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The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1898-07-27
SUNKEN SHIPS EXAMINED.
Frightful Scene Of Death and Destruc-
ton in Manila Bay.

The New York Journal sent two Of
the most expert divers to examine the
Spanish ships sunk in Manila Bay.
Here is his report:
The Rcina Christina shows the most
complete destruction. 1t was possible
for the divers to trace tn. course OF an
S-inch shell from the Olympia from
stern to waist. Her woodwork is to-
tally de>troyd There are, however.
Very few large shots through her hull.
There is one G-inch shell buried amid
ships. Where ladder stood there is Il
heap Of bones and bodies showing where
unsuccessful rush was made to escape
when ship went down. The entire en-
gineer force, all iircmen. coal passerS
and Strokers went down with ship as
matches to engine and fire room were
closed. 1t is impossible to determine
the exact number that perishcd or to
rescue any Of the decomposcd bodies.
The Castillo was less burned. but
terribly wccKcd By American shells.
Plain traces seen where big shells tore
immense holes in her wooden hull. As
fire started. the weight Of her big guns
broke the supports and the ship caved
and collapsed inwardS. Her hull Is
now a mass of twisted iron and charred
beams. Divers report wreck danger
Gus one to examine. In many partlcu-
lars the work of destruction resembles
that of the Maine. In the mass We're
found many bodies badly burned. The
shots that did the most damage were
those that tore over aftcrdcck and into
port bow, tearing off everything aft to
engines.
Three large shells entered her amid
Ships. The death list of Castillo not
so great as THAT Of Rcina Christina.
The Don .lNtonio de Illoa did not
burn. she was sunk toe quickly. She
is riddlcd with shots OF al! sizes. 6-inch
shells did the work that sunk her.
There is big bunch Of dead men near
ladder, showing that the men were kill
ed by 4 shell as they attempted to cs-
cape.
Treasure chest on Supcrstructurc
open and empty. y G-inch she'll
through the cabin wrecked everything.
killing score. Bodies too far decom-
posed to tell rauk or to distinguish.
This is first time that divers ever visit
ed 4 warship which has gone through
fight. The names Of the two intrepid
men arc Oscar Ericsson and Frank Bresh
am two Of the best in the navy.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1898-07-27
LOOKING FOR HER BROTHER.
Miss Fitzgerald has Just Returned
from Santiago.

Miss Minnie Fitzgerald, of St. Louis,
Mo-, passed through Macon Monday,
on her way home after a fruitless visit
to Santiago insearch Of brother. Miss
Fitzgerald is very pretty blonde Of
apparently not more than IS years of
age. She came up on the Southern,
and to passengers on the train she told
a remarkable story Of trip she had just
made to Santiago alone in such Of her
brother, Murroy Fitzgerald, whom SIZE
says was with Troop II of the Third,
Missouri cavalry. She went to Orlando
four weeks ago to see her brother. but
found that he had been sent to Santi-
ago. Then after the battle Of July l,
as she could not hear anything from
him. she decided to go to Santiago to
look for him. The captain OF the Six
teenth United States infantry took her
on transport to Cuba. Upon her arrival
there she found that the captain OF her
brothers company had been killed and
a number of his men killed and wound
ed. She could find no one who could
give her information concerning her
brother, and although she inquired at
the hospital and searched the list of
the dead and wounded no trace Of him
was found Disappointed and grief
stricken she returned to the United
States last Tuesday after spending only
one day and night in Cuba
Miss Fitzgerald said she did not pro-
pose to give up the search for her
brother and that she intends to find
him dead or alive. She is going home
after her mother and will return with
her. Together, they will again 60 to
Cuba.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1898-07-27
ADkSTARDLY OUTRAGE.
a Newspaper Correspondent Strikes
General Shafter.

