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GINNERIES REPORT OF THE CROP. CENSUS OFFICE INSTRUCTED TO CANVASS ANNUALLY. Washington, Nov. 17.-The annual report of Hon. W. R. Merriam, direc? tor of the census, was made public to? day. Speaking of the prospect of meeting the legal requirement for the completion of the four principal re? ports by July 1, 1902, Mr. Merriam says: "The work of tabulating the returns and results of the field work of the enumerators and special agents of the 12th census has progressed with reasonable celerity. The law provides that the four principal reports shall Ixe placed in the hands of the public by the 1st of July 1902, and this require? ment has rendered it absolutely neces? sary to maintain a clerical forc? ade? quate to complete the work within the . prescribed period. The statisticians made estimates of the time needed to finish the particular branch assigned to each of them. The plans so sub? mitted Bave been greatly interferred with owing to the absence of clerks from duty owing to sickness or annual leave. It was hoped by the first of ..November a large number of demployes could be dispensed with; but inas? much as the work has been retarded, owing to the difficulty of maintaining th? clerical force at its maximum, it not likely that there will be any material reduction until after the first cf the year. The officails of the orfice believe" that|their allotted task will be completed in ample time. ' ' The director gives a list of prosecu? tions for violations of the law in con? nection with the census work, saying of them: "It was hardly to be expected that ont of the large number of agents em -ployed in the field work-about 55,000 in all-that there would not be some who would prove incompetent and an? ia! thf ul to duty. The director has en? deavored to enforce the census act to the letter and through the assistance of the attorney general has proceeded against all offenders." The report includes detailed state? ments from the different chiefs of divi? sions in the bureau. Mr. S. N. D. North, chief of the manufacturing division, reports that the work of Ms division is rapidly drawing to com? pletion. Speaking of the success of the bureau's two reports on cotton, Mr. North says : "This office has secured from cot? ton producers, cotton exchanges, cot? ton factors and cotton manufacturers an overwhelming approval of the ser? vices rendered by these repotrs. I am therefore, led to recommend that con? gress pass a joint resolution authoriz? ing and instructing the census office to make a similar canvass of the coti;on gimferies annually. Under its present organized system of machinery this office -will be able to publish this cot? ton report as early as the month of May or June in each year, or three to four months in advance of their possi? ble publication through agencies of any other kind. The commercial advan? tages resulting from these earlier, more accurate and detailed statistics as to the volume of the annual cotton crop are too obvious to be further dw^lt npon. BYN?SITE USED TO WRECK TRAIN. Robbery Purpose of the Originals. York, Pa., Nov. 16.-The south? western* express on the Northern Cen? tral railway, due in this city at 10.-?0 p. m., was wrecked last night by a charge of dynamite placed under the track near the Black Bridge, a short distance north of York. The train was running at the rate of -45 miles an hour when the explosion occurred. Passengers on the train were severely shocked and consternation prevailed. All escaped injury. A piece of rail two and a half feet long was blown ont of the track and three coaches were derailed and drawn over the ties a distance of 200 feet before the train -was brought to a stop. Engine No. 3,053 _ which drew the train had its headlight blown off and the windows of the cab were shattered. The trucks nuder an express car and a day coach were badly wrecked. Four Pullman cars, a dav coach, a combination car and an express car composed the train. Keeping Out the Chinese. The character of the objections to Chinese immigration into this country is brieflly set forth by The New York Commercial, from which*it will ap? pear that "the man and the brother" idea is in ecilpse. The entire west, voting the republi- I can ticket, is opposed to personal con- ? tact with the Chinaman. The Chinese 1 coolie can outbid the white man for work. "Thus it is so," says The Commercial, "that our own laborers are supplanted by Chinese in shops, on railroads, on ranches and in the thousands other industries of the west. At the present time the situation is not so bad,for the Chinese residents aro well settled to occupations that do not come into such close competition with our own workers. But the west knows what a wholesale