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The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1895-04-17
Where They Live Longest.

WASHINGTON. April 10.-A report
showing the percentage of morality in
200 cities of the United States for the
year Of 1891 has just been published
under the auspices of the surgeon gen
eral of the marine hospital service.
The following figures shows the num-
Der Of deaths in each 1000 Of the esti-
mated population in the larger cities
mentioned:
Augusta, Ca, 1926; Baltimore,
Nd, 1911; Boston, Mass, 22.9S;
Bridgeport, Conn, 15.44; Brooklyn,
n. Y, 0.93; Brownsville, Tex, Al 80
Cambridge, Mass. 1928; Charleston,
IS. c., 27.29; Chattanooga, Tenn,
Ills; Chicago, ILL.,, IA SO; Cincinnati,
O., 1929: Cleveland, o., 17.42; Co.
lumbus, O., 1909; Dedham, Mass,
1913: Detroit, Mich, 1430; Dubuque,
Ia, 1857: Evansville, 1916; Grand
Rapids. Mich, Is. Hartford, Conn,
Is. 95; Jersey City, n. j., "a 10; Knox
vile, Tenn, 1862; Lowell, Mass,
10. 5S: Manchester. n. H, 1854; Mem
phis, Tenn, 23.06; Milwaukee, Wis.
1876; Minneapolis. 9.24; Newark. n.
J.. 23.07; New Orleans, PASS; New
York City, 113S; Philadelphia, 1928;
Portland, Me-, 20.12; Reading, Pa,
~. 95: Richmond, Va. 20.23; Roches
ter, n. Y. H. "a; St. Louis, 1912:
Salt Lake City, $40: San Diego, Cal,
12.5 50: San Francisco, 1884; Scranton,
Pa, 17.2S: Sioux Falls, S: D., 449;
Springfield. Mass, 1913 Syracuse, n.
Y. 81: Toledo, o., sos; Washing
ton, 1899; Wilmington, Del, 1858:
Worcester, Mass, 1920.
In some of the Southern cities the
report shows the comparative death
rate between white persons and col
ored as follows:
Augusta, Ca, white, 11.36; colored,
IS. IL; Charleston, S. c., white, 1858;
colored $3.50: Knoxville. Tenn.
white, 12.04: colored. 30 SO: New Or
leans, white. 21. 81; colered, 32.14.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1895-04-17
Republicans Plotting.

MCCORMICK, ABBEv1LLE COUNTY,
April 9.--W W. Russell, the we'll
known Republican leader, was in
own yesterday, and in conversation
with the News and Courier cores
2oI:dent gave a bit of political news
that is interesting He said an effort
would be made through the United
States Courts to prevent the holding
OF 4 Constitutional Convention. The
Courts will be asked to declare the
registration law under which the cleo
10; OF delegates is to be had uncon-
stit ,tional. The paper in the case
so..ting forth the grounds of action,
lIr. Rassell says, have already been
prepared aad: Submitted to some of the
ab!eSt lawyers ir the State, who have
pronouneee-tsAem satisfactory, and the
case VIII come up in the courts at an
early day: Russell is confident of the
Success Of the scheme and intimated
that the Republicans were not the
only ones at the bottom of it. The
proceedings will be watched with in
:c:ySt all over the State.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1895-04-17
Shot at the Britisl.er,

BosToS, April Capt. Hopkins, Of
t.e British Steamer Ethclred, which
arrived here today, says with regard
70 his being overnauled by the Span
isA cruiser that there is nothing to add
10 the story cabled at that time. The
E,helred was off Cape Maysi, on the
"a, When a Spanish war ship hove in
sight and fired q blank cartridge to
ieave the Ethelred to. Capt. Hopkins
stopped ms engines when the Spaniard
circled around the Ethelred once, and
then steamed away, The first part Of
her name looked like ''Neuve." Capt.
Hopkins filed his report with the
British consul at Jamaica.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1895-04-17
a Nnuuc Eienl HaN"eI.

COLUMBUS. O.. April 1l.-C.lar:es
Hart was hanged shortly after md
night in the State prison for lie my
der of Elsie and Ashley Goode. c..!.-
drer seven and nine years old, respec-
lively, in Pauling county, November
1. 1894. The children were gather;uG
nuts in The woods and Hart. who WAS
only eighteen years old, joined them.
According to his own confession. he
killed the boy and then ..ravished the
girl, afterward killing her, and burned
their bodies in d log heap. having 4 St
dismembered them TO concea. their
identity.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1895-04-17
Two Ont of TWenty-Three.

