The county record. [volume] (Kingstree, S.C.) 1885-1975, December 09, 1897, Image 2

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k ky | THE COUNTY RECORD hnqstreets. c.~" liOCIS J. BBISTOW, Ed. & Proper, British landlords are said to own 20,0i)0,090 acres of land in this coun* (' "X^ars ago rnaco x>nwrarcii. u?e(t to spell his name without the "c." * The '" * J ? ? IlV. il,. present spelling uues uwaj mm mo t monetary significance of the namo JBismark two marks. ' The London Echo gives a list of g large land owners in Australia. One , of them has 020,000 acres, another 1,200,000, a third 3,600,000, while the Union Bank owns no fewer than [?. 7,800,000 acres. * \ According to the annnal report of the Interstate Commerce Commission | the amount of railway capital in employment June 30, 189Q, ^as $10,556,1805*7*71. This is about thirteen times the tine of the present national debt. ' Florida expects to send 200,000 Vises of oranges North this season, double the quantity shipped Uityw. Tlut, however, is but ten per cen? of the yield before the great * , freeze and will not count for much ir. the market. An Ohio poultryman says that the best way to prepare high-bred chickens for ponltry shows is to pluok them in summer. He says he plncks them elean and then rubs the birds with grease. By fall they hare a beautiful , aeoond coat of feathers. He adds that ft doesn't hurt the birds a bit. The >fairdB didn't testify personally. The social democrats in Germany, y. "which means everyooay wno objects to Emperor William's absolutism and believes in a greater share in the government lor the people, are preparing Jwl to get representation in the Prussian .diet. They -already poll more votes f&\ and have a larger number of repre cantatives in the reichstag than any A member of the British Parliament ft ?m not resign. When he Irishes to : resign ha aeoapte the stewardship of the Chiltera hundreds, a nominal office in U? gilt of the crown, and paying a salary of twenty shillings a year. No , ' member of Parliament can remain in lua seat after accepting a Government . appointment other than a Cabinet position, and this fiction of the etewardship has thus been perpetrated for at s;" /; - least 000 yam Tho ittcreaae of the British army is p;-\, evidently very seriously considered by the present administration, and the 2-:> Solicitor General of England, speak- I lag at a public meeting in Scotland, ' | ; said that as a large increase in both . the amy and navy might become necessary, conscription may be introduced. The statement has called forth comment in all the London papers, for there has been no conscription in GreatBritain cinoe the battle of Water6|?U The destruction of an Abyssinian Army in Somaliland is a striking bit \-4B# Fate's stem irony. The Italians invaded Abyssinia and were aver"t". whelmed by these who were far be Ineath them in the scale of civiliza- j tion. Then the Abyssians in turn invaded Somali land, and were likearise vanquished by those who were as tar below them as they were below the Italians. Complete fitness now requires the Somalia to get beaten by aome still lower tribe, if such can be found. They might, for example, aagyests the New York Tribune, invade Amhara and fall prey to the I baboons. It is an unusual compliment that the German Government has paid to David C. Sanford, engineer of the Connecticut Shellfish Commission. At the urgent solicitation of the Germans be goes over there to present to Gcrv.. man scientists in a series of lectures Wjfy results of his study of the oyster and its enemies. Mr. Sanford will , take with him his collection of oysters , and their destroyers, said to be the { most complete in the world, and tell of the methods followed in cultivating I,.- the oyster and destroying its enemies by the planters of Long Island Sound. Germany is trying to restore to its waters the oyster beds that were once a source of considerable income to ?. ' German fishermen, but that neglect ] bas practically ruined. "Mr. Sanford % will investigate the trouble and try to find a remedy to suggest to the Ger. Fish Commissioners. rCharles H. Hartley, who has given about S; 1*500.000 to Muskegon, Mich., went to that jetty when lie was fifteen years old with :-7 ! v an his pocket, and when he started in bust- 1 pees on his own account liis capital was I ft-'' . 