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The county record. [volume] (Kingstree, S.C.) 1885-1975, 1904-10-06

St. Louis, Special.-Tuesday's session
Of the American Bar Association was
called TO order by President James
Hagerman, of st. Louis. Hon. Amos
NJ. Thayer, United States circuit judge
for the eighth circuit OF St Louis had
heavy cold, and his address on tSThe
Louisiana Purchase; Its influence and
Development Under American Rule"
was read by Judge Franklin Ferris, OF
st. Louis.
Follow'-g the reading Of Judge
Thayers address, the session was oc-
cupied with the reports Of standing
committees. The report Of the commit
tee on International law declared that
the japanese claim in the present war
was Of a character that affords Just
ground for mediation.
The committee on law reform recon-
mended the passage Of the bill To au-
thorize the maintenance Of actions for
negligence causing death in maritime
cases.
The majority report Of the standing
committee on commercial law, submit
ted in pursuance of q resolution adopt
ed at the last meeting Of the >assocfac
ton that the committee be instructed
to report specific remedies In leg1sla-
tive form for any uniawful' comNna,
tons which may threaten commeeclai
intercourse, Is based on the conciusioa
that the resolution referred to the
Federal power to regulate Interstate
commercial, rather than to the STATE
power to control commerce exclusively
within the State.
The committee is, therefore, OF optn--
ion that until the existing engencies
provided by law for the protection of
commerce AGAINST illegal combinations
are further invoked and their efhcaency
further tested, it is not necessary to-
PROFOUND add Aional legislation ex-
tending the summary procedure.
A minority report was submitted oy
Walter s. Logan, stating that he was
unable to agree entirely with the CON
clusion OF the other members OF inc
committee on commercial law. HIS re-
port concludes:
al know of no better weapon that the
community has for its defender tnaA
the weapon Of taxation. l am the
more convinced as to the effectiveness
of this method Of regulating large COM
binations in the form Of corporations
when I see, the opposition to 1t that IS
made by the combinations and corpora
tIons affected. The passage Of such leg
islation would, believe, 90 long way
toward settling in the interest OF the
people the important and yexatious
trust question"
These reports were received and fled
and consideration postponed.
BENJAMIN r. Abbott, OF georgia,
made an address On ITO what EXeeat
Will a Nation Protect Its Citizens IN
Foreign Countries?'
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Miscellaneous poings.

Kid Mccoy won over Sullivan IN MS
Goth round at Los Angeles, Tuesday
night.
Hon William J. Bryan was billed
to make 30 speeches in Indiana from
October 12 to October 22.
The Democratic National Commit
tee expects to push the campaign
fighting from this time. and deciafe'
that Judge Parker's letter would aid
his party in the Presidential battle
The American Bar Association De-
gan it's twenty-seventh annual con-
vention at the Worlds Fair, In st.
Louis.
The colonel of a British regiment
stationed at Portsmouth has revived
the old custom of "crying down the
credit of the regiment" The drums and
f,fes marched to different parts OF the
town and the drum major, at each, read
a proclamation warning tradesmen that
men of the regiment could not be held
RESPONSIBLE for debts over the value OF
one DAVIS pay, say, 25 cents.
The county record. [volume] (Kingstree, S.C.) 1885-1975, 1904-10-06
Eorejon Affairs.

The Japanese are maneuvering near
Mukden in such great force that an
early battle is regarded as ineVitaoie.
The Russian police trace the recent
series Of assassinations in that coun,
try to a band Of terrorists, VINO nno
refuge in Switzerland.
The crust around the crater OF YES
uyius broke, rendering the present
eruption more terrifying.
Governor Patron, Colombian ON
cial, expressed official regret for the
besmearing with filth Of the Ameri'
can consulate at Carthagena-
Pope Plus X invites Catholics 10 4
service in Rome for atonement LOT
the recent free-tninkers' congress.
The Irish Unionist Alliances exec
utiye committee protested against 'he
new program Of the Irish Reform
Association.
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Invention of Trousers.

Trousers originated in the high
lands of Central Asia, the first OF
which there is any record having been
worn by the Ayran people, who, un.
der Cyrus, descended from the noun
tains into the plains of Mesopotamia.
The Romans later observed that
trousers were worn by their "harbar-
ian" neighbors. the Germanic tribes.
as we'll as by the Persians and others.
The Romans themselves finally adopt
ed trousers when campaigning or
travelling north Of the Alps, but
were careful to doff them as soon as
they re-entered Italy.
For small children to be left en-
tirely nude was customary among
our classical forbears. 1t is still a
custom among the lower classes In
many Of the tropical countries, nota-
bly, the West Indies. Indian chill
dren outside the zone ct the Indian
school rarely wear clothing when the
weather is warm.-Washington Star.
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FuIAN FIRE WALKERS .
Stroll Sedately Over Hcd-Hot Stones
Without Being Burned.

