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The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1902-05-28
TOO MANY LOVE LETTERS
Gave Postmaster SO Much Work
That He Resigned.

The postmaster at Burnips Corner,
Mich, sent his resignation to Wash
ington a month ago, because so many
letters came for one person he could
not handle them. This called Uncle
Sans attention to most ridiculous
matrimonial farce comedy. Now a
man and a women are in jail and the
mail has dropped to normal proper
tions. Mrs. Lizzie Coffey, living in a
little log hut in the most desolate
and forsaken region in Michigan,
advertised in matrimonial gazetteS far
and wide that she was a young widow
with some $4,000 to $50, 900 in her
own right and was heiress to nearly a
million.
She gave glowing descriptions of her
personal charms, using portraits of
Maxine Elliott: an actress in SubStan-
tiation, and said she wanted nice,
congenial, good, honest husband, who
would care for her and use heI
property to good advantage. The ad-
yertisements were answered by thous-
ands OF men from all parts of the
world. Letters came from every state
in the Union. There were letters
from the Philippine Islands, letters
from Europe, letters from South Am
erica and even from far of frozen
Alaska.
These letters annoyed the postmas-
ter, who had to transport the mail
six miles. Lizzie CotTey says she is 81
years old. She looks older. She is
thin, listesS, and cunning. She looks
stunted: like the pines that grow in
the sand about her hor1e. The house
that sheltered this ''heiress to a mil
lion" is built of logs. 1t perches on a
barren side hill, unpa!nted, grim and
like tomb.
When the postmaster rebelled, the
postoflice authorities began an investi-
cation. The woman heard of it. She
elopad with Frank Kipen and left her
husband, dazed and heartbroken. The
pair were arrested by postoffice in
Spectors at Paramount, Minn. kipen
was releasd. Coffey was arrested
Thursday. He and his wife are charg-
ed with violating the postal laws.
More than one thousand letters from
amorouS SWainS were seized in the log
h0uSn
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1902-05-28
GERMAN STUDENTS cONPLAIN.
Tag Them Out Of Berlin Tech
aical College.

The Berlin correspondent of the
New York Times says that, according
to the Ber.iner Tageb.a;;. tie minis
ter of education has issued :.s~ regu-
latiouS in regard to the adn.is ,;>a Of
foreign students al the Gsrliu t:ch-
nical college. The Germans complain
that the foreigners crowd them out
of the laboratories and lecture rooms.
and that the foreigners are admitted
without any documentary evidence OF
previous education. The chief offend
ers are Russians.
1t is now reported that the minis
ter directs that Russians are only to
be admitted if they can prove previous
attendance or matricula tion at Rus
sian technical college. Other foreign
ers must produce certificate OF gen
eral education as we'll as proof that
they have attended technical col
lege.
It has also been decided, according
to the Berliner Tageb,att. that small
class of students called "hospitarte,'
now admitted TO the lectures at Ger
man universities as guests. without
the right of obtaining certificates or
degrees, shall be abolished in the ma
chine engineering department of the
college. and only allowed in other de-
partments under exceptional circum-
stances.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1902-05-28
Death in Z Coal Mine.

A special from Fernie, B. c., says:
In the terrible explosion at $50 Fri
day evening in No. > shaft Of the
Crows Nest Pass Coal company's mine,
near Fernie, which also extended to
No. ) shaft. only 35 OF the 200 men
working in the mine at the time are
known to have escaped. Nine dead
bodies have been taken out up to noon
Friday. OF the 100 men entombed it
is feared tie majority are dead. The
scenes at the mines and in the villages
Of Fernie are heartrending. Hardly a
house has escaped atfliction. The
work OF the rescue is being hurried
and perfect order prevails, assistance
coming from every available source.
The presence OF the coal damp is ad-
ding to the danger OF rescue work. 4
fear has become general that the
mines may catch fire at any time and
survivors are being beSought by their
relatives not to venture into the shaft
even for reSuce work.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1902-05-28
chopping Cotton by Machinery.

