The county record. [volume] (Kingstree, S.C.) 1885-1975, March 14, 1901, Image 2
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Pnblished Eietj Thnrsday
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\Sm8THEE. SOUTH CAROLINA.
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G. W. WOLFE .
Kdttor tad Proprietor.
'A number of French aristocrats nave
roundly denounced Count Roni f<f imperiling
th"ir chances with other
American heiresses.
Hugh M. Smiih. United States Fish
Commission expert, declares that
among the fishery developments ear- I
nestly desired by many people, which
will not be achieved in the new centc
th? slinrt and that
we shall have to content ourselves j
"With a fish that is already pood ouougii
for mortal man.
Some two or three years apo the Nevada
Legislature passed a bill making
It lawful to shoot wild horses on the
ranges. As a result some 6000 horses
were killed. Now there is a demand
for range horses, which the supply is
not sufficient to allow them to furnish,
and It is said that 6000 of them would
be worth at least $2.")0,000 uow. They
are bewailing their shortsighted policy
Of destruction.
The flames seriously damage or utterly
destroy a great manufactory, a
large store, a valuable public or business
building, a handsome residence,
and the subtraction from the world's
wealth is absolute. To say that the
immediate loser Is recouped by his insurance
does not affect the main question,
since Insurance companies must
reooup themselves from premiums, aud
these are paid by the millions whose
property has escaped utter or partial
loss. The insurance companies are
clearing houses, states the Minneapolis
Times.
Two young people of Jersey City,
desiring to marry and not having
enough money, have entered into an
agreement, which was duly drawn up
before a Justice of the Peace, to contribute
weekly to the raising of a fund
of $1500. 'If in two years the sum
shall not have been completed the idea
of marriage is to be forever abandoned.
It is provided that the woman
is to contribute $10 a week and the
man only $ ">. This is not because his
incidental expenses will be greater
than those of the woman during the
two years, but because he is making
only $10 a week, while she makes $14.
As a cation we are becoming more
and more dependent upon uuseiueu
and undeveloped countries like Asia,
Africa and South America for raw ina-.
terials, and are rapidly invading the
world's markets with the products of
our industries, observes a writer in
the Chicago Record. During the last
ten years there has been a remarkable
change in our foreign trade; tirst, because
we have commenced to suppiy
our own wants and are importing less
and less from the manufacturing nations
of Europe, aud, second, because
we are sending to foreign countries
our surplus manufactures, which were
formerly supplied bv Europe.
"Old-Home week" "meetings in New
Hampshire, in addition to cultivating
sentiment and good-fellowship, have
had a decidedly practical result. They
have been, according to a x-eport of the
State Board of Agriculture, of material
aid in promoting the interests of
towns and the purchase of many estates
by former residents of New
Hampshire. The so-called abandoned
farms are much fewer iu number. Returns
from 136 towns show that 849
farms, or parts of farms, are now
held as summer homes, beiug occupied
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a pari vi iLit? jrai ujr auuui lo.wv jtcupie.
Permanent improvements on
these farms since their purchase by
the present owners are estimated to
have cost nearly $2,000,000. This is
only one side of the summer-home
business in New Hampshire, the impetus
given to it by "Old-Home week"
meetings having led to the erection of
new hotels aud boarding houses, the
enlargement of farmhouses for the cnv
tertaibmeflt* dtf ,'iirihmer guests, the
betteianent of ipnds-and a-general furjfeisbipg
of rural.surroundings.-'
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' NEARLY A BILLI9N AND A HALY. ,
Heavy H\penses of Government For .
the Past Year. '
Washington, D. C.. Special.?Rep-e6cntative
Cannon, chajrman of the
House committee on appropriations,
and Itenreser.tative Livingston, the j
senior Democratic member of the committee.
have prepared statements of the
appropriations cf the Fifty-sixth Con- |
gre.-*s, which will be printed in The
Congressional Record. Beth place the
total appropriations for the Congress
at $1.440.OG2.o45. placing those for the
firi't session ait $710,150,862 and for the
second at $729.1(11.CSS. .Mr. Cannon u
publishes a table showing the cxpendi- c
tures cf the previous Congress at $1- c
568.212,637 and .Mr. Living-ton makes P
a com pari.-on with the Fifty-fourth J
Congress, which appropriated $1,041.580.273.
