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The county record. [volume] (Kingstree, S.C.) 1885-1975, 1897-09-02
WHEAT MARKET ACFIVRI
All Europe Must Look to the United
States For Grain Supplies. d
CAUSE OF THE WONDERFUL RISE.

In New York September Wheat Touched
S1.06 34 and Cash Wheat 81 IA f-4-.
Then There Was a Drop In Prices Duo
to Sales to Take Profits-The Govern
ments Report on Short Foreign Crops.
NEW YORK CITY (SpeciaD D.-There waA
again great activity in wheat on Monday
and new high record price was made for
it, although it was not maintained. The
chief dealings were in September wheat, or
wheat deliverable in September. On the
New York Produce Exchange September,
wheat touched s1.o6%, or ~ cents O.
bushel above the high price Of Saturday,
which up to that day was the top price.
The closing price was s1.O3A, or ~ cents
below Saturdays closing price. The high
price was AZ cents above the high
price one week before august 16).
The drop in prices In the late trading was
due to sales to take accumulated profits,
and to information that the reports from
the West Of damage to spring wheat were
greatly exaggerated. These reports ema-a
mated chiefly from the Chicago Board1
Of Trade, and from the large
holders Of wheat in Minneap-l
oils, who wens interested In rushing !
up the price for speculative purposes. At
the same time 1t was generally thought that
the large foreign demand would sooner or
later legitimately take wheat to a much
higher place. Cash wheat took jump. |
The high quotation was $1.14H, against
the high price of Sill on Saturday. The
closing quotation was S1.11A.
The county record. [volume] (Kingstree, S.C.) 1885-1975, 1897-09-02
Foreign.

Lord Salisbury proposes that Great
Britain, France and Russia jointly guaran,,
tee the Greek indemnity loan and control
the revenues set apart to meet 1t.
Cholera has made its appearance among
the members OF the Northampton regiment
stationed at Bombay, India. Every pre-
caution is being taken against its spread.
The British steamer Gairloch, from Aber-
deem, has been wrecked off Cape st. Vim
cent, Portugal. Eight OF the crew were
drowned.
Twenty women were killed in an acci-
dent to an apparatus used for raising water
at Moncada, Spain.
A despatch from Hamburg says that
Janos Rigo. the Hungarian gypsy musician
who eloped with the Princess de Ghimay,
formerly Miss Clara Ward, has sailed for
the West Indies, accompanied by her.
The nude body Of a tall, powerful man
was found in the Thames near London
Bridge. The man had been strangled and
his limbs bound with cord. There was no
clue to his identity, and the case promised
to remain one Of the many mysteries OF the
river.
Two members Of the Calvert exploring
expedition. Wells and Jones, who perished
OF thirst in the west Australian desert, had
an imposing funeral at Adelaide, South
Australia. Their bodies were placed in the
Jubilee Exposition building, which was
draped.
In speech before the volksraad OF the
South African Republic President Kruger
repudiated British suzerainty OF the Trans,
vaal
The county record. [volume] (Kingstree, S.C.) 1885-1975, 1897-09-02
THE NEWS EpITO!. ED.
Washington Items.

A reign OF terror in Uruguay was report
ID in advices received by the State Depart
ment at Washington.
On August 90 the expenditures OF the
Government during the current fiscal year
had exceeded the receipts by more than
1000 600. On that date, too, the pension
payments since the fiscal year began had
amounted to more than S25, ,00O, 900.
Secretary Of Agriculture Wilson is taking
steps to secure to America part of the trade
Of supplying horses for European armies.
The two sessions Of Congress last winter
are found to have appropriated S52S ,0O0,-
COO.
The Government will send out new eX-
ploring party to Alaska next year.
Statistics for the past year show that
Great Britain, Germany and France, re-
spectively, were leaders in trade with the
United States.
A. W. Faber, the lead pencil manufac-
turer, was fined s30.O 900 by the United
States Government for unvaluing imported
pencils
The county record. [volume] (Kingstree, S.C.) 1885-1975, 1897-09-02

