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The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1903-06-10
A Fatal Wreck.

4 special from Paola, Kan. says
two Sante Fe trains, q north bound
and a special south bound collided
head on, one mile north 6; Stillwell,
Kan. Nine persons are cad and
twenty-eight are said to be Injured.
The lls-Fargo express messeng'r is
still under the wreckage. Five
coaches and both engines are in the
ditch. The dead are to be taken to
Olathe, Kan, and the injured to
Kansas City. Is is reported that the
cwo trains were to meet At Stlliwell,
but one conductor misread his orders.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1903-06-10
Chopped off Mans Head.

A special from TaZewell, Tenn,
saws Sam Davis was killed near that
place late Tuesday afternoon, Fale
Minton chopping his head of and
burying an ak several times in his
body. The men engaged in difficulty
in Minton'S house. Minton was put
in the Tazewell jail Tuesday night
and the sheriff made preparations for
protection against mob violence, fears
Of which were expressed Tuesday
nipht
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1903-06-10

have been killed instantly. hut the
fate which Jared them also SAVED, for
with the impact Of The application Of
the emergency brake, the fireman was
shot cut OF the cabe window aS out Of
a catapult. Tie engineer jumped to
keep from being caught IN his Gao,
and ran upon tie tender. When the
engine Settie6and the tender careened
upon its end, Engineer Wilson was
also thrown to the front and to the
side landed in q bed of sand, cut so
near to the engine that he was Scald
ed trishtfully. He received several
facial abrasionS and was hurt inter
nally. Tie fireman escaped with
Slight bruises anG ran all the way
from The Scence OF disaster to Wedge
field to get help for those who were
iniurpH
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1903-06-10
School Children Rescued.

The rescuing party sent from St
Joseph, Mo-, to Topeka composed of
75 men with steam launches and row
boats have returned and their places
will be taken by other volunteers. The
St. Joseph men rescued 200 school
children from the Grant school, i'm
priSoned there since last Friday. The
childred were in half starved condi-
tion. The rescuers shot and killed d
negro caught in the act OF lootlng
deserted houses.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1903-06-10
THE CONDUCTORS DEATH.

The train consisted Of a refresh
ment car and tive coaches. 1t was in
the former that Conductor Clements
met death. lie had been sitting in
the middle passenger coach talking to
the only white passenger aboard, Mr..
f. W. X. kellam OF North Carolina,
travelling salesman. While they
were talking two negro preachers.
DENLY from Marion and Meseley from
Nichols. came up and asked the CON
ductor to assist them in some matter.
They had just lad time to walk
through the two coaches 10 front and
to get to the refreShment car when
came the awful crash. AS soon as
Mr.. Kcllam could eXtricate himself
from the tangle Of passengers thrown
upon him. he made his way cut OF the
car, which was only partially dcra!lec
and went in search Of the conductor.
whom hc found lying at the bottom
OF The ravinc Of the floor OF what had
been the refr. shment car, now roof
less and Shapeless and with its run
ming gear 80 feet away. Mr.. kellam,
seeing a terrible cash across the left
side of the face Of the inSenSible con-
ductor, felt of Mr.. Clements pulse
aod Immediately realized that the &C
commodating and popular conductor
had taken his last train order.
WORK OF RESCUE.
kellam, making his way back tC
those coaches which had not been de-
molished secured the axes and saws
and got the uninjured to work remov-
ing and caring for the suffering. The
tlagman had gone back to warn the
regular passenger train which was ap-
preaching hard upon the heels Of the
ill-starred excursion. The porter was
hurt and helpless, his collar bone hay.
ing been broken. and there was no one
of the train crew left to look after
those who were burt.
The most miraculous part Of such
dreadful tragedies as this is the fact
that when it seems that no one could
escape alive there are really SO few
casualties. In this particular wreck
there were many people who received
injuries, serious and slight. but there
were but five fatalities. The cars in
which the Injured and the dead hao
been riding were literally torn into
kindling wood, the destruction being
so complete that even upon close ex'
animation it would be almost impossi'
bic to tell whether two or three
coaches had their parts SO mixed in
the mad confusion.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1903-06-10