4\ ' *' ' *' " * v .V" 'k ORDER REIGNS IN PRAGUE Mob Awed bv the Quick Punishment of Its Ringleaders. AUSTRIA TO HAVE ABSOLUTISM. I " i i Emperor Would Act Alone?Campromlst Bill Will Have to Be Prolonged by Imperial Decree Without the Keichsrath's Consent?Rioters Sentenced t? Twenty Years' Hard Labor In Trison. I Vienna, Austria (By Cable).?Tho promulgation of martial law at Prague ha; been followed by satisfactory results. The swiftness of its operation awed the unruly. Some Czechs made an attack on the troops, but were quickly dispersed, and four of the ringleaders were captured. They were immediately handed over to the special tribunal, tried, sentenced to twenty years' penal servitude and conveyed to the penitentiary within three hours. ^ The town is consequently quiet. Troops, liAiparae AAnf Snn n f a f ha mnin Iiuncici| VVU tlUUU IV ?uo UIUIII streets and occupy the public buildings, and the whole scene is such as one would expect to see after a bombardment. There are whole streets of wrecked houses, burnt outbuildings and broken windows, and roads are littered with rubbish. Men gaze into many places showing the trail of the plunderer and of the incendiary. Germans who fled in terror from Prague ! during the riot and pillage are now returning. and it is to be hoped that in a few , days order will so far be restored as topermit the repeal of martial law. In other parts of Bohemia serious conflicts have occurred between the Czech' and the Germans. At Klodno the Czechs, blew up a German notary's house with dynamite. At Berauu the rioters lootod German and Jewish bouses and had to be 1 dispersed by the military. Similar excesses occurred at Pilsen,'while at Bodenbaeh. where tne Germans predominate, th< Czechs were brutally attackod. The Czec) I inhabitants of Gablouz have appealed fot J military protection against their German i fellow citizens. Several German newspapers suggest that the riots In Bohemia were instigated bv the Czech Deputies In order to intlmtdate the Government. Certainly the tone.ot the reoent articles in the Narodul Llsty, the organ of the young Czechs, favors the suspicion. The Czech papers blame the Germans, and the anti-Semitic journals attribute all the responsibility to Jewish influence. There is really little to choose betweej the Germans and the Czechs. Both havi been equally guilty. When the Czechs pre ponderated the Germans have been at tacked and plundered, and when the Gen mans predominated the lives and tho propi ertv or the Czechs have been assailed. Thi Nationalist sentiment in both peoples is ol a rabidly violent oharacter, and threaten* the existence of the Austrian Empire. Baron Gautsch's attempts to bring aboul a compromise between tho majority and the opposition in the Beichsrath havt | proved unsuccessful. Dr. Kramarsch, the Viee-President of thi 'Beichsrath, has informed the representatlvi of the Budapester Tagebiatt that, unlike Count Badeni, neither President Abraham;ovics nor he would resign because the mob was trying to Intimidate them. He considered it Impossible to carry the "Ausgleich* bill in the Beichsrath, and the present arrangement between Austria and Hungafy would probably have to be prolonged bj imperial decree without the assent of Par ltament. Tola probably moans that tn< Relchsrath will be prorogued for a lone period, and that absolute government wlH be inaugurated. There are now in Prague twenty-six battalions ot infantry and' two regiments o; cavalry. MOTHER M'KINLEY STRICKEN. Tli* President Harried to the Cantor Horn* of His Venerable Parent. ^ News of the stroke of paralysis which Mrs. Nancy Allison McKinley, mother ol the President, fell a victim to, at Canton> Ohio, reached the Chief Executive whilt busily engaged in preparing for the opening of Congress, and it was of such as alarming nature ' that he immediately stopped work on his Message and hastened to his venerable parent's bedside. The President arrived at Canton from Washington at 8.45 o'cloek Friday morning and spent the day at his mother's bedside. It is believed that she realized his presence, though she was nnable to giro uny positive sign of recognition. President McKinley decided to return tc Washington for the opening of Congress, notwithstanding his family calamity. It is necessary for the President to receive the joint committee from the two houses, and until this committee has waited on him and received