The county record. [volume] (Kingstree, S.C.) 1885-1975, October 04, 1900, Image 7
CHANGES IN CHINA.
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Suggestions of the United States to
Be Accepted.
THE RINGLEADERS 11) BE FU.NISIkU
~Y ??
fhe Reigning Dynasty Voluntarily
Offers to Take Up the Case Against
Those Who Instigated the Boxer
Troubles.
Washington, D. C., Special.?Important
news came from China at the end
of the day, which in itself tends to ad
vancc materially me euoris ior a |
final settlement. China has accepted
the suggestions of the United States
contained in the answer to the German
proposition and has begun voluntarily
the punishment of the reactionary
Chinese loaders who wer? responsible
for the Pekin outrages. The Department
of State was informed by
Consul General Goodnow, at Shanghai,
that Sheng, C.iinese director of railways
and telegraphs, has handed him
a decree of the Emperor and Empress,
dated at Talgnan. September 23th,
blaming their ministers for encouraging
the Boxers. The edict orders the
deg adation of four princes and deprive?
Prince Tuan of his salary and
official servants. He is to be brought
for trial before the Imperial Clan
Court. It will be recalled that in our .
answer, the State Department was
careful to stat.n that while it did not
believe in demanding the surrender of
Jthe Chinese ringleaders as a condi
tion precedent to negotiations, it was
resolved firmly, as Secretary Hay said
in his note of July 3rd, that in the end
the guilty parties should be held in
the uttermost accountability. The
Chinese government has taken this intimation
to heart, and perhaps hastened
in its action by the recent manifestations
of dissatisfaction by the
United States government at the reported
promotion of Prince Tuan, already
has begun the punishment of
him and the other Chinese leaders
who are held guilty.
The decree recited by Shen is felt to
be of the utmcst importance as indicating
a complete change of heart on
the part of the reigning dynasty. It
means that the reactionary influences
which have been dominant in Pekin
through the uprising and have been
continued of late, have suffered a complete
overthrow and that their most
conspicuous figures are on trial. It is
believed here that if .his action is
g^uine, it will be hard for any of the
" P<JK*ers to find a reasonable pretext for
longer refusing ta heed the appeals of
the Chines government for the opening
of negotiations looking to a settlement.
The importance of the action is
shown by the determination to trv
Prince Tuan before the Imperial Clan
Court. This is the supreme judicial
tribunal of China, and is the only one
having jurisdiction over the members
of t.ie imperial ramiiy. it is presiaea
over by Prince Li# with the well
known Prince Chlng as vice president.
Prince Li is the first of the
eight princely families of China and is
regarded as friendly to the progressive
element. The attitude of Prince Ching
hcs been notable throughout the
trouble as friendly to foreign interests.
There are five other members of the
court, all of them high personages.
They occupy a building at Pekin and
* are in regular session for the trial of
cases affecting members of the nobilitv
aJid the highest personages. Chinese
officials here say that the reference of
the case to this high court is of itself
the fullest assurance of the grawty
with which the throne regards the
matter. It is noted also that even before
the trial, Prince Tuan is stripped
of his salary and official servants. Being
a man of large and inhependent
moans tho lnss of salarv would not
amount to much if it were not that
this and the less of the servants is a
special means of humiliation. The
namcs of the four princes who have
been degraded are not known here,
either by the State Department or by
the Chinese legation.
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Howard Sentenced to Die.
Frankfort. K>\, Special.?The motion
for a new trial in the case of James
Howard was overruled by Judge Cantrill
to-day. and Howard wa3 sentenced
to hang December 7. It was
agreed that the attorneys should be allowed
to file their bill of exceptions in
the appeal to the Court of Appeals any
time between now and the third week
In October.
Foreigners Massacred at Kenchau.
Washington, D. C., Special.?The Department
of State has received a dispatch
from the consul at Shanghai,
<jwd August 17, 1900, In which it is
stftd that confirmation has been received
of the massacre of the following
foreigners at Kuchau, Che Klang
province, on July 21st: Mr. and Mrs.
Ward and child; Mr. and Mrs. D. B.
Thompson and two children; Miss
i Thergood, Miss Shormann, Ml?3 Manchester
and Miss Desmond, Miss Manchester's
home was in New York, and
Miss Desmond in Massachusetts. The
consul general was unable to learn further
particulars. _ ,,
II
According to report Congress will
be a?ked to give the Navy Department
authority to contract for at least 12
small gunboats for Philippine service.
