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The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1903-03-08

Valley. It. The letter was from w L.
Douglas, president of the company, and
stated that the company desired a loca-
ton for factory in the southwest, ana
asked what inducements Wichita had TO
offer to a proposition of this kind Rep
resentatives Of the company will be here
between the Goth and 18th of this month.
when more may be learned about the
company and its products.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1903-03-08
PROPOSED cAsKET FACTORY.
Iowa casket Company Consider Lo-
catinu in Wichita.

The Chamber of Commerce has prop
ition for another casket factory. This
proposition comes from the Post Inter
national Casket company of Missouri
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1903-07-08
White Man Found Dead.

The Columbia State says Coroner
Green deputized Magistrate Davis OF
the upper part Of the county to hold
the inquest over the body Of the white
man found dead beside the Southern
railway track Tuesday. As yet the
grave ',f this poor fellow will be mark,
ed unknown" for there was nothing
to give clue to his identity. lie had
parts of cotton mill machinery in bis
pocket and evidently was a mill opera
tive. But decomposition had been SC
rapid that, except for bis hair, it
would have been impossible to tell
whether be was a white man or a ne
gro. There was nothing to indicate
the cause Of death, whether sunstroke
or whether be had been beating" bis
way on a train and had fallen off.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1903-07-08
Two Nights in Tights.

Miss Florence Hall, a beautiful
young woman Of Memphis, Tenn,
has quit tbe stage after two nights
in tights. She has more than a local
reputation as a singer, and signed a
contract with the Lyceum Opera COM
pany at the Lyceum theatre for the
summer, but has broken her contract.
Miss Hall gave as her reason that she
had discovered that things were not
what they seemed behind the foot
light. She alleged that the actresses
drank, smoked and swore and that
two days association with them sc
disguised her that she Quit.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1903-07-08
Shot His Rival.

Because Edward May, went to
see young lady near the mouth OF
Big Ugly Creek. in Lincoln County,
W. Va, he got the enmity Of Beamer
Adkins, Of the neighborhood, who
wanted him to cease visiting the girl.
He went Thursday evening to see the
young lady and was followed by Ad-
kins who ran him off the premises
with big revolver, shooting him in
the right side above the hip, probably
fatally. Adkins is in jail at Hamlin,
and the young lady is Frustrated over
the affair, Adkins was rejected by the
girl some time since, when he made
threats, it is alleged, to kill any other
suitor for her hand.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1903-07-08
Eaten By Hogs.

Cynthia Johnson, an aged widow,
who lived near Kinnison, Indian Ter
ritory, was attacked by an unknown
party with club Thursday night and
beaten almost to death. The unknown
man shot her twice and She fell dead.
He left the house and is hiding in the
brush and is stillatlarse. Mrs. Johh-
son was a widow Of some means ana
money was found in her home un-
molested. She had son and daughter
who resided with her, but they were
away at the time Of the killing and
when the daughter, who came home
first, arrived at the gate she founo
their mother dead in The yard. hogs
had attacked her and had eaten her
corpse until it was beyond recognition.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1903-07-08
kniehthood Still in Flower.

Chivalry still lives, and it's home
is in the mountains Of North Caro-
lima. On Quaker mountain the other
day q, neighborhood quarrel resulted
IN pitched battle. In the midst OF
the hostilities picnic party appeared
moving along the road that separated
the enemies. AS soon as the fighters
saw the pinickers one Of them called
out, Boys, stop shooting until these
young ladies and gentlemen pass" At
once the firing ceased and the young
ladies and gentlem passed in safety
Could there have been finer chivalry,
even in the days when knighthood was
in f1ower9
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1903-07-08
They Cheated.