immigration signifies. It has felt the effects of it once and it is not prepared to entertain another multitude of the heathen. " Ali this, however, should be overlooked by a missionary people who esteem it a privilege to raise the standing of an inferior race. But against this mis? sion the west energetically protests. They claim that the Chinese "can never adopt our habits, tastes or our ambitions. Therefore they cannot be? come good citizens of the republic. They have no desire to affiliate with the American people, but herd to? gether and maintain to a startling de? gree, the habits and customs of their own land. This mode of living is devoid of all the comforts an Ameri? can! laborer of the lowest grade has a right to demand as his own, therefore they can and do work for less than he gets. The people of the west maintain these things, and they are in favor of the exclusion act. ? ' There is in this argument much in common with what the people of the sonth have to say about the colored question. We would suggest to The Kew York Times that there should be no discrimination against "colored gentlemen" of the Chinese race. A mle that will not cover the Chinaman will be of bat poor service to the Afri? can-Atlanta Constitution, ? ?MUA-t?i TRAINS GAME TOGETHER. Smashed Up and Burned in Mon tana---IO Killed ; 28 Hurt. St. Paul, Minn., Nov. 18.-A special i to The Globe from Great Fails, Mont., says : A wreck occurred on the Great j Northern near Blair, Mont., 35 miles j east of here, yesterday morning in j which 10 men lost their lives and in j which 28 others were seriously injur ] ed. An extra freight ran into a work ! train and it was among those on the I latter train that the havoc was j wrought. Forty-one Japanese laborers were aboard the work train which was proceeding westward. It expected to meet the ?reign t at Culbertson. There is a sharp curve near where the trains met and each was running at a speed of 25 miles an hour. So great was the force of the impact that the freight cars were thrown upon the top of|the work train, which was piled high in a mass of wreckage. Almost immediately flames broke forth and added to the horror of the scene. Those uninjured immediately began to rescue those imprisoned in the wreck whose dying groans and piteous appeals for help urged on ?he workers. At the time the accident occurred the Japanese were at break? fast and before they were aware of the impending danger the cars were smash? ed into kindling wood and the dead and dying men buried beneath the heap of wreckage. Of the entire num? ber in the car but three escaped death or injury. After an hours work all had been accounted for and there were 10 dead bodies beside the track and several men so badly injured that it is likely they will die. It was impossi? ble to check the progress of the flames and soon seven of the work cars and three freight cars were in ashes. It was some time before word of the wreck could be sent to the outside world. It was necessary to send a man on to Culbertson, six miles away, and he could not be spared for? this until everything possible had been done to save those in the wreck. Word was sent to Glasgow for a re? lief train and doctors, and as soon as they reached the scene the work of caring for the injured began. Nine? teen of the injured were brought to the hospital here this afternoon and the other nine men were left at Havre. Of those brought here all but three probably will recover. Those at Havre were not so seriously injured. RAILROAD RATES FOR THE EX? POSITION. In the matter of the opening of the Charleston exposition which is so rap? idly approaching, there is nothing that the people are more anxious to get the actual figures of than the round trip railroad rates. Frequently announcements have been made that cheap rates would be offered and in a general way an idea of those rates has been'given, but many inquiries have been coming in as to the rates stated in dollars and cents from this and that town. It has therefore been impossi? ble to give the figures owing to the delay of the Southeastern Passenger Association in getting out its exposi? tion circular quoting the figures for the leading points on the different lines in the southeastern territory. This circular has at last been issued and the figures are now availabe Be? low are given the figures quoted for the principal points in South Caroli? na. I All tickets will be restricted to con? tinuous passage in each direction. The Charleston terminal lines have given notice that it will be impracti? cable for them to park cars for occu? pancy at the exposition grounds or at their Charleston terminal stations. The sets of round trip tickets ar? ranged are as follows, the round trip rates being given: Column A-Tickets