New WHATCoM, Wash, April o.
Few details except those received with
the first news of the mine disaster are
to be had. The formation of the mine
and the story of the two survivors,
shows that the breast where the ex-
plosicn occurred was a third of a mile
from the entrance to the mine. The
latter is tunnel of about 800 feet,
driven in from the hill side and ter
minating in main gangway running
at right angles from which laterals are
cut in, following the vein. As soon
as a safe distance from the gangway is
reached, these laterals broaden in
rooms or chambers in the process of
mining. According to Kearns, the
only survivor thus far known, who
was working in one of the chambers,
the explosion occurred in a breast or
working about 1000 feet from where
the tunnel terminated in the gangway.
AS the main vertical air shaft pierced
the gangway close by the intersection
of thetunnel, itcould but poorly carry
off the poisonous vapor following the
ignition Of the fire damp. The noise
of the explosion warned the miners in
the chambers to flee, but they entered
the gangway only to be overcome by
the deadly gas. The shock was slight
where kearns was working, as he
claims his lamp was not put out, nor
was he thrown down by the concus-
sion. 1t isa mystery, however, that
he should have been able to pass
through the gangway to the exit pas
sage. IN face of the poisonous vapor;
and he tells weird story of stumbling
over bodies of victims and downfalls
Of debris in getting out. Gelium, the
only survivor besides Kearns thus far
known, was working near the en-
trance to the tunnel. 1t was about
the hour for the new shaft to 60 on
duty and the men were already on the
way from the barracks to the tunnel,
when the explosion was heard. Had
they but entered the gangway the loss
Of life would have doubtless been in
creased Twentv-three men were in
the mine and kearns and Gellum are
the only ones known to be alive.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1895-04-17
GIGANTIC FRAUDS.
WhiSkey Trust Officials Have Stolen Mil
lions--Experts Shocked.

CHICAGO, April 9.-Another chapter
of Whiskey Trust sensations was made
public today in the fling of a bill Of
complaint in the United States District
Court by Receiver McNulta and the
reorganization committee. The gen,
eral allegation is made that up to
April. 1893, the three experts who
have been at work on the books Of the
Cattle Feeding and Distilling Com
pany have found that s.. 100000 can
not be accounted for on the records of
the trust The bill charges Joseph B..
Greenhut and Samuel Woolner, of
Peoria, with the misrepresentation of
1920, 600. The other defendants named
in the bill are Peter J. Hennesey.
Nelson Morris and the Distilling and
Cattle Feeding Company. This is the
first time the receiver and the New
York reorganization committee have
joined hands in the legal proceedings.
1t is only one of a series of bills which
will be filed against the trust directors
resident in Illinois.
1t is charged that at directors
meeting held November 4, 1892, it
was agreed to buy the Nebraska distil-
lery at Nebraska City, the Central
distillery at St. Louis and the Star
and Crescent distillery at Pekin, III.
Samuel Woolner acted as agent for
the trust, receiving s25, 900 for his SER
vices. The price contracted for was
81. 6S5, 600, but the amount that ap-
pears on the books is 81, 440. Of
the latter amount the bill alleges
Greenhut received 1925, 900 and Wool
ner s65.000 besides his fee as agent
and that these amounts have not been
accounted for in any way.
The first news of the foregoing con-
dit;on Of affairs was received by Gen.
McNulta yesterday and he immediate
ly telegraphed the three experts at
Peoria to return to Chicago at once
ard briGg documents and books in
support of the charges. The experts
and receiver met Attorney Levy Mey-
er at his Office and the session lasted
until s o'clock this evening. Nathan
Blur, the New York counsel for the
reorganization committee, and Herrick
Hutton. director, were also present
All We're astornded at the exposure
Of the gigantic frauds made by the ex-
perts, who presented rough report of
their examination made up to April
1898. Chief Expert O'Brien said he
had not, in his fifty years OF expert
ence, seer anything like such condi-
ton of accounts and he had handled
the Erie and Lakawanna books. The
disclosures were so startling that Mr..
Bij;;r left for New York this afternoon
and Mr. Hutton returned to Cincin-
natl. The experts allege that all sorts
of transactions were covered by fraud
ulent entries and a lawyer in the case
went 50 far as to charge forgery.
The experts full report up TO April
l, 1893, will be ready by the last Of
the week. As to the news that the
American Distributing. Company and
the Whiskey Trust had consolidated,
man prominent in the latter organi-
zation admitted that it was among the
possibilities, but that there was moth
ing definitely done yet.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1895-04-17
COLOR LINE IN THE NORTH.
Miss Susan 3. Anthony Cites a Pertinent
Example.