The case Of Sylvester Scovel, the
newspaper correspondent, who is said
to have slapped Gen. Skaters face at
the close of the ceremonies attending
the raising of the United States flag
over the captured city of Santiago de
Cuba, has not yet been made the sub
ject Of an official report to the war de-
partment. The circumstances Of the
alleged insult are particularly aggrava-
ted, and it may go hard with the reck-
less newspaper man if Gen. Shafter de-
sires to punish him. 1t is said at the
war departm ent that the matter is en-
tircly in the hands Of Gen. Shafter and
that if so disposed he could impose a
capital penalty on Scovel. As one Of
fetal expressed it, the offense was COM
mitted in the enemys country, during
the existence Of martial law, against
the person OF the officer in supreme
command. The fact that Scovel is a
civilian gives him no immunity from
the operation of military law. The
character and extent of his punish
ment rests entirely with Gen. Shafter.
His alleged offense is one Of the most
serious known to military law. 1t was
mutinous in its character and might,
under the existing conditions at the
time, have led to serious uprising
against the newly installed authorities.
That it was followed by no serious con-
sequences is due probably to the prompt
action of the officers with Gen. S!lafter
at the time in putting his assailant un
der Immediate arrest. Although it is
admitted that General Shaftcr has full
authority to impose the death penalty
after conviction by court-martial. there
is no likelihood that he Will resort to
any such extreme measures. The i'm
preston here IS that after he has under
gone short imprisonment Scovcl will
be drummcd out Of camp in disgrace and
forbidden TO return to Cuban territory
as long as it remains under the govern
mcut OF the 'nited States.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1898-07-27
More Spaniards Surrender.

\ launch from the Narblehead went
up the bay Wednesday afternoon to
Eerticaya Del Toro, opposite Cainaine-
RI. and gave formal notice to the Span
ish commander Of the surrender Of To-
raj : troops, together with the condition
of the capitula;ion or Santiago. Besides
very limited time fixed for hauling down
the Spanish flag over Caimenera. the
American officer also gave notice that if
the Spanish gunboat Sandor;sl was dis
ablcd in any way, or if any arms; am
munition. public buildings barracks
at Caimanera or Guantanamo. were de-
stroyed the Spaniards would not be
treated as prisoners Of war. The Span
iardS Immediately surrendered.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1898-07-27
BLEW UP HIMSELF AND OFFICERS
The Desperate Act CT a Chinese Mur-
derer in California.

The works OF the Western f'uSc anC
! Explosive company We're blown up by ;
muricrouS ChinaMan ut $40 Weeines
day morning Fircdeputy Sherit!s anc
constablcs who We're trying to arrest The
murderer were killed. The Chinama,
had fortified himself in the magazine
and blew it up while IN attempt to ar
rest him was being made.
The celestial. who WIS employed II
the works and who caused the awful
explosion, had Killed fellow country
man in L quarrel over Chinese lottery
ticket. He then deied the officers who
went to arrest him. The murderer fed
into the magazine, which contained five
tons Of giant powder, barricadcd him
self and threatened to blow up the maga-
zine If any one came to arrest him.
Dep2ty Sheriff White, son OF Sheriff
Charles White, in charge Of posse
consisting Of Constable Gus White,
Deputy Sheriff George Woodsum. Dep
uty Sheriff D. c. Cameron, Deputy
Constable J. J. Lerri and Deputy
Constable Harry C-amer were on the
scene Of the shooting shortly after the
murder and kept guard over the China
man within his stronghold. All the
officers we're armed with rifles. After
repeated demands to surrender had
been made. to all Of which the same
reply came, IF you come here | will
blow up the magazine" the officers re-
tired for the night within the private
Office of the company. about 20 yards
away. Wednesday morning at > 0 clock
Deputy Sheriff Charles White. after a
consultation with the others, deter
mined to break down the barrlcade, not
believing the Chinaman would keep his
promise. Accordingly the entire posse
headed for the door. True to his word
the Chinaman fired the giant powder,
killing the FIVE officers and blowing
himself to atoms so small that but one
piece has been found. Whites body
was fearfully manglcd; it was found
nearly 800 yards away. Mrs Hill was
visiting q Mrs. Pride, who lived across
the way; she was killed in the falling
debris of the building.
All the buildings caught fire. En-
gines were soon fighting the flames.
but to no avail. The works were COM
pletely wrecked. Four houses also
were blown down and about 40 par
TALLY wrecked. Deputy Sheriff Fred
Sheriff and Deputy Ed White escaped,
but are painfully wounded. Deputy
Sheriff Sheritt,s story is to the effect
that at 5 @ clock this morning the China
man called to Deputy Sheriff White
that he would surrender. White,
Wpodsum and Koch Immediately pro
ceeded to the door, while the others fol-
lowed. Just as the door was reached
the sound Of falling plank was heard
and then.the explosion occurred.
The name of the Chinaman was Coon
Ns Chung The man he murdered was
Sam 81 Sing. Coroner Wadni and 4
corps of deputies are searching through
the surrounding fields for the remains.
In some instances they had to be picked
up with shovels. Fourteen cars were
blown to splintcrs and several We're
burned. Windows were broken in
Oakland, Amelia and rs far as Berkley.
Sheriff and Ed White are nervous
wrecks. They We're carried over 10
feet by the force OF the explosion and
thrown violently to the ground.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1898-07-27
UNCLE SANS ARMY.
Some of the States are Slow in Re-
spending.