to be sold daily commencing Nov. 30, until and in? cluding May 31, 1902, with final limit of June 3. Column B-Tickets to be sold daily commencing Nov. 30, until and in? cluding May 31; final limit of 10 days including day of sale, except in no case shall final limit exceed June 3. Column C-Tickets to . be sold on Tuesdays and Thursdays of each week, commencing on Dec. 3. and until and including May 29, with final limit of seven days in addition to day of sale, final limit in no case exceeding June 3. Column D-Tickets to be sold on Tuesdays and Thursdays tof each week, commencing Dec. 3, until and including May 29, with final limit of five days, in addition to date of sale. Under this expianafion the following figures are given : A. B. C. Abbeville, $ 9.90 $7.25 $4.90 Allendale 4.25 3.15 Anderson, 11.10 S.15 5.60 Augusta, 6.25 4.55 3.40 Barnwell, 4.25 3.15 2.55 Blacksburg, 11.05 8.10 5.05 Calhoun Falls, 9.55 7.00 4.90 Camden, 5.80 4.25 3.10 Carlisle, 8.20 6.00 4.10 Cheraw, 6.40 4.70 3.40 Chester, 8.65 6.35 4.30 Clinton, 8.75 6.40 4.40 Columbia, 5.85 4.30 3.25 Denmark, 3.70 2.70 Fairfax, 4.05 3.00 Greenville, 19.90 8.00 5.35 Greenwood, 9.20 6.75 4.90 Lancaster, 7.60 5.60 3.70 Laurens, 9.20 6.75 4.60 Newberry, 7.75 5.70 3.90 Orangeburg, 3.60 2.65 Prosper! tv, 7.45 5.45 3.75 Rock Hill, 9.50 7.00 4.20 S partan burg, 10.00 7.35 4.95 Sumter, 4.25 3.10 Yemassee, 2.75 2.00 York ville, 9.85 7.20 4.50 In Column D are quoted only the following figures: Allendale, $2.55; Denmark, $2.30: Fairfax, $2.50: Or? angeburg, $2.15: Sumter, $2.55 and Yemassee, $1.70. NOTICE TO EXHIBITORS. Mr. A. W. Li) ve, superintendent State exhibits, Chester, S. C., now has ready all shipping instructions and marks for all exhibits for the State building and will furnish a supply to ali persons wishing to ship, if applica? tion is made to him. No shipment should be made with? out first obtaining these instructions, for loss and confusion may occur, as the amount of freight now being re? ceived at the exposition is very large, and it requires every care to prevent mistakes. : WILL GARBY $7,000,000 IN G0L0. France Getting Our Coin-High? est One-day Shipment on Record i _ ? New York, Nov. 18.-A new high record for gold engagements to Enrope from the port was established today when gold to the amount cf $7,082,581 was taken from the assay office for shipment in the steamer Kaiser Wilhelm der Grosse, which leaves to? morrow. The gold was ordered in the regular course of business and accord ; ing to report all but 81,000,000, which j goes to Belin, will be sent to Paris, the steamship dropping the greater part at Cherbourg. The shipments were made possible by the high rate of exchange, and it was figured today that unless a rapid change of rates occurs, fully $25,000,000 more will follow. The shippers and amounts follow : Lazard Freres, $2,56S,109: Heidel? bach, Ickleheimer & Companv, SI, 506,766 : National City bank, $1,243,525: Goldman, Sachs & Com? pany, 81,005,533; Baring, Magoun & Company (for account of Kidder, Pea body & Company of Boston ), 8758,650. The departure of this amount of yellow metal marks a change of atti? tude on the part of marine under? writers in this country. For a long' time, even with safe and modern ocean I going vessels it was the custom of un ! overwriting companies not to risk more than about $4,000,000 in any one "bot? tom. ? ' AJI the gold going out tomorrow will be in the form of bars. The pack? ing of this vast amount of gold was done at the assay office today and was not completed until a late hour. The $1,000,000 gold to Germany (two thirds of the shipment of Heidelbach, Ickelhiemer & Company) was packed in oblong boxes. The remainder was put into brand new oak kegs which were strongly bounud with iron hoops and carefully sealed top and bottom. ' To offset the heavy gold exports there were unusually"large tenders of government bonds for redemption -at the sub-treasurv. One house turned in 1,6S5.000 of the 4's of 1925, for' which $2,348,521 was paid out, and other payments for bonds were made, the total being in excess of $2,500,000. The Bank of Montreal has received $1,000,000 gold from Austrlia. SUICIDE CLUBS. Every now and then we see it stated in the newspapers that a Suicide Club has been formed in this community or that. The latest report of the kind is from Atlantic City, in which it is stated that a Suicide Club has been organized in that city by a man from .Newark, named Bragie. It is report-' ed that he will organize similar organ? izations in various parts of the State. The local society has thirty-four mem? bers and over 100 applications fer membersihp have been received and will be acted upon at the regular i meeting. The by-laws declare that once each year the members shall as? semble at