmt Enthusiasm Marks the Occa sion of the Official Notification of Choice of Jamas 8. Sherman as Sejnblican Vice Presidential Can didate. Utica, N. Y., Special.—Utica broke all bounds in the enthusiasm of its celebration in honor of Representa tive James S. Sherman, the occasion marking the offiial notification of his nomination for the vice presidency. Not in many years has there been soeh an outburst of enthusiasm in paving tribute to a distinguished citizen of the city. Republicans and Democrats alike joined in the celebra tion. At the formal notification ceremo nies, Senator Burrows made the ad dress in behalf of the committee, and Mr. Sherman spoke in response. Sec retary Root and other prominent men also delivered brief addresses. Sheman's Speech. Senator Burrows and Gentlemen of the Notification Committee: Your chairman, speaking for the eommittee, has notified me of my nomination by the Republican nation al convention held in Chicago in June as the party's candidate for Vice President. As I chanced to be in Chicago in June I had an inkling of the convention's action, which was confirmed bv a warm hearted recep tion tendered me by my neighbors on the occasion of my home 'coming on July 2. This official notification, how ever, is welcome and the nomination you tender me is accepted; accepted with the gratitude commensurate with the great honor conferred; ac cepted with a full appreciation of the obligations which accompany that honor, an honor greater because my name is linked with that of Wil liam H. Taft, whom I respect and esteem highly and who approaches the high office of President exception ally well equipped to discharge the duties and bear the varied and weighty responsibilities of that ex alted position. My acceptance could not he made with honor unless I were in full accord with the declara tion of principles adopted by the convention. Not only am 1 in full and complete acord with my party's platform, but 1 endorse every state ment made by Mr. Taft in his ad dress of acceptance when notified of his nomination as the Republican candidate for President. • • • First, then, let me say that I am a pro tectionist. 1 am sufllc'ently practical to value the utility of a fact higher than the beauty of a theory, and I am a protectionist because experi ence has demonstrated that the ap plication of that principle has lifted us as a nation to a plane of pros peri' y above that ocupied by any other people. 1 especially commend that plank of cur platform which promises an early revision of tariff schedules. That pledge will be fulfilled in an adjustment based in every particular, apon—the broad principle of protec tion for all American interests; alike for labor, for capital, for producers and consumers. The Dingley, bill, when enacted was Well adapted to the then existing conditions. The de velopments of the industrial pros perity in a decade, which in volume and degree have surpassed our most roseate expectations, have so altered conditions that in certain details of schedules they no longer in every particular mete out justice to all. In this readjustment the principles of protection must and will govern; such duties must and will be im posed as will equalize the cost of pro duction at home and abroad and in sure a reasonable profit to all Ameri can interest's. * * * • The Republican party believes in (he equality of all men before the law; believes in granting labor's every request that does not seek to accord rights to one man denied to another. Fair minded labor asks no more, no less, and approves the record «f the Republican party be cause of that party's acts. I haw helped to make my party's record in the enactment of the eight hctrr law, the Employers Liability net. tlie statutes to minimize the haz ard of railroad employes, the child labor lfiw« far the District of Col umbia, and other enactments designed especially to improve the conditions of labor. I cannot lio|»e to better state my position on injunctions than bv a specific endorsement, of M r - Taft \s Cinicinnati declaration on thai subject! That endorsement I make. As a nation our du'v compels that by every -or.' ; ':'ft.'ii)nl and !•.