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The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1899-10-10
MAYOR IN HIS SCORPION ACT.
Tries n Little Sting on His Friend Walton
and Another ON His Friend Coler.

Tries a Little sting on HIS FrlenU WALTON
and Another on His Friend Coler.
President Guggenheimer OF tho Council
found fault yesterday at the meeting OF the
Board OF Estimates with the demands for
money for repairs OF public buildings. He said
he thought 1t was an injustice to taxpayers 20
do all that work in one year and to demand the
appropriation in IA lump sum.
Deputy Commissioner Walton Of the Depart
nent OF Public Buildings. is a candidate for
sheriff Of Kings county. The Mayor asked
him il heIwanted to spend Sol 800 Tor repairs o
tho Raymond Street Jail SO as to get II IN good
condition Tor his own occupancy; The Mayor
aftarward hal fling at COMPTROLLER Coler. He
asked Public Buildings missioner Kearny
what had become OF $lSO.OOO for lighting
Richmond.
will 1t increase in your hands?' asked the
Mayor OF the Comptroller.
No" answered tho Comptroller. but pre-
fer TO pay when know can do so legally"
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BANK IN 9ULYAoUIL CLOSED.

Playa de Orc Mining Company Attaches
tho Successors of George Chambers & Co.
The Sheriff yesterday received an attach
ment for 5000 against George B. Nixon and
John Nichols. doing business under the firm
name OF Successors OF George Chambers &
Co." bankers OF Guayaquil. Ecuador in favor
OF the Playa de Orc Mining Company for bal
ance due OF money deposited with the bank
ers between Jan. 3. 1893 and Aug. Il. 1889
The attachment was based on n cable IN essago
from the vice president OF the Mining Com
pany. at, Guayaquil. that the defendants had
cloAed their banking house on Dot. q and re-
fused to paw the claim. The attachment was
served on William H. Grace & Co. and Knauth.
Nachod kuhne, to attach any money belong
ing to the defendants.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1899-10-10
TO ESJOIS 4 STATE.
Louisiana to Ask for an Injunction Against
TcXns's Yellow Fever Quarantine

Tcxas's Yellow Fever Quarantine.
DALLAS. Tex. oct. o.-Gov Sayers to-day re-
ceived at Austin tho following telegram sent
because OF tho Texas yellow fever quarantine
against Louisiana:
You are respectfully notified that on Mon
day next. Oct. 10. the State OF Louisiana will
apply to the Supreme Court OF the United
States for preliminary Injunction to restrain
the state OF Texas. Joseph ID. sayers her Gov
ernor. and her Health Oflcer William X.
Blunt from establishing and maintaining TN
embargo on interstate commerce between the
state OF Louisiana and tho State OF Texas
operated under the guise OF quarantine
MILTON J. CrSSISGHAM
Attorney General OF Louisiana"
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1899-10-10
Died in a Police Stntinn.

4 poorly drosscd man. about 30 years old.
was picked up unconscious early yesterday
morning at Broome and Wooster streets. by
Policeman Foley OF the MardouGal street sta
tion. The man was taken 10 the station, and
an ambulance was summoned from 81. Niu-
cents Hospital. Or Hughes. who resi- onded
said the man was suffering from alcoholic
coma. \ httle after l O'Clock DR. Hughes was
eummonol again. but when he arrived the
man was dead
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1899-10-10
n Health on,cer Doty Going to Europe.

Health Oflcer Doty will be passenger ON
the outgoing steamer Kaiser Wilhelm der
Crosse which sails this morning for Bremen
nr Doty will visit the principal Continental
ports where h. will consult with the authors
ties and steamshi y agents In relation to the de-
tention at tn" port OF eIg barkntiOn OF certain
emiGrants previous TO their leaving for this
country. He hopes In this way to save m nch
expense to the steamship companies which
Otherwise would bs liable to the detention Of
ships bringing In contagious diseases.
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Assistant Attornsy-GensralC oyno to Begin
an Inquiry Here To-day.

an inquiry Hero To-day.
Assistant Attorney General Coyne. who has
been detailed from the Attorney Generals
Office at Albany for the purpose. will begin
to-day an examination OF the evidence Of fraud
at the recent primary elections lie will begin
his work at IL A. NJ. in the Office OF State
Superintendent OF Elections McCuIlagh. 5S3
broadway. and will remain In town as long az
may he necessary. 1t is "a ID that tho alleged
district Eheehan =. viii receivs his early nt,eu.
ton. In the event OF sufficient evidence being
found in any case to warrant o prosecution.
Mr.. Cnyne will present it to the Grand jury
Superintendent McCuaEh is receiving re-
ports Of all tboEe claiming voting rcsidencs in
tho hotels aud lodging houses oil tho Metropol-
itAn district. After registration these iiats
will be used to detect fraud.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1899-10-10
Rrnkers Want aa1o. $50 Cnmmi,,lnns.

