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The Washington herald., 1907-04-21
Restauranteurs Responsible

From Ole Louisville Cou-ier-J0uraL
lawsuit just decided by the Appellate
Court of Illinois establishes permanently
the legal fact that keepers in
that State are responsible for the safety
of customers belongings, all signs read
ing Not Responsible for Hats or over
coats" 70 the contrary Notwithstanding.
The law of the State win prevail over the
law enacted and posted on his walls by
the restaurant keepers While the ruling
applies only in Illinois, where the ccurt
SO deciding has jurisdiction, it IS an i'm
portant precedent and it necessarily has
its Interest for all persons in all other
States who ind themselves forced by cir
cumsiances to take their daily food at
restaurants. Hereafter. then. the Illinois
restalranteur who tacks up the sign, Not
Responsible for Hats or Overcoats. %
loses time, ink. paper. lacks, and wall
space. II doesn't goi
The Washington herald., 1907-04-21
no BE CONTINUED MKT SUNDAY
MONEY FOR COLORED EXHIBIT
Maryland Paper Insists That ApprO-
priation should he Made.

From the Baltimore American
II is not crednable TO the city or State
that in making appropriations for the
jamestown Exposition exhibits. an ele-
ment of the population whose industry
and enterprise should be a matter Of pride
for the citizens Of all classes To exploit.
has been entirely overlooked
A distinct feature OF the exposition. and
one that Is bound TO attract wide atten-
tiOn viii be the building containing ex-
hibits Of the c0Iored people Of the various
States. II is significant Of the apprecia-
ton In which the progress OF the coIored
people is held by the Southern States
that some Of these have made generous
appropriations In order that the coiored
population may have the opportunity to
display evidences Of their economic
wealth, industrial activity, and social use
funess. North Carolina. for instance.
has made an appropriation Of 5000 for
this purpose, and Alabama and some OF
the other States below the Mason and
Dixon line have shown a liberal spirit.
Baltimore cannot afford 10 discriminate
against the coiored people where States
IN the Far South show more generous
attitude. Yet out Of the $50 600 State ap-
preparation no money has been allotted
for a colOred exhibit from Maryland. The
Democrats in the city council killed a
measure appropriating s2.000 for the col
Ored exhibit This Is condition that
should be speedily rectifed. Baltimore
should show its appreciation Of the spirit
or emulation among colored exhibitors,
and AFFORD its coiored citizens an oppor-
tunity Of making an exhibit comparable
TO those that VIII represent the c0lored
people Of other States The Maryland
branch Of the society that is seeking TO
make the col0red exhibits representative
OF the race have collected much valuable
material from all over the State. and only
awaits an Appropriation for its convey
ancs 10 the fair grounds. its proper dis
play, its protection and safe return. Here
Is matter in which the city cannot
afford 10 be found wanting
The Washington herald., 1907-04-21
q STAPLE THREATENED.

INSCRIPTIONS Spectator said 40
Have CoTnered the Peanut Crop.
Prom the Milwaukee Sentinel.
News which would De disquieung az
any time but which is particularly inn
portant just at this season. comes from
Norfolk Va. the center of the great
American peanut industry
According to the brief, but alarming.
press dispatches there is a scarcity OF
these enjoyable esCulents II IS sur
missed that some fiendish Spectator.
willing 20 plunge an entire nation into
violent grief and peanutless suffering for
his own enrichment, has cornered the
crop which. it is reported. has been
abundant and adequate. under normal
conditions, 10 all demands.
The Washington herald., 1907-04-21
sHAD VS.. Strawberries.

Light on Merits of Controversy
Comes Out of the West.
From the Cleveland Plain Dealer
The joint attention Of The Washing
ton Herald and the Houston Post. VINO
are squabbling over the respective merits
Of Potomac river shad and Texas straw
berries. is called TO this old but still per-
tineut poem
When she lord first made shad
The devil made
Il seemed such piece d delight
So 90 win the scheme
He jumped into the stream
And STUCK On the bones out Of spite
When the strawberry red
First ill1mined IL bed
The angels looked doNu and were glad.
Bnt the devil. tbs said
Fairy pounded his head
For he'd used all the bones in the shad.
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supply Not Yet Exhausted.