the place of meeting and each member draw one bean- from" a jar. He who receives the black bean must, between the time of drawing and the next yearly meeting commit suicide. A sum of money, it is said, will be set aside to defray the funeral expenses of each departed member. Is it possible that the authorities of Atlantic City or any other city would permit such a club to exist? When by lot or otherwise, it is determined that some member of the club shall take his own life within a given r;eriod of time, is not this equivalent to sen? tencing a man to death '? It is not equivalent to murder? It seems to us to be the very worst form of murder, for it compels a man to murder him? self. Such clubs have no place in our modern civilization, and they are not to be tolertaed-Richmond Times. Engines of Destruction. If the theory that the more terrible war is made the less war we shall have be corect, the prospects of peace must be considered as improving stead? ily. There is now no great.war, going on anywhere and yet never before have there been so many experiments upon various devces for the destruction of life and property. Ingenuity and invention are exhaust? ing their powers upon efforts to devise the means of unprecedented terror and devastation in siege and battle. Our country is well abreast of this ad? vance, if,fin fact, it be not the leader ! of the movement. We have increased and improved wonderfully in the last few 3'ears our appliances for both offensive and de? fensive warfare, but we seem to be paying more attention to the former than the latter. In the manufacture of great guns we are especially enter? prising. A series of experiments have been made recently with a new dynamite irun that has terrific effectiveness and at every range came up to all the representations of its builders. It proved that it can throw accurately for 3,000 yards, or nearly a mile and two thirds, 500 pounds of nitro gelatin, an amount of that explosive that would destroy the most powerful battleship afloat. This gun can throw six-inch shells, each loaded with 50 pounds of nitro j gelatin, 8,000 yards, or even four ? miles and a half. One such shell if it struck its mark | i would scatter death far and wide and : cripple severely the stoutest ship. The gun can also fire with great rapidity and accuracy smaller projec- i tiles at a range of 2,500 yards. It can also handle its heaviest pro? jectiles with remarkable rapidity, fir? ing four dynamite shells, eacth weigh? ing more than half a ton, within 12 minutes. Having thus constructed the most de? structive gun in the world, American ingenuity has also devised the gun of the longest range, now being com? pleted at Watervliet arsenal. It will be the largest gun ever made and yet so sim [?le that a child can fire it. This monster will carry a shell twenty-one miles, a great deal further than the gun of longest reach now in use. What will we do next way of de? structive inventions?-Atlanta Jour? nal. McKenzie's Candies always fresh at R, R. Murray's. HAY-PA?NGEFOTE TREATY SIGNED. Two Principal Points, of Differ? ence From Rejected Treaty. Washington, Nov. IS,-The ne tv Kay-Pauncefote treaty was signed to day at 12. O? by Secretary Hay. for the ! United States, and Lord Panncefote, ! the British ambassador, for Great j Britain. j This treaty is intended to replace the first Kay-Pauncefote treaty. That convention was amended so extensively by the United States senate at its last session that the British government declined to ratify it. Within a few weeks negotiations began afresh be? tween Secretary Hay and Lord Pauncefote, which have just resulted in the signature of the new treaty, drawn with special reference to the objections found by the senate with the first treaty. From a due sense of the courtesy which must be observed towards the Uinted States senate wherever a treaty is concerned, the State department is stopped from making public the text of the new convention, and that will remain secret until the senate itself shall break the seal of confidence. It is said at the State department that the various publications which have been made of the alleged text of the treaty are all erroneous and con? jectural, though, in view of the rather free admissions that have been made of the purposes of the negotiators, it has been possible by the use of the text of the first treaty, to construct one similar in general terms to the new convention. The principal point of difference be? tween the new and the failed treaty is the withdrawal of Great Britain from the joint guarantee of the neutrality of the canal, thus leaving the United States the sole guarantor. The excis? ion of the old provision respecting the right to fortify the canal leaves that rgiht by inference optional