Deputy Sheriff Leavitt received an attach
m ent yesterday for $Gl9. $50 in n suit brought
against William C. Connor OF Dallas, Tex tho
Dallas. Fort Worth and Gulf Railway. and tho
p"ny' BY Charles r. Gregory and james T.
Bell brok ers. on a claim for services for finding
a purchaser for and underwriters OF the bonds
Of the railways. who were ready to take the
bonds on the terms agreed upon. The attach
ment Was served on the Mercantile Trust Com
pany. tho seaboard National Bank and Thomas
II Hubbard
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1899-10-10
Fell Dead In Cyrus Fields ola Home.

James c. Ward n carpenter died suddenly
yesterday NJ heart disease while working ut
1913 East Twenty first street. Ward was saw
and I.ii TO the nnor dead The hou.e WA
formerly occupied by Cyrus ". Field md ia
NOW being r"motelei by Henry ". Poor. tho
banker. OF IL Wall street.
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Excess in New Jersey.


The feature OF this exhibit. which should ar
rest the attention Of the people Of this state Is
that while the number OF corporations organ
lied in the two States Is nearly the came and
the X-ratc vastly higher in this State. being
one-eighth OF ] per cent. in New York and
one-nftieth Of l per cent. in New Jersey. the
amount Of tax collected in New Jersey IL ono
and one-halt times greater than here
This shows that the small corpora-
tions sought organization in this State
while the wealthy ones went to New
Jersey. AT the rates charged for
organization in the two states the amount Of
tax collected indicates that about $1,000
uOO.OOO OF capital sought organization in
New jersey to about $3.50 100000 in this State.
Comptroller Morgan is Of tho opinion that
pOrnted in New Jersey last year was New York
money. He is also OF the opinion that II tho
bill introduced in the New York Legislature last
winter had been passed. reducing the rate OF
the organization tax to the figures charged in
New Jersey large proportion Of this immense
amount OF new capital would have organized
in this state. whore il is employed in
business BY charging a low rate for organi-
cation. New Jersey not only collects more
money for organization thnn this State col
lects but II also brings the vast amount of
capital Incorporated within the rench OF its an
nunl tax OF oue-tenth OF per cent
The receipts from tho transfer or inheritance
tax during the past three years have been as
follows:
Fiscal year ended Sept 80 1922 s?ln4.SI2. p
1897 49,. l.s20.N4l ~
The increase In 1899 over 1898 was Sl07. 4O2
and over 1897. SGi.t7O4l.
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TIP OF MS TONGUE SHOT OFF.
Apawnmpis Golf Club shepherd Injured IL
Gambling Omnrrel.

VaWDIlnE Quarrel.
RYE. y. Y. Oct 0.-Raphncl Eubcrto. a shep-
herd employed to mind tho nocks OF the
Apawamis Coli Club. was shot last night by
Louis Louisa. during quarrel in a saloon.
over game OF cards Ruherto. who had lost all
his money, accused Louisa Of cheating. Louisa
drew revolver from his hp pocket and fired
into Ruberto'S face. The bullet cut both OF his
lirs and carried away tho tin OF his tongue.
killed him. fed toward New York where he is
said to have relatives. ltuberto was taken to
DR. ID. {. Lowcnstein's office whore his wounds
were dressed
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1899-10-10
Storage Battery Traction on the Canal.

- IL was stated yesterday that the Executive
Committee OF thu Erie Canal Electric Traction
!em lor use as its motive power. subject 10 the
WSrSosSai OF the Superintendent OF Public
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Comptroller Morgan. in addition to giving
close attention to tax matters in this State. has
extended his observations elsewhere. and has
collected some interesting data. DURING the
past year the number OF corporations organized
amount OF organization tax collected was as
follows:
NumbSr Or1dni,nii ton
OyguniEed. Tar Ihrd
New Jersey ..,..........,.. ,p2S S72S 900 90
New York .,................ S3J I74,OOO.O 90
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CORPORATION TAX MONEY.
COHpARTSON SHOHING NEW JERSEYS
ADpdNTAGE OTER NEW YORk.

