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The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1906-03-21
MADE ARREST UaDER P77RaR B.
eoliceman's Du.y Took Him D wn
Shaft and Into Tunnel.

Shaft and Into Tsnnel.
a New York policeman had queer
experience recently. A dispatcn from
that city says Patrolman Norton Is
taking it easy" at his home a1ser
making an early morning arrest under
conditions remarkable for even the
New York police department..
Down 100 foot shaft In occKet
and then through succ ssion o. ar
locks to point more than lou feat
nut under the East river In search OF
= negro desperate. who had just
smashed a comrades skull With q
steel drill. is not an ordinary morn
lng's job, even for patrolman. a
qlarrel vsz crep game leo 20 1ne
assault.
Gu; there, l25 feet from the Iiver
bank ard 1e5 feet below the suflace'
the world seems far away and remote:
The wounded mans CT tmpanion 5000
by and saw the thing done, toe rasc-
Dated with terror to move hager 70
save him-until it was too late.
P.trolman Norton learned OF t2e
assault shortly after it had taken
place, and that the negro, Co enan,
had remained in the air lock: ne
fastened to the shaft head and had
the er g oesrl staff lower him down
the Clear hu~ dred feel, between the
clamny, dripping rock walls, In the
small bucket that even the sand leg!
arc careful with, to the bottom, where
be started { f into the yaWnipg olscE-
ness OF the tunnel N nth toward the
first afr lock.
BE finally reached point where be
could mmunicate with the half df z.
en men, anorg whom was Coleman,
re- aiming at the head OF the line.
,ext to the shield. BE ordered them
10 G me out and they came vi irg
noUgn, especially the negro, who en-
| deaVored to push by the policeman.
But the lattzr was too quick for hin,
and had him safely unuer arrest BE-
fore lie reached the foot OF the shaft.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1906-03-21
A6saSsiuAted.

T. G. Thompson. colored, was shot
and killed on the placs OF Dr.. ]. B.
Stepps at Swltzsr, Spartanburg coun-
ty, on Saturday night between IL and
one O'Clock, while be and severel others
were sitting round the fire. The wea-
Don was q shotgun and it was fred
from the outside through win
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1906-03-21
Shot in a Cafe

Ephrian Hall, aged 25, was SHOT
and fatally wounded in Spepcsr's cafe,
Greenville, on Saturday night after
midnight With a pistol. There we're
Eve men in the placed at the time,
most Of them under the influence OF
whiskey.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1906-03-21
Many l. F.,

a crazy old negress testified recent
" THAI Memphis, Tenn. would siuk
cut of sight on the 9th Of March an /
tee rsgrces If that city are leaving
5ae city by hundreds every day. The
railroads have arranged for excursion
zrains out Of the city the 26 ID, to
re.u,a the 2S5h If the city is still
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1906-03-21
2 cutiac Accident.

J-eS Myers, 4 young white man,
net e peculiar Death at Hsmersville
Ca, Wednesday. He was an electric
li.,eaan. While loading lot Of poles
the so2k be was using in the work
81 ooe7. ;iew back and broke his neck.
ae cisd instantly.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1906-03-21
Threw Himself in Front Of Train.

An unidentified man, about twenty :
five wears old, threw hin self in front
of an elevated train st 42d street ano
I'd avenue Thursday and was killed.
A note book found upon the body bore
upoa it's fly leaf the inscription:
Berry Peterson, bandmaster. U. 5.
R. S., franklin navy yard, Norfolk,
Va
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1906-03-21
Got Twenty Years.

DR.. J. B. Matthews, the Greensboro
physician charged with the murder of
his wife, was found guilty on F1day
of murder in the second degree and
was sentenced to the penitentiary for
20 wears,
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1906-03-21
Grocery Crushe

Al Jamestown, nd. while nine
men were s;usiug about the stove in
grocery Thursday afternoon, three Of
5acna were killed and five injured BY
the collapse OF the DAD Fellows hall,
which crushed the crocarY.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1906-03-21
Death in q aSnuwsltde.

