The county record. [volume] (Kingstree, S.C.) 1885-1975, July 05, 1900, Image 6
THE COUNTY RECORD,
Published Erery Thursday
?AT?
TINGBTREE. SOUTH CAROLINA.
?BY?
C. W. WOLFE .
Kdltor and. Proprietor.
The new civic law lx?ok of I'r.nMa
Contains a paragraph under which inveterate
drunkards may be placed ?'litter
guardianship.
' London's county council has adopted
by a by-law or ordinance prohibiting
fonder a severe penalty the use of a calJcium
flashlight for advertising purposes
in the public streets or of
searchlights of any kind over .">00 candle
power. The use of such lights, it
as charged, is injuriously confusing
Jo the eyesipb*.
The Philadelphia Inquirer remarks
that the tender hearted American will
hot hiss a performer and adds: "'Because
he is so amiable he allows himself
to be imposed upon in a manner
jto which an Englishman or a Frenchman
would not submit for a moment.
End in this very matter of hissing, he
bae. by his reluctance to assert himself
in a way that others might regard
ps disagreeable, sacrificed the most effective
means of exerting a salutary
censorship over stage performances.
There would be less vulgarity and indecency
aud incompetency on the
ftage today if the American theatreI
goer had more of the courage of his
opinions. There are many times when
a few well directed hisses would have
a most salutary effect."
The new public library at i'rovidence,
R. I., contains a feature of suggestive
value in any community where i
a building to house a library is contemplated,
states Harper's Bazar. The !
lecture-room 011 the second floor is j
available for the use or ail merary
clubs, the only question to l>e asked according
to the librarian, is. "Has the
use to be made of the room some relation
to the subjects treated of in the
library books?" If so, the room with
whatever reference books are needed,
is placed at the disposal of any club
that makes the request and complies
with these conditions. The room is in
no sense a public hall, aud cannot be
rented or used for any entertainment
for which an admission fee is charged.
Both the Republican and the Rocky
Mountain News of Denver a few
days ago published editorials ailing
for the restoration or capital
punishment in Colorado. I'lies^.
two papers represent opposing political
parties. The occasion for this expression
of opinion was the lynching
of Calvin Kimblern at Pueblo. The
INews says: The people of Colorado
and the next legislature might as well
face the fact that in the absence or
captial punishment under the law it is
inflicted through the angry mob violence
whenever an especially atrocious
crime is committed, w lien a
whole community, including the officers
of the law, approves the illegal
infliction of the death penalty it Is
proof that that community approves
the legal infliction of the death penalty."
Germany has led and is still ioaq.j
Ing. the world in commercial educa*
tion," qays Gousular Agent Harris at
Eibenstock in a recent dispatch to the
state department. The various com.
raercial schools, he says, annually send
forth large numbers of qualitied young
men to take up lucrative and important
positions in the business world.
They are selling in distant countries
products of the German Empire ranging
from a locomotive to a clothespin,
invariably having the advantage over
their American and English competitors
of iK-ing able to speak fluently the
language of the country in which they
attempt to sell their goods. Consular
Agent Harris attributes the efficiency
of German commercial travellers dl
reetly to the splendidly conducted commercial
institutes in Germany, and
strongly recommends the establishment
of similar colleges in the I intcd
States. The founding of a lage commercial
university at Hamburg i>c
jmijs?. is ill copteuiulutiou. " 1
WGOLEY AND METCALF.
Standard Bearers of the Prohibitionists
The Platform.
The National Prohibition party in
convention a.t Chicago noniinate'l
John G. Woolev, of Illinois, for president
and Henry B. Metcalf, of Rhode
Island, for Vice President.
The platform of the Prohibition
party declares that the national inter
est could be promoted in no other way
so surely and wisely as by the ussertion,
though a national policy and the
co-operation therein of every State,
forbidding the manufacture, sale, exportation,
importion and transportation
of intoxicating liquors for bevrage
purposes, that the liquor power
is the most dangerous trust of all;
that the first step in solving the financial
problem should be saviDg the billion
dollars annually spent in drink.
We charge upon President McKiney,
who was elected to his high office
by appeals to Christian sentiment
and patriotism almost unprecedented,
and by a combination of moral influence
never before seen in this country,
that, by his conspicuous example us a
wine drinker at public banquets and
as a wine serving host in the White
House, he has done more to encourage
the liquor business, to demoralize the
temperance habits of young men and
to bring Christian parents and requirements
into disrepute than any
other president this republic has had.