It is said that General Wood having
declared the wreck of the Maine an obstruction
to navigation it will be removed
and perhaps the mystery cf its
destruction will be satisfactorily
solved.
President Mitchell, of the Anthracite
Coal Miners' Union, says 112,000
Kouo ctrnrfc in Northern Pennsyl
illCil Ii?? V
vania.
2 Kentucky Horses forVonWaldersee
Lexington, Ky., Special.?S. T. Harbison
sold to A. P. Helmes. cf Hoboken,
N. J., two fine horses for the personal
use of Count Von Waldersee,
commander-in-chief of the German
forces in China. They are Cheseyrka,
by Chester Dare and Eureka, and Cresecius,
out of the dam of the celebrated
On Time. They will be shipped next
Monday to San Francisco and thence tc
Hong Kong.
Hobson Coming South.
Washington, D. C., Special.?
Lieutenant Richmond P. Hobson. of
Merrimac fame, who has just returned
from his work in the Orient, passed
through Washington, on his way to
Alabama, to visit his relatives. Before
starting South he reported at the New
York navy yard, where he has been
ordered as assistant to Constructor
Bowles, in charge of that yard. He
obtained leave of absence for the purpose
of visiting his family.
* Will Report to Congress.
Washirgton, D. C.. Speial.?The
Isthmian Can2l Commission states
that it will be able to submit a report
to Congress sufficiently comprehensive
to serve as a basis for the action of
that body at the approaching session
if it should be desirable to act. The
field parties have all reported and only
a few of the hydrographic parties and
several boring parties remain on the
isthmus, clearing up the work.
A Fatal Wreck.
Springfield, 111., Special.?While the
Chicago. Peoria and St. Louis and the
Chicago and Alton trains were racing
to the State Fa;r grounds Tuesday afternoon
on parallel track?, the locomotive
of the Ch:cago; Peoria and St.
Louis jumped the tra^k, struck the
other fng'n? and both were badly
wrecked. Engineer John Ryan and
Engineer Jerry Hall, of the Chicago.
Peoria and St. Louis train, we-e instant'y
killed. No passengers were injuied.
Tolstoi Excommunicated.
Lausanne. Switzerland. By Cable.
?A secret circular, addressed by Joannicus.
the metropolitan of Kieff, to all
the Russian ardhbishops virtually excommunicating
Tol3toI, the Russian
novelist and social reformer, is published
here, it declares that Tolstoi is
an avowed enemy of the Church, and
that, therefore, unless he recants, the
Holy SSynod will prohibit the celebrationtion
of all divine services and expiatory
masses in the event of his
aea.ui.
New York Campaign.
New York. Special.?Chairman McGuire,
of the State Democratic committee.
s3id that Mr. Bryan will speak
one hour at the convention hall in
Saratoga, on October ISth. David B.
Hill will preside. Mr. Hill will also
preside at the meeting in Albany. October
17th, at which Bryan will speak.
General Patrick A. Collins, of Boston,
and John F. Finerty, of Chicago, are to
speak through the State from October
12th to October 20th. So far 100 meet
inge have been arranged for.
Serious Accusation.
Manassas, Va., Special.?Prof. J. C.
Beahm, principal of the Prince William
Normal school at Brentsville. in
this county, has been arrested by
Deputy Sheriff Rorabaugh and placed
in jail at this place upon a warrant
charging him with having committed
a felono- s assault upon a young girl y
years of age, who was a pupil of his
school. He was taken before Justice
IUce for a preliminary hearing but
waived an examination and was committed
to jail to await the . action o
the grand jury.
Answer to Germany.
Berlin, By Cable.?From two high
diplomatic sources it is learned that
all the answers which have been received
to Germany's proposition have
one feature In common. White accepting
in principle the demand for a
proper punishment of the ringleaders
they refuse to postpone all peace negotiations
until after the settlement of
tills one point The replies of Japan
and France are la agreement as to this.
Therefore it cannot be truthfully aa'.dthat
Count von Buelow's latest move
has proved an unqualified success.
A well-known French physician. Dr.
Hervieux, is said to have made investigations
wfllch indicate that tiics
spread small-pox. ...? --
PREPARING FOR STATE FAIR.
Will fc'e the Last and Best Fair of the <
Century.