ROCHESTER, n. Y, April 10.-There
was an exciting finale to the lecture
of Miss Ida B. Wells, last evening al
the First Baptist Church. in which a
theological student from Texas and
Miss Susan B. Anthony participated.
Miss Wells said that negro lynching
had increased in the South in a
marked degree; that between 1882 and
1892 1000 colored people were lynched
on slight preteXts, and in many cases
when they were known, to be inno-
cent. She gave a number of illustra-
tons bearing upon her conclusion,
when the theological student, who said
he hailed from Texas, arose and said
DO you assume that all the negroes
that have been lynched in the South
since the War have been innocent2"
Il never said that" replied Miss
Wells. Il simply claim that they
were innocent in the eye of the law.
No man is guilty until found so by a
trial.
Miss Wells then resumed her lect-
ure She said it was considered a
crime for negroes to intermarry with
the whites, that this was manifestly
unjust to the colored women of the
South. She insisted that if it was
illegal for the white men to marry
colored women, it should also be lille
gal for them to form alliances with
them \ white man might live with
q colored woman with impunity, but
if he should marry her it would be a
crime.
Here the Texan, in evident excite
ment, arose and said:
DO the negroes want to marry
white folks? If the negroes are so
badly treated IN the South, why do
they not come: North, or 60 West, or
to some more congenia] place."
They are not able to emigrate, :"
responded Miss Wells, because they
are always in debt to their landlords,
being paidin checks for provisions
only good at plantation stores. I
would remain in the South myself had
i rot been forbidden to come back on
the penalty OF losing my life. y
Miss anthony could restrain herself
no longer. She jumped to her feet,
and with fire in her eye, said:
The colored people receive no bet
ta- ;seatment in the North than they
Go l-ere. will relatean incident that
occurred in our city last:sweek. a
dance was to be given in No. 3school
for the benefit of the children of the
seventh grade, and tickets were issued
to children for ten cents. Now, it
happened that there was colored girl
in that grade who wanted to get in as
well as the white children, and her
mother gave her money: But when
she went. to her teacher, Miss Stuart,
she was told that If she insisted on at
tending nene of the white children
would go, and that the affair would be
gwen up; so the poor child was turned
away. I consider that the feeling of
that colored girl was the result of the
|same spirit that inspire lynchings in
the South.
Miss Anthony's denunciation of
these distinctions among the Christian
people Of the North as well as the
South was dramatic. and the theologi-
cal student from Texas completely
subsidized in the outburst of approval
on the part of the audience that fol-
lowed.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1895-04-17
Taken In.

ATLANTA Ca, April 1o.-A negro,
who said his name was Mitchell, came
here six weeks ago soliciting funds
from his race. He s..aic1 !nat case
against the Jim Crow car law was
pending in the United States Supreme
Court. Mitchell SAID that Robert In
gersoll, Ex-Governor Hoadly and
other heavy weight lawyers had been
retained to represent the colored race
in the fight. It would take SIC, 900 to
pay the lawyers, he said His people
in Georgia subs ribed iberally. Bis
hop Turner gave sl0C. 4 lew days
ago it was learned that Mitchell was
fraud. When he found that his re-
cord was being looked up he skipped.
He got $500 from the negroes of
Georgia and married a school teacher,
who finds that Mitchell has wife in
Minneapolis, Minn.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1895-04-17
4. Curious Find.

