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The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1899-02-21
DEPARTMENT is BUSY.
Interior Finish I'm Federal Building
Making Haste Slowly.

Maj. John. Espy has been inquiring into
the prolonged delay over the completion of
the interior finishing of that part OF the fed
eral building ready for the work. He has
received this letter from James Knox Taylor,
of the office of the supervising architect
Washington, d. c., who says the drawings
for the interior finish and for the heating
will be completed and sent to the photo GAL
lery for reproduction early next week SO
these parts of the work will be on the mar
ket by Feb o.
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1899-02-21
REACH A COMPROMISE
CREDITORS OF ALFRED KITTSON
TO RECEIVE EIGHTY PER
CENT OF CLAIMS
JUST LIKE MONEY FROM HOME
For Some of the People Who Have
Claims Against the Young Man
Trust Company Has $4,000
to he Divided at Once-Each
Item of Judgment Creditors Gone
Over by Judge Brill.

The creditors of Alfred Kittson have
agreed with Receiver Morrison and
Guardian Violet K. Kittson to accept
so cents on the dollar in. full payment
on all claims over 5000, which means a
saving of some $4,000 to Kittson. AS
soon as the st. Paul Trust company
turns over the $50, 600, which is due him,
he Will be given new start and a
chance to utilize his experience.
The matter came up yesterday in the
district court before Judge Brill, on
the question Of who should receive from
the st. Paul Trust company as trustee
under the will of Norman Kittson, the
first half of the legacy, which is due
Kittscn on his twentyfifth birthday.
The half amounts to $4,000 and con-
sists OF money and stocks and bonds.
The residue cannot be touched until
kittson is thirty.
Alfred Kittson was declared incom-
petent by the probate court some time
ago, and since then he has been fetter-
ed witt; guardian, a receiver and a
host of judgment creditors. Recently
Judge Kelly decided that Receiver
Morrison had no right to handle any of
the funds of the estate and yesterday
Mr.. Morrison requested the court to
permit him to withdraw from the pro-
ceedings. The application was denied
because it will be necessary for the
receiver to serve notice on all the cred
itors Of his intention, The judgment
creditors are represented in the mat
ter by attorneys.
The hearing occupied the attention of
Judge Brill all the forenoon, and each
item In the account submitted by the
trustee was gone into carefully. At
noon an adjournment was taken until
today
Among the creditors who will come in
for a share in the Windfall are:
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1899-02-21
State Treasurer Eoerner Caught a
Cold which Results Seriously

State Treasurer Kcerner is still suffering
from the effects Of an operation performed
upon him a couple OF weeks ago. While
trifiEg in its nature. Mr.. KosTner went cut
too soon and caught cold AS result CT the
exposure inflammation set in and he is now
quite seriously ILL.,
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1899-02-21
Sure to BE PopuIar.

The new Ordinary sleeping-car service
established by the Baltimore & Ohio Railroad,
giving passengers a comfortable nights rest
at one-haIf the usual charge For detailed
information regarding these cars address R.
C. Haase, D. P. A, st. Paul, or B. n.
Austin, G. p. A.. Chicago, Ill
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1899-02-21

These are excellent value and worth
thinking over. Remember the Cable
Piano Company will be responsible for
all deals made with the Conover Music
Company, 81 East Sixth street after
March l. Until then, Sixth and st.
Peter
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1899-02-21
NEW NORMAL BOARD.
1T VIII Hold It's First Meeting Sat-
urday at the CaDitoi

meeting of the state normal school board
VIII be held Saturday at the state capitol
The five new members appointed by Gov.
Lind will sit with the body for the first
time. President Ankeny will hold office as
president Of the board until the annual meet
Ing which will be held in june.
ferfaps first in Importance OF the matters
which will be up fer consideration Is the
proposed change in the course OF study Of the
four Minnesota rormals
1T has 5sen given out on very good au-
thority that the board will make some radi-
cal changes in the method of conducting the
schools. 1t will be the aim of the board 10
make them distinctively teachers training
schools.
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1899-02-21

health, l was so
weak I could only
write a few words
when I would have
to rest. I could
h a d1y W ak.
Words cannot ex-
press my suffer
ings. Now l can
do my own wash
ing and cooking.
I can take a ten
quart pail in one
hand and a six
quart pail in the
other full of wateD
and carry both one
fourth of a mile
and never stop to
rest. 1 am as heavy
as l was at Io years
(I25 lbs). 1 also
had din1neSc of
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1899-02-21
BURGLARS i'm Grocery Store