In the Former State $4,000, DOC, coo Sought
Organization Last Year to $3.50 5000 q
Herc-Results of smaller Rate
CHy's Revenue Increasing. Nevertheless.
ALBANY. Oct. O.-State Comptroller william
J. Morgan has just balanced tho tax ac-
counts for the fiscal year ended on Sent. 30.
1899 The showing is n gratifying one. The
total tax collected from corporations in 1899 is
grea'cr than in any other year since the cor
poration tax laws were enacted and the re.
ceipts from the transfer or inheritance tax are
grea ter than in any preceding year. with the
single exception Of 1893. when the total
reached S3.O7lGS7. or this latter amount.
however. four estates paid into the Treasury
81 .O0G.l37
The following Is n comparative statement OF
the total amount OF taxes received from cor
porations for the fiscal years ended Sept 80.
1893. and 1899:
1920, total amount collected ........s 21N N5o 10
1899, " .......... @,lNt. iB4 81
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During the tax year just closed !5S COM
ranics were added TO tho list 81 taxpayin.
corporations. The net increase for tho year
however. was only All. as 81 corporations
that had previously paid taxes hal either been
declared exempt by the courts or had gone ont
OF business There is a steady increase in the
number OF corporations coming within the
purvicw ~ the CORPORATION tax laws. as is
shown by the following comparative exhibit:
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1899-03-29
The Use ofSchool Funds.

The Columbia Record says the super
intendent of education, in pursuit of
his investigation of the purchase Of
charts, finds that almost incredible sums
have been spent for them in some in
stances, leaving practically nothing
with which to run the schools. Some
trustees even went So far as to antici-
pate the school tax for a year in ad-
vance and made arrangements to pay
cash for the charts. The attorney gen.
eral has been requested to give his opin-
ion as to the right Of trustees to pur-
chase supplies after this fashion. The
opinion is not ready just yet, but gen
orally speaking it will hold that trus-
tees have no such right. When the
maps and charts have thus been pur-
chased there is no doubt but that they
should be paid for. But that is ques-
ton for the agent and the trustees to
settle amongst themselves. II may be,
however, that it will be legal to enter
into al arrangement to purchase now:
and the supplies to be paid for when
next years taxes are available. TruS-
tees throughout the state are much in
terested IN the subject and many letters
are being received by Mr.. McMahan in
reference thereto. There does not ap-
pear to be any objection to the supplies
themselves, many teachers believing
them first class aids in the school room,
but it is a question whether such luxu-
ries should be INDUCED in when the
school fund is already too small.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1899-03-29
Information for Veterans.

Charleston will open her homes, as
well as her boarding houses and hotels
for the comfortable and pleasant ac-
commodation Of all of the visitors who
will attend the Confederate reunion.
May 10 to l3 next. The following in
formation as to rates of board and lodg-
ing is officially given out:
Private homes and boarding houses,
lodging so cents to 81 day; single
meals, % cents to 80 cents; board and
lodging, 81 to S2.
Hotels, board and lodging 81 ana up
wards
Restaurants, meals 25 cents and up
wards.
Dormitories for ladies 80 cents and
upwards; also restaurants under the
control Of Kings Daughters, Daughters
of the Confederacy and Revolution ard
church societies Of all denominations
will be established
Dormitories for men with abundant
accommodations will be opened at 80
cents.
Visitors are urged to make all ar
rangements for board and lodging in ad
vance and all information can be OBJ
tained and quarters engaged by address
ing Mr.. Robert P. Evans, chairman COM
mittee on information, Charleston, S.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1899-03-29
The Philosophy of Play.

Prof. Groos, who has written a book
on the subject, holds play to be an
instinct developed by natural selection,
and to be on level with the other in
stincts which are developed for their
utility. It is very near, in it's origin and
function, to the instinct Of imitation,
but yet they are distinct. Its utility is
in the main twofoid First, it. enables
the young animal to exercise itself be-
forehand in the strenuous and neces-
sary functions of it's life, and so to be
ready for the onset; and, second. it
enables the animal by general instinct
to do many things in a playful way,
and so to learn for itself much that
would otherwise have to be inherited
in the form Of special instincts; this
puts a premium on intelligence, which
thus comes to replace instinct Either
of these utilities, Prof. Groos thinks,
would insure and justify the play in
stinct; so important are they that he
suggests that the real meaning Of in.
fancy is that there may be time for.
play.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1899-03-29
Another Gunboat Saved.

