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The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1903-06-26
From Mondays Daily.

From Mondays Daily.
The various township and village
boards met yesterday to equalize
the assessors returns. Some of
the assessors brought their books
to the county auditor today. The
county board will meet as board of
equalization on the third Monday in
July.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1903-06-26
CHURCH DEDICATED.
From Wednesdays Daily.

FTOm NeUHesUdy Duly.
The dedication of the Catholic church
took place at Napoleon yesterday. Bish-
op Cotter of Winona had charge of the
service, assisted by a number of priests
of this section of the state. Rev. Fa-
Their Hughes of Mankato delivered the de-
dicatory sermon. The church was re-
Gently erected at a cost of $4,000 and is
a beautiful structure.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1903-06-26

We have given all our lightweight sum-
mer wear notice that it must move out.
June goth is the day. Henry E. Hance,
223 South Front street, Mankato, MINI.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1903-06-26

Midsummer clearance sale begins Sat
urday, June goth, at Henry E. Hance's,
223. South Front street, Mankato, Mimi
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1903-06-26
FIRE AT GARDEN CITY.
From Wednesdays Daily.

Fire nearly destroyed the blacksmith
and wagon shop owned by Walter Friend
at Garden City this morning. The fire
started in the roof.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1903-10-07
The Texas Feyer.

While Texas is great State it seems
to have great many drawbacks. Ont
there tney have the Mexican boil
wee:il, which is very destructived to
the Cotton crop, the Texas fever
among cattle, and a great many other
things. S, far the Mexican boil
weev'l has not reached US, but the
Texas f,ver has. Recently Mr. J. a.
Shirley, well.known dairyman near
Anderson has had several COWS to die
with this disease and several others
are sick. lie sent to Clemson college
for a veterinarian, who went down
and inspected the heard. This official
gave as his opinion that the COWS had
been suffering from Texas fever, and
that the disease had been caused by
ticks. He says that calf may have
ticks on it without injury, but that II
a COW grows to maturity without hav-
ing ticks and then acquires them, they
will cause what is known as Texas
fever, which will nearly always prove
fatal. It is said that no certain cure
has yet been found for the disease.
The expert advised Mr.. Shirley to get
some whiskey and give bis COWS halt
pint at sime.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1903-10-07
Will Get y FLr due.

William C. Ha, 7idge, who went to
be- Caroline :sI..oas last o1ay, in the
interests uf SIS. katharine O:Keefe,
WIDOW Of David l.. Okeefe, Eas ar
rived on the steamer Uorice at San
Fear cisco. O'Keef. was known as
The ling IF Zap. lie left his wife
md daughter in Savannah, Ga, In
the early '?:E, ;4no was wrecked on this
;>lane. Being the irst white man the
natives hal ever seen they treated
aim With every possible reverence and
inally made him kinS. Over year
,go, after visiting Non3kong on busi-
ursS, he starred 20 return on one o1
his vessels aid Lha- was the Last ever
heard oI him. Although he had two
wives in the CaruiineS, DC always kept
his wife and daughter in Savannah
we'll supplied with money. Upon
hearing Of his death, Lawyer Hart
ridge was sent cut t. see how matters
stood. He found a wil! "a 4ongkong
distribut.. & an estate va!led as sl,-
100000 il prap"rty, al VI which is
productive. He has lei. quite a :d-Ge
amount 70 his daughter, Mrs. J. F.
Butter Of Savannah, and it is expected
...at the Savannah w;d>.~ will claim
50 per ca'I.u. 0f the estate.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1903-10-07
TILLMAN ON TRIAL.
The ARA 9, ment Of the Man Who
Killed Editor Gonzales.
TIE JURY QUICKLY SECURED.
The Prisoner. When Placed in the
Box, Pleads Not Guilty" to
the Charge Of Murder
in Firm Voice.
in 4 Firm Voice.