The ABOVE were OaLCIeS ID WHICH
the Confederates attacked their ad-
TerSaries in strongly intrenched posi-
tionS, but in every case the losses Of
the southern troops we're out Of pro-
portion to their numbers but they
never received blow without inflict-
ing tremendous losses in return.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1903-06-10

Aggegate l60, 25 4
1t is plain, however, that the mus
ter rolls of the Confederates are ex-
tremely incomplete, because they give
North Carolina II, killed, while
they give Alabama only total Of 552,
and Virginia 5,32s, and Georgia, 81
53S. and Mississippi 5,807, when it is
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1903-06-10
THE GREAT FLOODS.
The Situation in the Overlooked Sec
tions Improving.
GREAT MENTAL SUFFERING.

OF Property.

A dispatch from Kansas City says
Blue sky was visible above Kansas
City Tuesday afternoon. The rains
have disappeared and the sun was
visible for the first time this week.
The waters of the kaw river have
fallen eight inches are steadily dcclin-
ing at the rate OF about one-half an
Incl, an hour. In the Missouri the
high stage OF 35 feet is still main
taincd. but this is due 20 the rise
which has been coming down the
Missouri proper and has been able to
offset the fail in the .kaw. 1t is the
water of the latter stream, however.
! that has caused all the damage in this
city and in Kansas City, Kas., and
with it at a normal stage, business in
| Kansas City soon will resume usual
conditions. This city, by u narrow
margin has escaped serious short
age in food, has faced the peril Of fire,
utterly helpless to avert its conSe-
ouenceS, has suffered millions Of dollars
Of damage to property and sustained
loss in life that in all probability
never will be accurately measured, and
now it is commencing to believe
promises of better things.
The situation shows improvement
on almost every SIDE: the waters are
falling: the gas has been turned into
the mains once more and there is no
immediate danger of serious short
age of food. The city has cared for
its OVID and is abundantly able to do
so still, but there is not sufficient food
on hand to permit the relief committee
and the municipal officers to feel easy
over the outlook. The transportation
facilities at the present time are so
limited that not much freight can be
brought in at a time and there is
danger that the demand may outrun
the supply.
Two men lost their lives Tuesday in
the attempt to save others. Just
keenan, was drowned while endeavor-
ing to rescue some people from the
Adams house in Union avenue and Ed
ward Brooks lost his life in Liberty
street, where bis skitf was overturn-
ed by an eddy while he was endeavor-
ing to get another man out of a build
ing. A number OF bodies were seen
floating down the strram, but are
believed to be those OF people drown
ed further up the kaw, probably at
North Topeka.
Fully fifty people were brought TO
the Twelfth street viaduct during the
day by boatmen. None of them had
been in great danger. Many people
are still in the warehouses and office
buildings and will remain there until
the flood subsidies. They are entirely
safe and fairly comfortable. There
is very little probability OF much
greater financial damage than has al
ready been done. There have been
some reports of settling Of various
large buildings in the wholesale dis
trict but they appear to have settled
in remarkably even manner and
expert examination will be required
to prove that they are in dangerous
condition.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1903-06-10
A Y:ANNING CHAS}I.
Into Which an Excursion Train
Loaded With Negro Plungel.
OCCURRED NEAR WEDGEFIELD
Danger Failed.

