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The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1900-04-11
THE JANITOR SKIPPED.
The Custom House Liquor Case Be-
comes Interesting.

The Special Agent Of the Treasury
Department that was sent to Charles
ton 10 investigate the charge that coz.
trabsrd liquor was stored in the United
States custom house, has been doing
his duty faithfully.. In fact 30 faith.
fully that James o Brien, the janitor
Of the custom house resigned and skip
ped for parts unknown. He will be
carried back to Charleston and forced
to tell what he knows about the stor-
iug Of liquors in the custom house;
This decision has been reached and
O'Brien will be arrested, If the depart
ment Of justice can place it's hands upon
him. In order to arrest him, the de-
partment has sent out instructions to
postmasters, requiring them to report to
the department the whereabouts Of
O'Brien if he can be located by the
postofsce address. The authorities
seem determined to find OBrien and
make him cast additional light on the
violation ST the custom house rules and
regulations, which o Brien has as.
sumed, it is said, for the protection OF
those high in authority. The inVes:
tigation is proceeding and Special
Agent Mscatee, assisted by the dis
,riot attorneys, will soon reach the bot.
tom Of the case, when his report will
be forwarded to Secretary Gage and
an important aud interesting announce
ment can be expected.
That is 8 remarkable state OF affairs
developed in the Charleston custom
house by the search Of the building b!
the State constsbles and the United
States inspector, says, the Anderson
Nail. Plenty of evidence was fouod
which pointed to the fact that the
custom house vas being used as .
~srehcuSe BY blind tigers" to store
their liquor N, sad it poiots iFresisti-
bly, to the conclusion that the collec
tor of the port aud other officials there
we're lending themselves to the "bliod
tigers to aid them in violating law
of the State. Itisa shameful piece of
business and rejects anythlng but
credit on these officials. Charleston
has been notorious for her disregard Of
5 law of the State but it almost stag
gers belief that high officials, sworn
of6oers Of the Uuited States govern
meut, should attempt to screen lsT
breakers. And what ''toney" official
the government has there ir the per.
son of that fellow who has to have hf.
teen gallons of run every three weeks
for bathing purro.es. Il isas much as
most men caa afored to pay the water
rents for bathing purposes but this
fellow can afford to bsthe in rum st
S. or IS gallon. His carcass must be
a precious one. The United States
government ought 70 have thorough
cleansing out Of that Augesn stable.
But will it do it7 We shall see.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1900-04-11
SUICIDES INCREASING.
China Head the List With Eight gna.
dred Thousand q Year.

Though the aspects Of suicide vary
from year to year, says the Chicago
Tribune, there can be little doubt that
self-murder is gradually increasing in
the United States. From 1890 to 1895,
the number recorded each year was be-
tween 5000 and 5000; from 1885 TO
1900 the figures were between 6 600
and $500 DE-. Justin Herold, OF Neg
York, states the Tribune, has written .
book in which he gives the details Of
8, 43l suicides in that city In given
period. Tie Germans head tbs list
Those born in the United ssstes come
next. The other nstionalities in the
list come in the following order: Ras-
slams, French, Austrians, Italians,
SWedes, Norwegisns, Eaglish, Scotch
and Irish. It is somewhat ramarksbie
that Dr.. Herold in his book nowhere
discusses the proneness Of his OWN pro-
fession to self murder. The number
Of physicians who commit suicide eVafy
yearis larger than that of all other pro-
fessionsl persons combined. ''Ths
total number Of persons committing sui.
eide every year.i in the Uaited States
seems large, but 10 proportion to popu-
lation it is smaller than the number il
England, France, Germany, ScsR-
dlnavia, Russia or any Of the northsra
European countries. The southern
countries, for some mysterious ressen,
cling to life more tenaciously, perhaps
because with them life Is not is Rot 80
strenuous and difficult. The coaasry,
however where the value of life Is least
considered is Chios. The Rsv. Joaa
Graham, Of the Cnina Inlaod Mission,
| states in the Missionary Review Of the
World that in the provincsof Yuo-Nsa,
| where he is located, having . popaia-
| tion Of {, 600, 600, the average number
| of suicides is 1000 . month. De.
| William Park, an expert on this sub.
ject, says that 10 the whole Of 1hins
| there are over 800, 600 deaths By suicide
each year, Of which one fourth are con.
mitted BY the use Of opium a5 poi
! SON.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1900-04-11
ATTEMPT At ASSASSINATION.
An Anarchist Shoots at tho Prince Of
Wales.