ATHENS, Ca, April 11.-Henry
Tanner. a citizen of this county, who
lives at Conner, g few miles from
Athens, made queer find a few days
ago. Tanner went out near his home
to cut down an old tree The tree was
hollow and when it fell it broke into
pieces. Out the hollow came an old
sword with leather and brass scabbard,
soldiers ticket, an old pocket book
filed with Confederate money and
few other war relics. It is believed
that the articles were placed in the
tree during the war. The sword is
rusty in places but had been well pre-
served.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1895-04-17
IIe Loved The Horse.

LEXINGTON Ky, April 11.-Joe
Dennison. white man, 50 years old,
who has been caring for Byron Nc,
ClelIand's Thoroughbred mares aad
colts for several years, became insane
today on account of the accident to
the Longfellow Sallie McClelland colt
last MondaJ, whereby it had to be de,
stroyed.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1895-04-17
Turns IN All Right.

BRIDGEPORT, Conn, y pril 1l.-John
II. Brunson, g Swede, residing in tn;s
city. who was reported on the ''Elbc
while returning from visit home,
turned up safe and married He
bought ticket for the "Elbe. but
changed his mind when he saw his
way clear to successful courtShip
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1895-04-17
Grief for his Bride,

ATLANTA, Ga, April 1I.-Eoah II
Way, young farmer living FIVE miles
from Stone Mountain. cut his throat
today from ear,to ear. Hedied III few
minutes. Way was married few
months ago and his wife died soon at
ter the wedding.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1895-04-17

A New Price List Prepared--Some Fig
ureS Showing the Profits That Should
Accure to the State---InterestinG
Study.
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ICONTINUED on PAGE FOUR.
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Branded peaches and cherries and
Hostetter's and Bakers bitters com
plete the stock.

The figures given above will give a
pretty clear idea of the profits accru-
ing to the State and county from the
Official liquor business il It's present
stage of perfection. the claim being
made that the system is now III perfect
and successful 'opcration.-State.
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1895-05-06
LARGEST OF DIAMONDS,
Said to Have Been Sent to the
Pope at Rome.
It Weighs More Than Nine Hundred and
seventy-One Carats Which, in Avoir-
dupois, Ii Equivalent to Nearly
Half Pound.

According to cablegram received
from London, the pope has received
from the president of the Transvaal
republic a diamond weighing OIL carats.
The stone was found in the Jagersfon-
tein mines and is declared to be the
largest known.
The cablegram states that the mon
ster diamond is of a bluish-white cast
and practically perfect, its only blem-
ish being tiny spot in the center, in
visible to the naked eye.
Why the president of the Transvaal
republic has sent 1t to the pope is not
made clear. 1t Is not to be supposed
that he has made present to his holi-
ness of a stone valued ut 100000.
Probably his object was to get free
advertisement for his little republic
and the big diamond found there.
The Jewellers Circular prints pic
ture Of the diamond, showing it's actual
size. This was received from corre-
spondent in South Africa. The Circu-
lar presumes that the diamond referred
to is the one known as the Jagersfon-
tein Excelsior.
1t was picked up by native while
he was loading truck. Although q
white overseer was standing near him,
he managed to hide 1t and keep 1t on
his person for some time. 1t turned
out, however, that he did not wish to
steal it, for he delivered it personally
to the manager. AS reward he re-
ceived $3.50 and horse and saddle.
The exact weight of the diamond is
0714 carats, or about seven and one
quarter ounces avoirdupois. 1t there
fore weighs uncut nearly half pound.
In It's present condition it measures
three inches in length, one and half
inches In thickness, two and a half
inches at its greatest breadth and one
and third inches at It's least breadth.
1t is of beautiful blush color and Is
shaped like the broken-off end Of an
icicle.
The flaw In 1t is believed to be more
serious than is stated In the cable dis
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1895-05-06