-••■•on able me»rtH. *'h> material and e-luea- J tional conditions of the colored race be advanced. This we owe to our selves as- well as to« them. As the result of a course of events that can never be reversed, they are a part of our civilization; their prosperity is otir prosperity; their absement ' would be our misfortune. The Re publican party, therefore will off.;r every encouragement to the thrift, industry and intelligence that will better tfceir prospect of higcr attain ment. I believe. in the maintenance ef r.ic!i an army, the upbuilding of s-jch protection of American citizens and American interests everywhere, and an omen of pence; that at'everv ex posed point we may be so fortified that no power on earth m'fry he tempted to molest us. I believe in the restoration of the American mer chant marine acd rendering whatever financial aid may be necessary to accomplish this purpose. I approve the movement for the conservation of our natural recour cqs : the fostering of friendly foreign relations; the enforcement of our civil service law; and the enactment of »uch statutes as will more secui'*l* and more effectively preserve the public health. Our platform, as it should do, pledges adherence to the policies of President Roosevelt; promises to con tinue the work inaugurated during his administration, to insure to persona and property every proper safeguard an(T all necessary strenthening of administrative methods will be pro vided to furnish sufficent inspection and supervision, and prompt righting of every injustice, discrimination and wrong. • • • "Shall the people rule?" is declar ed by the Democratic platform and candidate to be." the overshadowing issue * * * now under discussion.' ft is no issue. Surely the people shall rule, surely the people have ruled} surely the people do rule. No part)' rules. The party commissioned bj the people, is simply the instrument to execute the people's will, and from that party which does not obey their cxpressed will or which lacks the wisdom to lend successfully, the peo ple will withdraw their commission. For half a century, with but two exceptions, the people l ave commis sioned the Republican party to ad minister the national government; commissioned it because its declared principles appealed to their be«t judgment; commissioned it because the temmon t»cr\se of the American pecf»je scented danger in the Demo cratic policies. Ours always has been always must be, a government of the people. That party will, after March 4 next,- execute old laws and rnact new ones as in November it is eommissionod to do. That commis sion will bo from all untrammeled American electorate. Shame on the party which, slinme on the candidate who insults the American people by suggestion or declaration that a ma jority of its electorate is venal. The American voter, with rare e»feption, in casting his ballot, is guided by his best judgment, by his desire to conserve his own and the public vvyaj. The overshadowing issue of the campaign really is: shall the adminis tration of President Koosevelt be ap proved; shall a party of demonstrated capacity in administrative affairs be continued in power; shall the reins of government be placed in experienced hands, or do the people prefer to trust their destines to an aggregation of experimental malcontents and the orists, whose only claim to a history is a party name they pilfered. With a record of four decades of wise legislation; two score years of faithful administration; offering its fulfilled pledges as a guaranty of its promises for the future, the Republi can party appeals to the people and, with fuli eontidcnce in their wisd mi and pat rot-ism, awaits the rendition of the November verdict. CHAFIN NOTIFIED. Chicago, Special.—Cincinnati; Lin [cola and pent-up Utica are not the only cities to have the ffihtior of a" notification meeting, Chicago was the scene of such a ceremon*' Tues day and while the enthusiasm was largely confined to th« Fine Arts Building, where the news was broken to Eugene- W. Chafin, the Prohibition presidential candidate, the assembled temperance folks were quite enthusi astic enough to atone for the indif ference of the rest of the city. Prof. Charles Seanlon, permanent chairman of the Columbus conven tion, informed Mr. C'hatin of the hon or which had been accorded him. Brief speeches were made b** other members of (lie notification commit lee. The candidate responded with an address in which he pointed out the great gains in prohibition senti ment throughont the country in the last few years and the future tri umph of the prohibition cause. The campaign programme uiApped out by the Prohibition national ex ecutive committee is the most am bitious in years. It is declared that the party will have sufficient funds to carry on an extensive warfare against the liquor element and that many men of wealth have contributed liberally to the campaign fnnd. Mr. Chafin will shortly begin an extensive stumping tonr. Forty Thousand May Strike. Pittsburg, Special.