The Fort Mill Times says W. B.
Castles of Hickory Grove, York coun-
ty, has patented device for chop
ping out cotton, which is pronounced
success by all who have seen it. Last
year he used it in his own crop and
saved so much cost and obtained such
good results that he had it patented.
1t is said that the machine is OF in
estimable value to cotton growers,
since il does the work Of eight men
and does it better than by hand insthe
old way, and owiGg to the growing
scarcity OF labor on the farm during
cotton chopping season, and its unre-
liability, the farmer will no longer be
dependent upon floating labor for his
help to chop out his cotton. Com
bined with cotton picker, this may
add new hope to those who care to
hold to what has for so long time
been the staple crop of the South. 1t
is also claimed for this machine that
it is adapted to the sugar beet culture
and other products Sown in drills where
the thinning process is required.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1902-05-28
4 Yellow Fiend.

The People Of Fort Mill were excit-
ed Saturday and are still wrought up.
On Saturday young lady. daughter
of the proprietor Of a hotel at Fort
Mil and one of the best families in
town, went to the lot, 20 feet from the
hotel and in full view OF the street. to
milk a cow. AS she stopped over. a
negro struck her from behind. She
screamed. He choked her into inSen-
sibility. He then became frightened
and ran. A negro woman saw him
leap a fence. The young lady saw
nothing but a yellow hand with a
knife in it. Two negroes are now in
jail on suspicion. All yellow negroes
are being arrested to be Identified.
Every negro house and clubhouse in
town has been searched The people
are quiet but determined. The young
lady's neck is badly bruised and swol-
len and her face scratched. It IS not
known how long she was unconscious.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1902-05-28
Wiped Out by Earthquake.

\ special dispatch from Guatemala
SAYS that the town OF Quezaltenango
has been wholly destroyed by an earth
quake. which lasted three-Quarters OF
a minute. Business is entirely sus-
pended in Guatemala, and a great part
of the coffee crop there has been de-
stroyed. It was reported from Guate-
mala City. Guatemala. April 20. that
earthquake shocks, which were gen.
eral throughout that country April is,
10 and 20, partly obliterated the town
of Quezaltenango and badly damaged
Amatitan, Soloa, Nahuala. Santa
Lucia and San Juan. Two hundred
persons were reported killed, mostly
women and many people were injured.
Quezaltenango had a population OF
about 25,O00 people. is handsomely
built. we'll paved and has a richly
decorated cathedral, several other
churches and a fine city hall.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1902-05-28
STx LIVES LOST.
:. Fatal Wa:erspout Strikes CcvinS-
ton, Kentucky.

! ton, Kentucky.
! \ dispatch from Cincinnati says d
terrific rain and wind storm ac-
companied by 4 Waterspout, swept
over that locality on Tuesday Of last
week causing the loss OF six lives and
injuring many others The fury Of
the storm continued only 20 minutes
but the damage wrought in that time
will amount to more than Il million
dollars in the business section Of Gin
cinnati and as much more in other
parts = The city and it's suburbs.
Pcior to the unprecedented falling
Of rain dense clouds were seen to the
south and the city became as dark as
night ii was afterwards learned that
there had been a terrific waterspcut
on the LeWisburg hills, in the south
crn suburbs of COyington, Ky, and it
moved over the Kentucky suburbs into
this city. passing up the Miami valley
with damages reported as far as Day
ton, O.
While storm damages are reported
throughout Kentucky, the worst point
seems to have been in the suburbs Of
Covington. Ky, where there was d
watcrspout. The water rolled down
the hills in a wave 20 feet deep at
places and about 100 yards wide. The
frame house Of Edward Wohrley was
carried away for distance Of over
four blocks and finally dashed to pieces
in the Coyington ball grounds. The
house was occupied by four families.
OF these Mrs. Flacher and Willie
! Wi.len were drowned. The others mar
rOWly escaped.
Davicr and Becker who were driving
teams we're swept from their wagons
by the rush Of water and drowned.
Belleyille, a carpenter. was carried
away with the roof OF building OH
which he was working, and killed.
Rapp, peddler, was caught by the
water while attempting to take his
goods out Of a cellar.
All the towns opposite Cincinnati
suffered damage from broken windows
and houses being unroofed but the
greatest damage on both sides Of the
river, especially to the business houses
in Cincinnati and also in Covington
and Newport: Ky, came from cellars
being suddenly filled with water.
Supt. Bassler Of the United States
weather bureau, reported the wind as
80 miles an hour and the rainfall in
less than half hour 2.36 inches, the
| greatest on record here.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1902-05-28
PLANS OF MEDICAL INSTITUTE
D. Rockefeller Adopts q Scheme
OF Work.

