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Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1900-09-29


The War Department has received the
following eablegram from General Mac
Arthur:
MANILA, September IS.
Adjutant General, Washington:
September IL. Captain Devereaux
Shields, 81 men, Company F, Twenty
ninth regiment United State volunteer
infantry. one hospital corps man, left
Santa Cruz, Martinique, by gunboat
villalobos for Torrijos, intending re
turn overland Santa Cruz. Have heard
nothing since from Shields Scarcely
doubt entire party captured with many
killed, wounded, Shields among latter.
Information sent by letter from COM
handing officer at Boac, dated 20th re-
ceived September 2sth, consisted of ru-
mors through natives. Yorktown and
two gunboats, George s. Anderson.
Colonel Thirty eighth volunteer in
fantry), two companies Thirty-eighth
volunteer infantry, sent Martinique
Immediately. Anderson confirms first
report as TO capture out unable, Septem-
Der 9th. TO give details present where
about Shields and party, names killed
and wounded. This information prob
ably available soon. Anderson has or
ders commence operations Immediately
and move relentlessly until Shields and
party rescued. All troops expected
soon. Logan will be sent Marinduqe if
necessary clear up situation.
(Signed) MAC ARTHUR.
The 10Th infantry was recruited at
Fort Mcpherson. (Atlanta, Georgia)
Captain Shields was lieutenant colonel
of the Second Mississippi during the
Spanish war He was made captain
in the Goth infantry July 5th, 1899 He
was resident of Natchez. Miss, where
his wife now resides.
The scene Of the latest reverse Is a
small island lying due south of the
southern coast of Luzon and about
three hundred miles from Manila. Mar
induque is about "a miles in diameter
and was garrisoned by two small de-
tachments of United States troops. One
of these was at Boag. on the west coast
of the island and the other was al
Santa Cruz, the provincial port, on the
north side. Captain Shields appears to
have started from Santa Cruz on gun.
boat for Torrijos a small coast port
and 1t is inferred that the boat as well
as the body of troops under that officer
has been captured, for the dispatch
makes no reference to her return.
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1900-09-29
DEMOCRATIC NATIONAL TICKET.

Fer President,
WILLIAM JENNINGS BRYAN,
OF Nebraska.
For Vice President,
ADLAI EWING STEVENSON.
OF Illinois.
For Presidential Electors at Large,
JOHN w. DAYS.,
OF Harrison.
E. NJ GILKESaN.
OF Wood.
For District Presidential Electors,
First District
JAMES B. BREMEN,
OF Ohio.
Second District,
F. w. BROWN,
OF Jefferson.
Third District,
JOHN a. PRESTON,
OF Greenbrier.
Fourth District,
JOHN NJ. HAMILTON,
OF Calhoun.
FOR REPRESENTATIVES, IN CON
GRESS.
First District.
WILLIAM L. RAYMOND,
OF Braxton.
Second District,
THOMAS +. DAVIS,
OF Mineral
Third District.
DAVID e. JOHNSTON.
OF Mercer.
Fourth District,
CREED COLLINS,
OF Richie.
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1900-09-29
AMERICANS SUFFER
ANOTHER Bad REVERSE.
CAPTAIN DEyEREAVx SHIELDS
AND A DETACHMENT OF FIJI
TY-ONE MEN,
CAPTURED BY FILIPINos.
HAVE BEEN MISSING SINCE START
ING FROM SANTA CRUZ,
SEPTEMBER IL.

WASHINGTON, D. c.. September Is.
The War Department has received the
following cablegram from General Mac
Arthur:
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1900-09-05
a Yankee" Trick.

Senator Vest has a story he some
times tell to illustrate Arkansas char
acter of the Bourbon mossback type.
According to the narrative the Sena-
tor, in the days following the Civil
War, when he practiced law, had oc.
casioa to drive across one Of the >oun-
ties of Arkansas to keep legal engage
ment. He thinks it was IN the north
east part Il the State, just below the
Missouri line. The journey went very
we'll until the Senator came upon a
group Of natives in the road. Across
the roadway a tall tree had fallen
squarely. There was no way to get
around and lay out new road after the
usual plan Of dealing With such an ob-
struction in that country. The tree
had to be moved. Neighbors had come
from all around in response to the sum:
mons Of the road overseer. They had
strung their teams out and had tried
two OF three pulls without any result
beyond breaking a couple Of trace
chains. They had stopped to deliberate
on the next step The Senator Ioosed
al the tree and at the helpless crowd Of
Arkansas natives, and then SAID:
Why dou't you cut the tree IL two
at he middle AID haul the ends out Of
the way
There was moment of silence, bro
ken suddenly By one Of the crowd. who
reached for his gun aud exclaimed:
Yankee, by. gum!"
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1900-09-05
Trusts Cana To Tina

