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TBE COUNTY RECORD. Pabliihed Every Thnredey ?AT? tlNQBTBEE. SOUTH CAROLINA. ?WT? C. W. WOLFE . Editor and Proprietor. A labor pact which guarantees an education to apprentices bas been signed by representatives of the maeon and builders' association and bricklayers' nnion in Chicago. Under this arrangement apprentices are to be permitted to attend the public schools for three months each year during the first two years of their indenture, and are to attend a technical school for three months during the third year, the wa?09 paid the apprentices to continue durln? the school pe. riod. Iteoently Edward L. McWilliams, a veteran detective of New York City, committed suicide. He had believed for a Ion.? time that he had cancer of the stomach, and was an incurable sufferer. An autopsy upon his body by the Coroner's physician showed that he was totally mistaken, and 'that his only trouble, aside from his unfounded fears, was a tumor wMcb might have been readily removed by an ojK'ratiou not at all dangerous. The Coroner's physician remarks that he frequently makes autopisies on bodies of persons who kill themselves in tits of despondency over deadly diseases from which they are not suffering. Thus again is the old padox illustrated: "The worst calamities of life are those that never happen." An English shoe trade organ quotes one of the traveling salesmen of a Liverpool house as follows: "In looking bacKward one feels that the spring season has been especially noteworthy in respect to one particular item, viz., I every commercial traveler representing a British house has felt American competition to be a real, live fact, and far from being the bogy that it was ' ? * - ? t?lA?.|n saiu to oe some wiue uaih. kmuwij | ihe various American houses have advanced and spread themselves around, adapting themselves to the wants of each particular market with a cleverness which will always make them formidable competitors. They are thousands of inilcs away. 3nd home manufacturers are on the spot, and yet. in spite of all advantages, they have increased their trade and to some extent established themselves." The Xpw York Journal sa- sr "The ! abolishing ol the loeksiep in Sing Sing Prison may be termed a step in the right direction. It was originally adopted with the idea that such a tile of prisoners were so' locked and tangled up in the intricacies of the step that a combined rush was impossible. It may have been justified in open-air work outside the prison walls, but even here it was only desira'ole because the men could be more easily watched when walking i:: single file. Of course some sort of order must be maintained in the daily marches to and from work, but the double file or four abreast scheme would seem to be sufficient for all purposes of discipline. If a convict goes to prison retaining a particle of self-respect it Is pretty well knocked out by the lockstep l>eforo he is released. It Is a barbaric custom and should be done away with." A problem of no mean dimensions Is facing the British in South Africa. In addition to the many other puzzling ones. Accrrding to correspondents of linden papers, the food supply in the Transvaal and the Orange Colony is ai a low point, for all ugrieultural pursuits have been practically aban doned for the last eight mouths. Crops have been left ungather*and there Is very little grain 111 ilie land to sow for next season. At present there are just sutluicnt supplies for present needs, and if si calamity additional to war is to lie averted immense quantities of seeds must he imported iiefore next planting time. On' hay is the staple forage for horses and eattle. \\ ifhout it the ]>eople would no unable to feed their stock, and therefore unable to transport supplies for themselves to any considerable distance from the railway. Already the (joveruinenf is making preparations to meet this scarcity. THE NOTES TO Government Replies Are Depart PRACTICAL WITHDRAWAL OF ARMY The Answers to Russia and China are Remarkably Short, But Fully Cover the Case. Washington. D. C.. Special.?The State Department has made public the text of the notes addressed by it to the governments of Germany, Russa and China, in answer to inquiries from them as to the attitude of the United States toward various phases of the Chinse problem. The text cf the correspondence follows: "Chinese Correspondence. Sept. 1821. 