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The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1902-04-06

of the legislature 70 enact an election
law requiring the names Of all Candi-
dates to be certified by law and printed
on an official ballot, thus, in effect, de-
nying to electors the privilege Of writ
ing on the official ballC the name of a
candidate, is sustained y the supreme
court of South Dakota in the case of
Chamberlin VS.. Wood. SIS Northwest
ern Reporter, 109.- The constitutional
provisions called into question are that
elections shall be free and equal. ana
no power. civil or military, shall at
any time interfere to prevent the free
exercise Of the right Of suffrage by
those electors who possess certain
enumerated qualifications. In the opin-
ion it is pointed out that in a previous
case constituting this law the court even
held that writing a name upon a ticket
identi led the voter and invalidated the
entire ballot, and also subjected the
one Who placed the name thereon to a
criminal prosecution.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1902-04-06

Conduct Of TriaL-In recent In
diana case a reversal was asked be-
cause. ~ the fact that the trial judge
slept for four OF five minutes during
the introduction Of evidence, 1t ap
pears that neither party objected to
the evidence which was introduced dur
ing this period In discussing this
point, the supreme court Of Illinois says
the trial may have been conducted in
such manner as to exhaust almost any
one compelled to listen TO it. The court
further says that counsel should either
have suspended the examination Of the
witness until the judge aWoke or have
awakened him by calling his attention,
in a voice sufficiently loud 10 awaken
him, to the fact that the trial was
progressing. Counsel did neither. and
after the Judge aWoke failed to call
his attention 20 the fact that testimony
had b-er given while he was asleep. We
cannot mold this circumstance rever-
sible error The case is entitled Chicago
CITY Ry Co. VS.. Anderson, 81 North
eastern Reporter, 999.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1902-04-06

Writing Names On Bauot-The right
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1902-11-26
Changes in Congress.

1t is published that since the men,
bers of the Fifty-seventh congress
took the oath of Office. March, 1901.
"l2 members have died, three have
resigned and two have been unseated,
making a total Of Il changes in less
than two years." The State says
this is said to be an unusual number
of changes in the membership OF con-
gress. Three deaths have occurred
since the close Of the last session-R.
C. DeGraffenreid and John Levi Shep-
pard Of Texas and Charles A. Russell
of Massachusetts. The Others who
have died since the opening OF the
Fifty-seyenth congress were: Mar
riott BroSius, Tenth Pennsylvania,
died March 16, 1901: Rousseau o.
Crump, Tenth Michigan. May l, 1901:
Robert E. Burke. Sixth Texas. June
), 1901: J. William Stokes, Seventh
South Carolina, July 6, 1901; Albert
D. Shaw. Twenty-fourth New York,
February 10. 1901: Rufus X. Polk,
Seventeenth Pennsylvania, March 3,
1902: Amos j. Cummings: Tenth New
York, May ,, 1902; Peter J. Otey,
Sixth Virginia, May i, 1902, and
Joshua D. Salman. Fourth New Jer-
sey. May 5, 1902. Of the two unseated
members-James J. Butlerof Missouri:
and John L. Rhea. Third Kentucky
district-the former was reelected at
the last election.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1902-11-26
Three Robbers Shot.

The three Mexican robbers who
murdered Robert Remmel. an Eli
elishman in 1901. were legally shot
Friday upon the spot where the
tragedy occurred. Others who were
concerned in the murder were sent to
prison for long terms. In June, 1901,
Rrobert Remmel, an English manager
of mines near Zacuelgan, in the State
Of Mexico. was killed in his own house
by band of robbers. Remmel and
his wife, with considerable amount
of money and jewels, intended TO de-
part next day for England. There
were twelve men in the band. They
went to Kennels house, which was
in solitary place and found the En-
glishman in bed. He heard the noise
and told his wife to hide her jewels.
He then admitted the men and show
eu them box containing his money.
The robbers took the money and shot
him dead in the presence OF his wife.
On pain Of immediate death Mrs.
Remmel gave up her jewels. The men
were about to kill Mrs. Remmel but
were frighted away and she esctped
and hid in the woods until morning.
The Mexican authorities have spent
over a year in tracking the rORbers,
all of whom were captured. They
were given trial. the judge in the
case being sent from the City cf MeXi-
CO.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1902-11-26
FIeeceG All Alike.

