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The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1891-07-08
A GANG OF YOUNG THUGS.
The Recent Assaults and Robberies in
Sumter.

SUMTER, S. c., June 27.-The charges
and the evidence against Nelson, the
young negro footpad, are accumulating
rapidly and it begins to appear that he
was not the only one connected with the
various assaults and robberies perpetrat-
ed upon our citizens during the past two
weeks, but was probably the rlngleader
of gang Of four Or five young despera-
does.
Nelso: was taken out of jail Yesterday
and brought before Justice Wells to an
swer to the charge Of having entered, on
Tuesday morning, between and 4
O'Clock, the apartment a which Mr.. A.
+. Byrd, an employee at the mill Of Mr..
S. NJ. Graham, on Sumter street, was
sleeping and Of robbing him Of his pock-
etbook and the money which it con-
tanned, and also Of some valuable Sc
curities and papers. Mr.. Byrd stated
that as the night was warm, he had
opened all the windows and the door,
and had laid down on the bed. intending,
as soon as he had cooled of, to get up
and shut the door; that he had gone to
sleep, however, and between 3 and 4
O'Clock in the morning was aroused by
hearing some one moving around in
his room. and upon awaking fully ne
found 1t was a young negro man, Of
whom he gave description which ex-
actly fitted Nelson. He said the negro
placed his hand upon his hip pocket, as
though in the act Of drawing a pistol,
and told him not to move, or he would
blow out his brains; and that being
tot lily unarmed, he had remained quiet;
that the negro deliberately went through
everything, took the articles above men
toned and then left.
Saturday morning the pocketbook and
papers were found among Nelson's
things. and he confessed the whole affair,
and stated that he had been panied
by young negro of the town, named
Jim Stuttle. Stuttle was accordingly
arrested and both were sent to jail to
await trial at the October term of the
court. Nelson also made confessions to
the police duplicating several other ne
groes. but they have not yet been ar
rested, and the police will not make
known their names.
Nelson acknowledged being the one
who came after the policeman earlier
on Monday night, just before young
Foxwortn was struck. From the time
at which Foxworth was struck and that
at which Mr.. Byrd was robbed, Nelson
must have gone Immediately from the
one TO the Other.-The State.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1891-07-08
Crushed and NIangled

CHARLESTON, S. c., June pa hor'
rible accident occurred at the South
Carolina Railway depot here this morn,
ing, John Black, a respectable old street
car conductor, went to the depot to see
his daughter off for Walhalla. In try
ing to jump from the train after II
started his foot was caught in the plat
form of the car and his body. after be-
ing dragged the whole length OF The
depot, some 500 feet, was hurled under
the cars and horribly mangled. All
this occurred in the presence OF over
100 spectators, including a son CT the
deceased. They were powerless to help.
Black was an old man and was one OF
the most popular conductors on he
city railway. He came here twelve
wears ago from Walhalla.
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EobbeJ a,dLeft to Starye.

ROANOKE, Va, July Barney Smith,
a mechanic employed for some time at
the Roanoke Machine Works, dlSap-
peared last pay day, June 10. He was
found to-day, with his hands bound
and tied to Il tree, IN a lonely spot in
the Blue Ridge mountains, ten miles
from here. He was frantic and half
starved. lie had gnawed the bark from
the tree to which he was tied. lie was
unable to tell how he came to be tied,
and now lies in precarious condition:
There is 10 clue to the perpetrators OF
tle decd. The motive is supposed to
have been robbery, as Smith was
known to have some money on his per
son when last Seen here.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1891-07-08
Thirty Skeletons in a Row.

