The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1895-12-18


hans turned on the would,be peacemak-
ers and shot them both dead. The mur-
Gerer escaped.
North, East, West and Foreign News.
\ fire in Rutherford, y. J., destroyed
halt dozc2 buildings. Loss. 100000.
Ex-senator Allen G. Thurman died
at bis residence at Columbus, o.. OF the
general debility Of old age, ending IL
collapse.
John \. Goldsmith, the noted turf
man and the man who brought out
Goldsmith Maid, died at his home IL
New York.
st. LouiS has been selected as the
place for holding the next Republican
national convention and June l6 named
as the date.
Senator Don Cameron of PcnnSylva-
MIA has announced formally that he
would not be candidate under any cir
cumstances for reelection.
Dispatches received from Havana an
nounce the arrival there Of six trans
ports with reinforcements Of Spanish
troops for service IN Cuba.
The Grangers' Bank of California,
one cf the Oldest banks in San Francis
co, is about to go into voluntary liquida-
ton, and has closed its doors.
At Los Angeles, Miss Emma Sarah
ChiidS, eldest daughter Of the late
George W. Childs, was married to John
Wilbur Dwight of New York.
Great excitement has been caused
among all classes by the discovery of q
conspiracy to overthrow the Spanish
rule on the island of Porto Rico.
Hiram Hillard, Baptist preacher,
50 years of age. cut his throat ard then
jumped over 4 high bluff at Golden,
Mo. Poor health was the cause.
u. S. Brock, we'll known as a special
attorney Of the beard Of trade, commit
ted suicide or WAS accidentally asphyx-
lated in his room at Omaha, Neb.
The Hambug-American Steamship
company has decided to establish a reg
plar steamer service between New York
and Brazil, commencing IL January
next.
The queen in council at Windsor for
mal!v prorogucd parliament until the
middle OF February when it Will meet
for the transaction of government bus
inesS.
Il is reported on good authority that
the Prince Of Wales made an enormous
lot cf moacv whc2 Tie South African
mining market was at its height few
months ago.
Fire at Monmouth. lis, destroyed the
shops Of the Wen Plow company. Loss,
5000. 900; fully covered by insurance.
Three hundred men are thrown out OF
employment.
Harry Hayward was hanged at Min
rcaDolis for the murder of Catherine
Cling. He 'cmaiued cool to the last, his
last words being: Pull the rope tight;
I'll stand pat"
a dispatch from Rome, Italy, an
nounces the death of Cardinal Paul
NIe,chors. He was German by birth,
was born III 1913 and was created a
cardinal IL 1885.
Robert Fitzsimmons has declined to
sign articles for fight with Peter
Manner for Dan Stuart's $4,000 purse.
He says his terms are a $4,000 purse
and $1,000 side bet.
Judge Murphy has fixed Feb. 21,
1896. as the date for the execution Of
Theodore Durant, convicted Of the mur-
der Of Miss Blanche Lamont at San
Francisco il April last.
Grant H;bbs shot himself twice in the
head and stabbed MS vile ten times.
Both ere fatally wounded. The affair
occurred at their home, four miles from
Dexter, Dallas county. IA.
At GAINESVILLE. o.. Andrew ". Kim
blc's plant or the manufacture Of car
riaSe cea,s burned t. the ground as
the result OF :, fre of unknown origin.
The loss is so, 900 with $4,000 imsur-
auce.
The Erie railway, the New York,
PENNSYLVANIA and Ohio and the Chica-
go and Erie railroads are to be united
under one managerShip Us one great
trunk line between Chicago and New
York
The American univerfitv has just
completed an agreement with the board
of counsel Of the Temperance Educa-
tional association by which the latter
agrees to secure and transfer to the uni
versity s250, 900 on condition that there
shall be inaugurated, as one OF its de-
q college Of scientific tenn
perance.
The Duchess of York has given birth
to q sou and both mother and child are
doing well. This is the second child Of
the Duke and DucheSs CT York. Their
first offspring, Edward Albert, was born
June %, 1894.
Hon. Edward Mcpherson died at Get
ty;;burg, Fa., from az, overdose OF nux
which he took by 22;sr;sEe. lie
was an ex-member Of congress and clerk
Of the house Of representatives during
seven congresses.
Lord Dunrnvcn will sail from London
for New York on wednesday III order
to assist the committee OF the New
York Yacht club in its investigation Of
the charges brought by his lordship
against Defender.
Escaping gas and a lighted lamp in
the meter room Of the Citizens Gas COM
pany at Buffalo. n. Y, caused terrific
explosion. Two men. Dennis Hutch, a
foreman in the works. and William
Manning, alaborer, We're fatally burned.
H. LantS, aged 80 years, a travelling
man Of Buffalo, \. Y. was found dead
at q hotel III Fort Wayne. IND. He was
suffering from tcothache and purchased
laudanum to alleviate the pain. 1t IS
that he took an overdose OF
the drug and it proved fatal.
Dr.. Levi Keehn, late postmaster OF
Ind. together with his wife,
While returning home III a carriage,
was struck by a train on the Baltimore
and Ohio at Syracuse, Ind, and IN
stantly killed Mrs kcehn was so
badly injured that she cannot recover.
Two men We're the only mourncrs at