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The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1904-11-09
a HUMAN MONS TER.
Most Revolving Career in the Annals
OF Crime in Germany.

A dispatch from Berlin, Germany,
says the Hamburg baby farner,''
Elizabeth Wiese, has been found gull
ty of the murder OF FIVE infa1 IS and
long series Of other grave crimes. In
accordance with German law she has
been Sentenced five times to death,
once for each muId,r. For perjury
and forgery she was sentenced to six
years penal servitude. Another Gu
r:ous pen lant to her sentence was
the loss Of honor for the remainde- OF
her natural life. The details OF The
trial we're revolving in the extreme,
proving the woman to be a monster
Of ipiquity.
The story OF ber career is one OF the
most revoiting in the criminal anoais
of the empire. 1t appeared from the
evidence given at the trial that she
was born in Hanover, in 1859, her
maiden name being Berkefeld. After
a somewhat checkered career in her
native province, where several prose-
cutions and imprisonments for illegal
operations and imposture had render
ed it impo sible for her to carry on her
calling Of mid wife, she moved to
Hamburg, renting an expensive resi-
dence in one of the fashionable thor
ouehfares. Here she established her
self as professit III foste.-mother.
Her method of procedure was to in
sert in both German and foreign pa
pers prominent advertisement Is, in
which the adoption Of children born
out OF wedlock was prt missed in return
for a single monetary payment.
These notices brought her many Gil
ents from the fashionable, as well as
from the humble ranks OF society.
For instance, it is stated that for
taking over child whose parents
belonged to the highest circles
of the town OF Hanover she received
fee of $1,000 in addition TO
$3.50 as hush money. At the same
time she inserted in the papers other
advertisements to the effect that q
young and beautiful girl" appealed
to noble. minded gentlem n for temPor
ary assistance, and forced her own
i,legitim&te daughter, Paula, into in
J proper relationships vita the men
who replied to those thinly-veiled en-.
t;c:ments. She VISITED London, ano
the names of persons said to be resi-.
dent 10 the Eoglish mel ropolis were
mentioned in the course CT the trla;
just closed.
1t was further alleged against her,
J though on this count she has been ac'
, Quilted, that she attempted to poison
her husband, who found her proceed
ings not to his liking. One Of the c5il'
dren adopted by her is said to have
been the child of an English womal
Of title. OF the children whom she
was paid to take those whose age
made the proceeding profitable were
corrupted. Others she poisoned Will
morphine, throwing their bodies intt
the Elbe, OF burning them IN ne'
kitchen fireplace. The crime OF IN
fanticids wes brought home to her II
no fewer than FIVE specific cases, aoc
ho,p f,r that nrnher WAS from com
pleting the gruesome tale OF her ioi
ouities there is no means OF knowing
q dramatic feature Of the trial was
the appearance OF the woman's nus
band and daughter as witnesses
against her.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1904-11-09
Killed by a Woman.

William Morrow, anoted desperate,
has been shot and killed at BurDsVille,
n. c., by Mrs John Phillips, young
married woman. Morrow was infatu-
ated with Mrs. Phillips, but bis ad-
vauces were repulsed, and Friday she
fired the charges in two barrels OF a
shotgun at him when he renewed his
advances. Morrow is said to have
committed several murders.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1904-11-09
Horses Drowned.

At New Eork the ferry boat Colum-
ola Of the Wall street line was rua.
nto and sunk Friday by the Norwich
liner City Of Lowell. There were about
$50 passengers and seventeen teams on
coard the Columbia at the time Of the
.ccident. All the passengers were
AIKEN off safely, but eight or ten
acrses were drowned. There was
heavy fog on the river at the time OF
the collision.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1904-11-09
Parrot Cried for Help.

At Chicago excited by shrill cries
for help coming from burning build
ing, fremen fought their way through
flames to save a supposed person, ano
returned with q parrot that belcnge
TO 81. S. Fewer, whose rooming house
was damaged $4,000 by the fire.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1904-11-09

THosE people who are mourning
over the awful less of life in the Rus
so japanese war should reflect upon
the solemn fact that in the last
twenty years the railroads OF the
United States have killed AID wound
ed more people than have been killed
and wounded during the present war
in the tar east.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1904-11-09
a Lucky Tramp.