In his statement. Mr. Can- j
non says: e
' Of the total appropriations made r
at this session, at lfa-t 330.0U0.000 will I
not in the light of past experiences, be e
expended. This con:-i ferable margin ,
between actual expenditures and ap- t
nrnnrintions made bv Congress in- c
diratrd a sum total of expenditures
during the fiscal year -902 cf not exec
ding $699.911.6S3.07. This sum includes
$53,000,000 on account of the
6inking fund requirements for the fiscal
year 1902. which, of course, under
the terms cf the law. will be met only
to such extent as surplus revenues in
the Treasury may permit. After meeting
the fullest ordinary requirements
of the public service under the appropriations
which have been made there
will 9urely remain sufficient revenue
for 1902 to msot not lees than $30,000,000
of the requirements cf the sinking
fund;
"The most marked increase indicated
in the appropriations for ordinary
expenses of the goverwnenit made for
the two years 1903 at the two sessions
of 'this Corvgress over these of the iwo
preceding years. 1899 and 1900, provid- e
ed for by the Fi!fty-fifih Congress, is t
for the postal service. The necessity j
of the e increased appropriations to e
meet large business demands is re- j
ferred to as a cause for oongratula- s
lion. The appropriations have been
reduced $128,150,000 by this Congress ^
under those provided for by its prede- r
cessor and this has rendered possible a r
reducton of taxes n the sum of $41.- e
000,000. With a continuance of the t
wise administration enjoyed by the
coaintry there is every reason to anti- 8
cipat? a further reduction of public t
expenditures in the near future and a ?
corresponding further reduction of t
taxes." q
Mr. Livingston says: "The Fifty- i
fourth Congress was the last one that , r
made appropriations for the support ; r
of the government prior to th? bo- j
ginning of the Spanish-American wa>\ ' c
The Fifty-sixth Congress is the lirst | a
Congress appropriating for the sup- i e
port of the government since the close j a
of the so-called Spanish-Americtn ' r
war. The difference between the ay- ! t
propriations ma 'e by the Fifty-sixch ; t
Congres- and these made by the Fifty- j ^
fourth Congress amounts to $395,482,- j t
070
"During the session jus: clo;el the \ ^
demands of the people, through their s
representatives, for the con-tructlon 0.' J ^
the Nicaragua Canal have gone un* ! j
nec-acci ami tnose ior new puuin,- pui u- i
I inp-* have been persistently denied. Tin t
river and harbor bill has ;be-n permit- t
ted to fail. The payment of just claims t
of honest people agafmsit the government
has not been provided for.
"The- most casual ex3minati n of (
this table malces comment practically ^
unnecessary. Ft shows that the army
for each of the two years prior to ihe j
Spanish American war cost a little .
over $23,000,000 and- but little more t
than $16,000,000 for the two years cov- ^
ered by the Forty-fourth. Congress. g
while for each of the two years since "
that war. 1901 ani 1902, it co-ts $115.000,000
or $230,000,000 for the two ,
years, exclusive of deficiencies thai ?
have brr<n proivded for In lrrpe sums
out of appropriations mate for rxpenses
of the Spanish war during the ^
I Fifty-fifth Congress. Tfie navy oost
for the two years. 1897-98. is SG-.362.- 0
000. while the years 1901 and 1902 these r
appropriations amount to nearly $141, :
000.000. For the payment of pensions
the appropriations show an increase of
nearly SS.OOO.OOfl for "hp tw yra s. n
Cabinet Re-Nominated.
Washington, P. C., Special.?The
President Tuesday re-nominated all
the members of his present cabinet, ^
including Attorney General Griggs. !
who will retain office until his successor
is appointed. The Senate later ^
all of these caiblnet re-nonii- n
nations. The President is expected c
shortly :o nominate Robert McCornuick.
of this city, formerly of Illinois,
as minister to Austria, vice Minister ,
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Harris, resigned. The President to- ^
day issued a new commission to Mr.
George B. Cortelyou as secretary to
the President. * ^
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Gold's High Water flark. g.
Washington, D. C., Special.?The
amount of gross of gold in the Treasury
Tuesday was $495,412,159 the high- ^
est point over reached in the history
of the government This amount in- a
cltui;s ^150,000,000 held as a reserve,
$27G,0!9,9S9 held against gold certifi- _
Cwtes and $G3,392,1G9 in the general j
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1 LIVELY SESSION.
[he United States Senate Gets Ip
a Row.
HAVE TO LIMIT DEBATE THE CAUSE
t Was Of ered By .Mr. Piatt, of Connecticut,
and Several Senators Expressed
Their Views Strongly.
Washington, D. C., Special.?Quite
Lnexixv.:edly a lively debate was prei
pita tod at the first business session
rf the Senate of the Fifty-seventh Con;ress.
