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The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1902-04-30
A STEAMER BURNED
To the Waters's Edge With Great
Less Of Euman Life.
ONE HUNDRED PEOPLE PERISH.
The Passengers We're all Fast Asleep
When the Fire Began and
Escape for Many Was
Impossible.

One OF the worst disasters in the
history Of Ohio river navigation oc.
Cured shortly after O'clock Monday
morning at Ogdents landing near
Cairo. III. While almost all aboard
were asleep, the steamer City Of Pitts
burg was discovered to be Oh fire, and
in a few moments was burned to the
waters edge The loss OF over $780,
900 on the steamer does not include
the cargo, both being total loss, The
latest estimates are that $40 persons
were aboard and that not more than
so of them were saved, many Of the
latter were burned or injured. AS the
register Of the steamer Was burned, no
list can be given, either of the victims
or Of the survivors, and in tao c0nfu-
sion it has been Impossible, to get com
plete lists. Capt. Phillips admits that
the death list, may reach 100.
Most OF the passenger were still in
bed when Second Clerk Oliver Phillips
gave the alarm. The engineer at once
started all the pumping engines while
the crew had brought all the hose into
play. Amid the streams of water on
all sides, the flames from the lower
deck and dense clouds Of smoke, the
passenger rushed from their state
rooms and a frightful panic ensued.
The appeals OF the officers and crew
could not appease the terror-stricken
crowds that interfered with those
throwing water on the flames as well
as those working with the life boats.
Few could adjust life preServers or do
anything for themselves. The smoke
was sitting. Great clouds fioated
through the blazing steamer, choking
the passengers and adding to the ter
ror. Children cried pitifully, begging
that they be saved. LifeboatS were
manned and every effort was made to
save the passengers from the floating
furnace of flames. Beats were sent
from shore to help in the work of
rescue. The steamer was quickly
headed to the bank but passengers
were forced to jump from the stern
and trying to swim ashore through the
swift current many were drowned.
Many also perished in the flames.
Only one yawl was saved, without
oars, and about 20 or 80 women were
taken off in the yawl. The rest were
picked up out of the water. Help, ex-
cept from people living nearby, did
not arrive until $50 o'clock Monday
afternoon and passengers with only
night clothes. and without food,
suffered terribly.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1902-04-30
Funston is NTpZZled,

By direction of President Roosevelt,
Acting Secretary of War Sanger has
addressed the following letter to Gen.
Frederick Funston:
War Department.,
Washington, April p, 1902.
Sir: I am directed by the president
to instruct you that he wishes you
to cease further public discussion Of
the situation in the Philippines; and
also to express his regret that you
should make senator Of the United
States the object of public criticism or
discussion. Very respectfully,
VIM. Cary Sanger,
Acting Secretary of War.
Brig. Gen. Funston, commanding de-
partment of the Colorado, Denver,
Colo.
At a banquet last Saturday night Of
the Colorado Sons Of the Revolution,
Gen. Funston is reported to have said
of Senator Hoar:
Il have only sympathy for the senior
senator from Massachusetts,, who is
suffering from an oyerheated con-
science"
Probably what caused the issue OF
this particular letter was an applica-
tion from Gen. Funston for leave Ct
absence in order that he might attend
the banquet to be given in Boston by
the MiddleseX club. The request was
refused and the president telegraphed
Gen. Funston not to speak at the Mid
dlesex. A copy of Mr.. Sanger's letter
was forwarded to Senator Hoar.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1902-04-30
Stealing Children.

A dispatch from the city Of Mexico
saws continued revelations in the mat
ter Of child stealing for Yucatan have
greatly excited the common people,
from among whom large number OF
children have been lured away by a
band of professional kidnappers. The
children which were stolen have been
sent to Yucatan, some to work as
slaves On the Honequin plantations,
others to beservants. Enrique 1glesias,
one of the alleged leaders Of the kid
nappers. has delivered himself up to
the police and is in Relem prison in
communicate.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1902-04-30
Killed a Mad Dog.

A special from Anderson to The
State says Mrs. Russell McGukin,
living on Orr street, killed a mad dog
with rock Tuesday afternoon. The
lady was at work in her garden when
the animal ran in and attacked her.
She picked up good sized rock lying
on the ground and let drive. The
rock struck the dog full in the fore
head and the animals career was end
ed. Mrs. McGukin is a rather frail
lady, but she has exploded the old
theory that woman cannot throw
rock with true aim.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1902-04-30
LOVED THE NOISES.
Altgeld.

