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The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1894-02-14
A STONY Passage.

NEW YORK, Feb. 4.-The Hamburg
line steamship Taormina, Captain
Koch, arrived today from Hamburg
after perilous voyage, lasting twenty.
two days. She encountered two severe
hurricanes in the gulf stream, in one OF
which her main mast was snapped OF
close to the deck. The Taormina
brought 1873 steerage passengers. In
the early part of the voyage the wealth.
er was fair. When near Sabel island
in latitude 1850 and longitude 594C
she encountered hurricane from the
southeast. The hurricane continued
nearly forty-eight hours. at O'Clock
on the morning OF the 3lst ult., a big
sea broke on the deck and the man at
the wheel lost control of the vessel.
The bolts in the main boom we're loos-
ered aud the boom Ghreshlng about
struck life boat No. s on the stafboard
side and vanked it overheard. After.
wards the boom swinging with the roll
of the ship, carried away the lee rigging
of the main mast losing its braces,
snapped off and went overheard to
starboar6. It was only by long and
troublesome work that the crew were
able to clear away the wreck.
Oil in large quantities were poured
on the trouble waters while this Work
was in progress. Meanwhile the steer
age passengers below decks were in an
agony of terror. Some men were for
hours on their knees praying while
others staggered about and cursed as
they were pitched this way and that by
the lurching of the vessel. When the
mast went by the board women scream
ed and some became hys:erlcaly
All expected the ship to go down. Capt
Koch went among The men and women
and by personal appeals succeeded IN
allaying their fears somewhat. ln the
height of the storm Steward HuoeIlel
fell on the deck and was seriously in
jured internally. He was unconscious
for four days and is still in dazsd con-
dition. The big wave that swept over
the deck broak a capstan, stove IN
hatch and twisted the rails and the
deck fittings.
The hurricane subsided on February
1st, but head winds were encountered
delaying the ship five or six days.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1894-02-14

A candidate for mayor Of Kansas
City, No, tried to whip an editor-a
Missouri editor, and named Stout, at
that. But they say that If be runs on
the ticket as well as he did down
stairs he will be elected before the polls
open,
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1894-02-14
THE WEXFORD TRAGEDY
AN OFFICIAL STATEMENT FROM CHEF
CONSTAS.E FAINT.
He Makes Gu. Apparently Clear Case
u1 1sosf-Defense-The Whole Story OF the
Shooting SIS Tod Belo tie Corooe,'S

COLUMBIA, S. c.. Feb. S.-Go1ernor
Willman received yesterday the follow
ing statement from Chief Constable
FAINT IN reference to the Wexford
toagedy:
sit had been reported TO me for the
last two weeks by different parties
that a crowd Of men from CLASSY
Mountain had established themselves
at a trestle, nire miles from this place,
and were selling whiSkey to any body
who would buy,openly defying tie law,
and swearing that they would not be
arrested and that any officer who at
tempted it would bite the dust. Rav
ing obtained sufficient evidence to con-
yict these parties of selling whiskey,
warrants were sworn out against i've
OF them and placed IN the hands OF the
Sheriff. His deputy summoned me and
my constables es a posse and we went
where it was reported the whiSkey was
being sold, but found no one there.
We met party who informed rs that
he had just BOUGHT from them at q
house near by. He told Us that the
whiskey was not az the house, but If
we would 60 to the house and give
them the money, one Of the men would
take lantern, go to the swamp and
get the whiskey. We got this man and
two others to go back to the house and
make another purchase. We Secreted
ourselves Rear the swamp where the
whlskey was supposed to be. In a few
minutes man came toward us with
lamp, but on the opposite side Of the
swamp. He disappeared awhile and
then started back toward the house.
We followed but could not cross the
swamp. We then went up the swamp
to the railroad above US, when we saw
the lamp coming toward Us. Dean,
Massey and Jackson were ahead of me
few PAGES. They made rush at the
man. He ran and fred back at the
officers. Dean and myself returned the
fire. The man fell, crying for help,and
calling for Ballew. Baliew responded:
ayes, -, lam coming" and he came
firing. There were not less than half
dJZen firing on US before he came.
shot six times with my double barrel
shot gun at the flashes of their guns.
After the firing ceased, We got Ian
tern at house near by, and went to
look after the man who was wounded
at the first of the fight. We could NOT
ind him but found bis lantern with
blood on it, denoting that the man was
wounded. Hearing hollerlng at a house
near by, we went up the path toward
the noise and saw q man coming to-
ward us with a pistol in each hand.
We told him to drop his pistols. He
lowered them to his side but kept the
o1te 20 - HoItoS r-s-|sr
twelve feet ef US. We again TOLD him
to drop bis pistols. He would not do
so but raised the one in his right hand,
and Massey shot him, killing him in
stantly. He fell. holding on TO his pis-
tols until Jackson toos them from
him."
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1894-02-14
WHISKEY MADE CHEAPER
THE DlSPENSARY REDUCES TIE
PRICE BY GALLONS.
Reduction OF Fifty CeDts on All Liqu quors.
Possibility OF Further Reductions-A
Shipments Growiug Daily.

