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The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1907-07-31
SERIES OF QUEER FIRES.
Seven Occurred in Two Hours In a
Home of Union.

According to the Union Progress
remarkable series of seven unusual
mysterious, even uncanny fires oc-
Cured Wednesday night in the shcrE
space of an hour and a half at the
home of Mr.. John Wix of Buffalo.
It seems that about 7:3o it was
discovered that there was fire IN
one of the upstairs rooms. The FIRE
was in a bed and by the time all the
mattresses and bed clothing were
gotten to and thrown out, they were
practically consumed.
After everything had apparently
been extinguished much to the sur
prise of everyone, in about fifteen
minutes the odor of something burn
| ing was again noticed. Investigation
showed that bed in the same room.
)ut entirely apart from the one burn
ed, was ablaze This was thrown
,ut and a through search Of every
thing was then made. No traces OF
matches or burning material seemed
eft.
Hardly had everything settled
Iown easy when again attention was
! attracted by smoke. and it was found
hat the inside Of a dresser in the
same room was ablaze, and almost
/ consumed
Following this mysterious fire in
few minutes attention was drawn
o another room. in a closet when
,ad been shut up for some time. anG
which was apparently closed, and IN
his the bedclothing and clothes were
iound to be burning.
| While this was being put out the
,ed down stairs was found 10 DE
,hlaze Following this in few MIN
,tes the fire was discovered IN one
,,oset and after it was distinguished
apparently altogether, another piaee
was discovered in the closet 10 pe
This morning at 1850 when MI
Wix was telephoned to to connrm Int
Locations. time and occurrence o. ~.
6re II was found that he was naVlhs
still another and his eighth hre IN
down stairs room, and that ne wa:
At that moment at home attemptlns
to put it out ,.,o,.,
. For while it was not AIN"
whether the fire was caused ps III
. stantaneous combustion on accoun
of the continued intense heat, put d
5 noon Thursday Mr.. WiN saye that n
has Just discovered few stumps o
: matches, SO it seems that these elgn
, fires we're caused by little rodent
2 who seemed determined to burn NJ
j. home and all its contents. AS II l.
} his loss amounts to over 500, par
tiallv covered by insurance.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1907-07-31
SAYS He IS INSANE.
Operator on Ship Asks Police To
Meet Him at Pier.
Looses Mind While on Voyage and
Twice Attempts Suicide, Second
Time Jumping Overheard.

After sending a wireless messag
telling of his own insanity, John H
Quinn, De Forest wireless operate
on the New York and Porto Rica,
liner Coamo, was met at the pie
when the ship arrived at New Iorl
by the police and sent to his home a
Bayonne, where he is recovering hi:
mind.
Quinn made two attempts to com
nit suicide by jumping in the sea
one at Aguadilla, where man eating
sharks abounded.. His condition was
noticed as the ship was leaving San
Juan, when he paced the deck and
talked to himself, at the same time
making the widest motions with his
arms. Suddenly be rushed to the
rails and laped over First Officer
Bernard Olsen jumped in and, after
a fight rescued the crazed man.
Quinn made no effort to sink, but
swan about still talking to himself.
He was put in irons. and passenger
who knew a little about wireless tele-
graphy, sat at his post.
Quinn recovered SO fS seemingly,
that at Aguadilly Capt. /. J. Dalton
took the irons Off and confined him in
a room. 1t was only little while
till he crawled through small hole
and once more leaped overheard
right among the hungry sharks.
Second Officer Coughlin went af-
ter him this time and dragged him
back. He GcS again ironed.
When the Coamo reached Quaran-
tine Quinn was wild-eyed, but ration
al in way Capt. Dalton went to
him with singular request.
Quinn" he said, we're your
friends, but you can't take care of
yourself. The man at your job can't
send a message, and want you to
send it. It's about you, too, and you
mustn't be angry. l want you to
have a policeman meet you. That's
a good boy
Quinn never moved muscle. In a
moment. however, he got up and
started for the telegraph tower.
There, while half a dozen men guard
ed him, he flashed these words:
Quinn, wireless operator aboard
Coamo, of Quarantine, insane. Con-
fine in room; not responsible for ac-
tions. Need police help at Pier No.
35. Brooklyn. on arrival.
The crazed operator then faced his
guards and said: I've done my duty,
haven't II"
The operator at the De Forest sta
ton at No. ~ Broadway. was startl-
ed. He flashed back this message.
who's sending this?'
And Quinn, with queer grin on
his face, replied: Quinn, himself.
The man was then again locked IN
his room and guarded. When the
boat tied up at her pier, Quinn
brother James, was there with police
men from the Hamilton avenue sta
ton.
The operator made no resistance
and seemed rational. James took him
home. He is twentw-two years OLD,
and one of the best wireless men IN
the business.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1907-07-31
OF 5lackmai!ers to ExtoTt Money
or Murder Victims.
DEATH WAS RESULT
Of Refusal to Pay Sum Demanded
By the Blackmailers-One Rich
Merchant Was Killed for Refusing
to Pay-He Was One of the Ten
Men to Be Killed If They Did Not
Pay Up Promptly.