All along the line the arrangements
for the State fair are being pushed, and (
if the last fair of the century is not j
what it is expected to be?the greatest
fair in the history of the society?it
will be the fault of those in charge. Of j
the show this year, all are working to (
the one great end. ,
The military feature is already an (
assured success, as nas Deeii suu>vu uy
Gen. Floyd's official statements in connection
therewith. The soldiers of
both the infantry regiments are to be
here, and. besides, the naval militia is
coming. There may be also a cavalry
troop or two in the parade. For these
two branches of the service no prize is
offered. It is almost certain that the (
encampment will be upon Mr. Robert- j
son's land in rear of Elmwood ceme- .
tery, which is under lease to the (penitentiary
authorities. This will put the [
soldiers right at the fair grounds
where the trains of the Seaboard can be
stopped right at the camp. The trains
of the Southern can also be unloaded
not three blocks away.
This will save the soldiers a considerable
march through the city.
Col. Vance will most likely open an
office at some point on Main street during
the coming week. Any communications
addressed to him during the
meantime will reach him.
The State ball this year promises to
be the greatest success in the history
of the South Carolina club. It will of
course be held in the hall of the house
of representatives. The committees
are hard at work and arrangements for
the supper, etc., are now being made.
The following circular has been sent
to the members of the club:
Columbia, S. C.. Sept. 25. 1930.
To the Members of the South Carolina
Club:
Gentlemen: Your executive committee
beg to lay a few facts before you
and ask your hearty co-operation and
aid.
For some years past the members
have been assuming that if they did
not attend the ball they were not liable
for their dues, and have also been as- '
Kiimine that this society Dracticallv has
no regular constitution. We beg to J
state that you have a constitution and
by-laws by which all members are
properly and duly elected and which
provides a proper form for their resignation
and al.-o a proper form for their
being dropped where they do not comply
with the constitution.
Each year our executive committee
is bound to assume liabilities for supper.
hall, lights, music, etc.. and the
onl way that they can properly do this
is to go by the membership roll. If
you do not send in your resignation at
least two or three weeks before the
ball is held, we have to provide for
your coming, and consequently it 13
imperative that the laws of the society
he carried out, afid that each member
be held for his dues. We, therefore,
address this letter not only to the roll
of present members that we have, but
to those whose names on our books
show have attended previous balls,
whether they are in arrears or not.
We do this for the purpose of calling
your attention to the great gooj tint
this ball annually accomplishes toward
the whole social fabric of the State It
brings together and forms ties of association
between the people of the entire
State, such as no other one society
does. Besides this, the tone and stale
on which the bill is conducted is in itself
an education in social ethic3.
Now the expenses of this ball have
increased in the past few years on ac- ?
count of the increased attendance and t
because it is given on a more expen- i
sive scale, especially as regards the j
supper, music, etc. Your executive f
committee propose to do all in their {
power to make it a handsome oau eacn 1
year, and at the same time are anxious ,
to reduce the expenses as much as pos- sible.
This can only be accomplished <
by the members throughout the State <
realizing fully what great good this
annual social gathering of the people ]
of the State doe3 in uniting by bring- j
ing together one section of the State (
with another. We hop? that for this
cause alone you will endeavor to con- ,
tinue your membership or renew your .
membership so that the society can, at t
an early date, be on a sound financial s
basis. At present we are barely pay- j
ing expenses, but if the members
throughout the State will take a keen
interest in the success of the society
and continue their membership regularly
from year to year, it could soon *
be put on a basis where the annual <
dues would not be apparently so ex- j
pensive. The initiation fee?$1, and ,
dues for this year's ball are $10.00?a
total of $11.00 for new members.
We hope those former members
whom this reaches who/have not been 1
members for some years will renew t
their membership on this appeal and
send in their names for re-election.
We hepe all those who are now members
will notify us whether they are (
going to attend the ball or whether
they are going to resign. s
Very respectfully,
/^?/\ t ? r/cu J
Ufc.U. L*. t>Ai\.c.rv, ,
President ,
R. G. RHETT.
M. C. ROBERTSON
N. GEO. EVANS, .
W. S. REAMER.
ED. C. RICE, '
A. W. RAY. :
E. G. SEIBELS,
W. A. METTS. ,
BRIGHT WILLIAMSON, \
J. O. MARSHALL, ,
T.EROY SPRINGS,
C. KIT7SIMONS,
W.W.RAY. . *
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COTTON GROWERS TO IWEFT.
Organization to be Completed at the
State Fair.
Below is the text of the call for the
Cotton Growers' Convention to be held
n Columbia during fAir week:
THE CALL.