\ dispatch from New York says:
Se@a:or Mark Hama received news
THURSDAY that the corporations would
produce sufficient fusncial sssjs,an e
within the Eext few 5ais TO enable the
,a'jo2a) comnittee to pay its bills acc
sx,ead lis op. rs,ioDs. This arrange
ment Wa MADE st a meeting IN the
New York LIE Insurance comp&ny
bui;dil 9. where the the senstor met
represea, stivcS cf the trusts and other
foancial coecera- ard concluded his
series Of ta:kS to them Then be ceuS-
Cd it to BE- annouuced tha; he saw his
way clear 30 &ve the city some oay
next week. ana he would 80 out 70
Chicago 10 STIR things up and disturb
the ara:hy ,&at appeared TO have set
tied on rrocee6icSs out there. He
said il was rot BIS Intention to stay
out wes,, bnt he would make short
visits east every time financial or other
conditions made it necessary. While
Senator Hanna w,s quite clipper over
the prospects Of getting foancia! aid,
he was DoI willing to give out how
much he h>6 in prospect When ask
ed 10 tell the public the amount that
had been promised him he answered:
IL. IS neboly's business how much
m%ney ! get.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1900-09-05
TWO Children Drowned.

4 sensational incident occurred at
EarIes bridge, on Seneca river, in An
6erson coua;y Sunday. Two children,
aged II ard y, respectively, named
Taylor, accom- panied by an old negro
woman, went to the river to play OF g
large rock that juttcd Out over the wat
er. The children lost their balance
and fell iato the river. This was the
narrative Of the old dsrkey at the coro
ner's inquest, ,hoagh she added By way
cf appendix that she had ''di7ed after
the children. The verdict Of the coro-
ner's jury was that the children came
to their death by causes unknown to
the jury. The mother is kaown IS
Sis Taylor, and size lives on the
SHARPE place.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1900-09-05
The Cotton CroN.

The cotton States convention of COM
missioners of agriculture at Raleigh on
Thursday issued the following as their
statement to the cotton crop Of 1900:
Based upon the reliable informa-
ton tron al sources from each Of the
cotton States ard territories, tek;rg IL
to consideration the condition Of the
cotton crop, We are led to believe that
he ;olloSirg will be the output Ct tie
crop for the season Of 1900 Of.
Alabama, S2l 600 bales; Arkansas.
$40, 900; F;orics, 80 900; Georgia, !,
G25 900; l,d:an Territory 2l0 600;
LoaiSjana, 603, ,0G0; Mississippi S43,-
coo: Missouri, 81. 900; North Corolina,
495. 000; Oklahoma, 0,G00; South
Caroliua. Sri coo; Tennessee, 2S5, 900;
T,xa., ) 100000; Virginia, 1900;
other sources 500, making totsl OF
9,35l 500 bales.
THIS estimate, however, is subject
to the weather conditions for the
north Of September and also killing
frosts later or. This estimate is given
on, as beiss the opinion Of this associ-
a,;,,D
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1900-09-05
DROUGHT DOES DAMAGE
The Hot Wave Of August Plays
havoc With Crops

The Greengijie News says ''the
sHc'tering and intense not spell of the
uoa:h Of August has played havoc
with the crops, not only in this section
but in almost every section in the
South. The cotton crop is the most
seriously damaged and planters are be-
ginning to feel blue over the situation.
The cotton crop, which is always
the largest crop IN this State, will, it is
thought by prominent farmers, fall far
below the general yield and there are
many large planters who do not even
expect to make half crop. The con-
dition Of the crops in Georgia is just as
serious as in this State.
"fhe cotton fields in GreenvilIe and
other neighbcriog counties present
parched appearance because Of the
drought and the young bolls have be-
gun to fall of In a general soaking
rain should fall within the next few
days it is not believed that the cotton
crop would be benefited, as the great
damage has already been done.
Not only the cotton crop but other
crops are showing bad effects from the
drought. The sweet potstoe vines
have commenced to look sickly and
dried up, and unless there is fall of
rain very soon this crop will be serious
ay damaged throughout the State. a
good heavy rain within the next few
days would bring out the potato crop
wonderfully, for August and September
are the months that the potato crop
does tie best if the seasons are good.
The corn crop has been seriously
damaged also by the lack of rain. The
ears Of corn are small and the grains
are not full grown. In some sections
of this county the upland corn crop has
been totally destroyed. The bottom
laud corn, however, in many sections
is in a very good condition.
'To some extent the drought has in
terfered with the working Of the roads.
The ground is 50 hard and dry that the
road overseers find it difficult task to
do anything with the roads. The fol-
lowing letter from Columbia was re-
cei7ed at the cotton exchange Office
here yesterday:
Il cannot too fully impress on you
the fearful disaster that has overtaken
our crop. In many fields on many
stalks every boil is open even to the
little ones. Am certain that al South
Carolina southeast of Columbia will
make 20 to 80 per cent less than last
year, even With abundance Of rain from
rog Oh. The portion north Of US with
rains and late frost may make 10 to 20
per cent over last year, but as whole
the State will be short Of last year.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1900-09-05
4 Suspicious Coincidence.