Mr. PL'lt, of Connecticut, ofered
an amendment to the rules to
irr.it debate in the Senate. Its proio:iement
had no purposa of provoKng
discussion upon it today, but sevra!
Senators expressed their views in
10 uncertain terms. Senator Mason, o\
Illn-cls, thought it did not go i'ax
nough ar.d gave no;ice of an ameudnent
under which, he s:id', the maority
would not be under :h? control
if the minority. Senators Wellington,
;f Maryland^ and Bacon, of Georgia,
[enounced the effort to ehange the
ules as unseemly, the former chalenging
the right of the Senate to coaider
the proposition at this session.
Many of the new Senators were reipients
':ii .beautiful floral offerings
rom their friends, several cf the
>iecc-s on the Democratic side of the
hamber being particularly notable.
Ir. Simmons, of North Carolina, was
invong the recipients. Former Senior
Peffer, of Kansas, was on the floor
lurir.g the early pa t of the session,
ind wis cordially received by his forne<r
col leagues.
The day s se;6ion of the Senate was
>ractically the first of the Fifty-sev>nth
Congress, that of Monday being
>rief and routine in character. An imnense
throng crowded the galleries.
J ice President Roosevelt's appearance
voked a great wave cf applause from
he galleries. After the reading of tba
ournal the Vice President administerd
th? oath of ofllce to Mr. Nelson, of
.linnesota, and Mr. McLaurin, of M stssippi.
Mr. Piatt, of Connecticut, gave noIce
of an amendment to the Senate
ules to limit debate upon any bill on
?solution to "reasonable limits" to
ma-hle the majority to do business In
he Senate.
Mr. Mason, cf Illinois, gave notice of
in amendment he proposed to offer to
he amendment of Mr. Piatt. He mtisted
that the time ehould be fixed in
he rules for the limiting of debate
rvio. Corinth he said, was the only leg
slative body in the world in which hi
najority was controlled by the ml
lority.
Mr. Bacon, of Georgia, disapproved
if the proposed change 'in the rules,
ind declared his purpose of doing
veryrhing in his power to defeat the
intendment. The methods pursued
iow by the Senate in iris opinion were
he bes.t possible. They permitted full
ime for the discussion and examinaion
of every measure presented. As
o the propcsition of Mr. Mason to
-dopt a modification of the Reed rules,
le asserted that the House of Repreentettlves
operating rnier those rules,
id net deliberate up n any legislation.
( merely suggested legislation which
a me to the Sena'e in vrude fcrm and
ly it had to be put in proper legisiaive
shape. He warned the Sena e
hat if the proposed rule were adopted.
?t-i ? TOVirvia lpn T-fh anil
t 5O0n WOU1U gcr UJ1C n ?
resent th* spectacle of a cngress. not
-illy the House, but the Senate ailsc
iominated by one or two men.
Mr. Wellington, a.' Maryland, cha"
enged the propriety of the present*
Ion of such a propo ition at an e>
raordinary session. Referring to the
efeat of the river and harbor bill, he
aid: "This proposed rule is offered as
m?an^ of revenge."
Mr. Piatt retorted that he was not
n favcr of the paesape cf the river
nd harlxir measure.
Mr. Wellington replied that while he
ras arguing against the river ard haj or
bill, he was threatened unless he
eafel his opposition, that a cloture
ule would "be presented and its adopion
insi t d upon.
"I how," he said, "to no party and
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le that a measure is wrong."
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Telegraphic Briefs.
The Sultan cf Turkey Ins ordpred a |
Lg 6 per cent. loan.
Marconi, wirele6s telegraphy Invcr.or,
sails from Lon:!on Wednesday for
he United Spates.
Two Italians, arrested for conipliciy
in the plot to kill King Victor Emlanuel,
have been released for h;-lp:ng
apturo th.3 arch conspirator.
E. J. Napier, former captain in
Roosevelt'6 Rough Riders, spent Sunay
nLght penniless in the police siion
at Chioago, HI.
In a dispute over the firm's books at
hicago Chaj-les Merrill, tea merchant,
ras shot in the head by John Correa,
is ihookkeeper, who then committed
uicide. '
Jaco> Muller, formerly a well-known
rand opera singer in Europi and
merica, died suddenly Sunday a". S^n
ranrisco just before 'the beginning of
performance given for hi? benefit.
Two of New York's thrc new Con
reunion are given New York city Ofl
er the new bill prepared by Senator
:aines.
K'ivlfiLtY'o INAUGURAL AUOhtSS
Wa>hin/tou, i?. C.?President Mc?