The following reports were read: Gem
eIal Clarkson, Chief; John
q. Mullin, Vice-C -Commander-in-Ch Chief; e.
W. Buckley. Junior Vice. Commander; A. E.
Johnson, surgeon-G General; NJ. B. Taylor,
Chaplain in Chief; c. B. Bulnester, Adult
General; A. J. Burbank, puartermaster-
General; c. A. Suydam, Inspector General;
General Clark, Judge-Advocate; J. Cory
Winans, Senior Aid-de-Camp and Chief OF
STAFF; h. L. Zalinski, Chief Aid-de-Cam on
Military Instruction in Pubic Schools.
The report Of Adjutant- General Charles
E. Burnester showed that the total MEM
bsrship of the order in good standing june
bsrs; on December 81, 1896, 1915 posts, with
3H ,412 members; on June 80, 1897, 7106
posts, with S19, ,456 members, and that dur.
ing the past ten years the Grand Army OF
the Republic had expended for charity the
magnificent sum Of %, 1O0,sl7.67.
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FOREIGN CROP REPORTS.
Shortage OF Wheat and Rye In Europe
Sends Up Prices.

WASHINGTON, D. G. Cspeciap The Agri-l
cultural Department Is informed through
its agents abroad that the reports OF e
shortage in the wheat and rye crops OF
European countries are fully warranted pyI
the facts. IL eastern Europe particularly,
there is deficiency Of rye. In speciai
grain crop report Statistician Hyde, OF the
Department, said:
"This fact, as well as the wheat def-I
cheney, will tend to restrict the exporta-
tion OF the latter from those European
countries which usually have surplus OIL
that grain. As to non-European countries
other than the United States, their aggre-I
gate contribution to the European supply
will be materially affected by the fact taatl
India, denuded by the famine win hare
practically no wheat to export.
Conservative commercial estimates pusl
the total wheat crop In France as low asl
100, 900, 900 hectoliters, making 1t about
one-seventh less than the heavy crop OF
1896.
An official report from Germany says
that none OF the leading cereals are ratedl
as "good." 81
Mail advices from Russia speak unfaror-;
ably regarding the wheat and rye icropas'
the recent great heat having caused pre-
mature ripening.
to be the highest In ten years, and foreigni
wheat is being imported. ~
In Belgium the yield Of wheat is report
ed as satisfactory, but that Of rye den-|
cient. "a
Advices from copenhassa, Dsnmark.
say that rye had suffered. ffoms storms but
wheat was fair average crop ana barely
good. 81 q y ~
The wheat crop of Roumania IS describedI
as every disappointing" and parcels QS
new grain received In Londm are trrcgu4
lar and Of very poor quality. ~ 5. Z 4
Crop prospects In fndiA were improye4
by rains in many districts. but fn Bombay
and Punjab much more rafn wae reedeQS
Reports from Australiassy the orops hsxe
been improved by rain. and according 70
latest mail advices were fairly good.
Telegrsphic reports from Argenttpa xep-'
resent the weather ssbein8 favorable for
the crops, S.! -5s 70 q.
The county record. [volume] (Kingstree, S.C.) 1885-1975, 1897-09-02

posts in the Kurrar Valley are threatened
BY the powerful tribe Of the Orakzais. the
Mohmand tribesmsn are preparing Tor
renewal Of hostilities around Fort shab-
kadr, thousands OF British troops are en-.
oaoed in crushing the revolt In the Swat
Valley and two brigades Of British troops
are holding the Tochi Valley, where the
Mahsud-Mazi are again restless.
The British authorities are gratifed at
the fact that all the men on leave from the
Fortieth Regiment, Of Pathans, composed
tribes are revolving, rejoined their colors
on the outbreak Of the present disturb
anoes. In addition, many members OF the
reserve forces of this body Of men have
voluntarily applied for enrolment: A ma
iority of the garrison OF Fort All-Musiid,
which was also captured and burned by
the enemy, have arrived safely at Jamrood.
The surviving defenders Of the fort made
terms with the Afridis previous to their
The county record. [volume] (Kingstree, S.C.) 1885-1975, 1897-09-02