The Charleston county board Of
education has thrown out the ex-
animation pagers of thirty negro men
and women who sought to be teach
ers in the public schools because, as
the board alleges, the applicants
cheated" in the preparation Of their
papers. The examination was held
May 22nd and the board has just an
nounced that certificates will be re-
fused to thirty Of the thirty-fve ap-
plicants for the reason assigned.
County Superintendent Of Education
Miligan said that be saw the irregu-
larities being practiced and warned
the applicants that their papers would
be thrown out if they did not desist.
But this warning had no effect.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1903-07-08

none OF the details but he is very
much affected, for he fears an uprls-
ing Of the negroes and his wife is out
in the country.
Last Saturday and Sunday a negro
had said to him that "a strong wind
is coming out Of the east," by which
metaphor Hutto thinks the negro
meant to convey the idea that the
negroes would rise up and avenge the
public chastisement given negro by
one Of Mr.. Phillips SONS who had been
cursed outrageously by the negro and
had at the first opportunity whipped
the negro on the streets Of Norway.
The elder Mr.. Phillips, who was a
Confederate soldier and disabled in
one arm, threw a rock at one Of the
negroes and this is supposed to be bis
part OF the revenge
Mr.. Hutto has an idea who COM
mitted the daStardly crime but he
does not car; to express himself at
this distance from the crime, for he
uirht he in error.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1903-07-08
A Strenuous Game.

Baseball is a little more strenuous in
Georgia than elsewhere. A dispatch
from Atlanta gives an account OF a
game between rival negro teams near
that city in which base runner was
shotin the act of attempting slide. !"
He was carried to one side and the
game proceeded, the wounded man dy-
ing before the finish. When the score
was tied in the last inning the umpire
made decision which caused him to
be killed in his tracks. The murderers
escaped and the team for which they
made the gun play is gallantly pulling
for the penpant.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1903-07-08
Killed by Tornado.

Eight person are known to have
been killed in tornado which swept
Jackson County, Mimi, THURSDAY
evening. The dead are Mrs. JOS
Fritzer and two children Of Heron
Lake, Daniel, Ella and Settie Gallag'
her, Of Wilder, Mimi, and two uni
Identified men, The storm first struck
four miles northwest of Wilder. ther
turned eastward, laying bare strip
f0fty rods wide and twelve miles long,
The damage to farm buildings is
heavy
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1903-07-08
A Thousand Men Killed.

Dispatch from London says the wal
office today received a. dispatch from
Col. Rochfort, one of the British
officers serving with the AdysSlnIar
forces in Somalililand, which says the
Abyssinians, May 3l.after series Of
forced marches, struck the Mad Null
lah's forces near Jeyd, surprising them
at dawn and killing 1000 spearmen
and capturing almost all their cattle
and sheep anG 1000 came!s.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1903-07-08
A Good Way.

In Norway drunkenness is punished
by imprisonment. AS soon as a man is
incarcerated the delinquent has a LOAF
and wine morning and evening. The
bread is served in a wooden bowl full
of wine, in which it has been soaked
for an hour. The first day the drunk
ard swallows his allowance willing
enough. The second cay it seem less
pleasing. At the end of eight or ten
days prisoners have been known TO
obstain altogether from the food thus
pitilessly presented. This course OF
treatment finished, the drunkard, ex-
cept in rare instances, is radically
cured.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1903-07-08
Farmers Combine.

The North Louisiana Cotton Plan
ter's Association, at its meeting at
Shreveport last week, adopted the
following. 1t is further stipulated
agreed and understood by the parties
to this organization that all the cot
ton, seed raised or controlled by the
members of this association during
the season Of 1903 and 1904 shall be
disposed of by or under the sanction
and supervision of the executive coun-
cil of said association.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1903-07-08
Killed in Church.

Lightning struck the Presbyterian
Church at New Concord, Ohio, during
childran's service and a panic ensued.
A. II. Alexander was killed, his body
being thrown some distance. Shoes
were torn from the feet OF c. L. Alli-
sou and his clothes were badly torn,
and be was rendered unconscious.
Miss Rose Paden was also rendered in
sensible, as well as Miss Mary Alex
ander, daughter Of the man killed.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1903-07-08
Northern On1raSes.

The Memphis Commercial-AppeaI
makes a formidable presentation OF
northern outrages'' against the negro
during the last three months. In 81
cases attempts, more or less successful,
Lave been made by mobs to hang and
burn negroes in the States Of Indiana,
Illinois, New jersey, New York, Ohio,
PENNSYLVANIA, Delaware and Missouri
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1903-07-08
Bitten by a Snake.