Without Being Burned.
Those who witnessed the coronation
procession will doubtless recollect
small group of copper-colored soldiers
with bare legs and outstanding hal
innocent OF covering. The strange peo
ple-Fijians-and their cncient cere-
mony of the Yilavolaircvo, or fire walk
ing, were the subject of a paper read
by W. L. .allardyce, c. NJ. e.. at q
meeting Of the Royal Colonial lnsti-
tute Yesterday. Admiral Sir \. Bow
den-Smith presided.
The ceremony Of fire walking, Mr..
Allardyce explained. is performed h!
q certain tribe at the Island Of Bega.
and originated in legend that in re-
ward for having spared the life of
man he had dug out Of the ground.
one TUT Qualita was invested with tie
power of being able to walk over red
hot stones without being burned. An
earth oven Is made and filled with lay
ers Of wood and stone. In this hre
Is kindled about twelve hours before
the fire walking takes place, and, when
the hot stones have bee exposed by
brushing away the charcoal, the na'
tives, under the direction of master
of ceremonies, walk over them bare
footed.
The temperature at the eGge Of the
oven Is about 120 degree Fahrenheit,
while on one occasion, when the ther-
moimeter was suspended over the
stones. It registered 2s2 degrees and
the solder was melted. Yet. stated
Mr.. Allardyce. after the ceremony the
natives show no signs OF the terrific
ordeal through which they have gone.
By means of a number o: views the
lecturer gave q realistic idea OF the
ceremony as performed nowadays.
yice-Admiral Lewis Beaumont de-
scribed a fire walking ceremony as
witnessed by himself. Although those
who took part in it showed no signs
of discomfort, he remarked that ap-
parently they did not like it very
much.
Replying to questions, Mr.. Allardyce
said the only explanation he could give
Of the apparent immunity from harm
following the process was that soles OF
the feet Of the natives We're hardened
to an unusual degree through constant
walking on a sandy soil covering coral.
which became exceedingly hot under
the sun. There was also the element
of absolute belief by the natives il
the legend that they were proof agains'
fre.-London Standard.
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In the North.

Two men were killed in q collision
on the Maine Central.
The first meeting of the First Inter-
national Congress Of Public Account
ants was held in st. Louis.
Judge George Gray sustained the
decision of Umpire Carroll D. Wright
in the matter of check-weighman anu
check-docking bosses in favor OF the
anthracite coal miners.
Hugh Gurney, third secretary OF
the British embassy, was arrested an Ia
fined at Lee, Mass, in violation OF the
law giving him diplomatic immunity.
The Union Iron Works, Of San Fran
cisco. was sold at auction for S1,1oo'-
600 to a company controlled by C.
NJ. Schwab.
Senator G. F. Hoar was reported 10
pe very weak and in stupor at Ms
homo in Worcester, Mass.
4 fire broke out in Wingate's board
ing house about II o'clock TUESDAY
night at Gardiner, Me-, and EXTENDED
To the Coliseum containing one OF the
largest roller polo rinks in Maine. Ihe
building was entirely consumed.
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CLOUDBURST LOSSES
Reavy Csrl1ge Wrought in Coi.fads
Settlement
The LOSS WILL REACH A MILLION
Devastation Wrought Along the
Whole Valley of the Las Anirnas
River, Including the City OF Las
Aninas.

