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New-York tribune., 1907-12-30
BIG GAIN I'M PHILADELPHIA EXPORTS.

Philadelphia, Dec. IA large increase In the
value OF domestic exports from this port is shown
ia a preliminary report issued by Collector Hill
The total sl07 as an increase of
$ls.ss112s over last year. There was also al in
crease os SO l-sfs II. tne imports.
New-York tribune., 1907-12-30
ARCHBISHOP DANIEL MURPHY.

Murnbv Archbishop OF Hobart. died to-day. he
was one of the oldest Catholic prelates havins
been consecrated October II. 1876. He was appoint
ed o-adjutor Of Hobart in 1865 and Archbishop IA
ISSS
New-York tribune., 1907-12-30
SICK MILL OWNER RUNAWAY VICTIM.

Paterson n. J., Dec. 2s.-Charles Fischer, presi-
dent OF the Etna Silk Company, died to-day in st.
Ioseph's Hospital from injuries sustained several
weeks ago He was standing in Market street when
a. horse attached to a delivery wagon ran away and
knocked him down Internal injuries developed
and caused his death.
New-York tribune., 1907-12-30
GIRL BRIDE, LONELY, ENDS LIFE.

Ptttsburg Dec. 29-Grieved because girl friend
would not stay for supper and because her husband
had to go 10 work, leaving her alone. Mrs. Stella
Hartzel sixteen years old, committed suicide this
evening by sending bullet into her brain. She
was married on August II Her husband q .
brakeman.
New-York tribune., 1907-12-30
RAILROAD sHoPMEN LAID OFF.

Cumberland, Md, Dec 29.-Nearly five hundred
men of the shop and yard force of the Baltimore &
ohio Kai, BAD here were laid Off yesterday and to-
5av The force retained is sufficient to take care
of only the most urgent work.
New-York tribune., 1907-12-30
MOTHER AND CHILDREN BURNED.

Macarthur. Ohio. Dec. 2s.-Mrs Boyer and ons
child were burned to death and another child was
severely burned ina fro that destroyed their home
near Hamden, Vinton County, last night.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1907-07-03
SHOT HUSBAND.
He Attempted to Whip Adopted
Son When Wife lnterferred.
The Woman Picked Up Gun and Shot
Her Husband, and Then Went On
With Her Work.

A special to The Augusta Chronicle
says Thursday evening, Fillmore
Latham, a prosperous farmer, living
five miles east Of Salley was shot
by his wife, Mrs. Josephine Latham.
He was attended by DR.. P. A. Phil
lips and Dr.. T. A. Jones Of Spring
field, who found it necessary to am
putate all of the fingers of his right
hand except the thumb. About fifteen
or twenty shot entered his right side
near the point of the hip, but the
doctors were unable to ascertain If
they penetrated the abdominal cavity
or not. Latham is seriously If not
dangerously shot.
Fillmore Latham is said to be a
hardworking man of some means but
is of a high and passionate nature.
His wife is said to be of like ma
ture. Thursday evening Latham at
tempted to whip an adopted boy
when his wife interferred causing
difficulty between them in which she
struck Latham with stick. Latham
grabbed up a double-barrelled shot
gun and snapped it in the breast OF
his wife, who stepped back into the
house and picking up another gun
shot Latham as above described.
People who knew them blame La
than. After shooting Latham his
wife went on with her work as usual.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1907-07-03
ROBBERS USE AN AUTO.
Vanderbilt Race Course Selected for
Operations.

Robbers in the state of Long Is
land have taken to the use of the
automobile, A number Of robberles
have been committed on the course
on which the Vanderbilt Cup race
was run and in each case the robbers
have come to the house and escaped
in an automobile. The latest theft
was committed near Minneola, L. l.
on the Jerico turnpike, near Krug's
corners, where the fastest running
was done in the famous race last
fall. Herman Schwerter, a farm
hand in ihe employ of Charles Os-
wald was attacked and made uncon-
scious by the use of chlcral. Then
the safe in the house was robbed Of
$1,000 and valuable jewelry. The
trio of robbers came to the farm In a
red racing car and then escaped.
When Oswald and his wife returned
to the farm they found Schwerter
gagged and unconscious. 1t took
three hours to revive them.
MIR. Oswald saw the robbers while
they were on their way to his home.
He and his wife were driving along
the road. They met car IN which
there were three men. All wore
CAPS and were dressed alike. When
Schwerter revived he told the story
of the crime. He said he was writ
ing a letter, when there came a
knock at the door. He opened it and
was confronted by three men, all in
automobile caps and dressed alike.
The men questioned him until they
found he was alone and then
t wo overpowered him, while the
third rushed in and forced choral in
to his mouth.
After seeing the man helpless on
the floor the robbers broke the safe
with a pickax they had gotten in the
barn, removed $1,000 and fled. 1t
was an hour before Mr.. and Mrs:
Oswald returned. They summoned
the sheriff, who called out all the
deputies in the county. A doctor
was summoned to care for Schwer-
ter. A determined effort is being
made to apprehend the criminals,
because of the fact that there have
been so many robberies on the island
| in which the robbers have escaped
| in racing cars. The description given
by Mr.. Oswald is counted as an i'm
portant clue in the search.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1907-07-03
MOST ATROCIOUS CRIME.
White Man Assaulted Colored Chud
and Shot Colored Man.

