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The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1899-03-22
LUETGERT THE SECOND.
Becker Confeses Ee Cut His Wife Up
and Burned the Pieces.

A dispatch from Chicago says August
\. Becker, the sausage maker who has
been under arrest Tor weeks on the
charge Of numbering his wife, made a
full confessionW ednesday. He said that
he cut his wife to pieces and burned
the remains in a stove. Becker, when
first arrested, admitted killing his wife,
but declared he pushed her of Randolph
street viaduct into the lake and that
she was drowned. The police have
never placed any reliance in the drown
ing idea apd have kept up the work on
the theory that Becker had killed the
woman in his house and made way with
the body. The finding of a portion Of
human lung three days ago in Beck
er's barn put strength in their theory
and late Wedneday they induced Becker
to confess. In his confession, Becker
said he had killed his wife by striking
her on the head with hatchet in the
kitchen Of his home. He then cut the
body to pieces and boiled it in a large
kettle. Becker says he took what re-
NAMED and burned it in red hot
stove. The bones which were not
BURNED he buried on the prairie near
his home. January p was the date
Becker says he committed the murder.
He asserted the crime was not premedi-
tated, but that he quarreled with his
wife on the afternoon of that day, and,
in the heat of passion, he struck her on
the head with the hatchet. The piece
OF lung and portion of calico which
were found under the barn, and which
the police believed to be strong evidence
against Becker, he says, could not be
any part Of the body Of his wife, as he
is certain that he destroyed every par
ticle of flesh, and he maintains the
dress which she wore was entirely
burned. The police will look for the
womans bones tomorrow. They refuse
to tell at present the location of the
spot where Becker says they are buried.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1899-03-22
Cotton a By-Product.

Its estimated, says the Savannah
Morning News, that during the past
year over 1000, 900 tons Of cotton
seeds were crushed, and that flom
them products valued at more than
Sl2O. 600, ,090 were marketed. Only a
few years ago the seed OF the cotton
plant was practically waste product,
and often a source Of annoyance, if
not CT acutal expense, to the planter.
The growth of the cotton oil industry
has been hardly short of mar7elous.
Last year there were shipped nearly
70 600, 900 gallons Of the oil to Europe,
a large increase over all previous years.
and it is confidently expected that the
exports Of oil for the present year will
be very much greater And while the
field for the oil IS being extended new
uses for it are being constantly found
The market, therefor, is far from be
ing fully developed In view OF these
facts, it is not beyond the range Of pos
sihilities that in the course OF time
and it may not be such i long time,
either-thc lint Of the cotton plant
will become the by-pcoduct and the
seed the chic! staple.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1899-03-22
The TimroI Memorial.

It's hoped that the plan Of Issuing
a memorial edition of Tinrod's poems
will meet with great success. be was
one of the souths greatest goets. His
war lyrics have stirred southern hearts
with fervor ureQuaited since Chevy
Chase. His unpreten;i0us monument
in Columb!a-hardly larger than an ear
of coru-is a mockery. Timrod should
have monument WORTHY Of his name
and fame. 1t should be pleasure and
privilege for all South Carollnians,
and, indeed, for all southerners IN
whatever state they may make their
home, to contribute to this memorial
fund Our neighbors across the river,
especially the newspaper brethren. are
doing all in their power to make the
monument great success. and we hope
that their wishes may be gratlhed. =
Augusta Herald.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1899-03-22
4 STREET FIGHT.
Il Which Several Hen Are Killed
aad Wounded.

