The county record. [volume] (Kingstree, S.C.) 1885-1975, December 30, 1897, Image 2
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THE OMAHA EXPOSITION.
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To Surpass Everything But the Chij|
cago World's Fair.
THE FIRST IN THE FAR WEST.
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!KtVmkM>* Hit? Planned an Exposition
That W1U Be Twin as Lar|? as the
Becaa* Ome at XaafcvlIlo-ExfclblU bjr
~ tfee B era! Oorerninent and the Varlwmm
KatdoA Grand Conception.
v . Wiauwlmf, D. C. (Special). "Your
|? people la the Sad do not realize what a
j. , pteat exposition we are preparing to have
la Omaha aart summer, from June to
November/' said Representative David H.
Swear, of Nebraska, to a New York Post
eorrsspoydent. "With the exception of
the World's Fair at Chicago tt will be the
Created exposition ever given in America,
about double*the size of the Nashville een1 lal.
and the first huge undertaking of
tbektad wed of the Mississippi."
"What ll the Government doing for the
*S55Stet place. Congress made an appropriate*
of *300,000. Of this torn
tM wilt be spent on a Government boi^ff^
S300 on a Ufa-saving -service and
tha red la the transDortatf^n ape custody
of exhibits from the ftovernautft museums,
Patent Offloe, Pish Commifeion, ud other
executive departments. Dr. Clark, of the
Interior Department, is preoarln* a reproduction
of the Yellowstone National Path,
which In perfect and will eost 800.
"The Secretary of AgrkraJt ire has an al?i>
* Jewacoe with which to conduct beet-sugar
experiments, and these he has thought beet
' i jiiflmtfiln tn nn nun rirni with MiIhim
- Iftill Uifil fair, where their reenlts would
probably rea^i the attention of the largest
janmber of people likely to profit by them.
Honey bee also been appropriated for expedua
sating with fiax and other fibre
Untie 8am In likely to signalize
\ jtbo ceent bp a~ special issue Tof pontage
stamps, and we want to strike off some sil'
ear coins similar to those designed for the
NTockrs Pair. Wo shall have plans for 11jnsiratisg
methlng like forty different
SMthods ol-:Irrigating arid or semi-arid
.lands, and this, it in hoped, will be a great
ohjoct iosion. Instead of a Ferris wheel,
an enormous umbrella-like apparatus has
feeea oenstrneted in a most nightly position
m limllng the tity.M
tr' . x ,*?What other financial backing betides
that Of the Oorernment will the expoaltlon
liarti"
The State oi ftepiasaa nas appropriated
100,006, and the eoonty of Douglas, in
which Omaha la situated, 6100,000 in bonds.
The ottisens of Omaha, besides, have subscribed
more than 61,000,000 as a guarantee
land, which they will get back If the exposition
pan. Then the States of what is
ft ikcown as the trans-Mississippi country are
pobsoribing amounts varying from 625,000
to 675,000 each, the last-named sum being
{appropriated by California. Illinois
mi given 690,000, New Jersey, New
Tore, Massachusetts, and many of the
"Eastern States are now making plans for
Wag well represented. Foreign govern.meats,
especially those of ^Central and
4k>oth America, will have substantial exhibits.
Mexico and Canada are taking a
great interest la the fair, and making
handsome provision for it.
"Three different electric lines will connect
the oity with the grounds, and the railroads
will have an entrance on the fair
groends, as at Chicago. The site chosen is
In the northern part of the city, beautifully
located, and contains 220 acres."
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' January Fension Payment#.
The January pension payments due at
I the several agencies have been announced
by the Treasury Department as follows:
Buffalo, 61,700,000: Chicago, 62,885,000;
.Concord, N. H., 8775,000; Des Moines, 62,300,000;
Milwaukee, 81,980,000; total, 60,.
10,000.
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Fatal AflVay in Pennsylvania.
Stephen Shellen, who murdered his
sister's sweetheart in Dubois, Penn.,
wounded three men, and did not surrender
until be was himself fatally wounded.
Btatvcd Fifbtiic In Crete.
Renewed lighting has taken place in
' , Crete, and twelve Christians have been
killed by Mussulmans.
Miners Killed by Fire Damp.
Sixtem persons were killed by tbo explosion
of firedamp In a coalpit at Dorlmuad,
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THIS COUNTRY A WINNER.
How the Boring Sen Award It Viewed In
Washington.