| CHICAGO, June 2S-Thirty skeletons
we're found yesterday in al old ice house
at the corner of Archer avenue and
Hough place.
For several days numerous com
plants have been made to the health
Office and to the Deering street police
by residents in the vicinity of Archer
avenue and Hough place, who asserted
that nuisance of most aggravated
form made life almost unendurable
Investigation was made by both de-
partments, but without locating the
trouble.
Yesterday the mystery was solved
Several boys found near the corner a
human skull and severa! thigh bones
bleached white. The lads told the first
policeman they met Of their discovery
and he notified the health office. DR..
Ware, with several assistants. visited
the scene and made more thorough
search than had before been made. y
bad odor was detected from Schlne'
mans oil ice house on the corner. The
searchers ripped up part Of the floor,
and were Mortified to find rows OF skel-
etons, to some of which shreds OF flesh
still clung.
Who placed them there is not known,
and the authorities will make every ef.
fort to find the guilty persons.
The theory advanced by the health OF.
(icers is that some attache Of a medical
college brought the subjects there tc
bleach. The bones were allowed to re-
main until the matter can be more fully
investigated.
CHICAGo, June 2S.-lt is now learned
that Robert \. Hawes has been carrying
on the grewsome business of cleaning
human skeletons for the medical pro-
fession in the building. The board OF
health will look into the matter.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1891-07-08
A HORRIBLE DEATH.
GEORGE w. MALCOM BITTEN BY A
MAD DOG.
he Showed No Signs Of HYdrophobla Un-
til He Saw Water-He Begged and PraJ-
ed to Die Before the Spasms Came.

he Showed No Signs of HYdrophobia Un-
til He Saw Water-He Begged and Pray
ed to Die Before the spasms Came.
MONROE, Ca, June 26.-Mr. George
W. Malcom, ST., one of the most promi-
nent men and one of the best citizens of
Walton county, meta horrible death at
his home nine miles from here Yesterday
morning. He died from hydrophobia
and the scene at his death bed was terri
bic.
On the morning OF the Sd of June,
about daybreak, he started out to his lot
to feed his horse. In the public road
near the lot he met a dog coming down
the road in a run. Without the least
provocation the dog sprang at Mr.. NAL
com, catching him through the nose and
face. He held on like grim death, and
only turned loose his hold after Mr.. Nal.
com had checked him nearly to death.
Notwithstanding his mouth and moss
were badly torn by the bite Of the dog,
and fhe blood was rapidly flowing from
his wounds, Mr.. Malcolm still held on to
the dog until he could get rock, with
which he beat the doc to death. He was
a brave: gritty man, and seemed to have
less fear Of hylrophobia than any Of his
friends. He would always saY: II don't
think the dog was mad and [ don't be-
lieve I will have hydrophobla.'
Tuesday he ate hearty dinner and
went out on the porch to get drink Of
water. AS soon as the dipper reached
his lips he jumped high of the floor and
screamed at the top of his voice.
AS soon as this, the first convulsion,
wore off, he announced to his family
that he was dead man-that he had hY-
drophobia. He sent at once for all his
children and had a neighbor to write his
will.
This being finished, be began having
convulsions, which were light at first
and atintervals ofabout one hour. They
grew harder ard harder and nearer and
nearer together until Wednesday even
ING, when he became exhausted and ira
tIonal. and remained in this condition
until Thursday morning, when he died.
The physicians could do nothing to re-
lieVe him. They gave him morphine,
which made him deathly sick, and from
this time he refused to take any med-
cine. and would 60 into commissions
when the subject was mentioned.
He never drank drop of water from
the time he was taken until he died. He
wanted it and talked about it, and even
begged for it, but when it was brought
into his sight he would shudder and or
der it tcarrledaway as quickly as possible.
He frothed at the mouth, and his
screams were hear.rending. He would
beg to die, and often prayed to die be-
fore another spasm came.
He seemed to have superlluman
strength. Six men around his bedside
could not hold him down. Finally, in a
convulsion more terrible than any that
had preceded it, death came to his relief.
Mr.. Malcolm was sixty years old, and
a deacon in his church. He leaYes a
wife and ten children, most Of whom are
grown and married,
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1891-07-08
The KNIGHTS of Labor.

COLUMBUS, O., June 24.-The Gener-
al Executive Board of the Knights of
Labor is in session here today The
meeting will continue for several days,
and will be an important one in many
respects. 1t will be decided whether
Maj. Mckinley shall be denounced or
antag0niZed because President Harrison
had refused to allow the reinstatement
of discharged plate printers at the Bu-
reau of Engraving and Printing at
Washington. Mr.. Devlin said this af-
ternoon that no fault could be found
with Mckinley personally, as he had
expressed sympathy with the men, but
if antagonized at all it would be as
leader OF the Republican party, whose
head, President Harrison, had refused
the demand of organized labor.
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DecoYed to the River.

