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THE COUNTY RECORD, Pabliahed Erory Thursday ?AT? WNQSTBEE. SOUTH CAROLINA. ?BT? 0. W. WOLFE . Editor and Pranrletor. The recent trials of Count Zeppelin's, airship seem to have been successful.' In future when one goes up in a balloon in Europe one won't come down in Australia or South Africa. Without any intention of disturbing the friendly relations between Italy and the United States, it may l>e remarked that if Italy would refrain; from shipping her anarchists to this country there would be no complaint of their hatching auarchist plots after their arrival. A touch of grim humor is added t0| the story of Alvord's robbery by the report, credited on Wall street, that Alvord was oue of a committee ot three experts appointed by the directors or the First National to devise a system for them that would make stealing impossible. The cadets and officers at Annapolis have never been allowed to lift their raps when greeting ladies, but have heeu restricted to the regulation "hand ?alnte''?touching the cap with the hand. A new order has' now gone into effect permitting them to raise their '""i? tn ncpordanee with the customs of civilization. According to the annual report of the United States Commissioner of Education nearly 17.000,000 pupils are regularly attending public or private Bcbools. Add to this the great army of men and women employed in teaching them and it is seen that over onefourtb of the entire population of the country is either instructing or being instructed. Education is manifestly the leadiug industry of the American . people?a fact of cheerful significance. The gerfn idea has now begun to scare the users of telephones. An apparatus has l>een invented for sterilizing the inouthp eces of telephones by electricity. The receiver has a hollow ? 4- \r> trhlnh ,c n1?ii>PfT <omo 211 l/UU VUU, 1U ?V 44 J v. *m ?.? J'lM.vv. fibrous material, with a pair of electrodes buried in it which can receive a current of electricity from any convenient source of supply, presumably the telephone battery itself. In the process of cleaning the mouth piece the current passes through the fibrous material and sterilizes any bacilli that may be there. An impression pretty generally prevails throughout the country that most of the public lands have been taken up, but the annual report of the commissioner of the general land office shows that 917,135,880 acres of rude Sam's farm still remain open to settlement, which is 179,477,702 acres .more than have been taken up since the beginning of the tioverniuent. Hesides this, 154,747),782 acres have been withdrawn from settlement and reserved as a park, for the cultivation of forestry and for other purposes. There now remain unsurveyed 602,554,915 acre*. The biggest part of this is in Alaska, where 3t><),000,000 acres are open to settlement. J. Sim Wallace, M. D., in a recent volume on the cause and prevention if decay in teeth, attributes the great and increasing prevalence of dental caries among civilised nations to tin elimination of the coarser and wort fibrous parts of foodstuffs by modern ?.1? ,u,inl? luruiuun vi iii?iiiumii tuir, <> uu |runu.> out that this may act in two ways. Firstly, owing to the absence of mechanically detergent constituents of food, more of the fermentable, aridproducing ami germ-sustaining parts of the latter remain in contact with the tectli for some time after meals and. secondly, that the tongue, being less actively employed during tlie art of chewing and swallowing, fails to attain iis full size and exerri.se its normal important function in modelling the dent til arches, so that irregularities arising from crowding and malposition of the teeth serve to increase their predisposition to caries. IN WORSE MIME Remonstrance ot Allies a Tremendous Farce. CHINESE ARE REALLY iHE VICTORS The Allies Represented By a Man With too Much riouth, Who Did Nothing but Talk. Ijondon, By Cable.?The Spe.-tator, in a striking article dealing with the Chit ese crisis, expresse* the opinion that the most jecent developments at Pekin foreshadow a Chinese victory over the allies. "The quarrel ha* been brought to the test of force," it says, "and force on the civilized side has proved insufficient. This result s mainly due to the attitude o.' Rus.-ia and the United States. If China escapes with the payment of a small indemnity and many promises on paper, as seems not unlikely, sine? Germany and Great Britain may net be willing to incur the expenditure and risk in volved in persisting in their demands, it will be equivalent to a victory for China, for nothing has occurred which will convince the Chine-e tha. their mighty Empress has been defeated or Uiat Tviirnn,? < *n avpnep anv further massacre?." The Shanghai correspondent of The Morning Post, wiring, says: "Despite the cordial reception given Admiral Seymour, the situation is unchanged. The Hankow viceroy refuses to step sending supplies to the eorrt, unle38 the Nankin viceroy will also refuse, and the latter, although he undertakes to send no more arms, fays he must continue sendirg supplies so long as the Emperor requires them. "In fact, all our remonstrances amount to a miserable farce. We ha\e no courage to do more than to talk. In the Chinese theatre here the allies are represented by a soldier with an enormous