A little study Of the passenger lists
of steamships bound for Europe will
disclose peculiar phenomenon. 1t
will be fouad that statesmen Ii. e.)
Congressuen) who were conspicuous in
their advocacy of the shipping subsidy
bill, sometimes called the Hanna-Psyne
bill, have almost without exception
taken trip to Europe this summer.
But it will further be noted that with
equal uniformity they have CHOSEN to
travel by the American Line boats.
These, it will be remembered, are the
ones controlled by the international
Navigation Company, Of which Mr..
Griseon is the head, and which was
(or is) to get about 100000 year
out Of the proposed legislation. OF
course. no one believes that free trip
to The Paris Exposition would warp the
Judgment of the eminent statesmen
who have urged the passage of this
legislation and the facts above noted
are interesting only as coincidence.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1900-09-05
4 Slick Rnsre.

Tie family of j. Wood Haanc:d. q
prosperous farmer near Woodbury. \.
j.. had al experience With a burglar
that they do not wish repeated, and .
SOD, Harvey, is pera.iEg himself for
slloging the iotruder to slip away
FROM him after having him il his grasp
Twice before midnight Mr.. Hanncld
got up and quoted his dogs, which
had bae1 barking for an hour. Soon
after II O'Clock Harvey was aroused
BY some ene in lis room. Thinking
it his h!other Chalk!ey, VINO some-
times walks il his sleep, he asked.
"Chslk, is thai youG" Receiving no
aDsger he satup in bed aCd prsng
cut and took him by tie arm. I,he
dogs begaa to he7l and Harvey said
Lets go down and see vhsti the
matter. y 'All right" answered the
man ard Harvey led the way down
s,airs.
When the lower floor vas reached
the stranger made dash for the open
door aud escaped. Then the real sit.
uation davned on Harvey.
The household was aroused and a
lower window was found open, but
nothing was missing.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1900-09-05
Plcpred Into a. FIery Pit.

\ dispatch t:om Raleigh, \ c.,
says: Dr. William L. Cspeheart Of the
ssa,e beard os agriculture has arrived
there from B.rue county and says the
ire EyGe county continues and IS
destroying trees aud sell. The soil is
geaty and burns like tinder Oae
farm, valued a, $40 900, is so burned
away that i, i. lot now worth 500
The FIRE is burning far underneath tie
surface in many places. DR.. Cape
heart is informed that as farmer was
driving along highway the FIRE under
mined soil gave way under hin and he
and his horse. falling into the fiery pit,
were burned to death. TIE sneak sx
teDds many miles at sea and by ooscrr-
ing the light at Oregon inles has c,sas
ed tso wrecks in fortnight.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1900-09-05
THAT FULL DINNER PAIL.
Soma Reflections on Favorite Repub-
ilcan Argument.

Oae Of our Republican coDtcmporar-
les prints a picture of workman S
dinner pail on every page Of every is
sue. There is an inscription which
says that the pail is full, and as We are
not allowed to look inside We have to
take the editors word for it.
The Full Dinner Pail is the chief
Republican argument this year. 1t is
On the ground that workman is sole
to FL tin bucket with edible matter
tha: the American people are asked to
cor:cut to the transformation Of this
republic into an empire.
Well, let US assume for the moment
tnat the Full Dinner Pail" is reali-
ty, s1G not myth. Let US assume
thet the workingmsr who puts in eight
or ten hours Of ezbau5tiDg labor day
is really able under Republican pros
rerity" to put two or three sandwiches,
a wedge Of pie and pirt Of coffee into
8 tin bucket.
Under those conditions, the contents
of the Full Dinner Pail may be worth
Is cents. Mr. John D. Rockefeller has
ar income of about $40, ,060, 900 year.
That is over $130, 900 per working day.
Mr.. RocAfeller's daily income would
FL the dinner pals Of 100000 work
men. In other words, Republican
prosperity puts the dinners OF 800, 600
workers into one naas modest little
pail.
That is the Republican idea Of good
times. Nine hupdred thousand men
happy and grateful because they can
rut Is cents worth Of dinner apiece
into their tin buckets, and one man
v no absoTds as much Of their earnings
as the cos, Of the whole 900, 600 Cia
ners ru! together.
There arc scores Of monopo!isss Ike
Nr. Rockefeller, differing only il degree,
and the unearncd incomes Of JOG oi
them could probably pay for the din
ners OF all the workiDgmen in the
Uaited States. If the policy Of favor.
ing such concentrations of wealth we're
altered. the workers might have not
only full dinner pals, but possibly
some of the little luxuries that Rcpu5-
lican policy considers entirely out Of
their sprere.-New York Journal.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1900-09-05

