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The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1907-04-03
GREENVILLE BAR SCORED.
Judge Talks About No Cases Being
Ready For Trial.

The court of common pleas has
been ir session at Greenville since
Monday and only one jury case has
been tried, and that was very small
one, Juge Gary Thursday scored the
members Of the local bar for not
having arranged the roster Of cases
so that the court would not have lost
so much time, and said that il the
attorneys did not have a case ready
for trial Friday he would adjourn
court and 90 home. The lawyers
claim that the docket was disarrang-
ed by the Franklin case, being COM
promised. They thinking that the
trial Of it would occupy two days did
not arrange any other cases for Tues
day and Wednesday.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1907-04-03
4 DARING ACT.
A Lady Held Up and Robbed in Open


dispach from New York says
while preparing to make deposit
Friday in the bank in &Sbury Park,
for Assistant Superintendent Hayes,
of the Metropolitan Life Insurance
Company whose Office is in the POSI-
office building Mrs. Percy B. Wilcox,
a typewriter and clerl; ia Mr.. Hayes
office, was held up and robbed by a
negro who wound towel saturated
with cloroform about her mouth. At
ter a struggle in which two Of hei
front teeth were broken, Mrs. Viii
cox became unconscious. The negro
escaped with SITS.
The robbery occurred in the Dusl'
est part of the day, il one OF ;he big
gest office buildings in Asbury PARK
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1907-04-03
DIES on BRIDAL TOUR
Ha Had Plenty of Money But He Hao
To Go.

A dispatch from Toxic anncuaGSs n;5 =
;, 6ea-b OF James Harry Smith "nlIe
~ his wedding trip In the nartE
were the Duke and the Duct'e's W
Manchester. -. 10Th.
Smiths inheritance from ms alls
a. was estimated at fifty millions OF
dollars aud his estate now a. SlAts
.ns seventv-fve millions. lie mar.
r;ad Mrs. ". Rhinelander Ste"ar'
Of Baltimore.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1907-04-03
TWENTY Y-SlX DEAD.
A Disastrous Wreck on Southern
Pacific Near Cotton, Cal.
Wrecked Coaches Hurled In Every
Direction, and Four Were Smash
ed into Splinters.
ed Into Splinters.

|
A disastrous wreck on the South
ern Pacific occurred about one mil
east Of Cotton, Cal, late Tbursda
afternoon when westbound train Nc
9 from New Orleans for San Francis
co, ran into an open switch. Tel
Of the fourteen cars were derailed
twenty-si1 persons have been known
to have been killed and the final lis
will probably total much higher. Tht
injured numbered about one hun
dred.
The wrecked coaches were hurled
in every direction and four were
smashed into splinters. Most of The
dead were italians from New York
and New Orleans, going to San Fran
cisc. They occupied the smoakel
and day coach.
Eighteen corpses were brought tc
Cotton Friday evening and eight ad.
dttional bodies could be seen under.
meath one of the demolished cars.
This car could not be raised until a
derrick was brought from Los An
gales sixty miles away.
But two Americans are known to
have been killed, George L. Sharp of
Muncie, Ind, was instantly killed.
The baggasemen Of the train whose
aame has not been ascertained, also
was killed.
Engineer Clarence E. Worthington
Ind Fireman Victor CreDb were ter
:fbly gurned in the wreckage. Out
Of about eighty Pullman passengers
only two sustained serious injury.
The three Pullman coaches and
the diner, which was on the rear Of
the train did not leave the track.
The Florence Roberts Theatrical
company occupied one caach, which
was hurled to the track and both.
ends of it crushed in by impact a.
gainst the others. Two OF the twen-
ty-two members Of the company were
injured.
Miss Roberts escaped unhurt. The
escape from death Of the occupants
Of this car was remarkable. The
scenery and properties carried were
destroyed.
There were three tracks where the
wreck occurred, which is in the open
country. The people Of Cotton were
first to be notified Of the catastrophe
Hundreds hurried to the scene and
physicians and nurses were brought
from San Bernardino and Cotton.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1907-04-03
Between Peasants and Soldiers
and Three Hundred Killed
PEOPLE IN A PANIC
The Peasants Tear an Officers Body
to Pieces and Dance Around the
Bloody Fragments to Wild Music.
Numerous Villages Have Been
Burned, and the Suffering is Ter
Pible.

