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The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1889-06-12
4 Serpcntine Problem.

! An astronomer from Harvard Observatory
some time ago propounded this problem to
a number of fellow savants: Suppose that
three snakes, each ? feet in length, should
catch each other by the tip Of the tail, thus
making a circle feet in circumference
Suppose that each snake should begin to
swallow the one in front Of him. In what
wav would the resultant figure, after each
snake had swallowed the one il front Of
him, differ from the original circlel There
were many diverse opinions upon the sub
iec:, some Of them entering the consideration
of the fourth dimension Of space, because
any one Of the snakes would have swallowed
the two in front Of him and yet have been
swallowed by the two IL back Of him, and,
therefore, would be both inside and outside
of his two fellowS-Notes and Queries.
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Challenge Declined.

CHARLESTON, June 1.-[Special to The
Register. The Rev. J. E. Wilson of
Centenary Methodist Church will pub
lish a card tomorrow declining the
challenge of the Rev. J. L. Dart, Bap-
tist, to meet him in joint discussion of
the merits of immersion and sprinkling
as the method Of baptism. Brother vii
son says bluntly that he does not believe
that Brother Dart himself believes all
that he breaches. He cordially invites
Brother Dart, however, 10 come to Cen
tenary Church and listen to his sermons
and be converted to the true faith
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Death From. Red Roses.

CARTHAGE. Tenn, June 1.-Two little
daughters of Lou Russell, near here,
were poisoned yesterday in remarkable
manner. They were playing around the
ward and ate some red roses. Both were
taken violently i'll in short time, and
the elder girl died last night. The
younger fingered in great agony until
this morning, and then died. Investi-
CATION shows that the roses were full of
little green insects, and these are sup
posed by the physicians to have been
poison. The girls We're seven and SIX
wears old respectively.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1889-06-12
4 Iittja Monarch.

What monarch so absolute SIS spoiled
baby, and who would not rather live in gar
risons in Siberia than under the rule OF one
of these little despotS? Mature tyrants some
times relent, dofY their boots and spurs and
give the oppressed a recess. But under the
coral scepter of the nursery autocrat there
are no iutermisSions for rest and refresR-
,neat Resistance to tvran,s is obedience TO
heaven, therefore Christian parents 60 not
Kermit yourselves 10 * conquered by Cali
er,;,.,s in short clothes. Ecw YORK Ledger.
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B;sbou Eeane'S Successor.

New YORK, June 3.-The following
cabIeeram has been received by the
Catholic NearS:
ROME, June 3.-The Very Rev. A.
Van DeVyver, Vicar General and Ad-
minlstrator of the Diocese of Richmond,
has been elected to the Bishopric of that
See. He succeeds the Plight Rev. John
J. Keane, who was translated to the
See of Ajasso and made rector of the
New Catholic University at Washington
in August, 1888.
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TOM wooLFoLK's FOURTH TRIAL
For the Murder Of His Family OF Nine
Persons.

MACON. Ga. June IA special from
Perry, Houston County, Ga, says:
Tom Voolfolk, who is charged with the
murder of his entire family, consisting
of nine persons, was placed on trial here
Yesterday. The murder was committed
in Bibb County, near Macon, in 1886,
and the case goes to Houston County on
a change Of venue The case has been
famous from the fact that, technically.
this is Woolfolk's fourth trial. The first
took place in Macon, lasting several
days. He was convicted. and sentenced
to death. The Supreme Court reversed
this decision, giving him a new trial.
Two attempts wele made during the
present year to try tAe case in Macon,
but each time the attempts failed. owing
TO the difficulty in securing Il jury. So
Il change Of venue was granted to
Houston County.
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Go. Even with Her Husband.