Two bandits held up gaming den
in Minneapolis, Mimi, on last Thurs
day night and secured Si,943 from
the score Of players and proprietors,
meanwhile seriously wounding Harvey
Howard. the colored porter. The
gambling place is located some dis
tauce from the centre of the city, at
the end of trolley line. Each rob-
Der used a dark colored handkerchief
to shield the lower part OF his face.
There are two entrances to the place
and the bandits appearing simultane-
ously at either door ordered the in
mates to hold up their hands. The
score Of players and attendants we're
then aligned on one side Of the room
and while the bandit leader kept them
covered with his revolver, his assistant
rifed pockets and tillS. While the
robbery was in progress Steve Carlson:
who lodges upstairs, looked in. He
made haSty exit with four bullets
fired after him. Then Harry How
ard. the colored porter, aroused from
a nap, bounded in to learn the cause
and bounded out again, but two bull
lets, one in each leg. tumbled him into
the street, where he lay for half an
hour until some Of the robbed men
carried him into the place after the
bandits had left. The robbers backed
out, keeping the crowd covered with
their revolvers until they themselves
had disappeared in the darkness.
Half dozen detectives and d. posSee
of citizens FASTENED to the scene, but.
search for the robbers thus far has
proved futile.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1902-11-26
The STRANGE STORY
Ola Secret Marriage and Death in
Columbia.

The Raleigh News and Observer
says; Death has revealed a marriage
which took place two months ago, and
in which yopng lady Of this city is
concerned. It is the groom who died,
and this Mr.. Norwood Wilson, who
passed away on Sunday in Columbia,
S. G. The widowed bride, now Mrs.
Norwood Wilson, was Miss Fannie
McFadden Of this city. Mr.. Wilson
was about 80 years old; highly es-
teemed by all who knew him. The
marriage took place in Columbia, S.
c., on November II, and it was in
tended to keep it secret for some time.
Mr.. Wilson lived in Raleigh about
four years ago, where he was tele-
graph operator for the Southern Rail
way. He went to the University Of
Tennessee TO study law and came from
Nashville to Columbia where he mar
ried Miss McFadden, and then went
back to his law course.
Miss McFadden returned to Ra-
leigh, and was with her sister, Mrs.
John Collier,at 221 South West street.
On Friday night last Mr.. Wilson
reached Raleigh on his way to Colum-
bia, not having seen his bride since
their wedding. He was here but a
few hours and seemed to be in good
health, and was happy in the prospect
of his diploma next June, and the
time for claiming his bride. He
reached Columbia Saturday and on
Sunday he died. The body of Mr..
Wilson was taken from Columbia to
Greenyille, S. c., his old home, and
there the interment took place. His
wife is Frustrated from grief and was
unable to take the trip" The Raleigh
correspondent Of the Charlotte Obser-
yer says:
Some time ago Norwood Williams,
a young man who was a native OF
Greenville, was employed here as a
Southern railway telegrapher. He
went to Columbia, S. c., on his way to
Nashville, Tenn, to study law, and
there married a Miss McFadden. It
appears that Immediately after the
marriage he left and she came here
and boarded with relative. Williams
was here last Friday for few hours
to see her and died a day or two ago.
His body was brought by here and
taken to Greenvill for burial. He
and his wife had never lived together.
The marriage had been kept a secret
until his death revealed it."
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1902-11-26
Railway Mail Service.

The annual report of James E.
White, general superintendent OF the
railway mail service, shows that dur
ing the last fiscal year the casualties
among ongemployeesexceeded the record of
any previous year. There were 9 rail-
way postal clerks killed, SS seriously
injured. There were handled during
the year in the railway mail service
5,062, ,S3O,640 pieces Of mail, in addi-
tion to total of "a, Ia TIA registered
packages and cases, through registered
pourches and inner registered sacks"
The ratio Of errors in distribution Of
this mail was one to every 11,502
pieces of mail. The. reports show
there were 9.731 clerks in the service
and the grand total Of miles covered
by travelling postofices (railroad,
steamboat and electric) was 17S, 796,
in addition to over 101 100000 miles
of service performed annually by
means Of closed mail pouches.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1902-11-26
a Crap Game.