Possibility OF Further Reductions-A
List OF Dispenser,es and Dispensers.
Shipments Growing Daily.
COLUMBIA, Feb. 6.-The manage
ment Of the State dispensary system,
that is the State board, has at last be-
gun to realize that the sale of official IL
quor, with the large profit placed upon
it, is an encouragement to the "bllcd
tiger" business, and consequently is an
encouragement of that spirit of laWless-
ness which Governor Tiuman says the
newspapers are responsible for. Sew
eral leading dispensary advocates have
said recently that the law could never
be enforced till these profits were
knocked off, and the liquor sold at such
prices that would encourage the pur-
chase of liquor from the dispelsarles.
In other words until the dispensary
business was run on basis OF expenses
only.
The State board has evidently real
lied at last that the "blind tiger" must
be fought along this line, for today the
announcement was made that a con-
siderable reduction in prices had been
made. taking effect on February l. l
at ones called upon Commissioner
Traxler and asked him about the mat
ter. He made the statement and
showed his list of prices. The reduc-
tion in prices applies only to gallon
packages, but it is the heavy reduction
straight through on all classes OF ~
graded liquors Of so cents on the gallon.
Heretofore rye and corn have been
quoted as follows per gallon: y, So;
Xxx, $3.50; XXX. 81 so, etc. These
prices are now reduced by so cents.
When I asked Mr.. Traxler for the
cause of this reduction he said: There
is no special cause for it, but we think
that we can afford to make this reduc-.
ton on these large lots or gallon pack
ages because it does not cost as much
to put them up; and then, again, we are
now putting up such packages IN jugs,
which, of course, makes the cost much
less" Mr.. Traxler has nothing to say
in regard to fighting the blind tigers
by this method of reduction, but every
one takes the reduction to mean that,
no more or no less. When the eyes OF
the board become more opened 1t IS
probable that still further reductions
will be made. The Governors inter-
view yesterday shows that he has be-
gun to realize his inability to enforce
the law as be thought he could, and
that he is becoming apprehensive OF
the trouble that is so rapidly growing.
The dispensa1y business seems to oe
rapidly growing. however, despite the
Baxter Springs news. [volume] (Baxter Springs, Kan.) 1882-1919, 1894-12-22
Fer the Pull Amount.

