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The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1906-01-31
FOUGHT DUEL FOB GIRL.
Forth From q Ballroom Went Men
with Loaded Pistols

Ia duel with girl as the prize
tor the victor, James Walker, son OF q
properous farmer, was shot and In.
stantly killed by his rival, Peter For
bes, also farmers son In Isreal Hill,
Prince Edward County, Va.
The men fought with pistols. They
went from g ballroom together and
took aim b. the light pouring through
the windows. Forbes was engaged to
wed Miss Rosa Carew, and he had es-
corted her 10 the ball. Walker had
been an old sweetheart Of the woman
and when they met at the ball be re-.
newed his suit. There had been rep orts
Of the engagement being broken be-
tween Forbes and Miss Carew, and 1t
appears that these we're confirmed by
her encouraging Walker. she danced
with him repeatedly Until Forbes jeal.
ousy, drove him to fury. He went to
Walker and upbaided him. hot words
were EXCHANGED and the two decided
to fight to the death. Without telling
a word OF their inte tion to anyone
they disappeared from the ballroom
and the pistol shots stopped dance
when 1t was in full swing. A silence
fell over the brilliantly lighted room,
and then several persons rus,4ed to
the windows.
4 sight more dramatic than il
shown on the stage met heir gaze.
Two beams OF light pousd ous and
one fell on Walker, fat On his back
dead, and the other on Forbes, stand
ing with the pistol still ready tn hand
and with his face still set in nate and
determination, Miss Carew bacame
hyster:cal when she realiz d what had
happened, and Is In serious condi-
tion tonight. Forbes is In the lookup.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1906-01-31
CONFEDERATE GRAVES.
Foraker Pushes His Bill to Marx
Them With Stones.


Confederate veterans and Southern
ers generally are taking deep inter
est in the Foraker bill to appropriate
$500, 600 to buy the lands in Northern
states wherin rest the bodies Of Con-
rederates Who died in the Northern
prisons In the civil war, to improve
these grounds substantially and to
erect headstones over the graves. A
good deal OF Northern sen timent, tDo,
Is with uhh5 people OF the South in this
matter, az is evidenced by the fact
that Senator Foraker, himself a fire
eating veteran Of the rebellion, is urg.
ing the passsgs OF the bill.
President Roosevelt himself is "a
vorable to proper care Of the graves
Of ConfederateS who died in the
Northern prisons. he recommended
this In his last message.
President Mt Kinley was also favor
able to it and through bis efforts the
Confederate dead in the District Of
Columbia over six years ago we're all
brought together in Arlington GENE.
tary and 3 separate plat prepared for
them.
The great diff Guilty in the way OF
the proper care Of the Confederate
graves in the Northern states is in
the house. There, for the political
reason that survivors CT the civil war
In the Northern states might OF sct
to appropriating money to expsnd On
the. graves OF Confederates, nothing
mas been done and the opposition to
doing anything has by no means pass
ed. The iii Senator Foraker now
has introduced, hSs already beer
twice passed by the senate.
Statistics gatheed on the number OF
Confederate dead in the North show
the total. Is 30,I52 Or the number
8, 800 are buried 1n the national GENE
teries.. Their graves are given as good
attention as those Of the soldiers
who defended the union. The graves
Of the remained are sc uttered about
and designation-and location are rap
idly becoming impossible. Unleas tbs
government takes charge OF them and
either buys the land in which they are
situated or removes the remains Of
national cenetaries, 1t VII; in a few
years, be cut Of The, question to 6nd
| them.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1906-01-31
A Daserted Village.