After walking from Terre Haute,
Ind, to Knoxville, Tenn, and de-
spairing OF success, T. E. Leroy, a
tramp was offered and accepted 1884,
900 for one forth interest In a pat
ent to tie the ends Of steel rails to.
pether. The New York Central rail
road is the purchaser.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1904-11-09

The tower Of Philadelphia's new
city hall is out CT plumb, which fact
leads the Baltimore Sun to make the
biting comnent: 1T seems almost
impossible for anything to be upright
in the City of Brotherly Love-" Il
the tower falls doubtless the headline
over the account of the event will
read: Fallen among thieves"
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1904-11-09
The Difference.

The Wilmington Star says: TON
Watson is denouncing the Hon. Will
liam Jennings Bryan for supporting
Judge Parker. Colonel Bryan is open
ly making fight for the candidate
whom he wants elected, while Wat
sou, under the pretence that be is a
candidate himself, is bushwhacking
for Roosevelt. That is the difference
between a statesman like Bryan and a
po!trOon like Watson.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1904-11-09

A RAILROAD manager says the huge
death list In railway circles is due to
the "craze for rapid transit" He
would have been much nearer TO the
truth had be admitted that it is due
to the "craze OF huge dividends"
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1904-11-09
&HrD SErnaS

The barn and stables Of Genrge
Ferguson in Lancaster county were
burned down Ga Monday night, with
eight bales Of cotton, fo,ir mules and
a horse aud q large quantity Of corn
and fodder and farming implements
There was ID Insurance, and the
origin Of TIE tie is not known.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1904-11-09
Ss5,jpS SllrneG.

Word reached Greenvi!le Saturday
CT the loss OF 10 tne mules in a barr
tire at Doca!ds Wednesday night.
The mules were the property OF ".
r. Dunn. The estimated loss is not
give2, and the cause If the FIRE is IN
known.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1904-11-09
He Was Mistaken.

Over sixty years ago Spencer r.
Hancock OF Manchester, VT, was In
bad health thought he was going to
die and named the PERSONS be desired
to acS as his pallbearers. Last Sunday
be celebrated his eighty.frst BIRTH
day. All the original pallbearers are
dead and he has now picked out a new
iist
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1904-11-09
EteSpit.d.

The governor has respited Aaron
Williams. co!o:e1, who vas to hand
Friday a. Camdtn for rape. Some
Of the best people Uf the section in
which the alleged crime was con-
mitted have asked The governor to
investigate the case because they DO
not believe the negro ought to De
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1904-11-09
Scores Perish.

A hundred persons were drowned
Friday night by the sinking Of the
French steamer Gironde after having
been in collision with the French
steamer Aschiatfio, near Herbillion,
twenty three miles from Bona Algeria.
The Gironde left Bona with 10 pas
sengers Of whom one hundred were
natives.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1904-11-09
TIE TEU III AT LAST.
The Japanese Ac NIT the Loss Of their.
Brst Batt:esbsp.

A dispatch frcm Paris says the AS
scc!ated Press was putin a position
Thursday to state p sitively that its
dispatches from Cheefoo,> Port Arthur
and Toxic last June to the effect that
the japanese battlesdip Yashima had
been sunk by a mioe off Dalny, which
dispa, chs were denied by the Japan
ese authorities a. the time, have been
confirmed. The japanese govern
men5 has notified foreign govern
ments cf the luss OF the ship. The
number OF men who vent down with
the vessel is aos kncwn, but is believ-
ed to have been small. The official
details show tnat She Yashima struck
a Russian mine and later attempted
to make Dalny' harbor, but this prov
ed impossible and she sank in deep:
water. -
TIE loss OF the Ydshima has been
concealed by the japanese, though the
Russian authorities have believed for
some tine that the reports that the
battleship mad been destroyed were
correct. It's important, since it is now
di.closed that Japan has only four.
modern batGieships rem aiming.
The Yashima was one OF the finest
battleships of the japanese navy. Her
displacement was II, 800 tens, about
the size of the An erican battleship
Maine, and she had a speed Of s1si
knots. The Russian squadron at Port
Arthur includes f.e modern battle.
ships, more or less damaged, and Vice
Admiral Rojat7ensky's command,
which Is now eurou;e from the Baltic
to the Far East, also numbers five
oattleships. In view Of the tnferiority
Of the japanese in battleshirs, their
armored cruiser strength is important,
they being greatly superior to the
Russian in this respect. -.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1904-11-09
A Serious Charge.