A dispatch from Chesterfield says
Wednesday morning Mrs. Fannie
Funderburk, wife Of the Rev. B. S.
Funderburk, while reaching in = bar
rel OF meal in barn to get some for
her cow, was bitten by a rattlesnake
pilit. Medical aid was summoned and
Mrs. Funderburk is now getting along
very we'll, but she has suffered ago.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1903-07-08
Great Invention.

A Moscow dentist has invented sys.
tenn whereby false teeth can be made
to grow into the gums as firmly as
natural ones. After few mouths use
it is lust as hard to extract them as il
is to dislodge the genuine molar, made
on the premises. Soon, possibly, this
tooth grating Moscovite will achieve
suggests, The London Globe, the gid
diest height to which the dentist car
soar, the manufacture Of false teeth
that ache.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1903-07-08

the ball entered and he states that he
did indeed have a pistol and that he
fred it once to frighten his brother,
but that he did not point it at Worth
Hutto. for had he cared to do so he
could have shot every button off Of
his coat. Pinckney Hutto was not in
the habit Of carrying a pistol, and
this weapon is one which his son had
laid on the mantel after having come
in from the farm that afternoon.
When the excitement started Pinck-
ney Hutto slipped the revolver into
his pocket, but be asserts stoutly that
the fatal bullet did not come from his
pistol.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1903-07-08
A Runaway Horse.

A runaway horse created intense
excitement in G.. F. Jones s. Co.
store in Anderson recently. The an
imal became frightened from some
cause, broke loose from its faSteningS
in the rear of the store of Fl. G. John
son & Son, dashed through this store
and then across the street. It ran up
flight Of steps and through partly
open door into the rear room Of Jones
store, which was occupied by the dress
making department.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1903-07-08
Don't Want Them.

Almost unanimous opinion of the
alumni of Charleston college is against
theadmission Of girls and the faculty,
including President Randolph, are
opposed. There is little hope, there
fore, for coeducation.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1903-07-08
Far Better Schools.

Greenville voted on Tuesday by III
TO 81 to issue $40, 900 in bonds for I'M
movements in the city school faclIl-
ties A handsome new building is to be
erected and repairs will be made on
the present buildings.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1903-07-08
HAD 4 PISTOL HIMSELF
New Trial

There was one point in the nara
tive upon which he did not tspeak with
freedom, and that was in regard to
bis having pistol himself. He ad-
mits that the prosecution pointed out
that there was no powder burn on his
brothers clothing at the place where
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1903-07-08
SAFETY OF HIS FAMILY.

In one particular be was very much
worried-tha is In regard to the safe
ty of his family. 1t will be recalled
that The State Tuesday printed a
story Of the terrible homicide at Nor
way. Mr.. John 7. Phillips was shot
in the back OF the head and instantly
killed while at supper Monday night.
Hutto left Norway in the afternoon
before the terrible tragedy and knows
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1903-07-08

neighborhood, and even the trains on
the Seaboard were searched as they
passed in the hope Of finding Jim
Evans who was at first thought to be
the ringleader. All efforts were futile.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1903-07-08

Continued on page i.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1903-07-08
TIE THRoNGED INCREAsEs.

GROW u READG tOft 5.S4AO->.
That latter the argument and the
crowd began to make preparations.
One or two Of the best men IN the
community insisted that an innocent
man should not be killed and addition
al proof was asked tor. A plan was
then adopted that proved to be sue
cessful SO far as discovering who the
guilty negro was. The crowd waited
until nearly , o'elock before anything
was done and then the action was
summary. There was guard around
the jail addition to the town maTsha!l,
3. D. H. Phin. The guard was told
to stand aside. So was Phin. This
he at first declined to do and he posi-
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1903-07-08

