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THE COUNTY RECORD, Published Every Thursday ? AT? tlNOBTREE. SOUTH CAROLINA. ?BY ? C. W. WOLFE . Editor acd Proprietor. Steaci turbine engines and Texas oil as fuel are new prospective tgeneica upon which promoters of fast transatlantic navigation rely for the future four-day boat. Why net? The drop from Ave days to four will scarcely as wonderful as the drop from seven days to five within twenty years past, remarks the Philadelphia Record. Consul-Ccneral Guenther at Frankfort, Germany, notifies the State Department. at Washington, that German newspapers report that the agricultural societies of Italy will pay a prize of ?193 for a reliable method cf ascertaining the quality of sulphur and of mixtures cf sulphur and sulphate of copper most effective in the v.co against plant diseases. Often such mixtures, it is stated, are inferior, and this competition, international ui character, is thus offered with c view of alleviating that difficulty. Some of our British menus who ueeire to exclude foreign crews from Henley frankly admit tliat they are averse to long and rigorous preparation for the contests on the Thames. They prefer to make rowing a pastime and a picnic rather than a decisive test of the best work of amateur oarsmen who devote mouths of the hardest toil and the severest selfsacrifice in training for honors on the water. It is plain enough now that there are a few bold Britons who shrink from struggles which tug at the heartstrings, reflects the New York Tribune. A New York physician raises his Voice against the abuse of massage. By this he means the excessive thumpiugs. pinc-hings and rubbings which the sick receive at the hands of lusty nurses tvho have not been properly trained in the art. and who are incompetent to determine what parts should be treated lightly, or when to stop. The physician notes that massage has become a dissipation. like everything else in life which la nlononnt nml ?}?roo!lt)!o The lazi ness of man is the original cause of the growth of the massage habit, which is a form of passive exercise that relieves one of the trouble of taking his own exercise. It is said that six-sevenths of the marriages which have taken place in Ohio, Kansas, Indiana, Missouri and Illinois within a period of six weeks were between young men and women who were not able to keep house, but were obliged to live with one or the other of their families. In several of the middle-Western States, since January 1. 4o7 divorces have been tiled wherein the husband accuses the mother-in-law- of bavins induced nis wife to leave, him. Forty-seven suicides have been traced to the interference of the mother-in-law. In sis cases out of seven the young Benedict fiuds himself unable to live with his mother-in-law, while in seven cases out of eight the bride tinds life unendurable with her husband's mother. Housekeepers and pure food commissioners have a new foe to tight. It is viscogen as a milk adulterant. It has l>een found by inspectors of the Dairy Department in Minnesota, and, so far as known, its use is yet confined to that State. When its properties become generally known, however, it may confidently be looked for elsewhere. It is a syrup composed ?f sugar, lime, and water, about the color oi water, ana is usea cmeny ic make the milk appear richer than it really is. When viseogen is placed in milk or cream the lactic acid turns the lime in the fluid into a white, thick substance, which, assimilating with the milk, gives it an appearance and taste of great richness. It is possible through its use to palm off upon customers milk and cream which is far below standard. Fortunately, the adulterant, according to Minnesota authorities, is net injurious -to health. PRESIDENT M A Cowardly Attempt t< Buffalo, N AN ANARCHIST'S BLOODY DEED. The President Was Holding a Reception When His Assailant Advanced With Covered Weapon and Fired Two Shots, Both laking EffectMr. McKlnley's Condition Thought To Be Favorable For Recovery. Buffalo. N. Y., Special.?President McKinley was shot and seriously wounded by a would-be assassin while holding a reception in the Temple of Music at the Pan-American Exposition a few minutes after 4 o'clock Friday. One shot took effect in the right breast the other in the abdomen. The first is not of a serious nature and the Fillet j has been extracted. The latter pierced i the abdominal wall and has not been located. It was a few moments after 4 p. m., while President McKinley was holding a public reception in the great Temple Hi PRESIDENT WILI of Music, on the Pan-American i grounds, that the cowardly attack was made, with what success time. alone can tell. Standing in the midst of crowds numbering thousands, surrounded by every evidence of good will pressed by a motley throng of people, showered with expressions of love and