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The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1896-01-05
SEATTLE BANDITS FolLED.
Uns"ccessJ"L -dtte,npt TO Rob Streetca
Conductor.

SEATTLE, WASH, Jan. 1.-Two masked
men held up one of the Seattle CONSOLE
dated Street Railway Company's electric
- cars at the end of Cedar street last night
Just before Midnight. Motorman Barnum
ana Conductor Skinner made a brave
stand and in the desperate fight that
eIisued U. T. johnson, one of the highway
men, was overpowered and placed under
a at ne other desperate escaped. No
7Ho's were hred, though both men backed
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1896-01-05
Que Fight Declared OFF.

DALLAS, TEXAS, Jan. A telegram
from CRITICS manager tonight has caused
the lightweight championship fight
between him and Everhardt in Stuart's
carnival at FL Paso to be called off. Stuart
says he will fill the place and the fight
will take place as billed. Everhardt's
manager has challenged the world, Lavigne
preferred.
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1896-01-05
Marksmem Contest at Ph@nir.

PHOENIX, ARIz., Jan. 4.-In the gun
shoot among teams from Phoenix, Pres
colt and Tucson to-day, the individual
championship for targets was the princi-
pal event. There were twenty-three en-
tries for this event, which was won by NJ .
E. Moran of Prescott, his score being d
out of a possible %. There was one live
bird event, which is yet undecided the
competition being stopped by darkness. A
banquet was given by the Phoenix Gun
Club to the visitors Tonight
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1896-01-05

Lewis Kingsley was born in New York.
He was appointed as acting midshipman
at the Naval Academy September %, 1861 ;
graduated 1865; schoolship Sabine, 1866;
promoted to ensign, December l, 1866;
Lackawanna tsecond rate), Pacific feet,
1878; promoted to master, March u
1868; photographic Office, 1869-7O; com
missioned as lieutenant, March 26, 1869;
Brooklyn Second rate), European fleet,
1902; photographic office 1873; Colo
1874; Torpedo station, 1915; Ossipee (third
rate), North Atlantic station. 1888; naval
station, New London, 1851; Lacka-
wanna, Pacific station. 1871; promoted
TO ACCOMPLISHMENTS November, 1881 ;
ordnance duty, navy yard, Wash
ington, D. c., 1SS4-5; torpedo station,
1856; receivingship New Hampshire,
1865; Richmond, South Atlantic station,
1S60-90; navy-yard, 1891; promoted to
commander, May 5, 1892
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1896-01-05
His Stock Driven Upon Land
That He Was Enjoined
From Occupying.
ARMED vAQUERos ON GUARD.
Henchmen of the Millionaire Take
Forcible Possession of
Large Tract.

MADEIRA, CAL, Jan. 4.-Tbe multi
millionaire cattle king of the Pacific coast,
Henry Miller, has come into contact with
the Superior Court of MADEIRA County and
is likely to be obliged to answer to a
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1896-01-05
Prince 44tenander Dend.

BERLIN, GERMANY, Jan. 4. - Prince
Alexander of Prussia. general of in
fantry in the Prussian army. died to-day,
aged IS years. He had been ailing for
some time.
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1896-01-05
Rnurond Fatality at Ne,cman.

NEWMAN, CAL, Jan. Al. H. Jones,
a prominent farmer living near Newman,
attempted to cross the track in front of the
New Orleans flyer on Wednesday. He was
struck by the engine and hurled fifty feet
into the air. He was instantly killed and
nearly every bone in his body was broken.
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1896-01-05

PORT ANGELES, WASH, Jan. Am
earthquake shock was felt in this city last
night at 10 o'clock. Itrattled the crockerv
and awakened those who had retired. The
motion was from west to east.
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1896-01-05
CoMMANDkR KINGsLEY DEAD.
He Made Good Record at Sea and
ashore.

WASHINGTON, D. c., Jan. 4.-News
was received here to-day of the death on
board the United States training-ship Es-
sex, now at Yorktown, of Commander
Lewis Kingsley, U. S. N, commanding
that vessel
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1896-01-05
Ex-SPEAKER CRIsP,s VIEW.
Does Not See Hotc England Can Insist
on the Claim.