A dispatch from N,rway says a
snow avalanche at L0foten islands
Friday buried number OF fisher
mems huts. Res cuers extricated 81
dead and SO injured.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1906-03-21

Be patient with the ola folks and
smooth their pathway.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1906-03-21

to carrying a gun Ol n1s o"u p1euN
es. His lawyers d;ssuaded him ON
any such course, telling Adams that
be would hangif he killed Jacques
after so long q time had elapsed after
the diff. ulty. Adams was advised to
avoid Jacques until the assault and
battery case could be tried. A day or
two later be came back and told Nj.
howell that be couldn't sleep for wor
rylng about Jacques and that he e1-
pscted to be killed by Jacques at any
time. he ther sent to Charle,ton and
bought single barreled gun and some
ammunition. This state OF affairs was
kept it up from the 4th OF January
until the l1th OF February, the day OF
the tragedy.
In extsnuatfon OF Adams MAJ
Howell states that his client was a
cowardly sort OF man and was afraid
Of Jacques, whom he had sen carry
ing his double barreled gun around
with him In full view Of Adams. 1t
was published at the time that Adams
had assasslnated Jacq les by shooting
him down after lying in wait for him
on the roadside, and the newspaper
articles at the time stated that Adams
had cut the twigs cut Of MS way 80
that he could get good view OF JAG
ques as he came riding along the road.
Maj. Howell describes the tragedy as
R a. Adams, Stephen Ac-
herman and ". B. Adams had been
in cow trade in front OF
gate when rain c2 me up
and R. a. Adams started home. He
had ridden down the road about so
yards when be came upon Jacques.
also on horseback. They were ap-
preaching from forks Of the road to
;be main road, with Adams slightly
y front.
The Waxahachie daily light. [volume] (Waxahachie, Tex.) 1894-current, 1906-05-22
SEGREGATION PASSED
Measure Of Importance 10 0sa.es
Prevails In Hpnse.
PAYMENTS PROVIDED
Tribe Is To Receive finy Dollars
Fer Capita Each Quarter a. L.
teresi and Principal la
Twenty-Five Years.

Washington. May Outside Of
statehood. possibly the most impor.
tant legislation in which the Usage
Indians OF Indian Territory are inter.
exted passed the house OF representa-.
tives Monday This is the bin seq.
regating the lands OF the Osagss.
which was presented by Delegate Nc.
Guire, who had charge of the measure
on the floof, assisted By Mr.. Curtis
and Mr.. Murdoch of Kansas. For years
efforts nave been made TO segregate
the lands of these Indians. hut tn,
indians themselves have been dilato-
ry. and 1t VAS only recently that the
bill which passed Monday was an
proved by them. The Usage Indians,
some 800 in number, are the richest
or their race They have $4,000 600 In
the treasury The bill which passed
segresates the fund 10 individuals
and Will give them $50 per quarter
as interest, and in twenty-five years
they are to receive the principal In
addition, the land of the Osages. about
1,1oo,o00 acres. is to be allotted
which will give each member of the
tribe about 700 acres. exclusive OF the
coal and oil lands, which are not to
be eliminated under the provisions of
the bill for twenty-five years.
Some Of the richest coal and oil
land in the country are included with
in the Usage reservation, according
to a statement made by Mr.. Zenor OF
Indiana, who succeeded in attaching
an amendment to the bill that the In.
dams must ratify the act before Dec.
l, 1906, by a majority Of the adult
male members of the tribe at either
q general election or at a special
election, called for the purpose
The Waxahachie daily light. [volume] (Waxahachie, Tex.) 1894-current, 1906-05-22
BIGGE ST BATTLESNtP.
Not Thought Opposition Will Be Able
to Prevent Building.