We further charge upon President
McKinley r^ponsitnllty ior me army
canteen, with all its dire brood of disease,
immorality, sin and death, in
this country', in Cuba, in Puerto Rico
and the Philippines; and we insist
thaT by his attitude concerning the
canteen and his apparent contempt
for the vast number of petitions and
petitioners protesting against it. he j
has outraged and insulted the moral !
sentiment of this country in such a j
manner, and to such a degree, as calls j
for its righteous uprising and bis indignant
and effective rebuke.
We challenge denial of the fact that
our executive, as commander-in-chief
of the military forces of the United
States army, at any time prior to or
since March 2, 1S99, could have closed
every army saloon, called a canteen,
by executive order, as President i
Hayes did before him, and should have I
closed them for the same reason which j
actuated President Hayes; we assert
that the act of congress passed March
2, 1899, forbidding the sale of liquors
"in any post, exchange or canteen," by |
any "officer, or private soldier," or by
"any other person, on any premises
used for military purposes by the
United States," was and is as explicit
an act of prohibition as the language
can frame; we declare our solemn belief
that the attorney general of the
United States in his interpretation of
the law, and the secretary of war in
his acceptance of that interpretation
and his refusal to enforce the law,
were and are guilty of treasonable
nullification thereof, and that Presi-j
dent McKinley, through his assent to
and endorsement of such interpretation.
and refusal on the part of the officials
appointed by and responsible to
him, shares responsibility in their
guilt, and we record our conviction
that a new and seriqus peril con- !
fronts our country.
The War in South Africa.
London, by Cable.?General Sir Leslie
Rundle bad a sharp artillery and
rifle sk rmish near Senehai. Friday,
with a large force of entrenched Boers.
He declined to attack them. This is
the only fresh fighting reported. The
Boer outposts northeast of Pretoria
are busy. The telegraph wires between
Standerton and Newcastle were cut
Sunday, and Sir Redvers Buller had to
resort to heliograph. Commandant
Dewet, with 3.000 men and three guns,
s moving northeast in the Orange River
colony. *
Injuring Ginseng Trade.
Louisville, Spcial.?The troubles in
China are beginning to affect the remote
districts of the Kentucky mountains
in the ginseng trade by which
hundreds of people make a living.
Ever since the Boxer trouble begain
the price of ginseng has been dropping.
A month ago it was quoted at $3.75,
now it is down to $2.25 a pound, the
lowest nrinp in tour years.
Race Troubles in Mobile.
Mobile, Ala., Special.?Gov. John?
rrnf tho Cnmpnhn Guarda
DIUU Ui U\.l vu vui. v?v
to prevent trouble among the white
people and negroes in this vicinity.
Wednesday afternoon the son of a
man said to be named Morer, living
fcur miles from Evergreen, Ala., was
beaten by a negro, whereupon Morer
followed the r.egro and cut him with
an axe. The negro went to Morer's
house and fired into it. The whites
rallied and it is supposed shot two negroes,
one of whom died Friday morning.
More troubJe.ffla.v rssijjt.
FIRE AT HOBOKEN.
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Four Ocean Liners Burned to the Wa*,
ter's Edge.
THREE GREAT PIERS DESTROYED.
A Fire Thit Starts ii Bjles of Cotton !
Results in Fearful Loss of Lif?* a no
Property.
New York. Special.?The four great
piers of the North German Lloyd Line
in Hoboken were totally destroyed by
fire Saturday afternoon. The passenger
steamship Saale. the freight and
passenger steamship Maine and the
frieight and passenger steamship Bremen
of the North eGrman Lloyd Line,
were burned to the water's edge. The
Hamburg Line steamship Phoenicia, a
passenger steamship, was also burned
to the water's edge.
Campbell's storage warehouses on
the opposite side of the street, five big
buildings in all and each five stories
high were also burned. The loss at the
present time is roughly estimated at
$10,000,000.