The findings of the Britfch -American
Commission chosen to assess the damages
for seizures of Canadian sealing vessels in
Bering Sea hav& been received by the State
Department and the British Embassy. The
only official statement that could be secured
is contained in the following announcement,
given out at the Sfrte De
partment: *
"The award of the Bering Sea Claims
Commission has been filed In the Department
of State. The claims^* presented bj
the British Government to th^ Commission
on aoeonnt of Canadian vessels seised in
Bering Sea aggregated, with interest,
$1,600,000. These included, under ?the
claims treaty, several eases not embraced
in the settlement proposed by Secretary
Gresham. The award now made amounts
to $294,181.91, to which is to be added interest,
whioh will increase the total about
fifty per cent. The award is final and disposes
of all cases before it. Payment under
the treaty must be made within six raont lis."
There appears to be little d*.>ubt that the.
United States carried Its point on th? matH*
auestion involved that of prospect* - j
damages for sealskins which might Save
been taken if the vessels ha 1 ncl been
seized.
PHILADELPHIA BANK FAILS.
Chestnut Street Mtikaal Closed by Order
cf the Controller.
A painful sensation was created at Phil"iSelphla
by the announcement of the
suspension of the Chestnut Street National
Bank, regarded as one of the strongest
financial Institutions in the city. The suspension
carried with it the closing of the
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uneswaf enroot .trust uu oaviu^ muu
Company, doing business under the State
banking lawn.
William M. Bingcrly,publisher of the Philadelphia
Record, is president of both companies.
and the same men, with one exception,
act as offloers and directors.
The first information the public received
that the banks were ip trouble was
in the form of a notice posted on th?
door of the building occupied jointly bytLe
two concerns, signed by National Bank
Examiner William If. Hardt, to the effect
that the Chestnut Street National Bank
had olosed its doors pending an investigation
of its affairs by the Controller of the
Currency. No statement of assets and
liabilities is available, but it is said that
the deposits of the Chestnut Street Bank
amounted to 81,700,000, and of the Trust
Company, 81,300,000.
COSTLY FIRE IN CLEVELAND.
a Million Dollars' Worth of Property
Destroyed In the Business Section.
Fire broke out in the business centre of
Cleveland, Ohio, at 5 o'clock Thursday afternoon
and, fanned by a high northwest
wind, destroyed property worth nearly a
million dollars. The Power Block, on
Frankfort street, six stories high, made of
brick, was consumed above the second
story, and the rear of the
brick WJlshire Block, six stories high,
and fronting on Superior street, was
burned. The fire was started by the exidoston
of a large can of benzine in the
itbograpbing establishment of Johns &.
Co.. in the Power Block. Windows were
blown oat, and several employes escaped
with difficulty by the fire-escapes and a
bridge leading to the Wilshlre Block.
The losses of scores of tenants, especially
in the Power and Blackstone Buildings,
the latter of which was occupied mainly
by lawyers with costly libraries, will be
heavy. <
An Alabama Fend.
In Birmingham, Ala., Felix T. Brown, a
Cincinnati drummer, was -pursued into a
jewelry store crowded with women and
fatally shot by Thomas T. Ashford, whose
brother he had killed one year ago.
A Venerable President Remembered.
A gold tea service was presented to President
Sloan, of the Delaware, Lackawana
and Western Bailroad, by officials and employes,
in commemoration of his eightieth
| birthday anniversary.
Home For Indigent Mason*.
The Masonic Grand Lodge of New Jersey
has purchased the former William Bonn
property, near Barttngton, for a home for
aged and indigent Masons.
A French TrlnmpI .
Major HarohanA writes to Paris that the
French have secured control of the Upper
| Nile, without firing a shot.
England Propoaee a Conference.
Lngland proposed to Bnssla^ conference
over the partition of China in order to
1 avoid dangerous rivalries.
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TIE PARTITION OF GTOA
Seems Destined to Be Divided Up
Among the European Powers.
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RUSSIA SEIZES PORT ARTHUR.
Great Game of Grab " What Does England
Get?" TliU I? the Question That
Her Press Is Asking With llacli Earnestness
Now Japanese Fleet Xenaces
Russia France to Follow England.
Losdox, England (By Cable). The officials
of the Chinese Embassy here do not
conceal their belief that the Powers are intending
to seizo Chinese ports, and they
discredit the report that Great Britain has
been requested to assume a protectorate
over the Tang-Tse Valley and the West
River, saying that they have no informa*
tion on the subject, but would know if the
rumor was well founded.
Sir Haliiday Macartney, the English Secretary
of the Chinese Embassy, was asked
if Russia's possession of Port Arthnr would
be temporary. He replied that this plea
was usually made a pretext for occupation.
