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The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1900-12-26
THE FIRE FlEND.
Columbia Visited by Worse Burn
in Twenty Years.
THE JEaomE.HoTEL BURNED,
The Total Loss Will Amount TO
somsihing Like One Hun
dred and Fifty Thous-
and Dollars.

Wednesday night Columbia was
visited by the mos. disastrous ars i.
swensy yeas.
The jerome hotel and three largo
mercantile establishments on Msi1
street and four smaller oaes On Assem-
bly, were destroyed. The total essi-
mated loss IS sl42. 900; insurance, $751;
600.
The fire started at 8 o'clock in the
rear Of Van M,ters furniture store, .
lamp having exploded. 4 livery stable
and hay warehouse aii,ioiog csushs
in almost seconds time and the ira
started to burning through to Main and
Assembly streets, clearing everything
until stopped by an siley dividing the
squsre.
The Jerome has been political head
quarters for the state for yesrs. The
building aad furniture we're valued as
s75 900; insurance, $50, 600.
Other losses were:
in. Van Meter, two store buildings,
Sio. Oo0; stock (furnlsure), S33 OV0 In
surance, $40, ,00O.
N. McRaney, stock groceries and
household eHscts, $1,000; insurance,
81 000
King Racket store, stock $6, 600; in
surance, IS 900.
Mays stables, contents 81. 900; in
sared.
B. F. P. Lesnhsrs, two brick store
buildings, 81 600.
VIM Il. Lyles, store building, 50, 500;
insurance So 600.
The FIRE was under control at mid
night.
The FIRE had to be fought with two
engines. IS the third was of being re-
pared Hard work to prevent the FIRE
spreading. Augusta, Charleston and
NeWberry were asked for assistance.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1900-12-26
Train Robber a Suicide.

With gaping wound in the back
and another in the left wrist, inflicted
by the police, Claiming B. BsIne5,
traiuroboer, dre7 the keen edge of a
hunting knife across his throat in a
swamp near New Orleans Wednesday
and ended his career. His body bore
Two bullet Wounds-one in the back,
the other in the wrist. In the pockets
we're found the watch Of the conduc-
tor Of the mail train, many registered
letters and a quantity Of dynamite.
The body vas identified as that Of
Charming B. Barnes, With many
aliases, who was wanted for psrtici-
oating in the daring hold up Of an
Illinois Central express trsiu at Wick
Life, Ky, last July.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1900-12-26

la1d secure when We exercise arbitrary
rover over the people from whom we
demand eutire obedience? The fig
cannot stand for the benevolent poll
cies Of the administration. It must
stand for pernsoency. Is it not g
mockery to raise the flag over the peo-
p!e of Puerto Rico and bid them re-
specs i, and then issue to them sD
sosolute power OF government from the
staff beneath? II the act Of apne1s
ton does not carry the constitution. [
can think Of nothing that does. The
constitution goes to annexed territory
because Of the act,
a gentleman wrote ne thst It was
absolutely necessary to pass the Puerto
Ricao taliE to protect the beet sugar
busiusSs. Itbsrked him but | could
not see shat i. referred 10 the question.
The fact ttas se siv. all the money
secured by tie tsl?fT bsck to PaereH
REQ does not affect the question It
I'D NOT satisfy our fathers when it was
proposed TO expepd the money derived
iron the S.arp Act in this cransry.
These constitutional questions will
saon Be settled by ,hs Soprene CoUrt.
r the court shall hel3 that the conssi-
,ptiooal provisions exieni to al por
uons yha. are goverrsd by the United
States, then ve shall! conform our legis
:a;ion srd policy to shia doctrine, and
DC sorry that We haze ever held then
at Length il she goDrameot We c&sEsd
them, The question whether the gov
errnent caa take ard coasrol hostile
people is net conssss:ionsl provision,
bus one Of the conditions which exist.
Tho cooseas Of shegoverped 30 legisla
i've sotion is an enarsly different cues
;iop. The ens!re written constitution
provides no rule forshis question. The
rjghs to conquer sn, hold territory is
different question fon the question Of
how We shall goHrn thss territory
= ahen We have cQared IS
If Great Britaia aads the question
Of expansion aud territorial growth in
crsasingly hard, it will De harder for
Us because We, as republic, are ne
cessaviy fedecsl. he old coach with
its power to stsnd well as to move
may bea safer vehi!e FOR governmen
,han the bics ole. lhave been making
90 argument sgsins sxoaosion. The
recent acquisitions from Spain may
present question { greater loss than
Of gain. You will 'ardoa mo if can
| not rejoice because { the requirement
of territory which mst be governed by
su;hority rather tha hy the provisions
Of that grsnd old costitution.
In conclusion, aiow me to suggest
the sentiment: ''tod forbid tha. the
day should ever core when the thought
Of man as consmer should absorb
that grand old doc'ine that man is
| creatlon OF God, enoEed with ipalien-
able rights"
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1900-12-26
a Desperte Lover.

