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Milford chronicle., 1908-01-24
PLOT TO DESTROY
U. S. BATTLESHIPS
Anarchist Conspiracy Discovered by
Police of Rio JaneirO.
WILL ARREST RING-LEADER

Rio Janeiro, Jan. 2O.-The Brazilian
police have discovered an anarchistio
plot here having as its object the de
struction of part of the American
fleet now lying in the harbor. The
conspiracy, while centering in Rio ia.
neiro and Petropolis, has ramifcations
in Sac Paulo and Minas Geraes. An
individual named Jean Fedher was the
chief conspirator here, although it is
understood that foreign anarchists
are deeply involved in the plot Fed
her is believed to have fed to Sac
Paulo and the police. who know him,
have been sent to that place for the
purpose of apprehending him.
One of the detectives, who was well
acquainted with Fedher, having served
on the police force at PetropOlis for
some time, returned from that place,
after having made Investigations there,
and had a long conference with the
chief of police at Rio Janeiro. The
latter gave it to be understood later
that the Sac Paulo police are on tn
track of the arch-cOnspirator and eX-
pect to arrest him soon.
In an official note the chief Of police
says:
"Some time before the arrival OF
the American fleet at Rio Janeiro the
Brazilian government received from
Washington and Paris advices that
anarchists of different nationalities in
tended to damage one or several Of
the ships of the American fleet The
names and addresses of the cOnspira
tors were indicated by information
which the police here had received
previously from France and Germany.
The police of this district are work
ing with the police of Sac Paulo and
Minas Gereas. and am sure every
precaution will be exercised and the
most rigorous vigilance observed, both
on land and at sea, to prevent any in
jury being done"
The chief of police, after having
made this official statement, said that
ne did not feel he should go into any
further details with regard to the con
Epiracy, but he authorized the state
ment that the plot was organized by
Ftdher, and he added that the people
Of the United States could. rest easy,
as all Of the conspirators had taken
refuge in the interior.
AS. yet the people of Brazil are ig
norant of the plot to do injury to the
visitors, although there has been some
slight inkling of the matter. The i'm
preston which the exposure of this
plot will create here will be a pro
found one, because It is the first anar-
chistic conspiray that has ever been
known in Brazil.
Milford chronicle., 1908-01-24
His Pass a Useless Article.

Although Engineer Joseph Lane
has had an annual pass for nearly
twenty years, last week was the
first time he had ever used it. He
had finished Al years of service
with the company and took a few
days off to go to Wilmington to see
his old friend and former boss, John
Hyde, now retired, but for years a
master mechanic of this road. To-
gether they went sight seeing and
took in several theaters. 1t was
the first time Lane had been in
Philadelphia for 10 years and the
first time he had been above Clay
ton in 10 years. There are few
men who stick as close to duty as
he and few who take so little time
off. He is most contented when he
sits at the throttle of his engine be-
tween Harrington and Rehoboth.
In all his long service he has been
sick but few days
Milford chronicle., 1908-01-24
Navy MachInIst a Suicide.

Philadelphia, Jan. 21.-William H.
Oliver, a second-class machinist on
board the receiving ship Lancaster, at
League Island navy yard, committed
suicide by shooting himself Pm tired
and sick of the service" he remarked
to one of the sailors as he went aboard
after having overstayed his shore
leave. He went to his bunk and shot
himself with a heavy service pistol
It is stated that he had been previously
reprimanded for overstaying leave and
feared he would be imprisoned. Oliver
enlisted from Connecticut but he gave
the name of Mrs. S. S. Nave, Fifteenth
and Wallace streets, Chicago, as that
Of his nearest relative.
Milford chronicle., 1908-01-24
Two-cENT LAW VOID
Supreme Court Affirms Decision Of
Philadelphia Court.

Supreme Court Affirms Decision Of
Philadelphia Court.
Philadelphia, Jan. 21. - The SUI
preme court by a majority opinion,
affirmed the finding of Judges Will
son and Audenreid, declaring the two
cent passenger rate unconstitutional.
An appeal had been taken from this
decision of the judges of the common
pleas court, which was the finding in
a test suit attacking the law institut-
ed by the Pennsylvania railroad.
Chief Justice Mitchell handed
down the opinion, which was concur
red in by Justice Fell, Brown and
Elkin. Justices Mestrezat, Stewart
and Potter each filed a dissenting
opinion.
In conclusion the decision says:
1.-THE corporation is entitled to make
a fair profit on every branch Of its
business subject to the limitation that
its corporate duties must be per
formed. even though at loss. What
is a fair profit is a highly complicated
and difficult question.
"The court below availed them
selves of all the best evidence that
was offered or shown to be attainable,
considered it with exemplary patience
and care. and their conclusion that
the enforcement of their act Of 1907
against the complainant would do in
justice to the corporators is beyond
just criticism"
Milford chronicle., 1908-01-24
FORT INAUeURATED
New Governor Assumes Office In New
Jersey.