James n. Tillman. some time
lieutenant governor OF South Carolina
ard charged with the murder Of \.
u. Gonzales, editor Of The State, on
the 18th Of January last, a few days
before the expiration Of his term OF
office, was Monday placed on trial for
his life, at Lexington, S. G.
The assem- blage in the court room.
which far from crowding. scarcely
realized for moment that the trial
would actually begin. so freqnet have
been the predictions Of further delay.
Two sessions courts have iutervened
in Richlaud since the homicide, the
defense obtaining continuanceS at
both and change Of venue at the
last. Again the spectators were agee-
able disappointed when jury was
secured by LIS p. ~. from the origi-
nal panel. 1t would have been secur-
ed in half an hour save for the con-
test over Murray Parnell.
When the court convened at 10 a. m.
the counsel for the prisoner were pres
ent as follows: G. W. Croft, ?. II. Mel
son. O. w. Buchanan, George John
stone, Efrd & Dreher. W. H. Sharpe
G. T. Graham. G. r. Rembert and e.
L. BleaSe. For the State, besides
Solicitor Thurmond, were G. D. Bel
linger. Andrew Crawford, VIM. Elliott,
Jr I. L. Ashill and L. T. Stnrkie.
The prisoners mother, Mrs. D. D.
1..u.aIl. ul, vile ana several lady
friends, were in the court room most
of the day. Senator Tillman was pres
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1903-10-07

charged Judge Gary directed thesh
to have Two OF Ills c0nStableS sworn, ne
instructed TO take charge OF the jury
and keep them together III the recess
and TO allow none 10 approach them
with regard 10 the case.
Mr. p. II. Nelson Of prisoners coun-
sci here said: While no literature
bearing on the case should 80 into the
jury's hands think it proper TO re-
quest that in view OF utterauceS in the
Columbia State last Saturday and to-
day they be especially instructed not
TO read that newspaper during this
trial.
II think that request proper" said
the judge. and be so Instructed the
jury The court then adjourned until
) o. M
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1903-10-07
TAKING TESTIMONY.

The hearing OF testimony by the
State was commenced aIterthe recess.
II was mainly confined TO Policeman
Boland'S story OF the arrest OF Till
man, to the identification OF Tillman's
pistols by Sheriff Coleman and Clerk
OF Court Walker, together with the
bullet from the German magazine plS,
tol which pierced NJ. Gonzales through
and through, and TO the identltlcatlonS
Of clothing worn by him with its bullet
holes. on the day that he was mortal
ly struck. the latter being sworn to by
Messrs. Hoyt, Wood and Wallace OF
The State. The court then adjourned
TO Tuesday.
Mr.. Ambrose f. Gonzales. eldest
brother OF The late editor, was present
throughout the day.
Such is an outline OF the first day S
story. Every point was contested
closely as It arose. Brief delays were
not infrequent and the indications are
that the trial will be long drawn out.
AT no time was the court room uncom-
forlably crowded. At no time was the
least excitement manifest. y stranger
would scarcely infer. except from the
great array OF lawyers, that case OF
uncommon interest was engaging the
Lexington court OF sessions.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1903-10-07
TWICE sT2JyI -
But Let Down to Pray and W1ite e.
His Wife.

At Oxford, Ohio, On Thursday
night, mob broke open the Jail and
took Joseph Spivey to an elm tree On,
square away, on which Henry CorbiL
was lynched in 1892. Spivey wa.
Strung up and let down to pray. a
second time he was strung up and let
down and while be was pleading ~
time to write to bis wife, Deputy
Sheriff Brennan and a few assistants
rushed forward, cut the rope and
rushed down the street with the prlS-
oner. H. was rushed to the jail and
spirited out Of town. John Splvey:
his prother, is dying with a bullet
through his head. a stranger who
lives at Monroe, o., is also fatally
wounded. Spivey was one OF a band
Of Kentuckians who shot and danger
ously wounded five persons on the
street during a fair.
Marshal Woodruff and his deputy,
Jacob Manrod, endeavored to arrest
them and were shot. Marshal Wood.
ruff in the right breast and Deput!
Manrod in the left wrist. A croWo
started in pursuit Of Spivey brothers
and overlook them. Joseph SplVsy
was shot in the right side with a load
of buckshot and his brother was
knocked unconscious with a stone
thrown by some one in the crowd Ct
pursuers. During the fight a stranger,
who refused to give his name, was
shot in the abdomen and is in a dan
gerouS condition.
The officers were successful in get
ting the prisoners from the jail. The
party took two hacks and drove rapid
" to Hamilton, a distance OF twenty
miles, where they arrived after mid
night and securely lodged their pris-
oners in the Butler county Jail. The
mob finally found they had been bea-
ten and quietly dispersed.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1903-10-07
Killed Dy a Fall.

Mrs. NJ. D. Rowe, of West Point,
Ga. as guest OF her daughter, Mrs. s.
T. Whitaker, in Co!um bus. Ga, had
the misfortune to stumble and fall
while going down the steps at their
home, receiving injuries which proved
fatal one week after the accident
happened. She died in Columbus at
80 o'clock Wednesday night and her
remains were brought TO West Point,
Ga, for interment this morning.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1903-10-07
RELATIONS UNPLEASANT.
Innocent.