Trinidad Col, Special.-A terrlnc
flood has struck the city OF Trinidad
and the whole valley along the Las
Animas river, devastating a wide Sec
ton end causing n loss which VIII
reach 81, 100000 So far as known there
was no loss cf life, but several are re-
norted missing. Every bridge In the
city of Trinidad is out, and the tele-
rhone and telegraphic service COM
pletely suspended. More than 30 city
blocks in the residence and business
portions were from two to three feet
under water along the river.
The food was caused BY heavy tain
which has been falling for two days.
A. 8 o'clock Thursday night the storm
assumed cloudburst proportions and at
z O'Clock this morning the Las Animas
river went over its banks. At $3.50 It
was impossible to get within block
Of the river bed at any point, and Com
merciil street was flooded for three
blocks in the heart Of the business dis
t:ict. Meantime the electric light ard
gas plant had been flooded and the city
was in complete darkness. Hundreds
OF citizens thronged the streets on the
edge Of the submerged district, carry
ing lanterns and doing their best to
provide for those driven from home
with shelter. Warning Of the flood was
given when the river left its banks, by
revolver shots and the ringing OF the
fire alarm, following the blowing OF all
the locomotive and shop whistles In
town. Citizens upon RATS made on sec
tions Of sidewalks padded through the
streets rescuing families which were IN
danger. The new Bacca Hotel. two
story structure just nearing completion
at a cost of $4,000 on the river bank.
was destroyed. The water then ate its
way through so feet Of ground to the
Sante Fe depot, which was carried
away. The Cardenas Hotel, adjoining.
barely escaped a similar fate, an acre
CT ground being washed away near 1t.
The Rio Grande bridge, at Ell Moro, is
out and the Santa Fe right or way IN
many places has been washed out.
1t was reported that the food was
due to break in a city reservoir, but
this is erroneous. The reservoir Is safe.
The county record. [volume] (Kingstree, S.C.) 1885-1975, 1904-10-06
Not Real Boil WeeviIs-

Covington. Ga, Specialize sup
posed boil weevil discovered on a plan
tatton in the eastern part of this coun-
ty several days ago, upon comparison
with the real Mexican bon weevii. spec
linens of which were sent here by the
State chronological Department,
proyes to be an entirely different in
sect beng of different color and
very much larger than the Mexican
weevil. There are, however. serious
apprehensions that it may prove TO Dc
as destructive as the Mexican insect.
A number of the insects have been for-
warded to State Entomologist NeWeii
for examination.
The county record. [volume] (Kingstree, S.C.) 1885-1975, 1904-10-06
Bow Kills His Father.

Little Rock, Ark, Special.-A special
to the Arkansas Gazette from Austin,
Ark, says: John King, farmer living
near here, is lying at the point OF
death from a gunshot wound at the
hands of his son, Walter, who is II
years old. It is claimed that King
was abusing his wife when Walter took
his mothers part and told his father
repeatedly to cease the abuse. The an
eered father is said not to have needed
the warning given by his son, and the
latter seized a shotgun and fired. the
load entering Kings neck. Young King
has been arrested.
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Death of Senator Hoar.

Worcester, Mass, Special:-Unlted
States Senator George F. Hoar died
here last Thursday night. Old age
was the immediate cause of death.
It is understood that the funeral will
be held Monday from the Church OF
the Unity, and that Rev. Edward Ev-
erett Hale, chaplain Of the United
States Senate, will be asked to offici-
etc. Rev. Rush R. Shipper, Of Brock
ton, former pastor Of the Church of
the Unity, and the minister who per-
formed Senator Hoar's second marri-
age, will be invited to assist. The
body will lie in state, probably at the
city hall, during Monday. The inter
nent will be made in Sleepy Hollow
Cemetery, Concord, Tuesday morn-
ing.
Mayor Blodgctt issued proclama-
tion calling upon the business men
Of Worcester to close their establish
ments during the funeral. Flags
throughout the city are displayed at
half mast.
Redwood Hoar, son Of the late
Senator Hoar, received the following
message from President Roosevelt:
General lockwood Hoar: Accept
my most profound sympathy. The
loss is not yours only, but of all those
who believe in the lofty standard OF
purity, integrity and fearlessress In
public life. -
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Washington Happenings.

In letter to the President Cover
nor Wright, of the Philippines, de-
clares agitation for freedom for the
Filipinos in this country causes rest
lessness there.
President Roosevelt will issue his
call for a second peace conference as
soon as he has sounded the sentiment
of other nations.
John E. Redmond, distinguished
Irish leader, took luncheon with Pres
ident Roosevelt.
Rev. Charles Wagner, author OF
The Simple Life" spent night At
the White House.
The Washington Navy Yard gun
rlant has started continuous work on
naval ordnance.
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Train Wreeker Arrested.