The State Of Sunday says farmers
in several counties in this State haye
been imposed upon by agents purport-
ing to repre- ;ent Sears, Roel uck s.
Co., the gre mail order house Of
Chicago. Many were yictimized in
the Dutch Fork" about a year ago.
The fellow and his partne: sold bug
gies, taking therefor a part cash
payment. The buggies never came.
Notwithstanding the wide publicity
given the matter at the time, the
SINE rascality has been practiced in
Lexington county recently. AS a re
sul5 Of the agitation among the farm
ers over there, one J. H. Bolt was
arrested in this city by Detective
Strickland Saturday and was taken
Immediately to the Lexington county
jail. The warrant Was Sworn out b.
Henry Kaigler, who identified Holt as
the man who had received from Kaig-
Ter s35 for one of the buegies sold by
Selrs. RJebu K b Co. This mail or.
der house has been con iucling busi-
ness by the medium of catalogues for
score Of years aud has established a
reputation for fair dealing. Last win.
ter when they heard OF the devllnent
which was being conducted in thei1
name, the firm Cir, u ated widely a
statement tnat they employ nc
agents, that the alleged agents were
acting fraudulently, and a large re-
ward was offered for the arrest anG
conviction Of the guilty part es
Whether or rot this Offer Of reW4rc
holds good uotll This time could no,
be learned Sunday fer Mr.. Kaigle]
took the prisoner 10 L27mgtoa anc
Chief DAILY had destroyed the procla.
nation sent out year ago by Sears
Roebuck & CO. Caief Daly said Sua
day night tna5 the NJ IN in arrest, wht
goes by the name OF Holt, is strang
er around there and is smooth ar
tic!e." He is said to have taken {
great many orders for tuggies ant
fharness AID stayed arJupd these par.
TOO long. Mr.. Kaigler said that there
would be no difficulty to prove tina
the people had been victlmized.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1904-11-09
Paraders Killed.

Three thousand Poles marched
through the streets Of Czestochowa,
Russian Poland, "Wednesday as a pro-
test against the mobilization. The
chief of police and gendarmes ordered
the. paraGe!s to disperse but they re-
fused to Go so and continued to sing
Polish songs. a detachment OF infan-
try then charged the mob with bay
nnetS with the result tnat six persons
were killed and 20 were wounded.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1904-11-09
Horrible accident.

At Leesyille recently while butchre.
ing was going on Mr. L. P. Stead
mans little 3.year-old child fell into
a tub Of boiling water and died fro
the effects OF the scald Thursday
morning.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1904-11-09

OF curse the eminent gentlemen
who have gone to the Philippines for
the purpose Of drawing large salaries
can see nothing but good in American
control Of the islands.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1904-11-09
Nothing In 1t.

G. P. Sawyer and NJ. r. Prince,
chain gang overseers tried at Edge
field on the charge OF beating convict
Wade Hartley to death, were ac-
Quilted on Wednesday, the jury re-
naming out only ten minutes.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1904-11-09
ur6er good cover and keep it safe
from the weather.

under good cover and keep it safe
from. the weather.
If money is needed store a part OF
your cotton in local warehouses and
use the receipts as collateral to borrow
money frcm your local banks. Don't
sell any cotton at present prices mere
ly to follow the old plan Of selling. BY
holding your cotton the advance IN
prices later will pay heavy interest
on the investment. when no inte est
will be secured if you sell now and de-
posit the money in bank. Insure your
cotton, whether stored at hone or in
a warehouse, and take no risks, where
risks are likely to be incurred. Let
US sell this crop for at least sIC0, 0O0,-
900, and put general prosperity amtng
the farmers OF the south.
Very respectfully,
Harvie Jordan,
President Southern Cotton Growers
Protective Association.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1904-11-09