Ac unconfirmed report is current that
port of the British Far Eastern Squadron
wiil bestationed at Wei-Hat-Wei this winter.
If true, this indicates that Great Britten is
workingwith Ja^an. The latter stifl occupies
Wei-Hal-Wel, pending payment of
tb*?hicese war indemnity.
The newspapers are much disturbed over
the situation. "What do wo get?" is the
burden of their complaint, and they all insist
on the necessity for immediate action.
Tho Globe says: "Russia and Germany
now have the two most strategical positions
in Northern China, and Great Britain,
whose commercial interests there are ten
times greater, must be content with the
crumbs from tho St. Petersburg and Berlin
tables."
The Tall Mall Gazetto echoes the Standard's
inquiry as to America's attitude, and
remarks: "Of course, the partition of the
coast, which is bound to come, will not be
confined to Russia and Germany. Every
naval 8tate in the world is actively,concerned
in the disturbance of the equilibrium
in the for East, Great Britain,
Franco and Japan especially. But tho
United States caunot be^reated as a quantity
to be ignored. Tame acquiescence with
mrse seizures is not wonuy 01 our past,
and Is fatal to our future. We may remark
that we shall not be without sympathisers,
as the Japaneso will most joyfully back any .
scheme to redress the bitter humiliation
they hare suffered at the hands of Russia."
Advices from Paris show France is await*
lug Great Britain's action. It Great Britain
follows the lead of Russia and Germany
and occupies a seaport, France will forthwith
do tne same.
A telegram from Berlin says the rumor is
current there that the British East Asiatic
squadron has been ordered to sail for Quelpaert
Island, at the entrance of the Yellow
Sea, presumably to occupy It. The tone of
the German press is favorable bo some such
action on the part of Great Britain. Quelpaert
Island, which is sixty miles south of
Korea, is forty-five miles long and twelve_
miles broad. It is subordinate to Korsfc~
and has been used as a penal settieipont.
The Japanese fleet at Nagasfff put to
sea on receipt of Russia's notification that
she had occupied Port Arthcrtemporarlly.
The Russian ocetipatioff of Port Arthur
w-- connected wrtb^fhe Yisit there of
the t-il ?h warshi;' Daphne a week ago,
wb"u. in spito tho protests of the Chit^i^ne
eitered tho inner har
bor, professedly to ascertain whether
there were Kwiisian %hips there. China
'complained of the incident to the reprosOtatives
of the Powers at Pekln.
Prince Henry, of Prussia, alept at Osborne
after visiting Queen Victoria, and
next morning returned on board the German
eruiser Deutsohland, flagship of the
fleet he is taking to Chinese waters.
CUBA'S NEW PRESIDENT.
Bartolome Ufaaao Haa Been Elected the
Republic's Chief Executive.
No potentate or ruler in all the world occupies
so peculiar a {Position as Bartolome
Masso. At the ^ge of sixty-three, after a
lifetime of battling for the canse of bis native
country, he has been elected President
of the BepnbUe of Cuba and has been hailed
as the father of his country.
N^"^* HBTOLOK* KASSO.
Probably there ha* never been an election
held under similar circumstanced. Although
the Cuban Assembly convened somewhere
In the mountain fastnesses of the
Camaguey district on Septembers, it was
not until quite recently that the result of
the election was definitely known.
Masso was born in Mansanlllo, Cuba.
Both his father, Barlolome Masso, and his
mother, Aptonla Marquez, were wealthy
persons of high social standing. Masso
studied sclenoe and letters, and after being
graduated from the Havana University was
sent by his father on a tour through Europe.
On returning to Cuba he engaged in
literary and newspaper work.
Mrs. Blinkly John, dear, won't you
discharge Mary? You know how afraid i
I am of bcr. Mr. Bllnkly Certainly.
No servant can ever scare me. (A little
while after.) Mary ahem! Mrs.
Bllnkly has asked me to tell you that
she wants to see you after I here gono
to the office. Brooklyn Life. _
Irate customer See here! That suit
of clothes I bought of you yesterday 1
Is full of moth holqp. Dealer Das Is
all recht, mine frlent. Moths neffer eat
cotton, an* ven ladles an' shentleraens
see dose holes dey knows you rears
only high-priced all-vool goots. New
York Weekly.
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What is called an Alaska roee has bean
brought from the North by returning
miners. It looks like a big sunflower, except
that the bloom. Instead of large petals.
Is a mass of small yellow blossoms.
Legislating Against Flirting.
