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The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1902-04-02
4 SENSATIONAL CHARGE.
Agent OF Denmark Says He Bribed
Members cfCongress.

A genuine sensation was caused in
the house Thursday by the presenta-
tion by Mr.. Richardson of Tennessee.
the Democratic leader, Of charges al
leging the corrupt use Of fund Of
s5OO.O00 in connection with the sale
Of the Danish West Indies. The
charges were contained in an alleged
secret report of Capt. Walter Christ
mas to the Danish government which
declared that he had employed corrupt
means to bring about the negotiations
for the sale Of the islands to con-
summation.
The report, extracts from which
Mr.. Richardson read. mentioned the
names of Abner Mckinley and his
partner, Col. Brown, c. ". Knox, who
was described as an intimate friend
Of Senator Hanna" Richard P. Evans
who was said to represent ''Mr. Gard
ner and his friends in the house." and
two press associations. the names Of
which were not given, as having been
interested in the matter. The
charges against members Of con-
gress were not specified. Upon
the basis Of this report, Mr.. Richard
son asked the adoption Of resolution
for the appointment Of an investigat-
Ing committee Of seven. The speaker
ruled that the matter was priviledged
after Mr.. Richardson had amended
his resolution SO as to specifically in
clude members Of the house.
Great excitement attended the whole
proceeding. Mr.. Cannon Of Illinois
insisted that Mr.. Richardson's pre-
sentation was fragmentary and that
the whole matter should go over until
Friday in order that members might
read the documents presented. which
included newspaper extracts, atiidavitS
etc., in the Record. Christmas, he
declared, on his own statement, was a
briber and worse. But the house
voted down the motion to postpone
and the resolution after being amend
ed in minor particulars, was adopted.
The speaker Immediately appointed
the following committee to make the
Investigation: MeSSrS. DalZell (Rep.)
Of Pennsylvania, Hit Rep.) Of Hi
nois, Cousins (Rep.) Of Iowa, Mccall
Rep.) of Massachusetts. Richardson
Dem. of Tennessee, Dinsmore Dem.)
of Arkansas, and Cowherd (Dem.) Of
Missouri
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1902-04-02
A Horrible Fate.

As result of an accident at the
Orr Mill at Anderson one day last
week Hugh b. Scott, machinest and
engineer, lost his life. Scott was sent
there several weeks ago by the West
inghouse- Church-Kerr company to
superintend the erection Of the new
1000 horse power engine. Steam was
turned on the engine for the first
time and Scott was standing by watch
ing it's movements. He stepped upon
the base to oil a bearing when his
foot slipped and he fell into the rapid
ly moving fy-wheel. He was whirled
around and hurled to the opposite side
of the engine. He was horribly
crushed and mangled, both legs being
broken and the lower part of his body
was crushed. Notwithstanding the
injuries he was conscious when assist
ance reached him and wrote the name
of relative in Michigan to whom he
wished a telegram sent.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1902-04-02
Sn Editors Lament.

The Knoxville Sentinel says it is
astonishing how the public looks upon
the newspaper Us free horse to be
ridden to death. People will pay
money for a band, for lights. janitor.
to 90 to a job printing office and buy
thousands uf dodgers, pay boys to de-
liver them. pay performers in the en-
tertainment. if they are professionals,
or pay some manager to get up the af-
fair and give him large percentage
Of the receipts. ply all their bill-in
fact. pay for everything except that
which is most valuable to them-to
wit, newspaper advertising. And if
the newspaper is unwilling to devote
more notice to sucl entertainment
than liberal news notices it comes in
for much abuse. And yet why
5houl not the newspaper charge
for its lvertising sptce just as the
owner o. the hall charges for its rent,
the billboard man charges for the use
Of his bilboardS. the photographers
charge for furnishing posters, the
job printing Office charges for the
dodgers, and the outside parties charge
for their services? The newspaper has
only two sources of revenue. One is
subscription, the other advertising.
The subscriptions to newspapers are
so cheap that they little more than
pay the cost Of the white paper.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1902-04-02
Corpse Held for Board.