—Forty thous and miners in the Pittsburg district are excited over a meeting of opera tors which has been called, at which a blow may be struck at the heart of the uii'on miners. Union lenders of the miner-! have demanded that mine owneis take a giotrer check off from the monthly pay of miners for the union. This the operators have re fused to do, and a strike is tlireaten o,l in the entire district. V "Genius ts frealiTbih. It Is claimed that the brilliant Dr. Johnson used to touch every post In his pathway." "I know one of them geniuses." "And does he touch every post ha comes across V «• "No; he touches every friend he across, or everlastingly tries 808 EVANHffIRED Most Popular Naval Officer is Retired on Age Limit SKETCH OF HIS LIFE AND WORK Great Sea Firhter's Name Erased From Rcll of the Navy On* of the Doughtiest Commanders That Ever Trod the Quarter-deck of a Man o'- War. m + m • ?•••••• •• * Robley Dungtfnson Evans. * • 1846 —Born in Floyd county, * * Virginia, August 18th, son of * * Dr. Samuel Andrew Jackson * * Evans, and received early edu- * * cation in public schools of * * Washington. * * 18(H)—Appointed to United * * States naval academy from * * Utah, September 20th, and * * graduated in 1863, with rank * * of ensign. * * 1865 —Participated in both * * attacks of Federal forces on * * Fort Fisher, and in a land at- * * tack reeeived four severe rifle * * shot wounds, which rendered * * him lame for life. * 1860 —Pre moted to rank of * * lieutenant, July 25th, and to * * rank of lieutenant commander * * on March 12th, lHtiS. * 1871— Marriejr Charlotte Tay- * * lor, daughter of Frank Taylor, of * * Washington. * 1878—Promoted to rank of * * commander and later assumed * * charge of several vessels, * 1801 —Commanded the York- * * town at Valpariso during period * *of strained relations between * * United States and Chile and thlsre * * earned the popular name of ' * "Fighting liob." * 1803- Promoted to the rank * * of captain, on June 23d. * 1808 —Commanded battleship * * lowa of Sampson's fleet during * * war with S|>aln and took active * * part in buttle with Cervera's fleet * * off Santiago, July 3d. * 1001—Promoted to rank of * * rear admiral, February 11th. * * 1002 —Appointed commander- * * in-chief of Atlantic station. * 1907 Sailed from Hampton * * Roads, December 16th, ill com- * * mand of the Atlantic fleet of six * * teen battleships, beginning fam- * * ous trip to San Francisco. * 100B—Retired from command * * of Atlantic fleet and was placed * * on retired list of United States * * navy, by operation of age limit, * * August 18th. * * • • •••••;• Washington, Special.—Father Time Tuesday descended upon the naval headquarters and with renlentle.s hand effaced from the rolls of Am erica's great sea fighters the name of the greatest of them all—Rear Admi ral Robley Dunglinson Evan*— "Fighting Bob." For Tuesday is "Fighting Bob's" sixty-second birth day, and by law and rule the career !°£ lltf great warrior as an active com mander of cfcuqufring fleets on the high seas is over and done. In the memory of patriotic Americans, the feat of Rear Admiral Evans in safely conducting the Atlantic fleet to the Pacific will remain as the climax,. Of the life of one of the doughtiest com manders that ever strode the quarter deck of a roan-o'-war. Few com manders have ever been so well loved by the men, and there is deep sorrow in the hearts of all of Uncle Sam's tars. "Fighting Bob" described Rear Admiral Robley D. Evans to a dot. He won the right to this title in hi* first "naval engagement." He was sailing a boat in a public school yard in Washington- when a higher boy smashed it with ' a rock. Evans smashed the boy with another. The tug boy was earned home on a door. Although the engagement resulted in a victory for Evans, it marked the elossof his publicsohool career. He has been fighting ever since, and whenever there was nothing more warlike on the horizon hi tackled the general naval board. Admiral Evans was easily the best liked and most popular commander of the navy and many anecdotes are told going to show his bravery and his fighting qualities. California Town Shaken. Eureka, Cal., Special.—Three sharp earthquake shocks which knocked down more than a hundred chimneys, shattered about forty plate glass win dows in the business portion of Eu ieka, broke much crockery in th« houses and sent many people scurry ing Tit>iu their beds inlo the strep's, occurred here early Tuesday. The damage reported so far is estimated at between $2,000 and $3,000. Dwelling Burnti, Five Lives Lost. Marshall, -N. C., Special.