A dispatch from Aiken says news
reached that city last Thursday OF an
atrocious crime being committed
near Toale, on the edge Of Aiken ana
Orangeburg counties. Only rumols
could be gotten, as no official notlee
has been received by the authorizes. y.
From what could be learned l.
seems that the affair is about as Io!-
lows, or rather this is one side OF Tue
story, and the other side cannot Oe
learned: .t,;+a
On Tuesday Dave Jeffcoat' "nlte te
man of questionable repute, Wen 10 "
the home of a negro nameo ros.e ,o; ;, =
and while Fogle was away "orhans l,
in a field, assaulted his little oausn- L.
ter. who is said to be about ten ) se"i
old. ,+ n the
field where Fogle was at WorK n..;n ana -
there shot him with gun, lnnls'ins s ,la
a mortal wound. What occurred oe-
tween the men there is not hllo ~ -
'" as vas stated. the affair mas no. e
been oficially reported and OWNS ho w
The distance the report couio ~. w
snbstantiated. CIV, If the above IS tlue' rue
IeT1 .Ieffeoat has gotten himself into ser
ions trouble.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1907-07-03
THIEF AND INVENTOR.
Philadelphia Prisoner a Confirmed
Robber and Mechanical Genius.

Philadelphia Prisoner Confirmed
Robber and Mechanical Genius.
Invention and thievery go hand in
hand with Joseph F. Svatk, confined
in the City hall at Philadelphia on
charge of robbing a saloon. The man
has a mottled record, and has lived
under variety of assumed names.
He has been charged with and con-
victed of every crime connected with
thieving from petty larceny to dar-
ing burglaries and horse stealing:
Police records show that ne is one of
the most expert robbers in the busi
ness and that his inventive genius
makes it almost impossible to impris-
on him, as he picks all kinds Of locks
and has never served full sentence
for any charge of which he was con-
victed and imprisoned.
Svatk is a mechanical genius. While
in prison he has perfected q number
Of inventions to be used in the man
ufacture Of shoes. For one Of these
he received $1,000. For another,
which he also perfected during per-
| iod of enforced confinement, and
which is for perforating shoe tips,
he has been offered a large sum and
big yearly percentages in royalties.
The man could make living honest
ly, but he prefers to pilfer rather
than labor.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1907-07-03
WILL MEET AT ORANGBURG.
South Carolina Undertakers Select
Next Meeting Place.

special from Columbia says
the final sessions Of the under
takers convention were held on last
wednesday, the numbers on the pro
gram OF most interest being a series
of demonstrations on three sub1ects
reserved for the purpose by COZ.
clarke. of Clarke School OF Empalm-
ing at Cincinnatti This expert SHOWS
the delegate a number of new win
kles that had not been seen before
and his talk was appreciated.
Resolutions OF regret were aoopt-
cd on the death Of Mr. John r. An
sci. of Walhalla.
Orangeburg was chosen as the
leXt meeting place. e.,
New officers were elected as loi-
.ows: President. ". Hampton buses
# OranseDurs: first rice-presloen1
!; NJ. Van Metre, Of Columbia; Sc
;ond vice-president. I. }. McCart9a
(,har,eston; treasurer. J. Ed kela
Rock Hill: secretary. James +. Mack
Executive committee. J. F Mack
,v Greenville: w W. Moore, Barn
"eu. Iohn d. Wood. Greers.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1907-07-03
EIGHT KILLED.
Dynamite Explosion Tore Workmen
Into Fragments.

