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The county record. [volume] (Kingstree, S.C.) 1885-1975, 1897-06-24
A Prayer for Guidance.

Father OF all, graciously look upon US as a
family now seeking to behold thy face. As
the morning light is thine, 50 the blessing Of
the whole day must come from thee. Guide
us with thine eye, we humblv pray thee and
give thine angels charge concerning US. lest
at any time we dash our foot against stone.
Above all grant unto us large gifts OF the
holy spirit. We do not pray for bread alone.
but for the bread Of life that cometh down
from heaven. For one another and for our
absent friends We would fervently pray. Bless
the old and the young, and with the sick and
the fainting be thou very gentle. Watch over
those who are full Of care and speak COM
fortably to those to whom wearisome days
and nights are appointed. Saactify our
successes, and may our failures teach US
that it is not in man to direct his way. Go
with the child to school and with the man to
business, and may those who 49, at home
feel themselves under the constant care OF
God. The Lord undertake for every one OF
Us according to our hearts necessity and
multiply unto us his grace, so that beyond
all our want there may be an overflow OF
divine love. Amen.
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It was at the asylum farm, however, that
the greatest damage was done. There are
about sixty boys regularly employed, under
the direction Of Superintendent Jacob Will
inert, to care for the six hundred acres
owned by the State.
A party OF twenty-siH boys, averaging
fourteen years old, had been taken down
to assist in picking peas, and placed under
the charge OF one Of the Oldest employees,
!. Lemuel Gleason. The day was intensely
hot, and when the work was done Gleason
took the boys to Salt Greek, which flows
through the farm, and treated them to a
swim.
AS they started back from the creek a
storm cloud was seen coming up, and. to
escape the rain, the attendant hurried the
boys into the big farm barn. Superinten-
dent wilmert was in the barn. The boys
had lust entered the barn when the storm
,Toke, and IL seemed to centre its fury on
the structure Without warning the build
ilg gave way and fell, crushing its occu-
pants beneath its timbers.
Ths storm continued for about thirty
minutes, but before 1t was over the work
of rescue was begun and five bodies were
taken from the ruins. Superintendent Will
merits was one OF the arst Of the injured to
release himself. His head Is cut and his
back and abdomen were crushed by tim.
3 bers. Attendant Gleason has q crushed
) foot and received injuries in the back
which are quite serious and possibly dan
4 eerous. The killed were Cornelius Mac
kinzfe, James 0'Brien, Cassie D. LaZaron,
Z J. C. Cooper and Sylvester Baker. The in
jured are Heinrich Berger. Milton Garray,
Robert Acot and William E. c. Witham.
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A Voice Which Shall Live.

When the last prayer shall be said over
the last dead comrade and the last requiem
shall be sung over his grave, he will still
speak to the living both Of the past and the
future. His voice will be heard in the 10y
atty OF his children and In their devotion to
the old flag. 1t will be heard in the better
and ever-improving free education to the
masses, and in the more exalted national
virtue which springs from the performance
OF noble deeds and in the living OF good
lives. Today the nation weeps over its
dead, and strews flowers upon their graves.
But the air Is full Of song and the household
Is full Of rejoicing in remembrance OF the
blessings which, through their lives, all
honorable peace has brought to our doors.
Long may the flag that they 40 nobly de-.
Tended wave over this favored country!
Long may the nations children gather un-
der its folds and fling its colors into the un-
tainted atmosphere Of American loyalty!
Long may the people shout and rejoice as
its every star becomes star Of promise, and
its bright stripes, radiant with beauty, shall
symbolic the sunrise Of universal peace!-
Rev. John W. Sayers.
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The Stock Which Bred Heroes.

There must come a time, not very far
way, when the chief actors in the work Of
decorating our soldiers graves will not be
soldiers who themselves fought for our
country's life, but their children and their
surviving countrymen, for death will have
claimed the last member Of the Grand
Army Of the Republic. A million men were
sent back to the walks Of private, civilian
life when the rebellion ,closed. But thirty
years Of times moving have cut down the
human wheat then standing in the field,
until the sheaves yet to be gathered are
comparatively few indeed. Let me assure
you, for your country, and in its name, that
your heroism in its behalf shall be held in
everlasting remembrance. You may transmit
to your families when you go hence very
little Of material store; but your part as
Union soldier in the great Rebellion will be
legacy to them Of untold value, and your
children's children to the latest generation
will count themselves honored II having
come from the stock in which such heroes
were found.-Rev. ]. B. Stitt, D. D.
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THE NEWS EPIToMlZED.
Washington Items.


