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The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1905-02-02
coronn sentence Commuted.

HAVANA. Feb. 2.-The cabinet mas
oo,nn,uted the sentence of Congress
man Corona. who year ago quarreleu
with and shot and killed Ricardo MI
randa. editor of the Ursula of santiago
for which offense Corona was sen
tenced to fourteen years Imprisonment
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1905-02-02

DENVER. Feb. There was a dra.
matte scene in the committee room.
where the gubernatorial contest is be
ing heard, when Frederick Hummel,
who is Democratic committeeman in
precinct II, residence district, identi-
fed his ballot from bunch of seventy
or eighty which an expert had reported
as fraudulent
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1905-02-02
A LIttIc Dispute In Georgia.

ABBEVILLE, Ca, Feb. Zone per
son was killed and five wounded as
the result Of dispute with pistols over
a land line near Rhine, seven miles
west of this place. w. p. Livingston,
bailiff, is dead NJ. A. Burnham, w. b.
Bryant, w. T. Bryant. Tom Coffee and
Mrs. Georgia Ray were wounded
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1905-02-02
SHAFTsBURY.

Mrs B. r. Hulet and several others
in town are sick with the grip.
The children of Mr. and Mrs John
Glen who have been i'll with measles
are now recovering and no more cases
are expected.
The Ladies Aid Society will give a
chicken pie supper in the parlors Of
thelME church on Saturday evening OF
t1is week. All are invited to attend.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1905-02-02
Mother Gray's Appeal to Women

II you have pains In the back, urinary, blad-
der or kidney trouble and want certain pleas
ant herb remedy for woman's ills try Mother
Gray's Australian Leaf. II Is a safe and never
failing monthly regulator. AT druggists or by
mail 30 cents Sample package FREE. Address
The Mother Gray Co., Leroy, N. Y.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1905-02-02
that thousapds of workmen in the en-

tnat tnousapds OF workmen IN the e1-
tensive coal districts Of Dombrova,
near the frontier, will strike today.
This would be extremely serious, as
the mines would Immediately be flood
ed if the pumping ceased.
Other reports coming in say that
fresh strikes have broken out In the
outlying districts.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1905-08-02
Hated Rival to the End.

By the term OF her will, which was
recently fled at Pittsburg, Pa. Miss
Anna NJ. Cunning leaves the greater
part Of her estate, valued at $500, 600,
to Carl F. Miller, a we'll Known busi-
ness man whose home is in Wilkins
burg, on condition that he get a di-
vorce from his present vile OF that
his wife dies Otherwise he gets moth
ing. Miller was former sweetheart
OF Miss Cunning, but Tilted her and
married bis pre-, ent wife. Miss Gun
ling never married apd never forgave.
In the will, after making number OF
btq tests amounting to s48 600. she
says: The income Of the remainder IS
TO be given to Carl F. Miller, provid
ing be is not liviog with the woman
be married In 1899, one Jane Wilson.
Should ste die, or ne be divorced from
her. ttat is finally divorced, be is to
be given absolutely one-half CT the
priuclpa and the interest on the
other half as long as be lives. II be
marries again, be, can, by will, leave
all to his second wife and children. II
be dies, una arried a second time
withous children, the one. halt or al
his share is to be equally divided b.
tween the children OF Wesley Greer
In no case is TIE pres ut wife OF Car
f. Miller to beneft In anything
leave him, either in personal OF rea
estate. Should any one contest thi:
will, it is my earnest desire that thel
shall forfeit their Ahare."
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1905-08-02
Rradirs Tortured Man

The Chicago police believe that the
death Ct Joan Tesner, at the City
Hospital in that city al hour after be
had been found in a doorway at Ash
land av,nue and Emily street, was
due to torture Inflicted by men who
attacked and robbed him. Tesmer,
who was prosperous real estate own
er, had collected rent ct several places
and was gu:ng to bis residence, when
be was aglacke6 By high aymen. He
fought the robbers, but was worsted,
a blow on the left eye, which lett an
ugly cut, proved to have knocked him
unconscious. He was dragged into a
hallway, where he was found several
hours later.
Several cuts were found on Tesmer's
hands and arms. Two long gashes,
which opened the arteries Of the
wrists, were believed to have been in.
hicted deliberately while the man was
in the power OF the bandits. After
the robbers had taken Tesmers watch
and s55 from him, they sat him in az
UPRIGHT position in the doorway and
! lsft him to bleed to death from the
severed arteries iG his wrists. Search
for Tesmer's assailants have so Ia
been uuavailing.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1905-08-02
Saluted the Monum ent.

