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The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1899-07-16

was made Of Colorado. y. D. HiRbss. II
man who originated the Idea for the Pari
board. designed the Montana ALLEGED siivs
statue at the worlds fair. which was such
coarse fake 90 to bring the state Of Moatan,
into National disrsputs.
The New York men that propose to pay IN,
cost of the statue ana transport IL to Paris
with the name Of Colorado inscribed acrcs,
the base. intend to exhibit the statue all over
Europe after the Paris show Is over.
They will charge an Admission Zee 70 see
II and expect to make lots Of wealth by Do.
iuding the people OF the continent into be-
lievins that the statue is made Of si.ooo ,oN
worth OF gold the product OF the creates,
gold producing section In America. ana was
modelled in that section.
the whole game Is one TO advertise Maud
Adams and to coin money for i,s promoters.
All that Colorado will get out OF IL will be
some cheap notoriety that will injure the
reputation OF the state In the end. Colorado
does not want to father any such fake az Is
proposed. Nobody doubts that tho state can
furnish genuine homo made cold statue
complete that will be q credit to the stats
and open the eyes OF Europe In wondcrment
at the International exposition. There a. no
necessity for taking.
Already the protests against the gisantie
swlndle have begun to roll in. The Denver
scniptors object to foreign talent being en-
ployed and have filed a communication with
The governor. setting forth their grievances,
When 1t is fully known that Maud Adams 10
% be the model. that Bessie Potter is to
make the ngurc. and that New York syndi-
'ate is to furnish what little cash is needed
o push the fake through. the board will be
overwhelmed with protests.
These are the details. briefly stated. OF the
game that It is proposed to have
he State OF Colorado stand for. II remains
o be seen IL the people win allow the game
o proceed further.
The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1899-07-16
AUTOBIOGRAPHY OF MRS. OlIpHAsr.

|
Ono OF tho new books Is Mrs Corhyl'
| autobiography Of Mrs. ollphant. 4" Asid
| from being an Interesting record OF lfelon
devotion to literature, the book IA ,mnortnn
III that It throws the strongest sidelirhts a,
the literary masters and method. Of m. las
! nifty years. There was hardly a wor,an !,
a man prominent in English letters that Mr..
| Oliphant did not know we'll
| 1t is hardly known In this country what ,
remarkable woman she was NOR oan ~,
credit the list Of her works given IN ,ba n, !,
Of the autobiography. 40 Astounding aoe. 1,
seem that one woman should bave wr,t,sr
100 books and countless contributions N masa.
zines In nearly every branch n, ,,ter,,nr,
history, fiction, biography ess.v. and Ian.
guage.
The book is full Of strong passage, and In.
teresting "reminiscences. but we can not re-.
sst quoting the following paragraphs from
II, so admirably do they sum I'm m. attitude
which a literary master freouen,,x hola. %.
ward his work. ana 40 interestin, are th.v
as a revelation of Mrs. Ol,pbant.s characte,
when people comment ,non tbs rurber
OF books have written and saw that am
SO far from being proud Of that fact that 7
should like at least half Of them forpotten
they stare-and vet 1t 4. quite trus. and even
here I could no mora 90 so,emnlv into them
and tell why l had done this or that than
could fly. They arc nv work. which like in
the doing, which is my natural way Of oceu
plying myself, though they ara never go gop6
as meant them to be, And when I have
said that. I have said ALI that ia In ma IN
say.
~ don't quite know yby I should nut this
all down. suppose because Georee Eliol,s
life has. as 1 said above. st,rred me IN IN an
involuntary confession. How I have been
Handicapped In lifel Should 7 hays done be,-
ter II had kept like her, in mental green
house and taken care Of? This is one OF
the things It is perfectly impossible to tell
III all likelihood our minds and our clrcum-
stances are SO arranged that, after all. tho
possible way ia the way that is best: vet I.
is little hard sometimes not to feel with
Browning's Andrea, that the men who have
no wives, who have given themselves up to |
their art have had an almost unfair advan-
lage over us who have been given perhaps
more than one Lucrezin to take care of. Aud
10 feel with him that perhaps In the after
life four square walls in the New Jerusalem
The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1899-07-16
GOLD STATUE A boss FAKE.
1t Is Only to Have = Plating o
Gold