1500: Proposal of the German government in regard to the delivery of the responsible authors of recent crimes committed in Pekin, and the reply of Qfotoo thfwrAtr* "1. The Imperial German Charge ! D'Affaires to the Secretary of State.? Translated. "Imperial German Embassy. Washington. Sept. 18. 1900: "Mr. Secretary: By direction of the Imperial Chancellor, I have the honor j to respectfully communicate to Your i Excellency the following: "The government of His Majesty, the Emperor, considers as a preliminary condition for entering into diplomatic negotiations with the Chinse government a surrender of such per>ous as are determined upon as being Ihe first and real perpetrators of the crimes committed in Pekin against International law. The number of perpetrators who served as tools is too peat: a wholesale execution would be ptverse to the civilized conscience. Furthermore, circumstances would not allow that even the group of leaders ; could be completely ascertained. But the few among them whose guilt is notorious should be surrendered and punished. The representatives of the powers in Pekin will be in a position * ^ at #..11,. TVA to make to is investigation iun;. number of those punished is of less importance than their character as principal instigators and leaders. The government of His Majecty, the Emperor, believes that it can depend in this matter upon the concurence of all the cabinets, for indifference toward the idea of a Just explanation would be equivalent to indifference towards % repetition of the crime. "The government of His Majesty, the Emperor, therefore, proposes to the interested cabinets that they request their respective representatives in Pekin to designate the principal Chinese personages whose guilt in the instigation of execution of the crimes Is beyond a doubt. A similar communication is forwarded to the other interested cabinets. Requesting of Your Excellency a reply as soon as is practicable. I embrace this occasion to tender the assurance of my most distinguished consideration. "S- ERNRURG." '2. Acting Secretary Hill to the German Charge D'AfTaires. "Department of State. "Washington, Sept. 12, 1900. "Sir: In response to your inquiry of the 18th inst.. a3 to the attitude of the government of the United States In regard to the exemplary punish, ment of the notable leaders in the crimes committed in Pekin against in 1 i,?, r v,u,.0 thp hfinor to lernauuuai ia?. 1 make the following statement: "The government of the United States has from the outset proclaimed Its purpose to hold to the uttermost accountability the re?ponsible authors of any wrongs done in China to citizens of the United States and their interests, as was stated in the govern- j ment's circular communication to the j powers of July 3. last These wrongs i have been committed, not alone in Pe- i kin. but in many parts of the empire, [ and their punishment is believed to be an essential element any effective settlement which shall prevent a recur- | rence of such outrages and bring about j permanent safety and peace in China. J Another Colliery Closes. Ashland, Pa.. Special.?The miners J at Girard Mammoth colliery, a Head- < Ing Company plant at Raven Run, joined the ranks of the strikers Saturday morning. None of the Polanders reported tor work and tbe American miners who had gathered at the mouth of the slope decided to go home. Lo. cubt Gap colliery is working very short-handed and it is probable that the men will go out before Tuesday. Reading Collieries All Idle. Mahanoy City, Pa., Special.?All or | the colleries of the Reading Company in this section are idle. Owing to the excitement incident to the trouble at Shenandoah yesterday it was deemed best not to attempt to operate the mines for the present at least. There is no indication of the strikers making a demonstration here. If circumstances warrant 5,000 of the troops j will be stationed here by Monday and 1 the coa! operators assert they will have no trouble in starting their mines Monday under the military and with 1 the sheriff's protection. Most of the 1 people in ihe mining towns in this section were up early all night, but the ' excitement is subsiding. THE POWERS. Given Out By the State ment. 1 I It is thought, however, that no punltlme measures oan be effective by I Miiorotlnn fnr wronira suffered I and as deterrent examples for the future as the degradation ajid