mouth, who does nothing but talk until his career is ended by decapitation." I reasury Gold. Wasington, D. C., Special.?The i largest stock of gold coin and bullion ever held in the United States is now accumulated in the Treasury and its branches. The total has been rising steadily during the whole of the present year, and the amount is now $474,108,336. or about $76,000,000 greater than at the close of 1899. The increase up to June 30 was about $23,000, but since that time has beeu about $1,000,000 for July, $6,000,OOOfor August. $10,000,000 for September, $18,I ' ? ~ I 000,000 ror ucwuer, tuiu fn,nv,v?v j thus far in November. The gold is not all the direct property of the United States, but is held against outstanding gold oeitiflcate. The amount*of those, less the amount in the Treasury and its breanches, was $239,755.S09 Wednesday.All the remaining gold, amounting to about $243,000,000, belongs to the Treasury as a part of the reserve fund of $lf0.000.000 or 'he free fund of $93,000,000 in the general cash. Big Sales of Print Cloth. Fall River, Mass, Special.?The sales in the print cloth market during tho nmountad to about 250,000 pidcee. all odd*. Xo r?solars were disposed of during that time. For the ftrst time in months the sales of the week exceeded the regular production, a promising sign of the prosperous business conditions which are confidently expected by manufacturers. Manufacturers here say the manner in which printers and converter*, are talking has convinced them that there la a good trade In the South and West, and that the nextthree weeks will see a large increase in the sales. Buyers will, by that time, be compelled to renew their stocks, which have c>f late been depleted by the converters. The Increase in the price of cotton has given renewed strength to the print cloth market and the production is hold on a basis of 3% cents for all. Notes. George Sutter, a New York Central freight conductor, was killed in a wreck at Depe.v, N. Y., Saturday night. At Akron, Ohio. Edward Bppley was found guilty of the unlawful possession of dynamite. TMs is the fifth i /.AnHw.tn'An n^A wi n? Mil a' Mrtfu in IUIOKU1VII ?IVS*V1U? vut VI UIIC UVW ,u August, when the City Building wea blown up and burned. Platform Gave Way. San Francisco. Special.?During a game of football here the roof of a building adjacent t5 the grounds on which more than fifty persons were gathered watchin the progress of the erne suddenly collapsed, carrying down with it a mass o' stru^glin, shrieking humanity to injury and death. It is impossible yet to learn the full extent of the disaster. Twelve bodies have already been recovered. Forty people are reported injured. After the col- j lapse of the roof the building burst into flame. It is reported tnat two! I charred odies have been taken" from the ruins. - - - ' j THROUGHOUT THE COUNTRY The South. One of the puns used in the attach and defense of Charleston, S. C., harbor during the civil war has been loaned to that city. Baltimore fox hunters won prizes over Canadians at the New York Horse Show. The later reports froin the etormstr'eken districts of Tennessee, Mississippi and Arkansas increase the number of deaths to Si. Cardinal Gibbons will 1> ave Baltimore, Md.. for New Orlet.ns, La., on his annual visit to his brother, John T. Gibbons. At Huntington, W. Va.. George Politz was found guilty of murder in the second degree for killing Peter Stanton, his partner. The North. General Theodore F. Brown has been sentenced at *.Chicago, to six months' imprisonment for violation of the Pension law. The charred remains of Sauder Dixon, a farmer, aged 75 years, were found Saturday, in the ruins of his turned home, near Elroy, Wis. President Mitchell, of the United Mine Workers, denied any intention - in X-l/'vnl/i no fnun iu oruei uui nuncio iu ? ? ty, Ky., in addition to the 1,600 now on strike there. A call has been issued for a meeting at the Chamber of Commerce in New York, at which an effort will be made to unite the forces engaged in fighting vice in that city. George Phillips, of Chicago, who has cornered the corn market, expresses confidence that he can carry thiough the deal. The indictments against Rev. Dr. H. M. Wharton were quashed by the county court at Freehold, N. J. James C. Cawley, clad only in his n'ghtgown. chased a burglar for a square through Boston streets and caught him. At Eldorado, Kan., a jury has been secured to try Jessie Morrison on tlio charge of killing Mrs. G. Olin Castle, bride of her former admirer. Charles Nearang shot and killed his wifa anri himself at Milwaukee. The tragedy followed an attempt by Nef.rang to kill his three children. Mrs. William Hoey, No. 104 East Eighty-fifth street. New York, hired a servant and missel her and $1,000 wcrth of jewelry an hour loter. The l ake View Woman's Club will give a dinner to the female prisoners in the county jail at Chicago. The club women will serve as waitresses. The Reubentown House. Watervllle, N. Y., which cost $75,000, and has a clock tower and chimes, sold for $3,1(0, with two and one-half acres of land and three barns. Foreign. it is feared in 9t. Petersburg that the* Czar's condition is being concealed and that bis illness will prove fatal. The foreign envoys at Pekin have agreed upon the terms of a preliminary treaty with Ciuna. Turkey objeots 