surrender. The fidelity OF the levies, whose
agreement stipulated that they must resist
attacks without British aid, Is much
praised.
The weekly Cabul caravan happened to
be halting at Fort Lundi Kotal when the at
tack was made, and sought refuge IN
neighboring village. 1t was captured:
It is currently reported that the British
Government has sent second letter OF
warning to the Ameer OF Afghanistan, VINO
Is believed to be the instigator OF the re-
volt.
The news is confirmed that the Orakzais
have risen and cut telegraphic communlca.
tion with all of the garrisons and posts OF
Kurran Valley.
The county record. [volume] (Kingstree, S.C.) 1885-1975, 1897-09-02
A. SAD ACCIDENT.
Score oe Children Thrown INTO Water and
Five Drowned.

Score OF children Thrown into Waeef ana
Five Drowned.
At the foot Of Cherry street.. Toronto,
Canada, there Is float made Of rough
timber, twelve feet long by six feet wide,
used for conveying workmen from the
mainland to tie breakwater, q distance of
about hundred yards. The float isworked
by chains attached to the bank on one side
and the breakwater on the other side.
TwenGy-one children, boys and girls,
from eight to thireen years old, crowded IN
the raft to 60 to bathe at the breakwater.
Half way cross the channel, where the
water Is very deep, the raft capsized and
all the children were thrown inte.the water.
There were many boats IN the nefghbor-
hood, and these were soon at the scene Of
the accident. All Of the children were res
cued except five. Three bodies have been
recovered, those Of Albert Driseoll. eight
years; Gertie Harvey, eleven years, and
aJaek" Bethel, ten years. The names Of
the other two children are not known.
The county record. [volume] (Kingstree, S.C.) 1885-1975, 1897-09-02
New York's New Police Chief.

Aehange Of much importance to the Po-
lice Department, Of interest to all New
Yorkers and Of possible far-reaching effect
upon the coming election in the Greater
New York, took place at Police Headquar-
ters when Peter Conlin retired from the
ONCE of Chief Of Police and John McCul-
lagh, one Of the Acting Inspectors, was ap-
pointed Chief to fill the vacancy. The re-
tirement OF Chief Conlin was surprise to
many. The appointment of Chief McCul-
lagh was even moro Of a surprise, because
Il was generally supposed that Deputy
Chief Moses W. Cortright would be pro-
NOTED in the event Of the retirement OF
Chief Conlin.
The county record. [volume] (Kingstree, S.C.) 1885-1975, 1897-09-02
REPUBLICAN STATE CONVENTIONS.

Meetings Held In Pennsylvania, Mary
land and Nebraska.
The Pennsylvania Republican State Con-
vention nominated James 8. Beacon for
State Treasurer and Levi G. McCauley for
Auditor General, and adopted platform
indorsing the Mckinley Administration and
the Dingley bill and denouncinS the civil
service policy Of Mr.. Cleveland.
In the Republican State Convention held
In Maryland the faction headed by United
States Senator Wellington was defeated.
The recent primaries in Baltimore were de.
clared null and void for irregularity and
new ones were ordered. The convention ad-
journed until September Is.
The Republicans Of Nebraska renomi.
mated A. NJ. Post for Associate Justice OF
the Supreme Court and named G. W. Haley
and J. N. Dryden for Regents. The plat
Gorm is practically reiteration OF the st.
Louis declarations Of last year.
The county record. [volume] (Kingstree, S.C.) 1885-1975, 1897-09-02
TO DEATH over NIAGARA
Two Men and a Boy Swept Over the
Horseshoe Falls.
PERISHED BEFORE THOUSANDS.

