The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1900-12-14
DEATH OF CAPT. Z. w. MANNING
He Died Suddenly on Sunday Morning.
He served I'm the United states Navy
AZ a Shipmats With Admiral Dewey
He Afterwards served Calamity I'm
the Confederate Navy.

He Afterwards Served Calamity In
the Confederate Navy.
Our entire Was shocked
ON Sunday morning at the announce
ment Of the sudden death OF Captain
Ed. Wilson Manning. who was at mis-
office on Saturday and. was around
town that day seemingly in his usual
health He left his office about $50
D. m Saturday and anne down town
greeting his friends as he passed
along the streets. While on his way
nome Saturday night he had something
like an attack of vertigo at Third and
Market streets. He fen on the street
and it is not known how long he re-
manned PROSTATE. but it is presumed
to have been only a few minutes. Mr..
5. J. Davis happened to be passing
and seeing him lying on the street.
went to him and asked him what was
the matter. He replied that he was
sick and his head was swimming so
that everything seemed TO be turning
around. Mr.. Nathan Schloss was the
next ITO come up and he and Mr.. DAVIS
carried Captain Manning to his home
on North Fourth street. between Mar
ket and Princess streets. When
Mescrs. Davis and Schloss assisted him
TO his feet, he said he could not walk
and his legs seemed TO be so weak
that they would give way under him.
AS soon as he was taken home. which
was only a block and a half distant.
physicians were summoned. he Was
found TO be in a precarIous copdttio .
and war; midnight relapSed into
Inconsistencies. During the night he
had a hemorrhage Of b BRAIN. and at
7:30 a. m. Sunday breathed his last.
The physicians pronounced congestion
Of the brain as the cause of death.
Captain Manning was nearly 81 years
of age. having been born ait Ports
mouth, Va, january 4, 1884. On the
LIST of October, 1856, he married Miss
Margaret Frances Brooks. at Ports
mouth. and she survives him with four
children-Mr. Montgomery Fletcher
Manning. now residing in Brooklyn. N.
Y, and Mr.. Ed. Wilson Manning, Jr.,
Mrs. NJ. A. Cause and Miss Kate Man
ming, of this city. MIR. John H. Hardin's
first wife. who died in this city a few
years ago. was his daughter. Mrs. j.
w. Collins. of this city. is the ~deceased's
sister, and besides his grandchildren.
he has no other close relatives resid-
ing here. The family is sorely bereaved
at his death. and in their sorrow, they
have the universal sympathy of the
community.
When about 10 years of age, Cap
tain Manning enlisted in the United
oatteS navy and was soon appointed
a third assistant engineer. Two years
later was promoted to second assistant
engineer and in his examination two
years later HE was promoted ITO first
assistant. Ait the following biennial
examination he was promoted to chIef
engineer, having steadily gone forward
in the service. Among the vessels he
served ON were the Sarenac. the
Wabash, the dc Montgomery and the
Powhatan. DUR ng his service he took
a voyage AROUND the world, and when
in "a reminiscent mood he related IN
tereSting incidents that came under mis-
observation. He also gathered Souve-
Mrs in various foreign countries and
kept a diary of the various trips he
, made. On a, oyage to he
+ bought in the streets from an urchir
a motherlof-pearl charm, which he
> priced very highly, as it turned out tC
:, be worth $50, whereas he had bought
it for only "a few cents On am extern
sive voyage ON the Wabash, which Wis,
tied Turkey, China, India and Japan
|. he was a shipmate of the now famou
admiral, George Dewey. Dewey wa
then a midshipman and they besam,
fast friends. He knew the futur
c hero of Manila as George and abou
ten years ago, when on a visit I
81 Washington, he met Dewey and the.
renewed the acquaintance of thel
youth. In recent years he received
letter from the admiral and he pre-
serve it as one of his most preciou
souvenirs. He was ais a persona
: friend of Admiral John Watson, win
, commanded the Pacific squadron an
, succeeded Dewey in command ait Ma
mia. At Captain Manning's home i
this city, there are on the walls sever
al pictures of vessels of the navy o
which he has done duty. One of thee
is a picture of the Wabash. which wa
- ait Naples, Italy, When he was o
the voyage with Dewey.
When the civil wal broke out in 1S6
Captain Manning was in the Meditel
anean and his relatives state upo
recollection that he was then o n II
Powhatan. He immediately resigned
though offered a commission if h
:. would continue in the United State
- navy. but he declined. saying that L
. would cast his lot with his native stat
i, Of Virginia. which had seeded frol
the Union and had Joined the confet
= crate states of America. He had gres
"a difficulty in reaching America, bl
10 when he arrived home, he at once Ell
listed in the confederate navy. He We
assigned to duty on a vessel up the S
D. James river, and during the first tw
So years of the war Was on various ship
at He was on a ship under fire in Ham,
" ton Roads during the eNentful bait
ST. in which h Monitor sunk the histor
ship Merrimac. He WI
D. also in several naval engagements
more or ess mote. In 1862, he WAS sc,
by the confederate navy .departmel
to Wilmington as chief engineer al
was in charge Of the naval station he
up ito the close of the war. Having b.
tyi lOnged to the United States a " !
tyl had some sentiments against return
rsl ing to Portsmouth. where he had sex
adj service at the navy yard. so he Il
g- cided to locate in Wilmington. He h;
ngl since made this city his home.
"a. Soon after the civil war CAPITA
vel Manning was in command Of Il
ri steamer Howard. which ran from w
onl mfngton to River Side. now Navass
inI to meet trains and convey passenge