From what can be learned the flames
started among a large pile of cotton
bales on Pier No. 2. of the North German
Lloyd Steamship Company and
spread with such remarkable rapidity
that in fifteen minutes the entire prop|
erty of the company, taking in over
a third of a mile of ware** front and
consisting of three great piers, was
completely enveloped in a huge blaze
that sent great clouds of smoke high :
up int? the air. The flames started so
suddenly and gained such headway
that the people ou the piers and on
the numerous vessels docked were un- !
able to reach the street. There were j
great gangs of workmen on the piers, j
and these together with a number of j
people who were at the docks on busi- j
[ ness and visiting the ships scattered j
in all directions. As all means of exit
were cut off by the flanus they were
forced to jump overboard and r.o doubt
i great number of people were drowned.
At the (locks for the North German
Lloyd were the Saale. a single ]
I screw passenger steamship of 4.1?65
gross tons; the Bremen a twin screw
, passenger and freight steamer of 10,526
tons and the Main, a twin screw
freight and passenger steamer of 12.200
gross cons. They all caught fi re
and were burned to the water's edge.
The Kaiser_\Vj!helm der Grosse. which
had just come in. was the only one of j
the four big vessels at the dock that j
escaped.
The fire was discovered by a
watchman on the pier at four o'clock. !
He saw a small streak of flame shoot I
from a bale of cotton on Pier No. 2,
at which was docked the iteamer
Saale. He immediately sent :n an
alarm.
In a few minutes the flames had extended
to the steamship and were communicated
to the adjoining pier on the
north. Here were docked the Kaiser
Wilhelm der Gro-se and the Main
; Tugs were immediately made fas: to
the big Kaiser Wilhelm der Grcsse
and she was gotten out into midstream
with safety, although badly
scorched at the bows. The steamship
Min, however, was doomed, as the
flames had already become so fierce on
i the northside of the pier that no tug
could approach the vessel. Then, by a
shift in the wind, the flames were sent
in the direction of Pier No. 1. which
was ja ?mn:h end of Pier No. 2. To I
the north of Pier No. 1 was the dock of
the Hamburg-American Line, at which
the steamship Phoenicia, a twin ?< rew
passenger steamer of 7,761 gross tons
was docked. The flames got a good
hold on the Phoenicia, and she was
towed out into midstream ablaze.
The officials of the Hamburg-American
Line then decided that the only
way to prevent a total destruction of
their great pier was to blow up the
side of the dock at which the Phoenicia
lay. and this was done. A number of
barges docked at the pier also took
fire, but in the effort to save the coher
property, r.o attention was paid to
them and they were allowed to burn.
It is feared .hat the loss of life in the
holds of the vessels was frightful, and
it is said that many of the crews who
were asleep a: the time were imprisoned
there. The worst tale will come
froiji the steamship Main, which was
unable to be towed from the pier.
The vessel had only arrived in the
morning and some passengers were
still on board, and when the cry of fire
" 10 foioorl o niimhor nf th^ni Ul l'O CPCTl
to run to the burning decks. Most of
them jumped overboard, and. save for
the few who were picked up by the
tugs not one has been heard from, although
every hotel and hospital in the
city of Hoboken is crowded with injured.
Some of the passengers of the Main
tried to escape to the pier, and it was
almost certain that they perished in
the flames. There was panic on each
of the ships. Many persons jumped
over boa r<y and the water for some distance
along the docks was lined with
people. They were clinging to the piers
and even to the rudders of the burning
vessels. Some were picked up; many
were drowned. Peter Quinn. a justice
of the peace in Hoboken, tells a story
cf having recn 2.: least 30 people r^"- 1
ish. He said:
J was standing on the end of one of
the Hamburg-American Line piers and
saw about thirty people crowd under
Pier No. 1 of the North German Lloyd. I
They were calling to some of the passing
tug-boats, but their appeals were
in vain, and when the flames got near
>to them they dived into the water.
There was 110 assistance near them at |
time and I br'iexe everyone was
cither drowned or perished in the
flames."
About 200 people were rescued at the
Hambt -g-American Line pier. They
were much overcome from exhaustion,
but scon revived with stimulants.