Seeking motive for the murder ot
H. S. Travshanjian, the Armenian
rug merchant, Of New York, the dis,
trict attorneys Office was led to an
investigation of report that TRAY
Shanjian was one Of ten wealthy Ar.
menians who had been marked for
slaughter if they failed to give ur
$4,000 each to blackmailing band
Of their countrymen. No color was
given to this theory by Pedros Ham
pertzoomian, who killed the rug man.
when the prisoner was arrained
last week. in court he maintained a
stolid Indifference, waived eXamina-
ton, and was remanded to the coron-
er. Later he made a statement TO a
representative of the district attorney
In this he declared that he had come
from Chicago for the express purpose
of killing Tavshanjian, but the crime
was justified by no one and no other
person or socitey was involved.
From other sources carefully pro-
tected by the authorities, came infor-
nation of startling character and
said to be accurate. This is to the
effect that a secret society of Armen-
iaDs, originally organized for what
the members held to be patriotic,
though revolutionary purposes, had
degenerated into an instrument for
blackmail The organization had dis
banded, while the better elements
withdrew from all connection with
the society.
The killing Of Tavshanjian and the
others, it is stated, was planned more
that year ago. They received let
ters which they interpreted as mean
ing that they must pay or take the
consequences. The threatened men
discussed the matter at meeting ar
ranged to decide what they should
do. Tavshanjian was present. A
number of the merchants were in
favor of acceding to the demand.
Better give them money and
live" they said.
no" said Tavshanjian. AS mat
ter of principle we should not pay
You can do as you will. They will
get nothing from me.
Mr.. Cambere, Tavshanjian's secre-
tary, visited the attorneys Office, and
there declared that the death of his
employer grew out Of attempted
blackmail.
There is no government here,
cried Cambere excitedly. I cannot
understand why you have such laws
In Turkey they would have rounded
them all up. This man who commit
ted the murder is only the dupe IN
the hands of band Of blackmallers.
Cambere gave Assistant District
Attorney Smythe list of wealthy Ar
menians who he said had been forced
to pay blackmail to this band.
This is the work of an Armenian
in this city who is the worst man IN
the world" said a prominent Armen-
ian He has been responsible for
many murders and lesser crimes and
too cowardly to commit them hlm-
self. He gets men of small intellect
10 do the work for him by making
them believe that they are WORKING
for their country
Another well-to-do Armenian SAID:
"a priest who tried to fight the band
was murdered in Odessa. Father
Kasper Vartarian. killed in New 4orh
was another victim
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1907-07-31
WOMAN HAS LEPROS1.
The Sixth Case Discovered IN Boston
and Vicinity.

The State board of hsaltn OF Mas
,ohrsetts has confirmed the report
that the young woman 1sns.chnsetts W.
Gently removed to the the Sa5n@ Md4ssemuoI en- nIoy.
General hospital after a, Deans emp,15 naantbe
cd as a domestic for several mo- moa'He 10
in in some sol of the wealthlest s.1x Iam'iles III
Boston 1st S is victim of leprosy.
bosto she will be removed to the leprosy
o,ony at Fenikese Island of the
oast oo near New Bedford. The pa
-ient whose name is concealed, had
I,een under treatment during the past
vear for skin disease before the real
nature of the aff1iction was discover
ed This is the sixth case Of leprosy
discovered in Boston and vicinity
during the past twelve months.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1907-07-31
SEAL WAR IS ON.
Between the Russians and Japs in
North Pacific.

News was brought by the steamer
Empress of China to Victoria, B. g.,
last week, of a fatal attempt by the
,Iapanese sealers to rail Copper Island
where the Russian seal rookerles are
located, beyond the end OF the Aleu-
tion chain III the North Pacific. A
.Iapanese Sealing cshooner fro Iok-
10 reached Copper islad on the night
of June 81 and dropping anchor a
short distance from the seal rocker
les sent a number of boats ashore
with their crews armed with rifles.
The landing was made and while part
of the sealing company was engaged
in skinning seals on the rockerles the
Russian guards opened fire on them
and drove them off after killing one.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1907-07-31
KILLS HERSELF.
Wife OF One of Pittsburg's Wealthy
Ne,, Tire of Life.