In opening his very elaborate ad
dress at the memorial meeting tt
John P. Altgeld at the auditorium,
Chicago, on Sunday last, Clarence S.
| DarrOw said:
When the Irish patriot Robert
Emmett was condemned to death, he
begged his accusers and traducers not
to write his epitaph, but to leave it to
generation which could understand
his motives and do justice to his cause.
So. too, might John P. Altgeld have
asked the powerful and great of the
generation in which he lived. those
who hated, despised and reviled him,
to be content with destroying his repu-
tation and his life and leave another
generation to do justice to his name.
Not until the present commercial age
shall have passed away, not until the
world knows and recognizes and wor-
ships some other god than greed, can
John P, Altgeld and men like him take
the place they earn in the hearts Of
the unwilling world the serve.
When reason and justice and lib
erty shall once more control the minds
Of men a rejuvenated world will look
back upon John P. Altgeld and and in
his humble birth, his patient work.
his heroic life, and his dramatic death
one of the greatest and highest exam
pies Of devotion and Righteousness
that has ever been given to the world.
No man in this generation has been
more misunderstood and maligned
than he in whose honor we have as
Sembled here. The meaSureleSs abuse
that was heaped upon him while he
lived was due almost wholly to the
fact that he was lover of his fellow
man. This has ever been the one un-
pardonable sin that the rulers Of the
world cannot forgive. John P. Alt
geld was not the first martyr and viii
not be the last to be cruciied for
righteousness sake. Through all the
ages the form of martYrdom has been
the same, but the cause
has shifted according to the prevail
ing sentiment of this day. In one age
the martyr was the brave soul who
could cry out against religious intoler-
ance; in another the man who fear
Iessly challenged political tyranny; and |
in the present age the man who dared |
to question the absolute right of gold |
to control the conscience and the judg-
nent Of the world. This was John P. |
Altgeld's crime. He dared to place the |
rights and liberties of man above the
power Of greed and wealth."
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1902-04-30
An Editors Schedule.

An Oklahoma editor announces the
following cash-in-advance schedule:
For telling that a man is successful
citizen when everybody knows he is
lazier than a government mule, s2.!5;
referring to the deceased as one SIN
cerely mourned by the entire commu-
nifty when he will be missed only at
the poker circle, sl.0s; referring to a
lady as one whom it is a pleasure to
meet when every business man hides
if he sees her coming, 50. IS; sending
a tough to heaven, with poetry
thrown in, SIS.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1902-04-30
To Be Treated Alike.

Representatives Meyer and Ransdell
of Louisiana saw the president Thurs
day in behalf Of some Confederate
veterans employed in the census office.
These men have passed the. age limit
beyond which employees will not be re-
tanned, in the permanent census
bureau, although an exception has been
made in the case Of Union veterans.
The president indicated to them that
he had no discrimination to make as
between the two, and that he would
take the matter up with Direction
Marian.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1902-04-30
CAUSE OF DELAY.
The State Board of Pensions Makes
an Official Statement.

an Official Statement.
The State pension board requests
the newspapers to give the following
statement publications:
While the law provides that the
pension money shall be disbursed on
the first Monday Of April Of each
year, owing to the delay on the part
of certain county pension boards and
their failure to make reports to the
State board on the first Monday in
March, as required by the rules of the
State board, the State board has been
unable to examine new applications
and dispose of them until now-their
second meeting. The reports from
some counties have been received since
the 1st of April, and struggling appli-
cations from counties have been COM
ing in up tG the present, some in fact
were received by the board today.
The members composing the State
board are anxious to diSburSe this fund
at the earliest date possible, and any
delay in disbursing the same cannot
properly be charged to them. It is a
fact that if the board had held their
meeting the 5th day Of April, for in
stance, which was beyond the date the
last regular list was received and dis
approved, all those applications that
were notin due form-Seyeral hundred
deserving people, who as it is, will
receive pensions, would have been left
off the list entirely; but the board haV-
ing returned them for correction, the
delay caused has resulted in their be-
ing on. The State pension board
would like the various county papers
to publish this statement.
The State board is composed OF j..
P. Derham, comptroller general and
chairman: G.. II. McMaster, W. D..
Startling, w. II. Harden, DR.. P. E.
Griffin. Miss Kate +. Maher is the
| clerk.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1902-04-30
A Sad Scene.