The Augusta Chronicle says negro
soldiers OF Savannah and Au2uSta,
while psrading on Broad street Tues.
day afternoon, attracted considerable
attention and won the applause OF
hundreds OF white people, who wit.
messed the incident, respectfully sa'
luting the Confederate monument, in
passing the beautiful shaft. 1t was z
graceful act, and one that was widely
commented upon on all sides. Tie
military salute, By presenting arms,
as the marble shaft, comnemoratine
the Confederate dead, was passed
c.me as a surprise to the spectator;
along the street. Almost instantly
the applause began and was continued
until after the companies had passed
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1905-08-02
,Jadoe and Jury.

In 1883 man was charged in Vic
toria with haVing killed another man
with sandbag, and in the face OF the
judges summing up, the jury brought
ia verdict Of not guilty. This an
ooyed tine chief justice, Sir Matthew
Bsgbje, who at once said: Gentle
ner Of the jury, mind, that is your
verdict, not mice. Oa your consci-
snce will rest the stigma OF returning
such a disgracsful verdict. Many
repetitions Of such conduct as yours
will make trial by jury horrible
farce and the City Of Victoria city
of immortality and crime. Go, 1 have
nothing more to say to you" And
then turning to the prisoner, the
chief justice added: You are dis
charged. Go and sandbag some OF
chose jurymen. They deserve it!'
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1905-08-02
The Oil Fire is Over.

After burning for three days and
nights the Texas oil fire is ever. Work
ing under the greatest difficulty and
at the imminent peril Of their lives
hundreds Of workmen threw up en-
barkuents between the burning oil
tanks and those not yet on FIRE, and
this in a large measure, contributed
toward stopping the flames. 1t was
inposSible to do anything with thcst
burning, but since it is now believed
the further spread OF the ire is pre-
vented, the oil in the burning district
is nearly exhausted. Three millior
barrels Of crude oil have been dssiroy.
ed, twelve lives lost and property wip.
ed away to the value OF $1,000, 900.
OF the twelve dead all were negroes.
Oaly six Of the bo1ies have been re-
covered, all OF them being charred be-
wound RECOGNITION.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1905-08-02
Took Her Own Life.

Al New York, within five minutes
from the time that Charles Marshall,
= Wall street broker left bis wife ap.
parently sleeping soundly in bed, the
woman wrote her husband a note, tell,
ing him not to let the world blame
him for what wss going to happen, ano
shot herself, dying before ber husband
could reach the bedside. Mrs. Marshall
was formerly Miss Grace Starr and
was highly connected in New York
social circles. No cause for the suicide
was discovered. The tragedy occurred
in the Raleigh, fashionable family
apa,tment hotel, overlooking Central
n.rk at Ninety. second street.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1905-08-02
Bought Hls Life

Bound, gagged and at the mercy OF
Msx;c4n bandits, B. S. Loomis a San
Franciscan, was held a prisoner in
the mountains OF Cerro de San Juan,
near San Blast, Mexico. A promise
If the payment OF a ransom saved bis
life, for it was the intention OF ths
robbers to kill him after they had
stripped him of all his effects.
LOOMS is the superintendent OF a
fruit com pany at San Bias and is well
known in San Francisco. In telling
OF his experience Looms writes:
while returning from Topic l was
held up by bandits and robbed OF my
effects. I was bound and gagged and
then taken to a narrow canyon to be
killed. I bought the bandits of with
a promise to pay them 5000, the mon
ey to be taken to certain point on
certain day. They threatened to kill
me at night If 1 did not keep my
promise. I did not keep my promise
and instead OF sending the money
purchased a rifle for my protection"
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1905-08-02
Rattlesnakes in the Street.