Denver Evening Post.
The Colorado geld statue for the Paris sx-
position is to be built of gold furnished by a
Now York syndicate and is to be constructed
by New York sculptor.
Not only that but New York actress has
been selected as the model for the figure.
These facts were intended to have been
kept secret until the plans had been con
sumnsted. but they leaked out today, greatly
to the chagrin Of the Paris board and the
New Workers. who intend to use the name OF
Colorado In foisting upon the public one OF
the fakiest advertising schemes on record.
The people OF this State have been led to
believe that the statue was to be entirely
representative OF Colorado resources. Colo
RADIO art and Colorado womanhood, but they
have been basely deceived, for. according to
the presest plans OF the Paris exposition
board Colorado viii have nothing whatever
TO do With the moulding Of It.
The Paris board will have row OF gigantic
proportions on its hands before II gets through
with Its work, as all indications point to the
fact that the people Of Colorado will rise zip
and protest against the indignity the State is
about TO be subjected TO and demand that the
plans be altered In order that Colorado may
be recognized In Its makeup and that the
statue be genuine. or II not that the State
has right to demand that It's name be not
imprinted across q s,a:ue that IL supposed 20
contain 100000 in gold. but In reality con-
tains only sufficient OF the yellow metal for
an outside covering Of a main body of lead
and copper. II
Maud Adams. tho actress 10 now posing IN
Bessie Potter's studio in New York for the
figure that is to represent Colorado at PARIS.
Maud Adams managers are among those who
are back OF the enterprise. The actrss. is NOT
native Of Colorado. az has been urged az
an excuse for her posing. She was born IN
Salt Lake city and never lived II this state. /
miss Potter. who Il to make the statue, never
The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1899-07-16
Merry war In ohio.

Des Moines Leader.
The cat is away and the mice ere piayina
again. That is the republicans Of Senator
Hanna's home, now that gentleman Il In pu-
rope, are no longer 10 that state Of comatose
harmony into which they were beaten AZ the
time Of the recent Ohio republican convention.
The blood Of the SLAUGHTERED McKisson cries
from the ground and the Foraker and KuYts
braves have unshsathsd tAels knivss and ~
The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1899-07-16

Ifprssent probabilities ahaass = sealllS<ost
General David =. Hsndsrsea suesnsop y ~
position Of spsaker o. ~ heuss u y lIksly
that the congrsssmen Win " ru1AA 4 nss
~ vigorously q n the DAYS q ~, neeA. =
least ~ wlttiiy. Fer General Heallgeea ~
. wsli-essned rsputstisa ter aaytpa tAjnGD
bath bright sa1 sAasA ~ ~ u1poe - 4
vent y diseaas w1th ~ litaie eeGngo ~ ~
selenaifias = eeaaiea - ~ llnl -
The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1899-07-16

pa, estimated population OF the
nev .o C.v,R.
he bs. computation Of the population Of the
|usticlan luy pssn made by French
ne figures cut total Of about
The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1899-07-16

II the Visitor expects TO ind II tropical
city Of Oriental architecture. however. no will
be disappointed The only thing Oriental
about It is It's natural beauties aud its people
Why's. Its houses are such as one might ex-
pect to End in any city Of the North In
the b,siress sections its blocks are thorough
" p,ccern and In It's stores may be found
an array Of gsods Of which the storekeeosr
Of New York. London or Psris would ksvs
The Norfolk weekly news. (Norfolk, Neb.) 1888-1900, 1899-10-26
The BALLOT FRAUD.
A Plan Concocted by Silas A. Hoicomb and
His Political LieutenantS to Steal Two
Seats on the Supreme Bench.

and hurricdly took the train for
Broken Bow. Simons appeared and re-.
told under oath the story which
had already been made public. The
appearance Of the ballots and the cvi.
dcncc uf n dozen witnesses from Lin
coin and from york c~orrobornted the
testimony Of the informcr, and not a
of nolComb's cohorts dared to
come forward to deny the story. Tho
testimony Of the man SimOns, In which
he gave the details of the fraud and
told of llolcomb's connection with IT,
Is given in part below, and will bear
the close reading of thoughtful people;
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1899-10-25
How il Was PIld.

Every editor has received them, says
the Tampa Tribune. The postmaster
sends them to the editor. The post
master is not to blame. For instance
there was man by the name of-well,
say Tim Spriggins, who sent US three
notices to stop his paper, he didn t
want it no longer. We wondered what
was the mater. Upon examining
the subscription book we found Tim
short SO. He never had paid cent
am yet he stepped his paper as mat
ter Of economy-to Us. He dldn I
want US to lose any more by him. 4
few days afterward Spriggins w2s at
church and his melodious tenor rang
out clear and loud in the old stirring
song, Jesus Paid it All. !" lie might
have been mistaken, but his earnest
ness impressed US. So the next day we
sent him receipt in fall and begged
his pardon for rot knowing that he had
make an assignment Of his liabilities to
the Lord.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1899-10-25
Leaf from the Past.