The Fraker life insurance ca.
which has been OH trial at Kansas
City for the past two weeks Is
ended. The following from the
Kansas City Times tells the tale:
THE jury in the Fraker life insur'
ance case, which has been on trial
in the United States circuit court,
returned a verdict in favor of the
plaintiff on all counts last Tuesday
afternoon. The total amount of the
verdict is $43.645. II is divided be-
tween these companies:
"The Provident Savings Life As
surance Society of New York, $lO.-
675.
The Kansas Mutual Life Associ-
alton, on first count, $3.50; second
count, $500.
The Hartford Life and Accident
In. rance Company, on firs t count,
$l2,74I; scco I'd count, $l,O6!; third
count, 1902; fourth count. 81 ,O62.
THE Supreme Lodge, X. of p, of
the World, S3,195.
THE Modern Woodmen of Amer
lea, $3,185."
Baxter Springs news. [volume] (Baxter Springs, Kan.) 1882-1919, 1894-12-22

be, not even the ice in the severeet
and longest winter ever known APP
probably changing it. The pres
ent plant Is intended only to utilize
l25,OOO horse power, and turbines
now in place are only for small
part of this. Other turbine wheels
will be put in place as the demand
for power grows. The general plan
of the company contemplates the
ultimate use of 10000 horse power
on the American side and like
amount in Canada. Such a power
would turn all the wheels within a
radius of 500 miles of the Falls. At
the present time n considerable
part of the power developed is to be
taken to Buffalo by electric trans
mission, and il is the confident cx-
pectation of the electricians now ut
work on the problem that the pow
er can be taken as far east as Al
bany, 800 miles away, and delivered
there cheaper than power can be
generated by burning coal. 1t this
be so, then all the country between
Albany and the Falls will be ad-
mirably adapted for manufactu.i "
while tie Erie canal will afford
cheap and tolerably quick transpor-
tation. for there seems to be little
difficulty in the way of hauling
these boats by electrical power.
Baxter Springs news. [volume] (Baxter Springs, Kan.) 1882-1919, 1894-12-22
He's Dead At Present.
s,;.ntifir American.


Jul'us Caesar was considered a
great man, and so he was. But he
had his limitations, and some I'M
known writer gives a few illustra-
lions: He never rode on a bus in
his life; he never spoke in tele-
phone; he never sent a telegram;
he never entered u railway train,
he never read a newspaper; henever
viewed his troops through field
glass; he never read al advertis'
ment: he never used patent medi-
cine: he never corncred the wheat
market; he never crossed the Allan
tic; he was never in n machine shop;
he never went to roller skate rink;
he never controlled manufactur-
ing company; he never dictated a
letter to a typewriter girl; he never
n :ested in railway stock; he never
played gam. of billiards. he
never saw an electric light; he
never listened TO a pl onograph; he
neve posted n I, tier; he never had
his photograph taken.
Baxter Springs news. [volume] (Baxter Springs, Kan.) 1882-1919, 1894-12-22

the water was constantly washing over
us cannot express what comfort I
found In having that poor beast on my
shoulders close TO me. barking, and
then giving little growl us though TO
hearten me. and then licking my face.
At last he fell silent The gray Of the
dawn was stealing into the sky said:
jackson. how Is Il with you, poor
beast lie didn't answer ! spoke
again, and finding him still silent, I
pulled him down md found he was
dead was too weak too near my
nwn death. to cry; yet felt to be weep
ing IN my heart when pulled him
down and saw that he was dead My ex-
haustion was too great TO suffer me to
hold him long, and had to let him 60.
ilis body Hoated of. and lost sight Of
Il
shortly after sunrise smack hove
into view The mate Of her, seeing o
black object put glass to his eye and
instantly spied me waving my arm.
wlereupon he headed for inc. launched
Il bout and took me aboard was
the only man saved; the vessel had gone
10 pieces IN the darkness and drowned
all the others That's the little yarn,
III exclaimed bob Ridley. knocking
the ashes out Of his pipe and rising
I'ooi old Jaclisonr and with a deep
Sigh aud an air OF abstraction, he led
the way out Of his summer arbor
TUE END
Baxter Springs news. [volume] (Baxter Springs, Kan.) 1882-1919, 1894-12-22
nusr TAKE the CURE.