ATLANTA, Ga, Jan. 4.-Ex-Speaker
Crisp is here tonight on his way to
Washington from his home in Americas.
de says that, in the light of the London
Chronicles dispatch, he does not see how
England can insist on her claim to the
disputed territory of the Venezuelan
frontier,
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1896-01-05
Frozen tn Dentb

RADIO roads will retain the autonomy of
their Colorado Utah passenger association.
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1896-01-05

ANDERSON, IND, Jan. T. William
Nelson, glaosworker, was frozen to death
last night ten feet away from his door.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1896-04-29
The Elephant as a Playfellow.

y man who has travelled in India a
great deal says that an elephant is a
better playfellow for boy than 4 dog.
The native boys make the elephants
take them in swimming. They climb
on the elephants back and ride in tri-
umph to the best swimming hole. The
elephant walks into deep water and
keeps right on walking until there's
nothing to be seen of him except his
trunk and good level island of back.
The boy stands on the island and yells
like - well, just about like a good.
healthy American boy. and he dives off
the island. and the elephant grabs him
with his trunk and puts him up onto
dry land" and answers his yell with
cry that's half snort and half whoop,
and altogether he gives that boy just
as good time in swimming" as if he
had lived in America and never
dreamed OF using an elephants back
for q sprineboard. Queer country, In
dia. isn't it?
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1896-04-29
Dereneracy of the BARRIERS Art.

Il tell YOU" said Sansom street
barber to a Philadelphia Bulletin re-
porter, as he took up a pair of clippers
and made wide swath on the scalp of
shock-headed young man muttied up
in towels in the chair before him, Il
tel you these are degenerate days.
Tine was when a man paid more at
tention to the trim Of his beard or the
curl of his foreIock than he did to the
c,lo Of his coat or the whiteness Of his
linen. That's all changed. Now man
rushcs in all Of a sweat with his coat
half off before he enters the door. l
say to him: How do you want your
hair cut. sir?' In a hurry he says.
Short in back, with room enough to
comb in front?' l ask. In 4 hurry. he
answers, and SO it goes. The hurry
up clippers have supplanted the scis-
sors. while art. as the hair-cutter knew
it of old, goes flying away on the wings
of the past, and the barber sighed as
he dismissed the well-cropped customer
and called: Next"
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1896-04-29
Another Advance Made.

The Keelev cure has been introduced
intothe St. Agnes Hospital, Baltimore,
Nd. The good Sisters realize that in
the Kelley cure is found the only hope
for those addicted to the liquor and
morphine habits, and have made a
contract with the keely Institute OF
Maryland by which the Kelley treat
ment shall be administered at their hos
pital by regular physicians instructed
BY Dr.. Kelley. This is another argu-
ment proving that the Sisters OF Char
ity occupy the front place in the care
of the diseased and in the service Of
suffering humanity. The treatment
was adopted four years ago by the
United States government and IS used
at the National home. Proving so ef-
ficacious the treatment is now given
at Fort Leavenworth Post, to the Off
GERS and enlisted men of the regular
army. During the past two years the
States of Maryland, Minnesota, Colo
rado, Louisiana, Nsrth Dakota, Wis
consin and others have by legislative
enactments provided that INDECENT
liquor and morphine habitues be given
the treatment.
The Kelley Institute OF South Caro-
lima continues its good work at GO
lumbia, and any information desired
may be had by addressing that insti-
tute or drawer 81.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1896-04-29
AN EARTHQUAKE DETEcrOR.
Marvellous Mes sagcs of ShaklnSs In Japan
CONVEYED by 4 Little Instrument.