Kin ley's second inaugural address is,
in part, as follows:
My Fellow Citizens: TV lien we as-*
seiubltd here o: tIn* 4tli of Mareb,
lts:>7. there was threat anxiei.v ?
regard to our currency and credit.
None exists no\y. Then I felt eonstrained
to convene the Congress in
extraordinary session to devise revenues
to pay the ordinary expenses of the
Government. Now I have the satisfaction
to announce that the Congress
just closed has reduced taxation in the
sum of $41,000,000.
The national verdict of 1S90 has for
.he most part been executed. Whatever
remains nnfultilled is a" continuing
obligation resting with undiminished
force upon the Executive and the
Congress.
Four years ago we stood on tlie
brink of war without the people knowing
it, and without any preparation or
effort at preparation for the impending
peril. I did ail that in honor could he
done to avert the war. but without
avail. It became inevitable; and the
Congress- :.t its tirst regular secsion,
without party division, provided money
in anticipation of the crisis and K
.preparation to meet it. It came. The
result was signally favorable to American
arms and in the highest, degree
honorable to th Government. It im!
posed upon us obligations from which
we cannot e ape ilud from which it
' onob ?r>
woum oe aisiioiioiuuic iu om. v..
cape. We are now at peace with the
worhl. and it is my fervent prayer that
if differences arise between us and other
powers they may be settled by
peaceful arbitration and that hereafter
we may be spared the horrors of war.
Existing problems demand the
thought and quicken the conscience of
the country, and the responsibility for
their presence as well as for their
righteous settlement rests upon us all?
no more upon me thau upon you.
The American people. Intrenched
in freedom at home, take their love for
freedom with them wherever they go,
and they reject as mistaken and unworthy
the doctrine that we lose our
own liberties by securing the enduring
foundations of liberty to others. Our
institutions will not deteriorate by extension,
and our sense of justice will
not abate under tropic suns in distant
I seas.
We adhere to the principle of equality
among ourselves, and by no act *
ours will we assign to ourselves a subordinate
rank in tbe family of u
tions.
11)0 pan which me l um-u ouuvo
bore so honorably iu the thrilling
scenes iu China, while new to Ameri!
can life, has been in harmony with
j its true spirit and best traditions, and
! in dealing with the results its policy
i will be that of moderation and fairI
ness.
We face at this moiueut a most itni
portaut question?that of future relaI
tions of the United States and Cuba.
I With our near neighbors we must rei
main close friends.
j The declaration of the purposes of
; this Government in the resolution of
April 20, lSikS. must be made good.
Ever since the evacuation of the island
by the army of Spain, the Exccuj
tive with all practical speed has been
i assisting its people in the successive
i steps necesary to the establishment
i of a free and independent government,
j prepared to assume and perform the
i obligations of international law which
j now rests upon the L'uited States uu- I
der the Treaty of Paris.
The convention elected by the people .
I to frame a constitution is approaching
| the completion of its labors. The traus;
fer of American control to the new
i government Is of .such great import!
a nee. involving an obligation resulting
from our intervention and tlie treaty
of peace, that I am Kind to he advised
by the recent act of Congress of the
policy which the legislative branch of
the Government deems essential to the
best interests of Cuba and the United
States.
The principles which led to our intervention
require that the fundamental
law upon which the new government
I rests should be adopted to secure a
Government capable of performing the
duties, and discharging the fuuctions
of a separate nation, of observing its
international obligations, of protecting
life and property, insuring order,
safety, and liberty; ami conforming to
j the established and historical policy
; of tlie United States in its relation to
Cuba.
While the treaty of peace with Spain
was rati tied on February 0, 1SUU. and
ratifications were exchanged nearly
two years ago, the Congress has itnli|
cated no form of government for the
Philippine Islands. It nns. however, |
i provided r.u army to enable the Execui
live ro suppress insurrection, restore
I peace, give security to the inhabitants
1 and establish the authority of the
I United Ptates throughout the archipelago.
The settled purpose, long ago proclaimed,
to a fiord the inhabitants o?
the islands self-government as fast as
they were ready for it will be pursued
with earnestness and fidelity.
Our countrymen should not he de;
reived. We are not waging war against
the inhabitants of the Philippine Islands.
A portion of them are making
war against the United States.