After charming her nurse with the
beaIties of one of Chopin's nocturnes
and then asking her to go ou. on oaa Sne
norch so as TO enjoy the music more,
Nc Margaret J. King, prominent
socie+y @ woman, of Pittsburg, TOOK aa-
xantace of her absence by commit
NO snicide. When the nurse lron,
.he n norch heard that the MUSIC mao
stonped s she feared trouble ana mas
saoeS0 saoeG inside. She could not find Mrs.
T;ns ~ anywhere. until at last she dls-
covered ~ her in the cellar with M nsr
bead nearly hacked off with razor: u:
AeSr Mrs. King. who was the VIE lie o. ;
Eugene H. King, secretary ol nc 80 =.
r GO Rnssel Shovel company, when wa was
y, Ne ls: larcest OF it's kind in the %orlG' @
had @ recently returned from a NOS; nosp,z :, .
nS0 tsi where she had been sunerlhs Lay
fro, from nervous prostratio9n. 9,oasoncv As Sne
w4S tyainsd S1sdA nurse uD had been engaged to
Seen close watch over her.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1907-07-31
ENGINE DITCHED
To Prevent Collision With a Pas
senger Train.

Engine No "a on the Richmond; !;
Fredericksburg and Potomac railroad
was derailed at Fredericksburg va
Thursday, pinning Engineer Reuben
O'Brien beneath it. The locomotive
was purposely ditched in order to
nrevent it from crashing into a pas
sengar train on the bridge crossing
the Rappahannock river at that place.
Had collision occurred, the pas
seneer train on a portion of it, prob
shIV would have gone into the river
and the death and injury of many OF
tbe passengers would have resulted.
O'Rrien was seriously but not fatally
injured.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1907-07-31
SIX DEATHS.
Following the stings of Black Flies
in Canada.

A startling tale Of fatalities has
reached Aurora, n. Y, through John
Grin, who has just returned from
the Algonquin Park locality OF can. ,.
ada. Griffin expected to be gone 10!
several weeks on hunting trip, ~, ~
the fact that six deaths resultea lioln
blood poisoning, following the stlnse 5e
of black flies, near his camp oFo'e =
him home.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1907-07-31
ELECTRIC STORM.
Does Considerable Damage IN Clts
of Augusta, Ga.

terrific wind, rain and lightning
storm nassed over Augusta at ':3o
o'clock Thursday night doing sucn
damage to electric wires that tne
.citv was in darkness and all electrlc
c,,rrent turned off. Trees through
~ Tho western section of the city
covered the streets with deoris.
Damage to the electric COMPANY -
roughly estimated by an oihclal a. a.
$4,000. Five hundred teiepnoneS7
we're burned out. Roofs OF several
hnilding we're reported torn on:
lightning set fire to the resloence 7
of NJ. O'Dowd and it was lmpoSslpIe t,
to turn in an alarm, the wires Deins
sown " From the companies which re-
sponded four fremen were injured ~
falling walls.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1907-07-31
POWDER EXPLODED
Causing the Death Of Three Men by
Burning.

Three men were burned to death
Friday by an explosion in a powder
house at Two Lick coal mine near
Ciarksburg, W. Va.
The dead:
Deshla Barnetss age %, single, CT
Bethlehem, Pa.
Nicolina Plenorites, q, single, OF
Benwood, W. Va.
Frank Golf, 21, single. Clarksburg.
The powder .ignited from pipe
one of the men we're smoking Inc
building was demolished.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1907-07-31
WOMAN FOUND DEAD.
Aud Her Husband Found Uncon'
scious in Rear Of Flat.

At Chicago on THURSDAY MRS:
,,,,,anrel bloom was mysterlously
stabbed and killed in her apartments.
uer husband was found unsconsclous
~, M ,he ground in the rear of the hat'
er evidentiv len having jumped from thelr
fiat on the third floor. Bloom ca,leu "a q
doctor about l o'clock ana toic ~, nm
his wife was apparently dying l1Uin sn
= stab wound in the abdomen. :ans ns
doctor found her dead and not'nso
,he noljce. who found Bloom on lhe
around s-r in the rear of the hat.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1907-07-31
BUYS A TOWN
TO Knock to Pieces With Big Guns
and Shot.