A tentative working plan has been
adopted by the officers of the Institute
for Medical Research. founded by John
D. Rockefeller. by whom it was en-
dowrd with S200,C0O. It follows: To
expend $4,000 year. divided so as to
provide for 40 scholarships. To make
appointments for one year. To have
candidates recommended by heads of
varin:!s laboratories to the board o.
directors. To choose only persons
pursuing, or about to pursue. investi-
cations on some important subject in
pathology. bacteriotogy or hygiene.
At the time the announcement was
made that Rockefeller had given $780,
900 to found the institute, it was said
that one OF the first things the insti-
ute would 90 would be to investigate
the milk supply of the city. in cooper
alton with the board of health. This
task was completed some time ago.
It is said now that work of a more
ambitious nature, involving original
research, and an effort to throw new
light on problems which are as yet un
solved by medical science will be taken
up in the autumn. -
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1902-05-28
FISH ATE ENGAGEMENT RING.
Lucky Angler and Returned
to Owner.

"No one at Susquehanna, Pa, will
ever wear this ring! Here it goes!"
said Charles Bloodgood to Miss Eliza
Turnbull one August night in 1850, as
he tossed their engagement ring into
the Susquehanna river near Unadilia.
Bloodgood and Miss Turnbull mad come
from Mansfield, o., to visit mutual
friends, and had quarreled while re-
turning home from picnic. After
their return to Ohio they become rec
onciled and were married.
On Monday last while fishing for
pickerel in the river near Wilsea, 40
miles south of Unadilla, two anglers
made a big catch. \ cousin of Blood
good, one Of the fishermen, on open
.ng his fish found gold ring in it. He
FURNISHED it up and discovered the in
itials of Bloodgood and Miss Turnbull.
&c sent the ring to his cousin.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1902-05-28
A Strange Visitor.

4 stone weighing about five pounds
and probably meteoric. fell at st.
Louis Friday morning. 1t was i'm
beded in the earth for several feet
When it was dug upit was so hot that
it could not be handled, and was roll
ed into a pool Of water, where it re-
maincd for two hours before it cooled.
1t appears to be composed Of iron and
is strongly impregnated with sulphur.
The question has been raised as tc
whether it is a volcanic stone hurled
out of Mount Pelee. Martinique, be-
ing thrown above the atmosphere SUI
rounding the earth, and finally COM
ing back within the confines Of the
laws of gravitation and falling in st.
T DuiS
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1902-05-28

Santa Ciar,; and nuGta ;rrtrcsses were
lowered. Tie Jurisdiction o' i; Il:
United States lad ended.
In the mcantiin: {. C;Dan day ijai!
been bent n:I the billiards GE III"
palace flagstaff. and by his uwn tiaia.
Gen. Wood raised ii, as III ;,ct of the
United States Gen. Gomez assisting
hi..l. AS the Ilag flew free the streets be-
low fairly waved with the cheer that
arose. 1t was caught up by the .pco-
pie en- the roofs and rolled over the
city. Again the cavalry below saluJed.
aud again the guns OF ClbInaS spoke.
this time with /, national salute Ui 2l
guns. The bands stationed Oh the
plaza, at CabanaS and at NalecJa
crashed out with pride of country al
the revenue cutters and baJtleshlps in
the harbor thundered The strength q.
the war. The foreign warshipS hoist
ed the tag of Cuba to their mastGeads
and bestowed upon it tie bolors due
to nations. The ersignS cf Great
Britain and Italy had recognized tht
republic.
GEN. WOOD SAILS AWAY.
The demonstration was still in pro-
gress when the cavalry wheeled and
marched to the wharf, where they
Immediately embarked on the Moro
Castle.
Gen. Wood and his adjutanJ gen
eral. Col. Scott. with TWO aides, after
Il last exchange Of good wishes were
driven to the pier where they entered
a launch and were fiicked away to the
Brooklyn. Both ships got under way
as soon as possible and steamed out Of
the barbor. The man at the traffrail
Of the Brooklyn was kept busy dip
ping the flag in answer to the salGteS
OF the thousands upon the water front
who watched her departure.
While This was occurring at IIabana,
Il similar scene was being enacted at
Santiago where Gen. WhitSide at
neon turned over the authority To
Bis Cuban successor, and sailed away
with two troops of the Eight cavalry.
Only eight batteries Of American
ARTILLERY remained OF Cuban sci. y
chapter of American history was
ended and the first capter OF the his
tory Of the Cuban republic was begun.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1902-05-28
The Mine Disaster,