New Governor Assumes Office In New
Jersey.
, Trenton, N. J., Jan. 22.-Amid the
firing Of the governors salute of sew
enteen guns Governor John Franklin
Fort was inducted into Office in the
Taylor Opera House, the legislature Of
New Jersey sitting on the stage in
joint session. sesThere was no military
display at all in connection with the
Inauguration, it being the new execu-
tive's wish that the ceremony be as
simple as possible.
Then the impressive oath Of office
was administered to Governor Fort by
Chief Justice Gummere. On the instant
that Governor Fort completed the
words of the oath of Office, by a pre-
arranged signal, the governors salute
Of seventeen guns was fired by bat
terry.
Milford chronicle., 1908-01-24
SAVED FROM DEATH BY DOG
Animal Aroused Sleeping Woman and
Children in Burning Home.

Animal Aroused Sleeping Woman and
Children in Burning Home.
Latrobe, Pa, Jan. 22.-When tire
barking of a pet dog awoke Mrs.
Mary Allison, of Kingston. near here
she was almost suffocated by smoke
and flames were bursting through the
walls of her room. The dog had
leaped upon the bed in which she and
her two children were sleeping and
with its teeth stripped the blankets
and sheets from the bed before the
woman was aroused. She seized a
child in each arm and burst open a
door leading down stairs. The three
suffered severely from cold before
reaching the nearest neighbors. 1t is
suspected the fire was of incendiary
origin, as an empty house adjoining
was also burned.
Milford chronicle., 1908-01-24

been in poor OhA"LAs A"o'i S'ii ! IL
health, but his condition had not been
regarded as serious. Following a din
ner in New York on Nov. 80, he suf-
fered an acute attack of indigestion,
and according to his physician, j..
Nicholas Mitchell. gave indication Of
heart trouble. Shortly before Christ
mas he attended a dinner Of the New
England society in this city, though
advised by DR.. Mitchell not to do so.
Before he had recovered from the
effects of his first attack, Mr.. Smith
contracted the grip, which aggravated
his heart trouble. One week ago he
was ordered to Atlantic City to re-
cuperate. He was accompanied by
Mrs. Smith. and when he returned to
his home here on Saturday night he
appeared to be bright and cheerful,
except that he felt somewhat fatigued
by his journey.
Mrs. Smith went to church, and on
her return to the house Mr. Smith
was found dead lying across the bed.
He was partly clothed and had appar-
emily been stricken while on his way
to the bathroom and thrown himself
on the bed.
Milford chronicle., 1908-01-24

minister to
Russia and
postmaster
general. died
suddenly at
his home in
this city, aged
sixty-fve
years. Death
was caused
by heart LrOu-
BILE. For about
a month Mr..
Smith had
Milford chronicle., 1908-01-24
Win curtaiI coaI ProduetIon.

Pottsville, Pa, Jan 22.-The Anchor
washery at Heckscherville and the
Pine Knot colliery at Coal Castle, en-
ploying together more than 400 men,
were ordered shut down indefinitely by
the Philadelphia & Reading Coal and
Iron company. The company has also
issued orders curtailing the operations
of thirty-eight collieries and waqhories
from full time to four days a week.
Milford chronicle., 1908-01-24
Wanted Foe's Ear Cut OF,

Chicago, Jan. %. - Robert J. Van
dusen, stage manager at McVicker's
theatre, and Joseph LaBlanch were
arrested on complaint Of Robert Evans
that Vandusen had conspired with La
BIanch and offered him S100 to cut of
Evans ear. LaBlanch admitted that
that he had been offered 500 If he
would beat up" Evans and more than
S1OO If he did a good job.
Milford chronicle., 1908-01-24
wlIsnn convloted Of Murder.

Newark. N. J., Jan. 21.-Within less
than nine hours from the time he was
brought into court, George Wilson,
colored, was tried, convicted and SEN
fenced to death for the murder Of
Frederick R. Romer, an undertaken,
who was found dead in his room in
a hotel in Orange, N. J., on Dec. 12
last. Justice Ten Eyck fixed the week
beginning March for the execution.
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s5.ooo.ooo "erafted."