The other day Portland lady ordered
spring chicken for dinner, without inquiring
the price It proved to be sixty cents a
pound, and her husband sarcastically ex-
pressed his discomfort. The next day an or
der was left with the family grocer for some
cucunlbers to be sent to the same house. The
grocer telephoned to the lady that cucum-
bers were small and sixty cents apiece, in
curing If she wanted them at that price.
Yes" was the reply. Send them up; l
don't care II they are dollar apiece. My
husband ordered them. ."-Portland Mel Ad-
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1889-06-12
A Train Runs Into a Burning Trestle.

MONTGOMERY, Ala, June THE
South bound lightning express train of
the Alabama Great Southern. due here
about ? o'clock this morning. met with a
serious accident about one and half-
miles North of Carthage, Ala, on the
trestle known as the Carthage Gravel
Pit Trestle. The trestle was on fire, and
before the engineer discovered it and
could stop his train he ran into it. The
fireman Jumped from the engine.
Seventy feet of the trestle was con-
sumed: also the engine, mail car and
baggage car. Most of the mail was
saved. No one was hurt.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1889-06-12
TEN THOUSAND MEN AT WORK.

This morning twenty time-keepers
from PittSburg arrived, and they are
now hard at work getting the names of
the men employed. This morning it
was stated that five thousand men are at
work, and it is expected by tomorrow
at least 10000 men will be employed;
but even this large force of men will not
be able to remove the debris in less than
several weeks. Last night about five
hundred of the laborerS had no tents to
sleep in, but word has been received
from Washington that tents are on their
way, and it is expected they will arrive
to-niuhr
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genthe-s Growing GRAY.

Mr.. n. ". Hollis had pair Of geese
tatched In the spring Of ls41- The goose was
Killed by mink about ten days ago. The
gander Is now living. Nh. Hollis showed US
o pieca Of home made hard soap that was
made in the spring Of 1s4l by his mother.
Mr.. r. 4. Mizseu reports that he has hen
fifteen years old, and she lays every day.
That hen has borne much fruit.
Mr.. William Adams, the old bachelor, has
q peacock thirty-fve years old that hasInated
with turkey hen.-Talbotton (GaJ New
Era
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The estimated consumption of com
mercial fertilizers in the State for the
year is 10000 tons. as follows: Com
plcte fertilizers, 80, 500; acid phosplateS,
46, 500 tons, and kainit, cotton seed meal
and chemicals 30, 900 tons. About 30
per cent. Of all fertilizers purchased was
used in composing. One-fourth less
kainit was used than last year.
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Internal Revenue Collectors Appointed.
WASHINGTON, June 6.-The President
to day appointed to be collectors of In
ternal Revenue: John B. Eaves of North
Carolina. for the Fifth District of North
Carolina: William a. Allen of Tennessee,
for the Second District of Tennessee,
rice Nathan Gregg removed; David A.
Num- of Tennessee, for the Fifth Dis
trict OF Tennessee.
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General Jubal a. Early.

WINCHESTER, Va, June 5.-General
Jubal 4. Early arrived here to-day, it
being his first visit since the war Num-
bers of old soldiers, and many citizens
paid their respects to the General.
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BRAVE. T1RELEss WORKERS.

Moxham, the iron manufacturer,
Mayor pro tenn. of ofJohnStown to-day. re
is probably the busiest man IN .he
United States. Although tor days
without sleep, he sticks nobly to his
task Hundreds of others are like him.
Men fall to the earth from sheer fatigue.
There are many who have not closed an
eye in sleep since they awoEe Friday
morning. They are holloW-eyed,
pitiable looking lot. Many have lost
near relatives and all friends.
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HORRIBLE FINDS.

Within the last hour half dozen dis
coveries, in no way less horrifying than
this have been made by searchers as
thev rake with sticks and hooks in the
smoking ruins. SO difficult is it at times
TO determine whether the remains are
those of human beings that it is appar-
ent that hundreds must be fairly burned
to ashes. Thus the number that have
found last resting place beneath these
ruins can at best never be more than ap-
proNimated.
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UNREASONABLE WOREINGNEN.