In order to experiment with va[i, .E.
Gus new guns and projectlles, oS sas
Austrian government has 11naa Pul1ne'eIf ~
outright the Bohemian v,llage nag 30 ol
and Al W soon all the latest acquisl5lons. III N
tne ne,oee i.ne o homes, and the effect OF
qeseIS9 tbe IhSo9mbardment will be made a
saTious saT usldJ study by the Austrian officers.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1907-07-31
DEATH IN 4 NINE.
ouer Four Hundred Japs Meet Death
by Explosion.

There was fatal explosion Sat
,rdav in the colliery at Toyooka, in
Rungo province, Japan. 1t is report
ed that nearly all Of the four hun.
dred and seventy miners in the pit al
the time were killed.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1907-07-31
VERY SAD CASE.
4 Demented Woman Hang Six Chill
dren and Herself.

Grief-stricken by the receipt Of a
notification that her services would
not be required after the end Of the
month, Mrs. Nelson, hoousekeeper
for q landowner named Ullkjaer, Of
Jrtland, Holland, Wednesday hanged
three of her employers children as
we'll as three of her own, and then
killed herself by hanging.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1907-07-31
COT FIVE YEARS.
woman Defrauded Members OF wen
known Families.

london Mrs. Josephine Lesile
Al .ol,0d LOdoon guilty w on the charge OF de-, de-,
frauding members OF ,sse Meit and SEN
families by false pretensS7s eervitnde er
rsnced to five years pena, n,ssant s her.
~ y vas her custom 70 aes repaeSeauft Morgan "a
se,f ~ as as friend Of J: Pierpoas Sor ser in.
d ses d. Geelared c that he guided neF IL
res+nentS.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1907-07-31
TRIED TO WRECK TRAIN.
Two Young Negro Boys Charged
With Serious Crime.

Two little negro boys. aged ten
and eleven, were placed in the county
Jail at Fayetteville. n. c.. THURSDAY
charged with attempting to wreck a
passenger train. Sunday afternoon
on the Atlantic Coast Line, tour'ceh
miles south OF that city. Crostles
placed on the track were discovered
by the engineer in time to prevent a
wreck
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1907-07-31
SSE MEN KILLED.

uarnor Strikers and Police Have
Fight in Buenos aSres'
Nine men have been killed anu 40
many injured in fight at banla a
Rlanca. Buenos Ayres. between 'ne
herhor strikers and the police.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1907-07-31
4 JAPANESE SPY.
Arrested Taking Photographs CT Bat
teries in Action.

A japanese was taken into custody
Friday at the Texas state military en-
campment at Austin. 1t is charged
he was taking photographs of bat
teries in action and other features OF
the camp. He is being held pending
an investigation on the part OF the
state and federal authorities.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1907-07-31
LAUNCH CAPSIZED.
Only Two of the Ten on Board -Aie
Saved.

A gasoline launch capsized in IA a
storm at sunny Side. Toronto onto wore on,
tario. and of the ten men men w mIo no safe safe
LIZ III ne, onS hodies have been washed
ashore.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1907-07-31
FATAL FALL.
rwo Men Killed and Several Wound

Two Men Killed and Several " Nound-
ed in Ohio.
Two men we're kille se:-
;ouc1v injured by the scat
folding upon some wor &c tits
burg and Conneaut d. "h -.sday.
The dead are:
A. Matson and B. Hu-oK, of Cleve-
Land structural iron workers.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1907-07-31
!. GENERAL SLAUGHTER.
Danish People Expect to Hill E'sh'
Million Rats.

poc.nse the rats which infest the
fields and houses are dong siea'
Image @ to crops and seriously lrlur-
ing many thing in other ns Ways;
lhs lss nanisb @ government has offered
lue n-orl: Of two cents for every dead
oaan+ wrought to the specially ap-
oous.os ad office, Already the popuiace
PothTsil m 1sil,ad at rate of more than
mas = Hoo I'D dav, and it is thought tha5 dad
before tae year is out over ;s,,uev e,vve,oVN
Iii ,,,;1l nave taken the same JouIhes'
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1907-10-23
TOLLESTON NEWS

Mr.. and Mrs Frank Kurth were
business visitors in Chicago yesterday
Mrs. R. Doege was a Hammond Wis
itor Monday.
Lawrence Briggs of Hoopstown. ILL.,
is spending a few days at the home
Of A Sandstrom and family.
Mr. Nichols of Chicago. with a large
force of men. is progressing quite rap
idly with the abuttments for the Gary
and Western railroad, over the Penn
sylvania railroad north of the depot.
The Michigan railroad. with a large
force of men. is replacing their old
seventy pound rails with new ones of
one hundred pounds. between Lake Sta
ton and Hammond.
Benjamin Kiniminski and Mat Weber
being drunk last Saturday evening,
hired q horse and buggy and drove out
in the cornfelds of neighboring farm
er, William Schultz, and helped them
selves to a few bushels of corn. War
rants were sworn out for their arrest
and Monday they were brought before
Judge Townsley and fined so cents and
costs apiece.
Otto Borman has a new automobile
which he obtained from a party in
South Bend by trading some real estate
which he owned here in Toleston.
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1907-10-23
GRIFFITH NEWS

