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THE COUNTY RECORD. Pabliahed Every Thursday. ?At? UNG8TBEE. SOUTH CAROLINA. ?BT? C. W. WOLFE . Editor and Proprietor. *jTfce crop experts variously estimate tJw 'vheat crop of the Vnlted States for 1000 at from 472.000.000 to 5:0,550,0)0 bushels, and the corn crop at from 2,113.000.000 to 2.240.770,000 bushel.-*. This Is the most thrilling ce* 1 oIait tho vnor ICU4 ciui jr vt %uv ^ vv>? ^Ihe United States Treasury Department has officially ruled that tips to sleeping-car porters are lawful aud can he collected hack from the tJoverumeut in a bill of expenses. Custom long ago settled it that the sleeping-ear porter shows no quarter where no quarter is shown to him. 1 The greatest migration that history has recorded is that of the European races during the century now closing. Up to 1820 only about 2T?0.000 foreigners moved to the United States, which has many fold surpassed all the rest of America in accessions to its popu lation through immigration; but betwwn 1820 and 1882 more than 17.000,000 Europeans left their homes for the Americas aud other parts of the new world. .? With all the emphasis laid upon the j desirability of success, no hard and fast rules have ever been formulated for winning it. No absolute standard is set up, the nearest approach to it being that a man must surpass his fellows in the attainment of objects, the apparent value or importance of which may be readily recognized by mankind. Many a man dies without recognition after a life of persistent industry. Others who have gained all knowledge fflron tfinir 1 iv? Q fo 1 ll f* Vi V> UU ? <r ru < uv it .. .>.v development of a single branch of science, disappear equally unknown, while the charlatan climbs up to success, observes the New York Observer. It is seriously represented by a Brlt' . kh scientific paper that a jrutti percha fsminp is threatened for which the - game of golf Is responsible.: (iutta j percha Is the only submarine cable j insulator that has yet proved satis- J factory. The prospect of the oonstrue- ; Hon of n Pacific cable has started the i Inquiry Into a supply of the material , and the causes for the threatened shortage, <>olf bails. It is said, use , up enough gutta pereha annually to insulate an Atlantic cable. As the ! game of golf is growing in favor, it may l>e necessary for economic rca- j ?ons to adopt some other material for the manufacture of the bulls used lu it. The latest returns of the British ; Board of Agriculture show that the farmers of the United Kingdom are suffering heavily from the competition of other nations. Their products do not fetch remunerative prices in their hoiue markets. Importations of wheat, butter, eggs, game and similar y.rticlcs are large, lsecause these article's are sold more cheaply than the I British farmer can produce them, while the important item of meat is now brought into the country at the | ration of 11300 tons a dav. Nor does it help the British farmer that so many of bis former employes have tn tt.#? w>;r nud thus rendered ? I labor scarce. Though the introduction of trolley cars <lc? rc3.sc?l the demand for draught ! horses, this decrease was only temporary. The growth of u&tional popu-} lation nr.d the consequent largo in- i crease of land under cultivation must | create an increased demand for utility I horses, to say nothiug of the new re- | oulreaients for such animals for local i transportation in towns and cities. T?nt i!ir? iii.ir'-ct for horses used for ! purposes of health, pleasure, reercu-' Hon and sport is constantly becoming more active, and tbe demand increases ' ,.Vpry year, especially in spring and i summer, when city people flocl: to tbe ; rural regions. In this connection tire ' recent sale of Flying Fox for the j equivalent of $1S7,500, the highest j price ever paid for a horse, is highly' ?tiggtslive. 