twenty-five bodies of the victims of
the Fraterville mine horror at Coal
Creek, Tenn, are still missing,
Searching parties have brought out
two hundred and four dead bodies
and they are now hard at work in the
dark portals Of the three entries Of the
mine in efforts to recover the remain
der. An awful stencil prevades the
mine. due to the numerous dead hu-
man bodies that were found therein
and also to the dead carcasSeS of
nineteen mine mules, none of which
have vet been brought out.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1902-05-28
State House Finished.

The Columbia State says at last
the State House commission has prac-
tically concluded its labors. Friday a
tina! meeting was held for the specific
purpose of settling with the contrac-
tor and the architect. \ full settle
ment was made and the building for
mally received from the contractor.
The warrant for the final payment
was issued Friday.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1902-05-28
Burned to the Stake.

y dispatch from Longview, Texas,
says the elimination of the man-hunt
which has been in progress since last
Saturday week was reached Thursday
when Deadly Morgan, colored, who
assaulted Mrs. Mckee, wife of a Texas
and Pacific foreman at Lansing, Tex.
was burned at the stake near Lam
sing. Thousands of people witnessed
the burning.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1902-05-28
Killed in a Prize Fight.

Tommy Noonan, OF Chelsea, Mass.
died Saturday morning from the ef.
fects of blow received from Eddie
Dixon. Of Chicago, in a boxing contest
at the LenoX Athletic club in Boston.
Dixon is in custody, having surren5
dered to the police Immediately after
it became apparent last night that
Noonan had received d serious injury.
The fatal blow was delivered in the
fourth round of what was to have
been a six a round bout. 1t landed on
Noonan'S jaw and he dropped to the
floor.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1902-05-28
Pa,ats Mauterpiece at Eighty.

NJ. Ziem, the great painter of Ven
ce scenes, has completed a painting
Of the naval fetes at Toulon. NJ. Lou
bet the other day took the trouble
of visiting NJ. Ziem in his Montmar-
tre studio. he greatly admired the
picture and warmly congratulated
the artist. In view of the fact that
the artist is so years old, the task
is considered a tour de force. Ex-
perts declare the work a masterpiece.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1902-05-28

y special from Goliad, Texas, says:
At ":l5 Oci,}ck Sunday afternoon a
tornado struck the historical town Of
Goliad and left death and desolation
III its pathway beyond the power of pen
to portray.
y correspondent reached The scene
at O'Clock on q special train from Vic
toria, Texas. which brought doctors,
nurses and medicines, friends and rel
atiyeS Of GOl!ad people an5 5he O'Con-
nor Guards. NE scene Yaich met
thc eye on reaching the scene of des-
truction. which was in the western
part OF the city, WIS appalling. Be-
tween Church aud Pdtri:a streets,
which run north and south for a dis
tance OF d mile. only one house was
left standing.
Very little damage was done except
within these Boundaries over width
Of 250 yards. Thc tornado was preced-
ed by Il heavy haiistocm and a deep
rumbiing sound. bat no one had any
premonili0n Of the disaster. and there
was 10 opportunity for escape as the
cyclone l:Id passed in q few moments.
The section which has most suffered
was the residence portion. the lower
part being the negro settle nent while
the upper part contained inlny fine
residences
The Methodist and Baptist churches
and the Baptist parsonage, both new,
and the negro Methodist church were
destroyed. The Episcopal church was
badly damaged and fully 100, houses
were totally destroyed.
A stone residence was the only
building in the pathway OF the storm
that was not entirely demolished, but
it was badly damaged. The people Of
Goliad, realizing at once the great
calamity and the terrible loss Of life
and injured, telephoned to their
sisters, Cuero and Victoria, for assis-
tance, which was responded to i'm
mediately.
The latest reports from Goliad state
that SO persons were killed and 103
injured by the tornado which passed
over that city Sunday afternoon. The
property loss in the city and surround
ing country will probably reach $780,
900. The storm swept the city from
end to end and demolished $50 stores
and residences, many of which cannot
be repaired.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1902-05-28
Statue Cnyailed.