his communication the regular business of Congress cannot proceed. In view of these facts, the President felt it his duty to return to Washington, so as not to delay the opening of Congress at the regular time. He arranged to leave Canton at 2.05 o'clock Saturday afternoon in tho special car provided for him, reaching Washington Sunday morning and, his imperative Executive duties over.to return to Ronton. MURDERED AN ENTIRE FAMILY. A Colored Plantation Hand Kills Three, Steals S7CO, end Escapes. At Warren's Stone, near Greensboro. Hale County, Ala., John Singley, a wealthy planter, was assaulted and his throat cat by B1}1 Scott, a colored man employed on the plantation. The miscreant called Singley out of the house, ostensibly to catch a horse which had become lossc. A hundred yards from the house the colored man felled Singley with a club and then cut his throat. The murderer returned to the house,attacked Mrs. Singley .slashing her to death and almost severing her head. Dallas, tho ten-year-old son of Singley, wan noTt killed In the Rime manner Stanley was found by a neighbor, and he lived long enough to name his assailant and to tell the story. The colored man robbed the house, stealing $700 which Bingley received from the sale of corn. Blanche K. Brace Gets an Ofllco. Blanche K. Bruce, of Mississippi, who has made his home in the District oLColambia for many years, has been appointed Register of the Troosury, vice Fount J.Tillman, of Tennessee. Mr. Bruco came into prominence in reconstruction days, and served a term in tho United States Senate Irom Mississippi. ;Henry George Wedded. fP 1 The wedding of Henry George, son of the late single-tax advocate, and candidate for tho Mayoralty of Greater New York, and Mis3 Marie Hitch, daughter of Captain Ebenezer V. Hitch, took piace at the residence of the bride's father in Chicago. Cripple Creek's Best Mining He cord. Tho gold output of the Cripple Creek district of Colorado for November was $1.. 195,850, nud for the eleven months ending December 1, $11,831,000. The November record exceeds that of aDy previous month in' the history of the camp. -j ' V ' , ' .'r- v v- # . , ' ill "FIND GUILTY. /erdic- of Murder in the First Degree in the Guldensupps Murder Case. A rnwrFQQinw AFTFR rONVICTION r\ vv/m lvuivii mi i ww... l - ! The Jury In the Sensational MnrilorTrial at Tons Island City Returned a Verdict After Three Honrs* Deliberation The Utile Barber Displayed No 1 Emotion When He Was Convicted. Net York Citt (Special). Wartin Thorn was declared by the verdict of a jury in Loner Tsiand City, at 3.33 p. m., Tuesday, to be guilty of murder in the first degree for the killing of William Gnldensuppe at Woodsido, L. I.. June 25, 1397. Tho verdict follows a long series of horrors and surprises, including the confession of >Irs. Xaek. the accomplice, and tho adjournment of the frst trial owing to the illness of Juror Larsen, which began on tho day following the murder, when a fragment of a human body was accident's* found floating in the Esst River at Eleventh street, this city. The verdict was followed bv another surprise when Thorn, after leaving the courtroom. apparently strong, cheerful, and hoperul. suddenly broke down, confessed his guilt, and declared that .Mrs. Nack had tola tue trum. The proceedings of the day in court were characterized by businesslikeceluritv. Tho evidence having been ended the evening before, the jury visited tho scene of the tragedy. heard the arguments for the people and the defense, and gave its verdict after three hours of consideration and balloting, and dispersed. The fate of Mrs. Augusta Nack. jointly indicted with Thorn, remains in doubt. Justice Maddox ended his charge to the jnw at 2.35 o'clock p. m. The jurors were mm ~dlately dismissed to consider their > er llet. and a recess was ordered. 80 intense was the interest in the ontcome of the trial that, weary as was the wait, not a single individual leftthn court. The hands of the olook were pointing to the half-hour after live when a stir was noticed nt the door of the room to which the jury had retired. it was signalled from the inside that tho jurors had agreed. Justice Maddox was summoned from his room. Thorn, who had already been summoned, was stolid to the last. During the three long hours that the jury spent in deliberation he was kept in his cell downstairs? two flights below the Supreme Court room in the Queens County Court House. Outwardly ho showed no trace of worry, and his calm was in decided contrast to the evident nervousness of others who had taken part in the trial, and whose Interest was less direct in the result. When Police Captain Methven went to get him at about half-past Ave o'clock, and told him that the jury had agreed. Thorn expressed pleasure at the news, and said he hoped the result was either conviction of murder or an ncquital. He put his right hand forward to receive the shackle.