Washington, May 22-The naval
programme, providing for the con
struction of one mammoth battleship
of tonnage equal to any afloat or now
building, will meet opposition in the
senate but not of such stubborn char
acter as it is thought, to endanger its
passage There are several members
of the senate committee on naval af
fairs, who have expressed themselves
as opposed to building great I'M
wieldly type of the Dreadnaught, now
being constructed for the navy OF
Great Britain. These men announced
| they express doubt although they
| are not determined to record theiI
| votes against the policy OF the admin
list ra ton
The battleship proposed and provfd-
ed for by the bill as 1t passed the
house in some features will be greater
than the Dreadnausht. The tonnage
must be as great as the biggest bat
tleship now planned This is estimat-
ed at about 10000 tons Its speed
must al least make twenty-one knots
and have a draft of twenty-eight feet
Its armament will surpass the Dread.
naught. According to the plans for
this giant defender of the British navy
IL will have ten twelve-inch guns,
Chairman Fuss of the house committee
on naval affairs said the battleship for
the United States should have twelve
inch guns The South Carolina and
Michigan. plans for which have re-
Gently been completed are the biggest
ships now authorized for the United
States. and they will have eight
twelvetnch guns
The annual appropriation bill will
not be taken mp by the senate com
mittee until the last of the week
The Waxahachie daily light. [volume] (Waxahachie, Tex.) 1894-current, 1906-05-22
CONFERENCE ENoA
Venerable Bishop Wilson pyonoonee1
the Solemn Beredicsicn.

ire Soierfn 6srscicIon.
Birmingham. Ala May - The ~
teenth session Of the anadrennisl Of
the general conference ~ the Meth
odist Episcopal church. South. came
TO close shortly after 3 O'Clock Mon
day afternoon with fes words 81
paternal advice and touching bane-
dicfinn by the venerable Bishop VIII
son, the senior bishop Of the church
The last day was marked by the rapid
dispatch OF business, and numerous
minor measures were disposed a.
The features of the morning were
the reading Of the answer to the pro-
test Of several delegates against the
plan adopted looking to revision and
restatement, a debate on who shall
control the publishing house In Japan.
which was finally decided In favor Of
the book committee, the present Gus
todians. and the adoption OF reso-
luton striking out the paragraph OF
the discipline relating to worldly
amusements and empowering the col
lege OF bishops to draw MP a new par
agraph on the subject
Bishop Gambler resigned as secreta-
~ of the college Of bishops, and Bish-
op Tigert was elected in his place,
Provision was made for more evan
gelistic missionaries, and change
was made in the rule recently adopted
allowing unordanied ministers TO per
form the ceremonies of baptism and
marriage by making the rule apply
only in states where it was In CON
Torrance with the civil laws.
The Waxahachie daily light. [volume] (Waxahachie, Tex.) 1894-current, 1906-05-22
COTTON ACREAG e.
Jordan and Cheathan1 Give Out Fig
ure For Present Year.

ure or present year
Atlanta, May % Southern Cotton
association, by President Harvie Jor-
dan and Secretary Cheatham, gives out
statement regarding cotton acreage
for 1906
Texas reports as follows: Acreage.
1906, 1927, S02 1905. 7.311.071: per
cent increase, $40
Indian Territory-Acreage, 1906,
944,913; 1905, $780, 04 per cent in
crease, 1898
Observation-Disclosures, 1906, 46l 1923 ;
1905, 426, M; per cent increase S.93
Louisiana 1906, 1,595,11s
1905, 1,610,074 per cent decrease. l SIS.
The statement shows an increase of
1876, 228 acres this year over that plant
ed in 1905, or a net increase Of 2.76
per cent These figures are to be
verified or corrected by meeting OF
the state presidents at Jackson, Miss.
May 81
The statement further says that the
scarcity of labor. and especially in
Alabama, Louisiana, Miss issippi and
Arkansas, will cause at least 10 pei
cent of the acreage now planted tc
be abandoned on account Of the lacl
OF necessary hands to cultivate tn
| crop. Frosts in May caused consid
cradle damage and replanting.
The Waxahachie daily light. [volume] (Waxahachie, Tex.) 1894-current, 1906-05-22
CRAPS GAME CAUSE.
One Young Man Shoots Another Tnree
Times With Fatal Results.