An excursion train from Nichols to
Columbia Oh the Atlantic Coast Line
Railroad was wrecked between Wedge
field and Cane Savannah. about eight
miles from Sumter, Wednesday morn
ing. The train wa: taking large
crowd of colored people to Columbia.
When eight miles from Sumter, going
at full speed, it plunged into a deep
washout Tie engine. the baggage
car and three coaches were thrown in
a heap. and the crew and passengers
crushed in the wreck.
The water which had been lying
placidlv beside the embankDent had
become a torrent unlaShed, and the
pent up force tore a gaping hole in
the path Of the train. Into this fs-
sire the train plunged-and the At
lantic Coast Line service has lost one
Of its best passenger conductors: foar
eXcursioniSts are reported dead. and
others are suffering from severe IN
jurieS. There were 81 Of the pas
senger list Of less than hundred, who
suffered injuries OF more or less i'm
pCrtance.
The illfated train was an excursion
from Nichols, Marion county, aud
was running just ahead OF the regular
morning train from Sumter to Colum-
bia. The eXcursioniSts were negro
preachers and their friends going to
the commencement Of one of the col
ored colleges in Columbia
DEAD AND WOUNDED.
J.. J. Clements of Florence. conduc-
tor, killed Instantly by blow on head.
Frank Ross and Minnie Ross, his
wife, colored.
Joe Davis, colored, Marion.
Ned Weston, colored, Marion. Died
on relief train while being taken to
Sumter.
In addition thirty-ive passengers
were hurt. The engineer, George
w. son, was also badly hurt. All the
killed and wounded were colored ex-
cept Conductor Clements and Engi-
neer Wilson.
The worst cloudburSt which has
been known in that section of Sumter
county in a quarter OF century swept
over Wedgeheld community Tuesday
night aud for hours the water fell in
sheets. The very clouds seemed to
have been drawn from under SuS-
pended lake. But the section fore
men and track inspectors Of the Coast
Line went over the line and could find
nothing which forebcde the terrible
disaster which blotted train out CT
existence. The morning passenger
train had passed over the same stretch
of track on it's way from Columbia to
Sumter, and freight train had also
passed along this very place and had
noted no weakening in the embank-
nnent
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1903-06-10
Excess Of federalS so, 900
Deaths Of Confederate prison
ers -. ........ 1876
Deaths OF federal prisoners. %. SO
Excess of Confederate

Excess or Confederate
Commenting on these figures, the
present efficient and studious Confed-
crate Surgeon General Tebault says:
According to these figures the per-
centage of federals deaths in southern
prisons was under 8. while the per-
centage OF Confederate deaths in
northern prisons was over 21. These
mortuary statistics show how faith
fully and devotedly the Confederate
medical corps cared for the prisoners
of the Confederacy in spite of the
scant supply of medicines and instru-
ments and works on medicine and
surgery, and the most absolute essen
tials for satisfactory treatment, these
having been made contraband Of
war"
That the Confederates, by reason
OF their smaller numbers were forced
to fight with greater energy and to
expose themselves more prodigally to
the enemy's fire is shown by the re-
turns of losses in killed and wounded
T. l. kAl
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1903-06-10
A Sad Case.

The infant child of Col. W. G.
Stephenson OF the Kings Mountain
academy. Yorkvlle, died on Monday
from swallowing broken glass.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1903-06-10
" AR STATISTICS.
Further Statement Of Forces and
Loses On Each Side
IN THE GREAT CIVIL WAR.
The Southern Soldiers Had to Fight
Against Great Odds and Take
More Risks Than the
Northern.