'to allowing Germany the use of K^.r San Island, in the Red Sea. for a coahng station. The Contrist party, in Germany, de mands the creation of an imperial supreme court. President Kruger arrived in Paris ""I ^vfAnnaed visits with President Loubet. A rumor of the Czar's death was circulated from Paris, but it is declared to be unfounded. Gen. Sir Redvers Buller. speaking in Iondon, defended the British army *n South Africa against charges of barbarity. Failure of the fcreign envoys at Pekln to acree upon terms of peace with China is now considered probable. Sdr Arthur Sullivan, famous as a composer of comic operas, died In Iondon. Emperor William has conferred upos King Albeit of Saaony the rank of Field Marshal on the general staff of the German army. The Thuringlin State of the German Empire have forbidden the holding of religious services in the Polish and Bohemian languages. The arrival In Iondon of Sir Henry ? TVin Howard, BmiBll .'limaici ul a ?v Hague, is officially explained as a holiday, but it is not altogether (raconnected with the approaching arrival of Kruger at the capital of Hoi land. Miscellaneous. The battleship Kentucky has arrived ait Smyrna and it is expected that the Sultan will now grant an exequatur to Consul Norton. It is believed that many of the victims of the wreck of the steamer St. Olaf, off Seven slands, in St. Lawrence river, perished in the snow. The steamer Kaiser WLihelm der Giosse lost a propeller blade on the way over an.<l grounded in lower NewYork bay. The Census Bureau has given out these figures on State populations: Maryland, 1,190,050; Virginia, 1,854,184; Kansas, 1,470,495, and Nevada, I ^335>. - - OBSTRUCTION MOVED1 ( the Way For lhe Construction ot the Isthmian Cana^ , RIGHT Of WAY TO TWO ROUTES. ' Secretary May and Senor Corea S.'gn a Treaty?An Agreement Also En? tered Into With Costa Rica.. Washington, D. C.. Special.?Secretary Hay for the government of the United States, and Senor Corea,kthb , Nicaraguau minister for his own government have signed' a treaty whereby the latter government concedes to the government of the United States the necessary rights and privileges within her bestowal for the construction of the Nicaraguan Canal. Thi9 action is taken in anticipation of congressional action on the pendng Nicaraguan bill and the Hay-Paunefote treaty. Pending the submission of the document to the Senate, which body must ratify the agreement, hs terms will no: be made public. It is understood, however, that generally, Nicaragua grants to the United States government the exclusive right to conutruct and operate the canal between the Atlantic and Pacific across Nicaragua, including the free use of the San Juan river, and of Lake Managua, ae part of the water course. Nicaragua is also to rid herself of any outstanding treaties that would tend in any way to bridge the privileges to be acquired by the United States. It is understood also that Nicaragua concedes to the United States authority to operate the canal. Nicaragua is to receive in compensation a certain amount of the securities of the canal construction company, and although it is not now possible to learn the figure set down in the treaty, it is believed to be approximately $5,000,000. The State Department has aiready entered into an agreement on similar lines with the republic of Co-ta Rica. This was because Co-ta Rica has established a claim to the right bank of the San Juan river, which must of necessity form about a third of the length of the canal, should the Nicaragua n route be selected and be constructed on the lines which will be I suggested by the Walker Commission. An understanding also has been arrived at with the United States of Columbia. covering the same rights and privileges for the Panama route as arb conveyed by Nicaragua and Costa Kica i nthe case of the Nicaragua route So the State Department has now cleared the way for such action as Congress may care to take in the case of either of the canal routes which have beeD found feasible. Army Re-Organization. Washington. D. C\, Special.?The House military affairs committee expect to liave the bill for the reorganization of the army perfected at an early day. and it probably will be presented to the House in a few days. Most of the staff features of Secretary Root's bill, it is understood, will be rejected by the committee. The provision in ihe Secretary's bill, which authorizes the President to appoint the heads of bureaus, it is said, will also be eliminated. The Democratic leaders have been consulting about fha nnaitmn to he assumed bv them bUV/ |/vw*W*VM %-v ^ v toward the proposed permanent reorganization of the army and a caucus has been called for Monday afternoon. The concensus of opinion seems to favor an extension of the present provisional army as a substitute for a permanent increase. At the meeting on Monday. Representative Hay, of Virginia, one of the prominent Democratic members of the military committee and the chairman of the Democratic caucus, will offer a bill extendftig the provisions of the present law for three years, as a substitute for the reorganisation bill. Call Back by a Warship Washington, D. C., Special.?The State Department has sent instructions to United States Consul Gummere, at Tangiera, Morocco, to proceed to the capital of that country as fast as possible