\. f. Gonzales, brother Of the late
y. G. GrnZales. then took the STAND
and testified that the relationship be-
tween his brother and the defendant
had not been pleasant.
Mr.. Nelson asked whether he had
not heard y. G. Gonzales refer TO LII
man as d cur, a thief and d coward.
The state objected, but the court al
lowed the question. The witness said he
could not remember that. but ne
thought that all \. G.. Gonzales SAD
was said in the State newspaper. lie
did not recall that he ever heard \. y.
Gonzales discuss privately Illiman.
character.
Mr.. Nelson asked whether as a mat
ter of fact he did not know that n u.
Gonzales entertained hostility ana ma
lignity towards James II. Illlman.
On objection being made, the court re-
fused 10 permit the question. The VIII,
ness said that all he had ever nearo
his brother say was expressed IN the
editorials. His brother was man OF
few worsd. He wrote more tnan ne
gossiped. 1t was a rare thing Tor nm
to denounce any one. He reEer made
a threat. If he thought it necessary
to denounce a man bis brother wou!o
90 to him TO his face. He never so iai
as he knew denounced any body
privately.
Mr.. Nelson tried to bring out that
\. G.. Gonzales has denounced LII
man before he was in public life. Ine
witness said he could not answer. Mt
Nelson asked whether witness dld no'
know that his brother had bitter feel
ings against Tillman, and the witness
said lnat for several years the relation
between them were certainly moi
| friendly Mr. Nelson insisted on dl,
rect reply and the witness responded
! that he did not know whether he cOul0
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1903-10-07
4 SERIOUS CHARGE.
4 White Ear k---es:ed for Essa lting
= White Woman.
AND Is COMMIT ed 70 JAZZ.
The Sad Story o.: Mill Village Girl
Who Went to Greenvfile TO
Hunt .TG~k in
shc NIL,
the Mills.

A dispatch from Greenvil.e to The
Safe says Cha1.c. Patterson, white, a
married nan who lives at the Mills mill
was arrested Thursday 1fternoon and
is now in jill upon charge of rape
upon the person Of Ida Reeves, 20
years old, daughter OF E. w. Reeves
Of Pc..z:z. TIE girl Gaze here on
Tuesday .ternoco in searcL cf work
at the mills and was-.4k=n by a former
acquaintance in hack TO a house Of
i'll fame. where she spent the night.
Wednesday afternoon she met at
lcis house will; Two ecu Who tod her
se gc0 a~.4y from there, and II she
wo.:iu take the cars for the Poe c,:l
they would find her Work and a home.
Acting upon .heir aayice she left the
hnus and went towards the trolley
line, but met With Patterson on The
way, who SAID he Was going to the
P,- mill aud would take her there.
The girl had never been In Green.
vile before and acc. pied the fer OF
.n entire stranger. Her story Is that
they vent past the Wo0ds:de mill into
4. piece Of woodS, where the man ac-
complisned his Ut j ct. He then went
Oh with the girl Lo a boarding house
1T Monaghan mills, where be obtain.
ed l,dgings for the girl at midnight,
saying she vas bis c)u in and had just
come in On the train. The facts were.
developed after Patterson LIFT the
boarding house ani Thursday there.
was some agitation among the mill
people at Monaghan, but no effort was
made to find P.l;ters.n.
Thursday afternoon the girl was 10
company cf a~waman who was be-
friending her and had tss!5eesh9asd 70
the girls father at Pelz.r, when they
saw Patterson and spoke to I'm.
The woman asked himto 20 with them
on the Nuyu~nGt mill, and on
the way she went into a bouSe and
telephoned Chief Kennedy to sead
a policeman to the mill. 90 ar
irving there Patterson went on to the
postOtice and in short time the.
policeman came, wh>n 1t was arranged
that the woman should follow P..tter-
son aud walk up to him VIII ch was a
signal ~ the policeman, who speedily
,ecured his man and took him To the
station.
In the meantime the girls father
arrived from Pc'z:r and swore out
variant against Patterson, when he
vas transferred TO the jli!. Patter-
Ou deni.;S his gull and says he saw
the girl at The house frst mentioned )
and talked with her On !e porch, out
did rot so With her 20 the Monaghan
mill.
lie is a young man and says he has
'een living for eiy'au or uine years In
m! arouni G:eenvii.e and Spartan
.urg. The news os Lis al -est VAS not
.enerally known and he was marched
quietly To j Ill u:.le- :Ih:e escort of two
leputies.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1903-10-07
Cigarette Stain.