Some days ago the New Orleans
picayune printed statistics showing
that in the Civil war the losses Of the
Confederates in killed were il proper
tion greater than were those of the
federalS.
This statement was questioned on
the ground that the federal armies
were made Up in the aggregate Of
nearly five times the number Of men
possessed by the Confederates, and
that, therefore, the largest army
should naturally have suffered the
greatest loss in battle 1t was con-
tended, on the other hand, that the
smaller army, in order tostand against
the greater, was compelled to fight
with more desperation and daring, and
that, therefore, its men subject to
greater loss. Moreover, any force
lighting at large odds would have to
endure tile fire of a greater number of
rniSsclS, and this would expose it to
greater loss.
Unfortunately, many Of the Confed
crate war records were lost or de-
stroyed in the evacuation Of and re-
treat from Richmond, and therefore
the Confederate returns are not COM
plete and 20 accurate account is avail
able. The war department. at Wash
ington, which has charge Of all the
Confederate war records, has recently
begun the work of completing, as far
as possible, the Confederate records as
to numbers and losses Of men, and
call has been made which should be
promptly responded to, asking Confed
crate survivors and State authorities
possessing muster rolls and other data
of the sort, to send them, either as a
loan or gift, to the war department at
Washington, so that they may be
copied and used to supply the lost
records. So fer as the figures are
available today. The Picayune re-
peats with additions the figures print
ed by it last Wednesday.
The figures in regard to the union
army are taken from the Statistical
Record" by Capt. Frederick Phisterer,
then of the army, published by Charles
Scribner's Sons, New York, 1888, and
declared to be compiled from army or
ders, registers Of regulars aud volun-
teers, reports Of the adjutant general
Of the army, and from those Of the pro-
vost marshal general Of the army, the
Medical History Of the Rebellion"
and other sources.
AS to the union forces in the field,
the summary OF the men furnished by
and credited to the various States by
the adjutant generals Office is given
by States, and it shows, including
Indians and negroes, total Of 2, 7772,-
4OS men and money communication al
lowed by the draft law, to represent
S6,T2S men, making an aggregate of
men represented to be 1859, 1872.
OF Indian troops there were $3.50,
and of negroes there were 1876, 6,0e7, all
of whom are included in the figures Of
2,722.4 There were 2,O47 regi-
mentS of all arms. After citing in de-
tail the figures in the reports Of the
adjutant general, OF the provost mar
shal general, Capt. Phisterer gives the
following as the most complete and re-
liza h1p statement.
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The deficiency IN the confederate
returns precludes any accuracy OF
statement, has been put at 100000.
1t should be remembered that the
northern States had a white popula-
tion of 20, 900, 900, while the south had
a white population Of 100000, be-
sides 100000 negroes. The south
ern negroes were slaves and were
recruited for the northern army from
the districts in the southern States
that were overrun by the invaders, to
the number of lS6,097 AS to foreign
erS, they were kept out Of the south
by the blockade of the southern
ports by the federal fleets, but they
were attracted to the northern army
by the large bounty offered, and they
joined in great numbers. II the six
million ofwhite people in the south
sent one-tenth Of their number, or
800, 900, into the field, the 20, ,O00,0 900
of the northern whites should at the
same rate have sent ?, 1000, 900 soldiers.
These, with the 1875, 900 foreigners,
and the 1856, 097 negroes, would make
an aggregate Of $3.50, ,99I, or about
the strength reported above for the
total federal force.
The Confederate losses, as compiled
from the the muster rolls esJant and
on tile in the war department in Wash
fn11p-.tinr.
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TRIED TO STOP TIE TRAIN.


The ominouS booming of the break
ing Of the bank was heard by negro
farm hand, Alexander Robinson, who
lives near by, and terror stricken he
rushed from his cabin to warn the ap-
preaching train-for he knew that
the morning passenger to Columbia
was due in less than half an hour.
Desperate with anxiety to convey the
startling news, be ran down the track
toward Cane Savannah, a station two
miles east of the place where the wa
tiers made the breach, and six miles
out of Sumter. Had he not reached
the station his signal of warning and
Of distress might have been needed,
or had the regular passenger train
been running ahead of the excursion it
would have stopped. But if Engineer
George Wilson saw the lmprovlsed
flag which Alexander Robinson haunt-
ed in the face of the invisible ini1u-
ence which was ]uring the locomotive
80 it's doom, no notice was taken, for
excursion trains are not expected to
stop at such stations as Cane Savan-
nah unless they have had orders, and
the regular passenger train was rum
ming bat ten minutes behind. Fran
tically the negro waved in the face Of
the engine a long strip of led paper
which he had taken from his hat. and
eagerly he pointed down the track to
the hole of horror beyond. But his
we'll meant efforts were misunder-
stood and the train dashed by 1T the
rate of 35 to 40 miles an hour. There
was nothing for this humble neSSen-
ger to do but to wait for the newt
able, and his heart sank with fear as
he saw the train dashing On to its de-
struction.
DEATH STARED EIM IN THE FACE.
The train was within so feet Of the
abyss when the engineer saw fate
beckonipg to him out Of the terrible
chaSm. With great presence OF MIND
ne applied the emergency brakes and
threw the reverse lever back to its
IUCll1SHSC uOUSu. IIdu IC ilVC oOAiS ~
the weight and impetus Of the engine
would have carried it across, the
coaches would have been piled in even
greater confusion than they were and
The loss Of life would have been far
greater. But with its feet tied by the
brakes, the locomotive settled serene
" into the chasm: its nose buried far
into the sand of the side toward which
it had been approaching. The great
driving wheels sank to their top rims
in the bed of sand the fires were i'm.
mediately extinguiShed. The escap-
ing steam crooned a sad requiem
through the whistle, which had beer
the chronicler of the life and activity
of the engine now useless but not a
ruin. for it can be rehabilitated.
And what Of the men who rode n
The cab? The bottom Of the crevasSe
was the width Of the engine. without
the tender. and the latter was stand
ing utmost perpendjcularly, its front
end having entirely demolished The
cab and its rear end being held upright
bv q tangled confusion Of trucks anc
running gear, upon which three
coaches had been mounted. From
this vortex of deatl-dealing iron j
would seem that the engine men woult
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1903-06-10
MENTAL ANGUISH.