4 NO MORE TROO Our Government Will M< THINKS THEY ARE NOT NEEDED.! . | Those Now on the Way Will Be Sent to the Philipplnes--Programme .lade Public. Washington. Special.?The important development in the Chinese situation is the decision of the government not to send any more troops to China. All the troops now at sea. amounting to about 4.000. together with thcss under orders for service in the far East which have not sailed, amounting to about 3,000 more, will be sent to Mainla. These troops will sail on the same route and upon touching at Nagaski will go on to Manila, unless there are developments in China not now expected which would make their presence in that country necessary. Secretary Root says that no more troops are being sent to China because they were not needed. With the arrival at Taku of the Hancock and the troops she carried Gen. Chaffee will " AAA qvo!!qK1o mon txrfi i; ll&vc *#.WV atauauig .. M.v>. thought to be sufficient for all present purposes. The decision of the department was not based upon any recommendation made by Gen. Chaffee, but upon reports received by him, which made jt appear that no more troops were meded. The announcement of the diversion of troops was made in the following official bulletin which was posted at the War Department Friday morning: "The government has decided that unless required by future developments no more troops are to be sent to China. Orders have accordingly been cabled to Naga.-ki for the Meade, which is due there to-day with four troops Third Cavalry, four companies Fifteenth Infantry and Co. E. battalion of engineers. to proceed directly to Manila. Similar orders will be given to the other troops which are under orders for China via Nagaski." It was stated at the department that the encouraging condition in China was the main reason why the orders regarding the troops were issued. Besides the troops on the Meade, there is now at sea the Warren, with two squadrons of the Ninth Cavalry and recimits:, the Sherman, with one battalion each of the Second. Fifth and Eighth Infantries. The Logdn is to sail-on Sort. I witb two battalions qf the First and one battalion of the S ctnfsTifrv It was said at the d: rartmeiu that 6,000 or 7,000! troops would bp affected by the order. A dirpctch has been received .from Gen. Chaffee, dated Pekin, Aug. IS. wfrfch was not in'response to the request ser.t him a few days ago to report the ronditions and renuirements. Gen. Chaffee did not report further fighting in Pekin. and for that reaeon the Washington officials feel assured that hostile demonstrations in the Chinos* capital have ceased. The dispatch related largpl.v to transportation conditions and stated that the railroad between Taku and Pekin cannot b? used at the present time, as portions u honn do-itrnved bv the Chi cese. Gen.Chaffoe will ro-ore_ate wi h the other commanders in China in reconstructing the road for the use cf the allied forces. Gen. Chaffee also reported that the telegraphic line which was constructed by the signal corps from Tien Tsin to Pekin is frequently interrupted, being cut, probably by hostile Chinese. At a conference at the White House in which the President. Secretary Root and Acting Secretary Adee partic p*iled. careful instructions were prepared for Mr. Rockhill. the United States special commissioner to China, to be for warded at once to him for his guidance The State Department received a dispatch from Mr. Rockhill. dated at Yokohama, briefly announcing his a:rival there. This brottght about th White Hou-e conference and the preparation of instructions. Omaha on the Wane. Washington. D. C. Special.?Omaha. Neb , is the first city thus far counted in the twelfth tensus to show a decrease in the population during the past decade. The count of the popula tica of Omaha just completed shows 102.555. The paulation in 1893 war, 140.452. This incll.-a( 8 a decease in ten years of 37,897, or 28.98 per cent. Admiral Remey's Dispatch. Washington, I). C., Special.?Admiral Remey's dispatch is as follows: "Che Fu. Aug. 21, Taku, 20. "Die-kins' command is landing today. Pekin, lt?th all except imperial city clearc-d of Chinese troops. American troops first to enter imperial city, have penetrated to the gates of the palace. Captain Reilly. with artillery, killed on 15th. Morning 11th, bixth Cavalry and about 400 English and Japanese dispersed 1,000 Boxers eight miles outside of Tlen-Tsin. About 100 Chinese killed, five Americans woun-ed. Chaffee loses six killed, 30 wounded, two days' fighting. REMEY." PS FOR CHINA. Not Send Any More m. FITZSIMONS THE VICTOR. Docs Up ?harkey in Greet Shape and Short Order. New York, Special.?Whipped into ; insensibility in less than two rounds, is the story in brief of Tom Sharkey s meeting with Bob Fitzslmmons, at the Coney Island Sporting