A sensational attempt to assassinste
the Prince Of Wales was made at rail
road station at Brussels, Belgium Wed.
nesday by Sipido, 8 young anarchist,
who fred two shots, but the prince
escaped unharmed. The wouldbe assas-
sin vas Immediately arrested. The train
bearing the prince was just pulling out
Of the northern railway station at 1886
when Sipido jumped upon the foot of
the princes saloon car, aimed his re-
volyer at his royal highness and fred
twice. Hearing the shots the station
master rushed to the scene and knocked
down Sipido's arm as the latter pre-
pared to Ere third shot, while BY
ISLANDERS rushed up and threw them.
selves on the princes assaliant. In the
confusion, another man. who was limo.
cent, was seized, roughly handled and
beaten. Intense excitement prevailed
for the moment as it was feared that the
prince had bee2 hit, the shots having
been fred almost point blank. The
railway carriage door was hastily
thrown open, and great relief was felt
when the prince himself appeared at
the window unhurt. Both the prince
| and princess, however, had very mar
row escape. The policeman on duty
| took Sipido in charge. The latter ap-
| peared proud of his exploit and seemed
| quite calm. Sipido told the authori-
| ties that he lived on the Rue de Ia
Forge, at Saint GILES, two miles south
| of Brussels. After the Prince Of Wales
| had ascertained that the man who fred
| the shots had beaa arrested he declared
himself and the princess uniDjured and
the train Immediately started. An
| eye witness says that the train was
already in motion, and when the en-
| gineer heard the pistol he shut OF
steam applied the brakes and stopped
| the train. AS the train restarted after
Sipido's arrest, the public loudly
cheered the prince, who acknowledged
the demonstration fror she.car window.
| The prince appeared quite unaffected
| by the incident. He asked wheshe. the
| revolver was loaded, and on being in
formed in the affirmative, smiled and
/ begged that the culprit might not be
treated too severely. When examined
by the statisn officials Sipido declared
be intended to kill tie Prince Of Wales,
that he did not regret his action snd
that he was ready to do it again if given
chance to do so. Subsequently he
declared he wanted to kill the prince
because he caused thousands Of men
to be slaughtered in South Africa. "
The would-be assassin is tinsmith, 8
resident Of Brussels, Is years of age.
His pockets were found to be full Of
anarchist literature. He has round,
boylsh face, black eyes and dark hair.
At the examination before the magls-
crase it was ascertained that he had
purchased a penny ticket in order to
reach the departure platform, where he
walked up and down quite while,
while the prince was promenading. An
examination Of Sipiod s revolver showed
that four chambers had been discharged
but that two of the cartridges had
missed FIRE. The weapon is Of the
cheapest six chambered description.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1900-04-11
A Family Tragedy.

L sensational family drama was 70
Gently enacted in Vienna, Austria. Z
maa, formerly factory oRner, named
Dominic Lang, poisoned himself sod
four daughters. The eldest was IS
years old and the youngest is. The
eldest died at once and the three others
suffered severe internal injuries, from
which they are not likely to recover.
The daughters drank prussic acid alto
gether after the father had raised his
glass to his lips. In the house . note
was found entitled s'Our last wish.
In this was written, 'We recommend
our last earthly possessions our two dogs
to the care Of friend Of the family"
The course Of the tragedy Is believed
to lie in the fact that Lang recently
lost his fortune.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1900-04-11
The Stokes Free Delivery Bill,

The Nashville American says: The
bill providing for the free delivery of
mail along star routes introduced into
the House by Congressman j. w.
Stokes, of South Carolina, deserves
favorable consideration. The bill makes
it the duty of mail CARRIES on star
routes to deliver free Of charge to the
persons addressed any mail entrusted
10 the care Of the carriers By postmss-
ters. It also requires that carriers
must take up and place in the post
ofi;e mail gwen then, by persons along
the route. The only requirement OF
the persons who wish to take advantage
of the act is to put up boxes IN Goa.
venieut place and to give the postmas.
ter instructions as 10 the proper mall
box at which they desire their mail de-
posted. The Second Assistant Post
master General. MIR. Shallenberger,
warmly indorses the bill, and in Mr..
Stokes own State, South Carolina, the
Postof6ee Department has tried the ex,
perineu. Of adyertiseing for contracts,
with and without provisions that con-
tractors shoald deliver the mail tree
along their routes wherever farmers
should erect boxes, sod the difference
in the cost for the improved service Tor
the entire State was found to De on!y
SIS, 600. The passage of the bill would
be boon to every farmer IN the coun-
try, Il would bring them in closer
tonch with the outer world and its
affairs and would be a benefit all
round. The only objection raised to
its passage, that it would interfere with
the pleasure farmers take in going
after the mail, Is TOO ppe1ile 70 warrant
sttentie2s
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1900-04-11
DEWEY a DEMOCRAT.
At Least That It What He Said
Thursday.

