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The county record. [volume] (Kingstree, S.C.) 1885-1975, 1901-10-03
"No Such Premium. "

Strange as it may seem some TGgis-
trates in different portions Of the
State have had the idea that because
a man loses his citizenship upon being
convicted and sent to the state prison
he is not required to pay taxes after
he is set free. One magistrate wrote
the attorney general about the matter
and Mr.. Bellinger replied as follows:
Dear Sir: In your letter OF the 2lst
inst. you ask to be informed If man
who has been convicted and served his
time out at the penitentiary at Colum-
bia, is amendable to poll taxi In :e-
ply beg to say that no one is relieved
of the burden Of paying taxes. eithe:
upon property or poll. by reason Of in
dictment or conviction for crime. The
law does not place such a premium
upon violation OF law"
The county record. [volume] (Kingstree, S.C.) 1885-1975, 1901-10-03
Six r1en Blown to Death.

New York, Speeial-Six men and
possibly seven, were killed and seven
injured by the explosion Of an oil
tank of the Essex & Hudson Gas Com
pany, at Newark, N. J. The known dead
are: Lawrence Kireh, 35 years old, en-
ployed in the works; VIM. Meyer, 40
years of age; Otto Newman, q years
old, foreman at the works; Alfred
Snyder. % years old, resided in jersey
City; Nicholas Miller, As years old;
unidentified man. Many witnesses say
there is body in the river as they saw
it hurled high in the air and thrown
in that direction. The tank which ex-
ploded was one Of number Of i'm
mense steel reservoirs which was un-
dergoing its periodical cleaning, hav-
ing been emptied Of its oil in the
morning. The tank was 20 feet deep
and Kirch and Meyer entered through
the manhole first without taking the
precaution Of having ropes tied about
them. They were Immediately over
come by the fumes. Foreman Newman
saw this and started down after them.
After shouting warning to the other
workmen in the yard, he too collapsed
in the tank Nicholas Miller, grocer
near by, who had been foreman OF the
works, was in the yards and at once
assumed charge of the rescue. Sum-
moning others the men began with
chisel to cut a large ring in the tank.
It is supposed one of the chisels in
striking the steel caused the emission
OF a spark for Immediately there was
an explosion like that Of cannon ana
a sheet OF flame. Ten men were on top
of the tank at the time. They were
swept away in all directions. Miller.
Snyder and the unidentified man were
blown many feet in the air. The tank
was rent in twain and after all was
over the badies Of the three men in 1t
were taken out. The gas and other
tanks in the yard were surrounded by
flames for a short time but none eX-
ploded and the fremen had little to
Go.
The county record. [volume] (Kingstree, S.C.) 1885-1975, 1901-10-03
r1acArthur Has Nothing to Saw.

Milwaukee, Special.-When his at
tention was called to the dispatches
announcing the disaster that had over
taken Company c of the Ninth Infan-
try, Gen. George Arthur Macarthur
said: This is one OF these dep!orable
isolated incidents which will have no
effect on the general result. 1t is 4
portion of the insurrectiOn which has
been conducted by General Lakban,
which has not been suppressed. There
are plenty Of soldiers there ultimately
to subdue the rebellion in the island Of
Samar. The details are too meagre for
NE to discuss the subject. The dispatch
contains all the information that can
be had at this time. | can add nothing
more
The county record. [volume] (Kingstree, S.C.) 1885-1975, 1901-10-03
Damage to Rice Crop.

Savannah, Ca, Special.-The freshet
that came down the Savannah river
Friday was one of the worst ever ex-
perienced by rice planters OF this SEE
ton. The river rose foot or more
higher than ever known; and practi-
cally every rice plantation on the river
,s under water. The water reached its
greatest height Friday night. IT not
only overfowed the banks OF the helas
but in a number of places broke
through the banks, making bad wash
outs that can be repaired only with a
great deal of trouble and expense. The
damage to the rice will not be known
until the food subsidies enough to al
low a repair of the banks and the
drainage Of the fields. The water Is
reccding.
The county record. [volume] (Kingstree, S.C.) 1885-1975, 1901-10-03
Military Prisoners Shot

New York. Special-Charles P.
Meiner. Of Yonkers. N. Y, one of a
batch Of military prisoners who were
being escorted aboard the steamer
Hamilton, bound for Norfolk. tried
to escape and was shot above the
right hip by one of the marine
guards. Edward Early. The guarG.
used revolver and the bullet passed
through Meiner's body. Meiner was
conveyed to the Hudson Street Hos.
pital, and after Early had reported
at the Leonard street police station
he was allowed to proceed with the
rest Of the guard in command Of
Lieutenant G. Bishop, Jr., Meiner was
conscious when he reached the hos
pital but the doctors there stated
that he was in a precarious condi-
ton
The county record. [volume] (Kingstree, S.C.) 1885-1975, 1901-10-03
Minor 1atterS.