Fairly good progress has been made
with the recruitment for the volunteer
army under the Presidents second call
for -, 600 volunteers The plan adopted
by the war department was to recruit
all the volunteer organizations in the
army up to their maximum strength
before entering upon the recruitment of
additional troops. The total number
of men required to fiji out existing regi-
ments was 81 ,5G6. and according to the
latest returns the total enlistments un-
der this plan are p, 7,519 men.
In order to show the progress of re-
cruiting under the second call state
ment has been prepared in the Office of
the adjutant general Of the army based
on the latest returns. 1t shows the
following enlistments:
North Carolina-Number required.
1913; number enlisted, So.
Eirginia-Numbcr required, 900:
number enlisted. 294.
Georgia-Numberrequired. 704:num-
Der enlisted. 255.
Indiana, Minnesota, New Jersey.
Rhode Island, West Virginia, and Wis
consin have exceeded their quota, but
ali the others are behind in the supply
of troops The worst delinquent is
North Carolina, which has furnished
only So soldiers to meet its quota Of
1913 Other deliquents, Colorado
Louisiana. Nebraska, Tennessee and
Virginia, each Of which has supplied
less than one-third the number Of men
required. Alabama, Massachusetts.
Arkansas, Georgia, Mississippi, Oregon
and Texas have done very little better
and are all very much behind in meet
ing the requirements. Complaint has
been made also that in several Of the
States an effort, has been made to
foist poor material on the government.
The total enlisted strength Of the
regular army is about A 900 men, be-
ing about $4,000 short Of its legal
complement Thevolunteer army con-
sists Of 1873. 900 men and is only 1900
short of its maximum authorized
strength under the two calls issued by
the President. The total strength of
the army, regular and volunteer, is
22I 900 as now organized.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1898-07-27
STRAINED RELATIONS
Exists Between American and Cuban
Soldiers at Santiago.

4 dispatch from Santiago says the
fact which impress on American officers
and ncr, is increasing strained relations
between the Americans and Garcia ;
Cuban soldiers. Indeed. the situation
hls now reached point where there IS
practically no communication between
the armies. and their relations border
on those Of hostility rather than rela-
tions which one would suppose should
exist between the allies.
After Shaftcr announced his decision
not to let the Cuban junta enter the
city of Santiago, deep muttcrings were
heard among Garcia men. 1t IS eyl-
dent that the Cubans arc greatly dis
appointed at the step taken by the
American commander, for they had
confidently counted upon having San
tiago turned over to them to loot and
plunder, as they had in succession
sacked Balquiri. Siboncy Fl Caney.
Consequently their disappointment was
keen when they ascertained that they
would not be permitted to take posses
sion OF the city upon Hral SuFfc;!'!c''
On Friday last Castillo Il brother Of
Gen. Dcmiirius Castillo. went to Gen.
Skaters headquarters i'll order to as
certain the cause Of this. to the CubanS
inexplicible resolution.
why is Santiago to remain IN the
hands of our enemies? he asked.
Standards are not enemies. replied
Shafter. I'VE are fighting the soldiers
of Spain but We have no desire to de-
spoil her citizens. No Cuban will be
allowed to enter the city nor will any
American soldier. The government Of
the city is 4 matter for the people to
decide. When the American army
leaves it | presume it will be turned
over to YOU but not until then.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1898-07-27
The Usuul Fate

\ mau supposed to be Peter Brown of
Greensboro. \. G.. was instantly killed
and Charses II. Craig Of Attleboro.
Mass, was seriously injured by being
struck by locomotive on the Pcnnsyl-
vania railroad in West Philadelphia
while beating their way from Baltimore
to New York,
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1898-07-27
MCKINLEY TO GORDON.
The President Returns Thanks to the
Confederate Veterans.