Burglars broke into William c. Wright's
grocery store, Rondo and Kent streets, Satur-
day night, and carried off two boxes of cigars,
valued at $5.25.
The cash drawer, containing a small amount
of money, was not disturbed, which fact leads
to the belief that the burglars were ANA
tours.
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1899-02-21
Go With the Hest

When travelling to Chicago. Milwaukee the
East or South. 1t costs no more Try the
Wisconsin Central Line. Cafe Parler Cars.
Pullman Palace Cars on all trains CITY
Ticket Office. 37S Robert street.
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1899-02-21
WILL NOT BE coYLE.

San Francisco Pastor Will Not En-
tertaln Call to Minnesota.
Rev. James D. Paxton, of Philadelphia.
who preached Sunday at the House of Hope
church. will occupy the pulpit again next
Sunday. DR.. Paxton Is in charge Of one Of
the largest Presbyterian churches In the
Quaker City, and is the first of quite num-
Der OF eminent clergymen who have been in
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1899-02-21
Quiet at Manila.

Gov. Lind yesterday received a ca5legram
from Col. Ames, Of the Thirteenth regiment,
saying that tbs regiment was still actiHg as
provost guard nd the situation was quiet ard
unchanged
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1899-02-21
Iron Range Earnings Tax

The Duluth and Iron Range railroad pad
, into the state treasury yesterday s. 465 Co.
representing its per cent gross earnings
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1899-02-21
DERINGER is DISCHARGED.
After Two SIistr1aIs the Prosecution
Decided to ReIent

The prosecution has given up hopes of
convicting o. S. Deringer, publisher of the
Saturday Evening News, of criminal libel,
and yesterday County Attorney Bigelow
asked Judge Orr to allow the charge to be
dismissed. The motion was granted.
Deringer twice tried By a jury the
result in each case being a disagreement
He was accused by Harvey D. Cline at pres
ent member Of the police force with pub
fishing the alleged libel against Cline dur
ing the campaign last fall.
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1899-02-21

Total .............. .............. SlUl,J6J 80
The judiciary committee killed the
bill of Senator DAILY Oem), of Otter
Tail, for a fve-siXths jury verdict in
civil cases
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1899-02-21
DAIRYMEN TO MEET.
They VIII Send Committee to
Wait on Legislators.

The retail dairymen of the city will meet
at Assembly halls Wednesday evening next
at o'clock.
A committee On legislation will be appoint
ed to wait on the legislature with regard to
the dairy inspection laws.
A state organization of dairymen is berg
contemplated, and steps will be taken in
this regard
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1899-02-21
POOR BOOkKEEPER
Continued from First Page.

eral Laws 1894. 1t is the plain duty of the
director or secretary to pay over to the ac-
counting Office of the state without delay any
1unos which may come into his hands be-
longing to the institution
Inc following statement from his records
snow how widely this rue has bsen departed
from
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1899-02-21
Mrs. wsnzIow,a Soothing syrup

BIAS been used for over fifty years by niliiors
OF mothers for their children while tsething with
perfect success II soothes the child, softens the
gums, ailavs all pain wind collie. and Is
the best remedy for Disrrhoea. Sold by Druggists
In every part OF the world. Be sure and ask for
" hrs. Wlnslow's Soothing Syrup and take no
other kind. Twenty -fv , cents bottle.
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1899-02-21

Have you seen the Globe Almanac-at all
Newsdea lers-25c.
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1899-02-21
FOLLOWING All OPERATION.

Have you seen the Globe Almanac-at al
Newsdealers-2
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1899-02-21

William Darlington, a deaf mute arrested
for begging on the streets, was discharged
in the police court yesterday upon the under
standing that the board of control is to send
him back to his home at Redwing.
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1899-02-21

1OOl, Vt 7 I [ c S
Carpenter, of
berland Co.,
I first wrote to
corning my
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1899-02-21
" Dimness Of sight,
palpitation, shortness
Of breath, black spots
or else shining lights

before my eyes, terrible headache, numb
ness in my arms and hands and tongue,
also my jaws would get numb; constipation,
prolapsus, debilitating drains, soreness
through my bowels; i'll fact I was diseased
f M2s M hsad E. w f es4pent wFite es
Tiuaria C1frr,- M ber1aud O.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1899-12-20
WANT AGENTS TO RESIGN.
South Carolina Methodists Condemn
Barbee and Smith.