According to the Czernowitz cor.
respondent of the Lokal Anzieger
the situation in Roumania grew
worse Wednesday, Tho number OF
persons killed daily Is growing enor.
mously. Three hundred persons
have been killed in an encounter be.
tween the peasants and the military
at. Stareskie. There have been two
bloody battles at Mastenestir, in one
Of which Lieut. Jonilescue lost his
life. The peasants tore the body OF
the lieutenant to pieces and danced
around the bloody remnants to wild
music
Similar atrocities are reported
from the districts Of Dim brovitza and
Doll, where numerous villages and
farms have been burned down. The
situation in Galatz is most threaten
ing.
Grave disorders are reported to
have broken out on the estates Of
King Charles at Poina and troops
have been sent to the royal domains.
It Is rumored that large numbers OF
peasant rioters have been killed In
conflicts near Braila and Papulescha.
It is feared that one result Of the
disturbances will be the neglect Of
tfllage and consequent dearth Of
wheat next winter, with diminishing
exports that will mean financial
calamity to Roumania.
It is reported that some two hun
dred peasants were killed or wound
ed Thursday in conflicts with troops
in various districts OF Moldavia In
dications are that peace is being
slowly restored particularly in the
Northern Part Of Moldavia
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1907-04-03
MILLIONAIRE SUICIDES.
". A. Proctor, of Cincinnati, Sends
Bullet Through His Brain.

VIM. A. Proctor, president Of the
Proctor & Gamble Company, and
son of one Of the firms founders
died Thursday afternoon from bull
let wound, self-inficted, at his home
in Glendale, surburb, Of Cincinnati
ii, Ohio.
When annoulcemnt was made of
his death it was stated that death re-
suited suddenly and it did not devel-
op till some hours later that he had
shot himself in the head while alone
in the bathroom. Mr.. Proctor was
widely known in business circles and
was a prominent layman in the Prot
estant Church, to the institutions
Of which he was a liberal giver.
His wealth was estimated at many
millions, most of which had been
made by himself. He was noted for
the cooperative scheme for divis-
ion Of profit with employees, which
he had designed for his company.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1907-04-03
CaT CAUSES DEATH.
Woman and Nephew are the Victims
OF AsphyNiatjon.

Mrs. Dora Grecnburg, sixty-three
years old. and her nephew, Harry
". Greenburg, twenty-five years Old,
we're found dead in their apartments
in brooklyn Wednesday, where they
had been asphyxiated by gas. A pet
cat. which was found dead in the
kitchen. had disconnected g rubber
tube. apparently in play, through
which gas was carried to gas stove.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1907-04-03
EXPLOSION IN ATLANTA
Two Killed, One Missing and the De-
pot Wrecked.

At Atlanta Georgia, two negroes
were killed and one white man is
missing a result of an explosion OF
dynamite in a car near the depot OF
the Southern. The explosion pie"
ont the entire side Of the freight de-
not denolishing ten freight cars
and SCATTERING windows for a dis
tance Of several hundred feet.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1907-04-03
ESCAPED TO CANADA.
The Savannah Police Think Gold
burg Has Gone There.

Leon Goldberg, who is badly want
ed in Columbia on the charge Of
criminal assaultng the young daugh-
ter of a Belgian immigrant, is be-
lieyed to have escaped toward his
former home in Canada, after spend
ing two days in Savannah.
After committing the crime in
Columbia en- Thursday, March. a.,
GoldbuTg believed to have bought
ticket for Augusta, but to have
taken the Charleston train, changed
cars at Branchville and gone to Sa..
vannah, where he spent two days.
The Savannah police, at the instl-
cation of the Columbia authorities,
were searching for him. They are
Of the opinion that he left By rail
for the North on Saturday, March 16.
Gov. Ansel has, it will be remem-
bered, offered reward Of S10O for
the arrest of the fugitive. 1t is a
pity that the rascal escaped, as he
richly deserves severe punishment
for his fiendish crime. We still
hope that he will be caught.
RICH GIRLS UNFORTUNATE
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1907-04-03
UNUSUAL MARRIAGE
sixteen Year OLD Boy Weds !an Old
Woman.

A dispatch from Atlanta to the
Augusta Chronicle says Professor ].
\. Daley, known as the boy violin
;st, 16-years-old, who for years has
been going around Atlanta with cur
ringlets, was married last Monday
% Mrs. Mana Kitchens, a widow,
With five children, one Of whom is
IS old as the groom. His mother
vent to the police station Wednesday
20 see if something could not be
lone to save him from his bride. She
leclares that he won the mother
While giving music lessons to the
laughter.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1907-04-03
Fires from Lightning.