Club, Friday night. Fitzsimmons was the victor, : Sharkey the loser. Fitzsimmons said 1 all along that when an opportunity prevented itself he would prove conclusively that he was Sharkey's superior, and settle accounts for the ir. justice done him when he met Sharkey in California, four years ago. Sharkey was equally confident that he would prove to be Fitzsimmons' master in the ring, but the result of the battle and the brevity of it, proved j that Fitzsimmons is still a great fighter, and able to beat the best of the heavy-weights. He has teaten Corbett. Ruhlin and Sharkey. Fitzsimmons was a decided favorite in the betting, owing to his snowing with Ruhlin a short time ago. His defeat of Ruhlin on that occasion and the previous victory of ltuhlin over Sharkey a few weeks earlier were figured as showing that Fitzsimmons ought to whip the sailor on this occasion. When Fitzsimmons was declared the winner the crowd surged toward the ring but the police got ahead of tuem * * and drove mom uucn. r lu^iuiniuim was congratulated by those nearest iils corner and then he ran over and grasped Sharkey by the gloved hand Fitzsimmons almost danced with delight when stepping back from Sharkey's corner, and as he went to bin dressing room he was loudly cheered. Sharkey in the meantime had recovered very quickly from his punishment and was ahle to leave the ring as scon as Fitzsimmons. I . 300 Boxers Killed. London, by Cable.?Five hundred Americans participated in a signal defeat of Boxers, outside of Tien-Tsin on August 19. The fact is briefly re: ported from Vienna. Details of the engagement.come from the Reuter agent at Tine-Tsln, in a dispatch dated Aitgust 20. In addition to the Americans the forre consisted of 37r> British rnd 200 Japanese, all under the- British Genera] Dorward. The fight took place at a village six miles southeast of Tien-Tsln, where the alli-d force; found a consicleioble number of Boxers, whom they engaged, killing over 200 and taking 64 wounded prisoners, who were sent to the "hospitals of the allies. The village was burned. Th? Americans had five wo tnded. the Japanese six and the British none. Hundreds of Boxers' flags, spears and swords were captured. Looting Pekin. London, by Cable.?The Pekin correspondent of the Times, wiring last Saturday, says: "Pekin is now entirely under foreign control. Looting i? proceeding systematically. The h rencn and Russian flag? are flying over the foe-t portion of the imperial domain, where it is believed the imperial treasure is buried. The Forbidden City is . resoected by international agreement and any punishment will be inefecthe unless it is occupied. The Japanese have seized a doard amounting to f0>.000 taels silver. The Emperor, Empress Dowager. Prince Tuan ar.d all the high officers escaped to Tai Yuan Fu. in the Province cf Shan Si. from which point they went to Sian Fu. There is no governor." Philadelphia's Population. Washington. D. C.. Special.?The population of the city of Philadelphia, according to the official count of the returns of the Twelfth Census, is 1,293.G97 in 1900. against 1,046,904 in 1S90. The figures show, for the city a.s a whole, an increase in populatrbn ; of 246,733. or 23.57 per cent, from lSW to 1900. Telegraphic Briefs. One thousand delegates are attending the Farmer.-:' National Congees at Colorado Springs, Col. The entire south side of Long Island, N. Y.. has become a prey to pestiferous 1 fleas and red ants. Fourteen persons were injured by the overturning of a runaway tro'.ley car. at Cleveland, O. The 2.000 striking vestmakers in New York City won compliance with their demand for union wages and a 10-bour day. General Randall, commanding troops in Alaska, has been 'ordered to send home sick and destitute miners, 8,000 In number, from Cape Nome^ THROUGHOUT THE COUNTRY. j The South. In the Po^ere-Goetel murder c-6 the jury found the defendant guilt) 5 and fixed hi-! punishment at life im prisonment. The Kentucky Prohibition State con venticn has nominated for Governo John D. White, cf Manchester, Cla; county, fjrmerly a Kepuwu-an con grossraan from the Eleventh district. ^ The motion f;r a new trial in th? case of Caleb Powers. ex-Assi-tan Secretary cf State, convicted of com plicity in the assassination cf the late Governor Goebel. was filed with Judge p Cantri:l at Georgetown, Ky., Wednea- % day. e