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frsr: , . iv f THE COUNTY RECORD, | Published Every Thursday i ?AT? UNQ8TBEE. SOUTH CAROLINA. ?BT? C. W. WOLFE . Editor and Proprietor. Compulsory military education is likely to be engrafted on the curriculum of the University of Melbourne, so that every student who is a British subject, and not physically uuht, may be taught to carry arms. =? The three hundredth anniver.-rrr o.* the landing at Jamestown. Va.. occurs in 1907, and a plan is .being fo-m.ni to celebrate the event. John Flske. historian, heading the movement. "> regards it as the most import nr.: in the history of the Nov Wo: a!. A new word is needed for pcoul? who pay for rooms and food in hotels. The term "guests" is ridiculous. They are customers. They are purchasers. They are buyers. But they are not guests, for guests do not pay for hospitality; they are asked to do to hosts the honor of accepting It at their hands. 'A writer in Automobile Topics says that the automobile to-day is jus1, Trrli/iT-o rotlrnn/lin^ Wfi g fit. tllQ beginning of the last century or where bicycling was twenty years ago. Give the American mechanic five years more and he will produce a machine that will be the surprise and envy of the world. There are more bright minds in America concentrating their thoughts and best efforts on the problem than on any other in the line of mechanics. Can we doubt the result? To do so would be to disregard all mechanical history of the past. The excess of fiction circulated in the public libraries suggests the question whether these Institutions are rightly fulfilling their purpose, winch is something more than recreation, and which includes education as well, observes the Providence Journal. In many instances more than si:;<y per cent, or the circulation is fiction. The abnormal circulation of fiction in many libraries demands far more serious consideration than it is receiving. Large sums of public mouey, and. what is vastly w'orse. an immense amount of time and effort, are expended on books that produce useless, If not pernicious, results. Undoubtedly too much that is trashy and ephemeral is offered to the pubiic. One of the most noticeable changes In modern warfare has been in the war correspondent* When such m>>n as .Williams, Forbes and McGahan were in their prime the war correspondent's business was to get the news and to describe the work of an army in a sober, conservative and intelligent manner. There are a few of those men left, but they are oldsters and rapidly going out of fashion. The correspondent of to-day who would make the most money and gain the most fame must not do anything of that kind. His work must be principally subjective. He must tell bis own sensations and feelings when caught out in a shower with an emptiness in his "innards." Also must he have a florid vocabulary, the more florid the better, and as for news, let that come in from the generals' reports. San Francisco's claim to be a cosmopolitan city rests on the showing made in a table of the nativity of its registered voters. There are 73,033 of these, 43,189 of whom are natives of this country, and 38,444 were born in foreign countries. Next to native Cal:fornians, who number 23,248, tbe most numerous class of native-born citizens are those from New Yont, who number oUST. There are 2325 from .Massachusetts, 1013 from Pennsylvania, 14S0 from Ohio, 1420 from Illinois, anil S30 from Missouri. Natives of t Ireland number 8201, and Germans are almost as numerous. 8082 of them having tbe right to vote. England has , the next largest representation, with 2513. There arc 14S2 Canadian-born and 1200 from Sweden, while Iceland, Gibraltar, Cyprus, Dalmatia and Morocco are each represented by one naturalized citizen. fc THROUGHOUT THE COUNTRY The Soutli, Severe storms are reported at ma.15 points in the South. Jockey Cochran, one of the best known riders in Memphis, was ai.c.