—A phone message from Laurel, this county, fifteen miles from Marshall, says that during Monday night the home of Wolfe Tweed was burned and in the fire Mrs. Tweed, ber three children and a neighboring woman all lost their lives. Mr. Twed was in Mar shall attending court. As yet no further details can be learned. ft. 'A. -A.'. • IWOBOILER VICTIMS Deady Explosion Gets in Its Work at Sawmill ,' , • . • •• . . TWO OTHERS SERIOUSLY HURT Henry Gilbert and Prad Jacksoa Two Whit* Man, Loss Their Um in IbiplosiaH of Boiler at Keid'f BWM In Caldwell County. 4 . Tayloimville, N. C., Special.—Two men loat their lives and two othera were seriously, probably fatally, in jured by the explosion of the boiler at Mr. William Reid's sawmill, near Draco, in Caldwell county, sixteen miles from Taylorsville, Monday morning at 11 o'clock. The dead are; Henry Gilbert, aged about 50. Fred Jackson, aged 21. The injured are Mr. William The owner of the mill, and bis son, Hugh. All the parties are white and were working at the sawmill when the explosion occurred. Mr. Rcid is not expected to live and his son is in a serious condition. The exact eausc of the explosion hot not been ascertained but it is thought to have been the result of too high pressure. The safety valve was tied down and the exact pressure at the time of the explosion is not known. The boiler was thrown 50 yards and demolished. The engine was also completely wrecked. Bryan Denies Canard. Lincoln, Neb., Special,—The most important happening at Fairview was the emphatic denial given by Wijliam J. Bryan to a story printed ii| Pittsburg saying that he had "sold tfut" to the Kerr faction of the Pennsylvania Democratic party in or der to accomplish the defeat of Col. James M. Ouffey for national com mitteeman. The price alleged to fig ure in the transaction was l}!200,()00 as a campaign contribution. The charge is said to have been made that Mr. Bryan "made good" but that Mr. Kerr and his supporters had not come forward with the money. Mr. Bryan declared that he had nevei heard of the offor or agreement and he suggested that tho proper per sons to consult were the members of the cimmittee on credentials which decided the contest. £ir. Bryan would not permit hbi self to be drawn into iurther c!s cussion with James W> Van Cleave, president of the Manufacturers' As sociation. who came out in the press with actional reasons why the bus iness men of the country should not support the Democratic ticket. Thf decision was based on the tact that Mr. Van Cleave had failed to defend his former contentions but instead had shifted the discussion to othej questions, Mr. Bryan said. Pritchard Out of Politics. Asheville, N. C., Special.—The ef fort of former United States Senatoi Marion Butlcj: and many influential Republicans in North Carolina to in duce Judge J. C. Pritchard, of Ashe ville, to take the Republican nomina tion for Governor of this State, is without result.. Judge Pritchard will have none,of it. He savft that from a financial standpoint he is unable tc make the sacrifice which such can didacy would involve; that his am hit ion is to administer the law faith fully, impartially and fearlessly; that he believes he can better sem the whole people in the "position h« now occupies than by again entering the arena of politics and that he if entirely content with the place h« now holds. » ___________ News of the Day. Mile. Fallierca. daughter of tht President of France, was married to Jean Joseph Edward Lanes, her fa ther's secretary. The divorce of the Countess of Yar mouth (Miss Alice Thaw) was made final. King Edward is on the way to visit Emperors William of Germany and Francis Joseph of Austria. - A big banquet to the visiting of ficers and other overservanc«k mark ed the second day's stay of the American fleet at Auckland. Four German sailors were drowned while maneuvering in Sondenburg harbor. Cardinal Gibbons was given a ban quet by the procurator-general of the Sulpician Order. President Ben Davis of the West Virginia Mine Workers, is at Grafton giving' his attentior to the strike of the miners nt Tunnolton. The men have been out for some Ime and Pres ident Davis expects to b« able to settle the trouble. Deputy Sheriff James in Lockap at Wilmington. Wilmington, Special—A- G- James, who says that he is a deputy sheriff and his hOm* 'at Pembroke, is in the tcity prison here awaiting a hearing "before the mayor on the charge of as sault with a' deadly weapon upon Dennis Murphy, colored, on whom he is alleged to have drawn a pistol. The prisoner came here on the col ored excursion, run from Hamlet and ' immediately became intoxicated., • $450,000 MILL FIRE Fine Plant of Odell Manufacturing Company at Concord, N. a, De stroyed By Fir*—Heavy Loss En tailed. Conoord, N. C., Special.