The county record. [volume] (Kingstree, S.C.) 1885-1975, September 27, 1900, Image 2
TBE COUNTY RECORD.
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tlNQBTBEE. SOUTH CAROLINA.
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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
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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.
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BLOODY STRIKE RIOT
Serious Clash Between Strikers and
Authorities.
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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.