The gilded eagle surnounting the
White House flagstaff left it's perch
Friday night and settled on the roof
OF the mansion. There was nc wind,
and it is therefore considered here to
have been a voluntary act On the part
of the bird. Two Sundays ago the
ca -riage of Vice President Candidate
Fairbanks was burned, this being the
vehicle in which he intended, il elec-
led, to ride ia the triumphal proc S.
sion to the Capitol. Some political
soothsayerS think these are very bad
OmenS.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1904-11-09

THE New York Mail insists that
the total cost OF the Philippines to
date is "only slS9, 900, ,000." The wore
sonlyn should be emphasized.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1904-11-09
Accidentally shot.

A dispatch from Williston to The
State says Saturday night while COM
ing from Blackville Mr.. Joe Bond was
accidentally shot by Mr.. B9ylston.
Both OF the parties live few miles
north Of that place. The accident oc-
CURED about clock. The wound will
like Y be q seriyus one as the bullet en-.
tered about the p Int Of the seventh
rib and came Cu5 at the point OF the
twelfth rib, and from indications both
the liver and the kidney are effected.
Mr.. Bond was brought here Saturday
to be carried to Augusta for hospital
treatment,
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1904-11-09

GOVERNOR General Wright seem
fully aware OF what he must do tc
keep in close touch with that splendid
% larV
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1904-11-09
HOME CIRCLE COLUMN
Crude Thoughts as They Fall From
the Editorial Pen.
PLEASANT EVENING REVERIES.
/ Column Dedicated to Tired
Mothers as They Join the
Home Circle at Even
ing Tide.

"you MIGHT HAVE THAlD, o!,'
I was hard at work in my study
W;,sa, heard 4 gentle tap,
"Con,a in. and in come my Josie,
Tctr:u! from some mshap.
And knew; that she was longing
To be cacdled i'll my !ap.
q bruithed MY finger orful.
Ana papa il doth ache So!
sIyell, well, run away to mamma,
For can't help it, Jo,"
She raised her tear-wet lasheS--
"popA, you might nave thaid or
The study-door closed softly
And was lefl alone
With nothing TO hinder my Writing
Bus the thought OF 4 tender tone,
So loving and so repcoachiul
'Twould have touched L helrt o. stone.
And I sat and looked al my paper,
Butsom how could ,twrite
And there broke on me in si'ence
The dawn Of q clearer light:
The touch Of that aching finger
Had given me my sight.
Have a tender word. my brothers.
For the lit troubles and pains,
1t was not beneath our Master,
1t is ia, above our gains;
1t will hasten the heavenly kingdom,
Where only love remains.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1904-11-09
SECRET SOCIETIES.


a wife Of uaworthy tendencies.
SECRET SOCIETIES.
What is the moral effect of Free
Masonry. Odd Fellowship, Knights o.
Labor and the numerous secret socie
ties upon the home? Solomon, the
wise man, said: Discover not S cret
to another" and be had good reasons
FOR laying such an Injunction, fer in
his time, as at the present, there were
people TOO much disposed to tell all
they knew. One half the trouble in
every community, cones frcm the fact
that so many people have not the Ca
pacity to keep their mouths shut. We
have two ears but only cne tongue
which is suggestive Of the fact that
we should hear more than we tell. By
the power Of secret divu!ged, iami-
lies, cop ches, neighooracodS and even
nations lily apart. By the p)wcr OF a
secret kept, great charities, reforma-
tory movements and christian enter
priSes may be advanced. It is an Otter
discussed qnestiol whether asSocla-
tions that DO not have their work with
closed doors, and admit their members
With pass words, and greet each other
with d secret grip are right OF wrong.
Our answer is that it depend entirely
pom the object for which they meet.
If it Is to pass the hours in revelry
and obscene talk, or to plot trouble
to the state, then we say with al en-
paasis that it is wrong. But where the
object is the improvement OF the
mind, the enlargement Of the heart,
the defense Of the government, then
we say with just as much emphasis
that they are blessing. There is no
need that those who plan for right
over wrong should publish to the
world their Intentions. Secretary Of
plot and execution are wrong only
when the object and ends are refar-
ious. Every family is a secret society,
every business firm and every hank
ing institution. The men who have
no capacity to keep secret are unit
for positions Of trusts anywhere. Sc.
cret societies have done incuiculaole
good. Oae society gave for the relief
OF their sick in 1878, in this country
81, ,49O,274. Some of the secret soci-
cites have poared very heaven Of
sunshine and benediction into the
home of suffering. Some Of them are
founded in fidelity to good citizenship
and the bible. Christ has given US a
rule by which we may judge, not only
all individuals, but all secret societies.
by taeir fruits ye shall know them"
Bad societies make bad men. Good
societies make good men. A bad man
will not stay in good society and a
good man will not stay in bad scci-
ETY.: Test these societies by two or
three rules. Their iDfuence on home.
That wife soon loses her influence over
her husband who looks upon all even
ing absence as an assault on domestic
ity. That wife who becomes Jealous
OF her husbands attention to art, or
literature, or religion, or charity is
breaking her own scaptrs OF conjugal
power. But let no man sacrifice home
life to secret society life, as some do
Some meo are as genial as angels at
the society room and as ugly as sin at
home.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1904-11-09