President Mckinley has sent the
following letter to Gen. John B. Jor-
don in response to the resolutions
adopted by the Confederate eterans
association in session at Atlanta, Ga.
Executive Mansion. Washington.
July %.
TO Hon. John B. .Jordon Command
cr-in-Chicf. United Confederate Vet
Grams, Atlanta. Ga.
Dear General Gordon: Your recent
telegram. in behalf Of the United Con-
Tolerate Veterans, was very welcome,
ana would have written to You before
in acknowledgements. except for the
unusual demands upon my time.
The present w;;r has certainly scrv-
ed one very useful purpose in complete
Iy obIitcrating the sectional lines drawn
in the last one The rcSpoSe to the ma
tions call to arms has been equally
spontaneous and patriotic IN all parts
Of the country. Veterans OF the gray.
rs we'll as Of the blue are now fighting
side By side. winning equal honor and
rcnown. Their brave deeds and the
uncluaIcd triumphs Of our army and
uayy have received the gratitude Of the
people of the United States.
To have such hearty commcnda-
tion from yourself and your colleagues
of the work OF this administration IN
the conduct of the way and the pledge
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favor and declared he had always been
single TO the peoples interests. He
could promise only an honest and an
economical administration.
THE OTHERS
Tie other speakers We're Candidates
Mower, BclIingcr. Derham Epton.
TompkinS. Bralham Cooper. Rice
Nayfcld. Brown ana NcNahan.
Wilson GihhnS
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retire from the race. He remarked that
he was no factional or combination can
didate, without explaining the suppos-
ed significance
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TRIAL OF CHRIS MERRY.
Smith, His Companion, Tells the
Story of the Murder.

CHICAGO, Jan. 20.-James Smith,
the companion of peddler Chris. Merry
told the story to-day of the murder of
Merry's wife.
THE truth is, neither Hickey nor I
was there when Merry killed his wife, -
said Smith. I'VE were across the
street We could hear him pounding
her head upon the floor She did not
cry. She could not He was chok-
ing her. 1t is not true what the doc
tor said about her living until II
o'clock. He choked her outright, killed
her on the spot.
Then he came over and told me
about it. He said: It's all over with
Poll. I've croaked her sure
Merry was pretty we'll broken up
that night We left Poll in the bed,
and sat by the stove all night. We
did not sleep He thought a good deal
of that woman-too much of her But
he had such temper, no one could get
along with him.
''The doctor says she could have lived
twelve hours No one could live and
You know she had not been eating reg
ularly for three or four days, and was
weak anyway"
Smith also told about the burying of
the body in ditch outside the city,
and the journey south of the murderer
and his companions.
When court. was called Attorney
Wade for Smith made his closing ad-
dress. and was followed by Colonel Da-
wilson for Merry
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BITUMlNOUS COAL MINES.
THE CONFERENCE AT CHICAGO
BRINGS NO RESULTS.
Representatives From Various
States Unable to Agree as to
Diferentials.

CHICAGO. Jan. 20-The opening ses-
sion of the Interstate Bituminous Coal
Operators and Miners Conference to-
day was of but a. few minutes dura-
ton The Scale Committee having
asked for more time, a recess was
taken.
Discussion of the State differentials
is waxing warm in the committee meet
ings. The Ohio and Pennsylvania OPP
orators conferred, but it is said only
got further into the mire.
The Pennsylvanians are reported TO
have presented an ultimatum in the
form of a demand that no different1al
shall be allowed to exist longer between
the two States. This proposition was at
first bitterly opposed by the Ohioans
but after a long wrangle they are SAID
to have expressed willingness to COM
promise on the basis Of a pure differ
entail in place Of the existing . cent
differential But even this, it IS stated,
was unsatisfactory to H. L.. Chapman
of Ohio. In fact, it is stated that the
former candidate for Governor became
SO pronounced in his disapproval OF the
compromise that it was agreed prac-
tically to ignore him in reaching a set
tlenent.
Mr.. Chapman, when asked Whether
the report was true, said:
''If the conference has decided to dis
regard me or to throw me out, L am
unaware of the fact, but we have not
yet reached an agreement on the d1fer-
entails
Indiana and Illinois officers have also
been in conference over the different1al.
An agreement between these two, IL
is thought is much more likely than
one between Ohio and Pennsylvania.
When these questions have been settled
the Scale Committee, it is believed, Will
have clear sailing.
Reports reached the convention To-
day that 300 miners employed IN the
McMee mine at Streator, ILL.,, had gone
out on the strength of a rumor that the
scale to be adopted would reduce thear
rate cents per ton. Ofilcials OF the
State Mine Workers wired them that
there was no truth in the statement re-
garding reduction, and advising them
to return to work.
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Infanticide in the East.