After ezpsnd ng more than 81, 800
900 during the pas. six years in pur.
chasing and working the Copper
Fields mines, for many years the
third largest In the Uaited States,
George Westinghouse, Of Pittsburg,
has abandoned his search for copper
in the Vershire mountains In Yer
mont as a result the village is now
practically deserted. Westinghouse's
representatives declare that the cop.
per vein Is worthless. Scores Of min.
ers and their families have left town,
sId now there are not dozen fani
lies, where the population at one
time vas more than a Thousand.
Throughout the village all the d well
ings formerly occupied By the employ
es are being sold and moved away Of
torn down. The machinery, boilers,
and furnaces are being blown up By
dynamite.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1906-01-31

to even tie q rope about themselves
The survivors told terrible tales Of
the wrtck Of the vessel. When they
left the ship there we're about 90 peo'
pie oD board, most Of them clingiDg
to the rigging.
G. Willis. one Of the men rescued
from the raft, in describing bis ex
periences, said two Of the boats were
smashed as soon as they struck the
water and third fell into the water
stern first, prec!pitatiug it's occupants
into the water. Then, he said, an
attempt was made to get a line
ashore. "a fireman named Cigales
agreed to swim ashore He was in
the water fully half an hour, but was
unable to make the beach. One man
was swempt ashore and succeeded in
landing on q small rcck. We shot e
line to him and then be tried to climb
the cliff, but he fell and was killed be
fore OUT eyes.
in the morning another sad ca.
lamity ocl u.red. About Is OF 20 per-
sons, among thensone OF two women,
had taken refuge in the fore topmsst.
Suddenly, and without warning, the
mast tottered and there came a shriek
from those on it, and the next mo.
ment it fell with crash, carrying
its load OF human freight to terrible
death.
"Capt. Johnson lost his bearings
and ran the ship ashore. 1t was q
dark and stormy night, and nothing
could be seen. The ship struck while
fill speed. We al thought
we were to the southwark Of Flat
terry, and after striking Capt. John
son proved himself 4 hero. he made
the statement that be would never
leave the wreck alive and believe 1t.
The Chief engineer is also carrying
revolver with which to blow out his
brains when the critical NOM ent
SUBMERGED AND BROKEN
With only 80 OF the 154 persons on
BOARD known to be safe up to late
hour Thursday night, t2e wrecked
steamer Valencia now lies submerged
'nl broken on tho Vancouver coast
i've miles from Cape Bsale. Oaly
portion OF a mast stands above the
water and the feet OF steamers and
Jugs Thursday turned their attention
10 pasrolling the coast in the hope OF
inding boats, rats OF Wreckage still
,foat with survivors. Bu5 the belief
Vows stronger each hour that l2l
persons. including most Of the passen
yers are lost. /
OF the 80 persons definitely accoun
;ed tor, and these 60 not include
ihrer neD, believed to be survivors
cen on shore by the whaling yes.
el Orion, six have been taken on the
'alvor, bruised, halt naked, and ex
lausted. Nine others in similar
light are still camped on Darling |
reok in a telegraph hut, while the
euaining l5 we're picked up by the
ity Of TJpeka from raft.
Not q woman or child Is among the
aVed, survivors saying that the wo'
oen refused to leave the wreck
ven When told the ip was going to
'ieces.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1906-01-31
Plenty Of Gold.

A British explorer recently return
ed tom Abyssinia says that he was
for four months in a region hitherto
unknown to white men. Along the
tributaries CT the Blue Nile be ioud6
4 mining population engaged in
washing gold. He repotts that there
is an enormous quantity Of gold
in that region, In which thousands Of
natives WorZ,
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1906-01-31
Might SniC some.

At Pttsburg, Pa, at a meeting OF
the Wonan's Clu one OF the mem
bers suggested that women we're wear.
ing Their dresses too long and said
taey should not extend below the
knees. That might do for lady
with your form" spoke up an angular
member ''bnt I don't agree with you
one bit"
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1906-01-31
Wanted 70 Lynch Him.