Admiral and Mrs. Dewey arrived at
Philadelphis Thusday afternoon and
sttended the second concert in aid Of
the families Of the soldiers and sailors
Who have lost their lives in the Philip
pines. This is Admiral Dewcy's first
visit to Philadelphia since his return
from the Philippines. The box oc-
cupied By the admiral sud his wife at
the concert was decorated With the
national colors. In various parts Of
the accadeny were stationed details
from the Lesgue island navy yard, sail
OTIS from the receiving ship Richmond
apd veteran jackies from the naval
home, all in dress uniform, in honor Of
the head of the navy. a number Of
young society women attired as Red
Cross nurses sold programmes.
On returning to the hotel the admiral
gave an interview to : dozen newspaper
men. He said he was glad to receive
the reporters, but aided that he had
uothing 10 say. At this moment Mrs.
Dewey joined her husband in the recep-
tion room, and after introducing her, he
said: Mrs. Dewey will talk, )" to which
she replied, with q smile, that ''The
admiral has mind Of his own; he
thinks for himself"
''Are you correctly reported to be a
Democrat?" the admiral was asked, and
after moments hesitation he replied:
''Yes, think I can answer that; yes,
I am Democrat.
IF the Republicans nominate Nc
Kinley and the Democrats name Bryan
for the presidency, would you run in
dependently?"
Il wont answer that"
The Democratic convention OF
Pennsylvania has j1st endorsed Bryan
for the presidency" was suggested by
one reporter, 10 which the admiral re-
piled:
''Pennsylvsnia usually goes Republi.
can, doesn't it?"
Several questions in quick succession
as to any conference between him and
Grover Cleveland, Wu. G. Whitney, or
any other political men of prominence
we're answered with the same phrase,
Il came here to attend the concert"
Oae reporter asked the admiral who
would manage his campaign if he en-
tered one, and he laughiDgly replied:
II don't know. How would you like
the job? | would probably need a
bright young man"
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1900-04-11
BICYCLE STEALING.
Judge Rsnet Deals With t As With
Horse Stealing,

Judge Benet, presiding in the court
Of sessions, Wednesday made an exam
pie Of bicycle thief, and had some
thing to say about this particular crime
which is now becoming so frequent
that will doubtless tend to deter crimi-
pals from stealing bicycles-the horse
that al most every business man now
uses in his daily work.
Tobe Foster, an ex convict, strap
ping young negro with q forbidding
countenance, 3 short time ago carried
away two bicycles from the lobby of an
Office building, stealing one late at
night. He took the machines into the
country and sold them. Two indict-
ments were handed out against him, the
wheels having been recovered. The
grand jury returned q true bill in each
case.
Wednesday afternoon he vas placed IN
the dock and entered 8 plea Of guilty
in the FIRST case. He was ordered to
stand and receive his sentence.
''Tobe, you say you took the BIZ
cycle?' asked Judge Benes.
''Yes, cir"
''Csn you ride bicycle?"
''Yes, sir"
''Did you ride this bicycle svsy?"
Tobe said he had done so.
"Where did you carry it?"
''Abous four miles into the country"
s'Did you sell it?"
"Aes, sir"
''For how much?"
Il almost gave it away"
Judge Benet paused and then he ad-
dressed some remarks to the prisoner
that are applicable to all such cases.
He told him that the stealing Of b.
cycle in this age was more heinous
ofense than the stealing Of -four or
some o.Eer commodity of like value;
it was the theft of that upon which the
thief could ride away. It was close
akin to the stealing of horse-the
same principle was involved, and this
ofense was regarded not so long ago as
heinous enough to warrant hanging.
Bicycles had to be left here and there
in the run of business. No man could
.ford to have a guard stand by every
time he left his bicycle; bicycles were
not to be nursed like babies. The
crime was such therefore as to merit
severe punishment, not only for the
4fence itself, but in order to deter
others from committing like offenses.
He then sentenced Foster to term Of
three years on the chaingaug or in the
pentitentiary. Later Foster entered q
plea Of guilty ia the second case against
him, and was given an additional SEN
,ence of two years, thus sending him up
for a period of five years.
There vas a murmur of approval
throughout the court room.-Coiumbia
State.
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| understand the gentleman to say my
statement is faise2