A funny case is reported from st.
Louis. Until a few minutes before
the hour set for the funeral OF Mrs.
Carrie Schlosinger, Friday afternoon,
there was doubt as to whether the
services would take place; the body be-
ing held for a board bill alleged to be
due Levi Sllverman and wife of 2S16
Olive street, where Mrs. Schlesinger
died. Henry Schlesinger, the woman's
son. who is a travelling salesman, was
notified by wire of his mothers death,
and came to St. Louis to arrange for
the funeral. The Silvermans presented
to him bill of $50 for his mothers
board and their care for her. Schles-
niger declined to pay and was told
that the body would be held. Schles-
niger employed Attorney Howard
Sidener and was about to enter suit in
replevin when the matter was compro-
uoica6
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1902-04-02
TILLMAN'S CHARGES.
Senator McLaurin's Friends Insists
on an investigation.

Senator Pritchard, Of North Caro-
lima; is making an effort at the meet
ing Of the committee on privileges
and elections to secure action on the
resolution he introduced some time
ago calling for an investigation Of the
charges made by Senator Tillman
against John L. McLaurin, that the
latter was Influenced by promises of
control Of federal patronage In casting
his vote for the ratification of the
Paris peace treaty.
There is feeling among certain
Republicans in the senate that this
subject should be allowed to drop,
but Senator McLaurin'S friends insist
that the investigation be made, and
Mr.. Pritchard, who is member Of
the committee before which the resolu-
tion is pending, will urge that favor
able report be adopted. Sentiment
in the senate seems to favor the adop-
tion of this resolution. Mr.. Tillman's
friends say he can prove the charges
he has made, while Mr.. McLaurin's
friends insist that he can not. Both
sides, therefore, are ready to support
the proposition for an investigation.
It is said that Senator J. G. Bur-
rows, of Michigan, chairman Of the
committee, does not favor the Pritch-
ard resolution, and will strive to have
it suppressed. Among the warmest
advocates Of the resolution is Senator
NJ. A. Hanna, who says he believes
the Tillman charge reflect on the late
President Mckinley, and he will lend
his efforts to a favorable report upon
the ground that the memory of the
assassinated President should be
purged Of all asperSions.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1902-04-02
ADemocrat Unseated.

The Republicans in the House last
Wednesday unseated Mr.. Rhea OF
Kentucky, a Democrat, and seated in
his place Mr.. J. Mackenzie Moss, who
was formerly a Democrat but who,
according to his brief, is in accord
with Republicans on the dominant
issues. The Republican majority in
the house is 43.-While only two Re-
publicanS, Hanbury and Vreeland Of
New York, voted with the Democrats,
enough Republicans remained away Or
declined to vote to reduce the minori-
to 10. The conclusion of the debate
upon the case was rather spirited, Mr..
Rhea making an eloquent defense Of
his right to the seat. Mr.. Rhea made
a severe arraignment Of Mr.. Moss, the
contestant, charging that although
he now called himself Republican
that two weeks before the election he
had registered as Democrat and had
pledged himself if elected to go into
the Democratic caucus. With i'm
paSSioned words he challenged the
contestant or his friends to deny this
statement. II it sdenied." said he,
Il willprove him to be the poor. miser-
able creature I know him to be-
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1902-04-02
A Cruel Husband.

B. Post, a farmer 35 years old,
living on the Worth road, four miles
south of Tanawanda, n. Y, bound his
wife Amanda to a stake in the bull
pen Of his stable Thursday morning,
She wore red calico apron, which
aroused a confined bull to frenzy and
in it's rage the animal attacked the
woman and gored her to death. 1t is
said that Posts act was caused by
jealousy Of Hiram Coates, a Free
Methodist preacher who lives at Ken
more, half mile south of the Post
farm. Coates has been frequent
caller at the Post farm and had often
gone out driving with Mrs. Post.
Thursday night he met Mrs. Post at a
prayer meeting at Kenmore, and as
the pair we're attentive to each other
Post quarreled with his wife on re-
turning home
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1902-04-02
jumped From a Train.

The Blackrille correspondent of The
State says the passengers on the early
morning train from Augusta to Char
lesion witnessed a surprising incident
just before the train reached Black
vile Thursday morning. :, young
lady, Miss May Folk, who lives near
Williston. boarded the train at that
station en- route to Columbia. Upon
nearing the place the porter as usual
called, "Blackville. Miss Folk i'm
mediately rose from her seat. hastily
ran to the door and leapcd from the
train which was then running at SJme
80 or 70 miles an hour. When the
train stopped it returned and found
the young lady unconscious. She WAS
brought to the hotel and found 70 he
severly injured, suffering from concus-
sion Of the brain. shoulder diSlocated
and badly bruised. She is now in 4
very critical condition.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1902-04-02
MASONS ON a LARK
shriners do Not Represent Serious
Side of Grand Lodge.