—Saturday just before noon cotton mill No. 4 of the Odell Manufacturing Company, located here, was set on fire by a hot box in the engine room, and within three minutes the entire mill was in flames. The operatives, 500 in num ber, escaped with difficulty. *The oth er three mills weie saved by bard work. Tho loss is $450,000, only partly covered by insurance. Tbe mills were in tho hands of a receiver and were being operated by Mr. Caesar Coue as receiver and were to be sold bj r court order on September 16th. Rescuer Loses His Life. Charlotte, N. C., Special.—On Sat urday Mr. Fred Alexander, a well known and popular young man of this county, was drowned in the Catawba river, near the town of Fort Mill, 8. C., wliile trying to rescue Miller Strong, a youth who had gone swim ming with him and had gtstten be yond his depth. The body of Mr. Alexander was recovered late Sat urday n^ght. Evans Retires Tuesday. Washington, Special;— With the re tirement from active service Tues day of Rear Admiral Robley Dung lison Evans —"Fighting Bob"—the United States navy loses one of the most picturesque figures that ever trod a quarter deck. Forty-five years have gone by since lSvans, as a young ensign, received his baptism Of fire at Fort Fisher during the Civ il war. During that span of years he has served his country gallantly, well earning "the reward of rest which a grateful people give- Stung to Death by Bee*. Spartanburg, S. tp., Special.—Mrs. W. T. Anderson was stung to death by bees at her home at Mountain View, several miles from here. Mr. and Mrs. Anderson were e.n route to church and had just left their home when the mule thoy were driving took flight and in trj'ing to check the animal Mr. Anderson pulled the wrong line anj i*n the ar.lmal into n | ki"i. the bees to cwarm UM by tuoiiscr.ds. Mrs. Anderson was badlv stung and (lied in t*V2 hours. __ :T f •*». Homicide on American Battleship. Auckland, By Cable.—The Ameri can battleship licet which sturted for Sydney on Saturday morning, passed Cape Maria Von Diement, the north west extreme of North Island Sun day morning, It is reported that dur ing the stay of the fleet at this port two negro firemen quarreled aboard one of the battleshins and that one slashed the other with a razor, re sulting in the man's death. It is also reported that tbe fireman who did the killing will be taken to the United States for IftlE" 11 ,J "" y»> • n Quiet Day Spent hy Hitchcock and Colleagues. Chicago, Special.—Chairman Frank H. Hitchcock and other officers of the Republican national committee spent a quiet Sunday. Gen. T. Coleman Du Pont, director of tho speakers' bu reau, and George R. Sheldon, treas urer of the national committee, left for New York Mr. Hitchcock will leave for Utica, N. Y., to be present, at the notification of Mr. Sherman, tho Republican nominee for vice pres ident. Current News. Mundji Bey, the new Turkish Min ister, took charge in Washington. Baldwin made his first official test with his balloon, making a cornfield landing for slight repairs and losing the chance to show speed. Taft conferred at Hot Springs with Hitchcock and Vorys and a West Vir ginia delegation including Senator El kins. W. 8. Gregory, the Roanoke dentist aocused by Miss Theodore Irvin was put on trial and denied the chatfces. Three West Virginia Congressional aspirants refused to join in the Re publican factional fight. One suspect was arrested in Ports mouth after the murder of Policeman Winningder and the assault on Mrs. Powell and the city is quieting down. William Jenings Bryan was notified of his nomination in the presence of . a great throng of Lincoln, Neb., and aroused great enthusiasm by attack ing the methods of the Senate and House of Representatives. Parkenbuig had a SIOO,OOO fire. , New York Repablicaa leaders are united and harmonious in their op position to Hughes, but fear, the final word will come from Oyster Bay in his favor. J. Montgomery Sears, a Boston millionaire, was killed in an automo bile accident. v Ainswdrth R. Spofford, chief as sistant Hbrarian of the Congressional Library, died at Holderness, N. H. • The Navnl Academy visitors declar ed there is no baaing at Aanapoli«n, . ILLINOIS RUCt RIOTS Springfield the Scene of Sei> ous Clash of Races HtE MILITIA ALMOST HELPLESS Th« Governor Takes Step* to Induce the Fleeing Negro Residents to Re turn and the State Arsenal is Opened to Them. Spring-field, 111., Special.