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/;* * '"-"f ";% THE COUNTY RECORD. Poblished EYory Thursday ?AT ? tIN08TP.EE. SOUTH CAROLINA. ? BY ? C. W. WOLFE . Editor and Proprietor. The announcement that the German Government has released on furlough some of the soldiers of the Eastern provinces to help in the harvest fields jof their districts affords an interesting (parallel to the announcement from iKausas that the students of one of the [women's colleges ha! left school to help garner the wheat crop of the Sunflower State. In each incident is the recognition that the annual yield of its great grain fields is, in an important sense, the foundation on which %re reared the prosperity and content of a State. Up to July 1 the total fire loss in the United States for 11)00 was $103,000,500, against $63,000,000 for the correiponding period last year. There hare been no less thau fifteen fires with tosses of over $500,000 each since .Tannary 1 last, and five of them have destroyed property reckoned by millions, the Ottawa conflagration heading the list, with a loss of $12,000,000. And flie underwriters reix.rt that not only ^iU8 the first half of 1000 been remark pble for great fires. but that the number and destructiveness of small fires Itave also been unusual. One of the most suggestive tributes to the skill of American workmen is jibe offer of Swiss manufacturers to give large prizes to inventors for improvemnts in watch making, so that American competition in this line can be cheeked. The delicacy and simplicity of American-made watch movements is such that the Swiss no longer claim tfle pre-eminence 111 mis nne. The result is all the more gratifying because the sitecializntion of watchmaking in the United States is of such recent growth compared to the ages iu which the Swiss have excelled iu it. Victor Smith, in the New York jPress, thinks that what this country Heeds is u school of "unlearning." lie says: "There are so many distorted facts engraved on the tablets of our memory that we shall never get them straightened out unless we go to school at forty, fifty, sixty aud seventy to unlearn that which we stored up in youth and take in a fresh cargo of corrected information. Perhans it were better that we should uot go to jw-hool at all until we have knocked kbout for half a century. It Is much (harder to unlearn and learn over agaiu than to learn correctly in the start." The recently prevailing fashion of wearing trained skirts on the street Is responsible for a new development In au old disease, say physicians. This )s varicose veins in the upper arm, caused by the unnatural twisting of the arm in holding the skirt from the ground. Several cases have been treated lately, in which the veins have fc>urst, to the serious danger of the patient, and permanent distortion of the Buna has resulted more tnan onee. ror tliis reason medical men are greeting with warmth the latest dictate of fashion, to the effect that street costumes must have skirts that clear the ground. The writer of an article on "The Passing of Birds*" in the ?:v Muglnud Magazine, says that "in the localities yet favored by great flights of geese, ducks, crane and plover during the migrations it is not a matter for uilusual comment when a single individual brings down fifty birds in an at ttriicou: and for a party i.f nail" a: dozen to has Ave hundred or uioro iu! it day is a record that is repeatedly achieved. Indeed, an effective style j ?f advertising now adopted 4>y some Wcsicic railroads Is thgfoiul'Msliina 01 photographs of literal wason-loads ^>f dead ^line-birds taken iu a single day's li ' "f it?-i" r.-.s>,rts." Suspicious. "I have strong doubts about Tenspot's being a geniune tisberuian," said (.'till! so. "Why:" asked Cawker. lie never refers to trout as speckled beauties."?Detroit Free Press. r-r:*? , srmr* f t THROUGH "GA1 Triumphal Entrance of f hp C plpcf\i II1W VWIVOlll F0REI6XE.1S FOUND TO BE SAFE. Official Confirmation of The News of the Capture Received in Washington City. Washington, D. C., Special.?Tht allied armies have captured and entered Pekiu in the face of obstinate resistance and the members of the foreign legations are safe. Official confirmation of the fall of the Chinese capital came to the United States govern, ment Friday night, in the shape of two cablegrams, one from Admiral Remey and the other from Consul Fowler, at Che Fu. The cablegram from Admiral Remey came to hand first early in the evening, followed very soon after by that from Consul Fowler, and the officials. realizing the great public inter- j est In the events, which it was believed had happened in Pekin, at once made them public. Admiral Reniey's dis patch is as follows: "Taku. Aug. 17, 1 a. m. "Bureau Navigation, Washington: "Just received a telegram from Tientsin, dated 16th, 10 p. m., saying: 'Pekin was captured on August 13. Foreign legations are safe. Details follow shortly.'" That from Consul Fowler, giving important details of the occurrences at the time of the capture of the city, was given out in the subjoined official statement: "Che Fu. Aug. 17, 1900. "(Received 