The navy department is gratitied to
learn that its representatives who have
been working for some time in the vi
cinity of Santiago and Guantanamo
have succeeded in adding another YES
sci to the American nayyin the gun
boat Baracoa, which was reported to
have been towed into Santiago yester-
day. The Baracoa was one Of the Span
is h guuboats sunk near Guantanamo.
She is useful type Of vessel for patrol
work and is about 80 per cent larger
than the gunboats Sandoyal and Alva-
RADIO now at Washington navy yard:
She carries one Hontoria gun OF 3.9
inch calbre and two machine guns.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1899-03-29
& Narrow Escape.

\ soldier of the Fifteenth Minnesota
Regiment now stationed at Augusta,
Ca. had a narrow escape from death at
Branchville last Friday while going to
Charleston on an excursion train from
Augusta. The following account of
the accident we take from the Augusta
Chronicle: There was a tremendous
crowd on the train. and some of the
soldiers who went along decided that
they would ride on top Of the coaches,
just as they have frequently ridden to
the city from Camp Mackenzie. There
wasn't any mishap until the train was
leaving Branchvillc. At this point
some d tic cXcur.ionisss made raid
Oh iunvh stands and a man on the
ground was pitching articles to the men
on the top Of one Of the coaches. One
of the soldiers, while attempting to
catch box Of cigars. did not notice
that the train was approaching coal
chute. He was struck in the head,
turned complete somersault and rolled
in between two coaches. His body fell
down upon the railing Of the platforms.
Fortunately for the soldier Mr.. Frank
Lowe Of Augusta, happened to be
standing on one of the platforms and
seeing the man he threw out his arms
and caught him just as he was about to
fall in between the platform to the
track below, where lie would undoubt-
edly have been ground to death.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1899-03-29
THE EGYPTIAN AT HOME.
In Hospitality and Politensss He Stands
Pre-eminent.

In Hospitality and Politeness He Stands
Pre-eminent.
The Egyptian Of to-day may easily
be surpassed in honesty, courage and
the manlier virtues; yet in hospital
ity and politeness he stands pre-emi-
nent. No Egyptian sits down to a meal
without asking all passers-by to par
take Of it; during his thirty days fast
every year his doors are open to all, no
introduction is needed; to the poor he
gives ungrudgingly.
Though allowed to have four wives,
the Effendi is almost always a mono
gamist. Marrying early, ne is, as
rule, a good husband and father. and
fond of and kind to his children.
To show the direction in which the
ideas Of marriage are setting, we may
say that one of the first teachers in
MohammeIan law in Egypt some time
ago laid down this maxim, that the
prophet has allowed four wives to any
man who would engage to love all four
alike, but as he ha'; never met any one
capable Of doing so, he would recon-
mend one wife as the Interpretation
of the prophets words. Indeed, the re-
lations Of the wife so resent a mans
marrying again that it is hardly ever
done.
In abstinence from drinking to e3-
cess the whole Egyptian nation stands
a head and shoulders above US. The
hospitality Of the sheikhs, or village
headmen, is boundless, and takes the
shape Of feasts at which Athelstan
might have presided and Cedric been
entertained, and both found themselves
at home.
We have seen men sit down to
banquet Of twenty-one heavy courses,
where a huge turkey was the seven
teenth course: and the first course
alone consisted Of whole sheep, inside
which was a goose, inside that chick
en-, then a pigeon, and finally an egg,
which last was presented to the prin-
cipal guest as containing the essence
Of all
The weakest point Of the Egyptians
armor is his lack Of courage, and very
feeble idea Of what fair play means
An Egyptian Efendi, or man Of the
upper classes, told me with great sat-
isfaction of a duel one Of his country
men had with an Italian. In which the
Egyptian chose clubs as the weapon
to fight with, and then disabled the
right hand of the Italian by a sudden
blow before the duel had begun. He
actually could see nothing to blame in
his countryman, but rather commended
his promptness in action.
On the other hand, recent events in
the Soudan have shown that the Egyp-
tian makes a good fighting man, pro-
vided he has faith in his officers, and
is not called upon to act for himself
He cannot take the initiative.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1899-03-29
Will Paw for It.