Atlanta, Ca, Jan. 22.-T. B. Fielder,
Jr., of Atlanta, and his partner, Col
onel Clifford L. Anderson, of Atlanta,
has been engaged as assistant attor-
new generals in the South Carolina
dispensary prosecutions. "In the four
teen years of the dispensary," Mr..
Fielder said. ''the amount stolen and
grated aggregates between $4,000, 900
and $5,OOO,O0O."
Milford chronicle., 1908-01-24
Williams Elected to U. s. Senate.

jackson, Miss. Jan. 22.-In the two
houses Of the Mississippi legislature
Congressman John Sharp Williams was
elected to the United States senate to
succeed Hon. H. D. Money, whose term
expires March 4, 1911. Edmond F.
Noel was inaugurated as governor of
Mississippi in the presence Of one Of
the largest crowds that ever assembled
at the capital.
Milford chronicle., 1908-01-24
Dylna From sunstroke In Australia.

Melbourne, Australia, Jan. 2O.-There
is much suffering because of the un-
usual heat wave throughout Victoria.
The people are obliged to sleep out of
doors and there have been many cases
of sunstroke. Thirty-two deaths have
been recorded from this cause during
the past few days. The theatres are
beginning to shut down.
Milford chronicle., 1908-01-24
pied From erief.

Pittsburg. Pa, Jan. 20. = Constant
brooding over the death of favorite
daughter last Saturday is said to have
caused an attack Of heart disease
which resulted in the death Of George
NJ. Koser, aged forty-two years, a
prominent real estate and wholesale
liquor dealer Of this city.
Milford chronicle., 1908-01-24
n WALTER |. eRlER,

DENE160s
South Front Street, Opposite Presbyterian Church
Graduate of Penn. College of Dental Surgery.
Local anesthetics for the painless extractioB
administered. All kinds of Dental work.
gold hllings, crown and bridge work o
speciality.
Milford chronicle., 1908-01-24
EDITOR FALLS DEAD

Charles Emory Smith Dies Suddenly
In Philadelphia.
Philadelphia, Jan. 20.-Charles EN-
Ory Smith, editor of The Press, former
Milford chronicle., 1908-01-24
TfGsten p. Cadsey,
General Insurance Agent.
FIRE AND LIFE.
MILFORD, DELAWARE.

Fire. INSURANCE. Fire.
Protect your property against Loss or Damage BY
Fire or Lightning, by insuring in the very bes'
Companies only.
Before placing your insurance or renewing
your old policies Call or Write for rates to
P. 7. Carlisle, Jr., Milford Del
Life, Accident and Fire Policies. Ono of the
doest establishedinsurauce Offices in the State
Milford chronicle., 1908-01-24

as well as yourself.
A Stable, or Square Blanket might save
him cold. Gum blankets and covers
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1908-09-23
Superstitions Of Stage Folk.

4 stock actor is apt to have a
prejudice against decorating or fixing
up his dressing room. BE is certain
to get his notice shortly after he puts
his pictures On the wall and otherwise
makes the place comfortable and
homelike. Actors and managers both
have a horror Of the witch lines In
Macbeth" and they never will allow
them to be spoken, as it means & fire
IN the playhouse before the twelve
month is over. Sir Henry Irving was
a firm believer In this superstition,
and he would never allow the fateful
lines to be read when he was playing
the tragedy. l know many players
who fear to have any one pass them
on a stairway when they are entering
q theater There are many actors who
make the sign Of the cross before they
make ar entrsnce.-Chicago Tribune.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1908-09-23
Russian Women.

A Russian paid the following glow
ing tribute to the women Of his na-
tive land: 1.-The women Of Russia COM
bine the viracity and wit Of the
Frenchwoman with the industry and
thrift for which the women Of Ger
many are famous She IS a superb
wife and mother and withal q fms
mental worker. The Russian girl STU
dent IS generally in the front rank at
the universities Doubtless some Of
her fine qualities are due to the fact
that in Russia women are free and
are in every respect considered to be
the equals Of men. Russian women are
born politicians and diplomats and so
intensely patriotic that they esteem no
sacrifice too great for their country;
hence as revolutionists-howevec mis-
guided-they are infinitely more daring
and devoted than the men. Secrets
have been wrung from male revolu-
tionarles by torture. but never from
the women"
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1908-09-23
Too Many Trombones.