- around his wrist and then he harried up stairs, through the jostling, curious persons whostare at him every time he passes and who make comments that cannot fail to reach hi6 ears. There were women who cost languishing glances, tittered and giggled, while men who usually haunt the cosey corners of barrooms mattered vile epithets and Imprecations. Thorn reached the court room at almost the sam^ instant that the iurors entered by another door. "Gentlemen of the jury," said the clerk, "stand up and face the prisoner. Prisoner, face the jury." Th* Jurymen rose to thoir feet, their eyes still on the floor. Thorn, too, arose, but he did not faos the men who held his life in their hands. He looked straight ahead at the wall. "Have you arrived at a verdict?" called the clerk. There was no answer, nor a woru came from the jary box. Tho suspense was painful, but still Thorn looked straight ahead, with not a muscle twitching. "What say you?" called the clerk again. "Guilty," was the answer in a choking voice. "We And the defendant guilty as charged In the indictment." It was Thomas Moore, the foreman, who spoke, and he was trembling with emotion. A murmur went through the courtroom, but still Thorn stood impassive. "Call the roll." said tne Court, and one by one the Clerk read ofT the names. "Guilty," "guilty," "guilty," they said. ;ooe after another, and as they said it Thorn's eyes fell hard upon them. Through and through oach man he scorned to look as each answered to his name. District Attorney Young then asked that a day be fixed for passing sentenco of death. Mr. Howe, counsel lor tho defense, asked that a day be set on which he might argue a motion for a new trial. The Justice told him it would be useless, aod then and there denied the motion, i Thorn, when he was taken back to jail, told nis guard. Captain Methven, that he was glad it was over and that ho expected tho verdict. "I killed Guldensuppe," he said, "and 1 cut up the body. Evory word Mr. Na;k saiu UAI HID WHUDS3 o.auu niu ii0iu. His lawyer, William F. Howe, said thai he would light the easo and carry it up tc tho highest court. When Mrs. Naclc heard of the verdlot she said she was glad she had told the truth and that she was ready to die. Tho genera opinion is that a plea of manslaughter wil be accepted from her. District Attorney Youngs said he had not yet decided whai disposition would bs made of Mrs. Kack'i case. THE HAYTIAN AFFAIR. Germany's Peaceful' Iteply to Ambassador White's Notification. ' Baron von Bulow, the German Minister for Foreign Affairs, gavo the United States i Ambassador. Mr. Andrew D. White, a wholly satisfactory explanation of Gori many's intentions toward Hayti. ! The German Government has abandoned its intention of sending the warship Geilon to Port-au-Prince, Hayti, in order to enJ f orce the demands of Count Schwerin, the i German Minister there, who is insisting |upon tho payment of au indemnity to 1 j&mu iiOeuera ior aueguu im-su impruuument. Tbe Ceoon instead will be sent to reinforce the German fleet in Chlncst waters. The Berliner Tageblatt announced semii officially that the German Government onlj wants monetary reparation from Hayti for I the arrest and imprisonment of Emil Lao'ders, adding, however, that Germany will !not "brook any interference in the matter on the part of the United States." The United States cruiser Marblehcad has been ordered to Haytian waters. Bedridden Man Burned to Death. The residence of John "Wright, at Clyde, X. Y., was partly destroyed by lire. When , the flames were extinguished Wright's body was found on the ground floor, burned to a | crisp. Wright had been bedridden for I years. He was alone In the house when the ] Are occurred. He was sixty-seven years of age and was formerly quite wealthy, owning a number of can&lboats. Sentence of an Embezzler. Ex-State