Into Fragments.
AS the result of premature explo-
sion of a box of dynamite near ioia'
Charlotte county, Va, THURSDAY az
ternoon. eight persons were killed
outright and six other persons SCI
iously injured. The two Americans
killed were Edward Clark, OF tenar-
lotte county, fireman Of dinkey en-
gine and Cornelius Sullivan, OF La1-
oni III. foreman Of the McDermote-
construction company OF Chlcago'
which has the contract for tne con.
struction Of a part OF the llee e. ~
rsilwav The six others killed are an
Isa1;,s who are known by NUMBERS
rather than names. aa.,
The The accident happened in a deep
o,+ wbere force Of about nIteeh
49,, 49, we're engaged. A box contain,
ing about fifty pounds eSplooeo nrare are
ali in the immediate Vlclni1s n ~
Killed. The victims were olo%n hnd;es
toms toms and fragments of the ooI,o1 To1
CO. ".o scattered in all directions. ,oano ~.
49, ".re distance around the sSeno'
soaS. sonS arms and legs we're plcheo ~ ~,
aedu1, 1,o1;an q; was blown so Tar up Iho9
One i.st ,r, ,hantment that the Dooy n@o
TO De 6inIey Gui W engine standing IN IN tne a1.
"a. uas blown to pieces. Inc "a
yarGs ien W. was heard for miles around
plosloa wv t houses were damaged by
ana n. lor;a7c shock. The cause or the
explosion is unknown known ;n as the he vicinity.
we're the only persons III .ne VIZ vIv fs}.
George Mason, an engineer was ie'
ally injured.
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home of Mrs. Kidd on the following

home of Mrs. Kidd on the following
morning
Yes.
The prosecution brought the state
ment from the witness that she hao
not mentioned a single word OF ner
experience on the evening prior 10
people she met on the same day. She
had talked pleasantly with the moth.
or of the victim on the morning OF
the tragedy. but had not mentioned
her experience to her. The witness
was asked if before she went buggy
riding she had not taken drink OF
whiskey at Estes store, to which sne
replied Yes.
did YOU drink in Estes store on
Easter?
The defence objected to the ques-
ton and the jury left the court room
Mr.. Boulding, who was conduct
| ing the cross ss-eXamination, said tnal
his motive in asking the question was
70 show that Miss Loving was IN the
habit OF drinking whiskey. however
The prosecution waived the question
without Jugde Barksdale rendering
an opinion. but intimated that II
| might he brought up again at the
proper time.
Mr.. Boulding stated that ne eH
pected TO show that Theodore Estes
was guilty of no impropriety to MIS-
Loving. The jury was brought oacf
into the court room and the question
ing resumed.
Miss Loving. in answer to ques
tions, stated that she was an eXper
horsewoman and weighed about l4'
pounds.
This concluded the cross -eXamlna
tion and the court adjourned for tn
:, day.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1907-07-03
ursRaND COMMITS SUICIDE
u;s Wife Had Gone to Her Mothers
With the Children.

Finding that his wife with their
two children had gone to the home
of his mother-in-law, Paul Ven.
trauh salesman, 35-years-old, OF
No - Gerry street, Williamsburg
y " committed suicide early Thurs
day morning by inhaling gas IN 1ne
sarlor of his home. He had oeen III
as well as one of his children.
Before he killed himself he remoV-
ed the tips from three gas burners IN
the parlor and plunged up every noie
and crevice in the room. His SUICIDE
was discovered by the family OF sam
uel Leverman on the floor above. Wno nc
were almost overcome by the TUNES
Of the escaping gas which had pen
etrated their rooms through az aii
shaft.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1907-07-03
STRUCK BY LlGhlNiN"'
Eonr Men Killed BY Lightning Dur
ing Thunder Storm.

A. snartanburg. S. c.. ThursdaE
70 cneserr was struck by lightning
oO s ir,stant1v killed while riding to
anu az bome near Walnut Grove aheao
~ lfs on IAN anproaching thunder storm. A
neighbor. who was riding a muls
Long with him, was also knocked
from his mount, but may recover
A dispatch from Winterville' Ca,
cove while hoeing in a field under a
clear sky, Jerry Carey, an old negro
was struck by bolt of lightning
and instantly killed. He is the tnlro
negro to be killed by Lightning IN tne
Cherokee Corner neighborhood dur
ing the last three days.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1907-07-03
COMMITTED SUICIDE.
Rody Was Hurled Through Car WIN
dow and Fell in Aisle.