One negro is dead and another is
dying as a result Of fight which
broke up a gambling game in a dis
reputable negro section known as
The Bottom" just east of Columbus
Ga, at o'clock Wednesday molning.
\ crowd of negroes had been gamb-
ling all night on the bank Of a little
creek just north Of East Twelfth
street. Will Carter, a young negro,
became angry because the others had
won from him, and opened fire on
Russell King and Pugh Smith. Smith
was shot through the back and was
killed outright. King was shot
through the head, his brain spatter-
ing the ground, but is still living al
though thought to be in a dying
condition. He was removed to the
city hospital during the day. Carter
escaped and is still at large.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1902-11-26
Fcotpads at Work.

The Spartanburg correspondent OF
The State says shortly after midnight
Tuesday morning white man named
Mack Blanton, an operative in the
to Whitney cotton mills, who was re-
turning home from visit to this city,
met with an unpleasant adventure di
rectly after he left the city suburbs
and was walking along the new road
Whitney. According to this state
ments, he was held up by the three
negro men. Two of the party gather
ed him on each side of the body and
held his arms secure, while the third
went through him." taking from his
pockets 535 in cash and watch val
ued at two or three dollars. Blanton
came to the city and notified the au-
thoritieS. While on the streets here
he saw negro man with a watch
chain and charm Offering it for sale
it was his own chain and watch
charm. He asked the negro to let
him see it. and obtaining possession OF
the trinkets. put them in his pocket
and went OF in search Of a policeman.
When he returned the negro could not
be found. No arrests have been
made
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1902-11-26
Died OF a Train.

The Augusta Chronicle says white
man, aged about thirty years, was
found dead on the outgoing Central
train Of Wednesday morning, just
after leaving WdyneSbUro. Conductor
Thomas made the discovery when he
approached the man to collect his
ticket. On his person were found
papers which identified him as James
Finney, of IIerndon, Ga. Two tickets,
good for passages from Herndon to
Augusta and return were also found.
Captain Thomas remembered that the
man was put on the train ut Augusta
by four white men They remarked
that he ought TO be watched. as he
was about IT, develop a case OF ''mon-
KEYS" Passengers noticed that ne
seemed to be III pain, complained q
great deal, and repeatedly asked for
water. lie did not seem To be deeply
under the influence Of liquor.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1902-11-26
The Green Eyed Monster.

Miss Florence McFarlin, aged 81
years, a music teacher. was stabbed to
death in her fathers house at RocheS-
ter, n. Y, Tuesday, by another wom-
an and an hour later Mrs. Lulu
Young, wife of Frank Young, at one
time city purchasing agent, was ar
rested as being the supposed murder
er. The woman who committed the
deed rang the door bell Of the McFar-
lin home Tuesday morning and when
Miss AIcFarlin answered it attacked
her with knife. Miss McFarlin ran
screaming through the hall into the
kitchen, closely pursued by her assail-
ant. In the kitchen she stumbled,
half turning. In flash her pursuer
was upon her and with rapid slash
stabbed her five times. Miss McFar-
lin sank to the floor, dying Instantly.
The murderess fled. The only words
she was heard to utter were: She
has come between myself and my huS-
band and l am glad that she is dead"
The dead woman was the daughter Of
a railroad man. She was a person Of
refinement and good appearance, Mrs.
Young made no statement after her
rreSt
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1902-11-26
Killed by q Train.

The remains of Durant Earle, a
young man who Was killed at Spring
field. Mo-, by an accident, was brought
to his home in Anderson on Wednes-
day and buried. He was employed as
a fiagman on the Frisco system, and
had run on local freight between
Springfield and Kansas City. The
train stopped at q small station to
drill some cars, and Mr.. Earle was
making the couplings. He had sig
nailed the engineer to come backward
and went between the cars to make
the coupling. AS he did not reappeal
after a reasonable time another men,
Der Of the crew went to look Tor him
and found that he had been caught
between the couplings and instantly
killed. The couplings used were the
patent automatic kind.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1902-11-26
ONE NORTH WITHOUT FOOD.
Digh. Persons Survive the Terrible
Ordeal :ti,t: Slight Die.