Robert. the year old son Of James
Jameson. fell out of buggy last
evening and broke his leg DR.. Iddings
attended the injured member.
One of the largest real estate deals
that has been made in town for a
long time was closed q few days ago
when Fred Gastel Jr., a real estate
man of Hammond. bought the tri-
angular piece of the Mrs. Hart property
lying east of the Erie railroad and
cornering on Main street and Junction
avenue. It is an unplatted tract in
one of the most desirable parts of town.
Mr. Gastel does not say what he ok
poets to do with 1t. The price paid is
said to be $4,000 and contained but
little over two acres.
The literary society of Ross, held
their regular semi monthly meeting
last night and quite an enthusiastic
crowd was present. Most of the time
was taken up with a debate Quite
a number of our people attended.
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1907-10-23
HOBART NEWS

George Smith. organizer for the I. o.
f. OF A. was home Monday with his
family Mr.. Smith is at Napanee. Ind,
at present organizing new court.
Mrs. jacobson of Chicago. is here Wis
iting her son Peter and family few
days.
A gang of Italians came out from
Chicago yesterday afternoon to do
railroad work, but owing to mis-
understanding in regard to wages. re-
turned to the city in the evening.
Ed Knight Of Crown Point, was In
town few hours yesterday.
Daniel Weis and family of Crown
Point Ind. were Sunday visitors at the
home of Mr.. and Mrs. Ed Scheidt.
Mrs Paul Newman was a visitor in
Chicago Tuesday.
Young Jimmy Murray caught a four
pound black bass in Deep river yes
terday. Fishing is pretty good at
present.
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1907-10-23

awarded. but they carefully considered
all of the other franchises that were
offered and came to their decision af-
ter it became apparent that the Chi
cago company offered the best propo-
stiOn as a whole.
There is no doubt that the matter
Of toll connections had a great deal
to do with the decision of the board,
although the matter of immediate SER
vice and the undoubted ability OF the
Chicago Telephone company to pro-
vide it the quickest. was no small con-
sideration.
The Chicago representative, O. J.
Holbrook. and o. A. Krinbill, the Ham
mond manager, both stated to a LAKE
COUNTY TINES reporter that as soon as
possible the company would begin the
erection in Gary of a telephone build
ing that would be a credit to the city.
The most modern equipment will be
installed and the Gary exchange like
the Hammond exchange, will be one of
the most up to date in the country.
Attorney X. K. Knapp of the Steel
company was present at the board
meeting and delivered a proposition
from the Gary Land company Offering
to donate FIVE lots on Fifth avenue to
the town fer an administrative build
ing The proposition Of moving the
police quarters to Seventh avenue and
Massachusetts, street was again dis
cussed. Mr.. Knapp was asked to
have Mr. Ahlvord of Ahlvord & Bur
dick sewer engineers, to come down for
conference with the board regarding
the sewer system needed south of the
Wabash.
Notice was served during the week
past on the different railroads Of the
adoption of the speed limiting ordi
nance and the board discussed yester-
day the method of enforcing IT. At
torney Bomberger was instructed to
prepare to prosecute violators who will
be hailed into court under this ordi-
nance. Instructions were also given
for the preparation of a resolution for
the next meeting annexing Clark, Mr..
Bomberger having advised that the
town could annex plated territory
without the commits sioners assistance.
Some little time was spent discuss
ing the new location for a police sta
ton Finally it was planned to ask
| for property at Seventh and Massachu-
setts on which to erect a plain sub
stantial structure with the police sta
ton occupying half the lower floor and
city offices above. and the other half
for the engine house below, and fire
mems quarters above, the property to
be used in this way until some other
! location was deemed more desirable.
this one being regarded the best 10
cation for the present and immediate
future needs.
! The company will establish tenn
porary exchange at Gary this week,
and today a force of men are employed
! laying the toll lines which Will be in
| operation within a fe wdays. Plans
are being drawn up for an extensive
service for the town and in a short
! space of time the company will build
its own building for use as an ex-
| change. Solicitors are also at work
taking orders throughout the town.