loyalty, besieged by multitudes all eager to clasp his hand, amid these surroundings and with the ever-re eurring plaudits ot an aomiring aruiy of sight-seers, ringing in his ears, the blow of the assassin fell and in an instant pleasure gave way to pain, admiration to agony, folly to fury and pandomonium followed. Down at police headquarters, surrounded by stern-faced inquisitors of the law. sits a medium-sized man of common-place appearance with his gaze fixed on the floor, and listens with an air of assumed indifference to the persistent stream of questions, argu- | ments. objurgations and admonitions with which his captors seek to induce or compel him to talk. The daily organ recital in the Temple of Music witnessed the dastardly attempt. Planned with the diabolical ingenuity and finesse of which anarchy or Nihilism is capable, the would-be assassin carried out the work without a hitch and should his designs fail and the President survive, only to Divine Providence can be attributed that beneficent result. The President, though well-guarded by United States Secret Service detects..,^ m,oo fniiv pxnosed to such an at U > CO, n?i? v..t tack as occurred. He stood at the edge of the raised dais upon which stands the great pipe organ at the east side of the magnificent structure. Throngs,' of people crowded in. to gaze upon their executive, perchance to clasp his ' hands, and then fight their wa> out in ' the good-natured mob that every minute swelled and multiplied at the points of ingress and egress to the building. The President was in a cheer-1 ful mood and was enjoying to the full the hearty evidences of good will which everywhere met his gaze. Upon his right stood John G. Milburn. of Buffalo, president of the Pan-American Exposition, chatting with the President and introducing to him es-! KINLEY SHOT ) Assassinate Him At ew York. peclally persons of note who approached. Upon the President's left stood Mr. ' Cortelyou. Then the multitude which thronged | the edifice began to come to a realiz- j ing sense of the awfulness of the ; scene of which they had been unwill- | ing witnesses. A murmur arose. I spread and swelled to a hum of con- j fusion, then grew to a babel of sounds ; and later to a pandemonium of noises. : The crowds that a moment before had stood mute and motionless as in bewilrloro/1 ippnrfinpn nf thp PnnrmitV of of the thing, now with a single im-; pulse surged forward toward the stage ! of the horrid drama, while a hoarse | cry welled up from a thousand throats ! and a thousand men charged forward to lay hands upon the perpetrator of the dastardly crime. A SCENE OF WILD CONFUSION, j For a moment concision was tcrri- i ble. The crowds surged forward re- j gardlcss of consequences. Men shout-; ed and fought, women screamed and children cried. Some of those nearest j the doors fled from the edifice in fear j of a stampede, while hundreds of oth [ ers from the outside struggled blindly ; forward in the effort to penetrate the i crowded building and solve the mys-; JAM M'KINLEY. tery of excitement and panic which every moment grew and swelled with-: in the congested interior of the edi- j fice. A DRAMATIC TRAGEDY. I side on the slightly raised dais Wi enacted within those few feverish moments a tragedy, so dramatic in I character, so thrilling in its intensity that few who looked on will ever be able to give a succinct account of what really did transpire. Even the actors who were playing the principal roles came out of it with blanched faces! trembling limbs and beating hearts while their brains throbbed with a j tumult of conflicting emotions which ; could not be clarified into a lucid narrative of the events as they really > transpired. PRESIDENT REMAINED CALM. But of the multitude which witnessed or bore a part in the scene of tur moil and turbulence there was but one j mind which seemed to retain its! equilibrium, one hand which remain-! ed steady, one eye which gazed with , unflinching calmness and one voice I which retained its even tenor and fal-1 tered not at the most critical juncture, j They were the mind and the hand and the eye and the voice of Presi-; dent McKinley. After the first shock ; of the assassin's snots, he retreated a step. Then as the detectives leaped upon his assailant, he turned, walked steadily to a chair and seated himself. at the same time removing his hat and bowing his head in his hands. In an instant Secretary Cortelyou and President Milburn were at his side. His waistcoat was hurriedly opened.1 the President meanwhile admonishing i those about hiin to remain calm and : telling them not to be alarmed. "But you are wounded." cried his secretary, "let me examine." "No. 1 think not." answered the; President. "I am not badly hurt, i j assure you.'" PRESIDENT'S ASSAILANT TAKEN ; TO PRISON. The President's assailant in the | meantime had been