V1NcENNEs, Ind. July 1.-The dead
body of James Baker, Sr., Well-to-d do
farmer who lived three miles south of
the city, was found floating in the Wa
bash river near the foot Of Prairie
street. His upper lip was lacerated, as
if from a blow, and his right arm was
bruised and bore marks OF fingers, and
his pockets, which had been riied, were
turned inside out. Baker was 6. con-
vivial man of 60, and had been drink
ing heavily all day. 1t was currently
reported that he had sold a team of
horses and the supposition is that ne
was deceived to the liver, murdered,
robbed and thrown into the water.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1891-07-08
WHERE THE MONEY GOES.
Receipts and Expenditures for the Past
Fiscal Year.

WASHINGTON, July 1.-The monthly
public debt statement was issued today
in an entirely new form. It combines
both the Secretary's statement Of the
public debt and the United States Treas
urer's monthly statement of assets and
liabilities, heretofore issued separately.
Comparison with the last monthly
statement and the statement issued July
!, 1890, shows an increase in the pub
lie debt during the past month Of about
five millions, and a net reduction during
the past fiscal year of twenty million
dollars.
The surplus in the treasury today, in
the new form Of statement put out to-
day, is placed at s53,S93,90S, or about
five millions less than month ago, with
no change in the interest-bearlng debt Of
the government during the past month.
The bonded debt today is s6lO.529,l20,
made up in round numbers Of $3.50, ,000,-
900 fours and s50,500,O00 four and half
per cent bonds.
Government receipts from all sources
during the past fiscal year aggregated
340l ,530,7l6, or about one million and
a ahaifless than during the preceding year.
Customs receipts were l9,900,65S, O
about ten millions less than during
the preceding year; internal revenue re-
ceipts were sl45, ,943,2Sl an increase
over the preceding year OF three mill
lions and quarter, and receipts from
miscellaneous sources were nearly thirty
six millions, about five millions greater
than in the preceding year.
On the other hand, expenditures dur
ing the fiscal year just closed were $685.
G96,92 against S3lS, ,040,71 during the
preceding year. Seventeen millions and
a half Of this Increase is found in the
pension charge of sl24, AS, ITO for the
past year. Civil and miscellaneous eX-
penditures during the year amounted to
Sl10, 139, ,339. an increase over the pre-
cedlng year Of nearly thirty millions.
Indian expenses were sS,526,l9S, or
nearly two millions more .han during
the preceding year. Navy expenditures
were s26, u.s. .09S, or four millions more
than during the preceding year, and war
department expenditures were SIS, S,723,-
ll6, or four and quarter millions
greater than in the preceding year,
s37, 7,20l were paid .out during the
year for interest on the public debt and
$40, ,40l, ,220in premiums on 3ll4,000,-
900 bonds purchased and redeemed dur
ing the year.
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That was on Friday night. l said,
1--WE will kneel down and find out
whether there is any God And in the
second seat from the pulpit we knelt.
lie said: Il have found him. There is
a God, a pardoning God. l feel him
here" He knelt in the darkness OF
sin, He arose two minutes atterward
in the liberty of the Gospel; while
another sitting under the gallery on
Friday night said, My opportunity is
gone; last week | might have been
saved, not now, the door IS shut" And
another from the very midst of the
meeting, during the week. rushed out
of the front door of the Tabernacle.
saying, 81 am lost man." Behold!
the Lamb of God who taketh away the
sin of the worli." Now is the accept:
I'd time. Now is the day Of salvation" :"
alt is appointed unto all men once to
lie, and after that-the judgment.'
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1891-07-08
A TALK WITH TlLLMAN.
Tue Governor and the Sub-Treasury De
bate.