At Chicago a severe electrical and
rain storm passed over the city last
week. John Mueller, an employe of
a lumber concern was killed. Nine
fires were caused by bolts of light
ninginside of twenty minutes after
the storm began.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1907-04-03
Killed His Mother.

A brutal murder was discovered
at North Oakland, Cal, last week.
The body Of Mrs. Martha Soderbers'
s. Years old was found hidden in
closet at her home. Her son oJ!ano
H. Soderberg has been arrested on
suspicion. Mrs. Soderberg,s taroat
was cut and her face gashed and enc
leg was almost severed.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1907-04-03
ICE CREAM VICTIM.
Twenty Five People Made Sick by
Eating 1t.


There have been many cases Of ice
cream poisoning during the past ten
days at Spartanburg. One day last
week twenty-five people who attend
ed reception were made i'll from
eating icecream purchased in the
city, and late Saturday the little
daughter of Mr.. and Mrs. Frank Nc
Ghee was critically III from eating
ice cream. The Board Of Health has
taken up the matter and is making
an Investigation Of the milk supply,
the process Of manufacture and the
kind of favorings that are used in
the cream. Thus far nothing unus-
aul has developed and the physicians
OF the city are perpleXed over the Sit
uation.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1907-04-03
a QUEER CASE.
Girl Being Tried For Poisoning Baby
She Nursed.

At Carmel, n. j., peculiar pny.
Geological problem was presented n
the trial, opening Wednesday, OF
Jennie .Burch, aged fifteen, whose
grandmother is a full-blooded NO
hawk Indian, who is charged VIII
mudering the three-year-old son o.
Herbert Wnship six months ago.
The girl is alleged to have con
fessed to putting poison on a reach
and then giving it to the baby BE-
cause she loved it so and could not
be happy. When arrained, she Plead
ed not guilty. She stubbonly dccIar-
ed her innocence
Jennie is said to have eaten half
Of the peach herself and been very
III. Some say the girl believed see
was suspected of setting fire to the
winshiD barn and that she tried t"
kin herself aud take the baby With
her. It is thought the case will turn
on the decision Of experts.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1907-04-03
Compromised For Eight Hundred
Dollars by the Parties.

The suit for breach of promise
brought by Miss Willie Thompson Of
Fountain Inn against R. B. Holland
OF the same place, was compromised
at Greenviile Friday after the court
had begun the hearing of the case.
Miss Thomson was suing for $4,000
But when offered $50 by the attor-
neys for the defendant, accepted it
and the case was dropped. The prin-
cipals in the case are we'll. known
people and stand we'll il their COM
munity. The case attracted consid-
cradle attention.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1907-04-03
One Locomotive Engineer Kills An
other and Shoots Himself.

On a principle street of l1ontgonl-
cry, Ala, Wm. West, a locomotive en-
sineer, shot and killed Frazier
,lso an engineer. then. when ahout
% be arrested, fired and killed him
self, The hearing of West. accused
# stealing diamond ring from
Frazier was set for Friday after
noon.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1907-04-03
Their Salvation Is to Work For
Their Poor Sister.

"The Unfortunate Rich Girl is
the theme CT a lecture delivered at
Berlin, Germany, by Mr.. Lessing, OF
Gottinggen university.
The lot Of the rich girl, said
Dr.. Lessing, lis a tragic cne. She
suffers under her wealth in the cir
cumstance that she is regarded mere
ly as an heiress.
"A rich woman is the most covet.
ed article in the marriage market
What we call love IN her case be-
comes sensuality; what We call mar
riage is in her case business interests
Maria ces for money have become q
recognized custom, to the great dis
advantage Of the race"
The salvation O. the rich girl, II
was agreed in a discussion after DR.
r.ess;ngs lecture, is in her working
for and taking an interest in the
lives of her poorer sister. The au'
lience thought DR.. Lessing right IL
commissioning with the rich girls.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1907-04-03
BAPTISTS MEET IN MAY.
The Fifty-Second Southern Baptist
Convention in Richmond.