hustled to the rear i of the building by the exposition ! guards, where he was held while the i building was cleared and later he was turned over to Superintendent Bull, cf the Buffalo department, who took the prisoner to No. 13 police station and afterwards to police headquar tors. As soon as the crowd in the Temple of Music had been dispersed sufficiently the President was removed in the automobile ambulance and taken to the exposition hospital, where an examination was made. The best medical skill was summoned and within a brief period several of Buffalo's best known practitioners were at the patient's side. MR. McKINLEY'S INJURIES. The President retained the full exerciss of his faculties until placed on the operating table and subjected to an anaesthetic. Upon the first examination it was ascertained that one bullet had taken effect in the right breast just below the nipple, causing a comparatively harmless wound. The other took effect in the abdomen about four inches below the left nipple, four inches to the left of the navel, and about on a level with it. Upon arrival at the exposition hospital the second bullet wound was probed. The walls of the abdomen were opened, but the ball was not located. The incision was hastily closed and after a hasty consultation, it was decided to remove the patient to the home of President Milburn. The Assailant. Leon Czologosz. the would-be assassin has signed a confesion covering six pages of foolscap, which states that he is an anarchist and that he became an enthusiastic member of that body through the influence of Emma Goldman, whose writings he had read and whose lectures he had listened to. He denies having any confederate and says he decided on the act three days ago and bought the revolver with which the act was committed in Buffalo. He had seven brothers and sisters in Cleveland, and the Cleveland * - 1 .4 Ikni directory has the names ci awm wai i number living on Hosmer street and I Ackland avenue, which adjoin. Some of them are butchers and others in different trades. He is now detained at police headquarters pending the result of the President's injuries. Czologosz does not appear in the least degree uneasy or penitent for his action. He says he was induced by his attention to Emma Goldman's lectures and writings to decide that the present form of government in this country was all wrong and he thought the best way to end it was by killing the President. He shows no sign of insanity, but is very reticent about much of his career. While acknowledging himself an anarchist, he does not state to what branch of the organization he belongs. Sympathetic Resolutions. The announcement of the attempted assassination of President McKinley brought feelings of sadness and horror to ail sections of the country. *-? 1 - - : ? ~ wwmnothv V) Q VP hPt'fl nfcsojuuuua <JI 3>iupun.,. passed in all the leading t:t;e3 cf the South, and at Columbia. S. C., Caino Hampton, of Confederate veterans, passed strong resolutions condemning the crime and praying for the President's recovery. The would-be assassin belongs to a dangerous .class of foreigners, and his act corner without any assignable reason. The News in London. London. By Cable.?The news of the attempt upon the life of President McKinley spread slowly in London. The first ticker reports were discredited: then, with the confirmation and general dissemination of the news, arose a far-reaching feeling of sorrow and indignation which, wherever i Americans gathered, almost gained the proportions of a panic, accompanied by feverish anxiety for further details. The thousands of Americans now in London were mostly at the theatres when the news arrived: and returning to their hotels found anxious groups of Englishmen and Americans discussing what, without distinction of race, is regarded as a national calamity. The announcement of the attempted assassination was received too late for extra editions of the papers to announce the news to the mass of the English people and they will not learn until they take up their morning papers of the President's injuries. Conditions Satisfactory. Buffalo, Special.?The following bul- c' icanorf hv lhe President's | 1 I f IIII nao joouvt* ~ j physicians at 10:40 p. m.: "The President is rallying satisfac- 1 torily and is resting conmfortably; I 10:50 p. ra., temperature 100.4 degrees, pulse 124, respiration 24." At 1 a. m. Saturday the physicians issued a bulletin saying that the Pres- 1 ident suffered no pain. The News in Washington. Washington, D. C., Special.?The ' streets are thronged with people who are eagerly seeking the latest news from the President. Announcements through the magaphones at The Post and Star buildings that the wounds are not necessarily fatal were cheered loud and long. The crime is contemplated with horror. Much sentime.it is expressed against foreigners