,,s. o,u,,. ,,,,,.f,.o,s of rha wreck of
Nv Ir.:.:,'- ~t,.a,o. rI;r,r,n,i;a ,,hn
s''I -, ,:!,,,a t~t',.a nn~, r,rr NV The Rrit-
S'l Ps-> ,,..y. po,~.,,i,, ware rcsrue6
t"I. rIr,t,,,.,;,,,. siy,v miles from Vest
t,t;> &c. iSIanG +,n scann of the wreck,
M, hoS hnan 6r;f1inn since October
O ,ri,h~n+ INV food except two ap-
MOS F,.h annie was cut into sixteen
,,io.oc +hnra hninr fifteen men and
~. sfaw.rdass on the raft when it
lar tha wrpcI; Three Of the men
ha,.,n,n r,,d6annd hv drinking sea
.' nl: I,,,na orn,ho,rd FoIr
nrI,.>r. ~ nnd +hn stnw,r6css died of
o.,.o'' ;",,d "n o,,,n.,,rs
S~It. '''''o4 ",;. ~, ,.,,Tarad oronf7;rr|v
+,,o r,F+ ,f,l,;s u,.,s y fear long nv
on 'I!e ,,;So q. !. - 80 s.,S l,air Sn5n,nT,ead
.'r( nTIS n,ary So, SWEPT over + drcrci,-
w ;nr ire nr.,.nnan+s
On The night Of November II the
cast,wavs saw the lights ota steamer
ma shonteG fran,icalIy. The steamer
Iornrad 6 heat which passed within
fftr rords Of the raft. Then. al
+hH,ob those on the raft continued
Sbon+inc tha beat turned and went
hocl, "a 1bp steamer. apparently not
t,a,.;rIr ~ bearG the cries for help. At
+ar -hiS 6esnondancy seized tie occu-
Darts m nf tho raf, One Of them tried
~ pI annaasn his hnnrer by chewing his
I,.ndi;eT,.hinf ~ When the peDguin's
hN,t won't alnnr>jcr the raft only one
~ tha chinwreckn3 men was able to
Stand All Of them we're in most
nm,acie+n6 con6i1ion and their faces.
hands and |.rs we're "a from exposure
~ +ie snn ard water All hope of
tin6in. the renaininr forty persons
FROM, tho Flincami1a has been aban-
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1902-11-26
REPUBLICAN VOTE.
It Amounted to Almost Nothing IN
the Recent Election.
TIE VOTE FOR C0NGREssMEGE
The Tabulatiou OF the i:&tIrnS by
the State Board Of Canvas
Secs OF the State
Election.
Election.

The Republican vote in this State
in the recent election amounted to
almost nothing. The Democratic vote
was not very heavy either. The fig
ures on the constitutional amendment
to section , of article VII. relating
to counties and county government,
show that a total vote Of 2S.Sl9 was
cast in the recent election. OF this
there were 26,454 votes in favor Of
the proposed amendment and only
1855 against it. About the same to-
tai was cast in the several counties
for State officers, none Of the Demo
cratic nominees having opposition.
In the last general election with a
presidential contest on to draw out
voters the Democratic nominee for
governor, who had no opposition. re-
ceived a total Of 46,4J votes. The
total vote for the Democratic nomi-
nee who ha6 no opposition, in 1898
was 2S,l59, about what this years
total is.
One of the most noteworthy
facts about the last election is that
the Republicans, nearly all Of whom
are negroes did not trouble themselves
to vote even in the contests in which
they had candidates. The negro vote
this year amounts to practically moth
ing as will be seen by a glance at the
returns given below from the several
congressional races, in all Of which,
save one, there was a Republican can
didate.
In 1900 the vote by districts for
Democratic and Republican nominees
vraS &c follows.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1902-11-26
Prepare0 for War

4 dispatch from Laurens to The
State saws enquiry reveals a practice
obtaining in q certain densely lnhab-
tied colored community in that coun-
ty, associated with the long ago when
it was necessary: and that is habit
negro men in this section have lately
taken up Of carrying their guns-shot
gums and rifles to church. They say
il is a fact and no uncommon thing
to see number Of old guns in the
church during service. The same
thing is true with reference to all
their gatherings. But occasionally a
pistol slips IN and the work IS done TO
a finish.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1902-11-26
A Depot Wrecked.