Frank Weber. of Buffalo. and Warren
Bush anG Charles Glasner, OF Chi
cago, Sailed in a Small Boat to Theil
watery Graves-Thousands Stood Pow.
erless on Shore Watching the Tragedy,
NIAGARA FALLS, n. Y. (SpeciaD A thrill
ing tragedy was enacted in the raging
waters Of the Niagara Sunday afternoon,
and three lives were sacrificed to the treach-
erous waters OF the river. About O'Clock
it was reported that boat had ventured
too near the rapids, had been caught in
the swift current and was seen to be car
ried over the Horseshoe Falls.
In short time the river bank was lined
with persons from the hotels and Prospect
Park. Some one deserted the boat, and
the cry went up in the throng, "There she
goesn' The men clung with desperate
energy to the boat. which was swept along
with lightning rapidity into the long rapids
OF the Canadian side.
The boat was tossed about as II were
paper. Then it disappeared altogether be-
tween the huge waves, to reappear again.
No effort was made by the occupants be-
fore they reached the swift water to stem
the course Of the craft, and 1t Is supposed
they were intoxicated. When they reached
the rapids they must have realized that
death was staring them in the face, but
they simply chung to the boat and went
down to their fate.
The crowds on the shore groaned and
watched the boat with its occupants with
strange fascination. The great strong
waves picked It up, hurled it down, and
then would pause momentarily to be hurled
downward again toward the brink Of the
cataract.
The distance from the falls to the be-
ginning Of the swift water Is fully mile.
The boat was less than four minutes in
going this distance and, just before reach
ing the terrible plunge, capsized. This
was the last seen OF the men, and 1t Is
supposed that their bodies were swept over
the falls. The boat afterward was seen In
the river below, but was not recovered.
An oar was found by one Of the crew OF
the Maid OF the Mist.
No sooner had the. news OF the tragedy
spread than search began for tho persons
who we're In the boat. 1t was learned that
the victims Of the tragedy were Frank
Weber, Of Buffalo; Warren Bush, twenty
o2e years old, of Chicago, a former en-
ploye Of the United States Express Com
pany, and Charles Glasner, tyenty-nine
years old. Of Chicago, employed by the
United States Express Company. They
had been camping on the banks OF the
Niagara River, with several companions.
On the fatal day they hired small boat at
La Sale and started to row across the Nj
agara River to the Canadian shore.
The county record. [volume] (Kingstree, S.C.) 1885-1975, 1897-09-02
Disastrous Collision.

Running at fast speed to coney Island, q
trolley car Of the Nassau Electric Railroad
dashed into drag upon which forty per-
sons were riding, and, after killing TIVE
horses outright. hurled the passengers to
the roadway. Many OF the party were ser
iously injured, and the passengers in the
trolley car were thrown into q wild panic.
Three Of the passengers on the car were
also injured. William Grupp, driver, thir-
ty-two years old, OF Brookly, was fatally
Injured.
The county record. [volume] (Kingstree, S.C.) 1885-1975, 1897-09-02
Amper. ISnuckles Down.

In response to the note OF protest and
warning addressed to the Ameer OF Afghan
istan bv the Indian Government, IN
regard to- lneiting Mohammedans OF India
to7revolf against British rule, .ho Ameer.
has issued a firman forbidding his subjects
to ioin tho Indian robels. Tie Ameer mas.
prescribed severe rvnalties.
The county record. [volume] (Kingstree, S.C.) 1885-1975, 1897-09-02
TIA. ON Aliens Doesn't Go.

The Alien Tax law, passed by the last
Pennsylvania Legislature, was dsSded un-
constitutional by Judge Acheson, Of the
United States Court. The law imposed
tax of three cents day upon adult male
aliens residing in the State, and its passage
caused a rush Of foreigners to the naturaI-
zation courts.
The county record. [volume] (Kingstree, S.C.) 1885-1975, 1897-09-02
Sensational Rumor About the Kaiser.

The affair OF the German Kaiser's black
eye received on board the imperial yacht
Hohenzollern, off the Norwegian coast, is
commented on by Harold Frederic, q re-
liable European correspondent, in the
light of the latest rumors that Lieutenant
won Rahnke, stung by some insulting
speech OF his imperial master, assaulted
The latter, and then, knowing that he had
ruined himself for life, calmly committed
suicide
The county record. [volume] (Kingstree, S.C.) 1885-1975, 1897-09-02
NiJiad nv Falling Walls.