Amid enthusiastic demonstrations
of a great concourse Of people. the
superb statue Of Count de Rocham-
beau. who brought the forces OF
France across the sea at the hour OF
greatest peril in the American Revolu-
ton, was unveiled Saturday. Seldom
has an event presented so many bril-
liant features Of military pageantry
and at the same time given occasion
Of the strong bonds Of friendship eX-
isting between the French republic
and the United States.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1902-05-28
TO BE CONTINUED
CuDa LiDre.

At noon on last Tuesday week,
Cuba's natal day. the Cuban flag was
raised over the West Indian building
at the Charleston exposition by the
Cuban commissioners and a salute OF
u guns was fired in honor Of the birth
Of the Cuban republic. Short speeches
were made by members Of tle COM
mission and the officials Of the eXposi-
I :cr
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1902-05-28
American Buys sed OF King.

It is not every American million
aire who can dream of his increas-
ing wealth while lying in a bed upon
which once rested the form of a king.
Yet the other day a full bedroom
suite of ash and olive wood, once used
by Charles x, was sold to wealthy
American for $500, low price when
the historical associations of the
furniture are taken into considera-
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1902-05-28
A COAL MINE HORROR.

The worst disaster in the history
Of Tennessee mining occurred at I.30
o'clock Monday morning, when bet
ween 1I5 and 225 men and boys met
instant death at the Frateryille coal
mine, two miles west Of Coal Creek as
a result Of gas explosion. Out Of
the large number Of men and boys who
went to work Monday morning deVel-
opnents at 10 o'clock Monday night
show that only one is alive and he is
50 badly injured that he cannot Ere.
This man was VIM. Morgan an aged
Epglishman. who was road man in
the mine and was. blown out of the
entrance by force OF the exposion. One
hundred and seventy-tiye miners were
checked ia for work Monday morning
by the mine boss. In addition to
these were boys, who acted as helpers
and drivers, roadmen and Others to
the number of perhaps fifty.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1902-05-28
,T.y Abandon the Island.

\ dispatch from Paris says the
minister of the colonies has cabled to
Governor L Huerre at Fort de France.
inStructing him to make all possible
arrangements for the embarkation OF
the inhabitants of Martinique in the
event of circumstances neceSSitating
the evacuation Of that island.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1902-05-28
, Shake in Augusta.

an earthquake shock was felt in
Augusta Saturday morning. 1t was
very light. and did no damage as far
as can be learned, but was neverthe-
less very distinct.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1902-05-28
British Minister Dead,

Lord Paunccfote. British ambaSSa-
dor to the United States, died at the
embassy in Washington Saturday
morning at 5.35 o'clock.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1902-05-28
DEATH II I'EI;;5 AIR.
z Ijrnai, ,yiy=s %: a Towa in the
S.a;a @. TeXac.
11::II22..EHTIY-EIGaT PEOPLE KILLED.


to- be Dead.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1902-05-28

Still:" and aS he looked at the beautl-
full face, so calm in the majesty OF
death. he turned TO the bearer OF the
message and said
Tell ASSunta di Cynthia that IN pro-
portion as loved my wife dislike the
child. and that give her entirely to
her. never wishing to see her or hear OF
her again"
At the same time he was just. he
offered to settle q certain sum of money
on the little one. more than sufficient
to educate her and to dover her. AS
.suntas pale flushed crimson when she
heard it.
Il touch that accurSed English
gold" she cried. Il would see all
Venice perish first
Without another WORD she took the
child in her arms and left the house.
Even in death she refused to look on
the face OF her SiSteragain.
Then came for Jasper long blank.
He remembered in after years that ne
had stood by the grave of his Wife--he
remembered falling upon it witha loud
bitter cry-then came blank. The
roses and passion-tl0wers were in full
bloom when that happened: when he
recovered his senses. tie roses had
! withered, the paSSi0n-f0werS were
dead. and the winter WIS coming. lie
was living. not in his own hOuSe-wise
doctors had for bidden that-but in
one of tie large hotels in Venice, fight
ing for life. He lived. but the world
was never the same to him again. His
youth. his love. his hopes, his heart
all lay in the grave of his young wife.
He was never the same. When he was
strong enough to travel. he returned
home. and his parents were almost be-
side themselves with grief at his
changed face.
~ fever caught in Italy" explained