Roanoke, Va. special.-Wiiliam G.
baldwin. president of the Railway
Special Agents OF the United States
and Canada, with headquarters here
received a telegram from the authori-
ties at Danyille, ILL.,. which stated that
Johu kennedy, the convicted train
wrecker, has been arrested at that place.
kennedy escaped from the saun-
ton. Va, Jail several months ago, after
having received the death sentence. Fhe
description given by the Illinois ao-
thorities is almost complete.
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FRENCH OF NEW ORLEANS.
Described by Jules Huret in the
Paris Figaro"

How fsnaly they cling to their Old
two.storfsd houses with green blinds
their courts and their Spanish CALLER
les. In that also they are indeed OF
our biucd. While the Anglo-Saxons
.n ia create new districts with broad
avenues like st. Charles avenue, they
refuse to follow. They live IN their
ancient streets where they were born'
without paving and so filthy that 1t Is
impossibre to crcss them except az
the corners where few paving stones
have been placed to form a 1ord.
In these streets one hears French ex-
clusiyely. II is here that one finds
the few rassably good restaurants
OF the city, called "Frenche Restau-
rants"-kept by the sarulous South.
erners-wnieh have the appearance OF
those old restaurants of our meridion'
al cities, where one Is served on COOK
cry highly spiced, as will give it the
Southern tradition. but which in real
ity helds scarcely any relation to
the French cuisine.
But in all the streets one meets
constantly the Southern type, eyes
black and brilliant. black mustache,
an easy supple walk with nothing
OF the AngtoSaxon rigidfty to which
one becomes accustomed in the
Northern States. 1t seems anoma-
1pus to hear these people speaking
English. Likewise It is delight on
addressing them to hear them express
themselves at once in our language
as purely and as clearly as If they
bad Just left France.
And the life there led is charming
IA life eaBy yet active and without
the rigorous hypocrisy Of New Eng
land. People know how to amuse
themselves, to entertain themselves
and to mix work with pleasure. The
carnival which | have already de-
scribed, is one of the signs of 1t.
But all the year balls, dinners, recep-
ticns and excursions follow one an
other. Sundays one goes to break
fast. ar to dine at West End, q res
taurant built on the water, full of
The county record. [volume] (Kingstree, S.C.) 1885-1975, 1904-10-06
On. Officer Kills Another.

Savannah, Special.-Pc!iceman Zip
perer and Goodwin, Of the Union de-
not squad, quarreled Thursday about
how drummers should be treated
around the depot by the police. A
ficnt ensued between the policemen,
in the course of which Zipperer was
shot and killed by Goodwin. The cor
oners jury held an inquest ard pro
nounced the homicide TO be murder.
Goodwin was locked up in Jail pending
further legal action.
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NEWS THROUGHOUT TIE COUNTRY
Paragraphs Of Minor Importance
Gathered From Many Sources.
Through the South.

tTTOu9U kIlC Sodeh'
Georgia Day was observed in great
style at st. Louis exposition Wednes-
day.
Capt. Micajah Woods has consented
to aid the prosecution Of McCue at
Charlottesville.
In a conference at Charlotte, N. c.,
the hard yarn spinners agreed upon q
substantial raise in prices.
At Richmond the Western Union
Telegraph Company substituted
white messenger boys for the ne
groes who had been employed about
a year ago.
A number of daring burglars have
recently been committed at Greensboro.
N. C.
There was a joint debate at Wayne,
W. Va, between Messrs. Cornwall
and Dawson, the candidates for Coy
crnor.
+. J. A. Boreman, treasurer of the
Wood county Republican committee,
resigned because ne cannot support
the State ticket.
The death list Of the Southern rail.
way wreck near New Market, Tenn,
Saturday, remained at 62, five Of the
bodies being unidentified.
At a meeting of the stockholders OF
the Virginia Coal and Coke Company
held at Bristol, Va, the old board OF
directors was reelected. The direc'
tors will meet next week.
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Tried to Wreck Train.

Lynchburg, Va, Spe2ial.-The at
tempt to wreck a freight train On the
Chesapeake and Ohio. near here last
night. was evidently planned by four
men whose purpose was robbery.
One Of the men was on the train when
it struck the obstruction and when II
stopped he began throwing merchan
disc from the car. The attempt 10 100
ths train, however, was unsuccesSla..
The county record. [volume] (Kingstree, S.C.) 1885-1975, 1904-10-06
Japanese Vessel Sunk.

London, BY Cable.-A dispatch to
news agency from vladivostock says
that according to reports from Port
Arthur two Japanese torpedo boats
and C. Japanese steamer have been sunk
Inv mines near Port Arthur during the
mast few days. A japanese cruiser OF
the Niltaka type, it is added, was bady
injured.
The county record. [volume] (Kingstree, S.C.) 1885-1975, 1904-10-06
French Railroads.