The ColumoiA ,ecord says Moses
Bluestein, whc haI been cleikiug for
Goldstein & Co., las gotten himself
int much trouble pwlus to his persis-
tent, unnelcome cd forbidden atten-
tioDs to a yourg lay. The young lady
IS daughter Of abb Schechter and
though she maturity shrank from the
publicity ipcidento appearing in court
against Bluessein,n ,ne felt that her per-
sOnsl safety d.ns3ed it. It appears
that Btuestein wamsd!y in love with
tn, young lady, BIZ his affections were
not at sIl recipr:ated The young
man persisted IN bis attentions and
sreatly annoyed thyoung lady otoniy
while she was Hslhg on the street but
even while she va in her own home,
for the evidence ssWed that be loiter-
ea about the house st times snd even
attempted to ente though FORBIDDEN
to do so. II is fuher alleged that he
made threaseoing oeeches against the
lady, and she becas afraid she would
receive some bodil!njury at his hands
a peace warrant vs. sworn out against
B!uessein this moIng sad he vas az
rested aud taker before Magistrate
Smith. Mr.. John tcMss;er represent
ed the prosecutor. Biues,ein made 40
excuse for his actin, although be had
threatened to THO vilriol IN her face
| uuless she narriedin. Judge s NTH
| deoloed TO place h snder bond of
500, but with theronsent Of parties
| interested, he was gen the alternative
| of LEAVING the city. This he accepted
| md promised to lea'this afternoon for
Z charleston. In the eantime the peace
bond will be held Oh pending his full
lulment of his sgrnent to leave the
cify.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1900-12-26
A Large Meteor.

Dr.. Herbert Howe Of Chamberlain
observatory Denvsr, Col.: is collecting
data concerning tie largest meteor seen
for more than thirty years. 1t HaS OBJ
served December 8 between 3 aad 4
o'clock in the afternoon. Reports
come from both sides Of she Rocky
Mountain divide as far north IS Sara,
toga, Wyoming, and as far soa'h
aa Delss Col, judging from those
distances Prof. Hove, estimates
its height above the earth as at least
500 miles. 1t appeared nearly as large
az tho moon and vas inesndescens.
When apparently just above NORTH
Park, Col, it exploded with accompany
ins phenomena resembling an earth
quake, houses being shaken and a
rumbling sound psrespsibls fer miles.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1900-12-26

ahy announced that he would pay s25,-
900 reward for the apprehension Of the
abduetors.
The Cudahy boy in h:s statement of
what took place says, among other
things. he was across the street from
his own home, on his way back from
Rustin residence Tuesday evening when
two men approached him. One said:
1--WE are sheri6s from Sarpy county
and arrest you as Eddie McGee, who
escaped from the reform school. They
drove to a house, supposedly in the
southwestern part of South Omaha.
The boy was taken in and chaioed to
the floor. He remained there all night
and the next day. From a con7eraa-
t;on between the abdussors and HIM
self tie young man learned that the
abductors had been seeking to sbducs
one of the girls OF the family.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1900-12-26
A TERRIBLE MARCH.
Experiences Of Halls Command in thS
Mountains Of LnSoa.