7:53 p. m.) "Secretary of State. Washington: "17th. Japanese admiral reports allies attacked Pekin, east, 15th. Obstinate resistance. Evening. Japanese entered the capital with other forces. Immediately surrounded legations. Inmates safe. Japanese lost over 100: , Chinese 300. FOWLER." Previous information, which has been received here, showed that the allied armies took possession of Tung Chow on the 12th inst. From that city to Pekin the distance is not very *-rent iint mrirp than a dozen miles. It seems evident, therefore, that the armies halted for a time at Tung Chow, probably for the purpose of giving the men a rest and to prepare for the attac k on the capital city in force, after waiting until the rear of the advancing host should arrive at the front. Possibly also the delay was the result of negotiations inaugurated by the Chinese officials, looking to the delivery of the ministers with a Chinese or other escort. If negotiations were attempted they must have failed, as the army continues on its march and attacked the capital three days after reaching Tung Chow. I Quarrel:ng Among; Themselves. i London, By Cable.?Whatever of interest might attach to the events reported in the night dispatches is destroyed by the capture of Pekin, as most of the messages relate to matters preceding the leading up ..o the capture of the Chinese capital. Gen. Linevitoh, ! LUWUJB.UUer Ui aumiau U WP3 ill Pechili, reports to St. Petersburg that j on August 12 the Chinese ?.ended to give battle at Che Sin, where were con. ; centratcd 50 battaions of the best Manchu troops, commanded by Gen. Tung Fuh Sinag, but that losing courage they retrated hurriedly, not waiting for an attack to be made. The eyes cf the world, which have been fixed hitherto on Pekin, are turning to Shanghai, where an imbroglio resulting from the jealousy and sus- | Lynch ng ::i Georgia. Doerun, Special.?An armed mob numbering so men iorciDiy entered tue Jail here Saturday night and taking Bill Cater, a negrc out. riddled him with bullets. He died Instantly. Cater was charged with attempted criminal assault cn a white woman. As soon as Cater was captured he confessed his crime, and later was identified by his victim. ! Killed bv Lightning. Ashevllle, X. C., Special.?Peirce E. Sauve, a clerk in the First National Bank, of Tampa. Fla.. while sitting under an oak tree in front of th<* Cain House, a fashionable boarding place or. Grove street, was struck by lightning Thursday afternoon at 6 o'clork. Five doctors were summoned. They found the left side paralyzed and restored circulation, but not consciousness, and Sauve died in an hcur and a half. The tree was not struck, and a man sitting next to Sauve received only a slight shcck. Sauve was a Catholic and his remains are in charge of Father Marion, who notified his home folk* i E OF PEKIN. the Allied Forces Into ll Capital. . picion of the powers will possibly I shortly assume a serious aspect. The British landed Gurkas and Bombay regiments on Friday and France is hurrying 1.700 Tonkin troops thither, some of whom are reported to have arrived already. The situation in the valley of the Vang Tse Kiang. at Wu Chang, is se. rious. Chang Chi Tung's troops miltined. but the outbreak was quelled. Russia's campaign in Manchusia seems to be progressing satisfactorily. Gen. OrlofT. chief of staff of the Russian forces in China, reports on Aug. 14 that he attacked the Chinese at Meduchei on August 12 and subsequently advanced to Yak Shi and captured an abundance of stores. The Chinese are said to be gathering in force in the i neighborhood of Kobdo. from which j place the KUSSian ann l artar rr?iueni.? have departed. A Berlin dispatch dated Sunday morning says the German marine battalions arrived at Tien Tsin on Thursday. Waiting for Report. Washington. D. C., Special.?The government now fully satisfied by the advices in hand that the international troops have entered Pekin and that the legations are saved, is calmly awaiting detailed statements from its own officers on the ground. Dispatches were received Saturday from" Gen. Barry at Chefoo and Consul Goodnow at Shanghai, repeating the tuain fact of the capture and relief. Neither Gen. Chaffee nor Admiral Remey was heard from, however, and it is to them, particularly to the American commander at Pekin. that the government looks for advices not only on what has oc -red but on the local developments tiom which an intelligent determination can be made oi what still remains to ue aone. The Fall of Pekii.. Berlin, by Cable.?The news regarding the entrance into Pekin was further confirmed by two telegrams reI reived by the Janaese legation in Berlin, one dated Augu-t 14, saying that the allied forces were only ten miles from the capital and the other briefly announcing that they had entered. The German press accepts the fall of Pekin as a fact. Senator Ingalls Dead. Las Vegas. N. M.. Special.?Rormet i'nited States Senator John J. Ingalls died at Blast La Vegas at 2:25 a. ra, Thursday. He was surrounded by bis family. The funeral will be held in Atchison. Kan. Senator In?alls' illness dated from March. 