From the New YORK sun.
Capt. George Curry was having such a
bully time in Samar as governor OF that
turbulent province. and on the whole Civ
ing the natives such a breezy administra-
ton. that it seems a pity TO transfer him
10 the prosaic seat OF government in New
Mexico, where he will have TO please the
Interior Department and wear "a boiled
shirt But ne scores one more Federal
appointment for the Rough Riders which
is worth making a note Of for it was
supposed that the supply - of Rough
Riders-had given out
The Washington herald., 1907-04-21
No Concealed Weapons Wanted.

From tue Norfolk Landmarks.
Miss Wooley, the president of Mount
Holyoke College, in Massachusetts. tells
the Peace Conference that she fears the
effect Of the warike display at the James
town Exposition upon the minds of the
susceptible youth of the country" Edu-
cation that undermines common sense is
a great misfortune. international dis
armament is desirable. but until it comes,
this country must hold up its end Away
with the people who would have the
army and navy carried as concealed
Wean0nsi
The Washington herald., 1907-04-21

about 5000 copies. and it keeps right Up
with the procession. This enterprise is
merely one incident which shows the
march Of progress in this country in ten
years,
Now that liquid air can be produced for
as little as s cents a gallon, it is being
called into service TO aid in smoothing
out the difficulties in business life. In lee
factories and refrigeraung plants the
fumes Of ammonia from a broken pipe
are deadly poison. and many deaths re-
suit from inhaling them. To leave the
breaks unstopped means thousands of
dollars OF loss. Several sort of air-caps
connected with the outside air By tubes
nave been in use TO enable workmen 10
repair broken ammonia pipes But the
latest, and II is said the most satisfae-
tory, eontriVance is a cap which FITS
over the head ike a divers helmet, con-
nected with a tank Of liquid air carried
on the back. The liquid air evaposates. is
warm enough 70 breath in its passage
through the helmet. and leaves the work
men free 20 operate without fear of
breaking the aiT-tube
The operations Of Yankee engineers are
source OF constant wonder and bewil-
derment 70 all foreigners The daring way
in which the Americans blow up noun
tains that come in their way, OF string
bridges over seemingly impossible can
mons, almost takes their breath away. On
one job in South America contractor
used about $4,000 worth OF powder in
blasting. He employed $500 men, and
completed a piece Of work in less than
three months that local authorities said
cofld not be done inside OF ten years.
he put 5000 kegs Of powder in one blast.
and when the shot went of II sent over
200 trainlOads Of rock down a cliff into
the river. There was such a mass OF this
debris that # raised the water Of the
stream ffty-five feet In less than twenty
minutes. The channel had 10 be blasted
out 10 let the water through. The force
OF this immense charge was so great that
it sent huge boulders the size Of box
cars sailing over the hill ike a flock OF
buzzaTds flying over barn.
During the holidays each year Chicago
is the storm center Of the turkey trade.
At this season fourteen firms in tina
Windy city engage in desperate COMPETE
tien for the control Of all the birds with
IN radius of several hundred miles. One
enterprising buyer went SO miles west Of
Chicago on trip last fall He paid one
Missouri farmers wife 1858 for her flock.
This fellow worked d clever dodge so
quietly that he almost cOrnered the mar
ket before his competitors became aware
of his plan He proposed that each
dealer OF farmer who shipped TO him
could make a guess on the highest price
that turkeys would bring at any tine be-
fore New Years. promising 90 give the
one who made the closest guess a so
wagon. As soon as his competitors heard
Of his offer they made similar induce
ments. but they We're too late 20 over
come the advantage he had gained that
season
The Washington herald., 1907-04-21
Enect OF Low Government Salaries

Certainly times are good when not even
the attractions OF an indoor job at fairly
good wages can secure men to work in
the post-ofiice Is mail clerks. The civil
service examiners invite applicants to
take the examination, but there are few
responses, and the service is in danger of
suffering for lack OF men TO DO the work
Thus we may see that even national pros
perity has its disadvantages. The situa-
ton demonstrates further that If the gov
eminent win not pay as good wages as
are paid by outside employees, the govern
ment viii have trouble in getting its work
done
The Washington herald., 1907-04-21
Left Their work Undone.

From the New YORK World.
One of the difficulties in the way Of the
disfranchisement of the negro by South
erR States has been the threatened re-
duction Of their representation In Con-
gress. BQt these loose oonsructonists in
Florida have guarded against that
danger They abolish the whole of the
fourteenth amendment. While they were
at it they might have made their posi-
ton impTegnable by abolishing the United
States Supreme Court as created by the
United States Constitution.
The Washington herald., 1907-04-21
Not So sure.