punishment of the responsible authors by the supreme Imperial authority Itself, and it seems only just to China that she should be afforded in the first instance an opportulty to do this and thus rehabitate herself before the word. Bel- ; leving thus, and without abating in wise its deliverate purpose to exact the fullest accuntability from the responsible authors of the wrongs we have suffered in China, the government of j the United States is not disposed as a preliminary condition tp entering into i diplomatic negotiations with the Chinese government, to Join in a demand that said government surrender to the powers such persons as, according to , the determination of the powers themselves. may be held to be the first and real perpetrators of these wrongs. On the other hand, this government is disposed to hold that the punishment of the high responsible authors of these wrongs, not only in Pekin, but throughout China, is essentially a condition to be embraced and provided for in the negotiations for a final settlement. It is the purpose of this government at the earliest practicable moment to name its plenipotentiaries for negotiating a settlement with China, and in the meantim to authorize its minister in Pekin to enter forthwith into conference with the duly authorized representatives of the Chinese government, with a view to bringing about a preliminary agreement, whereby the full exercise of the imperial power for t.?e preservation of order and the protection of foreign life and property throughout China, pending final negot.ations with the -a cKall hp JLSRtired. "Accept as the renewed assurance of mv highest consideration. "DAVID J. HILL, "Acting Secretary." "Concerning the appointment of Prince Ching as plenipotentiary: "1. Handed to Mr. Adee by the Chinese minister. Mr. Wu, September 17th, 1900, 10:15 a. m.: "Cablegram from Prince Ching, dated at Pekin, September 8. 1900, transmitted by the Chinese minister at St. Petersburg on the 16th ,nst.. to Minister Wu, who received it on the night of the same day. "Foreign troops having entered Pekin and their majesties, the Empress L'owager ana in? n.mperuT uatiug sunt westward on a tour, I have received an imperial edict appointing me envoy plenipotentiary with fun discretionary powers in conjunction with Grand Secretary Li Hung Chang, to negotiate. Please inform Secretary of State and request that, in view of the long friendly relations existing between the two countries, instructions be telegraphed to the United States minister at Pekin to open negotiations in a harmonious way at an early date to the interest and gratification of all concerned. "2. Handed to the Chinese minister by Acting Secretary of State, September 21. 1900. 2:45 p. m. "Memorandum in response to Mr. Wu's communication. September 17, 1 fif?A r\f q oohloaram frnm PrlnPA 1 JUU| wi ~ Chlng, dated Pekin, September 8. 1900. "The government of the United States accepts the plenipotentiary authority of Earl Li Hung Chang and Prince Ching as prima facie sufficient for the preliminary negotiations looking toward the return of the imperial Chinese government and to the resumption of its authority at Pekin and toward the negotiation of a complete settlement of the duly appointed plenipotentiaries of the powers and of China. "To the^e ends, the United States minister in Pek'in will be authorized to enter Into relations with Earl Li and Prince Ching as the immediate representatives of the Chinese Emperor. "DAVID J. HILL. "Acting secretary." Great Rains In Calcutta. Calcutta. By Cable.?There has been an unprecedented rainfall for four 1 days. The precipitation amounted to thirty-flve inches. One-half of the city is inundated to a depth of three feet, and a number of houses have collapsed. Twenty persons were drowned. ( Thousands of persons have been rendered homeless and the country is inundated for miles. The rain continues. Cash to nove Cotton. ( Washington, D. C.. Special.?Ellis H. Roberts, United States Treasurer, says that a total of $3,695,000 has been seut to the New Orleans sub-treasury i to aid in the movement of the cotton crop. The St. Louis and Chicago subtreasurers have received about $1,000.000 for the same purpose. The shipments to New Orleans exceed by $1,? 