The following is from Pennsylva-
MIA paper, Col. Simonton' 5 visit to Due
West is well remembered by many cit
liens Of that place: De. ". NJ. Grler,
president of Ecskine college, at Due
West, S. c., died suddenly Of a2oplexy
Sunday.
"Dr. Grier paid visit few years
since to his benefactor, the late Maj.
S. c. Sinonton, Of the Flfty-seventh
Pennsylvania regiment Clarksville. At
the battle of Williamsburg, the for
tunes Of war left the young Confede--
ate, Grier, prisoner, seriously wound
ed, IN the hands of Simonton's regi-
ment. The gallant and kiud, hearted
fe ederal took compassion Oh the youth,
for he was mere lad in his teens, sup
piled special surgical attention, and
when able to be moved Simonron gave
him mouey, every dollar he possessed,
to aid. the boy in reaching his southern
home, there to die in the arms Of his
family, as Simonton believed, and has
often related the affecting story. For
more than twenty years Grier tried IN
vain to learn the address Of the north
ern officer, and was finally rewarded
for his search in reading his name IN
a Pittsburg newspaper. Sinontou was
invited to Due West, where the whole
town turned out to do honor. The
Greenville Advance Argus gave full
details of this affair when it occurred
some twelve or thirteen years aso.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1899-10-25
BURNED AT THE STAKE.
For a Crime Unparalleled, for It's
Merciless Barbarity.

A special from Canton, Miss, says:
The little town Of Saint Anne, 20
miles east Of Canton, in Leake county,
was Thursday night the scene OF a
tragedy sequel to the burning Of the
Gambrel family the night before. Joe
Lef9re, Negro, who was captured by
posse, confessed that he, in company
with other Negroes, had tied Mrs. Gam
b-el and her four children to the floor
of the house, saturated the surround
ings with kerosene aud burned the peo-
pie alive. The Negro, after confession
Of the crime, was promptly roped to a
stake and burned to crisp while the
citizens looked on in silence.
Another Negro, Bob Smith, was
saved in the nick of time, as there was
doubt as to his guilt. The Gambrel
tragedy occurred Thursday morning,
aad it was first thought that the fire
was the T. suit Of an accident. A casu-
al investigation revealed circumstances
so suspicious that more searching iu-
vestigation was made, and it was soon
established beyond doubt that the fam
lily had been murdered and the house
fred. Posses were Immediately formed
to scour the country and followed ev-
cry possible clue. Before the posse;
left St. Aune it was discovered that Joe
Lefore, a Negro, who lived IN the
neishbork ODD aud who had heretofor ;
borne good reputation had disappear
ed. Early last evening Lefore was
captured several miles from the scene
of the murder. At first the murderer
denied any knowledge Of the crime, but
finally broke down and confessed that
he and Bob and Andrew Smith, two
other Negroes, were guilty. He hoped
for no mercy aud told with a brutal
frankness all the details of the crime.
In the yard where the Gambrel resi-
dence had stood Lefore was tied to a
stake and burned alive. No one sent
merciful bullet into his body to kill
him. Andrew Smith escaped from the
mob while Lehore was being burned
and has not been captured. Bob Smith
was lied 10 another stake and fire
started, though he was finally released
as there was possibility Of his prov
ing his innocence.
Andrew Smith will be recaptured,
and if it is proven that he and his
brother Bob are guilty, it is thought
no power can save them from similar
fate meted out to Lefore. The sheriff
of Leake county went to the scene OF
the tragedy Friday afternoon and took
the Negro Robert Smith and three
Negro women who were implicated BY
Lefore and started to Carthage, the
county seat. 1t is not thought the
sheriff willreach Carthage with his pris-
oners, as there are about 500 men gath
cred about the scene Of the crime, and
they seem determined to let no guilty
one escape their vengeance. Telephone
communication is very limited, the
nearest connection being St. Anne's,
about four miles distant from the Gam
brel place.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1899-10-25
A DESPERATE BATTLE.
In Which the Beers Are Beaten With
Heavy Loss.