Tazwell. Va.. Special?A wreck ai 11 Maxwell, six miles from here on the * Norfolk and Western Railroad, resulted in the death of two men and the 0 wounding cf seven others. The dead are: Engineer W. 0. Allen and Fire- c man M. B. Marshall. s H. M. Wilkinson and Miss Josephine e Packard, of Dover. Delaware, were ar- j rested in Atlanta, the latter is tli' sister of the former's wife whom he ( desettc-d for his sister-?n-law. , The North. The Indian famine relief fund at 7 New York has reached $212,079.34. , Frederick Scharn. brother of Kath- r ryn Scharn, the young girl who wa? i murdered in her apartments in New 1 York city Saturday night, and Ei-en- t price, said to be the girl's lover, wr-r: arraigned and held by the corconer. < The police no longer think robbery th< t cause of the crime. The young womm 1 had been leading a double life and the * detectives think that a man she had i met at a danc? hall may have killed j her. i Sol B'oora. a music publisher, in Chi- ( cago. brought suit for SoO.OOO dam- ( ages against the Union restaurant and hotel, in Randolph street for refusing ] to serve nim while he was clad in a j shirt waist minus a coat. George Ferris, principal owner cf j the Ferris-Haegerty mine, was thrown \ from his buggy at Saratoga, Wvo., and ( killed. 1 On the ocasion of his 70th birthday Isaac B. Kleinert. of New York, sent 1 a check for $7000 to the Hebrew Union 1 College, at Cincinnati. 0. 1 Professor John Craig, head of the department of horticulture in the Iowa Agricultural College, has resigned tj accept a similar position in Cornell < University, Ithaca, N. Y. , A man claiming to be John W. Gra- i ham, cf Irving.on-on-the-Hudson, N. i Y., who insanely imagines he is to i marry Mies Helen Gould, has been locKed up at Indianapolis, Ind. / Washington, D. C., Special.?The new Alabama sailed Tuesday from ' Philadelphia for New York on her way 1 to the New England coast, where she is to have her initial trial trip between Cape Ann and Cape Porpoise, the early part of next week. Four thousand operatives are thrown > , out of work by the temporary closing Of cotton mills in the State of Maine. The census returns show the population of Greater New York as 2.437.202, an increase in ten years of 37.9 per 1 cent. i Foreign. Assistant Surgeon F. E. Trotter, the j juarantnie omrer ai v^ituiuejus. vuua, in a cablegram received by the Marine Hospital Service, says that a case of yellow fever was removed from a hotel tt Cienfu^os Saturday, and isolated * jutside of the city. The Viceroy of India, Lord Curzan, ielegrapbs that the heavy general rain- : fall has continued in most of the affected districts. Sohekib Bey, head of the cipher bu- i reau of the Foreign Office, ha 3 been , appointed Turkish minister to the I'ni- , ted States in place of Ali Ferrouh Bey, 1 recalled. I a oemcnt trust is organizing in Ger- ! many. Textile industries in Germany are , deteriorating. 2,000 operatives being , idle at Aacben. , Germany has begun the direct im- 1 portation of South African Wool, ow- ] ing to the Boer war. 1 The folice of our government has not been changed in the cipture of Pc- ! kin as to its demands in China. Although the foreign troops have en- i tered Pekin. it is possible that they ] may still have fighting to do within the city. The British press are very laudatory ; of the efficient official intelligence of J the American authorities regarding affairs in China. ' .Miscellaneous. A band of n arked brigands, operating near Rome, have recer.t y robbed a number of tourist?, killing one A Papal communication. issuc-d at t Rome, condemns and forbids the rcci- . tation in Catholic churches or the . Queen Dowager Margherita's prcyer in memory of King Humbert. A Cuban delegation had a confer- / ence with President McKlnley on the subject of an independent government * for their island. t Fourteen hundred Cuban school teachers visited Washington. Tbey c were received by the President and t spent the day sigbt-seiDg. I HOB IN OHIO TOWN! forms The Jail and Court House and Creates General Pandiraonium. HOB DETERMINED TO KILL .4 NEGRO Vho Had Confessed to An Assault on a White Girl ?Two Killed artd_qfp Number of People Wounded. Akron, Special.?When day dawnd in Akron Thursday morning it reealed a scene of desolation and the vldcnces of violence and lawlessness npsrallelled !n the history of this o.ty. 