—A threat ening mob, bent on wreaking ••ven-> > « geance on the negro inhabitants of Springfield, because of an assault committed by a negro on a white wo man, is raging through the streets, beating negroes and disregarding the soldiers of Troop B, of the First Ca- Calry ordered out by Governor De neen to preserve order. The Governor by telegraph ordered two companies of militia and one troop of cavalry from Peoria a troop of calvary from Bloomington and also one from Pe kin. These soldiers are rushing to Springfield on special trains to assit the local troops in maintaining order. Springfield, 111., fecial.— At a conference in the Governor's office Sunday afternoon steps were taken to notify the negro residents of the suburban districts to come into the State arsenal for the night. '* The scattered settlements extending around the outskirts of the city pre sent too great a field for even the big body of troops h«ye now. It was the idea of the military authorities thlt the most effective work "could be done with the danger spots re stricted as much as possible. Another factoi* in this connection was the large number of warnings of impend ing trouble. At all the police sta tions word was received that attacks were organizing by lawless persons, who with a complete day of rest wese expected to make the night the time of supreme test between the mob and the troops. • Several complaints were received from nearby villages and hamlets of the existence of threatening condi tion*. The most insistent came from Chatham, twelve miles south. The negroes there became frightened at the attitude of their white neighbors and asked that troops t>e sent. Their spokesman was told that the best plan would be for them to come to Springfield and seek protection at the atscnal. The authorities are a bit worried by the conditions in the outside sections. * Scores of negroes have left Spring field, either on foot or by trolley cars, the latter class riding as far as their means permitted and then striking across country, These tramping par ties, aimless and penniless, are caus ing some complaint from the com munities through which they pass. The whites assert that yie preseace of these negro paupers impose un necessary burdens and also argue that only the shiftless and immoral elements of the Springfield negroes aro represented. Minor depredations, it is said, have increased in the fanning regions be cause of this condition. The Spring field officers aro doing all they can to reassure the negroes still here. Thus far they have been partly suc cessful, although the number of those who have sought shelter in the a ~* arsenal is surprisingly small. Most of the refugees are advanced in years, too. The younger negroes who might be expected to add fuel to the smouldering flames bv rash acts have generally refused to become >rards of the State. Sunday an alarm reached the ar senal from Spring atid Edward streets, where William Donmgan was lynched Saturday night. A rapid fire squad was sent to the place bn the double quick. Within five minutes the squad had cleared the streets for t-alf a mile from the threatened cor ner, three companies of infantry be ing held under arms at the arsenal meanwhile. Sprintrfleld, 111.. Special.—With one more victim added to the roll of fatally injured in the race riots which began here Friday night, Springfield spent the night in anx iety. Apprehension of more serious trouble was modified but not stilled bv the presence of 2,500 National Guardsmen from various parts of the State under command of Major Gen eral Young, I. N. G. Army Offioer Uses Gun. Badside. L. 1., Special.—Capt. Pe ter ,Conover Hains, Jr., tJ. S. A., son of Brigadier General Peter Conover Hains. U. S. A., retired, filled five bul lets from a revolver into William E. Ann is, of New York, owner and pub lisher of Burr-Mcintosh's Monthly and other magazines, late Saturday > OB tbs landing stage of the Bayside Yacht Club, Flushing, and Annii, whom Captain Bains had accused of 'aving been improperly attentive to the captain's Wife, died in the Flush ing Hospital a few houn after the shooting. Tnrralen Enjoy Outing. New York, Special.—The delegates to the Interstate Prosperity Congress of Commercial Travelers had an out ing on Manhattan Beach Saturday. At a dinner a. feature was the an nouncement of many messages of sympathy with the movement, re ceived from distinguished persons throughout the country. Many of these had a partisan flavor, and it was decided not to r«ad them. . . v-i \ Masai
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