1899, when, at Washington his throat began troubling him. He worked steadily, writing political articles for newspapers th-.oughout the country. He was treated by several specialists, but received no relief. and on their advice, returned with his family to Atchison. At home he grew no better. Ten months ago he sought another change of climate, traveling through New Mexico. A Dip In The Deep Blue Sea. A good breath of salt air and a dip in the surf will make any one lose that tired feeling wMeh the hot weather causes. The seacoast resorts of Virginia and the Carolina are easily and quickly reached via the Seaboard Air Line, and anyone taking a little trip down to the sea will eel invigorated and well paid for the expense. The Seaboard's polite conductors and porters aid in making the journey oa oi pleasure. iNewsTTem?r The salmon catch will be short from 500.000 to 730,000 cases this year. New York's Episcopal Archdiosese will probably be divided for the eighth time. The United South African Breweries Company, founded by Barney Barnato. will erect an immense brewery at Cape Town with American machinery, costing $500,000. The Japanese Consul in New York denies that his country will seek a war loan here. Anson Phelps Stokes, the young millionaire pastor, is preparing for his fr?t pastorate in New York. Because he advised a comrade not to engage in a duel, the Austrian military Court of Honor has demanded the resignation of Captain Count Ledo. i nu n or. a. The tax rate of Eoston. Mass.. has teen fixed at $14.70, as against $13.10 last year. This is the largest rate since 1885. A celluloid collar worn by Nathan Clausen, of Hempstead, L. I., caught fire from a cigar and terribly burned him THROUGHOUT THE COUNTRY. | The South. For participating in a triple lynching W. B. Brooks was sentenced to life imprisonment at Palestine, Texas. Baltimore, 'Md., is for a second time in partial darkness, the linemen's tetrike having been revived. The destructive Are in tne Dismal Swamp is still burning on the southern side of the great wilderness, where none of Sunday's storm was felt. It is doubtful whether it will be extinguished until the fall rain sets in. Lumbering men and neighboring railroads are still suffering. Charged with an intention to dynamic the Italian parade in honor of King Humbert Alexander Bresce, an alleged Anarchist, was locek up at Richmond, Va. j The North. The laying of the new German cable to the Azores was started from Coney Island. New York. Anxious to avenge Pekia outrages several soldiers stoned a Cli.ucse restaurant at Chigago. Ill and two of thein were locked up. A 38-inch water main burst under the sidewalk in front of the Hotel Tou raine, at Boston, Mass., and the nooa did $75,000 damage. Sailing on the steamer Deuts;hland from New York for Hamburg were ' Charlemagne Tower. United States ' Ambassador to St. Petersburg; John ; Wanamaker, and B. Thomas, president of the Erie Railroad. In a jealous rage, C. S. Reighard. a coal wagon driver, shot and killed his wife at Toledo, 0., and then killed himself. The Prohibitionists have plaoed a full State ticket in the field in North Dakota, headed by D. Carleton, fof governor. Frank Davis, a colored bootblack, was shot and killed by 16-year-old Henry Young on West Twenty-fifth St., New York. George D. Jackson has declined to accept the Congressional nomination unanimously given him by the Demo rrats of the Tenth Michigan district. The breaking of a flange on a wheel caused a trolley car at East Prcviflence R. I. n plunge against a tree, and 12 per> were badly injured. For., er State Senator John F. 0'Malley >v?s acquitted at Chicajo. 111., of the : lu.rge of at tempting to kill former Alderman William Syman. Acting Mayor Guggenheimer lias appointed ex-Judge Albert Goetting commissioner cf charities'for the borough* of Brooklyn and Kueen's, New -k. To avoid being whipped by 1. parents. fifteen-year-old Johajn.i Rcsg ommitted suicide by drinking carbolic acid at New York. Charged with embezzling $950, Harry R. Bond, late Cincinnati manager of the Guaranty Title and Trust Company. was arrested at Toledo, 0. Foreign. Lord and I-ady Minto will visit Daw on soon. The Canadian government will abol ish the obnoxious ten per cent, royalty on gold at Dawson and establish there ! an assay office. While the British craiser Charybdig was casting anchor in the Straits of Belle Isle on Sunday Boatswain's Mate Inglis was caught in the anchor chain and torn to pieces. Haiti has notified Washington that she now requires payment of duties on all imports from Santo Domingo. A great demonstration was given t? Sousa's Band at Munich. A confirmed case of bubonic plague was removed from a steamer at Ham* burg. Miscellaneous. The India Famine Relief Fund, of the New York Committee of one Hundred. has reached $200,020.18. Charged with insubordination, eight sailors of the Briti-sh ship Kings County are in irons aboard the ship at Pensacola, Fla. Miequel Patermo, who arrived at New York on the Montserrat, from Havana. on August 1. is declared to have yellow rever or a mna rype. The Interooeanic Canal Company