000.000 the amount that had been sent ] at this time last year. This, it is said, tends to show that the southern farmers axe getting better prices for their cotton than at this time last year, and that much more money will be needed to move the cotton crop this year than for several year# oaat i ^ C _ "EU THROUGHOUT THE COUNTRY. The South. Governor Savers estimates til** tie rt In Texas as a result of the .?tnr;a at 12,000. The recovery and cremation of ksvltoc t>t n?>lvc?ion r-nrtinue?_ ml thf work of raring for the living* Is b 1 -G prosecuted systematically. The Sovereign Grand l odge of Odd Fellows has been In session at R cktncnd, Va. The North. George A. Warren, a dentist. of Newton. Mass.. has been mysterioudv missing frcm his home for ten days. Charles Richardson, of Philadelphia, yesterday presided over the coaventlo i of the National Municipal League, i.i session at Milwaukee. Two hundred employees of the M:rrimac packing room at Lowell. Ma.-s., struck yesterday in sympathy with the workers, who want pay for overtime. Colonel Randall, at Fort St. Michael, Alaska, reports the general heilth conditions at Nome are greatly improved since latt report. The National Municipal League opened its sixth annual meeting at Milwaukee. Marcus Daly, the millionaire copper mine owner, continues in a critical condition in New York. Roeslyn H. Ferrell was indicted at Marysviile, 0., for murder in the first degree in killing an Adams Express Messenger on a train. The Sons of Veterans, in session at Syracuse. N. Y., decided to locate their proposed IVniversity at Mason City. Ia. President Mitchell says 118.0C0 miners have struck in the anthracite coal region of Pennsylvania. Hon. William J. Bryan made speeches to large crowds in Kansas and Missouri. senaxor Wellington, on ms way iu Michigan tc speak for Bryan, stopped in Chicago, whtere he called on Chairman Hanna. Paul Lester Ford, the author, and Miss Grace Kidder ere married in Brooklyn, N. Y. Two lives were lost by the sinking of the tug America in collision with the Atlantic Transport Liner Minnehaha, at New York. Col. W. B. Wilson, of Philadelphia, was eleced president of the United States Military Telegraph Corpe, in session at Philadelphia. Foreipi. Russia has modified her proposal a3 lo China by agreeing to maintain a detachment of troops in Pekin. The latest German proposal is meeting opposition. , Gen. Viljoen, with 3,000 Boer soldiers. is active in the Eastern Transvaal. Concessionaries at tne rans i^xpo- i sition have forced the management to arbitrate differences with them. A commercial crisis prevails in Brazil. Twelve Americans were klfed and 25 wounded in a fight with Filipinos ic Luzon. The anthracite coal miners are gaining accessions and say they have out 126.000 men. The plague at Glasgow caused another death Friday. The Italian police have warned the American police that Anarchist Granctti has gone to the United States. Germany has taken the grounds that instigators of the Chinese outrages shnuld he surrendered as a nec3ssary preliminary to peace. A fight between British and Biers i3 proceeding at Komatipoort, Siuth Africa. French troops lost 28 men in two conflicts with tribesmen in the Sahara. The session of tho States tJe1 eral was opened at The Hague with a speech by Queen Wilhelmina. Miscellaneous. Japanese scouts report that the surrounding country is free of the enemy. No word has been received from the Sixth United States Cavalry column, which is operating in the northeast. Infnmatinnsl AssOciaCoa of Wood Carvers has almost unanimously rejected the proposition of the American Society of Wood Carvers to amalgamate. Bishop Sbaretti, of Havana. In soon to visit Washington with a number of clerical students for a po3t-graduate course at the Catholic University. Director of the Census Merriam estimates the population cf the United Sfafps at 76.000.000. H. H. Lusk, formerly a member of Parliament in New Zealand, explained to the Industrial Commission the operations of the compulsory arbitration law in that far-ofT country. Hon. William J. Bryan concluded his speeehmaking tour and returned to Lincoln, Neb. There are 105 bodies of offers and men of the Navy and Marine Corps buried in foreign lands and the Navy Department is preparing to bring them home for interment. Ex-President Kruger's intention to reside at the Transvaal legation in Brussels annoys the Belgian government. Twenty lives were lost in a collision In Cardigan Bay, Wales, between the Reamers Gordon Castle and Stormarn. I ' BLOODY STRIKE RIOT Serious Clash Between Strikers and