The people Of Georgia came mighty
near lynching a Methodist preacher
who recently stood well in the confer.
ence. He had deserted bis wife and
children, leaving them penniiess while
he fed with the wife OF q former par.
tshoaer IL another town. The woman
had robbed her hus1and o: a biz sum
Of money to take With her anl he1
former pastor. he had returned to
bis first wife and tried to na.e up
when the people got sitter him.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1906-01-31
DREW BIS MILEAGE.
Burton Peepad into Senate to Com
ply with LEW,

Burton Peepad into Senate to Com
ply with Lew,
Senator Burton, Of Kansas, drew
bis mileage Wednesday, and thereby
hangs a remarkable tale. The law
II q lires shat In order for a senator to
draw mileage he must have been seen
in the senate chamber by an of1c al Of
that august tribunal. Rsa the
Kansas senator stepped within the
portal, and had the eyes Of, say Sena-
tor Bailey, Of Texas, been clapped
upon him, there is no doubt that a
few warm remarks would have been
submitted by the Texan. To avoid
embarrassment Of this sot:s, and pos.
silly Of scMe other kind, Mr.: Burton
declined firmly to show himself IN the
chamber proper.
All accounts Of the highly elattng
incident agree that he was IN the b.
publican cloakroom; that he vas luz
ed to the door by one official Of the
senate, who artfully eogagiug him in
7ersation. induced him to face the
arena where be once sat among the
mighty Of the land, wearing the toga
with the purple bordse, and when ne
was gaging-oh, ever SO wistfully
gazing-toward the vics presidents
dais, two other cfd ;ials Of the senate
looked him sq1arely in his downcast
eyes, then IF they strode to the
office of Financial Clerk Nixon and
swore that tney had seen S>nator
Burton in the senate chamber. Aad
so thev had.
Then Mr. Burton drew this mil
cage, amounting to something more
than $500. M. Burton, OF course,
has bean drawing bis salary al along
since the senate has declined to take
action on his case until the courts
have finally passed upon the .conV.c
5icns that hang over him. Whether
Nj. Burton stays in Washington
much could not be learned Wednes.
day. Nor could his abode there be
Naturally the K anSas
contingent decline to di, GUS h.m or
bis peculiar ofi cial status. That be
is still senator It she United States
however is now fully attested by the
records, except OF course the records
Of the daily proceedings of the senate.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1906-01-31
AcQutted.

Y. T. Sanford, former tax collector
Of Floyd county, Ca, was acquitted
at Rome on Saturday OF the murder
nf Georgs Wright. Hs acknoWledges
the 5xillirg and his defense was that
;Wrfrht bad interferred with his do
- Stic relations. he Is now suing bis
- . for divorce.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1906-01-31
War In Chinatown.

4 dispatch from New York says
war broke out "Wednesday in the
streets Of Chinatown between two
Chinese societies, the Hip Sings and
the On Oa Leongs. Two Cinnamon
we're killed during shooting afray
and third was mortaUy and a fourth
badly injured.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1906-01-31
By Explosion on a Brazilian
Turretted Naval Ship
AN OFFICER SAVED
The Accident Occurred in tie Powder
Magazine, and the Ship Sank ia
Three Minutes. Four Rear Ad.
mirals Were on Beard,
and Were Lost.

R!o Janeiro, Jan. 22.-Ths Brazil
ian turret ship AQu;daban has been
sunk at Port Jscsrspsgua, south of
Bio Janerio, as the result Of an explo-
sion On board. 1t is reported that
three hundred of her crew perlshed
and that only one officer was saved.
Four rear aimira!s perished on
board the Aquibaban, whish had
been used for the accommodation Of q
number of supernumerary officers and
men attached to the fotilla esco.ting
the cruiser Barroso. The Barroso had
on board the minister Of marine and
his staff, who were inspecting the
sites proposed for a new arsenal.
The explosion on the Aqlidaban
occurred in the powder magazine.
The Vesssl sank In three minutes.
The Aquidaoan was OF 1850 tons
displacement and $500 horse power.
She was built in Eagland in 1885 at
a cost Of 81. 725, 900. Tae armament
consisted Of four S.4 inch guns and
four S 5 inch guns and a number Of
smaller guns. She had five torpedo
tubes. Her crew numbered $50 officers
and men.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1906-01-31
NANES OF ADAuRALS.

ANza-iI11o OF 1I-1IIIEaI<0s
Bio Janeiro, Brazil, J IN. 22.-Tae
following members OF the com mission
which LET the arsenal on board the
Aquidaban. we're drowned:
Rear Admsral Roirigo Jose Da.
Rochs.
Bar Admirable Francisco Calheiros
DaGraca.
Bear Admiral Joao Cand:do Brazil.
Captain Alyes de Larrigo.
Two commanders, two German pho
tographers and one reporter also were
drowned.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1906-01-31
Worst Than War.