While a trolley car was speeding
over Brooklyn Bridge THURSDAY nlgnt
a mans body shot through the sec. s :.
ond q window from the rear of the car
and and fell in the aisle. Six passengers
in mt the &c car we're badly frightened, ana al ;
the th 'us Conductor, otter short exam1- Saaa
nation, nat saw that the man was, was deaa, fs l.
n Where the body came from is ;, a a
'front.' fry MO Of the car did not strike the
man man. The police think the man at, !,
temnted tenn3 to commit suicide by throw, Ss
ing himself from the promenade sl as
aps ahove into the roadway in front o OF I
tSe foevs car, but misjudged the speed OF d
the the car car and landed against its size, Id :
tn11ing tnn ne through an open window. the
name r of the dead man is supposed TO
he John Nelson.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1907-07-03
FIVE PERISHED.
Fire Wipes Out Seven Blocks Adjoin-
ing Exposition Grounds.

By the explosion of gasoline
stove in the Berkeley Hotel at Pine
Beach adjoining the jamestown EX-
position grounds, Wednesday, seven
blocks, comprising sixty-fve hotels,
saloons, eating houses and freak
shows, were burned to the ground.
The loss is estimated at 1925, 900.
Five persons negro boy, three
white women and an infant-dled
in the flames.
Detective Peyton, Of the secret ser
vice department of the Exposition,
rescued woman who was uncon-
scious in her bed in the Arcade Hotel
His mother and sister were stopping
at this hotel. Miss Peyton, after es-
Gaping from the burning building
told her brother she had left her
jewelry in her room. He rushed IN
to the burning building, but by mis-
take entered the wrong room. Here
he found the woman.
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BLOWN TO PIECES.
kills Himself With Dynamite Be
cause Wife Rebuffed Him.

At Monroe, Mich, after his we
..5 refnsed to come back and live
n.ith Icy him because of his drinking
hahits. George Hummer, a qu@li aS.
man walked to the barn at me rec. CO.
- a" his wife's house, lay down on tne
A. soor ~ and blew himself to pieces WIN
y s,oyi stick p Of dynamite. He had carried
e. s'lS1 sYnamite in his hand from the
.r~y INC ~ where he was employed, and
er;dently euS had planned the suicide II
t;s wife persisted in refusing TO i've
with him. All that was iett ". W
after the explosion was his legs.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1907-07-03
,ITO TURNS TURTLE.
,,d Vale Student, Who Was Drl'-
inc, Was Killed.

At New Haven. Ccnn.' hul su;,a suHt
by the cverturning OF an an.olroJ,s0 I pa
Daniel Lee. Oliver, Of Al!egnent, g,t;sc a.,
a Junior at the Shehelo ocieIIad. 1s;11ad
school. of Yale, was instantly htaieG' e1d
, &C q Colson. a senior at shemelo. M
was seriously injured; W. strotnei
tones a Sheffield junior. OF heo oain, so
* y. and E. Hudson. guest ,-i,. q. .nv
Vale commencement, were sllghtis
hurt. chot
The cav struck an iron post snol
over a l3-foot emhankment' ". n;ns
completely over. Oliver was oiiN inS
the car at the tinme OF the 1alal acci~
dent occurred.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1907-07-03
ATTEMPTS MURDER.
<eoress poisons Seven Members OF
Her Family.

On the charge of poisoning seven
members of her family, Cora Setter
oo1ored was lodged in jail at Sails
,,nre \. c., to await trial IN the su-
nerior court.
p In hearing before justice OF the
neace the girl pleaded guilty to plac.
ing Rough on Rats in the coffee OF
her father and mother.
Five other members of the tamlls
also drank of the coffee and all came
near diving. A physician was cei!cu
and the arrest of the girl tollo"eu.
She gave as reason 1or nsI ae.s
that she wished to see the enec1 ~
the poison. This was her tnlrG 1.. a.
tempt, it is alleged, to END tne ll'es
of her parents.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1907-07-03
THE DEADLI NAIL.
youu- Pearl Forester of Anderson
Dies With Lock.iaw.

At Anderson little Miss Pearl For
res,er. the ten-year-old daughter OF
MIR. and Mrs. J. 4. FORESTER. Of the
Orr Mil village. died Thursday morn
ing from lock jaw. She stepped on a
nail about ten days ago and several
days ago the dreaded disease took
hold of her. She suffered terribly
and her death was most horrible
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1907-07-03
c,.,vies Carried Fortunes.

Many thousands Of dollars nloS.ss nNas
;, odd goid coins, we're found in canvas
haes tn in the wagons OF a tribe or 9
sizes arrested on the outsh1! " +or
Springfield, H., the other ss;ned ua
Stealing. One sack alone cohUe1Ne0 y
about $4,000.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1907-07-03
HE WANTS TO GO.
Asked to Be Hanged in Place Of His
Brother.