! Jackson, Miss, May "a youn
/ man named Gale was shot and in
stautIy killed in front of the Price
House by Julius Yeager. The killing
was the outgrowth of crap game at
Livingston park Sunday, in which a
large number of young men are said
to have participated. A quarrel be-
tween Gale and Yeager was resumed
Monday morning and Gale invited
Yearger behind the state house to set
tie, so IL is said. Yeaeer refused and
drew a pistol, shooting Gale three
times. Both were prominently con
nected Yeager surrendered
The Waxahachie daily light. [volume] (Waxahachie, Tex.) 1894-current, 1906-05-22
NBER NOMINATED.
President Sends to the Senate large
LIST OF Apo ntnen,s.

Washington. MAY 12-The presi
dem sent 10 the senate Monday the
following nominations
Consuls General l.. N Ayme lilt
nols AZ Lisbon Portugal Lee Allen
Bersol2e New York At Canton. China
" T. Fee onto no Mukdsu China
Julius C. las District ~ Columbia at
CapetoNu. Cape 30 Good Hope Far
nest A Malm Florida AT Copeuha
gen
Comm sslHusr General ut immisA
tiou frank o. sargent Illinois
Postmaster lHHaH Territory 4.
a. ltYsmth WlH4rtHu r. ~ iavrft
nflstov So us.esleF s8pulps reS
a. a. 81 Harrison Nos Boston
The Waxahachie daily light. [volume] (Waxahachie, Tex.) 1894-current, 1906-05-22
PARADE OF EIkS.
One of the Most Imposing Affairs
Ever Seen at Dallas

Dallas. May 22-Parade of the Elks
one of the most imposing affairs of
the kind ever witnessed in this city
Headed by a band Of forty pieces It
was Cheered by thousands General
A VI Han was in command There
were seven divisions The decorated
vehicles were numerous Three al.
visions Of military participated. while
the uniformed men Of the naval section
were arrayed like mariners
II is estimated that . 500 Elks took
part 10 the parade
The Waxahachie daily light. [volume] (Waxahachie, Tex.) 1894-current, 1906-05-22
ASSAULT CHARGED
Negro Was Frightened Away Before
purposr was Aeconnllshrd

Austin. Nav % The sheriff has In
ial white 1r Gahe Smith. negro
shaat tw.ufyslN ycafs old. Vho is
charged wttH attempted criminal as
SAINT The attempt Bas alleged fa
have u.ruftfd near usiealr riEtt
uIlrs rlftsatf uf here aad iu tts
bUur Hi farmer ustmsd n1wpn whH
vse 4bsrHi 4t ttt ume SIS Nifs fHf
tfatutt I.tw red tlam Coz house
suf ite Hesr aae t.shfsusd awav
ial.l HI" N. taexa. PRE- FIJI posse ~ f1rm
sle EN. WuHaH 8U.A 1nluEHfeH
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1906-09-11
:. FIRST PLAY" A MIsNOMER
Rarely Does a Dramatist Succeed at
His Entrance to the Work.
New York s