There was small-Sized riot at the
labor camp this morning on account Of
there not being food enough for the
men or utensils to cook it with. Mr..
Flynn, who is at the head Of the labor
bureau, made speech to the men, and
stated that it was impossible to get
things down from the railroad, but tha1
they would be down as soon rs possible.
He also stated that they did not want
men who expected to live on the fat Of
the land, and that this was principally a
work Of charity, even though the men
did get paid for their work. y. few
minutes after this, as Mr.. Flynn was
drinking some black coffee and eating
some hard crackers and cheese, two
workmen came up to him and com
menced to complain because they did
not have soup and meat. This eDraged
Mr.. Flynn, and after telling them that
he thought he was as used to good eat
ing as they were, he ordered the guards
to take the men out of town and not per-
nit them to come back again. This
seemed to have the desired effect, and
there was no more trouble.
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Hon. Roger Q. Mills, the great tariff
reformer, makes the public announce
ment that he is not and will not be a
candidate for the Democratic nomination
for Governor of Texas Mr.. Mills is a
mcmber-elect to the next Congress, and
says he proposes to continue the fight
for tariff reform.
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lSCeAA-e~~c~ --s.~-s~s--4-1S--'--
which Sullivans house is situated. Then
the brute turned up this street to Roscoe
and trotted to Ashland avenue, turning
the corner, and without the least effort
on the part of the detective the white
horse stopped directly in front of the lit
| tie house where the doctor was killed
This proved almost conclusiyely that the
rig owned by Dinap was the one used to
convey the doctor 70 the place where he
was murdered, and the police intend to
work up this theory.
The white mare found in the posses
sion of Woodruff when he was arrested
was obtained at Deans livery stable and
driven to the place where the trunk was
found and to the CATCH basin where the
body was discovered. This animal did
not display as much ingenuity as the
one owned by Dinan. When she neared
the place where the trunk was picked
out of the ditch she passed right by.
Two detectives-one being Palmer
were in the buggy that was obtained at
Deans, and when the animal did not
attempt to stop at the place which is
marked by the police, they made no
effort to stop her. They let beg 50 out
along the Evanston road to the Place
where the decomposipg remains wef1e
found, expecting that she would stop
there If she was familiar with the place.
But the mare fooled them again and
would have carried the two detectives
to Evanston had they not turned the
animals head toward the city.
The police are not at the end OF their
tether IN the Cronin case, as many peo-
pie have been led to suppose. At least
Lieutenant Elliott says so. The chlet
after examining the private papers OF
DR.. Cronin has, it is understood, got
some new clews, which are being
thoroughly followed up.
'.We have not dropped the case by any
MEANS said the chief Of detectives,
land we find lots of work to do.
~;.Any .ar5s,s eSz5ecte1 :o
"There may be, but l cannot say.
When the arrests commence, look OUT.
There will be lots Of them"
From what could be learned from the
detectives remarks it is understood that
the police are endeavoring to learn the
names of all the conspirators and then
make wholesale arrests.
The chief said this afternoon that ne
had something that would startle the
public, but he would not give it out
You will hear it at the inquest,
though" was all the chief would say.
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.JOHNSTOWN'S HORROR.
APPALLING SCENES OF DESOLATI0N IN
THE III-FATED CITY.
Pathetic Stories Of Noble Self-Sacri6ce
on the Part cf Mothers-Deeds Of Dar-
ing and Bravery-The Work Of Finding
the Bodies OF Victims Of Flood and Fire.
Removing and Burning the Debris.