A Topeka dispatch says: "Repre-
sentatiye-elcct Charles Moss of Ly-
on county will introduce bill in
the Legislature this winter making
Il the duty of the state to admins
ter the Kelley cure to persons con-
victed of habitual drunkenness.
The present law provides that a
person convicted of habitual drunk
enness shall be sent to the asylum
Moss would change this by the es-
tablishment of a Kelley institute by
the state for the treatment OF such
unfortunates. Moss is in Topeka
working on his bill"
Wonder il Representative Moss is
any kin to John Moss, who once
lived in Baxter Springs! 1t he is
there is little wonder that he wants
to make the taking of the whiskey
cure compulsory.
Baxter Springs news. [volume] (Baxter Springs, Kan.) 1882-1919, 1894-12-22
African Pumpkins.

The african pumpkin" or gamhen,
Is very different from the well-known
American fruit Of that name, being q
tree with q short but abnormally thick
trunk, but It is of the pompion family,
10 which belongs the melons. The
trunk grows about fourteen feet high,
with q diameter of from three to six
feet. The rind Is white as chalk and
perfectly smooth, and the clumsy trunks
among the green shrubbery look more
like marble columns than anything else.
These plants attain q wonderful age.
wellstedt reports having found at Kad-
hub, not far from Tamsrid, In the bark
Of gamhen trunk an Arabian inscrip-
ton bearing the date Of 1910. The
wood Is not solid and compact like that
of the trees we know but full OF sap.
and cuts like q turnip. A penhnife Is
sufficient to cut Q stairway into the
trunk of q gamhen, over which the
flowers on the top can be reached
Baxter Springs news. [volume] (Baxter Springs, Kan.) 1882-1919, 1894-12-22
HEpE AND THERE,

A great gas well has been open
ed up at Independence, Kan. The
supply was struck at depth of
100 feet.
William Lozier, a miner. was
crushed to death in shaft near
Keytesville, Mo-. on Thursday by u
cave-in.
The total official vote of Okla
homa was 1860, divided: Flynn,
Republican, 20.6i0; Beaumont, Pop
ulist, 1888; Wisely, Democrat, H.
O-S.
The costs of the two trials at
Olathe, Kan, of Banker A. w. Little
of Kansas City, Kan, for the killing
of Attorney johnson, were @,466.3o.
Benjamin Logan, a farmer liv-
ing near Independence, KAN, died
Thursday from injuries received
two weeks ago from being thrown
out of his buggy.
Six desperadoes led by Bill Doc
lin and Jim French tried to hold up
!. r. Pearce's store at Texana, !. T.,
Thursday, but were driven away by
A. and ]. C. Powell, clerks.
Henry BalIing, Santa Fe rail-
road engineer, was held up on a
street of Wichita, Kan, Wednesday
night by three men and robbed OF
$500 which he had drawn during the
day at a Caldwell bank.
Clara Melville, daughter of a
wealthy cattle man of Cheyenne
county, Ok. eloped Wednesday with
William Coleman, known in Okla
homa as aRattlesnake Bill" The
girls father arrived just after they
had been married. The two were
forgiven.
DIR. Kessel of Cresco, Ia, indict-
ed for pension frauds with Agent
Van Leuven and fined $1,000 aud
costs in each of three cases, paid
the fines to the United States court
at Dubuque Wednesday and was
dismissed.
Baxter Springs news. [volume] (Baxter Springs, Kan.) 1882-1919, 1894-12-22
BLAST THAT DAwe ~