IA desperate battle wasfought Friday
between the British and the Beers, IN
which the latter was defeated with
heavy loss. The dispatch says after
eight hours of continuous heavy tight
Ing, Talana hill was carried by the
Dublin Fpsileers and the Kings hldes
under cover Of we'll served artillery
bvthe Thirteenth andoixty-ninth batter
les The British artillery practice IN the
e,,ly part of the day decided the bat
tie. The seizure ofDundee Hill by the
Beers was a surprise, for although the
pickets had been exchanging shots all
night, it was not until shell doomed
over the town into the camp that their
presence was discovered. Then the
shells came fast. The hill was posi-
tively alive with the ssarming Beers,
still the British artillery got to work
with magnificent energy and precision.
The batteries from the camp took up
positions to the south Of the town and
after quarter Of an hours magnih-
cent friog, silenced the guns on the
hills. The correspondent could see
shells dropping among the Boer pieces
With remarkable accuracy and doing ire
mendous execution, for the enemy were
present in very large numbers and IN
3Itces considerably exposed. BY this
time the army held the whole Of the
hin behind Smiths Farm and the Dun,
dee dee Kopie, right away 10 the south, il
WSicb direction the British infantry
and cavalry moved at once. The fight
ing ragged particularly hot at the valley
onfside the town. Directly the Boel
gnns ceased firing Gen. Symons ordered
the Infantry to move on the posltlon'
The infantry charge was magnificent,
TIE storming Of the po'ition BY tae
Kings Royal Rifles and the Dublin
FUsilesrs was one Of the most nssn1n'
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1899-10-25
BRYAN'S GOOD WORK.
He is Turning the Tide Of the Blue
Grass State

Whatever may have been the previ-
Gus opinion as to the wisdom Of Bryan's
visit to Kentucky, no doubt can now
remain that his council to Democrats to
support Goebel has materially aided
the latter's fight. Even at Mount
Sterling some 5000 or 10000 people
stood in the rain on the court house
green, many Of them having driven
scores of miles over the mountains. In
every instance where Bryan has made
a speech the climax has come when he
boldly espoused Goebels cause and ad-
vised all Democrats to vote for him.
This has been the one thing which the
people have evidently desired to hear,
and the Democratic managers say that
reports from localities where he has
spoken show conclusively that his sinfu-
enca has brought hundreds Of boiling
Democrats into line. The newspaper
organs of the latter evidently appreel-
ate the fact, for both the Louisville
D spatch and the Lexington Herald at
tack him in their editorial solumns
Tqis is adding, Of course, to the bitter
ness of this remarkable struggle, but
Democratic leaders say that it will only
drive the followers Of Bryan into Goe-
he1's camD.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1899-10-25
a Mysterious Drowning.

Miss Kate S. Cause, highly es-
teemed lady of Wilmington, n. g., was
drowned Wednesday afternoon at .
o'clock at Greenfield mill pond, one and
a half miles from the city. Miss Cause,
with party of children, had gone tor
an afternoon stroll to the country, and
at the time of the terrible accident was
some distance behind the children, sne
having retraced her steps to spot near
the bank, where she said she had lett
her purse. Just how the accident oc-
CURED will never be known, as the
children soon after her departure heard
splash in the water, which is at this
point about fifteen feet deep, and we're
startled to find Miss Cause struggling
between life aud death in the water.
She was 81 years ofage.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1899-10-25
A Family Relic.

Mr.. R. F. Peek Of Orleans, Ind,
writes The State that he has IL his pos
session an heirloom that belongs to the
heirs of Thomas Pinckney Aston which
has been found in Orleans. He says 1t
is a small writing desk presented to
Thomas Pipckney Aston by his father,
Feb. %, 1851. Mr.. Peek is anxious to
return the desk to It's rightful owner.
He states that it was found somewhere
in South Carolina by Union soldier
during Sherman's raid where a house
had been burned. The soldier could
not tell in what part Of the State it was.
Mr.. Peek was member of Gregg sregl-
ment; afterwards he was in the hcbeth
artillery. He asks that any one able
to give the information be desires write
to him at Orleans.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1899-10-25
Served Him Right

One afternoon last week several
young Negroes at Boston, Ga, hired a
hack and while taking in the Town In
great style, passing one of the most
highly respected young ladies in the
street alone, one Of he party invited
her to get in the hack with them Ste
did not know one of the Negroes, but
an investigation proved one to be Jack k
Davis, a half grown Negro boy. A
masked party Of unknown men went to
DAVIS house about midnight, presuma-
Fly to impress upon him that such lnvi-
tations addressed to white ladies were
no; agreeable. Upon their entry to his
home he ran, and shower Of bullets
followed. One shot took effect strlk.
Ing rib and glanced and stopped un-
der the skin near the pit of his stem
ach. Dr.. Daniels was called and the
ball removed.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1899-10-25
OUR STATE FAIR.
Assurances of a Great Gathering
of the People.
ARRANGEMENTS COMPLETED
Officers Of the Society Conf
dent of Success. Action Of
the 8usiness.Men Of the
Capital City.