From the Pacific Outlook
Golfer Cwho rather fancies himselO-l
suppose you've been round the links with
worse players than me, Ell? CThe caddie
takes no nOtiCe)
Golfer Gin his loudest voice)-I say, ]
suppose you've been round the links with
worse players than me, eh?
Caddie-I heard vera woel what ye said
I'm just thiBkln ABBOTT IT,
The Washington herald., 1907-04-21
For the sake of Accuracy.

From the Concord Monitor.
The next conspiracy story from Wash
ingtOn should be marked Straight"
offended, OF "imitatton'-as the case
NAV be.
The Washington herald., 1907-04-21
At Election Time.

From the Detroit Free Press
Between elections What is a Demo-
crat?" and why is a Democrat" may be
pertinent but at the time of actual test
the one inquiry is, Where IS a Demo-
ora %
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signs OF the Times.

From the Omaha Bee.
Bids We're opened at Washington for
81 100000 worth of naval gun forgings
about an hour after President Roosevelt
appointed the American delegate to the
peace parliament at The Hague
The Washington herald., 1907-04-21
No Occasion for Surprise.

From the Columbus tOhiol Sun.
Chicago policemen were required to con-
tribute to the Democratic campaign fund
in the recent campaign for mayor, and
now the newspapers Of that city are dis
cussing the affair as il il were an original
discovery.
The Washington herald., 1907-04-21
Secret. Taft's Brothers.

From the indianapolis star.
Whenever Charley Taft is tired Brother
Henry gets busy on the dope sheet and
makes it just a little harder for ". II. to
be nominated.
The Washington herald., 1907-04-21
A New Club Necessary.

From the Philadelphia Public Ledger.
Former Representative Wadsworth. in
terming the President a "fakir." goes so
far that special club will have TO be
organized for him.
The Washington herald., 1907-04-21
Not nirnnnninfed.

From the Chicago Record Herald.
Nicholas LongWorth has come out IN
favor Of TAFT But Foraker probably
didn't expect much help from Nicholas.
The Washington herald., 1907-04-21

The rural free delivery mail service is
Just about ten years old, and it is only
within the last FIVE years that it has
spread to the extent that it practically
includes the entire rural portion of the
country where there is enough population
and enough passabIe roads to make it
possible Tom Watson, the Georgia Pop
ulist. is the father of the rural free de-
livery system, having introduced the first
bill and fought its first fights An appro-
priation was made for an experimental
service under the last Cleveland admin
stratlon. It was successful, and ever since
it has grown wonderfully from year to
year.
The rural carriers needed some sort of
medium of interchange. and a newspaper
man established the r. +. d. News This
is a monthly journal of sixty-four to
ninety-six pages, and covers the entire
United States more thoroughly than any
other news publication going. Each issue
has numerous letters from carriers In
every State, relating experiences and ex-
changing suggestions. The News carried
on the successful campaign for an in
crease in salary to $500 a year II con-
ducts departments to instruct In the care
taking Of vehicles and horses. It has
social and literary features, designed to
attract the women and children of the
carriers family. Il has a circulation of
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1907-03-20
Anderson Negro Knows Something
About High Financiering

Whatever else may be said about
the negro it can be truthfully said he
is an apt scholar at learning how to
work a fraud scheme. William Cure
ton, now in the Anderson jail, is an
adept at high fnanciering. William
who is as black as black can be,
sometime ago bought pair Of mules
and wagon from gentleman in
Anderson. He paid small part Of
the purchase money cash, and gave
a mortgage to secure the balance.
William, having gotten start, be-
a few days he had mortgaged the
mules and wagon to at least ten
different people for various amounts.
Some how or other William allowed
his methods Of doing business to leak
out and he was arrested and lodged
in Jail On the charge Of disposing
Of property under mortgage.
His team was taken and sold, and
enough hard cash was realized to
satisfy the first mortgage and pay
something on the. second mortgage.
The balance of his creditors will get
nothing. This incident shows how
easy it is to get credit in this State
and explains why our labor is no
account. There were dozens Of just
such cases as the above in this eoun-
ty last Fall
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1907-03-20
WATERS RECEDlNG.
The Property Loss Will be at
Least Ten Million.
At Nine O'clock Friday Night the
Ohio Bad Fallen Eight Feet and
Was Going Down Rapidly.