TIE flfty-second annual conYen-
ton, which was organized at Angus
ia in 1915 will meet in Richmond,
May 18th in the city's new auditor
ium, at Linden and Cary streets.
The annual sermon will be preach
ed by the Rev. Dr.. A. J. Dickinson
Of Birmingham. The actual mem.
arship Of the convention will be
2,400.
The Baptist Young Peoples union
the Woman's Missionary union and
other kindred auxiliary organiza.
tions will meet at the same time
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1907-04-03
NJ Tr,ce Is Found.

The police have been unable 70
e,d snv trace of Eddie Krleger, the
s abdrcted son of Geo. Krelger, OF
cpG GIioaeo u who was it is claimed Sc
cretly taken away IRON .neis aeS ,SS|
week in an automobile by TWO mask
ed persons.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1907-04-03
CLEARS OUT SCHOOL.
4 Bull Dog Ran In And Pupils Ran

A bull dog darted into the Ash
land Public School, at East Orange.
n. j., barking and swapping, and in
five minutes had several classrooms
cleared Of pupils.
The children screamed so loudly
that householders OF the vicinity ran
from their homes, and Policeman
Post rushed into the school. He cap
tured the dog, but not before it had
bitten little girl.
The police cannot find the owner
of the dog, which wore an expensive
collar and evidently Of good breed.
Should the owner be found he will
be fined and caused to pay the doc
tor bill incident to the girls treat
nent
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RICH GIRLS UNFORTUNATE
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1907-04-03
FAST TRAIN WRECKED.
pile OF from OF the Track Said to Be
The Cause.

A west bound Louisville and Nash
Vile train was wreched half a mile
west Of Thomaston Thursday after
noon, caused, it is alleged, by iron
piled on the track. The engineer
was instantly killed and the baggage
master and one passenger injured.
The entire train left the track. II
will require twenty-four cours to
clear the track.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1907-04-03
Put On Her Best Robes In Which to
Drown.

At Cleveland, Ohio, dressing >her-
self in her costliest apparel, MIS-
Mary Peters, widow aged 40 years.
plunged over rs foot blum 10 oeatn
in the waters Of Lake Erie, near
the Clifton Club Boat house satur'
day. Mrs. Peters had suffered from
in health for soma time past and mao
been in detected spirits: She llVeo
With her mother at 713O Br1nsmade
street and the family is well known
IN the west SIDE.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1907-04-03
BOY THEIF KILLED
Drew Revolver When Arrested and
Weapon Went Of.

William NcElrov, eighteen years
ST age. was shot and fatally wound
ID in a struggle with q policeman
Thursday at Philadelphia. Pa. who
lad arrested him for stealing bread
rom a grocer's bread box. When
eDprehendred, NcEroy drew q re-
vclver and in the struggle the wea-
Hon was discharged, the bullet pene-
tratirg the hov's brain.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1907-04-03

The little fellow was Sarlue
K,atz, FIVE years old, Of No. Is More
street. With couple Of other chill
dren he had been playing IN fron'
OF the house and wandered about IN,
to busy Broadway, where he was
killed.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1907-04-03
NEGROES NOT WANTED.
Recruiting Officers Instructed Not to
Enlist Any More.

A dispatch from Houstan, Texas,
saws announcement was maze @ ,aele
THURSDAY at the recruiting s1.tlon
that orders have been received ron
the war department at WasniH sson
Sns-ructing that no negroes be ac'
canted for service in the army. An,
nonncement was also made tn-s al
nasro ~ +roops in the United safe:
viii viii be dispatched forthwith to the
phi1i0ineS
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1907-04-03
SHERIFF NOT NEEDED.
Fiend Attempted an hssuait With
Usual Result.

News comes Of a supposed lynch
ing last week near Hartford, Ala,
Thursday afternoon as the young
laughter of John Mosely, prosper
ots farmer living near Hartford, was
eturning home, q negro attempted
% catch her, but her screams attract
I'd the attention OF her father who
vas in field nearby. The negro es-
:aped and q messenger was sent for
he sheriff and dogs. When the. lat
er arrived on the scene be was in
ormed that his services were not
leeded, as the negro had been sur
ounded, and everything was quiet.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1907-04-03
RAILROADS BEST FRIEND
Carnegie Says This Of President
Roosevelt.