The following anccdote concerning
Dcnizetti and the score Of Rossini's
"Otcllo" is told by the Musical World:
Donizetti had asked Sigismondi, the
director of the Naples Conser1atorie.
to look over the score with him, and
the two sat down at a table with the
work in front Of them Presently ST.
gismondi began to rave about its mon
strous orchestration" Terrible was
his indignation when he found that
clarinets, bassoons and trombones had
been employed in one place to swell a
crescendo, but when the fortissimo
was reached he uttered q cry Of de-
spair, struck the score violently With
his fist, upset the table and rushed
from the room, eNclaiming: "a hundred
and twenty-three trombones! A hun
dred and twenty-three trombones!'
Donizetti in vain tried to call him
back, shouting after him, "Not 123
trombones, but frs, second and third
trombones." Sigismondi would not
listen and when last seen was still
repeating, "a hundred and twenty
three GomboneSW
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1908-09-23

A Poetic Comparison.

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The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1908-09-23
Tho Pelican.

The pelican is not an attractive bird.
he offends both the eye and the nose.
But be is commercially regular In bis
habits. The parent birds catch fish and
after eating their I'LL deposit the others
In their pouches under their bills and
carry them to their young. These
pouches will hold from three to eight
pounds Of fish. They are elastic and
when distended to their utmost nearly
touch the ground. When empty, the
pouch lies close up under the big blu
and IS merely mass Of wrinkles. 1t Is
this pouch that gives the pelican bis
characteristic and disagreeable odor,
caused by particles Of decaying fish.
The pelican's legs are short and strong,
and it's feet have large webs. It IS not
a fast swimmer or a rapid fier, but 1t
is practically tireless in both air and
water. On land it IS awkward and un.
Wieldy
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1908-09-23
Where They Forgot.

"Once, In the rooms Of the Fabian
society, overlooking the fresh green
slopes Of the Law Court gardens II
London, heard George Bernard Shaw
express his thoughts about English
public Schools" said Chicago editor
"He attacked these schools. Ee said
you learned nothing In them. He told
Of young peer to whom certain
master at Eton said:
"'I ara ashamed Of you, unable to
work out 50 simple problem! Your
younger brother did it correctly an
hour ago.
81 am sorry, SIR the boy replied
but you must remember that my
brother hasn't been at Eton as long as
I have "-Washington Star.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1908-09-23
Indian Burials.

The Indian method Of burial was to
iasten a corpse upon cross sticks sup
ported BY poles IN the ground or IN the
boughs Of the treetops. Here the air
and the elements silently disposed Of
the lifeless clay until In q year or SO
but little remained to bear evidence OF
tomb, perhaps some broken sticks
In the top and few scattered BEADS
or human bones beneath the burial
place. / cannot conceive Of anything
more pitifully grewsome than an In
dian burial ground Of this type. l
have seen them in the fall Of the
wear, when the winds were shaking
and swaying the platforms and wiring
ing the leafess trees, faunt1ng the
burial rags like signals Of distress from
the dead and whistling through and
over the whitening bones and neglect
ed remains Of those who had many a
time withstood the tempest and storm
when the breath Of life stirred within
them.-Army and Navy Life.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1908-09-23
Sl;dino Down a Cask.

One Of the vintage ceremonies at
Klosterneuberg, the famous convent
which the Yiennese visit annually on
st. Leopold's day, consists in sliding
down giant cask Of wine. The i'm
mense cask was first filed in the ia
nous wine year Of It'll The origin
of the sliding is found in story Of a
cooper who was in the habit Of return
ing home in q merry condition. His
wife fetched him one day from the
village inn, and he attempted to hide
behind the cask. She seized broom,
however, and with the help Of several
friends forced him to scramble up one
side and slide to the ground on the
opposite as a punishment for his con-
duct.-London Mail
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1908-09-23
Cannibai Japs.

Young lieutenant Marlinspike's
bathing suit revealed on his right arm
an Uncle Sam and on his left a pea
cock, while around his neck a gleana-
ing serpent was coiled, the mouth
holding its tail.
This IS japanese tattooing," the
lieutenant said proudly, ".Sagasaki
work. I was under the needle nine
teen hours in all. Ny two tattooers
drank quite pint Of my blood.
zap tattooers are all blood drinkers.
They like it They get to like it in
the end as you OF like tobacco.
You see, as they work the blood
wells forth. It flows over the design
and then, very carefully, without
smearing the wet ink, they lick the
blood up delicately with the tongue.
Every Jap tattooer as he picks and
picks away at you bends down every
few minutes and licks the little rising
tide Of blood away.
IF be is a seasoned tattoer he swal'
lows the blood. He likes 1t, be says"
New Orleans Times-Democrat-
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1908-09-23
Clean Food.