The text of the Hawaiian annexation
treaty, together with the Presidents mes
sage and Secretary Sherman's report, was
made public; ex-Queen Liliuokalani has
fled protest against the ratification OF
the treaty.
Correspondent John 8. Shriver, charged
with contempt of the United States Senate
Committee, goes free. Judge Bradley
directed the jury to return verdict OF
mot guilty" He was accordingly ac7
quilted.
1t is reported that special Treasury
agents, who have been making an investi:
cation, will recommend that all personal
effects OF returning American tourists be
declared dutiable.
The Senate finished the consideration o.
the sugar schedule Of the Tariff bill, with
the exception Of the clause relating to the
Hawaiian reciprocity treaty, which was
laid over, to be taken up later on. Petit
CREWS antitrust amendment was tabled.
The trial Of John S. Shriver, newspaper
correspondent, for refusing to testify before
the Sugar Investigating Committee, was
begun at Washington.
President Mckinley returned to Wash
ington from his trip to the Tennessee EI'
position.
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AIR SHIP WITH GAS CYLINDER.
Craft With Side Propellers to Be Used as
Well for Steering.

Craft With Side Propellers to Be Used rs
Well for Steering.
There Is now In course Of construction
on the Frank SSfllig ranch, near Grand
Island, California, monster air ship,
which, it Is asserted, will solve the problem
of arial navigation. The craft will be
ready for trial within few weeks.
1t Is being built by the Sweany-D Davenport
Manufacturing Company, which was
organized for that purpose.
The San Francisco Call, in description
Of the air ship, says: "When finished the
craft will measure .125 feet in length, 47]S
feet from the floor Of the car to the top OF
the cylinder and 3715 feet between the tips
of the propellers. The structure will con-
sist Of an elliptical gas filled cylinder, to
which car is attached, and two propellers,
situated not behind the cylinder, as has
been the case with most air ships, but on
both sides Of the craft, at the end Of re-
yolving shafts. 1t differs also from other
craft in being without sails or rudder,
being steered entirely by the propellers.
"The car has been nearly completed and
the canvas cylinder has been made. It will
be coated inside and outside with rubber
paint, and when all is ready for the trial
trip it will be inflated with hydrogen gas.
The tank that will be used in generating
the gas is already on the ground, and also
eight thousand pounds Of sulphurie acid
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Carmine Lipre, an Italian bootblack, be-
came insane in New York City from mos
quito's bite.
One of the features of Bunker Hill Day
in Boston was the presentation by the state
of a figure Of Winged Victory to the battle
ship Massachusetts.
Edward Kilgore was killed by Fannie
Jackson and her brothers, in LadSnia,
Texas.
The United States battleship Iowa was
placed In commission at the League Island
Navy Yard. Philadelphia.
CD. Collins, a wealthy resident OF Ten
nessee. was assaulted and robbed near
Meramec Highlands, Mo-, by Martin Ensley:
an intimate friend. Ensley is the son OF
Colonel Enoch Ensley, who was one OF the
richest and best men in the South.
Areport was current in Brooklyn that
Claus Spreckels intends to build a TWO
hundred d-thousand-dol coffee plant IN
Brooklyn.
Fred Musbeck was pitching quoits with
friend in the yard IL the rear OF his store
in Chicago, when rainstorm came up.
They were about to enter the store when
there was a flash Of lightning, followed by
a crash OF thunder. Musbeck was killed
instantly. The other man was unhurt.
Patrick Gallagher, owner OF stone,
crusher at Alpine, n. j., had pltched
battle with his workmen in walch guns.
pistols and stones were used. He won, but
no one was hurt.
Dan Noble. the notorious bank burglar,
was arrested as a escaped convict from
Auburn Prison with four years to serve.
He has been living in New YORK for more
than year.
Millionaire ". R. Bradbury, who was
twice convicted in San Francisco. Cal, OIL
splitting in street cars, must spend twenty
four hours in Jail for his second offence, as
the Judge refused to impose fine. Brad
bury applied to the Superior Court Tor a
writ Of habeas corpus, but Judge wallace
denied the application. so the old million
aire will have to go to the county jail. His
case was the first test case under the new
anti-expectoration ordinance, and his fate
will probably be warning.
Judge James Harlan, a brother OF Justice
Harlan, OF the United States Supreme
Court, was run over and killed by train
near the almshouse at Louisville. KY, where
he had been sent at his own desire on &C.
count OF his drinking habits.
The National Anti-Mob and Lynch Law
Association was incorporated at Columbus.
Ohio, by Samuel E. Huffman, W. d. Dick'
son and other colored citizens OF Spring
field. The purposes OF the organization
are to discourage mob and lynch law In the
United States and to arouse public sentl-
menG against IL.
The sensational feature Of the testimony
taken before the Coroner at Urbanna, Ohlo,
in the Bell and Baker inquests, the men VINO
lost their lives the night Of the lynching,
were the statements Of three guards on the
witness stand that they had lost their
places because they had taken part In the
firing on the crowd ct the county jail.
The jury at Austin. Texas, in the case OF
the waters-Pierce Oh Company, controlled
by the Standard Oil Company, charged
brought in a verdict for the State. cancel;
ling the permit to do business in Texas and
in favor of defendants Hathaway, Grice,
Keenan,, Austin and Friese, local district
agents of the company.
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FATAL TORNADO IN PARIS.