The Cotton Growers' Association is
hereby called to meet in Columbia on
October 31st at 8:30 p. m. A State contention
of cotton growers met at
Greenwood. Sept. 12th, 1900. It was
:hen decided after due deliberation to
perfect a State organization and of
dccrs were duly elected for one year
until Se^t. 18th, 1901. It wa3 decided
:o compact1}- organize each county in
this State with a view of getting the
more accurate reports of the ginning
tnd marketing of the cottcn and to inerehange
views and information
:rom all the cotton States, for j
the purpose cf obtaining fair and
just prices for our cotton and cotton
,eed products. Upon my suggestion an
adjournment of the Cotton Growers'
[Convention at Greenwood was had to
meet in Columbia during fair week at
my call; therefore, T name October
Jlst, at 8:30 p. m. as the time for the
convention to meet in the city of Columbia
at the county court house. Let
Each county be fully represented by
lelcgates. The number of delegates
s not to be restricted. All counties are
urged to organize at once by electing
i president, one vice-president, seere:\rr
and treasurer and advising board
>r executive committee.
The constitution and by-laws cf the
State cf Georgia have been adopted as
'ar as they apply to South Carolina.
Bonded warehouses to be established
it all local markets wherever required
!)y the banks and members of the association.
Warehouse receipts to be
ssued and negotiated at nearest bank
?as collateral securitv for mnnev bar
rowers. Each producer shall control
:he individual sale; if he desires to
lispose of his cotton before minimum
irice fixed by the association is offered
jy the buyer he shall be at perfect ltb?rty
to do so. A fair and just price
.'or cotton and cotton seed can be flx;d
ind maintained in open markets in the
scuth by united concert of action by
lolding back the surplus crop, if any
here be, and marketing the crop during
the twelve months of the year to
neet the demands of the mill3 in all
jarts of the world, Ginners throughlut
the cotton .belts will be supplied
with postal cards addressed to headquarters
of the State bureau, with requests
that each Saturday night the
lumber of bales ginned that week will
ie forwarded. The secretaries of the
:ounty organizations will be in c'.osi
:ouch with the producers and careful
?3timates made on existing crop eond.ions
will be sent weekly to the ooard.
fhe cotton grower has the crop beUer
n hand today than he has naa :or ju
rears, and he is warnel that he has
10 reason to become unduly alarmed
>ver the report that the millo arc doing
down to depress a fair price of colon.
You are reminded t?>at when oot;on
sold as high as 30 cents a pound ft
va> manufactured. Let us organize,
vork. watch and continue to labor. All
jarties interested in growing, raarketng,
ginning and hauling of the crop
ire invited to send delegates. The
>ankers, merchants and warehousemen
ire invited to participate in me cuurentfon.
J. C. WIfJJORN.
The Governor Invited.
Governor Mc Sweeney hes received a
pedal invitation to attend the session
)f the Southern Industrial Association,
vhich will meet in New Orleans, beginning
December 4 and continuing
Ive days. Measures will be considered
md plans formulated to promote the
varied industries of the South and to
levelnp its vast resources and it ii
ilso designed to take action, in refer>nip
tn the Nicaragua Canal bill. Gov
i-rnor McSweeney has written to siy:
'I am deeply intore-ted in che development
of the vast resources and varied
ndr-tries of the South, and should be
;lad to attend this meeting and contribute
to its su'cess. but it is very
loubtful if I shall bp able to give myelf
that pleasure. I desire to extend
0 you, and through you to the Progressive
Union of New Orleans, my thanks
for ti.eir kind invitation "
Palmetto Notes.
Gov. McSweeney has pardoned Allen
Neese cf Lexington county, who was
convicted of manslaughter in June,1894,
and sentenced by Judge Aldrich to 11
years in the penitentiary, -nis was a
.mse cf some note.
A very destructive fire occurred in
Florence on Wednesday night, causing
1 lo?s of about $15,000.
Commissioners Appointed.
The following commissioners of e'ec:ion
have been announced:
Clarendon County?State commissioners:
S. H. Bradham, Manning;
Alonzo Smith, Turbeviile; J. R. Grif!ln.
Clarendon. Federal: B. A. Johnjon,
S. W. Mcintosh and Louis T.
Fischer.
Oconee County?Federal: Thomas A.
3rant. Salem; Wm. A. Campbell, Senjca.
and Lewis . . King. Mountain Rest.