Marvellous Mes sagcs of Shaklngs In Japan
Conveyed by a Little Instrument.
It has become possible to discover an
earthquake and to mark its force at
distance of over seven thousand miles,
SAYS the New York World. This seems
to smack Of magic, but it is neverthe-
less semitic fact. Some time ago 1t
was stated as simple truth that the
earthquake in Algeria was made known
to the scientists in Paris itself while 1t
was actually taking place by the un-
dulati1cs of certain delicate instru-
ments over strip of paper. That the
movements of the earth could thus
transmit themselves almost instantane-
ously, registering, as it We're, across
the Mediterranean and nearly the
whole of France more quickly than a
telegraph message could have been
sent, was thought hardly plausible.
But it can well be believed now IN
view of recent more marvellous DEM
onstration of the self-registering OF an
earthquake much farther away.
Within an hour from the time it COM
menced the late, earthquake in Japan
had revealed itself to the instruments
of the Roman college. The oscilla-
tions of the earth outlined themselves
on single sheet of paper clearly and
distinctly, showing plainly that there
were five separate disturbances OF
varying force. Recent scientific re-
ports that have just come from the
Japanese empire confirm the accuracy
Of the instruments of the Roman col
lege in a most remarkable manner.
The practical part of the discovery is
that the approach of an earthquake
may be told with little chance Of error,
though it must be confessed that the
instruments give no hint of direction
nor do they indicate the starting point.
Instruments of this character were
at Nicolaieff and Charkow, cities in the
central part Of Russia, and here the
Japanese earthquake mentioned was
registered even more plainly, the dis
tance in this case from its seat being
fully four thousand FIVE hundred miles
The instruments in these towns were
carefully watched at this time and they
were seen to oscillate and mark the
tremblings Of the earth for over an
hour.
One of the most remarkable of mod
ern inventions, indeed, is this seismo-
graph, which was invented oy Bartelli,
the father Of earthquakes" The most
valuable evidence Of its practical bene-
fit to mankind was in 1888, when the
sensitive machine gave warning Of an
eruption of Mount Etna. Up to this
time, however, it has only been valua-
bic for toretelling shocks comparative
ly near at hand. The long-distance in
stances recorded above are the first in
the history Of the seismograph.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1896-04-29
The Force of a Cyclone.

Careful estimates of the force of a
cyclone. and the energy required to
keep full-fedged hurricane in active
operation, revealed the presence of
power THAI makes the mightiest efforts
Of man appear as nothing in compari-
son. a force fully equal to four hun
dred and seventy-three million horse
power was estimated as developed in
West Indian cyclone. This is about
fifteen times the power that is
crcatable by all the means within the
range Of mans capabilities during the
same time. We're steam. water. wind
mills and the strength of all men and
animals combined, they could not atall
approach the tremendous force exerted
by this terrible storm.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1896-04-29
Killed Eor' owe.

RICHMOND, Texas, pril 13.-Albert
Somerville in a fit Of jealous sy shot and
almost instantly Killed Emma Somer.
vile, daughter of Judge 81. L. Som
ervilie, postmaster of this city, this
morning., and then attempted suicide,
but made onl; slight wound. Miss
Somerville was a popular and high
ly esteemed young lady. The young
man came here recently from Alaba'
ma, where his parents reside. He is
nephew OF Judge Somerville and was
visiting at his uncle's house at the
time. The tragedy occurred III the
street just in front of the Somervilie
home. Young Somerville was in
love with The young lady, but on ac'
count of relationship between the
young people the parents refused to
consent to their marriage. Somecvilie
is now in jail.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1896-04-29
Murder and Robbery.

LA PLATA, Nd, April PA horri-
bic double murder, accompanied by
burglary, was committed at Hill Top,
a small village in Charles County,
near this place; this morning. About
2 o'clock, Joseph Cooking, who keeps
a general store at Hill Top, was awak-
ened by noise in his store, over which
his family lived. Hastily arising,
Mr.. Cooking came down stairs and
was struck senseless by blow on the
head. He was tied with rope and
thrown down into the cellar stunned
and helpless, where he was discover
ed this morning by a passing colored
man, who found the store door open
and heard means. In their rooms up
stairs, the dead bodies of Mrs Cock
ing and her sister, Miss Daisy Miller,
were found. Both women were ly-
ing on the floor with their skulls
crushed as if by an iron bar or SINH
lar instrument. The store had been
robbed. There is no clue to the MUIR
derers.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1896-04-29
TOO STOUT FOR CONVENIENCE.
Naval Officers Accumulate Too Much
Flesh FOR Comfort.