With the rapid recedins of the
waters in the Monongahels, ALE
gheny and Ohio River, which is tax.
ing place at Pittsburg, Pa, Friday
night, condition are fast assuming
normal proportions and the greatest
and most destructive food in the his
tory Of that city Is at an end.
At nightfall the approaches to the
bridges were clear Of water and sew
eral hours la ter car service in the
flooded districts were resumed.
Thousands Of suburba1ites who have
been stranded in this city since ear
y Saturday were able to reach their
homes, while the downtown section,
which has been crowded vita sight
seers since the sudd. n rise Of water
is almost deserted.
The only apparent indication OF
the food In the downtown section
are many pipes across the sidewalks,
through which water is being sent.
Several districts power plants have
been repaired and candles, used for
replaced with electric lights.
At nine O'Clock Friday night the
river had fallen almost eight feet.
At that hour the stage was % feet
and dropping half foot an hour.
Immediately following the sub
siding Of the water the task Of COM
putting and repairing the damage was
begun. A majority Of the employees
Of the large manufacturing esta ablish-
ments, who we're temporarily thrown
out of employment, were endeavor-
ing to put the plants in working or
der, and It is said that by Sunday at
last all these establishments will re-
sumo operations.
Various estimates Of the loss are
being made, ranging from ten to
twenty millions of dollars. It IS said
nevertheless that the total loss will
not exceed $10,000,000.
Tho probabilities are that the Bel
asco, Gayety, Alvin and Bijou thea
tres will be open to the puplic Sat
urday. evening A large force Of men
are repairing the electric plants
damaged by the water in the base
ments of the playhouses.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1907-03-20
HORRIBLE DISASTER
BefaIIs One of the French Navy's
Finest Ships.
Nearly One Hundred Of Her Crew
Are Killed and Many Others Are

a terrible disaster occurred at
Toulon, France, on Tuesday evening
The powder magazine on board the
French battleship lena blew up, kill
ing Capt Adigard. the commander
of the battleship, Capt. Vertiez. chief
Of staff Of the Mediterranean squad
ron, and from 70 to 80 other officers
and men. Hundreds OF others are
suffering from injuries. French ma
val circles are aghast, and the public
is stunned by the appalling catas-
trophe coming so soon after the loss
of the French Submarine boat Lutin,
in which Is men met death.
The entire after part of the lena
was blown to pieces. The bodies Of
the victims were hurled through the
air by a succession Of explosions and
the panic stricken workmen at the
arsenal fed from the vicinity Of the
dry dock for their lives. Scores Of
the men who were aboard the lena
jumped either overheard or onto the
stone Quays and sustained serious in
juries.
The primary cause of the accident
was the explosion of torpedo. What
caused the explosion is not known,
but the powder magazines of the
lena were set on fire and their con-
tents. in exploding, practically de-
stroyed what was considered one Of
the finest vessels In the French navy.
The lena had just undergone a
final inspection Of her hull and ma
chinery, the latter having been COM
pletely overhauled, preparatory to
joining the squadron. The crew was
in its full strength, being composed
Of the rear admiral, "a other officers
and $50 men. The magaziens had
been replenished recently and con-
tanned many tons of both black and
5mokeless powder, as well as a num-
Der Of charges of torpedoes.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1907-03-20
BATTLESHIP DISASTER
One Hundred and Seventy-Five Per
sons are Missing

sons are Missing
A dispatch from Paris says Admir-
al Marquis In his official report to
the ministry Of marine says the num-
Der of dead among the officers and
crew and labores, resulting from the
explosion on the lena Tuesday week
ago. will approximate 100. Four
hundred and seven members Of the
crew answered roll call Friday. One
hundred and seventy-fve are missing
and sixty-eight men are in the hospl-
tails, but only six Of these are believ-
ed to be fatally injured. The fires
on the lena have been e1tinguished
and though 1t is not certain the YES
sci can be saved, there will be con-
siderable salvage from it.
Later official dispatches to the
ministry Of marine from Tulon ID
contradiction of an earlier statement
that only about 68 men were serious
ly injured In the lena disaster states
that 346 memebrs Of the crew we're
admitted to hospitals last week ana
that few of these have been able to
leave yet. 1t also says the number
Of fatalities among the injured Will
probably be heavy.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1907-03-20
SHOOTING AT WINNSBORO
One Negro Shoot Two Negro Men
and a Woman.