Over 1900 sheep will be shown at
the Pan American Exposition in Buff
falo, y. Y. this week.
Major General Macarthur goes
West next week to command the De-
partment of the Colorado.
Hundreds of persons are fleeing
from Battle Lake, Wyo.. the town haV-
ing been set on fire by burning forests.
Forty switchmen, striking for higher
wages, have tied up traffic on eight
railroads over the Kentucky and In
diana bridge over the Ohio River at
Louisville, KY.
William Thompson, former treasurer
of the National Soldiers Home, at
Hampton, Va, has been made gov
ernor of the home, vice P. 7. Woodhn,
deceased.
The county record. [volume] (Kingstree, S.C.) 1885-1975, 1901-10-03
Negro Whipped to Death.

T-ongv:ew. Tex, Special.-News ha;
reached here of race riot at Hall
vile, in Harrison county. A party OF
white men Saturday night whipped 9
nog.o so severely that he died. They
attempted to break into the house O!
another negro who shot and killed Ju.
Ian Atwood Armed citizans have bee-
searching for Tom Walker, who Gij
tn shooting. and late reports say he
has been banged. The trouble was over
crop mortgages. 1t is said the negro g
secured advances on their crops anl
\ltn refused to fulfill the contract.
The county record. [volume] (Kingstree, S.C.) 1885-1975, 1901-10-03
General News Notes.

Tho Duke and Duchess Of CornWai
and York arrived at Winnipeg, Man.
Prince Makachidze. Of Russia. was
arrested in Italy as an anarchist.
Mount Vesuvius is in eruption again.
The Peary Artic steamer Winaward
returned to Brigus, y. +, from NcrtA
Greenland.
The first of the Series CT races b.
tween the Columbia and Shamrock
II for the international yachting chan
p;opship was declared no race be-
caus the yachts failed to finish within
the time limit.
Six men were killed and seven sew
rely injured by gas works explosion
II Newark, y. J.
The county record. [volume] (Kingstree, S.C.) 1885-1975, 1901-10-03
GETTING THE REPORTS READY.
State Superintendent of Education Is
Pushing Ii Forward.

The superintendent Of education -
now busy preparing his annual report
to the legislature. Superintendent Mt
Mahan is in Pickens conducting the
county summer school, but while doi:g
this he is also writing his report so
that 1t may be given to the State
printer soon after his return next
week. Meantime. the clerks in his OIL
flee are busy collecting data and ar
ranging it for the statistical part Of
this report
The information given in this report
this year will be more accurate aud
fuller, perhaps, than has ever been
given in the reports Of superintenl-
ent of education. Many new features
have been added and special effo Is
have been put forward since early il
the year to have the data full and
accurate. Many reports have had to
be returned for fuller information or
for correction.
Wednesday the circulars for intor-
nation about the mill schools Were
sent to all the cotton mill presidents
IN the State with a request that these
blanks be filled out and returned at
once. The table in the last report Oh
the superintendent Of education was
used much by the members OF the leg
islature, even though the data given in
this table was not full. This year
the superintendent Of education VIII
give a much more elaborate one, which
will doubtless be of much interest to
the legislature and to the many In
terested in the subject OF education
ir the cotton mills. One Of the qucs.
tions Mr.. Mahan has asked in this
circular is "up to what age do you
favor compulsory educaticn?"
Some of the towns In the State have
not yet sent IN their reports. but the
reports have been checked on and
another request made OF the delin-
quent ones, making the third and IN
some instances the fourth request
made. The superintendent Of educa-
ton believes that there is no way to
get these reports except by persistent
effort. Still up to the present the :'e-
turns are more complete than they
have been and it is likely that the re.
port Of town schools will be a very full
and interesting one.
The county record. [volume] (Kingstree, S.C.) 1885-1975, 1901-10-03
SERlvUS WRECK.
Fast Passenger Train Runs Into o
Freight Near Columbia.