'he rioters had dene their wOrk and iad disappeared. One child was lying old in deatii(and nearly a soere of icople were suffering from the woun s if pistol balls, buckshot and missiles. The city building was a heap cf mouldering ruins arid be = i;le it s:tamd the water-soaked ashes of Columbia tall. At 6 o'clock the crowds beg^n to in rease as the curious spectators buried to the scene of the trouble. A poiceman appeared and then another,, imid at first, but with increasing sslurance as no violence was offered. Then Co. C, cf Canton, a de.achment )f the gallant Eighth Ohio rsgim nt, narc'ned down the st-eet from the train ind halting fcef;re the ruins of the juildine, was at once set to pair: Hog he fire lines. There was no evidence of ill will or li.squiet on the part of the crowds at he lines. There was no talked of vioen:e. as the turbu'eat elemsnt had sunk away with the coming of daylight ind order was once more fully restored ifter an awful night of terror and anirchy. At 6.30 o'clock Thursday morning 7o. C, Eighth regiment, of Canton, unier command cf Captain A. Fisher, arrived in Akrcn under riot orders. The soldiers were met in the Valley depot by Mayor Young and a party of city officials. They wrre marched immediately to the scene of the rioting. As the troops marched tip the main thoroughfare hisses and groans were beard. At 9.20 nine companies of the Fourth regiment arrived in the cltv and marched to the scene of the night's rioting. Shortly before 10 o'clock Mayor W. E. Ycuug issued a proclamation closing every saloon in Akron until, further orders. One killed, one fatally Injured is the result cf the mob's work, j'.en Wade was chot and alrao-t instantly killed. He was in the mob and i bullet from the revolver cf a policeman in the city hall struck him. The lad was enly 11 years of age. Another innorent who will die is Rhoda Davidson, the seven-year-old [laughter cf Mr. and Mrs. J. M. Davidson. Sitting in a carriage with hfr , mother and father cn the outskirts ojL^ the mob. 2 stray bullet struck hfr ii^ the head. No hope is held out for her recovery. The resistance shown by the police officers and city officials in the city hall only served to lash the ruob Into greater frenzy. Failing in its efforts to foi'-e an entrance into the e:ty hail a portion of the n.ub ran to the store of the Standard Hardware Co. on Main street, about cue and a ha!f bl xk.-t'roni the scene of theriotine. Revolvers. rifles. shotguns, razors and thousands of rounds cf ammunition wer: ta!?en, and will; tv.e-e weapons u:e i:;ui returned to the city ha!!, where the city officials were harranguing the mob. Adjoining the city hall, which wa? constructed almost entirely of bri. k was an immerse building which fot many years past was the principal public hall of Akron. This building was set afire. The various fire companies responded to the alarm, but the mo'j refused :o permit them to work. Columbia hail was som a ruin, but tht city hall was yet standing. Fltning embers were thrown into the nifT rent rooms nd the building was soon burning. Some of the more thoughtful one* in the mob liberated .he prisoners from the 'oils below the' hall. A stick ofdynamlte was thrown into the front rf the burning building. A terrific crash followed and portions ol the wall crumbled away like dust before a trpeze. Another charg? was exploded and the work of devastation was completed. $100,000 to Educate Colored Teachers Norwich, Com.. Special.?be will of Moses Pierce, the cotton manufacturer, [caves a trust fund of $100,000 to the American Missionary Society, of New i'ork city, to be known c.s the "Edwin \filrr.3n P:e:;e fund." the income to be ;sed for educating teachers far core. ron s< hoots nracr.g the colored people n the South. Gone to the Penitentiary. Cleveland. 0.. Special.?Louis Peck, he colored man who last Monday vening assaulted four-year-old Chrisina Maas. at Akron, and whose crime s responsible for the fearfur rioting S bat occurred at Akron. Wednesday' light and Thursday morning, was Friiay afternoon taken from toe jail at Cleveland where he had been removed or safety, rushed to Akron, taken to; he court house, and within five minite-s after his arrival in .\kron waa unvicted of the crime and was sen-, enced to the penitentiary for life at lard labor.