COLUMBIA, S. O., Dec u The state
Methodist conference has adjourned al
ter most harmonious meeting. The
following resolutions were offered just
before the close of the conferences:
Whereas, There is widespread dis.
satisfaction among the preachers anu
members of our church in this confer
ence on account of the methods en-
ployed by the book agents Of the Meth
odist Episcopal church. south, IN the
collection Of the war claim against the
United States government; and
Whereas, The United States senate,
after thorough investigation, has &C.
clared that the senate was deceived 0y
our book agents in collecting said claim;
and
Whereas, The last general confer.
ence, in re-electing Barbee & Smith
book agents, was not in possession o.
the facts afterwards developed in con-
nection with the methods used III co..
lecting this claim; therefore,
sResolved /, That the South Carolina
conference, now in session, desires 10
express disapproval of the deceptive
methods used by the book agents OF the
Methodist Episcopal church, south, III
aiding E. B. Stahlman in prosecuting
the claim before the senate OF the United
States.
Resolved 2, That this conference
asks the resignation of Baroeo &
Smith-in the interest of peace and
harmony in the churcA-from the office
which they now hold.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1899-12-20
Crows.

There is some reason for calling an
owl the bird Of wisdom, and yet there
is cause for wondering if the crow is
not mentally his superior Crows are
not disheartened by the gloom Of late
autumn. Ii the fog is too dense to fly
through it, they rise above it or trot
about the ground, discussing the situa-
tion with their fellows. IS this speak
ing tco positively: / have long been
familiar with an observing man who
has lived ali his days within sight and
hearing Of crows He claims to under
stand their language and can repeat the
words" that make up their vocabulary.
Certainly crews seem to talk, but Go
they? Does "a certain sound made by
them have always the one significance:
Year after year l have listened and
watched, watched and listened, and
wondered if my friend was right. He
believes it. l believe it-almost. Are
there limitations to ornithological in
depreciation: And is this an instance
where truth is Observation-Disclosures
colts.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1899-12-20
CARTER GIVEN TWO YEARS.
Former Populist State Chairman
Guilty Ct EmbeZZ .nent.

Former Populist State Chairman 1
Guilty CT Embszz ,ment.
SAVANNAH, Dec. l4-W. F. Carter,
ex-postmaster at Meldrim, Ga, pleaded
guilty in tho United States district court
yesterday to the charge Of embezzhne
funds of the government to the extent
of S5UO, and was sentenced to two years
in the federal penitentiary at Colum'
bus. 0.
In entering his plea of guilty Carriers
attorney made staten ent to the court
In which he said that W lile the accused
was postmaster at Meldrim ne was also
chairman of the Georgia state Po2uhst
executive committee. The committee
needed funds for campaign expenses.
Members of the COMMITTEES assured Car
ter that all that was needed to carry the
state was little money. Said the at
torney:
"They painted beautiful! picture tc
Carter. He was promised o good ofice-
one that would pay well. He listened
to the tempte1s and gave them the
money, and, CT course, be is guilty OF
the misappropriation of funds. "
The Populists failed to carry the
state, Carter's friends failed to come to
his assistance and be goes TO prison.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1899-12-20
COMPULSORY VACCINATION.
State Board of Health Determined to
Stamp Out Smallpox.

Stamp Out Smallpox.
COLUMBIA, S. c., Dec 15.-The state
board OF health is to take the smallpox
situation in this state in hand at once
and deal with it in the only manner
that will accom- plish the stamping out
of the disease. There are to be no hall
way measures, but men will go to work
in few days who will have the whole
power of the state behind them. and
compulsory vaccination will be enforced
without respect OF persons.
4 few days ago Governor McSweN.
ney, in view of the general alarm lnui-
Gated in letters received by him from all
quarters of the state affected, suggested
that the state board of health hold a
meeting and adopt some plan that would
completely stamp ont the disease:
Yesterday ali the members Of the
board, save Dr. Nardin, arrived III the
city. They met in the forenoon and all
were agreed that the only way to tight
the disease successfully was to enforce
compulsory vaccination in the infected
localities by means of officers appointed
for the purpose, with power to act, to
isolate ali cases and guard the patients.
After ful! discussion Governor Nc
Sweeney undertook to see that the nee.
essary money was borrowed 10 meet all
emergencies, relying on the legislature
to pay the bills, and he is at once to ap.
point a number OF experts, who will
have specific power given them to en-
force compulsory vaccination and act as
their Judgment dictates.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1899-12-20
POU CREATES A SENSATION.
Revenua Officers Accused OF Protect
iu~ MooMshiners.