Grand Master Walter NJ. Whitehead,
of the South Carolina Grand lodge,
contributes card to the Charlesto n
Evening Post Thursday, called Draw"
ing the distinction between Ancient
Free Masonry and the order Of the
Mystic Shrine" with the end in view
that the public should not confuse the
serious order with the amusement
branch Of Masonry, about which so
much is being written and talked now
in connection with the coming cclebra-
tion Of "Shriners' day at the exposi-
tion. Grand Master Whitehead eX-
plains that the Mystic Shrine with all
its amusements and attractions is not
Masonry, although the only prereQuis-
ite for membership In the Mystic
Shrine is that the applicant must be
either Knight Templar or Mason
Of the 32nd degree of the Scottish Rite.
Among other things Grand Master
Whitehead states:
1t is to be expected that the pro
fane," the uninitiated who has never
learned the beautiful system of NOR
ality that Masonry inculcates, may con-
clude from the absurd, farcical parade
and the reference to hot sands" hot
air" sober camels," "astute astrolo-
gers" rope ends" and other fantas-
tic and nonsensical terms, that Mason
ry is unworthy the attention of Seri-
Gus and dignifed men.
Such, however, Is not the case. The
Shrine should not. be confounded with
the Masonic system, as it is neither
Masonry nor a branch Of Masonry.
While it diyerts it's members and
amuses the gaping crowd the grand
old order OF the Masonic fraternity,
which has survived the criticism of
centuries Of inquiring thought, sur
vived. the hostility Of crowned and
heads, grown grander as 1T
has grown older, which has secured
the fealty Of sages, philanthropists
and patriots, which has dried the
tears of orphanage, hushed the wall
Of widowhood, helped the stranger to
friends and the poor 70 benefactors
will continue to move forward down
the centuries undisturbed and undis-
mayed by the silly pranks and foolish |
antics Of the Mystic Shrine.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1902-04-02

it is giving away State secret to say
that there is not 4 man in the House
of Representatives on either side who
sees the proper solution Of this prob
lem ahead. | believe that the Ameri-
can people now face serious situation:
that it will require all the shrewdness
and Christianity of our people to solve
this most difficult question. But |
have faith in the future of the Repub-
lie, despite that international vermi-
form appendix known as the Philippine
Archipelago" y
Mr.. Littleield's speech has been
hailed with delight by the Democrats
and should the Crumpacker
resolution ever reach the House from
committee it is thought not unlikely
that the man from Maine may take the
tlo0r in opposition to the measure.
Certain it is that Mr. Littleheld has
shown that he is nOt afraid to say
what he believes. be it Republican in
sentiment or not
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1902-04-02
DID A GOOD BUSINESS.
The Insurance Made Handsome
Profit Last Year.

The official figures were received
Friday from Mr. A. W. Jrres, who is
in charge OF the insurance department
of the Comptroller Generals office.
showing the income and losses paid by
the foreign insurance companies on
their business in this State. The cor
rected and official figures are today
given for the foreign companies hav-
ing agencies in this State. The state
ment shows that the foreign COM
panieS, which do about half Of the fire
insurance business in this State, have
not come out at all badly and that
they have safe and liberal allowance
on which to do business and, that
after agents commissions have been
paid and an allowance is made for
adjusting and the like, there is Still
a pretty good margin of profits in the
Sruth Carolina business. If the in
surance companies have, as they claim.
lost three millions OF dollars on their
busines east of the Rockies they GER
tainly have not lost any part OF it in
this State, if their aggregate reports,
made mp by the companies themselves,
are to be relied upon. and these re-
ports are made under oath and are the
basis for the taxation Of the various
companies in this State.
The American companies have al
reported, but their figures have not
been verified; but the figures, which
are practically correct and mostly
veritied, show that the total receipts
from premiums for fire insurance for
the year 1901 are S94l, l46 and out Of
this sum S534.7l2 was paid in losses,
which gave the companies ~ per cent
out Of their gross receipts in this
State on which to do business, and it
looks rather reasonable that insurance
business ought to be done on II per
cent after losses have been paid provid-
ed the salaries are not too great q per
centage OF the earnings Of the various
companies. AS will be seen, ofcourSe,
some individual companies did not
take in as much in premiums as they
paid out in losses, but the figures that
are given are for the business OF all the
com mpanies doing business in South
Carolina a2d, parenthetically, it may
be mentioned that those companies
that made money last year on their
business in this, as well as other
States, have all joined in the general
increase of Is per cent on the rates on
and stores. The follow
ing is the Official shoFing made by the
foreign insurance companies doing
business in this State for the year end
ing December 81, 1901:
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1902-04-02
COAST LINE AND SOUTHERN.
Said to Be Uniting to Buy the Plant
System.