Starks Means, armed with shot
gun and pistol, shot Ed Russell, Jno:
Tavlor and Anna Belle Russel at
Winnsboro Wednesday night, at ten
o'clock, in the western part OF the
town. All parties are colored. Tay-
lor was slightly wounded, and both
the Russels seriously wounded.
Means was jealous Of Taylor's at
tentions to Anna Bell Russell. There
is intense excitement among the ne
groes and universal condemnation
among the whites, as the Russells
and Taylors are respectable colored
people. Means escaped and has not
been arrested. He bright mulat-
tn and Of neat appearance.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1907-03-20
GIRL HELPS KILL WOLFE
After Animal Enters Cellar Stands
Guard Until Man Arrives

Miss Lula Crabb, seventeen years
old, is the heroine Of the killing Of
gray timber wolfe near Bedford,
Ind. The wolfe which had been liv-
ing of the sheep and poultry Of the
farmers for several months, was
scared up in Monroe county and was
chased by men and boys toward
Springville.
On Cabel Cobb's farm it took re-
fuge is a cellar Of an 'unoccupied
house Miss Cobb saw it enter and
telephoned from the house to her
father. Then she procured a gun,
closed the cellar door, and guarded
the wolfe until Irs Anderson ar7iv-
ed.
She was denied the privilege Of
shooting it by Anderson, who feared
it might escape, and he shot 1t him
self. Miss Cobb gets the skin. how
ever, which measures feet and 10
inches from the nose to the end OF
the tail. Just before the wolfe reach
ed the cellar it had fight with three
dogs, killing all Of them.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1907-03-20
THE YELLOW PERIL
A Chinaman Elopes With Pretty Girl
At Chicago.

At least one white girl has been
found that does not fear the yellow
peril. Her name is Agnes FuilWood,
While on a visit to Chicago she elop-
ed with and married a Chinaman.
They were married last Saturday.
The pair tried to get married IN
Hammond. Ind. but all the minis
ters in the town refused to marry
them. They continued on to Crown
Point, where they obtained license
and the knot was tied.
Thomas Sin Tnov Is the ehinaman
He is chop suey promoter ano
member of sydnicate which con-
trolls several Chinese restaurants.
Miss Fullwood was visiting. friends
at Englewood.
While on a sightseeing tour about
the Oriental restaurants she met the
Chinaman. He called on her ls an
automobile. She eloped IN the same
machine. Her friends are referring
to the romance with profanity.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1907-03-20
TRAGIC DEATHS
OF Five People Caused by Mis-
carriage of Justice.
a Young Man Executed in Germany
for q Murder Of Which He Was

Innocent.
The sacrifice Of Eve lives, through
a tragical error, has just been re
vealed by the confession of a motor
ious criminal that he committed E
murder il the Prussian province
Of Schleswig six years ago, for which
an innocent man was executed.
A young girl named Missen was
found strangled to death in the town
Of Nordburg and 24-year-old August
De2pe was Immediately arrested on
suspicion. Deppe was the younger
son of the local Protestant preacher.
He had received university educa-
ton and was about to enter the kais-
eT's service as an offcia! Of the pro-
vincial administration.
The police, convinced that they
had found the real culprit, were ex-
tremely active in collecting evidence
against him. On the night Of the
murder, young Deppe was absent
from home for two or three hours,
and no one could be found who knew
anything of his movements during
this time.
The evidence called by the counsel
for the defense that he was not in
the habit Of taking long walks at
night as a cure for insomnia was
coolly ignored by the judge and jury
The young man was convicted. On
the night set for his execution, his
father was with him in his cell, and
Deppe wrote a statement declaring
his innocense. He was executed the
next morning.
The effects Of Heppe's conviction
were tragic in the extreme. His
father. the pastor. went home from
the scene Of execution, drank pois-
on and was dead within an hour Of
the execution.
His elder brother, who had be-
come an officer in the army, blew
his brains out because he was re-
Quested to quit the service on the
ground that his brother was z muir
derer.
The girl to whom he was eagag-
ed, Louise Steinfurt, threw herself.
from the summit o. high cliffs on
the coast and was shattered to atoms
on the rocks below. His married
sister was divorced from her hus-
band and was driven mad By the
ruin of her life.
Now, after six years, the murder
has been fastened on notorious
criminal named Hessnow, who was
IN Nordburg at that time. The po-
ice have collected incontrovertl5le
evidence of Tessnow's guilt. and Tes-
now himself, on being arrested on
this charge, confessed that he mur-
iered the girl Missen.