with the United States. All commerce of whatever nationality passing through the canal will fare alike ; there will be no discrimination in rates in favor of United States shipping. Otherwise the new treaty is in scope similar to last year's treaty. It re? places technically the Clayton-Bulwer treaty, concluded on April 19, 1850. By the terms of that old convention the United States and Great Britain agreed that neither should seek any advantage' in rights of transit across j the isthmus. By the new convention Great Britain yields her right in favor of the United States, which is thus at liberty to construct a canal. Nothing more remains to be done as far as this treaty is concerned before the senate meets, or, indeed, until the treaty shall have been ratified, reject? ed, or amended. If it should 'be rati? fied, the State department will pro? ceed immediately to negotiate the treaties with Costa Rica and Nicaragua for which it already has arranged in protocols pending before the senate, which will permit the canal to be constructed and prescribe the terms upon which the consent of Nicaragua and Costa Rica is given. It was in anticipation of this action, it is pre? sumed, that the Nicaraguan govern? ment, only recently denounced the treaty of trade and commerce with the United States. This treaty contained sections conveying rights as to canal constructions which are to be replaced by more modern provisions. PROVIDENCE G?ARBEB BY MILITIA. Battles Between the Coal Miners Cause Militia to fae Called. Madisonville, Ky., Nov. IS.-The man who was killed in the battle at Providence Sunday morning, Garrett Givens, was a negro who lived here. Bud Couch, mortally wounded, is also a negro and both were union men in the attacking party. Three of the wounded were negro non-union men, who were guarding the mine. There is a report today that two wounded men were taken to Morgantown and one to Sabr?e and that they are all dead, having been shot while attack? ing the mines. This report lacks verification, though it is believed that the men who made the attack suffered heavilv from the fight. In the battle of yesterday morning at least 1,000 shots were fired while in the battle of a week ago half that number were fired. Early this morn? ing a portion of the Madisonville com? pany and some of the Hopkinsville company went to Providence, under the command of Capt. Thomas. The town is now under guard by the sol? diers. A deplorable state of affairs exists not only at Providence, but all over Hopkirs county and at Empire in Christian county. More troops are expected. County Judge Hall and Sheriff Sut? ton are both at Providence and under their directions part of the soldiers on duty there are securing the country in an effort to discover members of the union party who engaged in yester? day's battle. It is said the authorities have se? cured valuable information bearing on the attack and warrants have been issued for alleged participants in the fighting. Additional troops will prob? ably be sent to this county immediate? ly. One of the mines of the Providence Coal company is running, but the large mine on which the attack was made is idle, due to the disorganized force, and the killing of so many mules during yesterday's shooting, j It is said the St. Bernard and other I coal companies of Hopkins county have i decided to take out foreign charters j in order to get protection in the Uni I ted States court. The union officials here disclaim responsibility for the attack and say that the mon who wore implicated in yesterday's affair acted on their own responsibility. Orders wore issued by President Wood to the strikers in camp hen- to break camp at once and join the strikers in camp at Nortonville. Et is believed the camp here will be broken up today. Badly Beaten. Columbia, Nov. 13.-The S. C. Col? lege football team defeated the North Carolina Miiltary Academy yesterday by a score of 47 to 0. The playing of the home team was fast and furious, while the visitors played w?ll at times. As*nma?4-?** B?mg* ID**? 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I Old Time Football Played by Both Teams. New Haven, Conn., Nov. 16.