Statistics show tba5 II. 100 people
lost their liVss In Allegheny county /.
Pennsylvania, the past year by acct-
dents in iron and steel mills, blast
furnac:s,~ 'roads and
other p-
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1906-01-31
DEAD 1875: INJURED Sc.

Rio Jaaeria, Bcezll, Jan. 22.-Tne
cruiser Baroso has arrived here from
Port Jakerepagna, with those Injured
by the explosion on the Aquidaban.
The Aquidaban blew up at 10 As last
night. Nearly all the cfd ;srs. we're
killed or injured. The dad number
1876 and the injured SO.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1906-01-31

Joan T Mcswain made the coSing
aronment. BE was sppointed by the
cos7rh to- defend Thompson, and
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1906-01-31

a special representative OF The
Post-Intelligencer wired from Port
Angeles at $3.50 q. n. Thursday
morning that the rescue ship City Of
Topeka picked up q life raft at l
O'Clock wednesday afternoon SIX miles
off Cape Beale with 20 survivors OF
the Valerc.a On board. The men
were in a pitiable condition and 81
most dead from exposure. The meo
on their trail support battled bravely
with 8 pair Of osrs to reach the City
Of Topska, which, owing &c the dan
gerous uJrS, could not run il any
closer to them. Within halt mile
from the raft a boat was lowered from
the deck, which was with much diff
Guilty, made fast with a line to the
raft The work OF rescue was dan.
gerous. The men we're too exhausted
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1906-05-05

lay Is greater or less the principle remains
the same. The policeman is out Of his
place when he Is taken from the patrol and
put upon desk work or sent out a. an IN
spector of this or that District bureau.
II the Commissioners were to hold rigfdly
to the policy OF not detailing policemen save
upon strictly police duties. their demands
upon Congress for the appropriations nee
essary to operate the various institutions
and branches OF the District government
would be more effective. AS long as the
municipal authorities are willing to make
shift to meet this and that requirement for
help by drawing upon the always available
police force they cannot expect Congress
readily to grant their acquisitions for addi-
tional clerical and Inspector forces.
Furthermore, by contir 4ir.s thus to detail
men out of their proper lines to do duty
here and there in capacities which do not
serve to safeguard life and property. but
merely facilitate the administrative ma
chtnery, the Commissioners are rendering
difficult their task of getting increaaes in
the force when they become necessary.
Congress points to the totals and computes
the ratio OF patrolmen to territory, and
manages occasionally to make q fairly good
showing for the District. 1t always requires
demonstrations of the special details to
prove the fallacy of such figures. And the
explanation seldom convinees the critics.
who think that the District is we'll policed.
merely because Of the gross size of the
force.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1906-05-05
Goremykin's Policy.

Spurred on by the manner in which the
outside world received the news of Whites
succession as premier by Goremykin. the
new ministry at St. Petersburg evidently
feels that IL is under suspicion, and wants
10 square itself at the outset OF it's career.
The following formal statement has been
issued by Goremysin through his chief lieu
tenant. the new controller of the empire:
His majesty the emperor and the pre-
mier. M Goremy kin. have tho full hon.
oraoie intention OF carrying through the
IDEA or national representation, with all IL
implies There is no intention Of dissoiy-
ing parliament Naturally unforeseen cir
enmstances may arise. as In any govern
ment, which might force such an unhappy
event But We do not anticipate such a
misfortune. as the majority of the menu
bers OF parliament are lovers OF their coun-
try. and we do not believe that they are
DESTROYS OF forcing conflict. The govern
ments purpose viii be to work with parlia-
meut."
In the language OF the day. II Is to
laugh. II the object OF this proclamation
Is TO quiet apprehension 1t hardly meets
the case. IL Is thoroughly Russian in its
naive assumption that the world at large
Will not read between the lines. Note the
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1906-05-05