JoHNsTowN, Pa, June 4.-For 36
hours without intermission the fire en-
sines have played on the smoking ruins
about the bridge, but the flames that
broke out afresh at frequent intervals
in this floating field of ruin seem to
defy the subduing force OF water.
Nearly 1000 men are employed in diff
ferent parts of the valley clearing up
the ruins and prosecuting diligent search
for undiscovered dead. Their lnvestl-
cations are not without fruitful results,
for bodies of dead and charred victims
of flood and fire are discovered with
undlminished frequency.
HUNDREDS ROASTED.
It becomes hourly more and more ap-
parent that not a single vestige will
ever be. recognized of hundreds that
were roasted in the flames above the
bridge. Since the last sentence was
penned a party of scarcherS uneartned
a charred and unSightly mass from the
smouldering debris, within thirty
wards in front of the Associated Press
headquarters. Unused to such fright
ful discoveries, the leader of the
gang pronounced the remains to
be a blackened log, and it required the
authoritative verdict Of a physician to
demonstrate that the ghastly discovery
was the charred remains of human
being. Only the trunk remained, and
that was roasted beyond all semblance
10 flesh. Five minutes search revealed
fragments of skull, that at once dlsln-
tegrated of its own weight when exposed
to the air, no single piece being larger
than half dollar, and the whole 1eSem'
bling the remnants of shattered char
coal.
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KNIGHTS Of Honor to the Rescue.

PHILADELPHIA, June G.-The Sapreme
Dictator of the Knights of Honor, Hon.
\. R. Savage of Auburn, n. y, has is
sued an official distress call for aid of
the flood sufferers in Pennsylvania.
Lodges are directed to forward contri-
buttons to J. W. Branch, Supreme Trea-
surer, St. Louis.
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C1AREN WEDNESDAY JUNE 12 1889

affair is still a mystery. At least the
passengers have not so far been found
and located. The body of nicely
dressed lady was found yesterday, which
was so much decompoScd as to be un-
recognizable. The effects of Miss Chism
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BRUTE SAGACITY.
AN INTERESTING EXPERIMENT IN THE
CRONIN MURDER INVESTIGATION.
Dinan's White Horse, Without Guidance,
Trcts to the Carlson Cottage-In Doing
Sc tie Beast Takes a Roundabout
Route, .bGt Stops atzthe House Of His
Own Accord.

CHICAGO, June S.-The sagacity of a
horse has been resorted to in the Cronin
case. One of Lieutenant Horace Elliott's
detectives, who is taking more than or
dinary interest in the case, last evening
thought that it would be good idea to
learn how much Dinan's white horse
knew about the mystery.
1t was about 40 o'clock in the even
ing that the celebrated white-ho rig
drove UP to the Conklin residence, and
when the doctor was induced to enter
the buggy the horse was driven North
on Clark street. To reach the Carlson
cottage. where the physician was so
cruelty slain. the man must have driven
the doctor down Lincoln avenue to Ash
land, and from this corner to Roscoe
street, where the cottage is situated.
This was the easiest route by which the
cottage could be reached, and the detec-
tive, thinking that the horse would not
forget the way the assassin drove, hired
the rig from Liveryman Dinan and
started out to convince himself whether
the white horse used by Coughlin'sa
friend was the animal that carried Gro
min to his death Or not.
He first drove TO the Conklin resi-
dence, and the animal stopped directly
in front Of the doctors rooms. This was
not strange, as the horse has been
driven to the Conklin house on several
occasions since the murder, and he natu-
rally would stop there. The detective
jumped out of the buggy, took drink,
and then prepared to drive North. The
animal, however, attempted to turn
around and return toward the livery
stable, but he was started at lively rate
in the opposite direction. The driver
allowed tie rei1s TO hang loosely, but he
urged the animal on at a lively rate to-
ward Lincoln avenue. The detective
was delighted when the horse, without
the least pressure on the lines, darted
from Clark street around Center street
to Lincoln avenue. Down the street the
horse went, urged at lively rate by the
detective, and the man hoped that she
animal would go direct to Ashland ave-
nue. and turn up that street to the cot
tage-the shortest way. But the animal
did nothing of the kind.
When driving rapidly along the
car track the brute turned
suddenly out of the rails and started
down Sheffield avenue, through the mud.
The man was disappointed. He thought
he had found something that would at
least satisfy himself that the white
horse hired at Dinan's livery stable on the
night of the murder was the one that
drove the doctor to the place where he
was assaSSinated. The horse was not
going the shortest way-in fact he was
going out of his way, and the detective
was on the point of returning the rig to
the stables when the animal turned up
7gelden avenue and went as far as Bos-
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Bad Loans and Misn,anaeement.