Bv far the ereater nart of thp in
habitants recognize American sovereignty,
and welcome it as a guarantee
of order and security for life, property,
liberty, freedom of conscience and the
pursuit of happiness. To them full
protection will be given. They shall
not be abandoned. We will nut leave
the destiny of. the loyal millions in the
islands to the disloyal thousands who
are in rebellion against the United
States. Order under civil institutions
will cotne as soon as those who now
break tlit? peace shall keep it. Force
will not be necdedrOrMised when those
who inaKe war against us shall make
It no more. May it end without furjber
bloodshed and there he ushered in
the reign of peace to be made permanent
by a government of .liberty under
law.
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WILL MEET ISSUE.
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Cubans Discuss the Action of This
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uuvci mucin,
CONSERVATIVES CLAIM A VICTORY
It Seems That No Demonstrations or
Outbreaks Will Occur Although Re*
senment is Deep.
Havana, By Cable.?The Cuban constitutional
convention met in secre: s(?
sion Thursday afternoon for a for^
mal discussion of the Piatt amendment.
The conservative clement
scored a victory.
'It was decided to continue the sessions
of the convention and to refer
the amendment to the special commit-:
tee on relations, with instructions 10
bring in a report.
Twenty-nine delegates were present,
Senor Llorente and Gen. Rivera being
the only absentees. 'Gen. Sanguilly
favored dissolving the convention and
rofnt?nmor fho niron/lftnf ivJfhrtllf
ctission. The other delegates were unan
imous'.y in favcr of continuing the sessinos
and of sending some answer to
the executive department in Washington.
The argum.-nt turned on the qu?3tion
whether the ccnvcnticm had power
to adopt a scheme of relations that
would be binding on the future republic.
Last week a majority of the
delegates opposed this view'. Today
Senor Nunez, representing the conservatives,
argued that the delega'ci
wre empowered in the call for the convention
to establish permanent relations
with iihe Unitted States and
ought not to atteffpt to shirk its duty.
Gen. Sanguily contended that the intention
of the original ea'l was innulled
by Gov. Gen. Wood's instructions
at the opening of the convention
when delegates were asked to give only
an opinion.
The radical element did not flock to
Gen. Sanguily as had1 been expected,
and the convention's action in referring
the question to the special committee
on relations indicates a willingness
to recede from the former attitude.
It is evident that many of the
delegates still hope the amendment 0
will be changed, but there is no bitter
feline now annaxent. It is doubtful
whether the convention will ever agree
to accept the amendment, but the Conservatives
maintain that the willingness
of the Radicals to discuss, and if
necessary, to send a committee to
Washington gives a more hopeful aspect
to conditions which were growing
strained. It is generally bekievei thatthe
crisis, if any existed, has pass*dv
and that by the time the committee reports
the [resent excitement will have
passed. Much depends upon the atitude
of the Radical delegates. If an
impassioned appeal to the people is issued.
as it is rumored will be the case,
this may cause demonstrations of protest
against: the Unified States. But
nothing in the nature of an uprising is
any longer fcired.
Fre.sh Troubles in Far East.
London, By Cable?A crisis has
arisen in far Eastern affairs, which
in the opinion of the British government.
is graver almost than the troubles
which originally turned the eyes
of the world toward the Orient. Secret
negotiations are going on between the
Unite 1 State* and Great Britain with
a view of thwarting what both govern,
ments believe is a determined attempt
on the part of Russia to plant
herself permantntly in one of cue
rirhpsf tracts < f the C.iinese empire.
The conference held We In? day between
LTriteJ States Ambassador
Chcate and Lord Lan&dowae, the
Foreign Secretary, had nothing to ?io
with the Nicaraguan Canal affair. To
quote from a BriWsh official, "tha
Nicaragua controversy is a minor
matter' compared with the present
situation."
Riot in Porto Rico.
San Juan. P. R . By Cable.?A s rioils
riot occurred here Thursday. At d
o'clock in the evening five ar.iilerymcn
and a corporal of artillery named Hiscock
le.t the:.- guard p.st5 without o:f
dc-rs and chfcgsd across the plaza
into a street in \\ filch a mob cf pco- ^
pie bad assembled. The soldiers fired M
a volley into the air, dispersed the mob
and rescued School Superintendent
Armstrong, who was besieged by the
mob in a house situated about a block
from the city's centre. The city had.
been overrun by a riotous crowd of
probably 1,500 persons who shouted
"Down with the Americans!"
For Expositions.
Jefferson City, Ma, Special.?The
Senate pas ed the House bill appropriating
530,000 for a Missouri exhibit
at. the Pan-American Exposition, at
Buffalo, end the Intersiate and West
Indian Exposition, at Charleston, S. C.
The bill, svightly amended, will go r
back to the Hcuse for concurrence; ->efore
being sent to the governor for hit
signature.
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