Mountains Of Lusoa.
The following passages, descriptive
Of Gen. Halls expedition lars October
70 Blnargonsn, oyer the SiDiloan Moun
tains, sre taken from the Manila
Times:
Gen. Hall had in the meanwhile
started on what was probably one Of
the most difficult marches ever under
tskeu in the Philippines BY . lsrse
body Of troops. Hs had 10 his com
nsod one company Of Macabebe scoSss,
two companies of the Second United
States Regulars II and &, tvo CON-
pani.s Of the Eighth United States
Regulars, and tEo companies Of she
Tnirty.seventh United States Volun-
,eers. Osing to the dm;uit and dan
gerous trial over the Sinl!oan Mountains
be took also 3UO Chinese as packers,
mule-wsgonS being useless. Gen. Hall
left Sin!oan for Binaugomsn, bituased
abous forty Ave miles distant; bat ii
took him six days to make the march.
His oGcial report covers thirty pages Of
lega!-oap, but it will be d'fi ,ult mat
ter to understand the hardships endured
By the troops on sbis march by merely y
reading s report Of the expedition.
The Pasig Rivers and its tributaries
we're crossed forty-6ve times. Rain
fell night aad day; the rice and bread
were soaking wet, and became sour and
ua6t for food. In addition to this the
troops we're loaded with their equip
ments and 100 rounds Of ammuultlon.
The march WAS further hanpered By
the Chinese packers, who, after the
thirty days, gave out entirely, aud in
crossing the swollen streams would lose
the provisions on which the troops 30
much depended. The Chinese had a
most severe task, and suffered much
more than the soldiers; and to tighten
their burden each man took an extra
100 rounds OF ammunition in his aver
sack. In spite Of sIl that could be
done, however, the expedition was ha-
rassed at every turn by the packers
Many ofthem would have been drowned
had 1t not been for the bravery Of the
troops (th1se privates are mentioned in
the om,,al report for special acts Of
herolsm
On the fourth day out, three iusur-
gents we're captured, and rebel camp,
only a few hours old, was found. About
this sime Gen. Halls horse was klllod.
Tne fearful strain of the march had
told on every one in the expedition,
which was now stretched out 10 long,
struggling line of suffering men, some
six miles in length, half Of shem bare
footed, and with clothing torn from
them by the heavy jungle, worn out by
loss Of sleep and food, and with their
ratioos reduced to slice Of raw bacon
day per man; but relief came when
the head Of the column crowded through
the last canyon and struck the beach.
For the next two days 165 disabled
men were under treatment, one OF
whom private Chapman, Company l.,
Thirty seventh U. s. W died from
complete exhaustion. Eight Chinese
died on the trail, aud four afterwards
died on board the Garouus.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1900-12-26
4 Louisiana Lynching.

Special from Lake Providence, La,
says: The Belle Of the Bends, which
has arrived here from Arcadis, Miss,
land ing reports a murder and robbery
1t tAas place Sunday, which, it is
tboasht, resulted in the lynching Of
two negroes there Tuesday. Two
negroes from neigh oorhood levee ssmp
went TO trading boat kept at the land
ing BY white man, and killed him aud
his wife aad baby. They then robbed
the boat and lcfs, afser burning the
craft to the water edge. The negroes
were recognized BY the property Of the
white family and arrested. They con-
fsssed, and it is said, were taken in
charge By mob.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1900-12-26
Sensationalism Run Mad.

The Mstho list church OF Austin
IL. was fIlei Sundsy evening in
ans yer to want advertisement asking
for 500 girls to attend the services. "H
I We're Girl" was the subjacs Of the
sermon delivered by the pastor, the
Rev. A. n. White. He said, in part:
If | were girl l would seek for the
foundation principles that would bring
to me q pretty face, form and dress,
without the use Of paint or powder or
arts Of the tailor. would sesk to have
a sound, healty body, and in securing
shis | would be temperate in the use Of
ca.amels and Judges. I would use
more Indian claos and t.nnis rsokess
and less of the dance racket" The girla
seemed pleased with the sermon.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1900-12-26
Will hh Il.

Senator Tiilman "a thss be will
push his amendns TO the Hay
pauncefose treaty.fhe South Caro-
l,nian's smendnen, s ncdldcation OF
the Davis amoent, Although
MIR. Tltlman sayas will urge Its
adoption, it is ssd On the best Of
aushc-..y thss the iority Of she CON.
ni,,ee on foreign rsions ale opposed
TO it, and will not Sc TO its adoption.
Il the Senator iasi upon . Vote Oh
his amendment inhe Senate. it ls
not likely that i. meet with sRy
better fase than Eill in the sen-
mlstee.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1900-12-26
A Womap's Secret.

An extrsor iinary story Of 6 woman's
serrible secret at last revealed comes
from Ossend, Belgium. Three work
men were tried about seven years ago
and found guilty Of having committed
series Of crimes, among them the
murder Of au aged woman at Hsut-
nond. Although they declared their
innocence until the las. moment, one OF
shem vas sentenced to imprisonment
for life and the others were suillotined.
Now woman named Souuange has
Just denoun :ed her husband, who she
SAWS com mmitted the crimes. Sac is said
to be quite sane and the authorities are
ipyest,gating the charges.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1900-12-26
In the PHILIPPINES.