By 7 o'clock the three piers of the
North German Lloyd Steamship oCm- ,
pany had beer, burned to the ground. ,
The SoiiiVern end of the Campbell stor j
age company building, consisting of <
five structures caught fire and the j
flames shot from every window from 1
the two floors in but a few minutes. ;
The buildings, being filled mainly with j
jute and whiskey, burned rapidly. I
The firemen were unable to go within ;
fighting distance and the fire had pret- i
iy much its own way t^ere. <
In these buildings great loss will be i
?rsta;ned. 1
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A MOUNTAIN MIRROR ;
A Phenomenon That Surprised the Catholic <
Fathers Who Discovered It i
A few months ago some Catholic mis1
sionarles made a journey in Katanga. J
a large district "which contains many
of the upper waters of the Congo, one <
clay they .approached a mountain which. I
they later learned, was extremely rieli
in iron ore. in fact, the travellers '
say the mountain is little else than a [
huge block of iron from summit to J
base. The natives call the mountain ,
Kabwe-Marwi.
The missionaries silent several clays 1
in th?? neighborhood. ;iin! eaeli evening, 1
they say. the in uniaiii was illumined [ 1
in a wonderful manner under the influence
of the rays of the setting sun. ,
The upper part of if seemed to he an j
immense reflector launching far out in- 1
to the plain the beams of light received '
from the "Star of Pay."
One evening, after a day of rain that
had washed all the dust from the mono- j
tain side, the brilliancy of the reflee- j
tion was greater than usual, and Kath- .
er Tor Maat decided to seek the exact i
cause of this phenmenon. So at sun- '
rise next morning he began the ditticuir \
task of scaling the steep slope of this '
mountain of iron. lie Anally reached (
the highest peak. O.NNS feet above the j
eea level, and there lie found a great 1
rock whose side turned toward the i
western sun. was as polished and 1
bright as a mirror and shone like burnislied
steel. It seemed to be a block ^
of almost pure metal. This shining s
surface contains several hundred ]
stpiare feet and fully explains the remarkable
refraction of the solar rays, i
The only explanation of the increased '
brilliancy on that particular day is that j
the rain washed away all particles that bedim
mod the polished surface and left ]
it a tine .natural mirror where the fall- ]
ing beams of light were launched again s
far out over the plain with dazzling 1
effect.
Tiie Juvenile Court of Chicago, during
its nine months of operation, has
considered the eases of l.L'.;.*i delln- 1
quent children. of whom have been
paroled and placed in charge of proba- j
tlon officers. To give a 1h?v another j
chance in his* own home, to Help him j
iK'gin again a normal hoy's life is the j
work of a probation officer. To this \
end'the officer seeks to establish cor- '
dial relations with the parents of the t
onroled boy. to slip into the position of 1
a family friend, to cheek the reeur- '
reiice of lawlessness on the part of ilie *
boy with as little exercise as possible |
of the authority wb?cb the eourt on- .
fers. 5
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Glasgow. Scotland, has erected a i
municipal day nursery of l<t?> nanus.
a cost of SSo.(KM). for tlie aeceininodation
of motherless tamilies or for small
children whose mothers j;o out to daily ?
labor and must leave their dependent j
offspring at home. It is not an orphan- i
ape. not a charity at all in the strict <
sense of the word, since the working 1
people who avail thenix Ives of its pri- *
vilexes pay a small sum for what they
receive. s
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A Good All llonnd Man.
rnrnoral Lome Stewart of *'G"
Company, writing to his home in
Prince Edward island, says: '"I spent f
all morning in having a bath, washing
my shirt, socks, towels, and darning
my socks, 1 can make porridge. J
tea, coffee, cocoa, pudding, soup, boil j
vegetables, fry beefsteak, wash, darn,
sew, clean cooking pets, wash dishes
or do any sort of housework. Such is 1
the result of campaigning. I am go- g
ing out to service when I go home, so s
if you know uf any one wanting a
cock, housemaid, or general servant, :
just recommend me; I am equal to t
anything from nursing a Kaffir baby ? y
to washing the cider children." j v
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WANT 100,000 MEN.'
Demand For a Vast Foreign Army im
China.
BIG FORCE NFEDED TO TAKE PEKIM
The Chinese Boast of an Army if 400000
flen?Seymorc Probably a Hostage
For Good Terms.
V^'
Che Fu, by Cable.?The foreigners-,
everywhere are urging the immediate
ooncentrati-on of an army of 100.000
men, or at least 50.000 men, for the advance
on Pekin. Many persons familiar
with the Chinese character think
Lbe foreign ministers and Vice Admiril
Seymour are held as hostages for
;ood terms of settlement. They alsobelieve
that the whole Chinese army is
joining in the movement under the
leadership of Tung Fub Siang. whocrushed
the Mohammedan rebellion.