CHARLESTON, S c., June 80. Gov
ernor Tillman spent the greater part of
the morning yesterday in his room. at
the Charleston Hotel. where he received
quite a number Of callers. His time
until o'clock was pretty well occupied
in this way and in the incidental effort
! Of keeping cool on the shady side OF
the building. Among the callers was
a reporter for The News and Courier.
who asked him some questions on cur
rent topics, which he answered readily.
AS the next cease" in which Governor
Tillman will he one of the parties is
the sub.treasury debate at Spartanburs
he was asked few questions about
that interesting prospective event.
What about the SpartanbuTg meet
ing at which you are to meet Col. Ter
rell IN debate? VIII the speeches be
heard by members of the Alllauce
only?"
'sAll can say about that is that
when | accepted Col. TerrellS chal-
lenge to meet him at Spartaaburg eX-
pected the discussion to be in pnbllc
and for the benefit and enlightenment
of all classes of voters. In his tour
over the State Col. Terrells advocacy OF
the measure was in public, and | can
not suppose that it is intended to re-
strict my reply to Alliance members
only, and to few at that. Besides, 1t
is too hot to syeak in any house this
time of year; and there is no place IN
Spartanburg large enough to hold the
audience that will be likely to attend ex-
cept the Grange encampment building.
AS understand 1t this is friendly dis
cussion between the distinguished lee
tu1er of the National Alliance and my
self upon question affecting the In
terest of all classes, Alllancemen, farm
ers who do not belong to the Alliance
and citizens who cannot join that or.
ganiZatlon. l cannot see any reason,
therefore, why the debate should not be
held in public"
"Nhen will the discussion take
place?'
81 don't know, but, l presume on the
second day of the session of the State
Alliance, which Will be about the 22d of
July"
"Haye you heard from Gel. Terrell
since he left the State?"
"Only through the newspapers, but
when l was at Cedar Springs last week
I mentioned the matter TO some of the
leading Alliancemen in Spartanbrrg,
and they said there would bs a large
crowd present and they wanted the dis
cuSsion to be in public
What arrangements have been made
for the meetlng:
"None that l know of, but | presume
that President Stokes and the Spartan
burg Alliance will take the necessary
steps to prepare for it.
"Have you any idea of the result of
this discussion?"
"Of course Tot; except that the dis
cussion is to take place in public, and
that the State Alliance will take a vote
on it in secret as they do on all matters
affecting our Order. hope to show
that the Alliance in South Carolina
cannot afford to press the sub-treasury
scheme, but as the measure has been
endorsed by the Ocala meeting and by
one State Alliance may, and probably
will, fail"
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a Sad Accident.

BLAcKv1LLE, S. c., July 2.-Mr.
James Mcdonald, a highly respected
and well -to-do citizen living about a
half mile from Elko, went this morn
ing with party to Capt. w. ". Millis's
mill on fishing expedition. About 10
o'clock he and his two grown daughters
went out into the pond in boat, and
while padding up the pond the boat
struck tree, throwing out the younger
daughter. He immediately jumped
overheard to save her when they both
went to the bottom and did not rise
again. The daughter left in the boat
managed to get the boat out and re-
ported it. The bodies have not yet
been recovered, but they are being
searched for.-NeWS and Courier.
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SENATOR RlNGALlSASALECTURER.
He Discusses Current Problems in His
Characteristic Way.

WASHINGTON, June 30.-Ex-Senator
ingalls, made his debut as lecturer at
the National Chautauqua at Glen Echo,
near this city. His subject was The
problems Of our second century," and
his effort was listened to by large au-
dience. The first problem which he dis
cussed was the danger Of paternalism in
government, and he paid his respects in
his unique way to that class of people
who want their debts paid by Act Of Con-
gress and who would have money as
plentiful as autumn leaves in the forest.
He did not believe, he said, in having
the government doing everything and
the people nothing.
Referring to the problem of unequal
distribution Of wealth, he said that it
was not right that ten million people
should never have enough to eat in this
country from one years. end to another,
nor should il ever happen that man
went hungry when he was willing and
able to work. 1t was quite evident from
his talk, however, that he did not ex-
pect the present condition Of affairs to
speedily change, for he said that ifall the
wealth in the United States were to be
equally divided now, in six months there
would be some people riding in palace
cars, some in buggies, some would be
walking, and some would be sitting in
fence corners watching the procession 60
by. "Above ALL" he added, "there
would be heard again the voice of the ir-
repressible reformer earning his liveli-
hood by the perspirasion of his jaw rath-
er than by the sweat of his BROW" If
some men were rick and others were
poor it was the fault Of the Creator. He
would not disguise the fact til It the pre-
sent was a momenteus crisis IN the his
tory of this country, and that all the
forces of demoralization were marshall
ed for the contest. He had no doubt Of
the outcome of the fight. There would
be in the future broader liberty, larger
opportunities for happiness and greater
prophesies for de velopment of the nation
than the mind ofman can now conceive.
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Excursion Train Wrecked.