1t is a good deal more important that
food shall not carry the germs Of dis
ease than that it shall be chemically
pure. Table salt, for example, may
contain some soda salts other than the
chloride and still be perfectly health
full. Corn bread IS less healthful when
made from pure cornmeal than when it
has some admiXture Of wheat -four.
But food that Is not c.ean may be
more dangerous than any adulterated
food product sold today, provided the
adulterated article carries no disease
germs.-Boston Advertiser.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1908-09-23
A Paving Investment.

Mr.. John White, of 3S Highland
Ave, Houlton Maine, says: "Have been
troubled with a caugh every winter and
spring. Last winter 1 tried many ad.
vertised remedies. but the cough con
tinued until I bough SOC bottle of Dr.
Kings New Discovery; before that was
half gone, the cough was all gone. Thl:
winter the same happy result has fol
lowed: few doses once more banisheo
the annual cough. am now convinced
that Dr. Kings New Discovery is the
best of all cough and lung remedies >
Sold under guarantee at Arant's drug
store. soc and S1.0O. Trial bottle free
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1908-09-23
Tobacco p llanters :!
PRICES CONTINUE TO ADVANCE At CLARK's
WAREHOUSE.

Now the for tobacco planters to put their cheaper
GRADES of tobacco market Lags selling well and We
would advise planters sell them You find no bet
ter place to than Carks Warehouse There is large crop
made and determined sell share of it hard work.
high prices honest dealings count nyhing then Sell your
tobacco with short time there will be great many to-
bacco buyersn this We would advise the planters to put
their tobacco the market Those country buyers are not gong
to pay any your tobacco than the market
if tev know and the planter deserves all he get Of his
crop interested in the farmers welfare and Will
your tobacco cheap possible Put your tobacco on the
market try Clarks Warehouse with your next load
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1908-09-23
The stateof South Carolina.
County of Clarendon.
COURT OF COMMON PLEAS.
Kate NJ. Duncan, Plaintiff
against
is. J. Wilds and E.! W. Dix, De
PENDANTS.
Decree of Foreclosure.

Decree of Foreclosure.
UNDER AND BY VIRTUE OF A
Judgment Order of the Court of Com
mon Pleas, in the above stated ac::
tion, to me directed, bearing date OF
June 6, 1905, l will sell at public
auction, to the highest bidder for
cash, at Clarendon Court House, at
Manning, in said county, within the
legal hours for judicial sales, on Mon
dav, the 9Th day of October, 1908,
being sales day, the following de-
scribed real estate:
''All that parcel Of land situate m
the Town Of Summerton, in Claren-
don County, in said State, bounded
on North by land OF Louis A. Ballard;
on the East by First Street; on the
South by lot of T. J. Ragin, and on
the West by lot of ]. C. Lanham and
T. S. Rogan; said lot being No: II on
First Street, as shown by plat of
same made by A. Cantey, surveyor,
dated May, 1905"
Purchaser to pay for papers.
E. B. GAMBLE,
Sheriff Clarendon County.
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STATE OF SOUTH CAROLINA,
COURT OF COMMON PLEAS.
Henry B. Richardson, Plaintiff
against
Benjamin Cobia and Strauss-Rogan
Company, Defendants.
Decree of Foreclosure.

Decree of Foreclosure.
UNDER AND BY VIRTUE OF A
Judgment Order of the Court of Com
mon Pleas, in the above stated ac-
ton, to me directed, bearing date OF
June 6, 1908, l will sell at public
auction, to the highest bidder for
cash, at Clarendon Court House, at
Manning, in said county, within the
legal hours for Judicial sales. on Mon
day; the 5th day of October, 1908,
being salesday, the following descrlb-
ed real estate:
Cali that lot of land in the Town
of Summerton, in said County of
Clarendon, in said State, bounded on
the North by land of T. s. Roean:
on the East by land Of T. S. Rogan;
on the West by Seals Branch, and
on the South by a Public Road or
Street; the said lot being seventy
two feet in width, and one hundred
and fifty in depth,
Purchaser to pay for papers.
E. 8. GAMBLE,
Sheriff Clarendon County.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1908-09-23
Rrnncrtv Etdhts.

Private property, in the shape il
which we know it today, was chiefly
formed by the gradual disentanglement
Of the separate rights Of individuals
from the blended rights Of communi-
ty. There is every reason for bellev.
ing that property once belonged not to
individuals or even the isolated fam
lies, but to the patriarchal society as
a whole. In other words, property
was at first colmunistic rather than
rersonal.-New York American.