mad, and stood looking at him. At last
I says: Poor jackson! Come along. old
Jackson! Poor old Jaclxsonr putting
my leg. on which he drew up to me, and
whilst patted him and called him
jackson, he meanwhile licking my
shoes or looking up ut me with his
tongue cut rs II his heart was ready to
burst, the others snealsed the body of.
81 thought to sec jackson bolt ont Of
the cabin when he found the body gone.
instead OF which, after looking around,
he uttered q long howl, then came to
my feet again and ate the biscuit and
piece of meat out Of my hand.
"We were nearly q week aboard that
vessel before we were taken of. Luck
LILY, there was plenty to eat and drink
In her, but she was draining In water
and needed constant pumping, and we
feared for our lives should heavy wealth
er set In. That model you see there at
the foot Of the obelisk Is true copy Of
her. believe she had been struck by
lightning. One of rs, q man named
Parsons, said that he guessed by the
look Of the corpses that they had been
smote blind and had died Of their blind
ness. But derelict Is nearly always
mystery when there's nobody left alive
TO tell the story. As much mystery
was Il, too, why that there dog should
have answered TO the name Of jackson.
Maybe his master was 20 called Be
this as Il win. you had only 10 call him
jackson TO bring him 70 your feet and
convert him into the lovingest beast that
ever wagged tail.
During the week we were aboard
the wreck. that dog never lost sight Of
me. He followed Il my heels like my
own shadow. lay down with me,
watched me ss II he was human with q
powerful intclligenoe working out I'M
salnnfions IN him. BE wns The 1rst 70
r'rhl ne lhlp hat took us o. Rn1
Ir|nr nrlser a. ~ c1t17 fec', no1 b
80 - l. 49, IL IL -
Baxter Springs news. [volume] (Baxter Springs, Kan.) 1882-1919, 1894-12-22
SLED H0R DAMAGES.

Steve and Charley Webb and Fred
Tucker, who were charged with
wrecking a passenger train on the
Santa Fe railroad on September II,
1892, and who were acquitted after
one of the most sensational trials
in the history of the state of Kan
sas. have each fled suit in the dis
trict court Of Usage county against
the Santa Fe Railway Company for
$4,000 damages for false imprison-
ment and malicious prosecution.
Baxter Springs news. [volume] (Baxter Springs, Kan.) 1882-1919, 1894-12-22

vexed to be disturbed, and told him to
get away. and turned over for another
nap. On this he licks my face again
and barked.
"'Blast that dswgr says William. and
he sits up 10 chuck boot ut the poor
beast.
".Hold your hand says I. Now.
jackson, what Il it?' saysI.
He barlxed again and walked to the
deckhouse door, looking behind him,
and on my following the first thing ]
saw was large brig within half n mile
OF us.
well, to cut this, we were taken of,
and took good care to carry jackson
along with me, for by this time the
love between us was something bcauti-
full. Throughout the passage home he
lay in the clews Of my hammock Mt
night, and by day followed me about
the deck; and laugh as you may, sir, !
tell you I've seen tears Of joy gush into
his red eyes when I've allowed him to
Baxter Springs news. [volume] (Baxter Springs, Kan.) 1882-1919, 1894-12-22
The Water Power Of Niagara.


Engineers have estimated. says
Harper's Weekly, that the total
water power of Niagara Falls is 4,
100000 horse power. This estimate,
to be sure, is in the main only a
guess, but when the area drained
into the lakes above Lake Ontario,
and passing through the Niagara
River, be considered, the guess or
estimate does not seem to be too
large. The water surface of the
great lakes above Ontario is $4,000
square miles, and the watershed of
these lakes 10 240O0O square miles
more than twice the area of Great
Britain and Ireland. The total
length of shore line is 5000 miles,
while the volume of water is 5000
cubic miles, of which Lake Superb
or contains almost one-half. The
rate of outflow at Buffalo Is from
2l7OOO to 275DO0 cubic feet per sec
ond, while the fall of the cataract Is
I05 feet. The volume of water In
the lakes is such that ithas been
cstiuated that even If no rain fell,
the flow of the river would be con-
tinued at it's present rate for one
hundred years- that is, If the lakes
could be gradually drained. These
are very large figures, but in the
main they are the results Of exact
measurements.
The small water powers IN the
world are uneven, and are afflicted
b. Hoods and dtou9i.is. but This
e.sr. power g N'sf1sa e g cor.
Baxter Springs news. [volume] (Baxter Springs, Kan.) 1882-1919, 1894-12-22
y.ss,s Peal Estste Men TO Confer.