VAN BUREN, Ark, June 26.-A
special excursion train from Little Rock
to Fort Smith was wrecked by broken
rail three miles east of here at G:30 last
night, killing little babe Of Mrs. Wal
ker and wounding about twenty passen-
gers. Conductor Henry Angel had his
Jaw broken and Elson Willard, of Little
Rock, had a leg badly mangled.
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Killed bya Cloudburst.

KNOXVILLE, Tenn, June 25.-A re-
port comes from Cherokee County,
North Carolina, of g terrible cloudburSt
there late yesterday afternoon. Two
illicit diStillerS, named Harvey .Agnew
and Jacob Newton, who happened to
be near by, were instantly killed. A
number of farms for miles below were
inundated and growing crops suffered
a loss of several thousand dollars.
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Death In a Coal Mine.

ST. LOUIS, June 25.-A dispatch from
Hamilton. Mo, says: An accident oc-
CURED at the shaft of the Caldwell Coal
Company's mine, near this city, yester-
day, in which one man lost his life, and
four others received serious injuries.
The men were propping up the roof,
when a rock. weighing ton and half,
fell, killing Paul Bloise instantly, crush
ing Robert Stewards back, breast and
right arm. almost scalpiDg Frank Doc
ley and crushing John Lewis and Viii
liam Hall more or less seriously.
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yyannanaker Offers to Explain.

PHILADELPHIA, June 29.-The! Bards.
ley investigating committee resumed
its sittings this afternoon and exam
ined large number of witnesses. A
communication was received from
Postmaster General Wannamaker, in
which he offered to appear before the
committee at any time upon twenty
four hours notice.
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AHrnt, in the Mountains.

GREENvILLE, S. c., July 2.-It is re-
ported from the upper part of this
county that on Sunday last "Babe"
Durham, young white man, brutally
beat Miss Gosnell on the head and body
with the butt of his pistol and kicked
her because she had promised to marry
Durham's rival, whose name is not
known. Durham also shot once at his
rival, who ran. The young lady may
not live. Officers are after Durham,
hut he is keeping out of the way.-News
and Courier.
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Duel in a Court Room.

NASHVILLE, Tenn, June 29.-At
Buffalo Valley, Putnam County, two
witnesses IN murder trial, named Jim
Mitchell and Oscar Plunkett, became
involved in a quarrel in the court room
Saturday. They drew revolvers and
began firing at each other and kept it
up until both had been mortally
wounded. The shooting caused great
CONSERVATION in the court room, the
spectators lodging behind doors and
under benches to escape injury.
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D.illin" for War.

TACOMA, Wash, June BIT is ru-
mored the strikers displaced by colored
men imported from the South at the
Gilman, New Castle ana Franklin
mines are drilling in the woods daily.
They are said to be armed with rifles,
and com bination has been effected. SO
that any attempt to resume work at any
Of the mines will result in the gather
ING of the entire force Of armed miners
10 rESiSt tie atfemnt
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BosToN, June 29-James Corcoran
died in the hospital here last night, from
the effects of having swallowed his false
teeth.
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Beauty, Pathos and Comfort Found in
the Fifty-third Chapter OF Isaiah---How
and Why Men and Sheep Go Astray.
-Whosoever VIII, Let Him Come.
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ANOTHER CARD
FROM Mr.. THACKSTON IN REFERENCE
TOHiS SCHOOL JOURNAL.

He Explains How He Came to be Mistak-
Ell About the Resolution of the State
Board of Examiners.