Ten days ago q Dr.. Arnold went to
BASIN, Wyo., selling eye medicine. To
sttract attention to his wares the doc
tor brought with him collection OF
freaks, among them being a snake
charmer with several boxes OF rattle-
snakes. Having no state license, the
doctor was arrested, fined $50 and sent
to jail for week. Upon being liber-
ated he found that bis freaks had dis
appeared, the snake cnarmer leaving
behind his collection Of full grown
rattlers. About dusk Arnold went
into the center OF the town and open.
ed the doors OF the snake cages, per-
mitting the twenty. five big rattlers to
escape. Arnold then got out Of town
on horseback. The alarm was spread
and a night Of terror was spent by the
citizens, who were afraid to leave their
residences because OF the rattlers.
Arnold will be lynched il be is caught.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1905-08-02
R0BBgD TIE POLICE STATION.
A Peculiar Sensation. Some One Got
the Fines Of the Week.


a special to The State from Union
says there was quite stir and sensa-
tion In police circles Monday when 1t
was discovered that some bold thief
had stolen from police headquarters
money box locked in private draw
er and containing s125. 80, the amount
which had been collected during the
week in fines and bonds, and the mys-
terious part Of it Is that neither the
door nor the drawer had been broken
into, but unlocked with a key or some
instrument utilized as such.
1t seems that Chief Austell had
seen all the money safely in the box
within the drawer when about 11.30
be added to the pile oy putting In
$3.50, which he collected from the
mother OF a little negro, who had been
arrested for throwing rocks on the
streets. The money was then about
equally divided between bank notes
and silver. After putting the money
in, everything being quiet, be decided
to leave and cautioned the young po-
lice clerk, J. L. Perry, to be careful
tu see that the door was locked, ano
later when Sergeant Evans tested ths
door before going off duty, be found
it lotksd d.
The police who go on night duty a,
a. nc. IT. quent!y go to police head
quarters for water, but on Sunda!
morning they say that they went but
once, and that no one was then witt
them, nor had anyone acted Suspicl
ously by engaging them in conVersa
tion, presumably for the purpose o.
detractipg their attention from tht
palice headquarters.
The police have their suspicious ant
are keeping strict watch, but Chic
Austell In speaking OF the matter
other than to give out the details o
which the above Is the substance, hat
nothing TO say.
One theory is that as neither to-
door nor the drawer was broken into
but unlocked, as the testimony
those who first entered the polio
headquarters and Of Chief Austel]
who made the discovery Sunday NOR
ming that the money was missing
that some Of the keys to pc
lice headquarters, which are cal
ried by every policeman and hav
constantly to be replaced wit
new ones, had been found, or in som
way secured, which gave him, q
them, access to the building, but tn
} drawer key no one but the chief eve
had
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1905-08-02
Sixty five Years Ago,

A boy and a girl were together SIX
5y.fVe years age, near Cross Bill.
ahen they came across terrapin, Of
She highland kind. While the young
people sat talking together the boy,
With bis benknife, cut his initials on
She underneath front side Of the tar.
rapin's shell, and the date. The ter-
rapin was turned loose. Only s few
weeks ago this terrapin was found not
more than hundred yards from the
same spot, with the initials and date
as plain as the day they were cut on
the shell, the terrapin having grown
very nttle in the 81 years that had
ntervened. The boy of IS years ago,
aow man OF more than seventy-fve,
remembered the incident and at once
reconized the letters and figures as
ais own. BE is now a widower. The
girl OF that day is still alive, and Is .
widow. he is still a citizen OF the
same neighborhood. She moved
away many years ago. The above
story Is Youched for by the Newberry
Observer,
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1905-08-02
Many Arrested.

The London Daily Nails Vienna
correspondent says the sultan has Of
fered a reward OF 10000 Turkish Tor
the discovery Of the conspirators who
arranged for the throwing Of the bomb
at his majesty last Friday. Nearly
Thousand persons have been already
arrested on suspicion. An early rope
tition Ut the attempt on tie sultan's
life is feared and extensive precau'
tion has been taken to prevent 1t.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1905-08-02
Stove Exploded.

Two dead, two fatally burned ano
three others seriously injured is the
result OF an explosion OF a gasoline
stove early Wednesday at the home OF
Levy Titus, a Kosher butcher, Brad
dock, Pa. The explosion was caused
by the overturning OF gasoline stove
on which Mrs. Titus was preparing
breakfast. The burning fluid was
scattered over the room, enVelcplng
Mrs. Titus and i9niting a five gallon
can Of oil, standing on the rear porch
near the door. The dead are HAIRY
Titus and Meyer Titus, twins, aged I
wears. Mrs. Sarah Titus, the mother,
and Elsie Titus, aged years. were
fatally burned.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1905-08-02
Intended for the Sultan Kills
Twenty-Five People But
MISSES THE SULTAN.
A Panic Was Caused by Explosion
Which Occurred in Court Yard
of Mosque. II Is Said That
Two HuEgarians Are
Responsible.