Andrew Carnegie endorses the
Presidents attitude toward the rail-
roads. He said:
'He is the best friend they (the
.ailroads) have and they had better
stand with him. If they do not ac-
cept his moderate measures they
may be confronted by man in the
White House who will approach
from an entirely different stand
point
Mr.. Carnegie, Vice-President FAIR
banks and others lunched with the
President Wednesday afternoon.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1907-04-03

At the police station the motor:
man was locked up on a charge OF
homicide. He is Raymond Gee o.
No. 49 Albany avenue. A m!2ute
later the father Of the child came
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1907-04-03
THE FIEND IN JAIL.
Finedish Treatment Of an Eight Year
OI6 Negro Row

Old Negro Boy.
At Augusta, Ca, Arthur Butler,
negro, is being held for an assault
with ntent to kill an eight year old
negro boy, whom he had first beaten
into insensibility and was later in
act Of hanging him. A rope was
thrown over a limb aud the boy was
being drawn up when the neighbors
interfered. Butler was pursued by
members Of the black and white
races bent on lynching him, but he
was safely landed in Jail. No motive
is learned for the deed
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1907-04-03
Te Was In Prison For Killing Chic
of Police.

At Fayetteville. n c., Tom Wal
.er, tn negro who on March =, shot
nd killed Chief OF Police Chaso-
nd Policeman Lockany and severe
wounded Policeman Buchinham
Turing raid on Walkers house
where he conducted q blind tiger
ttemDted suicide during recess o!
he court by beating his head a.
rainst the sharp steel bars Of his
ell. They will not give ne justice,
ie said. He may die from concus
sion Of the brain.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1907-04-03
WILL HAVE GOOD TINE.
Senator Latimcr Gets a Good Ap'
po:ntment from Roosevelt.

One day last week President Roos-
evelt announced the appointment Of
members of the immigration COM
mission, which, is to investigate con-
ditions abroad this summer for the
purpose of preparing bill to be in
troduced into congress next winter.
The apnointees are: Charles P. Nell,
commissioner Of labor; Prof. J. w.
jerks, Cornell university and Will
liam r. Wheeler. of Oakland. Cali
fornia. The other members Of the
comn1issicc are Senators Dillingham;,
Lodge and Latimr and Represen-
tatiyes Bennett. Burnett and Howell
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TRAGEDY on STREET.
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BREACH OF PROMISE SUIT
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PLUNGED TO HER DEATH.
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WANTED TO KILL HIMSELF
The Alaska prospector., 1907-02-28
ALASKA COMMISSION
To Look For Naval Base And Investigate
 Railroads

Washington, Feb. 2S-A resolu- tion has been presented in the House providing tor the appoint. ment of commission of ten mem- bers, who will go to Alaska this summer to find a suitable harbor for a naval base. They are also to investigate the railroad situation in the North and determine tie actual cost of constructing a rail- road from the Gulf of Alaska to the Yukon, and make an investi- g .tion of the freight charges to the interior and report on the saving that would be effected if a railroad was constructed.
The Alaska prospector., 1907-02-28

Washington, Feb. 2S-.The de- partment of Justice made the an announcement this morning that President Roosevelt had decided to give Judge Wickersham another recess appointment, and as soon as circumstances will permit and a suitable man can be selected, a special agent will be sent to Fair banks to make an in estigation of the charges against the Judge. This will make the third investiga- tion of Judge Wickersham. Of the
The Alaska prospector., 1907-02-28
OPPOSE DIVISION BILL Piles and Hoggat Lobby Against Fourth
 District

Washington, Feb 2S-Son,tor Piles and Governor Hoggatt had Il conference wish President Roose- vgit yesterday in regard to the amendment to the bill providing for two additional circuit judges for the Ninth district. Tie amend meut provides for extending the jurisdiction of these judges to Alaska. Governor Hogga.t Is strongly in favor of the measure because 1t will prevent the creation of a fourth judicial division i'll Alaska. Both Piles and Hoggatt disagree with the president as to the necessity of ] fourth district in Alaska.
The Alaska prospector., 1907-02-28

Washington, Feb. 2S-Senator Piles has informed the president that he is opposed to the bill creat- ing fourth judicial division in Alaska for the reason that the candidates now in the field for the judgeship would be nothing but special representatives of the rail road interests, meaning the Morgan Guggenheim company. The op- position that has developed to the division oi the Third district will probably have the effect of killing the bill.
The Alaska prospector., 1907-02-28

Washington, Feb. 2S-On ac- count of the increase in the num- Der of insane in Alaska, the secre- tary of the interior has sent bill to the House which authorizes him to contract for the care of insane from Alaska. The bill also repeals the bill appropriating five per cent of the license monies for care of insane, and puts it in the school fund. There are now S2 insane in asylums in the States from Alaska.