OMAHA. June 6.-The Bank of Omaha,
which was incorporated last fail with a
capital of $500, 900, very little of which
was paid in, closed its doors yesterday.
Liabilities between $50, 900 and SO, 900;
assets nominal The failure is due to
bad loans and miSmanagement.
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HEARTLESs ExToRTI0NEBS~

~Ten and horses IS what is most needed
to-day. Some of the unfortunates who
could not 60 to the relief trains en-
deavored to obtain flour from wrecked
stores in Johnstown. One dealer was
charged So a sack for flour, and was
getting it in one or two cases. Suddenly
the crowd heard of the occurrence, and
several desperate men went to the store
and doled -four out gratuitously to the
homeless and stricken army
Another dealer was selling flour at
$3.50 a sack. He refused to give any
away, but would sell it to any one who
had the money. Otherwise he would
not allow any one to go near it, guarding
his store with shotgun.
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of victims. however, will be roasted and
charred into such shapeless masses as to
preclude the hope of recognition by
their nearest relatives.
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WORK OF GHoCLS

B0uleS are recovered III JOuISto"u Il W
day that have been robbed by the ghouls
that flock to the scene 1t was known
that one lady had several hundred dol
lars in her possession just before the
disaster, but when the lady was recov-
cred there was not a cent in her pocket.
Hungarians attacked supply wagon be-
tween Morrellllle and Cambria City to-
day. The drivers of the wagon repulsed
them, but they again returned. a second
fight ensued, but after lively scrambling
the Huns were again driven away. After
that the drivers and guards OF supply
wagons were permitted to go armed.
Registers are being opened in Johns
town, and all Survivors are requested to
register their names, in order to give
information of their safety to inquiring
friends. Postoffices were opened IN
Kernville and the fourth ward Of Johns
town to-day. The first mail got in at
9:3O this morning, and was enormous
for such small town.
THE AWFUL DESoLATIoN
of the scene has been described often
enough already to render repetition of
the attempt here unnecessary. These
descriptions have been as truthful and
graphic as it is possible for man to make,
them; but none have been ads<Z
none could be. Mbers>rr
unbroken b. S0r squares
aId1sl l-Sdsements and sub
cellars, there IS now a level plain, as
free from obstruction or excava-
ton as the fair fields Of
Arcadia after they had been swept by the
British flames. The major and pret-
tier portion Of the beautiful city has
literally been blotted from the face of
the earth.
Crowds of strangers are cautiously
watching the wreck this morning from
the railroad bridge, and as far up the
river on both sides as the eye can reach.
At Johnstown proper the rescuers con-
tinue to bring in bodies by hundreds
this morning.
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THE LOSS OF LIFE.

Conservative men are Of opinion that
the number of people destroyed will
reach from $4,000 to $4,000. This view
of it is based on many fragments of evl-
dence obtained from over one hundred
citizens carefully selected from as in
telligent men and women as could be
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of fall oats ~ soS-L-EN re0uced y
the unfav6rable weather, but an aver
age yield will probably be obtained.
Spring oats Will be almost total failure.
The condition of wheat was SO on the
1st of June, against so on the 1st OF
June last year. The condition OF
oats was 6S against Sc on the 1st of June
last year.
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COMMERCIAL FERTILIZERS.

worse" by 81. OF farm laborefS
ter" by 10, 'Same" by 81, worse" by
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AnaSa Nacomber Wanted to See What y
{ Wildcats Kittens Looked L!ke-He Set
: = Trap and Caught the Mother. and the
! Boy Discovered the Young Ones.
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4 slight decrease is reported in the
acreage of both sweet and Irish potatoes.
The condition, compared to an average,
is sweet potatoes 50, against SO last
year; Irish potatoes 10, against 50 last
year.