and anarchists, but more especially the latter. J THE PRESIDENT IMPROVING. Latest bulletins Report Mis Condition As Favorable. Buffalo, N. Y., Special.?Harry Hawlin, who left the Milburn House at 2:30 Monday morning says: ''There is no change from the improved con amors reporcea Dy xne earner oui.ctins." Buffalo. Special.?Through the quiet, peaceful Sabbath every word that came from the Milburu In/use, in winch the stricken Chief Mr,*tr.u? of the nation lies, was re-aasuriug, arc. at night the chances of his rec ivery are so greatly improved that 'k all of those who have kept the patient vigil at his bedside feel strongly that i. ? l'fe will i?: spared. The developments of Saturday night and Sunday were dreaded, hut hour after hour passed and the distinguished patient struggling there beneath the watchful eyes of physicians and trained nurses, showed not an unfavorable symptom. Five times during the day the eminent doctors and surgeons assembled for consultation and each time the verdict was unanimous that what change had occurred was for the bettor.. Not the slightest pre monitory symptoms of periotonitis ap peared and the freeh hope born with the morning grew, stronger and stronger as the day advanced until toward evening the confidence expressed in the President's recovery seemed almost too sanguine. Dr. Chas. McPnrney, the famous New York surgeon . who had been summoned in consultation. after a thorough examination in which he said he had found not a single symptom, joined in the last afternoon bulletin which stated that the President's condition was satisfactory to all the physicians present. It is not strange, therefore, that the Vice President, the members of the cabinet and other distinguished visitors who called came away with lighter hearts and gave expression to the most optimistic sentiments. And yet despite all this optimism, the President is by no means out of danger. Not one of his physicians, not one of his advisers who is admitted to the inner councils, has the temerity to go as far as to declare that he is. But if his condition continues to improve for one more day the danger from periotonitis will hare practically disappeared. Sunday for the nrst time he enjoyed natural sleep. While he was still ??<?? ?? loee nmtor the influence of an * anaesthetic, his slumber was restless and disturbed and did him little real good between 9 and 4 o'clock he had the solace of natural slumber for abou: four hours and the physicians stated unofficially that his sleep had been "quiet and reposeful," and that it had helped the sufferer a great deal. Sunday also, for the first time nourishment was administered. It was in liquid form and was injected hypodermically to avoid the possibility of irritating the walls of the stomach. f The exterior wound was dressed this morning and is progressing satisfactorily. Buffalo. Special.?A member of the firm of Walbridge and Co.. it i3 said, has identified the box in which the revolver with which Czolgosz shot President McKinley as having tho price marks of that firm. It is supposed the weapon was sold on Tuesday last. It is not known whether it was personally purchased by Czolyosz. Only the empty box was found in Czolgosz's bag. Czolgosz stiil continues to eat weil and sleep well and seems absolutely indifferent to his fate. He makes no inquiries as to the condition of the President and apparently cares nothing at all as to the outcome of his injuries. -ru. DuMif* tn h? Told the Truth. Buffalo. Special.?Secretary Cortelyou gave out this statement: ,-Tho public will be kept fully advised of the actual condition of the President. Each bulletin is carefully and conservatively prepared and is an authoritative statement of the most important features of the case at the hour it is issued. The people are entitled to the facts and shall have them." This statement is intended to put at rest any idea that the oGicial bulletins underestimate the conditions and at the same time to give assurance that those with the President intend to fvrnish all the facts. KING EDWARD REJOICE?. London. Special.?The following telegram from K ng Edward, at Fredcr Icksburg, to United Statas Ambassador Ohoate was received at 1 o'clock Menday morning: "I rejoice to hear of the favorable hceou*-r of the President's health. God grant that his life be preserved. "RTHVARP Ppt." Mobile. Ala.. Special.?Th? follow!ng letter of sympathy was teleg'-aphed to Mrs. McKinley at Buffalo: 'Headquarters United Confederate Veterans, "Dallas, Texas, Sept. 8. "To Mrs. Wm. McKinley, Buffalo, X. "The Confederate Veterans of the Trans-Mississippi Departmcn* in common with all good citizens of the South are indignant at the > nvardiy attempt to assassinate Pie;: to.it MrKialey. We all hope that he will soon recover and be spared to his country, "W. L. CABELL, "Lieut. Gen. Commanding U. C. V., ; I < a I