The three Van WOrmer boys have
been convicted of numbering their un-
Gle in New York and sentenced to be
electrocuted. This is the saddest
moment of my career on the bench, "
were the opening words Of Justic Ches-
ter as he passed sentence upon the
Youthful criminals. The boys carried
it off with brayado, and their attorney
declares they will get new trial.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1902-04-30
Should Pass.

Senator McLaurin Of this State,
introduced in the United States on
Thursday a bill providing that after
the passage of the act, there should
not be collected any duty upon pork,
veal, mutton or beef imported into
the United States from foreign coun-
tries" The bill was referred to the
committee on finance.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1902-04-30
Casualties to Veterans.

A. V. Winters, a veteran from
Macon. Ca, died from heart disease at
the depot at Terrell, Texas while on
his way to the Dallas reunion. An
other veteran, whose name is un-
known, fell from the train at Elmo
Texas, and will die.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1902-04-30
A NOTE Of WARNING.
Senator RaWlins Vigorously Attacks
Governments Philippine Policy.
TIE CoMMIssION's POWERS.
1t Can Make Peace or Declare War
Without Asking Congress.
Gen. Funston Given
Roasting.

i fOrtNaI discussion OF Gne Dill Tenn
porarily to provide a government for
the Philippine islands was begun in
the United States Senate on Tuesday
Of last week, Mr. Rawlins of Utah, the
leading minority member Of the Phil
ippine committee, opening the debate
with speech in opposition to the
measure. He denounced the bill as an
unwarranted imposition upon the Fill
pinos, declaring that it would establish
one OF the foulest oligarchies in the
history of the world. He maintained
that the Philippine commission was
given too great power by the bill and
asserted that under its provisions, the
islands would be exploited for private
gain.
While he was speaking two efforts
were made to, maintain quorum, the
second resulting in lively tilt among
several senators, Mr.. Scott of West
Virginia intimating that nc argument.
that could be made upon the subject
would influence any senator.
,o;,+in 49, o,,r bis+orr s ~ y sa;dWr pau1;ns o
f:where there :. 20 those who sfeact tn
believe that it is sedition to think and
treason to talk. For Gtd's sake, let US
keep silent until the war is overp ex-
claims peripatetic hero and gradu-
ate from the Philippines who wants to
make free speech treason and to cart,
mioht oivo T he senator from Massac,,n-
setfs the benefit of CLERGY nm acconnt
of his sympathy for ssnnerheafef3
conscience All If we are to believe
him with the annroyal of the nresident
of the limited States
st(,onorosS M longer has to decla7a
war An Otis Or p Chafree are nre-
na rod to attend IN tbis anv Sav in the
week A few daysaoo a MESSAGE came
to us that Malyar. the last of the in
surrectos. had surrendered. The next
day it was announced that Gen. Chat
fee had declared a new war and had
l]ispatched an army to wage IL AGAINST
two millions of people in the island OF
Mindanao R,1t mnno IS to he the word
o. Loo 40 tboro is .n1 S;st1rt,snce
anvwhere within o,1r N 1 hoyders or IN anv
ono of the more than thonsani} islands
bevond the seas
ssThis hin STICKS its roots into and
derives it's support from that excres-
ence uuon>the army appropriation, bill
80 1oo1 I,no,,,, &c +Lo c,,oo,,., a,,,a,,dE
ment. The qualification of the abso-
lute mower therein conferred. adopted
at the instance of the senator from
MASSACHUSETTS, by this bin is elirnina-
ted. All nroperty RIGHTS in the islands
and the fate Of thair inhahitants are
tnrned ovar IN tho control and 6;snosi-
tion of tho commission w;thont any
qualification of inheritance
:tThe commission NAV declare war
. nd noate neace. raise armies and mo
vide navies. reonlata commerce witt,
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1902-04-30

Application was made last week to
the secretary of State for charter for
the Imperial Baking Powder company
of Charleston, with capital stock Of
$4,000. The incorporators are all
Charleston men.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1902-04-30