eraor he's much 20 say about the busi
ness features of his administration.
Ali Of US are quite familiar with this
claim on his part, but it does not seem
to dawn upon him that other men have
business qualifications as well as him
self, and his appeal for support on this
ground is hardly applicable just noT.
The era Of good feeling il tire State
is not attributable to the present ad-
ministration. 1t was begun some years
ago, and in slarge measure the people
were acquiesciDg in the submergiDg OF
fsctionaI differences, but the recent
campaign has witnessed adroit and fre-
queDt illusions to the past, which were
iateuded TO revive conteDtions and
chickering's so as to divide the forces in
to hostile camps. Governor McSween-
ey has been the legatce OF such work,
whether or net he approves Of it, AID
no doubt ne eEjoy the results of such
appeals to fractional spirit in the sec
ond primary, if they can be made ct
factiyn
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1900-09-05
Defying Chinese TrsCitions.

The State department: makes public
the following c.h!egram from Minister
Coneer. received Thursday morning
through the limited States consul, FoW
!e7, ST Che Foo:
Che lJo, received Apgust30 Sec.
retary o: Safe, Washington; ia.riieji:,
Following dispatch dated yesterday:
Mere Russian Germa3, French aUd
Italian troops arriving. !m2er!AI pal
see will be entered August Is Mil
tavy promenade Of al nations made
through i, afcerws7d closed and guard
eG. Prince Chiog is expected IN few
Gsrs
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1900-09-05
THEY REJ1ICED GREATLY.
Celebration of the Rescpe Of the
ENDANGERED Foreigners.

\ dispatch from peain says meGai
will be struck conmemo7aticgt5e s;csa
of Pekin. 1t will bear the legend:
Men, not walls, make city
In the grounds of the British lesa-
ton, where handful Of r!en wilhstood
the millions Of the Chinese capitsl foT
56 days, memorable celebration is in
progress in vindication Of that
principle. Missionaries, assembled
about Bell Tower, are singing the lcX-
olgoy. Rockets are blazing. Soldiers
AID civilians Of all DstioDa}itiGs acc
fra;erniziDg. The women are applaud
ing the sound Of the cannon that arc
smashing the yellow roofs Of the Far
bidder city.
The tired sikhs are planting ehciv
tents or the lawn; and the American
and Russian conlingerts are !i2h!l&c
canrires aloug the stretch Of 'ur: eS-
tending beyond the Tartar wall.
Through the ruins of the foreign SCI
tlement an eager, cosmopolitan crowd is
jostliDg Indians, Cossacks, legation n
ladies. diplomats, Americans from the
Philippines aud French disciplinar!a"s
fr5m Saigon, who kept disereesly to the
rear while the fighting was in progress,
but came copspicrcusly 70 the !ront
when lcotiDg began Oc!y the japanese
Who have earned the first pace. are
absent.
Resident foreigners welcome tie lux
ury cf walking about ard immunity
from bullets. The newcomers &c AK
ious 20 inspect the evidences Of an his
toric defense. These barbados are, al
ter. all, The most wonderful sight in
Pekin. The barriers hedging the Bit
ISL legation are marvel of stone and
brick walls and esrthworks. Sand bags
shield every foot Of space. TIE tops
of the walls have inches for the rifemen
aDd the buildings, at their por;icos and
windows, have armor boxes, bags
stuffed with dirt, piIlo~s, too.
Back Of the Uoited States legsiion is
work named Fort M7ers," which the
marines held. completely screening
both sides of the walls, with steps
leading to it. There is loophold bar
rier across the wall .hich faces sim
liar Chinese werk few yards away.
Another wall bars Legation street il
trout of the German legation; and,
confronting the eneny's barcicades
within those limits, are yet more walls,
enabling the foreigners 10 contract the
area of defense if pressed.
The tops of the American and British
buildings were badly torn by the Chi
nese shells. The rest Of the foreign
settlement was almost denonisbed.
Two thousand eight hundred shells fell
there during the first three weeks of the
bombcrdment, 4G0 in one day. Bucket
fuls of bullets were gathered IN the
grounds.
Four hundred and fourteen people
lived in the place through the greater
part of the siege, Three hundred and
four marines, assisted by s. volunteers,
commanded by the English. Capt.
Poole defended the place. Eleven civil
iaDs we're killed acd 10 wounded. Fif
ty-four marines and sa;l3rs were Killed
and l22 wounded.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1900-09-05
Remarkable Railroad.