on a United States man-of-war, to present afresh the claim of the United states for indemnity on account of the murder of Marcus Ezzagui, a naturalized American citizen who was killed in June, 1890. The warship, which probably will be the Kentucky, recalled from Smyrna for that purpose, will carry 1 ihe consul from Tangiers to Mazagan, which is the nearest port to Fez, the capital of Morocco. Oovernor Johnston Retires. Montgomery, Ala., SpeciaJ.?At noon Saturday Governor Jos. F. Johnston retired from the executive office. Owing to illness^ the new Governor, W. J. Samford, was unable to come to Montgomery for his inauguration. He took the oath of office two days ago In Opelika. and Governor Johnston turned over the office to T. D. Samford, a son of the Governor, and hi* private secretary , Uj STATE OF ArFAIRS REPORTED. """ Rv Infuriated Necro Jl I lv<Ji ^ niiavnwu *-?j ? -- ? ?? nob. Governor McSweeney has received i letter from St. George's in which romplanrt is made that a mob of negroes attacked R. W. Minus, Jr., deputy sheriff for Dorchester county, and R. E. Minus, marshal for the town of St. George's. The officers of the law had in custody Rufus NeaJ, who is wanted on the charge of murder. Th? mob of negroes, with weapons drawn, managed to get the negro crlminaL, , away and as the officers were on* lightly armed and could offer no effective resistance the prisoner made good his escape. The inhabitants, think if such high handed outrage Is not dealt with that it will have a very bad effect and Gov. McSweeney has been called upon to offer a reward, which it is thought will assist in bringing about the arrest of those who took part in the release of Neal and in the display of violence. Neal is a wife murderer for whoso capture and conviction a reward of $100 had been offered. The officeis who were assaulted had been after him. They heard that ho was at Sha y Grove oamp meeting, and went there to make the arrest. The governor's informant of the affair states that "as soon as Neal saw the officers he took to flight, calling loudly for help A lasge number of drunken and infuri ated negroes, armed witn nrearms, sticks and bludgeons, went to Neal'a assistance, attacked the officers and wounded both seriously, and actually took Neal from the deputy sheriff, who had him under arrest. Neal at the present time would undoubtedly have been behind the bars had It not been for me high-handed interference of the mob." Li is added that Neal baa been living in his cabin and that he has the sympathy of the negroes. Marshal Minus has since been waylaid on the road and knocked senseleee by negroes. More Letters. Gov. McSweeney has received a letter from Miguel A. Otero, governor of the territory of New Mexico, dater from Santa Fe, endorsing the Charleston exposition and saying that he U ? ill* * AAmmlcoinnoi*2 iff Willing LU itppuilll. tuiuiuiuiiuui.^ ~ take the matter in charge. The governor of Utah writes from Salt Lake City a strong letter, the concluding portion of which is as follows: "I shall do myself the honor to advise the legislature concerning the South Carolina Interstate and West Indian exposition, and direct their attention to its importance as set forth in your communication, and thereby endeavor to impress theme with the necessity of having Utah represented on that occasion by a proper exhibit of her ro sources." V Crime iji Union. Jonesville, Special.?At Mr. B. \V. Whitlock's. three miles from Jones'ville, last w:ek, a negro oy 14 years * old attempted rape upon Mr. WliitIock's little 5-year-old daughter. Thelittle girl was at the spring with a younger rother and the oy came along and sent the little brother to the house and then attempted to outrage the girl, but she got away from him before he accomplished his purpos? and reported to her mother. The negro wa3 arrested and is "how in thelock-up here. The law will be allowed it? course. With Knife and Pistol. . Gaffney, Special.? Geo. I* Wilson, manager of the county chain gang, was committed to jail here for shooting 31. A. Hughes, one of his foremen. The trouble ocurrecd at the camp near Bla< kaburg. After Wilson shot Hughes lite latter closed with him anw a desperate battle ensued. Wilson kept shooting and Hughes used his knife. Hughes was shot twice, once in the side and once in the arm, and was thought to be fatally hurt, but now his recovery is hoped for. Wilson wascut all over the head and face and one cut in the left side. His wounds aresevere but not dangerous. First to Qualify Solicitor Bogg*. succeeding Mr. Ansel, and Solicitor Davis, succeeding Mr. Townsend, has qualified and then, commissions were issued to them by lilt? jeurcuir) ui oia.c. iuwc ai c caict first State officers chosen in the recent election to qualify and take charge of tbeh- offices. The State Orange. Secretary W. A. James, Jr., of the State Grange gives notice that the State Grange of South Carolina will hold its 28th annual session in the town of Bishopville on the second Wednesday in December. It is expected and hoped that there will be a large attendance at this meeting. A Charter. The secretary of State has granted a charter to the Williamston Warehouse company of Williamston, capitalized at $22,500. The officers areJames P. Gassett. president; G. W. Sullivan, vice president and H. G Wilson secretary and treasurer. i '% ' ja