The Real Estate Association met
Monday night at Leavenworth and
DEF led TO issue call for confer
ence of the real estate agents OF
IA ,sas. TO he held in that city in
January. The object of the confer
cnce will be TO recommend to the
Legislature a change in the present
mortgage law. A committee was
appointed to make all necessary ar
rangements for the conference.
Baxter Springs news. [volume] (Baxter Springs, Kan.) 1882-1919, 1894-12-22
Trouble q Dime Made.

The Providence Journal says:
Once in IA great while one of the
thirty odd bank clerks who are dali
iy delegated TO render into the
Providence clearing house the ac-
counts of Il cir respective banks
makes an error in his "figgers.
Usually the session is over in twen-
". minutes, but Tuesday il required
an extra hour for the finding of n
ten-cent mistake in $l,l52.lO0. As
there is money fine, which gathers
double compound comminuted in
terest, so to speak, as the minutes
are piled up by the clock. each
young gentleman of the thirty odd
is on pins and needles until the fell
low who is to blame is discovered.
At noon the clearing house tele-
phone, which is that of the Roger
Williams bank, began to ring, and
from that time until the session was
concluded bank after bank called
up to know If its emissary had gone
to Canada and had left everything
but balance against the bank. Of
ficials and clerks, who go to dinner
in rotation, stood with watches in
hand and saw their cars go by, and
felt an increasing and aching void
at the "belt." About l2:45 o'clock
the $l,l52,lO had been squared up
to a cent, and the ten cent fellow
who had shaken the banking com
munity to the pit of its stomach
was laden with a crop of fines as
thick as flies at the bunghole of n
molasses barrel.
Baxter Springs news. [volume] (Baxter Springs, Kan.) 1882-1919, 1894-12-22
A rounr ladv Mishas to n

A young lady wishes TO marry; shs
II very beautiful, has = rosy counten'
snee framed in dark hair, eyebrow
In the form Of the crescent moon and
. small hut gracious mouth. She l.
also very rich-rieh enough 10 spend
the day " the SIDE Of her beloved
admiring sowers and TO pass the night
in singing to the stars Of heaven.
The man on whom her choice shnll
fall must be young. Handsome and
oducatsd. he must also b willing
- share the 1nmo grave.
Baxter Springs news. [volume] (Baxter Springs, Kan.) 1882-1919, 1894-12-22
Emu Claire wis Leader.


Most of the alligator stories we
get from Florida are frauds. but
here is true one. fresh from San
ford and not far from Auburndale
where Judge Teall has his groves
II happened near the mouth OF
Dunn's creek Young Roland had
wandered away from his parents,
and an alligator made for him.
The child started to run, but
stumbling, fell head frs imhedi'
ately in front of the reptile, which
swallowed him at once.
Young Roland's screams were
heard, and the parents reached the
scene just in time 10 see the dis
appearance of their son down the
huge throat of the saurian. The
father, never dreaming that the boy
was not killed, shot the alligator,
the ball fortunately, striking him in
the eye, penetrating the brain.
The feet of the boy were protrud-
ing from the mouth of the dead
alligator, and with the thought OF
only obtaining his remains for
burial, the reptile was cut open
There were signs of life, and after
several hours of hard work, the
father succeeded in resuscitating
the boy, the only serious injury be-
ing to his ankles, which had been
crushed by the reptiles teeth when
he was in the thioes of death.
Since that time Roland has been
a cripple, but only to the extent of
having to wear steel braces ON his
ankles.
Baxter Springs news. [volume] (Baxter Springs, Kan.) 1882-1919, 1894-12-22
TRAGEDY Al MIAu.

Thursday at Miami VIM. johnson
was beaten about the head by a
cousin of his named Johnson and
30 badly injured that Il is believed
he win die. Johnson's brother then
shot lhe coutln inlliciing probably
fatal i1|nrics EnfIn1f particulars
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