ing Mooushiners.
RALEIGH, Dec. 15.-Attorney James
Il. Pou, ex-state Democratic chairman,
created an unprecedented sensation IN
the United States district court here
yesterday. He appeared as counsel for
a negro charged with moonshining in
Johnston county aud declared there was
a ring of revenue officers in that county
which protected another ring OF dozen
moonshiaers.
District Attorney Bernard immedl-
atcly demanded names.
Pou gave them with postoffice ad-
dresses aud said the facts he stated
were we'll known and undeniable. He
declared that government officers pro-
tected this certain clique of moonshiners
and raiGed those not in it.
pou declared that the administration
of the revenue laws in Johnston county
is farcical.
It is learned that Judge Purnell will
make a strict investigation into the
charges.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1899-12-20
Judges il England have worn the Pc
culiar wigs they now wear ever since
the reign of Charles II.
Story Of Lincoln.

This Lincoln story is told in Short
Stories: A New York firm applied to
Abraham Lincoln some years before he
became president for information as to
the financial standing of one of his
neishbo-s. Mr. Lincoln replied as fol-
lows:
Yours Of the 10th inst received. am we'll
acquainted with Mr.. X. and know his ci-cun'
stances First of all, he has u wife and baby;
together they ought to be worth $4,000. Sec
ondly, he has an office, in which thero are
table worth $1.50 and three chairs worth, say,
81. Last of all, there is in one corner large
rathole, which will bear looking into. Re-
spectfully yours A. LINCOLN.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1899-12-20
HUNTER NOW IN MOROCCO.
Sultan Asked to Surrender the AL
legged Georgia Drfaultrr.

Sultan Asked to Surrender the AL
legged Georgia Drfaultrr.
WASHINGTON, Dec. Is. - Secretary
Hay has directed Consul Gummere. at
Tangiers, t. officially request the Moor.
ish government to surrender Thomas J.
Hunter, the alleged defaulting auditor
of the Atlanta and West Point railroad
of Georgia.
Because of the fact that this govern
ment has no extradition treaty with
Morocco, it has been compelled to ask
the extradition OF Hunter, not as mat
ter of right, but as a matter OF favor,
with the explicit understanding that it
will he unable 70 act favorably upon a
similar request made by the Moorish
sultan.
Hunter has not been apprehended BY
the Moorish authorities-he has simply
been located in Morroco-and the gov
ernor of Georgia has asked the state de-
partment to obtain his extradition, II 1t
is possible to do SO.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1899-12-20
ALABAMA MINERAL OUTPUT
State Geclogist lssu"s His Report tof
the Third Quarter.

MONTGOMERY, Ala, Dec. i. - DR..
Eugene \. Smith, state geologi5t, has
issued his report for the third quarter
of 1899, aod it shows an immense In
crease in the mineral production of the
state. 1t indicates that the mineral
output OF Alabama Tor the present yea.
will be considerably the largest IN lie
history. There is believed to oe nc
doubt that the total production Of coal
for the year will exceed 7,5G0, 900 tons.
The geologist's report gives the fol.
lowing figures Of production for the
quarter ending Oct. /: Coal, l,9OS, ,O65
tons; coke, 475, ,66S tons; pig iron, 262,.
s61 tons; stone for flux, l62, 1863 tons;
iron ore, 673, S45 tons; bauxite, 4,31l tons;
stone for building, 1880 cubic feet.
The production of the second and
third quarters was as follows:
Coal. S.7eo, ,u6o tons; coke. s4l,2So
tons; pig iron, 551, 4C4 tons; iron ore,
1924, 1853 tons; bauxite, $3.50 tons; stone
for building, 36, 935 cubic feet.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1899-12-20
The SEQUEL to the Joke.