A dispatch from ConstantlnoFIe
says the commission appointed to in
oulre into the attempt on the life o.
the sultan Thursday has ascertalnec
that the explosion OF the bomb caused
the death Of twenty.four persons anc
wounded ftty-one. In addition fifty
five horses were injured. The prelin
mary Investigations tend to show thai
the outrage was committed by two
Hungarians.
The bomb which was intended tc
blow up the sultan fell short and ex'
pIoded about thirty yards distant from
mis- majesty. The latter was at the
time on the top step Of the fight lead
ing from the mosqus. A panic I'm,
mediately seized the sultan's entour,
age aud the court oignitaries rushed
up and implored Atdul Hamid to re.
main in the mosque. TIE sultan,
however, insisted on going, and en-
tered his carriage with a clamness
not usually attributed to him, and
picking up the reins drove himself to
the Yildiz palace amid the cheers OF
the admiring officials. The explosion
was heard as far as the Pora quarters.
The soldiers in the vicinity and
several horses were killed, and the
carriages were smashed into kindlipg
wood and the windows Of the pavilion
reserved for the diplomatic corps were
broken. The pavilion contained among
others, q. Grant Smith, second secre-
tary Of the American legation, "ho
was accompsni d by Captain Smiley,
OF the United States army. No one
was hurt In the pavilion except a few
scratched by flying glass. The force
of the explosion also damaged the
clock tower in the court yard Of the
mosque.
Immediately after the sultan had
departed, a detachment OF cavalry
charged down the street parallel with
the mosque and from which the bomb
was thrown in hopes OF finding the
author OF the attempt, who, however,
has not yet been discovered. Although
the outrage occurred at 3 p. NJ, the
fact that his majssty's life had been
in danger did not become generally
known until night, when it aroused
widespread excitement, as it was the
first bomb explosion OF this character
that ever occurred in Cons5antinople
The majority of those killed or in
jured were soldiers who were lining
the road near the mosque. The au-
thorities are greatly disturbed and
unable to explain how the would oe
regicide passed through the Gordon OF
troops, which always bars the roads
leading to the mosque, so soon as the
sultan leaves the palace.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1905-08-02
Girl Lost in Coal Mine.

Miss Florence Everett, OF Southe
Amboy, had an experience In coal
mine al Freeland, which nearly ended
in her death. With Miss Mabe
R.ssi, OF Perth Amboy, and a party
Of Freeland friends, she was seeing
the mine, when their lights were ex
uingiushed by a sudden daft. In the
confusion Miss Everett became sep
arated from her companions, and go;
into a blind head, ending into 10 foo;
shaft. When she was gropirg hel
bsnighted way along the head
Ing, and was within couple OF 1eei
Of the shaft, TIE party, upset BY the
incident, got out OF the mine quickly
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1905-08-02
ANY PORT IN A STORM
a Deer to Escape a Hound, Leaps on
Flying Train.

a Deer 20 Escape hoUuo, Ao~ps on
Flying Train.
A dser story comes from Thedfcrd,
VT, a small village on the Passumpsic
division of the Boston & Maine rail-
road. A freight train, northbound, !,
was running easily down a slight grade
after leaving Thedford, when the en-
pineer heard above the noise OF his
locomotive the sharp baying OF a
hound. AS the train neared the fringe
Of the wood the engine driver caught
a glimpse OF a big doe heading straight
for the cut. Evidently she was be1cg
chased by the hound, and, knowing
that she would q ot step at anything
and fearing that he could not stop his
train, be opened the throttle and shot
ahead. he was trying to get ahead
of the doe, but the animal was toe
feet OF foot, and as the train shot
through tbs cut the terrified animal
leapad on an open fat CIR.
Keep her going until I can get
back TO her," shouted the fireman:
Keep up speed and she wont jump
The engineer opened the throttle
another moth ard the train vas soon
BAN ping along at the rate OF thirty
miles an hour, while the doe KEPT
1rsntically running up and down the
car.
The engineer put on the brakes, an:
procuring rope the rrainmen started
to capture the deer alive. Is soon a!
the now thoroughly terrified anina
sag her new danger she pressed for
ward over three fiat cars and came ny
short against a hcur car with sucE
force that she fell to the floor. Thi
was the signal for the would be cap
tors. They had just succeeded In get
ting the rope around the animal
shoulders and were waiting Tor tn
train to come to full stop when tn
deer made a final supreme effort t.
escape and leaped between the tou
and fat car. An instant later be
neck was broken.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1905-08-02
Next Largest In South.