Twelve Killed. Fifty Injured and Fac
tories and Dwellings Wrecked.
A tornado. passed over the outskirts Of
Paris, France causing the loss Of about
twelve lives and injuring about fifty persons.
The damage throughout the area
swept by the tornado was
heavy. FACTORIES and dwellings
were levelled to the ground. A cafe at
Courbevoie fell upon its occupants, many
Of whom wero injured. The two hundred
booths that had been erected for the fetes
at Asnieres, on the Seine, four miles from
the city. were wrecked. The village OF
Colombes, six miles northwest, and the
important town Of st. Dennis, about five
miles north Of Paris, suffered severely.
4 cloudburst caused devastation in CEN
trail France, notably at st. German, where
three persons were killed and dozen in
jured. Houses were carried away by the
food, the telegraph lines were destroyed,
and much damage was done to other prop
Nv,
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STORM DAMAGE IN INDIANA.
Remarkable Meteorological Variations
s. & Mako Things Exciting.

6<Ln6Kk10Ac 14ctcOEoAOtASoA
Make Things Exciting.
{. IxpIAxApcLIs Ind. (SpeciaD.-Severe and
disastrous electric storms ragged in many
portions OF Indiana. The Government
. weather observer says it was most re-
markable disturbance. Many buildings
were demolished and the crops and forests
suffered heavily. John Streets farm
house on the Ohio River was wrecked and
his con and a servant were killed.
At English, Ind, the courthouse was
damaged to the extent OF $4,000. A south
bound .sIronon" train eight miles beyond
bloomington, Ind, was struck by lightning
and the passengers shaken up severely.
Johnston the conductor, was painfully in
jured, but win recover. Later as the train
was nearing Gasburg, Ind, 1t ran into q
large tree that had been blown across the
track, and the engine was badly damaged,
At New Albany, Ind, about twenty houses
were unroofed and the streets were strewn
with debris. A circus tent was ripped to
pieces and the monkey cage was demol-
shed, and there was great scattering and
clustering OF the little animals.
At Murcie, Ind, the Albany Lumber
Company's sheds were blown down, the Al
bany bottle works unroofed and chimneys
and stacks blown down.
The west wing of the Paragon Paper MIL,
st Easton, Ind, was blown in during the
storm. Four people were buried In the
wreck. The loss Of property is $3.50
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IN THE QUIET HOURS.
PREGNANT THOUGHTS FROM THE
WORLDS GREATEST AUTHORS.

Thinning Ranks-A Prayer-stock Which
Bred Heroes-Voice Which ShalfLive-
Love of Country and God Made Strong
by Faith Equality Under Our Flag.
Another and another wreath
We deck new graves each springs,
And smaller grows the gray-halred band
Whose hands the garlands bring.
Grave veterans, We follow slow
The dull beat of the drum;
There's one brief march before US now,
And. comrades. we shall come
One sleep to share and DER each grave
The starry iag we love shall wave
We mourn you not the days seem far
Since side by side. we fought.
And onward to the meeting-place
The way is now so short
Not many May-times shall we hear
The summons of the drum;
We wait. with unforgotten hearts,
Till, comrades we shall come
Our sleep to share. while DER each grave,
Thank God the starry flag shall wave.
Marian Douglas.
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! OHIO AND KENTUCKY IN THE PATH.
Electric Storms Cause Death and Destruc'
ton in Many Counties.