\ shooting occurred at Hot Springs,
Ark. Thursday evening, which resulted
in the death OF five men and the wound
ing Of one other. The killed merc
Thomas Toler. chief Of police
j Z. Hart, city detective.
I'hos F. GosIee, police sergeant.
john Williams, son OF Sheriff Viii
Iiams.
Louis Henkel. driver Of a brewery
wagon.
Ed Spears was shot in the neck and
may die
The shooting grew out If the mayor
atty campaign under Tai: here. Sheriff
Williams was warm supporter OF the
regular Democratic nominee, while
Toer, Hart and Goslee were support
ing an opposition candidate.
Early in the afternoon shots we're ex-
changed between She-if Williams aud
his son John on the one side and Ser
geant Gusjee on the other, but no one
was injured. After this both parties
determined to have it out, Tolec Hart
aud Goslee were walking south on Cen
,raI avenue at about half past 5 o'clock
when they etSheriH Williams and his
two sons. john and Cofey, and Ed
Spears. No one eau tell who fred the
first shot. bus in a moment there was a
general fusllade, in which 40 or 81
Shots were exchanged. When it was
over. Toler. Hart, Goslee and Henkel,
a n,ncombatant, were dead, and John
Williams was mortaliy wounded. He
died an hoar later. Louis Henkel at
tempted to separate the combatants
when the fight opened He was shot
in the head and died instantly.
The mayor, Immediately after the
shooting, appointed Judge L. D. Beld-
ing chief OF police Deputies were
sworn in at once and all saloons were
ordered closed. There is little factional
feeling outside Of those engaged in the
shooting. Order was easily restored
and the city is now quiet. The sheriff
and his son Cofey are under arrest and
no further trouble is anticipated.
Sheriff Williams was not present
when the battle occurred, but soon ap-
peared, and on learning Of the death Of
his son became frantic with rage.
About 20 minutes after the main bat
tie another afray occurred nearby in
which four or FIVE shots were fred. In
this fusillade Detective Jim Hart went
down with the whole top Of his skull
blown of. Az of the dead men leave
larue.fa miles
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1899-03-22
q Georgia Lynching.

Twenty men, armed and masked,
rode into Palmetto, Ga, on Thursday
morning and put to death four Negroes,
fatally wounded one, and broke the
arm of seventh man. Two others who
were Of the crowd upon which the bull
lets were showered miraculously es-
capped. These unfortunates were un-
der guard of three men awaiting the
hour of 9 o'clock, when they We're to
have hearing before justice OF the
peace on the charge Of arson. Wm. Cot
ton, the leader Of the nine men, con-
fes5ed some time ago that conspiracy
has been entered into which resulted IN
two incendiary fires in February, and
on this evidence the men were to have
been tried. Gov. Chandler, OF Georgia,
denounces the lynching and has offered
a big reward for the arrest Of the lynch
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1899-03-22
Eaten by Cannibals.

The Suns Tacoma advices say that
Yokohama papers just arrived contain
details Of the murder Of NJ. G. Bianch-
ard, formerly Of Cincinnati, by blood.
thirsty Manchoorian Chinese Several
years ago Blanchard Joined British
ship at New York, but deserted her
last year at Callao. Then he drifted
up the coast and finally sailed from
Tacoma to Yokohama. From there he
got to Tladivostock, and then proceed.
ed to the interior. He was captured
bv one Of the bands of Mauchoorians
that rave through north China and
taken to the mountains. There was
three feet of snow on the ground. The
unfortunate American was tied hand
aud foot and after being stripped was
laid on the snow by fire so that his head
aud shoulders were near y roated, while
the rest of his body was feeziug. In
the morning he was aayed with bamboo
canes until he was dead and he was
then eaten by the canni oals.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1899-03-22
A8TLL AGAINST TILLMAN.
The Neal Investigation Shows Him a
Debtor to the Penitentiary.