The Florence Times is authority
for the statement that veteran rail-
road man who is in position to get
the inside" of Il good many goings On
in railroad circles says that the report
that the Pennsylvania was about to
buy up the Coast Line was not true.
He gives it as coming from a re-
liable source that the true explanation
of the rise in the Coast Line stock IS
due 10 the fact that the Coast Line
and the Southern are to join together
and buy up the Plant system. The
road is the Florida and West Indian
connection OF the two lines and the
Scaboard. The opposition line al
ready has entrance into the promised
land Of the South through the +. G. K
p.
The Plant system is the old road
and ramiieS through the state and
has extensive Georgia connections
and into Alabama, a very rich terrl-
tory. and the road is regarded as
fine piece OF property. Since Mr..
Plants death it does not seem to have
had the successful management that
it had before. and the two great SyS-
tens which are dependent on 1t for
southern connections have joined
together in securing it between them,
which will prevent any war of rates or
business between the Coast Line and
the Southern. The Coast Line con-
meets with the Plant at CarleStOn and
the Southern connects near Savan-
nah.
There are prominent men in all
Of those roads who own stock and large
blocks Of it in the other lines, and
there is no lack Of harmony among
them. This is believed to De the
most plausible explanation Of the re-
cent sensation in railroad circles.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1902-04-02
Republicans in a Hole.

Speaking of the Crumpacker resolu-
tion, Representative D. Linn Goocb,
Of Kentucky, who is one Of the most
conservative men in the house, said
last week that for once the Republi-
cans have placed themselves in hole"
He said further: I'VE remember what
followed the force bill legislation Of the
fifty-first congress-the election Of a
Democratic house and two years later
the election of Mr.. Cleveland. l do
not hesitate to say that in my humble
opinion we will elect Democratic house
this fal! and thus pave the way to car
ry the presidential election in 1904,
and the Crumpacker resolution will
prove to be worth thousands Of votes
to US next November"
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1902-04-02
Better Late Than Never.

The Columbia State says Henry
W&ttcrs0n is always racy. always in
cis;ve, and he made @aod use Of his
genius for phrase-maHing in the
speech he delivered in Washington on
Monday. We hope it will have its cf-
feet upon those present or former
Democrats VINO need Il political cnart.
But Mr. W1ttcrSOn in urging the
Democracy to unite on L platform of
opposition 20 imperialism and abSo-
lutiSm does not blaze out Z new path
f1r the party. Tie national Demo
cratic convention in 1896 distinctly de-
clared that opposition 70 the adminis-
tration's polio! OF imperialism was the
paramount iSsua" Of the campaign
and long before that action was Off
ciaily taken br the party a large ma
ioritr Of the Democratic papers had
committed themselves to the same
proposition. The trouble with Wat
tcrsDr is that he mas not always been
sound on the ISSUE himself. Now that
his views are amended and improved
we are glad: hut We protest that our
newest recruit If somewhat audaciOus
in SIGNALLING his coming into camp by
reading Il general order liking tie plan
Of battle.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1902-04-02
Hard on Funston.

Senator Pattersons. Of Colorado in
the United States Senate Thursday
sharply criticised the methods by
which Gen. Funston captured
Aguinaldo and sought to show that
Ger. Funston's statement published
to today That he had not violated the
articles Of civilized warfare was not
accurate. The senator said that all
authorities upon international law
and the articles Of civilized warfare
declared that the use of the enemy's
uniform was not warranted and that
a man in an enemy's uniform who
killed another man was guilty Of
assassination and outside the pale Of
protection.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1902-04-02
Gen. Hampton's Birthday.