Columbia, Special.-About midnight
Thursday night there was a bad
wreck on the Southern Railways CO.
lumbia and Greenville division about
two miles from the city. The news
Of the accident was not generally re-
ceived in the city until after 2 o'clock
next morning. 1t was tail-end coils
ion between the down passenger train
due here at midnight-No. 16-and
freight train No. 72 Who were in
charge OF the two trains could not be
ascertained. At 2:3O Supt. Welles and
Yardmaster Blanton, with DR.. Taylor
and other physicians, left the city for
the scene Of the wreck.
The mail agent on the passenger
train whose name could not be ascer-
tained was reported by the passengers
on the train as seriously injured.
The fireman Of the passenger train
has an ankle dislocated.
Ouo pdSSCl6Ca, JUG EuunVdy, Aoo
his shoulder dislocated.
Flagman Burns was also injured, 1t
is said, only slightly.
The engineer CT the passenger Is re-
ported to have dislocated shoulder.
This was all that could be learned
as to the injured.
From a passenger who reached the
city at 2:3O it was learned that ths
freight train was trying to make the
siding at Camp Torrance, having Or
ders to clear for the passenger to pass
This proved to be impossible, and the
passenger came down upon the freight
at the rate Of 80 miles an hour and
crashed into the rear OF the freight.
The caboose OF the freight was COM
pletely telescoped, the cab being left
around the engine boiler. The box
cars OF the freight were also tele-
scoped as we'll as two fiat cars, the
trucks being left upon the tracks. The
telescoped cars referred to caught fire
and were burned, the fiat cars being
only partially burned.
The passenger who told the story
said that the crash was an awful one
and the jar was too much for the pas
sengers, all being thrown from their
seats save himself, and he was sitting
in the double seat at the front Of the
coach. There were two young ladies
who were tossed about but were not
hurt. He says that had It not been
for the fact that the passenger was
mixed train results would have been
serious. AS it was one OF the box
cars on the passenger was wrecked.
The freight conductor came on TO
town ON the engine Of his train and re-
ported the accident, and the engine
was sent back with couple OF passen-
ger cars bringing the passengers in
about 2:15 o'clock.
The county record. [volume] (Kingstree, S.C.) 1885-1975, 1901-10-03
Canal Treaty Ready to Sign.

London, BY Cable.-Correspon-
dence regarding the Nicaragua Canal
treaty has ceased. the treaty being
in form for signature. The only au-
thoritative information obtainable
about it here is that it Is considerably
better for the United States than the
preceding one. The utmost reserve
exists respecting the neutrality
clause. In other respects the treaty
follows the general lines Of the old
one.
The county record. [volume] (Kingstree, S.C.) 1885-1975, 1901-10-03
Want Better Wages.

Fall River, Mass, Special.-The tex
tile council unanimously voted to in
struct Secretary James Whitehead to
address a communication to the manu-
facturers asking that notices be posted
in all the mills giving an advance OF
wages similar to that posted in TIE
Iron Works and Bourne Mills.
The county record. [volume] (Kingstree, S.C.) 1885-1975, 1901-10-03
Two Men Killed nv Fall.

Wilkesbare. Pa, Specia John Wal
lace, engineer. and John Connolly
miner, were instantly killed at the tw II
shaft at Pittston. The men were baine
hoisted TO the surface in a bucket ani
when about halfway up the shaft the
bucket tipped over and both men wert
thrown cut. They fell distance Of 2C0
feet and when picked up nearly every
Alone in their bodies was broken.
The county record. [volume] (Kingstree, S.C.) 1885-1975, 1901-10-03
Another Fight Reported.

Manila, BY Cable.-Capt. Lawrence
J. Learhn reports severe engagement
with insurgents near Candelaria, tie
Americans losing one killed and two
wounded The insurgent less has net
been ascertalned. The Americans cap
tured 10000 pounds Of rice and several
hundred pounds of ammunition.
The county record. [volume] (Kingstree, S.C.) 1885-1975, 1901-10-03
COLUMBIA IN LEAD.
The Second Yacht Race Was Quite a
Success.
IT WAS VERY CLOSE AND EXCITING.
Women Tainted and Men Went Wild
With Excitement-1he Eng!ishman
Satisfied.