O1e of the most remarkable railroads
in the UniteG Statesis that which runs
from Fa5yan. at the foot Of Mount
Washington, 70 the summit, a distance
Of 3.3S miles. tn time required in
making the ascent is one and one half
hours, which is at the rate OF mile in
twenty-seven minutes. The descent
is made in the same tine. The fare is
81 for the rouud trip, or at the rate Of
60 cents mile. No other road in the
world charges quite so much, and few
run traifs quite so slow speed.
Absut s 900 passengers are carried an-
puallv.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1900-09-05
Too Common to Notice.

Anti-nagro riots are becoming so
frequent in New York city that they
seem no longer to attract much atten-
ton. The third within three weeks
occurred Sunday when a negro danger
ously shot white messenger boy. The
New York Press says there were several
dangerous outbreaks against the ne
groes, but the police we're equal to the
occasion and no serious harm was done.
These frequent occurrences will hardly
account for the claim made in some
quarters that the results would be the
same if the offender were an Italian, a
Greek Or Chinaman.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1900-09-05
Our Gold Product.

"Wo commonly give much attention
to the egportation and importation Of
trifing amounts Of gold, says the Bal
t;mole Sun, but ignore the large quan-
THY Of goli which is produced annu-
ally IN the United States snd when for
tie most part remains with Us. IN four
years, beginning with 1896 the United
States produced $2.7 Ala 900 OF gold.
In tie la9t Ave years VIC have produc
ed over $500, 600, 600 of the yeiloH met
al. In the four years beginning with
1896 and ending with 1899 the world ;
product Of gold was $l.043 l9l eco;
from 1901 to 1850 it was SIS. 46', ,0G0:
from 1881 10 1899 it was s. 6G5, 63l,-
uOh >
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1900-09-05
Suicide Of g Lady.

Mrs. Annie Day Mayes, pretty
young actress, committed suici2e ct
Faidosta, Ga, Friday morning with
laudanuu because Of the failure OF an
amateur play Bib, which she had
arranged and presented for the benefit
Of the Grady hospital il Atlanta 1t
vas her purpose to present the play
throughout the State, but ii luck seems
TO have struck to the venture from the
first. Mrs Nayes was from St. Louis,
Mo-, where her father is said 70 be a
professor Or lecturer in one Of the lead
iog colleges.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1900-09-05
Killed IN a Tornado.

In a tornado which passed over the
village Of Wapells, Mau, Angus Nc
Donald, farmer living two miles from
town ard his two children we're killed
aud Mrs. McDopald seriously iojured.
The Ncponalds attempted to take re-
fugcin the cellar, but before they could
reach it the tornado lifted them aud
the house high in the air. Many build
ings in Wapella were badly damaged.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1900-09-05
WHERE he WAS SCRATCHED.
Table Of thoss Who Scratched Tillman
bY Counties

1t will be interesting TO figure out
what proportion did the scratching in
each county Senator Tillnan S
promise. which was questioned, that he
would not accept the offce Of Senator il
he we're not voted fer by a majority Of
the totalvote cast was entirely safe and
everyone who knew anything about the
affairs of the State ought to have known
this, but some actusly seem to think
that with no opposition considerable
portion Of the voters were going to cut
him and make his election doubtful
under his promise a comparison Of
the votes for Governor and for Senator
shows the following number of Till
-
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1900-09-05
Pile Of Human Bones.

Rathers gruesome aud ipteTt sting dis
coyery was recently made at Espanita,
Fla. One ef the little boys Of the
household recently came home with
bone which ne had found Upon in
vestigs,ion pile Of bones aud skulls
was discovered short distance from
the surface Of the ground. From the
heap Is yell preserved skulls were tax
eo. 1t is believed that they are tie
bones of some of the Huguenots, who
were nassaared sone@here IN that 10.
cs?ity by the SpaniarGs. Oae Of the
skulls vas fractured, but the others
were il S good state Of preservation.