State: Wm. W. Burley, S. H. Ma et.
rmrnirxv T N. Watkiiis. Battle Creek.
Orangeburg County?Federal: E. J.
Jmoak, Cope; W. G. Albright, Orange3urg;
James L. Rast, Cameron. State:
W. V. Culler, Raymond; Wm. W. Wannamaker,
Orangeburg; H. A. Gibson,
Cordova. I
STRIKE MAV SPREAD
?
Soft Coal Miners Threaten to Join
Tt. U ,
ilie movement.
SOME TALK OF COMPROMISE.
It Is Said That the Miners Will be Offered
an Advance of 10 Per Cent, in
Their Wages.
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Hazleton, Pa.. Special.?President
Mitchell of the United Mine Workers
sent a telegram to the central Pennsylvania
bituminous coal fields which
possibly may have the effect of bringing
the soft coal workers into the contest
which the anthracite workers are
now waging against the mine owners.
The telegram was sent to Richard Gilbert,
secretary of District No. 2, Clearfield,
Pa. It was as follows: "Issue
circular letter instructing all mine
workers in central Pennsylvania that
they are not to load coal for shipment
into markets formerly supplieu by
anthracite operators. We are informed
that the Philadelphia and Reading,
Delaware and Hudson and the Jersey
Central railroads are now attempting
10 aereai anmracue striae oy seuuius
their cars into central Pennsylvania to
load them with bituminous coal. Please
comply with this request at once.
President Mitchell said that he had
been watching the bituminous coal
field closely for just such a move as
he alleges has been made by the railroads
mentioned in his telegram and
he does not fear that they will make
much of a success in getting the soft
coal into the anthracite market.
The miners in the central Pennsylvania
region, he continues, are in thorough
sympathy with their fellow workmen
in the eastern part of the c>tat?
and President Mitchell feels sure that
as soon as they find that the coal they
may be loading or asked to load is to
take the place cf hard coal they will
refuse to handle it.
Labor leaders do no., anticipate any
suspension of work in the soft coal
field unless the operators insist upon
sending their coal to the anthracite
market. They also say that the Phila
delphia and Reading, Delaware and
Hudson, and Jersey Central railroads
being unable to fill their contracts for
hard ccal are prevailing upon their
customers to accept the soft coal wherever
it can be used as a substitute.
Philadelphia, Special.?The towering
feature of the coal striae situation
and one which attracted the attention
of all interests involved was the widely
circulated report that negotiations
are pending and rapidly nearing completion
for an amicable settlement of
the strike. While the identity of the
person or persons who are said to be
at work endeavoring to bring about
the immediate peaceful adjustment of
the difference between the employers
and employes has not been disclosed,
it was openly admitted in authoritative
sources that such endeavor was in progress.
President Truesdale of the Lacka?
io niinfe/1 ao making
such an admission, but ?n what manner
or by whom negotiations were being
conducted he declined to state. .
President Mitchell, tne head ?f the .
striking miners organization, expressed
the belief that the operators
had decided to ofTer the miners an increase
of wages, but he, too, declined
to admit whether he possessed any
further information on the subject.
51 Men Captured.
Washington, D. C., Special.?General
MacArthur cabled the War Department
from Manila that on September
11, Captain Devereaux Shields, with 51
men of Company F. Twenty-nintu Volunteer
Infantry, left Santa Cruse for
Torrijos. Nothing has been heard
from him since and it is supposed that
the entire party, including Captain
Shields, has been captured with many
killed and wounded.
Alleged Orders to Fight.
Paris, By Cable.?The French consul
at Shanghai cables under date of
Tuesday, September 25, that Tung Fun
Sian has just been appointed general
of the western and northern armies.
The consul adds that according to
Chinese information the viceroys and
governors have received an imperial
secret decree instructing them to fight
the foreigners and destroy them.
Chinamen Excluded.
Savannah, Ga., Special.?The steam
6hip Ettrickdale arrived 'n port Tuesday
with 29 Chinamen in the crew.
Health Officer Brunner demanded that ?
they be made to sleep ashore, in accordance
with the city ordinance requiring
crewB of vessels in port to sleep
on land during the months of September
and October. Capt. Stewart declined
to give the Chinamen into the
care of the city, stating that he could
not land them under the exclusion act.
The treasury department advised the
collector of the port that the Chinamen
most not be allowed to leave the
vessel, and guards have been stationed
aboard It to see that they do not get
on shore, _ w