$50 New Y Ork Sun.
An unknown dramatist came forward
last winter with play that was &C
counted one Of the minor triumphs Of
the season. The first play Of a begin
ner was acclaimed remarkable piece
Of work and there were the customary
comments on the excellence Of a first
play. The justice Of this characterize
tion was shown later The author has
had two other works accepted for pro-
:duction during the coming season, and
last month three others were copy
righted at Washington. The drama seen
and the author deserved all the credit
she got; but it was no more first play
than such pieces usually are.
Clyde Ftch's first play is said to
have been produced ten years after he
wrote it, and many unsuccessful dramas
had interviewed before this comedy saw
the light. Hubert Davies cousin
Kate, which won him his vogue in
London, was written after /" Cynthia"
and Mrs. Corringe's Necklace.
The man who feels that he has tai
ent for playwriting," manager said.
should not give up because his plays
are not bought at once. He should
keep at work just as steadily as if he
expected to sell them as fast as they
are finished. The demand for plays IS
at present so great that he will be able
to sell them all after he has made one
hit. -
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1906-09-11
MORNING ] DECLINE
IN STOCK MARKET
OPENING IS DULL AND is FOL-
LOWED BY{WEAKNEss. s
Atehtsop h = = Feature RI Strength, but
Later Yields to Pressure Western
Railroad Group Is Generally Weak
Market Becomes Almost Lifeless
After Noon Hour.

New York, Sept. 11-Opening trading in
STOCKS was dull and the tone uncertain. Small
gains ana losses were very evenly divided. The
principa1 gains were among the southwestern
to oa, Wltn Atchison the feature. The opening
sales OF that stock were Of 10000 shares al
110Ha and no compared with HOY last night
ana with subsequent sales below ITO. Louis
vile y Nashville rose " and Union Pacific and
Erie fell as much.
Efforts to put up prices Of individual stocks
IN the race OF the dropping character Of the
Market M were abandoned after Louisville L.
Nashville and Missouri Pacific had been adj
the entire list was weak. The western rail-
ROAD group and the metal stocks We're the weak
est features Great Northern preferred fell 31s
points POI Anaconda 8, st. Paul ~, Northern Pa
enc ia, Atchlson, Union Pacific, Reading, New
no ota, central en Delaware & Hudson Amalga.
mated Copper, United States Steel; Smelling
and a,, the Republic Steel stocks to rs,
fall under liberal offerings. Great Northern pre-
ferred was crossed OF s points, st. Paul 8,
Reading 2h, Onion Pacific 1a4, Amalgamated
copper Is Colorado Fuel. and Lead IL; Bal
timore 8 Ohio. Iowa Central and United States
Steel IN and Pennsylvania, Southern Pacific,
North Western, United States Steel preferred,
Locomotive Pressed Steel Car and sloss-
noon.
Selling ceased for the time being, but the
market did not rally with any enthusiasm and
became almost hfeless. Allis- Chalmers pre-
IN and Atlantic Coast Line IL.
The forenoon market has given over to =
gradual hardening in prices, altho the buying
was extremely small. Missouri Pacific was pa:-
ticularly firm. recovering to co., Its high price
OF the forenoon. Some of the other southwest
ems. however, continued heavy. Kansas & Texas
preferred, st. Louis Southwestern preferred and
CIose-Wheat, SEPTEMBER TIC: December.
1850; May, s4Ac. Corn, September, 56sc; De-
cember, 511c; May, 49bc. ~
STOCK quotations reported for The Journal by
Watson & Co., Chamber of Commerce Mime
apolis. Closing figures are bid
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1906-09-11

The smallest thing with backbone is a sin
little fish recently discovered scen
about half an inch in length.
Wen-sz- tun Chiiao-chi-r is the way our Chinese
G cont the Pekin shen Pao, refers to
Yo-heng nszpao (Johannesburg).
DR.. Nansen is fond of sailors. He says that
there is brotherhood Of the sea which stamps
ings., He has found more thoughtful earnest
ness among. sailors and better spirit than
among members of any other profession. Sailors,
he believes, bear all their hardships and suffer.
ings with calTnness and fortitude
Originally the word impairment" signifed
merely mot belonging to-" When wyclire said
were ''impertincnt to earthly lords" he did not
mean that they were cheeky but merely that
they had no masters. Then, as used by Shaks.
pere. "irnpertinent' came to mean ''irrevalent
absurd silly. idle :, = =
The British and Foreign Bible society now
esr issued few
4 new theater says the Neue Hamburger
zeitung. is to be opened in Berlin next year
II which al, al parts will be played BY mechanical
Anropos of the clamor for old age pensions
at washington ashg It has cropped out that there
government clerks in that city.
General James Grand Wilson Of New York
has a large. old fashioned seal ring, containing
Lincoln Grant, Napoleon and Wellington
Consul McNally reports that 1t has beer
decided to hold International exposition Of
foodstuffs in Liege during July and August
next. plans for which are now being formu
lated. 80
+ Baroness Cederstrom, as plain Nine. Patti
has made as much as $500, 600 in single year
tho at present, it is said, she does not trouble
TO make more than $50, 600. Melba earns $50,
600 when In full work, and Sarah Bernhard,
makes an average Of SO, 600.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1906-09-11
MINING AND CURB STOCKS