E1ec01c storms cause Deasn anu DestTuc-
~ ton in Many Counties.
IS DEFIANCE, Ohio (SpeciaD.-In a terrific
thunderstorm Jacob Griner, farmer,
living near Ayersvine. Ohio, was struck by
lightning while in his stable and instantly
killed. The barn was destroyed. Light
ming struck the Citizens Opera House
In this city while the High School
graduating class was rehearsing, and
Clinton Garvey and Frederick Haller, mem
bers of the class, were knocked senseless,
Garvey being rendered blind and deaf for
an hour. At Wapakoneta, Ohio, Peter
Tabler, farmer, was killed by lightning in
his house, which was consumed by fire.
His wife and children were seriously in
jured by the shock. At Canal Dover, Ohio,
the electric light wires were burned out in
the storm, leaving the city in darkness.
LOUISVILLE, Ky. Special. IA severe wind
storm passed over this city. Considerable
damage was done to property, but no lives
were lost. In several cases houses were
blown down and unroofed. Reports re-
ceived from Central and Eastern Kentucky
indicate that great damage has been done
to crops. The wheat fields have been laid
low, farmhouses and barns were wrecked,
and destroyed.
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Soaring Wolves by Yelling.

While on his way to Craig and when
about ten miles from town, John W.
Lowell Jr., had an unpleasant e1per-
fence with three gray wolves which
ought to be sufficient for one day, says
the Craig (Col.) Courier.
Mr.. Lowell noticed the wolves in the
distance, but paid no attention to them
until after he had travelled about o;
mile, when his horse became uneasy.
Looking back Mr.. Lowell beheld a
sight which, as he says, caused his hat
to raise not trife-three large gray
wolves about 200 yards distant were
charging after him at a speed which
would soon bring them upon him.
There was not moment to spare, and
the young man hardly knew what to
do. He was unarmed, and the snow
was so deep that it was impossible for
his horse to run from the ferocious
beasts with any degree of success. z.
Mr.. Lowell quickly decided that he
had but one chance, and that was TO-
attempt to bluff. Wheeling his horse
around, facing the wolves, he applied
the quirt, and at every jump of his
steed he let forth a yell that would
have put any Comanche to shame. For
a moment the bluff seemed failure,
for the wolves continued to approach,
and the distance between the horseman
and the shaggy creatures lessened to
about fifty yards before the turn in af-
fairs occurred.
Finally, after few more plungss in
the snow by the horse and numerous
yells from the thoroughly frightened
young man, the wolves suddenly turned
and ran in an opposite direction.
Mr.. Lowell followed his lead with
renewed vigor, and more whoops, and
if any one in the lower country should
see three badly scared wolves running
westward it may be depended upon
that they are identical ones which
threatened the safety Of the son of our
State Auditor.
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Foreign.

Seventeen bodies have been recovered
from the Thames, London, In three weeks.
Most OF the suicides are believed to be for
eigners in London for the jubilee.
Two Frenchmen were killed by Italians,
and Frenchman stabbed an Italian during
labor troubles in France.
The death Of Father Sebastian Kneipp,
the water curist, was reported from MUNICH
Bavaria.
In the British House Of Commons William
Redmond (Parnellite) opposed motion
that the House attend st. Margarets
Church to celebrate the Queens jubilee.
Great damage has been done In Rumania
by the recent transforms. The Danube has
oyerflowed its banks, and an immense lake,
nine miles long, has formed between Fetestl
and Tchernavoda.
The north Of England and Scotland have
been swept by heavy gales. The suburbs
Of Glasgow and the country around that
city were flooded and the railroads were
submerged.
A BODY OF Spaniards has been destroyed
by General Bandera's forces near Sapana,
Cuba.
Frank Butler was found guilty in Sydney
n. 8. W., OF the murder OF Captain Lee
Weller.
Nelson's old flagship, the Foudroyant,
was wrecked in a gale of the northwest
coast of England. She had been touring
the coast as show ship.
Further adyices received in Calcutta from
the interior OF India show that great de-
yastation was wrought by the earthquake
The town Of Shillong has been annihilated'
and great damage has been done in Dacca,
Jamitur. and Murshidabad. Several nves
have been lost. The funds collected IN Cal
cutta for the Jubilee celebration are hkely
to be distributed among the sufferers.
Particulars are received Of serious IA
taljty near the Illecillewaet tunnel on the
line of the Canadian Pacific Railroad.
while a gang OF railroad laborers were at
work q mud and rock slide came down on
a number OF the wcrkmen. Five were
killed outright. Tyeir names are Alexan'
der Cummings, Albert Johnson, George
Phillips, A. Davidson, end s. Oleson.
The Porte has accepted DR.. Angell as
Minist er from the United States. Minister
Terrell has left Constantinople for home.
The Mexican Central Railway traffic Of
fcials are informed that 800 car loads OIL
corn will be shipped from Texas ana Kan.
sas to the City OF Mexico during the mex
few weeks. The corn will be used to relieve
suffering in districts where there was short
age Of grain crop.
A serious bread riot occurred at Matar
zas. Cuba, Two thousand Reconcentrado:
men, women and children-made desper
ate by hunger, paraded the streets, demand
ing bread Private residences were broker
into and e-ocery stores looted before th'
local Spani ., police, with swords drawn
succeeded il ,ruelling the riot.
The United States cruiser Brooklyn
reached Southampton, England, ten day
out from New York.
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Love of Country and of God.