-. dentally killed at the race track. Chinese Minister Wu Ting-Fang wa-: the guest of the Manufacturers' Club , of Charlotte, N. C., last Thursday. He ' spoke upon the cotton trade wit a I China. | A very interesting: educational convention closed at Winston-Salem, N. C., last Saturday. Many prominent educators frcm all sections of the country were in attendance and the speeches were nctably strong. At a reception given Minister Wu by manufacturers of Charlotte. N. C., Sen- ' ator McLaurin made a speech advocating breaking away from old political I principles of the South. The president has appointed Wm. M. Jenkins of Oklahoma territory to be governor of that territory and Jame3 W. Ravnolds of New Mexico to b? secretary of the territory of New co- The North. Mayor Van Wvck vetoed the Charter Revision bill. The "Greater New York Democracy" was formed at a mass-meeting of Tammany opponents. The Kansas Wholesale Egg Dealer-' [ Association has taken a contract to ship 10) carloads of eggs to Cuba. Bull fights will be a feature of a j street fair to be held by the Commer- | cial Club at South Omaha, Neb., in July. Two freight trains collided on thft on/1 nViio PflilrmH r? T !>CU WiiiUl TJ aau vs*A*wr Crook's Mills, Md.. and a tramp was killed. In a jealous rage John H. Gorman, foreman of a copper mine, shot and killed George McCarthy, at Milton, Cal., and then blew himself to pieces with giant powder. The strike In the sheet steel works at McKeesport, Pa., was ended by an ; agreement to restore things as before ! the trouble. Attorney George W. Shields, of Omaha, Neb., says H. C. Henderson. ! the self-confessed kidnaper of Edward Cudahy, Jr., says the man is an impostor. The calf skin tannery of the A. Plata Company at RaKn* was destroyed by fire early Sunday mcrning. The lo s was $100,030. The dining hall and three of the bar- ; racks at the national military home at ' Dayton. O.. wore destroyed by fire, j Dries not rlofir.ifolv known." but SUP- i posed to be about $50 0)0. Oricin of the ' fire was front a furnace in the dining ' hall. There was no loss of life. Forc'jjn. The House of Commons adopted the British War Loan bill. Boers have ambushed a party of the Ninth I^ancers in South AfricaCount von Waldersee had a narrow escape from the burning palaco of the Empress in Pe!:in. Archduke Francis was criticised in j the Keichsrath at Vienna for accepting ( the patronage of Catholic schools. The British budget was presented to the House of Commons and the government asked authority to borrow $300,000.000. The Chinese Emperor has ordered his troops to withdraw from Huai-L.'-', against which place the allies tad started an expedition. M. Emile Faquet, the dramatic : critic, was installed as a member of ! the French Academy at Paris last , week. It is officially announced in S'. j Petersburg that there are to be imnie- j diate reforms in the Russian educational system. A cablegram from General Mac- ! Arthur says reports of alleged com- I ' misary scandals are exaggerated, but j admits that three officers and a number of enlisted men and civilians are being tried. The .Mansion House fund for the ! Victoria memorial now amounts to I 71,000 pounds. One day's subscriptions include l.OCO pounds from J Pierpont Morgan and 1,000 pounds from J. S. Morgan. The popular observance of Primrose Day shows no signs of waning. Th? Peaconsield monument, opposite Parliament House, was elaborately decorated and attracted the usual crowd of 1 sight-seers. A train loaded with cattle and coal was captured by the Boers near Mo! teno. Cape Colony. The forward locomotive escaped and ran to Stormberg and returned with troops, who found the train on fire. A couple of natives were killed. The train hands had been stripped and then released. niscellaneous. Pope Leo conferred red ha* on nine of the 12 new cardinals. ' The President has decided to reappoint Rear Admiral Chafles O'Neill as chief of the naval bureau of ordnanc ?. Fourteen pages of the official Gazette are filled with a list of honors conferred for services In South Africa. . . DANGEROUS FLOODS, Thousands Are Driven From Their Homes at Pittsburg, Pa. GREAT INDUSTRIES ARE SUSPENDED Mills in Pennsylvania and West Virginia Forced to Close?flany People Forced Into Idleness. Pittsburg, Special.?This city is a centre of a widespread and disastrous storm. For a radius of 150 miles in western Pennsylvania, eastern Ohio and Western Virginia, rain or snow has been falling almost without intermission for three days. Mountain streams have become torrents, creeks are swollen and out of their banks and