Returns of the receipts on the French
railways during the first six months of
the year show general decline COM
pared with 1909. The loss Of the prin-
cipal companies is from two to three
per cent.
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A white headed vulture taken In
170e died in the geological gardens at
Vienna in 1924. thus living 11S years
n captivity.
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The Lion Checkmates
The Bear
By n. R. Wilkinson, of Canter
New Zealand.
Nv w. c.Ianeson Reid.

statesmen, the purpose IN nioe'
kSl Than omclai' anu
Yb freedom OF trace On n '
extending from the western borders OF o
countenanced bganoase
H9 between India and emma anu n
acoNng circles 1t ume tna
sartus neiehbos taught salutary lesson inns
world
embarrassment are such as any
Tnere can
into RUSSIAN
would
other hand
naua British influence and us
ole Thb is to thwar Russian
practical purposes pan
control can imagine that m
which gained save oy VI
strsage force Magazine
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TRUSTS AND fHE BAR
An Interesting iscussan Sprung at
st. Louis
PRESENT laws Arc NOT fAVORE8

The Standing Committee on CONNER
ciaI Law Reports That Until Exist
ing Remedies Are Further Tested
No Further Legislation Is Adsis-
able.
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remarkable woman at
cou,a unfinchng eyes,
in the history
natures?
obscuty the daughter OF MINOR
s" az authority by shwdn and daring
usuped the tnroh shS
enemies have arisen only to diapp
unchalenged
less will she has stripped OF the last vesg o @
had exercised
q Ksng Yu Wei controlling his every WORD and ac a " "
4O0O00OO0 Of subjects ,,uo,, .r "coma
Ana his most fascinating urged to stay anu anu ct
Isl An
an n h land of Confucius accodng 70
desped among
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China's Empress DowaSer.
Bv Minnie Norton.

HEN the time came adeus Majesty m1ngeu "n He
guests the Emperor following closely and as Mrs. Conser g
beyond me stepped royalty Imagine my astonsh
ment the Empress Dowager turned ooh me nS o a
hands stroked nv arm inquired how liked China ano
how long would remain concluding by asking me to ana
reurnev to visit MIS- Consel! au no'
CanÌƒon City record. [volume] (CanÌƒon City, Colo.) 1883-192?, 1904-07-07
Es DELIGHTFUL READING
CONNECTICUT RIVER BASS.

In a number of bass caught this
year in Connecticut waters decid-
I'd taste of kerosene has been no
ticed, and in one instance at Lyme
several people were disagreeably af-
fected after eating the fish. Bass
that have been cooked in Saybrook,
Wetherstield and in Brooklyn,
which are known TO have been
caught near Saybrook, have given
off strong odor of kerosene, and
they we're not cooked upon oil stoves
either.
The fishermen at Lyme and Say
brook are unable TO account for the
iisagreeable favor which many of
the bass have this season. Some of
the fishermen advance the theory
that the freshets in the Connecticut
have borne down the river the naph-
tha waste from gas plants and that
this oil, floating back and forth on
the tides, has given the bass their
unpalatable fiavor.-Hartford Cou-
rant.
CanÌƒon City record. [volume] (CanÌƒon City, Colo.) 1883-192?, 1904-07-07
A Scotch Grisxanes.

At the time of the kings acces-
sion number of Scotsmen protest
ed against the assumption Of his
majesty of the VII. after his name,
he being, as they say, merely the
first Edward of Scotland. The pro-
test was first made by the Scottish
Patriotic association, but since then
thousands of Scotch people through
out the world have signed it. The
number of signatures obtained is so
great that il has taken five bulky
volumes to contain them. The
books are now placed in the Art gal
lery Of Glasgow, and the corpora
ton has undertaken their custody.
The protest was first made on the
field of Bannockburn in June, 1901,
few months after the kings acces-
sion.-Westminster Gazette.
CanÌƒon City record. [volume] (CanÌƒon City, Colo.) 1883-192?, 1904-07-07

A remarkable Goldfish story is re-
ported from Northumberland. a
Goldfish caught at the mouth Of the
Wansbeck had in its stomach a gold
disk engraved with the name will
liam Drysdale Dudley
The disk is now in the possession
Of Blyth gentleman, but it has
been claimed by Mr.. William Drys-
dale of Gosforth, near Newcastle
on-Tyne. who tells an astonishing
tale.
He has, he says, the center part of
q medal that was won by his father
at Dudley poultry show nearly thir-
ty years ago. Drysdsle junior lost
the disk while on a visit to ASKING
ton, Northumberland, ten years ago.
His theory is that the center was
carried out to sea with refuse and
swallowed by the fish.-London EI-
preSs