hawk arose before the hoopsnake got q
chance to tackle it. 1t hadn't assembled
more than two hundred feet when the
racer tied its wings tight to It's body,
and the hawk dropped like wad Of
mud, thirty feet or SO from the stool
pigeon. The hoopsnake had been glar-
ing at the hawk as if he was disap-
pointed, but the instant it landed he
rolled right at 1t and commenced to
thump 1t on the head with his horn.
The hawk screamed and struggled vio-
lently, and the racer frightened his coils
around its wings and prevented it from
rising 1t couldn't fight with It's claws,
and the hoopsnake continued to ham
mer it on the head, and the racer to
squeeze 1t, as If 1t had been put-up
Job between the snakes beforehand to
tackle the hawk in that way. The
hoopsnake pounded until he had bat
tered its head all out Of shape with his
sharp horn. In little while the hawk
ceased to stir, and the racer unwound
himself, and the hoopsnake stopped
hammering. Both reptiles gazed at the
dead bird for q moment, and then the
hoopsnake hooked his tail into his lip,
and the two went away together.
THE opossum snake of Texas
feigns death If you tap it on the back
with a switch, and sometimes when
you make quick strike at it and don't
touch 1t. The natives assert that a
badly scared opossum snake will re-
main quiescent until sunset, no matter
how early In the day you scare it, and
then 1t will glide off at great speed. L
once frightened an opossum snake by
switching the ground near it. The
snake made believe it was lifeless, and
hid In clump of bushes and watched
1t. 1t couldn't possibly have seen me,
and for an hour and forty minutes it
remained perfectly motionless. It
lacked two hours and twenty minutes
OF sundown, but l had concluded to
stay there and see whether the snake
would clear out. lost the chance,
however, for within a few minutes a
pair OF turkey buzzards lit on the snake
together. 1t began to squirm and flop
and beat the grass, but 1t had waited a
little too long, for the buzzards pulled
1t In two speedily, each sailing away
with writhing half. :,
"At another time / watched an
opossum snake for hours, and WIS paid
for 1t little after sunset by seeing
monster owl pounce upon 1t, tie it into
knots and sail off with it."
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1895-05-06


Reproduced at its exact size.)
patch. 1t is black spot near the mid
die. 1t could be cut In two, however,
so as to leave out the blemish. 1t would
then make two of the largest diamonds
In existence. At the time of its discov-
cry it was valued at 81 100000.
The largest cut diamond in the world
is the Orloff in the scepter of the en-
peror of Russia, weighing 1949l carats.
1t is cut in the rose form, with fat
surface below. According to one story,
1t formed the eye of an Indian idol and
was stolen by French deserter. In
1772 Count Orloff bought it for EN-
press Catherine at q cost of s45O,OOO.
The next largest is the Pitt diamond,
bought in 1902 by Mr.. Pitt, governor Of
Madras, for 100000. The duke Of Or
leans, regent of France, bought It for
Louis XIV. for $65O,OOO. 1t is now re-
ported to be worth twice that sum. At
the time of the revolution it was sent to
Berlin, but reappeared in the hilt Of
the sword of state used by Napoleon l.
1t weighs 136& carats, but originally
weighed 40.
After this comes the Florentine, or
Grand Duke, now in the possession of
the emperor of Austria. 1t is of yell
low color, oblong In shape and cut In
the rose pattern. Its exact weight Is
given as 1876 carats. Tradition says
1t was lost by Charles the Bold at the
battle of Granson and picked up by
Swiss soldier who sold it for a few
pence.
The Kohinoor, the largest diamond in
the possession Of the British crown, is
believed to be the finest and purest In
existence. 1t also has the most singu-
lar history, The Indian legend says
that it was found In one of the Golcon-
da mines, near the Kishna river, and
was worn 5000 years ago by Karna, one
of the heroes celebrated In the Mahab-
harata. 1t passed through many hands
to Baber, founder of the Mogul dynasty,
In 1926. Tavernier, the French explorer,
saw it In 1865.
1t was then Of the shape of half an
egg and weighed $50 carats 1t had
been reduced to that weight from 1855
carats by an unskillful stonecutter.
In 1889 it passed to Nadir Shah, the
Persian invader of India, who gave it Its
name of Kohinoor, or mountain Of light
In 1s49, when the conquest Of the Pun
jah was finally completed, 1t was sur
rendered to the British, and in 1850 it
was presented to Queen Victoria.
When it was shown in the exhibition
of 1857 In London 1t weighed 1s6 lilo
carats. Since then it has been recut.
and now weighs 100 1-16.
1t has been conjectured that the Koh-
moor originally formed parts of the
same stone as the Orlof diamond, both
Of them having once been in the posses
sion of the Great Mogul. A stone OF
1872 carats captured by Abbas Mira at
the storming Of coocha in 1892 may be
third fragment. This was long used
by pcnsant as flint for striking fire.