Senator HcCone has Introduced In the'
Virginia Legislature a hill to prevent flirt- j
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Hogs for Germany.
> The average annual Imports of hogs Into:
Germany are TOO,000 to 800,000 head, half
trom Austria.
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Our Only Citric Add Victory.
"A citric moid factory, the only one In the
United States, has been established in San
Bernardino County. 'Cel., for the'purpose!
of utilizing refuse lemons and culls from
the lemon orchards of southern California.
Four Generation* la Jall.
Four generations In one family were xe-i
cently confined In the New Bedford (Mass.)
jail, from the great-grandmother, aged
sixty, to an Infant born in the jail.
Cattle Exports S3,000,000 Monthly. |
Daring 1897 to October inclusive, we have
exported beef cattle to the amount of $80,"'
461 000, a gain of over $1,000,000 compared*
with IMS J
Travel* Like a Real Horse.
People are still at work inventing
queer device*. A Detroit man has invented
and patented a mechanical
horse which be designed to be propelled
by a pedal chain arrangement This
extends back to the carriage, which the
horse draws after it, covering the
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MESSAGE FROM THE KLONDIK&
Pound of Gold Sent by on Alaskan
Pro# pec tor to Hla Mother.
The little beg shown In the picture
safely held a pound of gold on the journey
from Dawson City to Pittsburg.
It was sent by William G. Stoney to
the woman he loved best and oftenest
remembered In the far-away gold coun
try?his mother. It was first Intrusted
to Stoney's friend, 8. D. Goff, and by
him forwarded to Mrs. Sioney. The
time was a little more than sixty days.
The bag Is being preserved by the
fond mother, who prizes It more for
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A BAO OF GOLD FOB HIS MOTHER.
the assurance It brought her that her '
sou was thinking of her amid the
hardships and trials of that far-off
country than for the gold it contained.
It Look* "Queer."
Smith?Do you know that our Gov rnment
encourages counterfeiting?
Jones?Why, of course not What do
rou mean?
Smiths-Well, anyway, It employs a
ot of Congressman to pass bad bills.
Classical Boston speaks of her underground
railway system as the subway, i
day we not expect to hear the elevated
*>ad line called the superway? "L
oad," "L" and "Elevated" are terms
vhich may serve for the ordinary, but <
inperway seems to belong to the realm
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A A A A AA A A 'Jg.
Much surprise has been n ipie?ll*^
that while the price of first-class bicycles
has fallen from $100 to $96 oij
$75 the price of typewriters remafer
the same. In first hands a Ofl0.tWlp|}|jl
writer still costs $100. The oneeiMft.^
possesses practical Interest, becanlM :s$;
there onght to bea corresponding ds
crease in the prico of artlclea man* v
factored under similar circumstance?
Actually the same machinery 1a naa^ ^j
Is producing a large portion of . th? I
framework, the wire parts and some ei'Vl
the movements of both mtchined
Within a year or two typewriter man
ufacturles have been turned Into hi
cycle factories with bat little expense*
As the bicycle demand fell off and the
lypewnier uemaim mcreuea un wmf*torics
were changed back to the O^V I
nal plan. The some might be saidagl
the price of wateh movements, thf ?
cost of which constitutes the prindpjffcost
of a watch. The machinery la-a
Watch factory can be adapted at little
cost to the manufacture of elttser"?
cycles or typewriters. The cost w
Watch movements has decreased' sr* ra,
that one of the best of watches can't*
bought now for one-half whht it wotfg A
have cost ten years ago. An lnfeOg *
gent person explains why the prlcg ft \
the writing machines is as high qow
as ever. If not higher, as to eqrui{
grades. It Is the everlasting trust and
combination of interests among man*faeturers
that keeps np the price <c
typewriters^ The trust markets all ttf? ,)
standard machines and controls tbj
trade. The trust must psjr enormo^
dividends. That is why tk? costpj^^H
typewriters is maintained at ibe^lig
notch of prices, notwithstanding tb# y
great reduction in the coat of mang w
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An Eastern magazine prints an ab^
article on "How to Leave the Dlniiim
Boom." We haven't read It yet, bm
even a casual glance at it convinces Of
that in the higliest New York drda* rf
is no longer considered good fbrspji
be carried ont of the dining-room by
the bntler. ^ ^
The latest sign of the precantfona b?K
ing taken by the United States foign .
ment to save Its men for war Is lli
joint order issued by Secretaries AlgfSj
and Long forbidding foot-ball gam;
between the cadets of AnnapoUs and;
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