Fire, which broke out in the freight
depot Of the Southern Railway at Pell
City, Ala, Tuesday morning, was fol-
lowed by a terrific explosion, which
resulted in two persons being killed
and ten injured, two perhaps fatally.
When the fire was discovered the
night operator gave the alarm by re-
peatedly firing a revolver, arousing
the citizens who ran to the depot to
help save the freight. The fact was
overlooked that fifty cases Of dyna-
mite was stored in the place, and the
explosion occurred while large crowd
of citizens and railroad men were near
the scene. Ten business houses, IN
Guiding the Pell City hotel. were also
wrecked, causing q heavy loss.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1902-11-26
A BOY DISAPPEARS.
Goes or With q Stranger and Has
Not Returned.

The Charleston Post publishes an
account OF the Disappearance of a boy
from bis home near Adams Run in
Colleton County. Representing him
self as a drummer, a man called on
Mr.. Thomas Simmons at Adams Run.
about two weeks ago and hired a horse
and buggy for the purpose Of making
a trip into the country to visit some
of bis customers. The alleged drum
mer asked Mr.. Simmons to allow his
son, Thomas Simmons. Jr., to accom-
paGy him on the trip. The request
Vas granted. Neither the drummer.
the horse and buggy nor young Sim
mons has been seen since and Mr. Sim
mons is in a great state Of anxiety
fearing that his son has met with foul
play.
When Mr.. Simmons hired the horsd
and buggy to the stranger and allowed
his son, aged i years, to accompany
the team, nothing was thought OF it,
fer he had On many occasions let his
teams to drummerS to make trips into
the country: his son accompanying
them tc see that they were properly
cared for. When the young Simmons
failed to show up the next day Mr..
Simmons began to grow uneasy and
search was made, but no trace of his
son or his team was discovered. The
friends and neighbors of Mr.. Simmons
have made search Of the surround
ing country for the missing boy but
have not been able to learn anything
of his whereabouts.
1t has been about two weeks since
the horse and buggy were hired by the
stranger and Mr.. Simmons has given
up his boy as lost or dead. He fears
that his son has been killed, but
whether by foul means or by accident,
Mr.. Simmons is unable to say. The
drummer, or the man who claimed to
be travelling salesman, did not give
his name when the team was hired
nor did he say with what house he
was connected. He merely engaged
the team for day, paid for it in ad-
vance and drove away. There was
nothing suspicious in the mans ac-
tionS at the time the horse and buggy
was hired. He appeared to be reliable
and carried sample case such as
travelling men carry while OUT on the
road.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1902-11-26

OF course there has been rear
rangement Of districts, but this makes
no difference for the purpose Of show
ing how greatly the negro vote has
fallen off this year.
Even in Georgetown county the ne
groes did not seem to vote this year to
extent. This is shown by the vote
in the contest for members Of the
general assembly, the last named be-
ing the Republican nominee and a ne
gro: NJ. W. Pyatt 1,195, J. W. Doar
1854, J. w. Bolts l35. This result
in this county removes the last negro
member Of the general assembly,
Bolts being at present one OF the
members from Georgetown, the only
negro in the house.
The congressional vote as published
Oy The State is as follows:
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1902-11-26
Fly's Bite Proved Fatal.

Herman Kaufman, the three year
old son Of tobacco dealer living in
the Bronx. New York. has died from
the effects OF 4 fly bite inflicted last
Wednesday. A few hours later a small
spot made by the bite developed to
swelling which extended over the en-
tire cheek. The swelling continued to
spread until the whole upper portion
Of the child's body was distended.
The doctors were powerless to give re-
lief. and finally the victim died. It's
playmates say the fly was an ordinary
blue bottle The physicians believe
the insect Was infected with erysipe-
las germs.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1902-11-26
.JumneS from a Train.

Among the passengers on the vesti-
bule train from Charlotte to Atlanta
Wednesday was well-dressed white
man, said to be Frank A. McHugh Of
New York, who was in charge Of a
trained nurse. AS the train was run
ming at a high rate Of speed along
about Thickety, flag station above
Spartanburg. McAugh jumped from
the car window in the Pullman. He
was not touched by the car wheels.
His rash act was quickly discovered
and the train stopped, and backed
back to the spot. where the stranger
was picked up. He was in an uncon-
scious state and died soon after. The
body was taken on to New Orleans.
He had a through ticket to New Or