COLUMBIA, Oct. 21.-Special: The
management Of the State Agricultural
and Mechanical Society have issued
the following announcement:
THE Thirty first Annual State Fair
of South Carolina, to be heldin Colum-
bia November 6 10, 1899, promises to
equal any in the past, and superior in
some respects.
The annual fairs are occasions for the
assembling Of the people from all sec
tions of the State to view with each
other the progress in Agriculture, the
Exhibit Of fine stock, machinery in
operation, poultry OF high grade, the
household and the needle and fancy
departments and the art by our fair
women will prove an interesting feat
ule.
The exhibit by Clemson College, the
Farmers College, will show what is
being accomplished by the students Of
that institution under an able faculty.
The racing promises to be very good:
The railroad hates for exhibitors will
be on par with former charges. The
rates Of passage for visitors comnenc-
ing On Thursday, November 2nd,. for
s.ockmen and officials will be one full
fare for the round trip except for Tues
day 7th, Wednesday 9th and Thursday
9th when tickets will be sold at one
cent per mile travelled, plus ten per
cent, with coupons attached on all
tickets sold, of fifty cents for admission
to the fair grounds.
The citizens of Columbia will arrange
for quarters for visitors to the fair at
minimum rates, and also provide for
attractions each night during the fair.
The State Ball, with great number, is
an attractive feature
The efforts Of the management are
being seconded by the press Of the
State, and all signs now point to a
large attendance upon a most success
full and attractive fair. The latest an
nouneement is that the cadets Of
Clemson College will attend in a body.
fact that will but add new induce
ments to the people to come here in
crowds.
The citizens Of Columbia are doing
their part. The local association has
already arranged for attractions that
must greatly increase the pleasure ct
the thousands who are expected to at
tend. Various amusements Of a high
order will be given on the streets and
State house grounds, free to everybody.
The Fifth Artillery Band, stationed at
Fort Moultrie, will play on the fair
grounds during exhibition hours and
every evening will give free concert
at some designated place in the city.
Unless all signs fail, the fair Of 1899
will be one Of the finest in the entire
history of the Agricultural Society.
President Cunningham and Secretary
Holloway have been untiring in their
efforts to this end, and they are both
confident of a big success.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1899-10-25
WANTED TO SELL OUT.
Ten Former Spanish. Soldiers Offer to
Retray the Filipinos.

A dispatch from Manila says ten for
mer Spanish soldiers who were captured
by the Filipinos, and for time acted
as officers and members of a Filipino
artillery regiment located in the vicinity
of Santa Rosa, in the Laguua de Bay
district determined to surrender the
artillery to the Americans. The plot
was discovered by the Filipinos who
killed seven of the conspirators, the
other three making their escape to
Manila. It appears that when the sur
render was determined upon the Spani
ards delegated one of their number to
proceed to Manila and to propose to
Gen. OTIS to surrender, after a p-ear-
ranged mock battle, about y pieces in
cluding Krdpp-Nordenfeldt rapid fire
gurs, well supplied with ammunition
erom Lipa powder factory, in exchange
for certain sums to be paid the Spanl-
ards, who were to be pardoned for car
rying arms against the Americans and
to be transported to Spain. The dele
sate left Santa Rosa accompanied by
three Fi!it tioos, entered the American
lines at Caiamba. The Fllipinos did
not proceed far, deciding to await his
return at given time. As tie dele
gate was detained in Manila longer than
they had expected they grew Suspicious
aid returned to Santa Rosa The plot
was then revealed and the remaining
Spaniards were attacked. The gunboat,
Napidan, coasting near Santa Rosa,
perceived two men on the beach hur-
riedly embarking in canoe and push
ing out toward them, she took them
on board and they reported that the
Filipinos on discovering the plot to
surrender the artillery had cut the
throats Of seven Of their Spanish com
panions aud that they themselves had
barely escaped with their lives: The
three Spaniards are now hiding IN
Manila, fearing Filipino vengeance.
Gen. Otis had declined their offer
through the delegate, to surrender the
artillery for money, but he promises to
send the three to Spain.