Authorities. , t A HUN AND A LITTLE GIRL KffLED. ' A Sheriffs Guard Fires Into a Crowd With Fatal Results-A Riot at Shenandoah. Shenandoah, Pa., Special.?A sheriff'spcsse fired on a crowd of riotous men near here Friday, killing two persons and wounding seven others. Sheriff Toole and Deputies O'Donnell and Brennaman were c<ed to Shenandoah Friday to suppress the mobs that threatened mine workers and colliery property. At quitting time three sheriffs and a small posso whom the sheriff had summoned on the ground went to the Indian. Ridge colliery of the Reading Company to escort the working-men to their home*. The colliery is located a short distance east of Shenandoah. Tbe workmen . . ? left for home shortly after 4 o'clock. They walked to up the middle of the east centre street and reached the L6high Valley Railroad station. Here had gathered a large crowd of Polee, Slave and Huns, men, women and children, who lined both sides of the street. A shot rang out from a saloon. This was followed by a shower at stones. Many of the crowd had pick* ed up stones and sticks and were acting in a threatening manaer. Seeing this, the sherifT, who had previously cautioned his men to keep cool and not use their firearms, commanded them to fire. TTie order wa3 obeyed with terrible results. The crowd pursued the sheriff and his posse to the Ferguson House, wheie they took refuge. SherifT Toole shortly afterward telephoned to Harris burg and asked that a detachment of troops be sent here. It was learned that Adjutant General Stewart was in Philadelphia and a telerram was sent to him there. Following is a list of the killed and wounded: Killed, Mike Yuekavage^ shot In the eye; a little girl, name unknown, shot in the back of the neck. Wounded, so far as can be learned: Erward Covle, aged 50 years, gullet wound near the heart; he was sitting on the stoop of his house; Michael Scanlan, shot in the arm; Anthony Sk&rnazlcza, shot in left wrist to 23 calibre bullet; John Wusdickey, \ged 40. shot In the hand; Pete- StalcoTuovltch. 28 years of age. aha: in the shoulder and back; Mike Sasitxka, shot In left shoulder; Anthony Axalavage, shot In left side, seriously, a 40-calibre bullet remove!. Among those who were injured by the rioters were the following: George Bedding, at Ringtown, ugly gash on right forehead, caused by a brick; Robert Ed-' j wards, aged 64 years, injured seriously by being hit with stones; Chaa, Rowland, aged 35, injured on tbe neck and head by stones. Harrisburg, Pa., Special.?Three regiments of. infantry, a battery and a troop of cavalry were ordered out at midnight by Governor Stone to assist Sheriff Toole In maintaining order in the Schuylkill mining region. T s action was taken after a conference between the Governor. Adjutant General Stewart and General Gobin, on the urgent solicitation of the sheriff, borough council of Shenandoah aiuj many prominent residents of the locality. General Gobin has been placed in command of the provisional brigade and started from here Friday night with his staff, on a special train for Shenandoah. He will establish headquarters there and expects to be on the ground with 2.500 troops by 5 O'CIOCK saiuruav ihoiuiuk. i up urganlzatlons which have been selected for this service are the Fourth, Eighth and Twelfth regiments, Battery C, of Pbocnixville; Governor's Troop, o< Harrisburg, and the Third Brigade headquarters. Colonel Richardson ha* taken charge of the movement of the troops and the camp equipage and tents. Judge Powers Declines the Appointment. Salt Lake, Utah. Special.?Judge powers has given out a signed statement declining his appointment by Acting Governor Nebeker, to the United States Senate, on the ground that under the Quay precedent the Senate 1 n aaot vttm. Wl/UiU muse IA/ Lk I XXL, Four Negroc* Lynched. New Orleans. Special.?In "bloody" Tangihaoh parish Krid&y night, foorr . negfoe.* were banged, after the jail tl* the village of Pontchatoula had been broken open and the prisoners, accisMi cf robbing the family of Henry HolfelUr. had betn taken from theitj cells. Mrs. Holfeiter. wnu resisted the colored men. was choked and beaten so unmercifully that she lost her mind. Wholesale Iynrhings are feared. The men lynched were Isiaahi Rollins, aged -18; Nathamal Bowman, 47; Charles Elliott, 20; George Bycfc-4 ham, 20. There were 14 colored suspects In the Pontchatoula jail, accused of various robberies.