Recently he was nominally degraded
for the purpose of organizing an antiforeign
uprising quietly. It is estlmat?d
that 60.CG0 soldiers, well armed, but
poorly disciplined, are south of Pekin
ind Tien-Tsin. The Chinese officers
boast that they have 400,000 soldiers.
Admiral Seymour's force carried a
week's rations and the men had an average
of 150 rounds of ammunition.
The Russian conduct at Taku. according
to the other officers, inflamed the
natives. The Russians are reported tohave
been shooting the Chinese indiscriminately
and driving away the peace
lul Chinese who would have procured
transportation and provisions, and cf'
looting the town. A great naval demonstration
at all the treaty ports is
ilso said to be desirable in order to influence
the wavering Chinese mer:hants
who are friendly to foreigners.
The masses are becoming excited affile
reports of their countrymen's successes
against the powers. Merchantman
how rorv/m-f that thp R->\PrR ?rf>
drilling in the streets of New Chwung,
and that when the officials inspected
the soldiers with the view cf -uppre?sng
the Boxers, they found the soldiers
had sold their rifles and equipments tothe
Boxers.
The military school at Moukden isreported
to have been destroyed. The
British consul at Koo Chow is asking
tor warships. The arrival of the British
fir.-t class cruiser Terrible and twoJapanese
cruisers relieved the strained
relations. An outbreak was reported
last night, the sailors slept on their
irms ar.d the foreigners prepared to
lake refuge on the shipsCommander
Taussig, of the Yorktown,
requested the commander cf the
tort to cease his diplomatic inanoeuv-es
with cannon and notified him that
f Chinese troops were sent to the city
DStensiblv to repress the Boxers, Americans
would be landed.
inert: are auuui iov nmtiauii auw
British missionaries at Che Fu. They
ire short of money and clothes, having:
eft their stations hastily. ^
United States Consul John Fowler's
ship is expected to bring fifty missiontries
and French priests from the
mouth of the Yellow river, whither
:hey are flocking from the interior.,
rhe commander of the Chinese cruiser
tfei Hai, at Chen Chow, offered Mr,
Fowler to go the relief of the missiontries
at Yang Che Kiang. if assured of
protection. It is reported that the
Russians are moving 20,000 men to
j- v-?
tvarus 4>fw v.jjnaKfi.
Gathering at Kansas City.
Kansas City, Special.?The first arrivals
for the Democratic national convention,
came in Tuesday. They were?
John J. Fitzgerald, a delegate trom
Kings county. N. Y., and Jacob Rap3ert.
Jr., of New York city, an alterlale
at large. Both are quoted as sayrg
they do not favor the free silver
?lank in the Democratic platform,
rhere are so many issues more import
:ant," said Mr. Ruppert, "that I think,
free silver need not be mentioned at
til. The party in the East will not
itand for free silver.'' Sterling Price,,
>f Paris, Texas, arrived here Tuesday
ind began arrangements for opening,
leadquarters for Congressman Win.
sulzer, of New York, who is expected
m Friday or Saturday. Incidentally,,
dr. Price started a boom for the New*
1'orker for Vice President.
Lee Not Afraid of Fever.
Havana, by Cable?The yellow fever
situation at Quemados shows much,
approvement. There have only been
our deaths, two of which were Ameri:ans,
including Major Frank H. Ednunds,
inspector on the staff of Gen-;ral
Fitzhugn Lee. who died June 18.
Jeneral Lee refuses to leave his beadluarters.
though he has given permission
to his staff, if they desire, to do
o.
Collision on the Seaboard.
Elberton, Ga ..Special.?A head-ent>
ollision on the Seaboard Air Line ccurred
at Oglesby, six miles from here
Tuesday afternoon. A work train ran
nto a north-bound freight, on the
r.ain line, at the station waiting for
he work train to take the siding. En-/
;ineer Xeal v.as badly injured by
team. He remained wedged in btwcen
the two engines twenty minutes
efore he could be cut out. One engine
n.s almost totally wrecked. Ali trains
i-ere delayed two hour?