nome ana UQe SplIlC vi UEdSduOClO
with which he denied his guilt did as
much to arouse suspicion as the tell
tale tracks across the fields. Further
inquiries developed the fact that ii
was only half an hour before the
tragedy that the Evans'S were seer
hiding behind the dam.
THE FIEND JAILED AT LAST.
Chas. Evans was lodged In the guarc
house early Tuesday morning and the
news began to spread around the
neighborhood. The crime was not dis,
torted. not exaggerated, ministers ano
other prominent citizets said TUESDAY
that farmers and Others said little Of
nothing about the trouble they have
been experiencing with the negros fo
years past. They did not even recall
the fact that when two white men at
tempted to justly punish q negro who
had been i'm pertinent beyond question
they were interfered with by two o.
the very worst characters in the whole
territory roundabout. They simply
wanted to know.
It was not long after Evans was
safely placed in the guard house
which is simply wooden building en
tirely insecure, that the people from
all the country about began to arrive
| in number. They were quiet and or
derly and all they asked what was K
be done. When they learned tha'
Evans was jailed they all agreed thai
| it was best to leave the man to the
law and they began to send ou
scouts to find the other brother. HI
could not be found and kilograms wer
sent to all the stations IN TIL
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1903-07-11
CONDENSED TELEGRAPH NEWS.

Seattls.--A cow derailed an entire
passenger train. save the rear car.
near Edmonds. The engine Is a wreck,
People were injured In the turnover.
but no fatalities resulted.
visnna---The magistrates examih-
ing into the Kishineff massacres have
finished their work. No severer sem
tence than II or IL years' penal servi-
tude Is expected to be inflicted.
ut. Louis.--The secretary Of the
brewery association OF this city testi-
fed that two state senators demanded
$4,000 from the breweries. but that
the latter declined to be held up.
San rranoisco.--The North Shore
railroad authorities believe that the
three recent wrecks have been de-
liberately planned by some one actu-
ated by desire for revenge. Eff
forts to find the guilty are being
made.
Oyster nay, L. 1.-The president
has received a cable from King Ed
ward In which the latter stated that
Mt dinner In honor OF the American
naval officers he had toasted the
president with every feeling OF cor
diality and friendship"
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1903-07-11
S|M|L kAMEEN DISTRICT
MUCH DISAPPOINTED

County Court Judge Spinks Of Yer
non. b. c., Is in the city spending a
Few days on private business. The
Judge numbers hosts Of acquaint-
ances here. made during the days of
the Rossland boom. who are pleased
TO welcome him. Few men in the
neighboring province are so well post
ed on the development that Is going
on as he is. for. besides having an
Immense territory to travel through,
over which he has jurisdiction. HE
is personally interested in the indus
trial development OF British Column
bia.
He has Just returned from a trip
through the simllkameen district and
states that the people are bitterly dis
appointed over the action Of the
Great Northern railway in not max
ing good It's promise to construct the
Victoria, Vancouver & Eastern rail-
way. which will open up one OF the
most diversified sections In the upper
country. He says there Is little de-
yelopment going on in the coal basin.
of which Princeton Is the heart. In
a mining way matters are also quiet.
the only big work being undertaken
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1903-07-11
Harry Baer's Fine
ceIdlng Is Dead.

George. the thoroughbred black
gelding owned by Harry Baer. died
Wednesday night of infls NINA ton of
the bowels. He was one of the finest
animals in the city. the envy of all
horsemen ana the pride OF his owner.
When George was put In the barn at
$50 in the evening and Mr.. Baer
went home the animal appeared In
the best of health.
The team, Jap and George. had no
equal in the city for appearance. Well
matched and spirited. they would
grace the SWEETEST turnout In the
country. George was-a June horse
and years old. Both he and Jap
were. sired by the famous stallion,
Chehalis. George was damed by Be-
douin. by Sutton. Jap is out of An
vii sired by Erickson. Just the day
before he died George was put on the
scales and weighed i165; Jap weighs
1870.
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1903-07-11

Is that at Hedley camp, where M X.
Rogers Of the Nickel Plate mine has
large force. This property Is con-
trolled by the Standard OIL company,
and Is stated to be ono OF the richest
gold propositions in the Similkameen.
The Boundary district is gradually
forging ahead. there being three big
smelling plants IN full operation. The
camps at Phoenix. Deadwood. Provi-
dence and Summit employ large
forces, and II the smelters can be
kept continuously supplied with coke.
the outlook Is most promising.
Up the west fork of the north fork
Of the Kettle river force of men
has been started to work the coal
measures owned by the British CO.
lumbia Coal company. Should 1t be
demonstrated this season that coal
exists In commercial quantities. this
basin will control the coke situation
OF the Boundary district. The coal
Is high grade bltuminous, averag-
ing from IS to 10 per cent in fixed
carbon. One seam OF four feet has
been opened up. A bore-drilling out
At is to be taken in to prospect the
seams at depth.
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1903-07-11