Judge Crane, Of one Of the New
York police courts, testifes that
ninety-nine out Of every hundred boys
from 10 to l. years Of age who come
before him charged with crimes rang
ing from petty misdemeanorS to
burglary, highway robbery and mur-
der have their fingers stained by
cigarettes. He is convinced that the
excessive use Of the cigarette by boys
weakens their moral sense and makes
them easy victims Of the passions
that find correction only IN the
prisons. Il would PREFER" he says,
to see my boy given to the use OF
LIQUORS than to cigarettes.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1903-10-07
Instantly killed.

Henry Sam Floyd, machinist and
and blacksmith, was accidentally kill
ed at $50 o'clock Wednesday after
noon at Woodside cotton mill in
Greenville by falling on large pulley
connected with the main sbafting Of
the mill engine. His death was in
stanteneous. Floyd was forty years
old and good laoorer. He leaves a
wife and three children.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1903-10-07
THE PRISONER BROUGHT IN.

a recess of half an hour was taken
at the solicitors request during which
the prisoner was brought in by Sheriff
Caughman. When the solicitor an
nounced the State ready, MIR. Croft in
ouired. is Mr.. Ambrose E. Gonzales
in court and if in response to a sub
poena duces tecum issued for the de-
Tense had he brought the files Of the
Columbia State from April Is, 1902, to
September Is, 1908. Counsel for the
State replied atlirmatively, and Mr..
Croft declared that though some Of his
witnesses were still absent they would
be here and ne could safely announce
the defense ready.
The prisoner entered the small semi
~octagonal dock, which is elevated
about i inches from the floor, and
stood in it for arraigument. On one
side stood Mr.. Croft and on the other
Mr.. Nelson. Clerk of Court George
read the indictment in a matter OF
fact way and the prisoner replying TO
the ususal question, said, mot guilty
ina voice audible throughoutthe room.
He was then granted permission 10
take a seat with his counsel.
After the jury had been drawn and
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1903-10-07
A Man Shot.

Walter Byne shot and killed Tom
Canneley Friday afternoon on Mr.
Jim Daniels place, about twelve miles
from Waynesboro. Both parties are
colored and had gone from Waynes-
boro to pick cotton for Mr. Dainel.
Conneley was teasing Byne's sister, a
small negro girl, and Byne took the
matter up, sbut claims the shooting
was an accident Conneley was shot
cloSe range with shotgun, and died
instantly. Byne is in jail awaiting the
action of the grand jury next week.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1903-10-07
Eound in a River.

The dead body Of Robert Padget'
who has been missing for several days.
was found Wednesday floating down
the river at Williamson, \. c. 1t was
in an upright position and people on a
passing steamer thought the man
was alive until within q few feet Of
the corpse. Severe bruises were found
on the forehead and indicated foul
play. If he was murdered it was not
for the purpose Of robbery. as the
mans money was still in his pockets.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1903-10-07
a Union Trase dy.

Tavlor McCoombs was shot to death
bv Hill Ashurst Wednesday night at
Meal Shoals, on Board river, y miles
from Union. Ashurst demonstrated
with McCcombs in an alteration he
had with one-legged man. This
seemed to anger McCoombs and be be-
gan cursing and abusing AShurs5,
Wuo then shot him. AShurSt escaped.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1903-10-07
Found In a Lake.
just Before Shooting.
Barnard Barnes. a Young whit

The body Of the woman found in
East lake Sunday with three bullet
holes in her bead, was positively iden-
titled today as Miss Nellie Shafield,
aged 35, who resided in Burning
ham, Ala. Miss Shafield left home
Thursday and, 1t was supposed by
relatives, that she had gone to visit a
sister at Ensley Miss Shafield was a
member OF an excellent family and as
she was an invalid aud seldom went
out, the mystery of her murder is in
topSifiaH
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1903-10-07
Rflls Ignored.

at Wilmington, Del, the grand
jury today announced that they had
decided to ignore the bill against
those charged with burning at the
stake George White, the negro who
murdered Miss. Helen Bishop.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1903-10-07
Cheated the Gailows.

Elijah B Din, in jail in Jackson,
KY, on the charge Of murder, COM
Il tilted suicide on Monday by taking
u orphine
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1903-10-07
THE STATEMENT ADMITTED.