Boston quotations att pm, reported. by
Logan s Bryan, 400 Minneapolis Chamber of
Commerce:
Am. Dew Co., 10 Asked Adventure, 5h; Al
11nS. sS APEX 7A@1 A American 1ns
Consolidated, 2s% Bingham, 5oh; Bonanza,
D@75; Black Mountain. 8ss; Butte Express,
2@s Byte London M Byte Coal
22M ce1per queen asked G9nsod esn
.anea Central, 1917 @16; Copper Range, u;
Steel, 2sH@2S; DAILY West, 16@1eA; DAILY
Davis, 9k@10; DEM Arizona, IS bid; East
Butte, .915 @1O; Elm River. 1h asked. Frank
lin. q; CRANKY, 12@12k; Guanajuato, SIS
asked; Green Consolidated, 20: Helyetia, "
as Hancock, on asked; Isle Royale, 1917
Kew eepaw, 1O@10A: Mass, S@SA; May.
aowe., 80 bid: Massachusetts Gas 90;
& Co. 2A@3; Nevada Cons, 1s@18A;
North Butte, 941k; Old Colony, 95@1oo; Old
Dominion, 42%; Osceola. 1181a; Parrot. 26A
Pneumati h service, 10: Pneumatic service, pre-.
Rhode Island 41z@5; santa santa Re, ~ shannon,
9ss Shoe machine, so@s1; Shoe machine, pre-.
ferred, 29H@3OA; Superior Copper, 1917;
Swift, 1o1% @1o7% Iamarack, e5@ @esi
Trinity Copper, 10; United Copper, e3%; Unit
ed States mining, 81 "; United States mining,
preferredC, 4612; Utah Cons, 62h Union Land
2M3; United Fruit. 1O91a @110; Utah-Nevada
43N a; Victoria, 69s az Washington, 1@1A
I Winona,i rs; Wolverine, 159: Wyandot, 00100
Warren Development Co., liza. - ...-4 &
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1906-09-11

Chinese murderer before being hanged In
Batavia asked to be supplied with ticket to
Singapore, SO that he-could have it his per-
son after death. His request was granted and
he died happy.
. The range Of years over which cancer is
likely to occur is practically the same in both
sexes-46- 64-but the mean age OF incidence Of
the disease is 55.2 years in males and 1919 years
in females.
Kntghthood was intended to serve as a mark
Of distinction for deeds of renown and merit.
.'Knight" properly signifies person who, for
his virtue and martial prowess. is raised from
the rank of gentleman into higher class Of
dignity and honor
Australia is now going to make war hsr
rabbit pest scientifically. having raised $40, 900
for experiments on Broughton island of New.
castle, writes Consul Cooling. DR.. Danysz Of
Paris will be in charge, and 1t is proposed
to infect rabbits with such contagious diseases
that Will spread among their kind. but do no
harm to other animals or humanity.
Germany has $4,000 bee hives. which furnish
%. 600 tons of honey in a. year. while Spain
Genes second as a producer of honey among
European countries. with $780, 200 hives and
10. 900 tons of honey. y
The eucalyptus sheds its bark instead of 1t.
leaves.