the big rivers are oceans of turoid water. Flood records, it is expected will be broken before the water sub- j sides. The financial loss cannot be estimated. In addition to the hundreds i of thousands and perhaps millions of dollars it will cost to put large manufacturing plants in commission again, tens of thousands of skilled workmen are thrown out of employment and lose their wages just at a time when all the iron and 6teel mills are rushed with orders. While few unauthenticated reports of statistics have been made, disease and death will follow in the wake of the flood. Thousands of people are lying in the upper rooms of their watersoaked houses without heat, light or j fuel. Where gas fuel is used the pipes are flooded and cut off, and what coal there may be is under five to ten feet of water. At Schoenville, the home cf the Pressed Steel Car company, the little town Is completely surrounded by > water. The workers and their famil- | ies constitute a community of several thousand persons. If the flood does not quickly subside the company store j will be unable to meet the demand for i food of a multitude beleaguered by a flood. Wheeling. W. Va.. fears the rao-t disastrous flood In its history. The weather-wise say the river will make a new high record at that point. The mountain streams are gushing down the hillside with resistless force. E hind this comes the floodtide of the Ohio, fed by the Monongahela, Alle gheny, Beaver and other tributaries. From 45 to 50 feet of water is feared at Wheeling, which means an immcn-o loss of property, followed by destitu- i tion and sickness for those least able to bear it. In many parts of Pennsylvania and ' Ohio probably the heaviest snowstorm ' ever known at this season of the year has been raging for two days. At Oil J City the oil exchange went out of busi- j ne.?s temporarly because it was impossible to secure quotations from New York, Pittsburg and other points. Reports from Ohio towns are to the ef- I feet that church services may have to be abandoned and in hustling com- | mucities where pas is the regular fuci, dealers are making arrangements to deliver coal. On one railroad in Ohio | oc-in^ar trf>!r?s arc stalled, engines sent to their rescue become buried in the snow, and all must wait with a hope for milder weather. In the meantime the passengers must depend upon nearby farm houses for. sufficient food to keep them from starvation. Busings, religion, domestic comfort and health aro all at the mercy of the storm. To estimate the financial loss at this time is simply impossible and what appears a reasonable guess is appall- \ ing in its immensity. Steam and steel railroad tracks are buried under thou- j sands of tons of earth, washed down from the hillsides and in scrme cases : the tracks have been moved. Where , the snow and sleet prevailed, telegraph j wires and poles went down under the j burden, and costly railroad and other j bridges have been washed away and \ their piers were weakened. The big manufacturing plants in this, the in- | dustrial center of the world, have suf- j fered severely. Tbe cost 01 repairs is but a email Item in comparison to the delav in filling the orders with which all the plants are crowded. The workers will lose their wages for two davs to a week or more, and many of th in can illy afford the loss. Many merchants in the subinc-ced districts are losers on stock in cellars and thousands have spent money to pay for heJ? | to remove their goods Ifi. son Pu'I Out. "Washington. p. C.. Special.?John A. Kasson, of Iowa who recently declined to receive salary for his services a> special reciprocity plenipotentiary, h03 officially severed his connection with the government: but at the request of the President will hold himself in readiness to again serve when there is an occasion to open reciprocity negotiations. The President has directed that the reciprocity bureau of the State Department be continued in order that the government may avail itself of the services of the experts who are employed there. A PROCLAMATION Issued By Aguinaldo, Ex-Insurgent Leader. I Manila, By Cable.?The following is Aguinaklo's address to the Filipino people, made public Friday evening: "I believe I am not in error in presuming That the unhappy