At Montgomery, Ala, Rev. John
Beeman, Baptist preacher and bro
ther of David Beeman, colored SEN
fenced to be hanged on July 26 for
the murder Of his wife made the re-
quest in the Office of Sheriff Belzer
Thursday that he be hanged in the
place of his brother.
Il an much better prepared to die
than David" said John Beeman. Il
believe l would get to Heaven and
David would not. | believe it would
make a better man of David and mat
he would meet me in heaven.
The negro spoke with earnestness
and said he was ready and willing TO
suffer for the sins Of his brother. He
is an intelligent negro and realizes
what he is doing.
The negro seemed surprised ana
hurt when told that the late coula
not allow the sacrifice.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1907-07-03
OURS RANKS THIRD
The Naval Force of America and
Japan Compared.
While Japan's Rank Fifth.-Ameri-
can Military Officers Speculate on
the Outcome of War

When the president left town last
week it was not reasonable to ex-
pect that Washington would be dull,
but the war scare came along at an
opportune time. There isn't any
doubt that a great deal more has
been made of this little misunder-
standing with Japan than the situa-
ton has really justified; but then
Washington is full Of eager newspa-
per correspondents and it is also full
of army and navy officers, men whose
hope Of early advancement in their
profession of arms is conflict with
some other power. 1t is weary bus
mess, this sitting down in piping
times of peace waiting for older ofti-
GERS to die off or be retired. 1t is a
long time between promotions, and
the inactivity is killing to men who
are young and ambitious and thirst
for martial glory.
1t is no wonder, then, that every
time the United States has diplo-
matte misunderstanding with some
other government Washington talks
war. If army and navy officers had
their way all our ambassadors and
ministers would be recalled and dlplo
macy relagated to the limbo of for
gotten things. The sword would be
the only arbiter, the drum would
beat, the bugle call, and the land be
gay with the panoply Of war. But,
fortunately for the country, it is not
the nations warriors who are charg-
ed with responsibility; and the
chances that we shall have to fight
the Mikado's yellow men are remote
indeed.
But regardless of the improbable
ity of rupture between the two ma
tions, military officers are already
specializing quietly upon the posi-
bility of an estraDgement, and COM
parrisons are being made of the re-
spective strength of the navles of
the two countries. In their minds
they have begun to dispose of the
American navy in places where the
most effective results could be OBJ
tained. To be sure, officers of re-
sponsibility studiously refrain from
discussing a matter of this KIND,
knowing that it is the desire of the
administration not to accentuate an
already acute situation. But their
commendable reserve in this respect,
has not estooped them. as we'll as
others, from examining the naval re-
cords of the worlds powers and as
certaining the fighting strength OF
the japanese navy as compared with
our own.
The following table shows how the
two nations stand in naval equip
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1907-07-03
CAROLINA DAY.
An Exchange of Greetings With
Virginia.
A BIG SUCCESS.

Exercises Opened BY Capt Gonzales
Who Introduces Gov. Ansel, Who
Presents the Speakers of the Occa-
sion.-H. St. George Tucker, Pres
ident Of Exposition, and Hon. Wal
ter Hazard Deliver Addresses.
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Compared with other nations of
the world, the navy Of the United
States ranks third and Japan's fifth.
Most of the Japanese ships are in
home waters, the same being true of
those of the United States. The pick
of our navy is now at Hampton
Roads, or the vicinity, nineteen OF
the battleships and armored cruisers
being rendezvoused there on account
of the Jamestown exposition in addi-
ton to large torpedo and subma-
rine f1Otila
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1907-05-03
COUNTY NEWS.
RIPToN.

Clarence Langworthy, wife and little
one of Middlebury were in town on
visit to relatives short time ago.
n. S. Boynton recently had an uneX-
pected turn for the worse, and is in
precarious condition.
During the hard storm of the Goth GER
tain parties were planting trout fry, and
found the streams pretty well up.
Miss Mary Boynton came up from Rut-
land on the 26th inst. having been sum-
moned by telephone to see her brother,
Nathan.
Mrs Alma Chandler is having an at
tack of grip.
Will Kirbys family are all sick with
hard colds.
Some of our people were disappointed
last Sunday in not hearing the Rev. DIR.
H, A. Durfee of New York, who had
been advertised to speak on THE Church
in Action Against the Saloon" but for
some reason failed to make his appear
ance. Those that did attend services
heard of "the overcomers" mentioned in
Rev. XXI:1 and went away with some
ting to think over during the week.
For the past few days the snow on the
hills has been seeking the valleys.