Naval CfhcerS Accumulate 100 Much
Flesh for Comfort.
Following closely upon its considera-
ton of the much-disputed question as
to whether entrances to the coming
towers of our ships of war should be
made large enough to permit the easy
ingress ard egress Of the more rotund
of our naval officers comes discussion
by the navy department as to the meth
DDS to be employed in removing to the
sick bay" such persons as may be
wounded On the decks in action. The
intimate connection Of the two topics,
says the Washington Star, may not be
apparent at first glance, but the
thoughtful student of naval affairs will
doubtless see that there is a relation
ship. The principal point to be noted
is as to the difficulty that would be ex-
perienced in removing from the con-
ming tower the wounded body of one Of
those obese officers who, when in pos
session of all his faculties, could barely
manage to squeeze his way in.
BY projecting himself edgewise, so to
speak, most of the ultra-stout among
our naval officers could manage to
secure admission, but the getting Of
one of them out in case he should
chance to be injured would be serious
undertaking.
Matters like this have to be consid-
cred now in time of peace; when ship
is in action and the unconscious form
of her commanding officer is so tightly
wedged in the slot as to make move
ment in or out temporarily impossible,
it is then too late to discuss the width
of coming tower doorways.
A twofold remedy presents itself:
Either make the slot wide enough to
admit easily the embonpoint of three
hundred-and-ffty-pound officer and the
whole body Of a twelve-inch shell, or
else insist that officers who cannot easily
enter moderate slotted tower shall
stay ashore and do bureau work or
roam around on ships that are not
equipped with towers Or other uncom-
fortably-contracted living or fighting
Quarters
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1896-04-29
Dime Novel Monroe Dead.

New YORK. April 24-George Mon
roe died suddenly on Thursday morn
ing at Pine Hill, in the Catskil!s,
where he had gone to superintend re-
pairs and Improvements in his country
home. He fell dead on the road be-
tween the late DR.. DR.. Howard CroS-
by's house and his own while walk
ing from breakfast to the spot where
his men were engaged at work on the
ground. 4 medical examination
showed that heart failure was the
cause of death. He made great for
tune in the publication of cheap edl-
tions of standard literature IN New
York
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1896-04-29
STAYED A MOB'S VENGEANCE.
How a Professor IN Military School
Cooled the Hot-Headed Students.

How a Professor in Military School
Cooled the Hot-Headed students.
In the winter Of 1S60-61 the majority
of the students at the Virginia mill
tary institute were secessionists, while
the people of the town were almost
unanimously for the union. One day,
says the San Francisco Argonaut, two
of the students came back to the insti
tute much worsted in fight with the
villagers, and the whole school re-
solved on vengeance. Selling their
guns large number of the boys start
ed toward the town. On their way
they had to pass Prof. Jackson's house,
and he came out just IN time 10 inter-
cept them. Jackson stepped on
horse block in front of the house, and
just as the foremost of the students
came abreast Of him he called out in
his most commanding tone: Halt!
front face Almost instinctively they
obeyed, and after waiting for the
stragglers to come up he said in his
mildest tone: We'll, young gentlemen,
where are you going?" One of the men
explained IN a very excited way that
two Of the boys" had been maltreated
by the villagers, and they were deter
mined on revenge. We'll" said the
professor, that may all be very well,
but whom have you for leader? You
can't go on an expedition without a
leader" They had not thought OF
that. they said. We'll, suppose lead
you?" said Prof. Jackson. Nothing
would suit them better. ''All right"
said the professor. but before we
start we must get a little better organ
ization." To that end he marched and
countermarched them. wheeled them
up and down the road, and, in short,
carried them through all the evolu
tions necessary for his purpose, which
was to cool them off. That being ac-
complished he halted them before the
horse block, and, having lectured
them. he wound up by advising thesn
to 60 back to school and be good boys
And this they did. after giving three
cheers for Prof. Jackson.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1896-04-29
The Largest Bowldcr.