fate to j which my adverse fortune has led me , Is not a surprise to those who have been familiar with the progress of the war. The lessons taught with a full meaning and which have recently come to my knowledge suggest with irresistible force, that a complete termination of hostilities and lasting peace are not only desirable, but absolutely essential to the welfare of the j Philippine Islands. The Filipinos have never been dismayed at their weakness, nor have they faltered in following the path pointed out by their fortitude and courage. The time has | come, however, in which 'they find j their advance along this path to be | impeded by an irresistible force which, while it restrains them, yet enlightens their minds and opens to them another course, presenting to them the cause of peace. The cause has been joyfully embraced by the majority of my fellow-countrymen, who have already united around the glorious, sovereign banner of the United Stetes. In this banner they repose their trust and belief that under its protection the Filipino people will attain all those promised liberties which they are beginning to enjoy. The country j has declared unmistakably in favor ot peace. So be it. There has been enough blood, enough tears and enough desolation. This wl9h cannot be Ignored by the men still In arms, if they are animated by a desire to serve our noble people which has thus clearly manifested its will. So do I respect this will, now that It Is known to me. "After mature deliberation, I resolutely proclaim to the world that I cannot refuse to heed the voice of a 1 ? l/.nrr(n? TIMCO Tiril" thft lam ywpic iuu5.u6 w. k---. ? . entations of thousands of families yearning to see their dear ones enjoy- | ing the liberty and the promised*generosity of the great American nation. By acknowledging and accepting the j sovereignty of the United States j throughout the Philippine archipelago cs I now do, and without any reservation whatever, I believe that I am serving thee, m}- beloved country. May happiness be thine." To signalize this important step in the pacification cf the country General MacArthur orders the release, on 6wearing allegiance to ithe United States, of 1,000 insurgent prisoners. Charged With Stealing $35,000. Pittsburg. Pa., Special.?A. J. Scroth, a prominent hook-keeper In the First National Bank, of Birmingham, this city, was arrested Friday night by United States Marshall Leonard, charged f>Tnh*>77lement of $35,000 of the bank's funds. He was released lat-1 er on furnishing bail in the sura ef JIO.COJ. The defalcation wa3 descoverod by National Bank Examiner Slack, who found a number of false entries in the book3. Mr. Slack says the bank is in excellent condition and will not be affected. It has a capital etock of $100,000 and undivided profits and surplus of $206,000. Floods in Tennessee. Knoxville, Tenn., Special?A torrential storm raged throughot east Tennessee Friday, making two days of continuous rain, and as a result the etreams are oat of bounds and threatening great damage. The tracks of the Southern Railway and Queen & Cres _ .1 o* VaWotlA em roaa are uuuci **a^. . points and the continued rain is raising che streams to a height never seen before and serious delay to traffic is feared. New S. A. L. Appointment. Washington, D. C.. Special.?It is announced officially that W. H. Doll has been appointed general agent uf the S?abcard Air ine Railway, to succeed W. M. McCoaaell, resigned. His headquarters will be in this ci v. Air. Doll at present is traveling passen:cr agent cf the Seaboard, with headqua:ters in Now York. His new appointment lakes effect at cnce. Mr. Doil is a most capable and efficient railroad man in whom his superiors repose the utmost confidence. Personally he is popular and enjoys a wide acquaintance among railroad men and the gen* erai public. Richmond Accepts. Richmond, Speoial.?The board of aldermen has decided to accept the Carafe proposition of a gift of $130,000 for a public library, provided the city shall appropriate JIO.OCO a year for tv x&iteTHuse of the institution. The oomtnon council still has to act on the | quest] cm. ... . - - v ' : *. B0!LE8~ BLOWS UP. Fat: 1 Accident Occurs on a Steamei in Transit. ELEVEN DEATHS MAY RESULT, ~ri \ti i. r~ .. n... k^ v.uo.l 1 lie ?? iiui; rium i ui i ui luc t ?9l> Was Torn Away end Four Person? Immediately Killed. Vancouver, B. C., Special.?Four people are dead and seven probably j fatally injured as the result cf an ex- * plosion Wodnesda** afternoon on the ^ steamer Ramon .which p'ys cn tk* Fraser river. One otXae .pia; es la the rear of the boiler blow ou;, tearing away the whole i:ont of the vessel and knocking into the winter a'i those in that part of tho sttonier. The accident happened when the boat was in mid-s.ream, oppcuiie Fort Langley, CO miles from Vancouver. Two women, Mrs. Harry Morrison, of Langley, and Mrs. J. Bailey, of Mount Lehman, were standing on the front deck and were knocked into the water and droamed. Two deck hands named James Mack and Andrew Phipp-s were struck by one of the flying boiler plates and instantly killed, being so horribly burned by the escaping steam as loo be unrecognizable. A Power, the parser; J. Maynird, mate, and Victor Newell, the nreman ,wao had gone en that day for the first time, wore burned so badly that 'they cannot possibly recover. Pour Indians were dreadfully scalded and only one of these is expeoied to recover. Captain Seymour and John Oliver, were unhurt. BcKlh Mrs. Morrison and Mrs. Bailey, had left their babies up stairs in the saloon and bad come on deck for fresh air. The babies wore unhurt. The Injured pccp-le were brought to "Westminister. Power, the purser, has gone ireare and the oihers are in such a condition that no hope is hold out for their recovery. Uproar In a Church. London ,By Cable.?The scene in E'oi.v church, during the consecration of the Right. Rev. A. F. W. Ingram, as -? T a rvnlitl* UlSI*Up U1 Iv^vu*>/?VV* M r ci'I meeting rather than a religious ser vice. John Kenslt, the ani.i-Ritualiat, entered an expectod pro.est agaipet the appointment. He spoke for some time in a loud voico. His remarks caused an extraordinary uproar, and he was greeted with cheers, hisses and shouts of "Order!" "Shame!" "No popery!" etc. 'Mr. Kens*; ,in the course of hiig romarks .accusea Dr. Ingram df, being unfaichfirl, adding that he had helped law-breakers, had encouraged clergymen who, In defiance of ifhe rubrics, elevated the host, offered masses and practiced the confession, etc. He concluded with siying that he u-n.o nrenaied to appear in the courts and prove that Dr. Ingrain was an unfit person to hold (tie position of a blshcp of the Protestant Church, owing to his encouragement of these Illegal Roman practices. The friends and opponents of Mr. Kensit became so uproa.ring that the vicar general tried ::o clear the church. Dr. Ingram appealed to his frien<l3 to listen quietly. Eventually the vicar general overruled the objection,, and the election of Dr. Ingram was confirmed. Disorderly scenes and husi'.'.dng occurred outside the church and finally Mr. Keneit was ?scored home by a scoro of policemen' and followed by a howling mob. Gold at High Tide. New York, Special.?The Evening Post says: Wednesday's summary of the United States Treasury's report shows that the government's aggregate gold holdings, for the first time in history, have passed the half-billion dollar mark. The exact total was $5i)O.278,503. of which S252.073.S5) was held against certificates in the hands o? the outside public and $150,000,00) as a reserve against outstanding United States notes; the balance being free assets. This Is the largest amount of gold now held by any single financial institution in the world, and It is the largest ever held by any institution, with one exception?the Imperial Bank of Russia?which in February. 1893, raised its total holdings to $590.300,000. At present, however, the Russian bank holds only $371,309,000. JH Insurgents Attack a Town. T.-i?^v Imiirfrnnt '.Manna, ........ riflemen attacked the town of Bay, on Bay Lake, in Lacuna province, southeast of Manila. The insurgents were quickly routed. Lieutenant Yv'illiani S. Nipes. of the Thirty-second Volunteer Infantry, has captured a bearer of dispatches from the insurgent gene ral, Nortel, to General Maivar. iNoriei directed Maivar not to surrender, saying he would send him 2,000 reerui'S, money and ammunition when Aguinal ia wa3 released. Nortel succeeded Trias in southern Luzon. 4 ' J