slSItNcNG 20 laiSSI
Be. Pogh--lf yoa mean that TO be
true, I ssy speaking advisedly, I will
use milder term and say that you
greatly misrepresent facts. l do not
say you Intentionally do it, and l must
attribute it to lack Of knowledge.
Mr.. Whecler-l want the gentleman
to be little more careful in what he
says 10 this matter. | do not care to
have the gentleman insulting in his re-
marks. | hope it is not so intended.
Mr.. Pugh-Surely you do not take
it in that way. 1t is not SO intended.
Mr.. Wheeler did not think SO.
Having accepted Mr.. Pugh's dis
claimer, Mr.. Wheeler then reviewed
the history Of the whole controversy,
step by step, and declared his readiness
to abide by the decision Of the court Of
last resort in the gubernatorial issue.
In conclusion Mr.. Wheeler assured
the members who had crowded about
during the excitement and the packed
galleries that there would be 60 blood
shed in Kentucky.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1900-04-11
He IS A CANDIDATE
Dewey Has Rescinded His 2ssoa
of-.Last September.
WANTS TO BE.pREs,oEaT.
He Says Nothing About His eS
tics But Announces Him
self in the New York
World.

A special to the New York WeslG
from Washington says: Admiral Dewey
authorizes The World to announce to
the American people that after mature
reflection and in response to the ea.a-
est entresties from all parts Of the
country, his former decision not under
any circumstances to run for the prsai-
dency is rescinded.
A World correspondent saw the ad-
miral at his home at 6o'clook last eve.
ming.
Admiral Dewey said: 81 realize
that time has arrived when I must de-
6nitely de6ne my position.
''When arrived in this country last
September I said then that nothing
would induce me to be candidate for
the presidency.
"Since then, however, I have had
the leisure and inclination to study the
matter and have reached different
conclusion, inasmIch as so many assuI-
auces have come to me from my coun-
trymen that would be acceptable ss
candidate for this great Office. If thu
American people want me for this high
Office | shall be only two willing to
| serve them.
1T is the highest honor in she gift
Of this nation; what citizen would sa-
fuse it?
''Since studying this subject / an
| convinced that the Office Of president
is not such very difficult one to gil,
his duties being mainly to execute the
laws Of congress.
''Should I be chosen for this exalted
position / would execute laws Of coz
gress as faithfully as have always e1-
ecuted the orders Of my supeiiors."
Admiral Dewey did not state vhss
party's nomination he would scceps
The reporter asked:
''Oo what platform will you staai2'
And the admiral replied:
Il think | have said enough ss this
time, and possibly too much"
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1900-04-11
Auditorium Surned.

The big auditorium in Kansss City,
No, where the Democratic convention
was TO meet on July 4tb, was totally
DESTROYED by dre Wednesday afternooa.
Oaly the foundations are left. Tea
dwellings, were gutted. The Central
Presbyterian church vas ruined. The
loss on the hall is $3.50, 900 and on the
other bulldogs 500, 900. Ten mir
mites after the IRE started Weslthy ciu.
ssns began raising funds to rebuild the
auditorium and $25, ,090 was quickly
raised. L is believed the fall anosas
will be raised shortly.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1900-04-11
Changed It to Suit,

Senator B, veridge sent out his
speech on the Porto Rican tariff prior
to the date upon which it was to be de-
livered, and when the time caue did
not make the speech. He subsequent
ly mads another, in which there we're
important changes from the original
speech sent out The Democrats in
Indiana have the original speech, how
ever, and propose to use it in the CAM
palgu to show what we're the senator's
real sentiments and how be was obliged
20 abEicgs them s: the diceatioa Of
the administration.
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& Quesr Murderer,