According to reports brought back
from Clemson college by Superintend-
ent Martin, the summer school which
has just closed was the largest in the
South, with the exception CT the one
held at SeWanee. The total enroll
ment will go over 700 and. Mr.. Mar
tin and other educators who took part
feel much encouraged at thissinterest
in education by the teachers.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1905-08-02
,Jnsr as Good.

"There is nothing in life so sweet
az loves young dream sang the
poet. I know shat there is piQuancy
in the ccurship and engagement thai
has for the youth and the maid a
charm a charm all Its own, but l can
name one period that seems to me to
compare favorably even with that
When the days Of doubt are past anc
the magic words have been spoken
that binds them for age, either 10!
veal or Voc. Then when hard anc
hand they enter their own home &c
raise for themsslv5s a family altar
and plant their vine and f2 tree &c
shelter them in old age. think that
the happiest time.-X.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1905-08-02
Laid to Rest.

The Newberry Observer says Key.
P. q. E. Derrick and wife were called
TO the bedside Of Mrs. a. E. Geige1
last Thursday. Mrs. Geiger was the
motherof Mrs. Derrick and wife OF Dr..
Frank Geiger. She was the mother
of 12 children. Mrs. Geiger was o!
the family OF Geigers that gave to
history the Emily Geiger WHO made the
daring ride from point in Newberry
county to the continental commander
at Orapgeburg. Mrs. Geiger was lait
to rest 10 the Sandy Run cemetery or
Friday"
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1905-08-02
. senator Sentened.

United States Senator Mithel!, con
victed OF using his Office OF Unltec
states senator to further the Ia"
prstice OF the firm OF Miteoel & ian,
ner Of Portland, Ore, was sentenc' q
to nav a FIRE Of GOO and to six
months penal seIvitude. Pending
a review OF the case by the supreme
nu.t Of the United States execution
NJ the sentence will be deferred.
Meantime Mitchell will be placed IN
Ser hail to the amount OF 81, 600.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1905-08-02
Lightning Set One on Fire and
Others Quickly Ignited.
MEN AND MULES BURN
Sent to Stay Progress Of Flames, The.
We're Hemmed in After Explosion.
Two Square Miles of Heavy
Smoke and Lurid, Inex.
tinguishable Fire.

At Humble, Texas, covering a
area three-quarters Of mile squar
With 8 great canopy Of smoke covering
two square miles, the oil tanks Of th,
Texas Company continue to boil ant
bubble under the great heat OF tn
burning oil, the fire having burned al
night.
When it can be extinguished is prob
lematjca., certainly not until it ha!
burned all Of the oil In eleven big tank
which held two and a halt million bar
rels when lightning struck them OF
Sunday afternoon.
1t is now known that five negro
workmen perished. There are hun
'dreds OF homeless people. They were
living in tents and shacks in the Of
field and fed for their livas to the
town. ALI their belongings were de-
stroyed by the fire. During the night
there was beaYy downpour Of rain
and this covered the ground with
sheet Of water coated with a thick
film of oil.
Shortly after big tank began tt
blaze two hundred workmen with sew
epty.fve mules were hurried to the
place to throw up earthen embank.
ments. Suddenly the oil gave an up.
heaval, bubbled and lifted great mass
Of the burning fluid bodily from the
tank and the fire was communicated
70 three other tanks.
At 4 o'clock Monday morning fire
broke out in the steel tanks OF the
Texas Company at the pumping sta,
tion, a mile from the original fire
What damage was done cannot be as.
certa!ned because it Is impossible to
reach that part Of the field.
The burning oil caught men and
mules and hemmed them in. Some
Of the men mounted ths mules and
got out but at least forty mules balk-
ed and were cremated. Five negroes
were seen to 20 down and 1t is not be-
lieved to be possible that they could
not escaped. While all the men
have not been accounted for, these
five are all that are known to have
periShed.
At 10o'clock the fire was still raging
With no prospects ter immediate con-
troll. It is believed, however, that
the flames will eventually be confined
to the taukage district. There were
5, 900, 900 barrels OF oil in the storage
tanks, all OF which will be destroyed.
Losses are estimated at s750,000 OF
more with practically no insurance.
Reports Of fatalities are not verified,
although a number Of men are report
ed missing. The confagrasion was
visible in Houston, seventeen miles
away and in Galveston, sixty. FIVE mile
distant.