Edmundson Il Perrine's 1ive-story furni.
ture house at Pittsburg, Penn, was burned,
causing loss of s165, 900. After the fire
had been subdued and the firemen were
coupling up their hose, the alley wall OF the
building fell, burying under the debris two
flremen, Zeke Glover and Earry Holt. TWO
boys who were watching the firemen WORE
were also killed by the fallen wall.
The county record. [volume] (Kingstree, S.C.) 1885-1975, 1897-09-02

thpopist. A short timeago 1t was believed
that he would die, buthe rallied and Is now
reported to be improving.
Biairstown was named after him, and al,
the working people, in It owe their living to-.
him, as the men are.engaged In the various
enterprises which he founded. he made.
his first dollar when he was a boy Of eight
years, and he has said that he felt prouder
and happier ovefthat dollar than he felt
when he had his first million.
The county record. [volume] (Kingstree, S.C.) 1885-1975, 1897-09-02
Weyler Will Remain in Cuba.

At the last Spanish Cabinet Council held
the new Prime Minister, General Azcarraga,
announced that Captain General Weyler
would remain in Cuba and that he would
be strenuously supported by the Govern,
ment. General Azcarraga also announced
that the Government would unreservedly
adhere to the late Senior Canovas's reform
scheme in its entirety.
The county record. [volume] (Kingstree, S.C.) 1885-1975, 1897-09-02
Where the Apple Crop Is Big.

= Kansas and Missouri are rejoicing in big
apple crops, while everywhere else in the
Union the fruit seems to be ocarce, small,
and of rather poor quality. New York
buyers are reported to be swarming in the
two States, buying up all the apples In
sight
The county record. [volume] (Kingstree, S.C.) 1885-1975, 1897-09-02
NEW c. A. r. HEAD.
Gen eral j. P. S. Goblin Elected Comman-
der-in- Chief.

The business session Of the thirty-Iirst
annual encampment Of the Grand Army Of
the Republic was formally opened in the
Music Hall, Buffalo, n. Y, when Cincinnati
was selected as the place Of reunion in
1883 General J. P. S. Goblin, Of Lebanon
The county record. [volume] (Kingstree, S.C.) 1885-1975, 1897-09-02
Women Drivers at a Horse Race.

MAs Lolita Elliott, of Danforth, Me-, was
the driver of the winning horse at the re-
cent horse race in Pittsfeld, in which all
the drivers were women. The women wore
divided skirts, and acquitted themselves
most creditably.
The county record. [volume] (Kingstree, S.C.) 1885-1975, 1897-09-02
oJj.op Mention.

At Clinton, KY, an acre Of wheat yielded
l08 o-busbel sacks.
Oats six fset high ia the stalk sre reports.
ed In Lans County. Oregon.
The county record. [volume] (Kingstree, S.C.) 1885-1975, 1897-09-02
Iipht Sentence Caused Lynchlng.
At williamsburg, Ky., Caney Sullivan

1t williamsburg, Ky., Caney Sullivan, a
white farmer, who was sentenced to twenty
years' Imprisonment for asseulting his
sister-in-law, was taken from Jail and
hanged by mob. There were about fifty
men in the mob, all well armed. They
came from the neighborhood OF Corbin,
and entered town so noiselessly that they
did not awaken any OF the inhsbitants.
The light sentence for so dastardly q crime,
caused the lynchinS.
The county record. [volume] (Kingstree, S.C.) 1885-1975, 1897-09-02
Say wheat WIN O. 9 q. .Uo.I

TOPEKA, Kan. (speoial Hold yoqkI
wheat" sthe advice by many Of the 1e46S
ing whest Faisers Of Kansssl Tho bi8 tunR
in the wheat market Induces the fhxmeE9 70
hold out for higher price. Big rafserssaS
II Western farmers VIII hold their crop sfxs
ty days wheat viii 60 t0e1.5o. 2
The county record. [volume] (Kingstree, S.C.) 1885-1975, 1897-09-02
Prince Luigi's Discovery.

The ascent Of Mount st. Elias b.y Prince
Luigi, Of Savoy, determines its altitude at
Is, ,l2o feet, and also that it was. not a vol
cano.
The county record. [volume] (Kingstree, S.C.) 1885-1975, 1897-09-02
Bank Deposits Increase.