After considerable discussion among
the LAWYERS Mr.. Hoyt was recalled to
the stand. He said that DR.. Griffith
was the first physician to reach Mr..
Gonzales. Solicitor Thurmond then
renewed the question as to what Mr..
Gonzales had told Mr.. Hoyt as to the
manner of the killing.
The defense objected again and
Judge Gary went into an exposition OF
his understanding of The law in the
case. He summed up by saying that
in his opinion the conditions surround
ing Mr. Gonzales at the time were
such as to fully me sure up to the re,
uuirements of the law Of the state and
he would. therefore, rule that the
evidence of Mr. Hoyt was admissible.
Colonel Croft again objeced, saying
that there was a written dying decla-
ration and tie verbal one to Mr.. Hoyt
should not be admitted.
Judge Gary ruled that Mr. Hoyt S
evidence was competent.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1903-10-07
MANNING,S. c., WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER z. 1908.

The afternoon session was stormy to
a great degree. 1t was battle after bat
tie over the admission of dying decla-
rations made by Mr.. Gonzales to sew
eral friends. So long and lasting were
these disputes that only three wit
nesses were heard. The jury was sent
out Of the court room three different
times, while the lawyers argued over
the testimony. In all these instances
the evidence was given to the judge
and then the attorneys contended over
its admission or declaration. Then the
jury was brought back and the case
proceeded according to whatever was
the ruling Of the court.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1903-10-07

Thursday was dull day in the trial:
Almost the entire time was consumed
in the reading of the editorials that
have appeared in the State crltlclslng
Colonel Tillman. The files OF this
paper we're put in evidence on the hrSt
day of the trial by the prosecution and
such matters as that side OF the con-
trorersy desired to use was read TODAY.
Washington King, member OF the
legislature, from Florence, was the
next witness. He testified that on the
day before the shooting he saw James
Fl. Tillman with pistol in bis left hip
pocket. This was in the afternoon.
Tillman was either taking off or put
ting on his oyercoat at the time in the
hotel. He could not remember wheth-
er it was before or after dinner.
Immediately after the testimony OF
Mr.. King Mr.. Elliot began reading
from the files Of the State and contin-
ued four or five hours.
The evening session of the court was
consumed in continuation OF the read
ing Of editorials from the Columbia
State.
SENATOR THOMAS TALBIRD.
One Of the most important witnesses
for Friday afternoon was Senator
Thomas Talbird. of Beaufort County.
He was strong personal friend of Col:
Tillman and had been schoolmate OF
Mr.. Gonzales. He had been intimate
with Col. Tillman in recent years, and
it was evident that he tried all through
his evidence to be absolutely exact
and there was the highest commenda-
tion CT the tone and accuracy OF his all
important evidence.
(Crptip11aH IN naUe J
Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Benton County, Or.) 1900-1909, 1903-10-02
The Margar,ta Fischer Company.

Miss Margarita Fischer, the "16 year.
old fayorite," and her own Metropolitan
Company who will appear at the Cor
Wallis Opera House for a season of two
nights, commencing Monday, October
5, comes to us highly recommended.
The we'll balanced company of plivers
have astonished every one by the phe
nominal manner in which they have at
tracted the public attention this season.
Their presentations of high class roper
toire being one of the many reasons for
their unbounded popularity.
The gentle realism displayed in the
characters of the comedies and dramas
and the truthful manner in which they
are portrayed on the stage appeal ire
sistibly to yonng and old alike. One
must be the most hardened cynic to wit
ness any of these performances and not
feel that the human emotions have been
stirred.
There Will be new and funny special
ties between acts, doing away with those
long waits and delays to which one is SO
accustomed.
They carry their own uniformed band
and orchestra, giving street parade and
concert daily during their engagement.
Admission 80, 35 and Is cents. Reserved
seats now on sale at Graham & Worth
ans drug store.
Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Benton County, Or.) 1900-1909, 1903-10-02

free except mediaine, 10 to IL daily, and
those able to pay at the rate of s. per
week or in that proportion of time the
case may require. All curable chronic
diseases of men and women specially.
No case published except by the per-
mission of the patient. All business re-
latiens with DIR. Darrin strictly confiden-
tial. Electrical applia noes furnished.
One visit is desirable, though many
cases can be treated by home treatment
by writing symptoms. Those wishing to
see Dr. Darrin will do we'll to call soon
as they may require second treatment.