The airship with which the sue
cessful experiments were made last
year was Of four-horse power. while
the new ship Is Of 24-horse power.
The maximum. speed Of the former
was 10 miles an hour. and of the lat
ter 80 miles an hour. The two-blade
screw tractor for propelling the ship
II IL feet in length. The rudder con-
sists OF a silk-covered framework
The airship Is capable of carrying
two passengers, but for the initial
trip tomorrow the daring inventor
will be unaccompanied.
AS to the power of the airship. Mr..
Spencer says it will be able to go
through any wind the velocity of
which does not exceed 80 miles an
hour Extended journeys are plan
ned by the inventor. and he says he
hopes to provide surprises for the
spectators,
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1903-07-11

Butts, ltont.-The work Of the CAN
wasting board In counting the votes
cast at the recent election Of the
American Labor union will not be
completed until Monday or Tuesday.
~ Psul.-Herbert w. Pearson of
Duluth has recovered a Judgment for
$500 against the Great Northern for
services In locating coal mines in
Montana. Pearson wanted a cool
million.
Walla Walla.-Adam Schmidt has
been bound over under bond for the
federal court on charges Of perjury
In connection with the naturalization
of Russians here. Schmidt Is an An
keny man.
Colvills, Wash.--Miss Philip Smith
daughter of Thomas Smith, commit
ted suicide by taking strychnine be-
cause she had been separated from
her lover, a young man of the neigh
borhood named Bert Blair.
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1903-07-11

( The members of the Weyerhaeuser
lumber syndicate party, which ar.
rived in Spokane yesterday from
Standpoint. left this morning for
Occur d'Alene, where they are inter-
ested In the William Howard lumber
plant.
From here their special car. Dako-
ia. will go over the Northern Pacific
for trip to the syndicate's lumber
interests in the Palouse and Potlatch
countries. and thence to the immense
holdings of the syndicate on the west
ern slope of the Cascades.
The establishment of mills in
Washington will be matter depend
ent on the future demand for lumber.
unless the concern decides to erect
some small ones to clear up lumber
In the district on the west side which
was visited by the forest fires of last
summer.
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1903-07-11

or xNTN1DST TO THIN, WEAK
Y1oPL1.
1t Is perfectly understood by every
eick man or woman that II they can
yet some remedy that will stop the
gradual loss Of flesh and atrongth,
their recovery 10 assured. People
who are nervous and unsteady. have
AAAxxy spells, with weakened momory,
and loss Of ambition. their blood Il
pallow complexion and tired manner.
Boon as they commence to gain flesh
they look better and sleep better. TO
gain from one 70 three pounds Of
good. solid flesh per weak the blood
tmust be made rich and pure. DR..
A>ann's Blood and Nerve Tonic puts
In the body the very pith Of what
makes pure rich blood In the most
direct way, and cures disease by maxi
ing strength. This Tonic n In tablet
Form. to be taken right after meals.
IL enriches the blood. making force
where there was faintness. For wom-
ems weakness q better remedy was
never made. Sold by all druggists
for 76c per box. or three boxes for
-. or sent by mail. Write w about
your case. Address DR.. Bosanko Co,
Philadelphia, Pa. For sale by Chas.
NcNab, corner Washington street and
Riverside avenue.
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1903-07-11

LONDON, July IA remarkable
Airship trial is to take place from
The Ranelagh club grounds today.
when Stanley Spencer. the young aer-
onaut, who sailed over the northern
suburbs Of London last year. will take
. new and powerful airship across
Che metropolis at a speed which may
range up to 80 miles an hour.
The total length Of the new ship
Is about 30 feet and the breadth In
the widest part about % feet. Be-
meath the cigar-shaped balloon Is sus-
pended the bamboo framework car
rying the one or two passengers, the
petrol motor. the screw tractor or
propeller. and the rudder. The pro-
pcller Is fixed in front. the rudder
at the rear. Everything Ia worked
from the car by an apparatus similar
10 that used for operating the brake
on cycles.