Auditor Eugene Hoore, of Nebraska, who embezzled 923,009, was sentenced to eJ?hi vearl in the naaiicntlnnr. ; . v/-. . , ... dfibtf fcA i <y ;s \x " it '' ' v ' ~FTTTTTyyV ^ V - ^ -^- |:: H 4 >< so far as perfection c \ progress. To many > they don't consider > > has a very moving el > that follow are apt ^ dynamite and as dan > 4 ' Perfec A * :: Pcrfcc 4 * and their use is not f 4 a wateh. You don't , mechanism, going ac \ and wonderfully mac ^ dealing with it. Ay bowels into healthy give a healthy tone > headache, heartburn, the disordered condil ^ +? A t- TV 11- ?t - /\ycr s rins arc u 4 441 don't know of a ^ dyspepsia as Ayer's P ^ 44 Ayer's Pills do thi other pills." ^ 44 Although mild in 4 thorough in operation ^ bowels." ^ 44 After twenty yean ^ ague, bilious fever, sk < J. ^ 44 We alwavs used A always have them in t <4 ^ y y Y y y y An' Invasion of England. According to popular estimate, It requires not less tban three generations of wealth to evolve a gentleman from the common herd of humanity. By this standard of measurement Mr. W. Astor (it is not necessary to follow the custom of New York papers end use type enough to spell his entire name) is a gentleman, as are many other descendants from the traders, smugglers, and fishermen of old Manhattan. His grandfather, who smelled strongly of salted pelts, in which he dealt, has left the Englishspeaking business world tho invaluable symbol "O. K.," which he first used, these letters being the initial ones of the two words, "Oil Korrect, "as that dealer in hides spelled them. Somewhat to the consternation of New York society, Mr. Astor, he of the third generation, actually contemplates going to London to reside. Now, no one questions his right to reside where it pleases him best, for he is only one of many who look upon America in its newness and rawness as only suitable for money:making, but as not the place in which to get the best things out of this life. How common the expression, "Europe is the only land in which to live." The Astors have always been noted for looking well to the interests of the Astors, and the present possessor of the Astor estates may reside where it best suits him, and none need seriously question his a? wasaIva Tn "Pnfflnn/i ocr\o_ U1SIV \Jl IWUilVl xu JUU^1U11U| VOj/V cially in London, a gentleman can always have the society of gentlemen, especially when, like Mr. Astor, he has more than a pecuniary independence. According to the rule above cited, Mr. Jay Gould cannot be regarded a gentleman, and that title can only rest upon his grandson, should a goodly proportion of the Go^d wealth be preserved for him, and this long after the ancestral Jay, like the ancestral Astors, has found oblivion in the tomb, j "Who knows but that the great and powerful families of England a generation or two hence may be the Astors, Vanderbilta and the Goulds. England may manage American j breweries, while the "irony of fate" i is likely to "even up" this invasion oi of our malt interests by furnishing the seargirt isle with her "first fam-1 Hies." _ V>:m i*;.t \ JtSfiir. 1. "ffiEffSF i TTTVT^r^TT 1 A A A A A A A A ,> a?.?? F are an be attained. They mark th( people, any pill is a fit pill, an vhethcr there's any recoil in tl fFect, and so has an earthquake, to be disastrous. There are gerous as an earthquake. Dr. j :t in Prepa :t in Open ollowed by violent reaction. A use blasting powder to eject th jain. The machinery of the b< le than a watch, and needs eve er's Pills give just the necessary action. They correct thi ill-c to the stomarn.' Thus they constipatic piles, and all dise :ion of the liver, stomach, or bo ie best cathartic I ever used in my practice." J. T. SPARKS, nything that will so quickly relieve and cure tl ills." JOHN C. PR1TCHARD, Brodie, eir work efficiently and !o not rripe nor make JOHN M. S? action and less liable to gripe than other purg ' and .can always be relied on to cure disea PETER J. DUF i' experience, I know that Ayer's Pills are an a! :k headache, flux, dyspepsia, constipation and . O. WILSON, Contractor and Builder, Sulp LyeT's Pills in my father's family. I am now 1 he house because I have found no better pill 1 MARY JACOBUS, 711 E. Chestnut St. ^ T Y CHIEF OF THE COMANCHES. Bis Indian "Who Was Erroneously Keported Murdered. Quanah Parker, the big chief of the Comanches, who was erroneously reported murdered by