The first OF the series o. :ltcraat:o2-
al yacht races was a failure on ac-
count Of light wind. The second was a
successful one. and is thus described:
New York, Special.-in the closest
and most soul-stirring race ever sailed
for the old Americas cup, the white
flyer Columbia Saturday beat the Brit
ish challenger over windward and
iceward course Of thirty nautical miles
by the narrow margin of SO seconds.
AS Lipton's latest aspirant for cup
honors must allow the defender 43
seconds on account OF the extra 8}3
square feet OF canvass in her sail area.
the officis! record, under the rules.
gives her the victory by one minute and
two seconds.
AS a spectacle the contest was su-
perb. From the time the two sky-scrap-
ing races crossed the starting line un-
til they fed across the finish line four
and a half hours later the result was in
doubt and the excitement aboard the
excursion feet increased until men be-
came frenzied and women almost
hysterical. So evenly matched were
these two scientific racing machines
that never after they started were the
rival shippers out of each others hail
and more than three-quarters OF the
time they were so close that Charlie
Barr, who had the tiller aboard the
American. could have tossed ball to
Captain Sycamore. For miles as they
beat their way to the other ouler mark
the black shadow Of the Shamrock's
huge club topsail was painted on the
bigmainsail of the Columbia and for
an hour on the run home, with the
two yachts flying like scared deer be-
fore the following wind, they ran al
most beam to beam as II they had been
harnessed together.
AS a result Of the day race, though
faith in the Columbia still remains in
the hearts Of the patriots, all the eX-
perts admit that the British boat IS
the ablest sloop ever sent to these wa
ters to lift the 100-guinea cup which
the old schooner America brought
across the Atlantic so years ago, and
that the superiority Of American sea-
manship and American naval architec-
ture, as represented by the defender.
remains to be established. The quality
Of a sailing ship is measured by her
ability to carve her way into an ad-
verse wind and in the fifteen-mile
thresh to windward the golden chal-
lenger gained SO seconds, while on the
run home her lead was eaten up and
the Columbia crossed the finish line
exactly 81 seconds before the Sham
rock. 1t must be remembered, however,
that the challenger had the weather
gauge, and the nautical experts said
after the race that during the outward
Journey she had been sailed to abso-
lutte perfection, while before the wlna
the American yacht not only showed
fieeter pair Of heels. but, in the opin-
ion OF the sharps, was better handled.
The county record. [volume] (Kingstree, S.C.) 1885-1975, 1901-10-03
CHARLES LOEFFLER. y
&c. B. CORTELYOU,

1t is given out on authority that the
Mckinley estate will total S225.0 900 or
$25O,C00, including life insurance Of
S67 900. Aside from this insurance the
estate consists Of real estate here and
contiguous to Canton and Of deposits
in Washington banks. Monday morn
ing has been fixed by the probate
court for a hearing prior to probatiug
the will. The will is in the Presidents
own handwriting.
The county record. [volume] (Kingstree, S.C.) 1885-1975, 1901-10-03
M'KINLEY'S WILL P1.cCaTE0.
His Wife 1ade the Sole Legatee For
Life-Executors Named.

Canton. O., Special.-Secretary Cor
telyou came here last Friday to 2s-
sist Mrs. Mckinley in Gisposing OF
matters connected with the late
Presidents estate. After meeting
Mrs. Mckinley. the question Of filing
the will was taken uD. The trying
task OF reading it to her was under
taken by the faithful secretary. Mrs.
Mckinley made heroic effort to bear
up and succeeded in doing so, although
the ordeal was difficult for her. She
is resting we'll All legal formalitjes
necessary for her to subscribe to were
disposed OF. At 3 o'clock Judge Day
and Secretary Cortelyou went to the
Office OF the probate judge and offer
ed the will Of President Mckinley for
probate. They carried with them the
following:
Il, Ida S. Mckinley, widow Of VIII
liam Mckinley. deceased. hereby de-
cline the administration Of his estate
and recommend the appointment Of
VIM. R. Day and Geo. B. Cortelyou as
administrators, with the will annex
ed"
This recommendation bears the date
OF September 27. 1901. Following is
the text OF President McKinley's will:
Executive Mansion, Washington.
81 publish the following as my latest
will and testament, hereby revokiny
all former wills: To my beloved wife
Ida s. Mckinley. beQueath all Of my
real estate, wherever situated. and
the income of any personal property Of
which l may be possessed at death,
during her natural life. make the
following charge upon all Of my prop.
erty, both real and personal: To pay
my mother during her life $1,000
year, and at her death said sum to be
paid to my sister. Helen Mckinley. II
the income from property be INSULT
cient to keep my wife Il great conf
fort and pay the annuity above provi-
ded. then | direct that such OF my
property be sold 50 as to make sum
adequate for both purposes. Whatever
property remains at the death of MY
wife. give to my brother and sisters,
share and share alike. My chief con-
cern Is that my wife from my estate
shall have all she requires for her
comfort and pleasure and that my
mother shall be provided with what
ever money she requires to make har
old age comfortable and happy. Wit
ness my hand and seal, this, 22nd day
OF October, 1897, to my last will and
testament. made at the city OF WASH
ington. District Of Columbia.
(SealD WILLIAM MCKINLEY.
The foregoing will was witnessed
by US this. 22nd day OF October, 1897,
at the request Of the testator and his
name signed hereto in our presence
and our signature hereto in his pres
ence.
Marietta daily leader. (Marietta, Ohio) 1895-1906, 1901-01-10
WORD
From Special Com
missioner
SAYS THAT JAPAN
Fears That Korea VIII Fall.
Into
HANDS OF THE RUSSIANS
They Think That Manchurla May be But a
Stepping Stone.
HANDS OF THE RUSSIANS
They Think That Manchuria May be But a
Stepping Stone. Il