In modern times China used to be a
by-word for this crime. We know more
of the country now, and the wild eXag-
geration of the first reports, when mis-
SiOnarieS began to labor there, causes
many people, residents especially, to
disregard the evil which exists. By a
natural reaction infanticide has become
a standing jest for the mystification of
new chums." But it would seem that
the early reports from Fiji and the
Sandwich Islands We're not much eXag-
gerated. One can hardly credit the as
sertion of Mr.. Williams, careful as he
was generally, that the number of ba-
bies murdered was nearer two-thirds
than one-half of those born" But he
makes a statement even more extra
ordinary. Both men and women there
are passionately fond of adopting chill
dren, though they kill their own Mr..
Williams actually knew an instance
where the mother did away with her
own offspring in order to adopt young
relative!
But the most striking OF all exam
pies occur among various tribes of In
dia. We get an idea of the state of
things among the Khonds in 1851, when
ton that he had no less than 901 girls
registered in his district, which con-
tanned 2 149 families. And he had good
cause to exult, for when his labors be-
gan, seven years before, scarcely one
could be seen. In the powerful Chohan
tribe around Mynpurie, Mr.. Unwin
vainly inquired for an unmarried girl.
The family records of the chief, going
Il; CHI
one single daughter. In 1865 Mr. Moore
found the villages of the Benares dis
trict containing 26 girls to III boys; in
twenty-five the proportions were o1 to
261; in thirty 81 to 343; in sixty-two he
could discover no girl under years.
These figures are enough, but among
the Rajputs infanticide was yet more
common. The difficulty and expense OF
finding a son-in-law in caste and sta
ton were the motives avowed.
But the reader has been asking a
question all through, no doubt: How
could the mothers endure this system?
One may understand a la rigueur, that
a man should be willing to destroy his
babe just born when he saw no harm in
so doing. and all the neighbors did the
like. But we have been taught to be-
lieve that the maternal instinct dares
and suffers any trial A sheep will die
to protect its lamb. and hen will face
a tiger. But it is not so with women
if certain conditions be observed. Upon
this point the evidence of the Commis-
sioners is detailed, abundant and con-
elusive. 1t would appear that the ma
ternal instinct does not begin to oper-
ate until woman has at least seen and
touched her baby. Knowing this by ex-
perience the midwife kept it out of
sight until the father had pronounced
In Northwestern Europe they did like
wise, as we learn by many descrip-
tions. And when this precaution was
used the mother submitted without
serious distress.-London Standard.
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LUETGERT TRIAL.
Officers Prevent Another Rush to
the Court Room.

CHICAGO, Jan. 20,-In expectation
of hearing Adolph l.. Luetgert testify,
an immense crowd gathered around the
Criminal Court building to-day, and
endeavored to secure admittance to
Judge Gary's court ROOM To prevent
a repetition of the rush which took
place yesterday, and which almost re-
suited in a panic. extra guards We're
stationed at the courtroom doors and
at the entrance of the building. and only
those who had tickets of admission to
the Luetgert trial. or who were directly
connected with other cases, were al
lowed to enter the building.
Luetgert, however, did not go on the
stand, the session being taken up with
the hearing of other witnesses. TIE
sausage manufacturer SON Louis and
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w. j. BRYAN IN COURT.
Appears as a Witness in the Drap-
er Murder Trial.

JACKSONVILLE Qll.), Jan. 20.--Wil-
liam Jennings Bryan has made his ap-
pearance as a witness in the Draper
murder trial. Upon Mr.. Bryans en-
trance the audience became excited
and it was with great difficulty that
order could be maintained. The pres
ence of two of the Presidential candi-
dates of the last campaign-General
Palmer and Mr.. Bryan-was too much
for the spectators. Counsel frequently
appealed to the court to prevent the
demonstrations of the audience, but his
honor was unable to keep them in con-
troll.
Mr.. Bryan testified that he was in the
same office with Mr.. Draper for four
years, and that he knew his reputation
for honesty and integrity to be good
On cross examination the witness adj
mitted that Draper had violent tenn
per, which was easily provoked.
The record-union., 1898-01-21

SCOTS Emulsion is not a
"baby food" but is a most
excellent food for babies
who are not we'll nourished.
A part of teaspoonful
mixed in milk and given
every three or four hours,
will give the most happy
results.
The cod-liver oil with the
hypophosphites added, as in
this palatable emulsion, not
only to feeds the child, but
also regulates its digestive
functions.
Ask your doctor about this.
soc. and si.oo; all druggists
SCOTT BOVINE. Chsmis,s. New Yosk
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A girl stands before a mirror while
dressing so she can see what is going
on.