The State Bank Commission OF Kansas
reports that bank deposits have iner9asaa
sI5. 600. 900 since January !.
The county record. [volume] (Kingstree, S.C.) 1885-1975, 1897-09-02
connecticut,s Large Peach Crop.

The Connecticut peach crop will be very
large this year. The fruit Is unusually firm.
Throughout the State 1t Is estimated there
will be upward Of 100000 baskets gathered.
The county record. [volume] (Kingstree, S.C.) 1885-1975, 1897-09-02
AN AGED pHItxETHRoPisr.

John I. Blair, of New 1ssssy, ReasAss thsl
Ago Of Ninety-dves
The Hon. John 4 Blair, Of Blairstown. A3
J., on Sunday was ninstS-nve yesrs otaeei
There was ,no,public. dsaaonstration. owing
to the impaired health u the aged phnsnf
The county record. [volume] (Kingstree, S.C.) 1885-1975, 1897-09-02
Killed by Lightning While Thrashing.

Killed by Lightning WhiIe Ihrashing.
Lightning struck thrashing machine at
which sixteen men were working on Brush
Creek, in Montgomery County, Virginia.
Wiley Simmons and Frank Dohyns were
killed outright. Cabell Dobyns and Helms
Lester were fatally injured, one Of them
having since died. Ten others were severely
shocked and two escaped unhurt.
The county record. [volume] (Kingstree, S.C.) 1885-1975, 1897-09-02
ChulaIongkorn Not Coming Over.

The King Of Siam, Chulalongkorn l., will
not visit the United States, as at first
proposed. After his continental visits, His
Majesty will re-embark on his yacht at
Marseliles, France, and will sail for home.
The county record. [volume] (Kingstree, S.C.) 1885-1975, 1897-09-02
Army of the Potomac Reunion.

President Mckinley and Secretary Alger
attended the twenty-eighth reunion Of the
Society of the Army Of the Potomac, at
Tyas T-Y.
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Penn, was then elected Commander-in-
Chief on the second ballot. His chief op-
porents were J. F. Mack, of Sandusky,
Ohio, and John G. Linehan, OF New Hamp-
shire.
The daily morning journal and courier., 1897-08-12

A buyer for one of the large retail houses cited instances of customers who had feathers removed from hats for fear of arrest but he said he should not countermand the order left in Flu rope for next season, which includes hundreds of dozens of birds, which form large proportion of the millinery de- partment stock,
 A woman milliner. who has a large trade, declares that the law Is the re- suit of misdirected sentiment on the part of half dozen persons, who have nothing else to think about than mak- ing trouble for others. q have always made it point to have nothing in my stores," she said, that l knew to have been killed cruelty. Look around you see no aigrettes. It is not in good taste to wear such things when there is a strong public sentiment against them; and my customers are quite willing to substitute bit of lace, if only the dell cate effect is desired. But all women cannot pay for thread lace and severely simple styles, and the dealers who SUD- ply the country trade are the ones who will feel the force of this interference with business. Here is one of the most elegant and expensive hats in my stock. See this feather arrangement It Is the beauty of the trimming. An expert designer is paid a handsome salary to make Just such novelties from what may be called refuse-odds and ends, turkey wings, chicken wings, etc. The people who cry out against the wearing of birds feathers would better stop and think of the women who work in the factories of Europe. If there Is no de- mand for such goods their occupation is gone. I am not in the least afraid of the law but do think that by its en- forcement, a large amount of business will be given to New York, for there will be no demand here: and then, suppose, we shall be forbidden to sleep on feather beds"
 While Chief Wade and Gen. Martin have been consulted by inquiring deal CTS, they are undecided as to what move they will next make. The Fish and Game Commission has determined to act at once. Its sixty deputies, stationed in various parts of the State have been ordered to enforce the law, which, by the way, makes an exception of game birds, English sparrows, crow blackbirds, crows, jays, birds of prey, and wild geese.-Boston Evening Tran script.