The news from Manila today is the
same old story Of rush Of na.i7es to
swear allegiance, and incidentally OF
battles in which from Two TO doEsn
heashen are transformed into corpses.
Periodically for twenty years past we
have been hearing about the rebellion
in South American countries being
over, and it begins to lock llEe the PEG,
pie who live twenty years hence will
recognize familiar ring in the news
from tbs Philippines.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1900-12-26
Instantly Killed.

Csapbell G. McSSain, section fore
nsn OF the Louisviile and Nashville
railroad, vas instantly killed at Molina
Fla, while supetiateuding the uolosd-
ing Of heavy slmbers from fat csIs. He
visa caught uader the tinbers and his
head and body crushed and horribly
uansled. He was to have been mar
sied December 26sh.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1900-12-26
Masked .rglars.

Four masked meatarsd the home
Of Michsel Frs naivics near Middle
son OHIO, early snssdsy morning
and bound and ged hia and then
searched the hou1' Finding nothing,
they released hind sod him they
knew he had il received So. GOO,
whish he must prea. Protesting he
had no money, has twise knocked
iRsens!ole. he helpless till the
next morning, Whie WAS rescued by
passersby. He is serious eordi-
sioa, but may reec.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1900-12-26
Mors Negroes Than Whites.

TIE annual report Of the superin.
sendent OF education, just shout to be
issued, vii show that the total enroll
meat of the public schools amount to
27I,7S7 for the entire State. OF these
l26 395 are white pupils and los 6O2
are colored pupils. 6sioR are give q
the enrolment figures for the races BY
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1900-12-26
Bank Robbers.

Burglars entered Kennedy's band at
Hope lod., early Wednesday and blew
open the safe and secured SIS 600
I've burglars looted the bank while
third kept watch outside with a car
riage, in which they all escaped. A
posse is in pursuit..
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1900-12-26
Two Hundred Massacred.

A dispatch from Vienna reports re-
cent Moslen e5cesses sgainst the Chris
tian population IN the central pro7ln'es
Of Turkey, where 200 Christians have
been killed.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1900-12-13
A CHAPTER ON COAL
MINERS NOT ALL UNDER GROUND
BY ANY MEANS.
LARGE Jumps CRUSHED
Then Screening Process Separates the
Residue into Egg, Nut and Pea
Grades-Cars Loaded by Means of
So-CaIIed Breaker-Over Product
Goes Abroad.

Not all Of the coal workers of the
anthracite regions Of Pennsylvania
are employed under ground in the
mines, says The Little Chronicle of
Chicago very recently. On the con-
trary, some of them work very much
above ground. Over the shafts of
the mines stand tall frame buildings
called breakers" and it is I'D in
these breakers that the coal is broken
up into the small sizes with which we
are familiar
Down in the mines, sometimes over
500 feet below the surface of the
ground, and perhaps a mile away from
the breaker, the miners blast out the
coal from the vein which thew arc
following. This coal is sent back in
carts drawn by mules over narrow
railway tracks to the cupola or "head
house" shown in the picture. The
coal, which is in large Jumps, some
times a foot or more thick. is then
dumped into chutes and passed
through heavy rim rollers, which
serve to crush the large lumps. The
crushed coal is then passed through
a series of screens and gradually sep
arated into the various sizes known in
commerce as egg" nut" pea" coal
and so on.
AS there is always more or less
slate and shale mixed with the pure
coal, boys called "slate pickers" are
stationed on platforms at the screens.
and the slate, which is easily dis
cerned by the experienced picker, is
rapidly separated from the coal. The
kN&
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1900-12-13

only be performed by Americana
While General Chaffee was on his
march to Pekin he occupied a ware
house belonging to a German firm,
whereupon he was told by the Ger
man admiral that if he did not evacu-
ate It he (the German admirall
would lombard it. The general told
the admiral to fire away, as he had
been sent over here to fight and he
would just as soon fight the Germans
as the Boxers.
Captain McCalla and his marines
were given the place of honor in the
allied forces advancing column be-
cause Of his fighting qualities shown
in the capture of Tientsin. AS is well
known, the place of honor is the adj
vance guard or skirmishers. Just
before the battle at the arsenal above
this place the captain thus addressed
his men: Now boys, you know we
have had hard fight to get this place
Of honor, so you want to show them
that you are worthy of it 1t is need
less to say that the arsenal was cap
tured, and as an English officer said
afterward: Those Americans beat the
devil. That handful of men took the
strongest fort on our march while we
were getting ready
"'Such soldiers as the Americans
cannot be defeated said the Chinese
commander of the fort"
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1900-12-13
FAMILIAR WHEN TRANSLATED.
Nearly All Chinese Names Have a Ma
- teriaE Meaning.