Gov. Ellerbe Thursday gave out the
following statement in regard to his
name being brought into the peniten
tiary scandal: ''In the testimony of
Capt. Westfeld the public would think
l have been getting my laundering oone
free at the penitentiary. Some time
ago our washwoman left the city and we
could not get one to do our work salts
factorily. told Col. Neal about the
matter and he told me he had a good
laundry at the penitentiary and that he
could do my laundering for me. | sent
a part Of it only, and am to pay So per
month. About month ago | succeeded
in getting Tashwoman and have not
had any laundering done at the peni-
tentiary since. "
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1899-03-29
Seeing the Danger

The scales are beginning TO TALL fTC II
the eyes Of somc Of the Republican
leaders anlnewspapers: and thcg begin
to see great danger to the country nthc
,, formation Of 50 many gigantic trusts.
/ The Chicago Tribune has for many
years been an exponent cf Republican,
ism. In :, recent lengthy editoFia!
that paper strongly showed the great
menace to the people Of the United
States in the appalling number Of great
trusts formed in almost every conceive
able line Of human industry. These
trusts constitute great monopolleS.
They now control all lines of human
supplies. There are certain things
which mankind must have-light, heat,
food clothing, transportation. And TO
supply these necessary wants. many IN
dustrics have been csta bliShcd in the
United States. Under high protec-
tive or prohibitOry tariff the vast mar
ket in which nearly one hundred mil
lions Of people are buyers is closed
against outside competition, and the
millers and factory men, quick to see
this opportunity, have formed trusts to
prevent competition, and reduce ex-
penses. Under these combines mills
and factories are locked up, men are
thrown out Of employment, and competl-
ton is prevented. \ trust employs
few or no drummers. 1t uses no more
laborers than are absolutely necessary.
1t throws the work. formerly done by
many factories, giving employment and
support to thousands of people, upon
few factories. 1t absolutely controls
the market for its product. at both ends,
fixing the price Of the raw material and
Of the finished product. For instance,
the castor oil trusts shuts up oil mills,
and throws many employees out Of
work 1t fixes the price of castor
beans, paying the farmer just enough
to ilduce him to raise the beans. 1t
also fixes the prices Of castor oil, to
suit its own ideas Of profit. The work
ings of trust are exemplifed in the
Standard Oil monopoly, which has
made Rockefeller the richest man in
the world, atthe expense Of thousands
Of honest men, that the Standard Oil
company has ruined. Never in the his
tory of the world has there been such
an appalling growth Of trusts: as we
haye seen since the election Of Mark
Hanna and Mckinley. The Chicago
Tribune says the people must act.
There are laws against trusts. Yet the
Attorney General of the United States
has not moved a muscle to enforce
these laws. The Tribune says the peo-
pie must vote against the men in favor
of trusts This means vote against the
Republican party, for that party is
owned and controlled and run by the
trusts. We agree with the Tribune.
Vote against this monstrous trust evil
every time the ballot box is open. The
Democratic party has denounced trusts
and combines, one of the greatest evils
of modern times. 1t is the only great
party that stands sQuarely against them.
Trusts will have hard time with Will
liam J. Bryan in the White House,
and they know this, and for this reason
they fight him. For this reason: if for
no other, the people should be solidly
| for BRYAN.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1899-03-29
Where Are the Guns.

Gen. Floyd is preparing to get after
some Of the former militia companies
with a sharp stick There has been
much negligence in collecting and re-
turning arms from disbanded military
companies. Gen. Floyd is looking
into the matter. He finds guns scat
tered all over the State, and has noti-
fed several former company command
ers that they will be held personally
responsible unless the guns are collect
ed and turned in. Most Of these guns
belonged to companies in rural COM
,n-,nit;ac State
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1899-03-29
The Golden Eleece.

Collars worn by members Of the Or
der of the Golden Fleece are at the
death of such persons returned to the
crown of Spain or Austria, to be held
until some new knight is invested.
The name of the wearer is engraved
on one of the links and it now turns
out that the collar given to President
Faure was last worn by Prince Bis
marck and bears the name Of the most
bitter and triumphant foe Of France.