has failed to get an extension of time for depositing witfc the Government of Nicaragua $400,bdO and beginning the construction of a railroad and canal. The National Association of Democratic Clubs will probably meet in InA i o n n i a In/1 rV'tnl\or 10 Miaua^vino, iuuM vvtvwwt AV. Several thousand peoole heard Blshrp E. B. Kephart preach at the United Brethren camp-mceting at Mt. Gretna. Memorial services for King Hv.mtert t f Italy were held in Carnegie Hall, New York, by the United Italian societies cf that city. School Teacher Melville M. Wood tried to rescue Miss Alma 0?borne from drowning at Washington, Ind., end both were drowned. Judge John H. Reagan, the only surviving member of the Confederate Cabinet, has resigned as chairman of the Texas Railroad Commission, after six. ty years of public life. i * * ' (\ ANOTHER NEWPARTY Two Political Meetings in Progress at Indianapolis. DEATH OF C. P. HUNTINGTON. Famous Railway Magnate and flultlMillionaire Passes Away Unexpect^T edly?Mis Life and Work. Indinanapolis, Special. ? The first day's session of the national Third party convention was devoted entirely to addresses, no formal action being taken beyond the appointment of a committee of three to confer with the anti-imperialists. The sentiment among the independents was strong against the candidacies of both McKin ley and Bryan. It is said a third ticket will be the outcome, although there Is a desire to combine with the antiImperialists, if possible, and there is scarcely a possibility of the anti-imperialists nominating a ticket. The convention of the "indepenents" was calle to order in the Commercial Club rooms by Thomas M Osborne, of Auburn, N. Y. The number of delegates was not large, but enthusiasm was plentiful. Mr. Osborne stated that the committee calling the convention was appointed in July. "We have chosen," he said, "to be known temporarily at least by the name of the National Party. Both the old parties have grown'selflsh and corrupt. We are here to compromise not only in matters of ' judgment, but in matters of conscience In place of Lincoln, Sumner, and Ch.ise we have McKinley, Piatt, and Hannu, and in place of Tilden and Cleveland and Russell we have Bryan. Altgtld and Tlilman. We favor a platform favoring anti-imperialism, sound money and civil service reform. With much of the movement of the anti-imperialists, or "liberty congress," which meets here, we are in sympathy, but to the same time we want it understood that we are entirely distinct and separate from them." Louis R. Ehrich, of Colorado Springs, Col., was then nresented 2s temnorarv chairman of the convention. Mr. Khrich was frequently applauded during the reading of his address. A Raiiro.id Alagnate Gone. Racquette Lake, N. Y., Special.?C. P. Huntington, president of the Southern Pacific Railroad Company, died at his camp. Pine Knot, in the Adirondaeks, at about midnight. Heart dis. ease was the direct cause of death. Afns parently well on retiring at 11 o'clock,^ he was taken suddenly with a choking spell, which was quite common with him and which was not thought to be serious, but he became worse. As soon as the seriousness of the attack wad realized, a mesenger was dispatched to the neighboring camp of Governor Lcnasberry, for a doctor, and he was uu uaau IU iioii au uuui. mi. 111111tington died without regaining conaciousness, not more than three-quartere of an hour having passed between the attack and his death. Mrs. Huntington and Mr. Huntington's secretary. O. E. Miles, were at his bedside at the time of ueath. A Man of Million*. New York, Special?Mr. Huntington's death had little effect on the general stock market. .Even nis own stocks, chief among which was Southern Pacific, were hlrdly disturbed. Some large lots of Southern Pacific came out in the initial transactions, bat they were promptly taken by banking interests known to represent the late mi.tionaire and as a result the price of Southern Pacific soon rallied from its one-point decline. It seemed to be the general opinion of those conversant with Mr. Hunting ton's affairs tnat ne naa jert nis properties in such shape aa to permit of easy handling by others. Wall street estimates the fortune of Mr. Huntington at from $40,000,000 to $50,000,000. 5,139 Soldiers Sick In the Philippines. Washington, D. C-. Special?General MacArthur has cabled the war department a brief statement concerning the health of the troops in the Philippine*. The number of sick in the hospitals is set down at 3.86S. and in quarters at 1.261. making a total of 5.129 sick soldiers. or 8.47 per cent, of the entire axmy in th? archipelago. Chaffee at flatow. Washington, D. C., Special.?The Bureau of Navigation has made public tbe following dispatch: "Taku, August 12. "Ju&t receive undated from Chaffee: 'Matow yesterday; opposition of no ^ consequence yet; terrible heat; many-y men prostrate. Please Inform Secretary of War.' "Remey." " Matow Is about 11 or 12 miles b'yond Ho Si Wu. The road between Ho Si Wn and Maf-nxc is Indicated on the War Department map as the worst section of the road between Tien Tsil , and Pekia. * i *1