frankness with which the ministry reserves
the right to dissolve parliament whenever
the members show a disposition to force
conflict Taken as a whole. this an
nouncement means that as long as the
members of parliament follow the lead of
the emperor and his close advisers they
will De permitted to remain in session. pass
ing inconsequential laws and making no
Roadway In the working out of reforms.
The ministry assumes that the members
of parliament are lovers Of their coun-
try" What does this mean? Their coun-
try as 1t is or as 1t should and might be?
Is this a distinct notice to these men not
to bring forward any plans for changing
interpreted in the light of the past events
in Russia. 1t might without palpable in
justice be construed to mean that the min
istry and the emperor will carry through
''the idea of national representation with
all 1t implies 30 long as that idea does
not imply the curtaiiment of the auto
cratic power or the prerogatives of the
bureaucrats.
1t would have been better for NJ Gore
reactionary program to go abroad IN
checked. and then to work out his destiny
step by step without attempting to fore
stall public sentiment. His first move Is
no less than a blunder, for the very terms
of his pronunciamento by proxy raise a
more distinct suspicion than that which his
former associations and his well-known rec
ord evoked
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1906-05-05
Standard OILS Reply.

Mr.. Rogers and Mr.. Archbold deny the
allegations, and both defy and ridicule the
allegators- They are sorry for Mr.. Garfield,
who. they contend, did not see his way
through the subject, and they jab the Pres
ident with an imputation of business. 1t
Is the Standard Oirs fashion of pleading not
guilty.
Any other reply would have been a sur
prise The country expected the one that
has promptly been made. This time 1t is
the expected that has happened. Mr.. Rock
efeller and his iieutenants have long used a
formula in such emergencies. They give
themselves good character, describe their
business as legitimate and successful. con-
fess that they make the best terms possible
in all business negotiations. and wind Gp
with the Tweed question slightly modified:
What are you going to do about itf
Well. that is the question. Uncle Sam
must answer. and 1t Is to be presumed he
Is ready to do If the government is
unable to sustain itself in court its case will
fall, and great will be the Standard Oirs
triumph. If the case is made out in court
If the Standard OIL is convicted as accused
long step will have been taken toward
bringing that monopoly generally to book.
Attorney General Moody must now get
busy. and In connection with Commissioner
Garfield open up the whole matter.
The congratulatory feature OF the episode
is that, at last, the Standard OIL Company
must tackle fellow Of its size. Uncle Sam,
unless are all mistaken, Is a foeman
worthy of Mr.. Rockefeller's steel. And this
time We shall all expect the oil king to
stand his ground. He will probably find 1t
difficult to disappear. and set the gossips
wondering whether he may be on his yacht
in South American waters, or at anchor in
the Bay of Naples. or on his private car
touring the south Atlantic states. Or playing
golf on his New Jersey estate with the ap-
proaches guarded by a regiment of private
sentinels. The processes Of the United
States courts run far. and they should reach
Mr.. Rockefeller and everybody else whose
testimony may be of value In these cases.
The President has done nothing better In
Office than this, and he should be. and likely
will be. supported by men of both parties in
his effort to both vindicate and strengthen
the law.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1906-05-05
New York.

The New York legislature has adjourned,
and one important question at least stands
settled. A boss is not essential to the ex-
istence of that body. 1t is regarded as a
great and comforting discovery. Serious
doubt prevailed on the point. Boss rule had
been in evidence SO long that 1t was con-
sidered quite Indispensable to the smooth
transaction of business. But not so. Here
was an assembly which disposed in a rea-
sonable time OF much business, and yet
oheyed no master None OF the old bosses
on either side was IN attendance, and no
new bosses developed. The governor at
tended to his part of the business, the
speaker of the house to his. and everything
went we'll enough Even opposition news
papers are complimentary. Congratulations,
And now that the thing has been done once,
why not again? Why boss rule, In the Old
sense. ever again? And If New York can
get along without boss rule why not other
states7
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1906-05-05
Twelve Great Novels in The Star.

one Of the notable facts in the develop
mcnt Of the newspaper OF modern times Is
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Ing offered TO the public through this con-
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1: is gratified now TO be able 10 present a
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