The very largest crratic bowlder yet
recognized and measured within the
limits of The United States is block OF
granite lying near the town Of Madi-
son. y. H. Prof Crosby. of the Boston
Institute Of Technology. gives the fol-
lowing as its maximum dimensions:
Length, S3 feet; width. - feet inches;
height. 81 feet; contents. 10000 cubic
feet: probable weight $500, 900 pounds,
nr .tilO tons.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1896-04-29
IN SPANS CAPITAL.
Madrid Is No. Great Place, But 1t Has
Soma Good Points.

NaCrlI No. u isiSe' Doe - @NEA'
Some Good Points.
The city OF Madrid is one of the minor
capitals of Europe arcaitec.urally, and
the environment provided by nature
for such monuments as it possesses IS
none of the best. says llarperS Maga-
zine The surrounding landscape is
monotonous and bare. The few parks
are pretty in themselves and the famous
promenade. known as the Prado, is
broad and Dretentious; but these at
fractions are insufficient to counterbal-
ance the shabbiness OF dusty, il-kept
streets and dwellings in a dull, monde
script style. Life in Madrid is rendered
diverting upon occasions Of public re-
joicing by the presence Of the court,
otherwise it is the same as in other
large modern cities. like New York or
London, only not so bright. The bull
ring alone may claim to be better man
aged in Madrid than anywhere else.
This and the ball game called pelota,
which was brought recently from the
Basque provinces, are the only impor-
tant national spectacles, old and pc
turesque institutions, which survive in
the center of Spanish political life.
There is little in Madrid itself, then,
which makes it a temptation to wander
from the highways Of European travel.
Very few Of the buildings and collec-
tions, aside from the great museum, are
worthy OF capital city. The most
that can be said for the royal palace,
an enormous building designed by &
Piedmontese architect, Sacchetti, is
that it has more simplicity than was
usual in the late renaissance period
from which it dates, and that under
one of the ravaging skies of which
Spain is prodigal in spring and summer
it has regal dignity which is i'm
presslve, if the purely artistic features
of the -;heme are not.
Of the arm Dry attached to the palace
it is possible to speak more cordially.
1t contains fine collection Of antique
mail and weapons, finer, think, than
either of those at Turin and Paris. 1t
has the virtue, moreover, uncommon IN
Spain. of being very well arranged.
The academy of San Ferdinand has
some good pictures by Murillo, and by
much later man, Goya, who is always
the royal palace there is an equestrian
bronze of Philip ", by the Florentine
Tacca. which is in measure compare
BILE with the statues Of Verrecchio and
Donatello
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1896-04-29
Three Children Injured.

ATLANTA, Ga, April 1S.-Three
children named Turner, whose houle
is on Gartreil street, were painfully
injured today by the explosion of a
Jar of lime. In the morning while at
play they poured water into glass
Jar containing a gallon Of fresh lime.
They had the Jar in their playhouse.
Three hours later the jar exploded and
seriously wounded ali three of the
children, aged 3, sands. The young
est, girl, viii probably die, her skull
having been crushed by a piece of
glass. Oscar Turner, their father, is
a pressman on The Constitution.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1896-04-29
A Preacher LYnched.

KNOXVILLE, April 22.-Bob Cham
bers, negro preacher, was tied to a
tree and shot to death by mob Gran
berry, N. c., last night. He had at
tempted to chloroform and rape Mrs.
Wilson. In order to get the people
away from the house, so as to present
favorable opportunity, Chambers
fred the barn. A pistol, large knife
and bottle Of chloroforul were found
in the room. He confessed the crime
and said he had companion, intend
ing committing similar outrages II
successful in this case.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1896-04-29
Jubilant.

ATLANTA, April 23.-The Baptist
Home Mission board passed resolutions
thanking all who have assisted in Sc
curing the release of DR.. A. J. Diaz,
the Baptist missionary arrested by the
Spanish in Habana. Dr.. DiaZ was
cabled to come direct to Atlanta. The
Baptists are jubilant. They acted
promptly and secured the speedy re-
lease of their missionary