The penitentiary investigation com
mittee Monday Of last week devoted
practically its whole time to an inquiry
relative to the brick which came into
the possession Of the peuitentiafy.
Under concurrent resolution thirty
convicts were allowed the asylum to
make brick for the new building. Tae
asy lum made contract with the penl-
Tertiary to secure certain number OF
brick in lieu of the convicts. The pen
itentiagy then made contract with /
J. Lipscomb by which the asylum vas
to get its brick and then the REMAINDER
we're to be divided between Lipscom"
aud the peniteutiary. Lipscomb sup
Piled halt the wood, machiOery, clay
and Lurners and the peniientiary II,
labor. In one of the settlements the
peuitentiary is charged with 1900
brick sent to Senator B. &. Ti!lnan 2,
Trenton, s. &. These brick were ship
ped July 3rd 1895 and have never yel
been paid for. Lipscomb certified that
Neal told him 70 cnar2e the ol4ch
against the penitentiary share after
having sent Tillman y bill and haTlng
received DO reply. Neal testified that
Tillman owed the penitentiary for the
brick and they would no doubt be paid
for BY him. He said that the TilIman
account should appear as an asset OF the
penitentiary, and the only reason nc
could assign was the fault Of tic boca-
keeper, and the bookkeeper sHore that
Col. Neal told him to leave Senator
Tiliman's account open until he saw
him and no. to transfer it to the penl-
tentiary account. The bill was for 81.
The committee took recess until May
3D.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1899-03-22
Almost Starved to Death.

The train that has been snowbound
on the Cheyenne and Northern railroad
for the past three weeks was Abandoned
Wednesday. The passengers were ia
ken in wagons from Altus to Horse
Creek station, where they were trans
ferred to train and brought to Chey-
enne. 4 number of relief trains were
sent to the resue, but they failed to
get through the drifts Of snow and Ice,
whichar 10 to 20 feet deep, and are
now blockaded at different points along
the road. L. P. Richardson, one ofthe
rescued passengers, said Of his expert.
ence: 4 have been around the world
several times, have been in shipwrecks
and railroad collisions, but have had
nothing to equal my trip Of l54 miles
on the Cheyenne and Northern. v e
suffered intensely from the cold and
poor quality of food, being compelled
to sleep in the coach without anything
to lie On but the hard floor and with no
covers. The small stove only heated
one end Of the car. so that at times we
were obliged to stay awake to prevent
freezing. When we left the tr"; this
morning our supply of food wa, com
pletely exhausted and had We been
obliged to remain in the now abandan-
dored train - hours longer We would
surely have starved to death
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1899-03-22
WORSE THAN ARMENIA.
Words Fail to Convey an Idea Of the
Fearful Condition in Cuba.

William Willard Howard, general
manager of the Cuban industrial relief
fund of New York, passed through
Jacksonville "Wednesday evening on his
way home from Cuba He goes north
to purchase agricultural implements
a.d seeds for the use OF the industrial
relief station which he has just estab.
lished at Guines, Cuba, Mr. Howard
said:
observations have gone, is really worse
than it was at this time last year when
| made my first investigations. Ia the
rural districts little has been done to
restore the island to its normal condl-
tior. The fields are vacant and the
farmers idle. The people still remain
in the towns and cities, where army
rations are issued TO them. They can
not return to their abandoned farms be-
cause they have nothing to return
with.
Our government has done. and is
doing nothing to enable farmers to re,
sumo the cultivation of their lands. All
that it pretends to DO IS to distribute
ra,ions through local committees OF
Cubans. Gov. Gen. Brooke and the
officers under him realize keenly the
condition Of things, but they cannot give
any assistance except food. Ours IS not
paternai government.
The condition Of the widows and
orphans Of Cuba is heart-rending.
There are thousands upon thousands OF
these poor creatures scattered over the
island. They have neither homes to
live in. food to eat, nor clothes to cover
them. One cannot think Of their fu-
ture without shudder. | am especl-
ally concerned for the poor little orphan
girls who form the streets, scantlly
clad, asking for bit of food with which
to keep their little bodies and souls to-
gether. What will become Of these
girls? Their future for good or evil lies
in the people Of the United States.
Among these widows and orphans |
have as lately as last week seen lndlvl,
dual cases of destitution and physical
emaciation worse than anything that |
saw in Armenia during the two years
that I gave to Armenian relief work.
And 10 have these wrecks Of humanity
stand and look up to the Stars and
Stripes waving over their city hall gives
one queer sensation. The generous
American people surely cannot under
stand the condition Of Cuba, or these
poor creatures would be taken care OF.
II do not speak Of the sick, the in
firm, or Of those who hobble about,
covered with loathsome sores. resulting
from starvation. I cannot speak OF
them for the English lang2age in mad
equate 20 the task. They should have
been cared for in hospitals long months
age. Why it has not been done | can
not understand.
The condition Of Cuba is re-
proach to the American people, and a
blot upon civilization. We are going
to do something to improve that condi-
ton and we invite all lovers of human
ity in the United States to help US for
the good name of the American flag.
Our flag should mean something to
those homeless, helpless orphans and
destitute country people. Money for
these orphans or for our industrial re-
lief fund work should be sent to the
Continental Trust company, 30 Broad
street. New York city marked For the
Cuban Industrial Relief Fund.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1899-03-22
Japan May Adopt Christianity.