By Associated Press.
Washington, d. c., March 25-Rock-
hill, our special commissioner at Pc
kin, has been heard from further re-
specting the conditions there. His re-
port is confirmatory to the latest press
advices. Touching the question of
the size of the legation guards, which
appears to be giving concern, ,it,is said
that the Chinese court will not return
to Pekin unless all powers reduce their
contingencies to the proportions of the
United States legation guard of two
companies.
Advices from Pekin clear up some of
the misapprehension Of the indemnities
claimed by the different powers "a re-
cent published report was that Germ
any's claim amounted to $4,000, 600.
This proves to be erroneous. The act-
ual amount of the German indemnities
is $6O,00O,00O. The basis for this is the
large military establishment which
Germany sent to China and has main
tanned up to the present time, amount
ing to 1850 men.
The information reaching diplomatic
quarters here is that the objections to
the China-Russian agreement on Man
churia have not been of such decis-
i've character as to prevent the sign
ing of the document and it is expected
that it will be executed today or to-
morrow unless Russia voluntarily
withdraws the agreement Moreover, in
case the document is signed, there is no
idea that serious results will follow in
The way of an open breach betweea
powers. Japan has gone the farthest in
p'oies,ing, Lut even her obje;;';tis co
not go to the point of indicating that
force will be used if the agreement is.
signed. The warlike tone of reports
from Japan are not taken to refer Sd
much to Manchuria as to Korea and
Japan's present purpose is understood
to be to prevent the Manchurian man
agement from becoming a Russian
stepping stone to Korea.
Marietta daily leader. (Marietta, Ohio) 1895-1906, 1901-01-10

In locating the dam seven miles be-
low Marietta, the government guaran-
tees to this city exactly the same level
that would have been maintained with
the dam two miles below, and argues
other advantages that we could not
have had in the first location. The
committee, at a called meeting of the
Board of Trade will make a full re-
port, and we venture that Marietta will
recognize the fact that she is better
provided for with the change than
without it.-Register.
Inasmuch as this is the, same Regis
ter that howled itself hoarse but a
few days ago in it's denunciation of the
political influences" that had brought
about the proposed change in the loca-
tion of the dam, it can hardly be con .
sidered out of place to inquire as to
what Influence produced this sud-
den change of heart. However, this is
a fair sample of the manner in which
the Register looks after the interests
of Marietta.
Marietta daily leader. (Marietta, Ohio) 1895-1906, 1901-01-10

BY its vicious attacks on the Gov
ernment Engineering Department, in
publishing the statement that the pro-
posed change of the location of Dam
No. Is was due to political influence,
the Register did not represent the
Board of Trade or anyone else, and II
cannot now excuse itself by calling
people names and employing the use Of
vile epithets, which always constitute
its stock in trade. All good citizens
deplore the delay of work on the dam
and it is too bad that General Wilson
and Major Bixby do not understand
that the assault upon them came from
an irresponsible source. However. un-
fortunate as it is, strangers cannot be
expected to know, as do the citizens of
Marietta, that the Register does not
represent anybody in its continuous at
tacks upon Marietta's interests.
Marietta daily leader. (Marietta, Ohio) 1895-1906, 1901-01-10

F. NJ Gilkeson. who left for Wash
ington last Thursday night, accomp
anied by Congressman JAS. A. Hughes,
to secure, IL possible, the location OF
the proposed government dam at the
head of Blennerhassett Island, arrived
home Sunday night. Mr.. Gilkeson
says the committee. after viewing the
situation, are perfectly willing to
abide by whatever the government en-
gineers in their judgment may deem
best in the matter. The department.
was greatly annoyed by the action of
certain people and newspaper of Ma
rietta, and the Marietta committees
reception was rather chilly, while the
Parkersburg committee received verv
courteous treatment. t.-Parkersburg
Sentinel.
From reading the above it is not diff
ficult to see that the assistance co
given by the Register toward locating
the dam near this city is the same kind
which it renders in behalf of every 9TH
er industry for Marietta.