Thursday Fred Kettlehske drove to
the curb in front Of saloon in Vir.
ginia svenue, near Washington street,
[pdisuspolis, Ind, lifted a Winchester
rife to his shoulder and fred into q
group Of men entering the saloon. The
shots went wild except one, which
struck Lewis Kraus in the back Of the
head. Kettlehake then drove to North
Liberty street called Fred Simon, a
groceryman, outside euptied load
from the gun into Simon's abdomen.
The wound is fatal
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making such rapid Transformations
,ha, ne did ret feel justified in accept
ing mir. Depews suggestion to set On
the band wagon. Indeed, it did not re-
main in one place long enough to per-
nit one to get aboard if SO disposed
MIR. Teller entered his protest against
the pending bill. BE would vote
against it, because the United States
ought to treat the people Of Puerto
Rico as it vas proposed to trest those
Of Cubs. He believed congress had
ample power to legislate for the Puerto
Ricans under the Paris treaty. IF We
had. 3 colony" be said, we could give
its people either tar,f or free trade.
Dir. Wellington Of Marylsnd. opposed
the pending measure, although he said
he hss stood ready to support the hrst
bill presented to the senate upon the
subject. That bill he regarded IS just
and constitutional. But" he ssid,
1.-THE legislative moustrosity now be,
fore Us rrapgresses every principle Of
nstionsl honor, patriotism, good faith
and Justice. l am compelled therefore
20 part from my colleagues on the Re.
publican majority and vote against
this bill"
MIR. Foraker explained that the
changes made in the bill had been ex-
plaiped again snd again. The necessity
for the measure wss beyond quibble:
Did that necessity" inquired Mr;
Tillman, >"change the political ststus OF
the people Of Puerto Rico from citizens
Of the United States to citizens OF
Puerto Rico?"
'sNo," answered Mr.. Foraker. ''That
was not the reason. The reason for
that change vas the opposition Of
Democratic senators. They maintained
that the ccnfezring OF citizenship Of
the United States upon the people Of
the island was practical extension Of
the constitution over the island"
The bill vas then reported to the
senate, the amendments were agreed to
and on IN aye and no vote it was passed
BY vete Of 40 to 81, majority Of
nine.
Following is tho detailed vote on the
bill:
Yeas-AllisoD, Baker, Bard, Carter,
Chandler, Clark, (Wyo J; Cullon, De-
Doe, Depew, Fairbanks, Foraker. Eos
ter, Frye, Galliugec, Gear, Hanna,
Rsusbro,ngh, Havley, Jones, (Nev.);
Kesn, Kyle, Lodge, Mcbride, Me-
Comss, McMillao, Penrose, Perkins,
Plats. (Cosn.); Pl.tt, IN. Y }; Pritch-
ard, Qusrles, Ross, Scott, Sewell,
shoup, Spooner, Stewart, Thurston,
Wetmoys and Wolcott-40.
Nsya--Allen. Bacon, Bate, Berry,
(Non,aua(. Clsv. Cockrell, Cu!berson,
Daniel, Davis (Rep } Harrison, Heis-
field, Jores (Arkansas), Ksnuey, L'ud
say, McLsurin, Martin, Mason (Rrp},
Money Morgan. Nelson (Rep ) P,:tsus.
Proctor (Rep }. Simon (Rep }. Sullivan.
Taliaferro, Tillpaa, Turley, Vest, We'll
liugton {Rep S3l.
Just b. fore she senate adjourned
sensational episode occurred, iE Thloh
Mr. Wolco,e Of Colorsdo accused Mr.
Lodge Of Massachusetts Of ut,er;pg that
which WAS ''unqusl,6edly false" The
difficulty arose over sn effort made by
Mr. Lodge to have the Spooner bill
made the unfinished business This
involved the displacement of the Quay
csse, aud the friends of the former
senator from pepusy lvania made things
exceedingly lively for half an hour
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1900-04-11
A Bad Record

4 short time ago Attorney General
BeIliuger compiled statement show
ing for the past seven years the number
of cases in Rhich the charge of murder
was presented, the number tried
the number of defendants dis.
misged aDd the number found guilty
Of murder. Here Is the table,
and It is interesting in view Of the re
marks of Judge Benet 10 the court al
Columb bia CO the subject of homicides
and the detes,able practice Of carrying
concealed weapons:
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1900-04-11
Compliments Tllnau.

The Atlanta Journal says it has never
been an admirer OF Ben Tillnan, but it
cannot refuse him its compliment upon
the superb manner in which he squashed
the strutting little Spooner, Of Wiseon'
sin last Monday. The little boy the
calf run over was the perfection of CON.
posure and self.sssuranee as compared
With Spooner after Tilinsaa bad dlGs8
hin faBr o. Eve ti2eas
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Why the People Like Him.

The Savannah Press says: General
Weaver is endeavoriDg to induce Colo
pel Br an to drop the l6 to l idea, but
he might as we'll try to stop Niagara
Falls" F." Commenting on the above the
Augusta Chrenicle says: "Fhatis just
what the people like about William J.
Bryan. He is honest and be has the
courage Of his convictions. II