There may be DO foundation for the
report that the mikado has already de
cided to make Christianity the estab-
lished religion Of his empire, giving it
the place which Buddhism occupied un-
der the Shogunate, and which the ira
ditional ShintoiSm now, Somlna!ly,
holds. There is DO doubt. however,
that the expediency Of placing Japan
among the Christian powers has been
for some time the subject Of earnest
discussion in the native press: and that
it has been seriously considered by en-
inent public men.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1899-03-22
A Tornado Strikesa Town.

\ fierce tornado passed over the town
Of :Avendale, Ala, and twenty resi-
dences, three churches and two ma
chine shops were destroyed. Many
persons were injured, one perhaps IA
tally. The Southern railroad was com
PEELED to abandon all its trains west OF
Birmingham and 1.-The Louisville& Nash
vile trains are ten hours late. The cy-
clone was attended by heavy rain and
lightning. 1t seems q miracle that
more fatalities did not occur.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1899-03-22
Snma Eard Facts.

Our troops at Manila have taken two
or three suburban towns after hard
fighting bur with little loss. It is
easy 10 take suburban towns from guer-
rilla foes. It is even easy 70 take dis
tant towns by marching strong bodies
Of our excellent soldiers to them. But
that it is not successful occupation.
Please to remember that the Spaniards
held every town in Cuba for three years,
but lost l00,0 men and several hun
drcd million dollars in holding them
TO what good?
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1899-03-22
a Poor Outlook.

4 coIored editor who was 4 delegate
to the last Republican national conven-
ton from one OF the southern states an
nounccs that he has finally succeeded
in securing supply of garden seeds to
distribute to his friends At the pres
ent time the indications are that the
southern delegate business next year
will not even pay gardeIsced dlvl-
dends. ashington Post.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1899-03-22
The Second Regiment -

From orders issued by the war de-
partment it appears likely that the Sc
cond Regiment will be mustered out at
Savannah. The regiment with other
Southern troops has been ordered to
that city and it is expected that they
will reach there within 4 few weeks
Ihe government intends to get all the
volunteers back from Cuba by May l, at
which time quarantine regulations usu-
ally are IN force.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1899-03-22
Psnitentiary Appointments.

Capt. Griffith. the new Slperinten-
den, Of the State Penitentiary has an
nouncei the following appointments:
Physician, Dr. /. X. Sturkie, of Or
angeburg.
Mr. ". D. Black, Of Barnwell coun-
ty, is to be captain Of the guards. j
Sergeant ". ". Adams is to be re-
tanned
Rev. J. c. Aoney, Of Columbia, has
been appointed chaplain.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1899-03-22
Rrilr His Own GallOIs.

Robert Lewis was hanged at Atlanta at
noon Tuesday for the murder Of Charles
Haynes, OF the gal.owS hull: b. Lewis
two years ago when employed as work
man. Charles Haynes was the foreman
Of building here aid discharged Lew
is. The latter met Haynes in Decem-
Der last and shot him to death.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1899-03-22
Forr Hundred Drowned

The search steamer which has just
returned to Brisbane froc, Cooktown on
Endeavo. river, Queensland colony, re-
ports that three schooner5 and eighty
l,g-crs were lost and that four hundred
coi0red persons and eleven whites were
drowned during the recent hurricane
that swept the northeast coast OF
Queensland.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1899-03-22
An Awful Mistake.