Nearly All Chinese Names Have a Ma
- teriaI Meaning.
The mysterious names appearing
in the Chinese dispatches become
familiar enough when translated,
thus: Tung means east; 81, west; nan,
Gouth pei, north; while tsin, kin or
king stands for capital or metropolis,
as in Picking (northern capitaD and
Nankin (southern capitaD. Tien
means heaven. so Tien-Tsin signifies
heavenly metropolis Ho or kiang
means river. so Pei-Ho is north river;
Si-Kiang, west river. Che means
seven, so Che-Kiang is seven rivers
Shan is mountain. and Shang-Tung,
east mountain, and Shan-Si. west
mountain. Pal is white. and Pal
Shan, white mountain. Hal is sea,
and kwan stands for gate, so Hal
kwan (the maritime cUstoms) is gate
of the sea. and Shan-hai-Kwan. noun
tain and sea gate. Shang is a city,
and Shanghai, city by the sea. Hoang
is yellow; Hoang-Ho, Yellow river,
and Hoang-Hai. Yellow sea.
Yang means ocean, and Use, son;
hence the Yang-tse River is son of the
ocean, and Tien-Tse. son of heaven
(the EMPEROR. Ku or kow is a mouth
or pass, and Ia, big or great, so Ta-Ku
means big mouth (of Pei-Ho), while
Nan-KoW stands for south pass (from
Mongolia). HUI is a lake; ling, a hill;
hsiang, village; hsien, a tax district
Flu is a prefecture; tai, governor;
tao, a circuit or group of administra-
tive departments; so tao-tai is a gov
ernor Of circuit, and fU-tai is a gov
ernor of prefecture. Chao or kiao
is bridge; Ii, a Chinese mile; pa,
eight, and thus Pa-li-kiao is the eight
mile ridge. Che or chow is a depot or
stopping place; hence Tung-Chow,
eastern depot of Peking). Shen is
province and Shen-Si is the western
province
Yamen is a police station or official
residence, and Hui, a secret society
or club. Using means pure or clear,
so Ts-in-kiang is clear river, while Ia
Using means great pure (name of
present dynasty), and Kwo being a
kingdom or empire, Ta-Ts'ingKwo
signifies the empire Of the great pure
(China). Ia Mei-Ka is the name ap-
piled by the Chinese to the United
States, and means great American.
-Leslie's Weekly.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1900-12-13
The Belgian Hare Fad.

A dispatch from Los Angeles. Cal,
says: Less than a year ago the ey,.
tire state was Belgian hare fad. Fan.
clefs were importing animals from
abroad and paying exhorbitant prices
Tor them; every man with back yar0
soon had a sign stretched in front of
MS house with Rabbitry' upon if.
newspapers devoted special issues to
the industry and from every standpoint
II promised to rival the mineral wealth
OF California as a builder-up Of mag
nltlcent fortunes. Now the bubble has
broken and the agricultural and horti-
cultural interests OF southern Califor-
ma are threatened with a Belgian
hare pest. The effort to create ce-
mand for the hare for food purposes
was not successful and the present
market prices are considerably less
than is required for feed alone and
the industry is proftless and dis
c0uraging. 1t is for this reason that
many breeders who have become dis
guSted at the almost utter lack of a
market for their hares are secretly and
in some instances openly turning them
loose to forage in the country in order
TO avoid the expense Of feeding them.
The menace in this condition Of affairs
VIII perhaps be understood better
when it is stated that there are prob
ably more than 100000 hares in this
state at present. The fecundity of the
hare in this climate is beyond all ex-
pectations Of the pioneers in the in
dustry. One rabbit in this city in IA
months raised 120 young, and there
are from $4,000 to $4,000 animals in
this county alone. Not only do they
multiply at wonderful rate, but they
are hardy and will do well in the open.
The coyotes and wildcats, which ara
natural enemies to the rabbit family.
have been nearly exterminated. In
years gone the jack rabbit and cotton
tail have been a great menace to plant
ers, and it is only a few years since
that annual rabbit drives were held
at which thousands of the Dummies
were rounded up aud slaughtered"