Many years ago visitor to Edin-
burgh was being shown over the high
court of just;ciary. He made some re-
mark concerning the dock and its du-
ties, and in reply the official jokingly
said the visitor might one day be SEN
fenced to be hanged in that very room.
The sightseer was the notorious DR.:
Pritchard. Two years had barely passed
when in the dock he had so closely in
spected he was doomed to death for
poisoning his wife and mother-in-law.
London Mail.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1899-12-20
;,lnsrr ilaag"d at Albany,

ALBANY, Ca, Dec. l5.-W. J. Glaser
was hanged here today for the murder
of his wife. Glaser's crime was an e1.
ceedinsly brutal one. and his guilt was
clearly established at his trial. He went
home one night while in state of in.
toxicstioa and beat MS wife to death
with a bills5 of wood. He steadfastly
denied that Ae committed the crime.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1899-12-20
R.sult of u Miners Feud,

HENRY ELLEN, Ala, Dec. 14.-George
and James Herring, negroes, formerly
employed in the mines at this place,
were shot and instantly killed by two
unknown white men, who were secreted
in second story room of a hotel on the
principal street of the town. The kill.
ing appears to be the result of a feu6
between the white and negro miners.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1899-12-20
MDnted 1t Altered.

Minister Ito newly welded pair)-
The married state imposes various du-
ties. The husband must protect the
wife, while the wife must follow the
husband whithersoever he goes.
Bride-La. sir, couldn't that be al
tered in our case: My husbands going
to be country postman.-Judy.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1899-12-20
Women GuilcS In Berlin.

\ Berlin per thus speaks of the wo-
men guides employed in that city:
"They are partly elderly, partly mid
die aged Ladies', with certain amount
of knowledge Of the world, some &C
quaintance with languages and all assur-
ed and amiable demeanor, to whose
care lone female travellers or the lady
travelling parties recently imported from
Scandinavia and America intIust them
selves Most of these resolute persons are
Russians or Austrians.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1899-12-20
The Bottle Post.

The bottle post" is an old institu-
ton on the south coast of Iceland. Let
ters are put into corlled bottles, which
are waited by the wind to the opposite
coast. They also contain a cigar or 9TH
er trifle to induce the finder to deGves
the letter as addressed.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1899-12-20
Hosiery Makers Organ

Chattanooga, Dec. l4.-The South.
ern Association of Hosiery ManUfac.
turers was organized in this city at 0
convention of hosiery mill men repre-,
senting the largest interests III that line
in the south held in the chamber o.
commerce today. '. Ballard of Dur.
ham, u. c., was elected president.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1899-12-20
GafTord Case to BE Argued.

MONTGOMERY, Ala, Dec. l5.-John
Gafford, who is in the Montgomery Jail
charged with the murder of F. B. Lloyd
in Butler county in 1897, is to have his
case argued and submitted in the su-
preme court next Thursday, this divi.
sion being up next week. 1t is re.
membered that there have been two
convictions in this case The first re.
suited in the death sentence, which was
reversed by the supreme court. The
second resulted in Imprisonment for
life, amp that appeal is now pending.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1899-12-20

No. So rIns through TO Charleston, s. C.,
via "ental t. R., arriving Manning Goa
p IL, Lanes, 6 43 p III, Charles ton S.90 . IL i.
Trains CO Conway Erancu leave Chad
bou.n 80 pm, arrive Conway 7 40 p NJ,
returning leave Conway 80 u N, arrive
Cla2Oouru II 20 IN, leave ChalUci,ru
II. 90 a IN, m,arriye at Hub 225 pm, returning
leave Hub 800 M, arrive at Chadton.p
3.35 pm. Daily except Sunday.
J. r. kENLY, Gen'I Manager.
I. N. EMERSON, Traffic Manager.
h. u. EMERSON, Geol Pass. A-ert.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1899-12-20
go Max COX. F-cm Pine.

WAYCRoss, Ga, Dec. l5.-Mr. j. D.
Gordon of North Carolina, representing
capitalists from that state and Virginia,
is in the city making arrangements iol
the establishment of coke ovens here.
Mr.. Cordon's company proposes to make
coke from pine by new process known
to it and the plant will be something
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1899-12-20
Crazy Woman In the Woods.

GREESv1LLE, S. c., Dec. l4.-Mrs.
Julia F. Bryant, white woman about
20 years old, has been carried to the
state hospital for the insane. She was
found in the Lima section in demented
state and was brought here by Con.
stable Burrell Cox. She was a most
pitiable object, having been roaming
around for several days without ade.
ouate clothing or food. Her husband
did not appear during the proceedings.
She has three small children.