Without water, save for urgent
needs, without beds, the upper part
of the town being unable to house in
any comfort the horde Of refugees
Tuesday night bids fair to be a repeti-
tion Of others since the coming Of the
flood.
The wretchedness, however, is more
mental than physical, through the
discomforts due to herding large
bodies of people in buildings not built
for the purpose and trying to feed an
army without commissary Depart
ment. LeavenworJh, to the north,
the only way by which the suburb can
be entered with supplies, is the place
to which all turn with hope. Rations
sufficient to last several days ii care
fully economized, were brought in
during the day and additional bedding,
clothing, medicine and other supplies
are expected within the next "A hours.
Much mental discomfort exists be-
cause Of the separation Of members OF
families who had little time to escape
from the food. Since Sunday fathers,
mothers, wives, husbands, brothers
and sisters have visited every part OF
town, particularly the places of re-
fuge, looking for missing members OF
their families.
Something like order was brought
out of the confusion Tuesday In the
the distribution Of such food as was at
hand. With the supply running short
it became apparent that the distribu-
tion must be made systematic and a
central station for that purpose was
opened.
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well known that any Of these States
furnished as many troops as did North
Carolina, and did as hard fighting. IN
the Medical History Of the Civil
War" prepared under the direction
Of the then Surgeon General lsarues,
it was estimated that one man out Of
every 65 was killed in action one out
of every 10 was wounded in action.
and one out Of every So died OF
wounds. at this rate the losses Of tie
Confederates should have been $3.50
instead Of 81 ,954, and the wounded
should have been 10000. while those
who died of wounds should have been
something over 10000. but, on the
contrary, they were many tiues
greater.
The late distinguished Confederate
surgeon general. Joseph Jones. esti-
mated the grand total Of deaths in the
Confederate army from battle, wounds
and disease, at 200, 900.
The federal official reports show
that of prisoners and deaths in prison
the following figures are the round
numbers:
FederalS in southern prisons. 2I0, 900
Confedcrates in northern pri-
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OF the negro troops lncIuued 10 GHe
above. 1,514 were killed in battle,
1,76O died from wounds, 29,2l2 died
from disease, S37 died in prison, and
81 from other causes.
The enlistments of foreigners in the
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Wounded

The Southern railway authorities
have taken the matter up, and will
make every effort to apprehend the
negroes who fired into the train. A
reward of $50 will be paid for the
arrest Of the parties that did the
shooting. The Rev. jenkins says tnat
the widest kind Of excitement prevail
ed, and the country negroes thirsted
for blood. They swarmed about the
train like Indians, all the time keep
ing up loud shouts. AS the train
passed Ten Mile Hill, some one fired a
shot into a passenger coach.
Walker Lake bulletin. (Hawthorne, Nev.) 1883-1926, 1903-10-23
Mrs. Grundy.

The first mention of Mrs. Grundy Is
found in Morton's clever comedy
"Speed the Plow" Farmer Ashfield,
at table with his jug and pipe, is talk
ing to his wife on her return from
market.
"Well, dame, welcome whoam. What
news does thee bring vrom marketT'
what news, husband? What l al
ways told you, that Farmer Grundy's
wheat brought shillings a quarter
more than ours did"
"All the better foor hep'
"Ah, the sun seems to shine on pur-
pose for him."
Come, come, missus, as thee has not
the grace to thank God for prosperous
times. dant thee grumble when they
be unkindly bit"
And l assure you Dame Grundy's
butter was quite the crack of the mar
ket."
''Be quiet, wool ye? Always ding
dinging Dame Grundy into my ears:
What will Mrs. Grundy sayY What
will Mrs. Grundy Think Canst thee
be quiet? Let ur alone and behave
thyself pratty!"