Friday was Gen. Hampton's SftA
birthday and the State says the gene
raj was in tine spirits. 1t was celcbrat-
ed very quietly at his home. lie had
been very unwcll Thursday night. but
Friday he was feeling quite strong ana
was out for ride during the forenoon
and early afternoon. \ number OF
friends called tocongratulate him upon
his birthday. The generals health has
been bad during the past year. but he
has continued cheerful and has taken
4 livnlY interest in current events.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1902-04-02
A Blind Architect.

D. E. Rearden, Boston architect,
is totally blind. Nevertheless he has
designed may building in that city,
and has just completed the plans for
a six-story apartment house to- be
erected by the Perkins Institute for
the Blind.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1902-04-02
Who Can Answer?

Governor McSHeeney has received
a letter from Edwin D. Newton, A.
NJ, NJ. d., asking for the whereabouts
of DR.. J. W. Powell who was medical
director of the Sd army corps Of the
Army OF Northern Virginia. Mr..
Newton was a member of the immedi-
ate staff of Chief Surgeon Guild, A.
y. V.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1902-04-02
After !.:anT Years.

LaborcrS engaged in digging away
4 hill at Gld Brunswick. near VIII
min.ton. \. T.. uncovered Il skeleton
which is believed 70 5r That OF British
soldier killed during " before the rev.
olutiUnarv VIII. IN the white sand
about the skeleton were found num-
Der Of brass military buttons OF English
manufacture during the seventeenth
century.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1902-04-02
Gave His Life for Others.
The Editor of The State:

To the Editor of The State:
Seeing an inquiry in your paper as
to the whereabouts of Dr. J. W. Powell,
surgeon in the Confederate States
army. I will say DR.. Powell went to
Mississippi during the yellow fever
epidemic several years ago and died Of
the fever. He went there to help the
fever sufferers and lost his life. DR..
Powell was native Of Fairfield coun-
ty and has quite number of relatives
in that county now.
J. S. GUNNELL.
New BroOkland, March 26.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1902-04-02
A DANGEROUS Tool.

The best Of bank safes are no longer
burglar proof for Julius E. Haschke. a
Chicago electrician, who has bought
an invention which will enable the
man applying it to cut through the
hardest steel plate as boy with a
knife would cut St. Lawrence county
cheese. Armor plate such as is used
on the United States battleships, can
be perforated as an auger would bite
its way through a plank of Northern
nine
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1902-04-02
Justice at Last.

Neely, Rathbone and Reeves, the
carpetbag officials who loot
ed the Cuban postotfice department,
have received tardy justice in senten-
ces of ten years imprisonment accom-
panied by fines ranging from $685.
600 to $4,000. The cases agalns
them were begun two years ago,
and the slowness Of the American
administration in Cuba in pressing
the prosecutions has been scandal
GUS.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1902-04-02
THE TRUMPET CALL.

THE TRUMPET CALL.
Friends. brothers, Democrats. let
us have done with diSSenSion. Lei Us
turn our backs on the past, or eyes
TO the future, calling against these
things is my comrade, no matter what
he thinks or ever thought about silver
or gold He who would deny me a
place by his SIDE to fight them, must
be either very perVerSe or very blind.
Let US cross no bridges till we come
to them. But already we can see far
enough ahead to take our reckoning.
TOE TIE LINE
There will be but one test OF q
Democrat in l904-toe the line-tOc
the line, saying to arbitrary power
and absolutis,n, thou shalt go no fur
ther; we, too, are in the expansion
business: but our expansion IS for the
religion of the constitution no less
than for the religion Of Christ anI
Him crucihed; our expansion means
peace. not war: the honor. not the de-
gradation Of the flag; and just as sure
" as Jefferson wrote the Declaration
of Independence and Jackson fought
the battle Of New Orleans-t1 resiSC
deSpotism-Shall we make a new
Fourth of July and celebrate another
eighth of January, in resisting this
unrighteous scheme to abolish the
constitution and Mexicanize the gov
ernment.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1902-04-02

am told by a whippersnapper in Shoul-
der straps that, unless | do, ! am
traitor to my country. my reply to
him shall be slap in the face.