\ special from Orange. Tex. says:
Mrs. Henry Grubbs, on her way to sit
up with sick person, was mistaken tor
a footpad by VIII Fourch and shot and
killed. He surrendered and was
brought to Houston for safekeeplng.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1899-03-22
Explosion on 2. Cruiser.

The British frstclass cruiser Terri
bic from Malta reports that boiler ex
plosion on board of her Monday killed
a stoker, fatally injured another man
and badly scalded several others.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1899-03-22
a Desperate Fight.

The strongly fortified village Of Cain,
ii, northwest Of Pasig. was captured
Thursday after desperate fight, by the
Twentieth regular infantry. The troops
first encountered the rebel outposts IN
the dense jungle on the banks Of the
river. The enemy was dislodgcd after
half an hours fighting
The Americans advanced in splendid
order under heavy fire until It was
hccesSary to volley the rebels fro@ the
trenches. The latter had great ad-
vantage and dropped number Ct our
men. The Americans charged across
the rice fields, making four advances on
the enemy, who numbered 4 thousan4
men. five hundred Of whom were en-
trenched, and in the face ola cross fire.
Our troops, however, carried the town
after four hours fighting aad burned
the out skirts. the rebels firing from
the windows and keeping I'D running
fire in the streets TIE Americans
then withdrew 10 orderto obtain more
ammunition.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1899-03-22
DER CASUALTIES.

The rebel loss about lG0men and tue
American loss was Norpc-al Johnson Of
company c. and Private McAvoy Of
company L, killed. In addition the
following Americans were wounded:
Sergt. Check, company L; Corp.
Households, company NJ; Private hel-
". company c: Private Kinney, COM
pany c: Private Tinker, company {;
Private Gilley, company G.. Private
yarley, company G: Priva Galley,
company +; Private Mahar, company
L: Private Grifiths, company l.; Prl-
vate Lafeyth, company l.; Private Nc
Farland. company l.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1899-11-01
THE TELEPHONE.
Was It by this Means that the Al.
mighty Talked to Moses on Sinai.


The wonder of the world is the telephone.
Everything else can be accounted for and
explained. but when the explanation Is made
In full of how the telephone works. the mSs.
terry still remains, for, 10, the voice OF friend
hundreds of miles away comes sounding be.
side one, as though face TO face. and the fact
Is made clear that there is q divinity In that
voice that distance, and roaring storms and
all the clamors of mighty world cannot
break one tone Of It Is as when the Infinite
spoke to Moses on Sinai, as when, after all
the clamors had passed, the still small voice
smote upon the ears OF the seer and he knew
that God was nigh. One asks question: bis
own voice dies away In the room In which he
sits, but q moment later out OF the darkness
q voice replies. and he knows that his ques-
ton has penetrated all the space for hun dreds
brought with 1t all the tones that love or
friendship would demand for Identification.
1t is easier than formerly TO believe that the
prayer preferred ia recorded on the receiver Of
dominion over not only the earth, but all its
elements, and that he has been from the first
possessed divinity which Is sufficient to
command and make a servant OF mere mat
ter, that his place Ia, after oil, only a little
lower than the angels, and that when the en-.
vronment OF this world shall be cast or he
will find that Instead Of death being close 1t
Is but the opening gate TO a higher and ireer
life. We hear bell, and voice that we
have not heard for months or years responds.
and SO we know that voice Is STILL with all
the old tones, to be heard. Who shall say
that when another summons comes we shall
not hear voices that we thought had gone out
forever In whispers. hear them with all the
old rythm sweetnessf Listening, there is
brought to us the music of an orchestra play
ing hundreds of miles away. What music
shall we hear when the final key Ia touched
The storm, the interposing mountains, the
boom of cataracts or the roar OF rushing
trains-none OF them interpose any barrier {;
what Will be that music that will come to US
when all the barriers are removed and upon
our sublimated cars strikes the far.of
mighty, but incomparably sweet refrain?
What is going on ought to exalt men. 1t
ought to make them humble, for why should
such specks as they be given the blessings
and the glory that are bestowed upon them