Sheriff J. ElmOre Martin of Char
lesion County sent posse OF deputies
to Bulow's phosphate mines for the
protection of the white people and
property. on account Of reports re-
ceived that the notorious negro
Grim lis Of that section had de-
termined to clean out the place. The
negroes were worked up over the re-
ports of the white posses hunting FOR
the negro murderers Of the wife of
Section Master w. W. Jones OF the
Plant System, at Rayenel. The ILL
ing of Mrs. Jones was particularly
brutal tragedy and the white people
are naturally very much worked up
over it and purpose to follow the MUIR
Gerers to their last stand.
\ telegram was received in Charles
ton stating that a negro named Cane
Ford had been captured. He admitted
completely. but said that his only con-
necti0u was to watch while anOtheg
negro butchered Mrs. Jones and
searched the house for the valuables,
which were carried of. Ford is safe
in the tolls but the feeling is SAID to
be running high and lynching bee
NAV take place. The posses are close
on to the other suspected negroes and
it is not improbable that the whole
The Florence daily tribune., 1902-08-01
Coast Wheat Outlook is Good.

San Francisco, Cal, Aug. Pacific
coast farmers are well pleased with the
wheat outlook, which all things con
sidered is regarded as better than at
the beginning of the last crop year.
There is higher level of prices for
wheat and lower level for freights,
the latter contributing to make the
former possible The California crop
is now being cut, and in all the more
favored sections it is showing full
average yield, and in some instances
an excess of the average Harvesting
in Washington ana Oergon will begin
his month While the crop in neith-
er state will hardly come up to last
years phenomenal yield, the outlook
now is much brighter than it was
earlier in the season.
The Florence daily tribune., 1902-08-01
ROBBERS CAPTURED.
And Nearly Thirty Thousand Dol
lars Recovered.

FL Paso, Aug. Two more of the
robbers who held up the Mexican
Central train and secured 800, 900 from
the Wells Fargo express car, have
been captured at Gomez and nearly
$50, 600 has been recovered.
The first robber to be caught has
been fully identified as Theodore Tay
lor who held up Santa Fe train in
Texas and killed two men. He was
sentenced to death for that crime but
escaped into Mexico.
Fifteen thousand dollars Of the
booty secured in the last robbery was
recovered from Taylor.
The Florence daily tribune., 1902-08-01
CROOKS DID
A NEAT JOB
They Made Away With
John Watsbaugh's Wallet.
They are Believed to be Pair of
Notorious Crooks Who are Fol-
lowing the Circus. Clever
ly Made Their Escape.

One of the boldest and cleverest
eases of pocket picking ever recorded
in Florence occurred at the d. 81 r.
G., station at IL o'clock today. Quite
crowd of people were boarding No.
q east and among the number was
John ". Watsbaugh of West Third
street Just as he attempted to step
onto the first step of the car, "a slick
looking, well dressed chap crowded in
ahead of him At the same time an
other young fellow crowded him from
the rear. In the confusion the man
in the rear thrust his hand under
Watsbaugh's coat and extracted
wallet from the old gentleman hip
pocket, and then lodged in ahead.
Watsbaugh grabbed the fellow by the
throat and yelled for the police The
fellow was too slick, however, and
two then rushed clear through the
train, and jumping off the rear coach
separated and ran in different direc-
tions. Officers were notified but AS yet
have not succeeded in nabbing the
thieves, Watsbaugh is supposed to
have remained on the train as he was
not seen after IT,
The police had received word to
look out for the pair, for they are IA
notorious brace of crooks that are
wanted in several cities of the west.
Two minor robberies which occurred
earlier in the day are also supposed to
be the work of these same men.
The Florence daily tribune., 1902-08-01
ippIe Greek ore is as follows.
ESTIMATED.

Estimated.
The last-named mill in the above
table, the Brodie, only started recently
and, like the Arequa mill, is being
used to treat the oxidized ore gathered
form the various dumps of the district,
which are now being worked over aud
from which big saving will he made
each month. The Brodie has capac-
ity of sixty tons per day and it is ex-
pected that during the next month it
will run close to its capacity.
During the month the production
was somewhat interfered with by the
shortage of water on some of the hills,
particularly Bull hill and Battle
mountain. The water supply now is
assured and everything is running
along smoothly and ii is thought the
production for the coming month will
show an increase.
The Florence daily tribune., 1902-08-01
Woodmen at Cripple Creek.
Price S Cents

Cripple Creek Colo, Augl The
annual convention of the Woodmen Of
the World in - ssion here is one of the
largest gatherings in the history of
the order. Delegations are present
from points as far east as the Miss
issippi and rs far west as Seattle and
Tacoma. Officers reports show graft
flying progress during the year, botl,
as regards finances and membership.
The Florence daily tribune., 1902-08-01
MAY RECOVER,
Mrs. Whites Condition is Greatly
Improved Today.