-Yale defeated Princeton in the annual foot? ball contest at Yale field this after? noon by a score of 12 to 0. The score, according to the experts who witness? ed the game, represents accurately the superiority of the Sons of Eli over the Tigers of old Nassau. Aside from the general excellence of the Yale team the feature of the play was to he found in the absence of unfair tactics. Probably no game has ever been played on the Yale field where there was less of roughing, slugging and off-side play. During the game, last? ing nearly two hours, including the intermission and the time taken out by delays resulting from injuries, but two penalties were imposed, the rival teams being equally guilty. In the ! first half Princeton ivas the offender I and Yale was awarded 10 yards of dis ? tance. In the second half Yale's anx I iety cost her some distance and honors j were even. On two occasions, play j ers were warned by the umpire for tactics unnecessarily rough, but on these occasions as in the instances of off-side play the dishonors were even and Princeton and Yale were alike guilty once each. --i i - Chopin on Piano Fingering. This is from a. fragment of piano fin? gering left by Chopin: "No one notices inequality in the power of the notes of a scale when it is played very fast and equally as regards time. In a good mechanism the aim is not to play ev? erything with an equal sound, but to acquire a beautiful quality of toucl* and a perfect shading. ..For a long time players Laure acted against nature in seeking to give equal power to each linger. On the contrary, each finger should have an appropriate part assigned it. The tim mb has the greatest power, being the thickest fin? ger and the freest. Then comes the lit i tie finger, at the other extremity of the hand. The middle finger is the main support of the hand and is assisted by ! the first. Finally comes the third, the weakest one. "Asto this Siamese twin of the middle finger some players try to force it with nil their might to become independent, a thing impossible and mest likely un? necessary. There are. then, many dif? ferent qualities of sound, just as there are several fingers. The point is to utilize th? differences, and this, in other words, is the art of lingering."-II ure? ter's "Chopin, the Mau and His Mu? sic." Eating c. Livfns Ox. Only the very few among us run an? risk, in the course ot' our peregrinations and vicissitudes, of being invited to such objectionable dinners as it was the lot of Bruce, the explorer, to eat. Such very nasty feeders :is the Abys? sinian.*: of his day are becoming ex? tinct. Fancy sitting down io table and seeing the meat walk alive into the room! That was their custom. And they ate it alive, too. the brutes! 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Another Caledonian preacher, on like provocation, cried out, "Hold up yer heads, my friends, and mind that nei? ther saints nor sinners are sleeping u> the next world." Then, finding that this general ex? hortation was insufficient to deter a certain well known member of the church from getting his night's rest forward, the reverend gentleman turn? ed toward the offender and said: "James Stewart, this is the second time I have stopped to waken ye. If I need to stop a third time. I'll expose ye by name to the whole congregation." The Ostrich's Legs. Although the ostrich has powerful legs and can kick like a mule, his limbs are vefy brittle and are easily broken. He has two toes on each foot, one being armed with a horny nail which he uses as his principal weapon of warfare Whet an unarmed man is attacked by one of these birds, the chances are very much against the man uu?c-ss he can climb a tree or jump over a five foot wall. An Alternative Conclusion. A Jersey farmer visiting New Yoi kr stood looking at a sign in a bookstore window, "Dickens' Works All This Week For Two Dollars." "Waal," he remarked, "my 'pinion is that that Dickens feller is either a mighty poor workman or else he's confounded hard up for a job."-Boston Courier. A?*ted Ont the Character. "It was understood that the cashier had been a lamb in Wall street." "Therefore," said I. with a happy smile, "he skipped." - Indianapolis ? Press. * ? Studies of the ocean bottom near the coast line of continents have shown that rivers of considerable size some [ times enter the sea beneath the sur I face. Evarts and the Anthor. When a popular young author came to see William M. Evarts while he was secretary of state in behalf of a consul? ship for which he was an applicant. Mr. Evarts congratulated him on the fame which he had acquired, but has? tened to add, "Although j ou have lau? rels on your brows. I suppose you can't browse on your laurels." Apple Pie Order. To foe! in apple pie order is a phrase which dates back to Puritan timos- to a certain Hepzibah Morton. It seems that every Saturday she was accus I tomod to bake two or throe dozen ap? ple pios. which were to last her family through the coming week. Those she placed carefully on her pantry shelves, labeled for each day of the week, so that Tuesday's pies might not be con? fused with Thursday's nor those pre? sumably large or intended for washing and sweeping days oaten when house? hold labors were lighter. Aunt Hep zibalis "apple pie order" was known throughout the entire settlement and^ originated the well known saying.