The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1895-02-20
WEEKS NEWS CONDENSED.

Ihe president has recognized Andrew
Petersen as consul of Denmark at Chi.
cago.
The naval medical board has rejected
E. a. Jonas, appointed to be an assis.
tant paymaster in the navy.
Secretary Herbert spoke at the ban.
quet of the Pennsylvania Scotch Irish
society in Philadelphia Friday night.
Comptroller Echels has authorized
the Granville National bank, of Gran
vile, \. y, capital $4,000, to begin
business.
The New York Central has broken
ground in Buffalo for the extensive i'm
provements which are to be built in
that city.
An official circular announcing
changes in the traffic department of the
Seaboard Air Line may be expected any
time this month.
4 rumor is current to the effect that
several changes are imminent among
the officials of the Cincinnati, Jaskson
and Mackinaw.
The committee on woman suffrage of
the Massachusetts legislature Saturday
decided-S to s. to report a bill in IA
vor of municipal suffrage.
DR.. G. B. Foster, of Manchester Col
lege, Toronto. has accepted a call to
the chair Of theology in the University
OF Chicago divinity school.
General Manager Wood, of the Penn-
sylvania lines, who has been sojourn-
ing in Florida. has returned to his
headquarters in Pittsburg.
Jonathan Tipon has received the ap-
pointment of general freight and pas
senger agent Of the Knoxville. Cumber-
land Gap and Louisville road.
Mr.. James Hodges. ex-mayor Of Bal
timore, died last night at his home
there. Mr.. Hodges had filed many
places of honor and trust, both national
and state.
Eastern Passenger Agent Burke, Of
the Louisville and Nashville, indiy-
nantly denies the report that he has
been offered the eastern passenger
agency of another Southern road.
Douglas Dallan, formerly commercial
agent of the Nashville, Chattanooga
and St. Louis. has been appointed gen
eral southern agent of the Hoosac Tun-
mel Line, with headquarters at Louis
vile.
W. B. Shattuck, formerly general pas
senger agent of the Ohio aud Missis-
sippi, has been selected as one of the ar
bitrators to settle the question of diH-
ferentials between the strong and diff
ferential western lines.
More sensational developments in the
800, 900 shortage in the Kings county,
n. Y, treasurer's Office have been
brought to light by the discovery that
two of the bonds of County Treasurer
Harry II. Adams are missing from the
county clerks Office in Brooklyn. The
bonds are for Slo0, 900 each.
Judge Pryor, in the court of common
pleas at New York Saturday, refused
to naturalize two Italians because they
could not speak English. He announced
that foreigners who could not speak
the language Of the United States need
not apply to him for citizenship papers.
The Baltimore and Ohio company has
under advertisement proposition to
extend the block signal system over its
entire system. a meeting of the
higher officials Of the road is to be held
in Chicago for the purpose OF eXamin-
ing and discussing the various systems
in use on the Chicago roads They will
adopt the one they think the most ef-
fectiye and complete.
Advices received from Somoa say that
a German firm, Frings & Spatz, have
been importing and selling the rebels
rifles and ammunition. The rebels are
enabled TO maintain an armed opposi-
ton TO the Malietoa government The
rifles imported from Germany were
labeled toys and passed the customs.
The German consul fined each partner
only So. so, although the ofense was q
direct controversion of the Berlin
treaty.