DIR. Moore who is attending Mrs.
Frank White. reports today that her
condition is very much improved.
There are no indications of blood pois-
oning, and the doctor and her friends
are now entertaining some hope of her
recovery. However the extremely hot
weather is very much against her
Mrs. White deeply regrets her rash
act, and now expresses strong desire
to get we'll. There is every proba-
bility too that the tragedy will prove
to be the end of the domestic infelic-
ity that led up to it,
The Florence daily tribune., 1902-08-01
THE PUBLIC LIBRARY.

The Tribune desires to again call
attention to the Free Reading Room
aud Public Library, and to urge upon
the people of Florence the importance
of assisting in the maintenance of this
worthy institution. Through untir-
ing effort the directors have succeeded
in placing it upon more substantial
foundation, and if the interest which
has been aroused can be continued,
the library will soon be one of the
best in the state among cities the size
of Florence
A new constitution and new by
laws have been adopted and it is
under entirely new management.
About eighty subscriptions have been
secured and there are more to follow.
Provision is being made for new per
iodicals and reviews for the reading
room and new books for the library
This is a matter of which citizens
of philanthropic thought should be
mindful. and cooperation among
broad minded people will make it
succeed
The Florence daily tribune., 1902-08-01
Painters Want More Pay.

New York. Aug. IA large proper
tion of the 3. 0O0 members of the Anal
gamated Painters and Decorators of
this city and vicinity went on strike
today for an advance of 30 cents a
day, which has been refused by the
association of Interior Decorators and
Cabinet Makers and the Master House
Painters and Decorators Association.
The painters demand; For plain
painting not less tnan 81 day; for
decorating not less than -. 30 day
The Florence daily tribune., 1902-08-01
Wanted A Bride.

Sam Baer & Co. of Pueblo. have
offered $50 in gold TO the couple who
will be married in front of the grand
stand Thursday, September IS, during
the Colorado State FAR The fair as
sociation will supply the license and
look after the clergyman fees. Now
Mr. Baer has announced that he has
the groom, who is described as very
desirable catch. The secretary will
be glad to hear from any Young ladies
who would be brides, Please send
photograph
The Florence daily tribune., 1902-08-01
Physician and Druggists.

Ford & Sturgeon, prominent drug
firm at Rocky Hill Station, KY.
write: 'We were requested by DR..
G. B. Snigley to send for Herbine for
the benefit of our customers We
ordered three dozen in December, and
we are glad to say, Herbine has given
such great satisfaction that we have
duplicated this order three times, and
today we gave your salesman another
order. We beg to say Dr. g. b.
Snigley takes pleasure in recommend
ing Herbine. - SOC bottle at A. A
Hull's
The Florence daily tribune., 1902-08-01
Canadian Invasion.

Montreal, Que, Aug. THE High
land Cadets Battalion of Montreal, has
accepted AN invitation to visit Port
land, Me, for the "Old Home" week
celebration, The corps will leave
Montreal this evening, and will pro-
coed to Lewiston, where it will re.
main until tomorrow afternoon, when
it will continue its journey to Port,
land.
The Florence daily tribune., 1902-08-01
GOLD OUTPUT
IS KEEPING Up
Two Millions is the Amount
During July.
Somo Big Mines Were Hampered
by Lack of Water and Yet
the Prosuction Keeps up
to the Standard.

Cripple Greek. Aug. Notwith
standing the great shortage of water
ON Bull hill and Battle mountain, the
production for the month is astonish-
ing. The tonnage as given out by the
various mills and smelters treating
Cripple Greek ore is as follows,
The Florence daily tribune., 1902-08-01
Quicker Time and Better Service.

To Kansas City and st. Louis.
Leave Pueblo / 30 p. IN. and Denver
and Colorado Springs 3 p. III. daily
via Rock Island route, arrive Kansas
City $3.50 next morning and St. Louis
at 6 p. m. Standard sleeping cars.
observation cars, chair cars and dining
cars for all meals 25-29
The Florence daily tribune., 1902-08-01
Judge Waite Assumes Office

New York. Aug. Judge Byron S.
Waite of Michigan today assumed the
office of president of the Board of Cen
eral Appraisers TO which he was ap-
pointed by President Roosevelt.
Judge Waite succeeds Charles II. Ham.
who resigned owing to ill health.