an outlaw In the Southwest, only to be found alive and well at Sherman, Texas, is the richest and in many respects the most civilized of American Indians. He Is the principal chief of his tribe, and lives in a |6,000 house in the midst of a great cattic ranch, over which range thousands of fine cattle and hundreds of well-bred j horses. He has seven wives and a very j large family of children. Four of his i children are students at the Carlisle J (Pa.) Indian school, and Parker recenti ly paid a visit to that institution and : was very much interested in its work. : Parker'* mother was a white woman who was stolen in her infancy from her people by the Comanches. She married one of the warriors of the tribe, and when Quannh was a small bey she wsa recaptured by her friends and died of a broken heart because she was not Wffw a *" i A WEAT.TIIT IXDIAJT CHIEF. ^ I allowed to rejoin her Indian husband j and child. Quanah was made chief of i the tribe and has ruled it with great j wisdom and foresight. lie is very | abstemious, never drinking anything , Uiat is stronger than coffee. A real surprise: Ethel?So lie drop- i ped right down on his knees and proposed? Dear me! Did you say "This Is so sudden?" Penelope?Oh, no! It was so unexpected, vqu know!?Puck. <L . ? . ' .. >. . I I II I VTVTVTr ^ ^ ^ A i^-1 ^ -^- A- i ' ^ i s LLJ US .. ; M i highest point in pill ^ id so long as it acts ^ ? ic action. Dynamite ^ but the consequences 4 v- i pills as damaging as \ \yer's Pills are ^ ration, j itinn : luuii, m l grain of sand stops * e grain and start the ady is more fearfully n greater delicacy in * 7 stimulus to start the * $8 rtmditioned liver and * cure dyspepsia, sick 4 ases that grow out of \ wels. , ^ [ffl M. D., Yeddo, InA he terrible suffering of ^ Warren Co., N. C. ^ v$| : one sick like so many ^ tflTff, Atlanta, Ga. 4 V3| atives, Ayer's Pills are ^ les of the stomach or k ' .-2 FY, Rockport, Tea. J 'Jgjfl bsolute core for tertian ^ hard colds." 4 ihur Springs, Texas. ^ fifty-five years old and ^ than Ayer's." * , , Ml Vernon, Ohio. 4 ' ' ' ' ' w' I ALASKA FISH. fhey Are Used for Food, Light and Heat by the Natives. A species of fish abounds In be -y waters of Alaska that are useful loth' ;< is food and fuel. They are taken In' . f-j immense quantities with nets and lines. V&| After being caught they are dried and .. . stored away until the long wlHter months arrive, when it gets dark early and the Alaskan is snowed up. Here ?omes an opportunity for using them. >,3 Not a bit at a loss for light, the Alasi lean takes one of these dried fish, in- ' -t ! serfs its tail into a crack in his rough vjJj ! wooden table and lights its nose. The ! fish burns with a bright and steady ! tight of about three candle power, givi Ing a clear, white light and a very eon- " jfl j siderable amount of heat. A fairly i targe fish will burn for a period of three , ^ * hours. JV# The scientific explanation is extreme ly simple. The vertebrae which form the back-bone of the fish are found to be largely formed of phosphorus, which not only causes it to Ignite easily, but also accounts for the strength of the flame and the heat developed. The sub* _ stance of the fish, which consists so largely of fat, acts as a retarder to the 'ii-, rapid burning of the vertebrae in preMspIv the same way as the tallow acta In an ordinary candle. Tlie fat of the" , v.fr fish Is largely, composed of stearlne. , which Is also the chief chemical constituent of the tallow used for making candles, and which gives them their firmness and consistency. Valuable as Is the fish for Its light- ' $ glv'ng properties, It also has Its talue as a food. If necessary It can be eaten after having been used as a candle, it >> then l??lng simply smoked, or It can be boiled or cooked In the ordinary manner. In whichever way it Is treated, to * ! a hungry man It serves as a very welcome and appetizing dish. Iu flavor it Is much like the smelt, having the same sweet taste, but Is much fatter. I Still another use to which it can be I put is as a substitute for cod liver oil, ' t which. If taken in sufficient quantity, I hr nhllnsr the natural heat of the body. proves an excellent protective against the severe cold. The oil is obtained ! from the fish by Immersing them in cold water and squeezing, the product obtained being almost equal in quality to the genuine cod liver oil.