to God, which made few Dutch provinces
that were daunted neither by delay nor de-
feat, by starvation nor by death, ultimately
victorious over Spain and the sea; which
made the handful Of New England farmers
withstand the force Of the invaders, though
the snow at Valley Forge was REDEEMED by
their bare and bleeding feet; which inspired
thousands to leave home and shop
and bank and farm and school and
face the cannon s mouth until in the grave OF
the gentles. Of our rulers all animosities
were forever buried-this alone can fill our
youth with high motives and sublime ideals,
elevate our press and assure our commerce,
restore our credit and preserve our fame.-
Rev. F. II. Smith.
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The Most Precious Sacrifice.

We read in old familiar story that. one
day in the Roman forum, the earth opened,
and a great gulf yawned in the very midst.
The augurs said that this gulf would never
close its horrid mouth until it had been fed
with the most precious thing in Rome.
There was doubt as to what the most pre-
cious thing might be, when young soldier.
armed and mounted, rode boldly forward
and plunged into the chasm. declaring that
there could be nothing 50 precious as life
given fer ones country.-Preachers' Maga-
zine,
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Heroisn1 Of o Boy.

With box containing 200 pounds
of dynamite on fire ten feet rway from
him, John Thomas, boy who runs a
compressed air hosting engine in the
Tamarack mine at Houghton, Mich.
stuck to his post and saved the lives
of men at work in the mine by his
wonderful bravery.
Ten seconds after Thomas had
hoisted the men to the level, the dyna-
mite exploded smashing the engine
to pieces and doing other damage, but
the men and boy to whom they owe
their lives were in a place of safety.
The miners working in the twenty
third level head put seven cases OF
dynamite in box for future use. At
noon miner, accompanied by Thomas.
went to the box and found it on fire..
Thomas went to his post, gave the
alarm to the miners in his level below
and ran his engine until he had hoisted
them out. He then fed. The alarm
of fire caused great excitement, but no
miners were injured in the rush to
reach daylight from the depth of from
5000 to 1000 feet. <--.--.---4
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Ennality Under Country,s Flag.

The shifting scenes Of forming civilizs-
tion shall give place to consolidated ma
tionality; the hardy and industrious. the ar
dent anu impetaous, the energetic and dar-
ing men of all sections and nationalities.
shall be linked in production and manufac-
ture. by commerce and by cheap and swift
communication. and joined by the feeling Of
reciprocal fraternity. Equal rights and
equal burdens will be equally distributed un-
der one nag, on which The stripes shall sym
bolize the tears and blood which purchased
the Union, and the stars the hopes which
crown our destiny.-Rev. o. H. Tiffany, DID.
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MANY VICTIMS OF STORMS
Great Havoc Wrought by Wind and
Rain in Several States.
AN ASYLUM BUILDING WRECKED.

Five Persons Killed, and Several Hurt
- by the Fall of q Barn in Lincoln, H.
Heavy Damage Reported in indiana,
Ohio, Kentucky and Nebraska-Grest
Loss Inflicted on Crops-Barns Burned.
LINCOLN, Ill. Especially Lincoln was Wis
tied almost on the anniversary Of the water
spout OF 1892, by terrible storm. Factory
roofs and chimneys were blown away,
houses were damaged and trees dismantled
The centre Of the storm was about the ILL
nois Asylum for Feeble Minded Childred
where five boys were killed and the super
indendent seriously injured. The buildings
were considerably damaged.