The thief who steals your peace OF
mind is meaner than the one who
steals your property.
X
Teach your girl how to cook, and if
she does not thank you somebody's
son will thank you for her.
No one can so ins oire a man to no.
BILE purposes as noble woman, and no
one, so thoroughly degrade man as
a wife Of uoworthY tendencies.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1904-11-09

The salary of the State liquor commits
sioner has been Increased from $1,000
to 50, 600 or SO, 900, and he is required
to give a bond CT s75, 900 think it is
to insure the faithful discharge OF his
duties, but the commissioner is not al
lowed to have anything to do with the
whiskey until it is bought ard be
merely keeps the books aDd attends to
the business details. Ny i6ea, and l
have spoken privately to the Governor
once or twice, was to make contract
by the year with men who have hon
esty and character and who distill
their own LIQUOR and let them furnish
the State OF South Carolina with al
we require for the year, and let the
commissioners examine it and see il it
is Of the proper grade. II you Coat
trust the Governor, Attorney Gener-
al, Comptroller General and the other
State officers, il they are not enough,
put anybody on whom you can trust.
Put my friend, Mr.. Hickson. on, put
any set Of men in charge who can COM
mand the confidence and respect OF
the whole people, but take the oispen-
sary out OF politics and stop the vile
ISLANDERS that are DESTROYING all conf
de1ce.
You can hear them continually say
ing this man is getting rich and that
rebates are PAID to commissioners for
buying their goods. I have shown you
that this can be stopped by buying
your yearly supply from some great
firm which will furnish the Stace Ger
tain grades Of whiskeys and that these
whiskeys may be pure, let it give bond
for $500, oCO that they will come Up to
the standard in the contract. You can !:
out as many men on that board as you
please. II you can't trust tie present !
board, put on a Supreme Court JUS
Daily capital journal. (Salem, Oregon) 1903-1919, 1904-07-15
Gervais Items.

Hardy Leith informs us that he com
menced cutting fall grain Tuesday.
This is the first grain to be cut this
season.
Mr.. and Mrs. NJ. Petzel, of Salem,
were oveT-Sunday visitors to Mrs. A.
Bowers and family.
On last Tuesday a number of clergy.
men paid a visit to Rev. A. Lainck, at
Sublimity, the occasion being his 9th
birthday. Among the invited gusts
were the Revs. E. P. Murphy, P. Glib.
ney, T. ]. Daum, Zeroski, Placidus O.
S. b., j. S. LaCroix, H. Reidhuar..
The city council has made some ex-
cellent street improvements the past
few weeks, Several hundred loads OF
gravel have been hauled from the riv.
er and placed on the streets near the
center of the town.
Misses Cehe and PhilIie Laspheue
daughters Of Prosper Lashpelle. are
home on a visit from Penileton. where
they are employed as teachers in the
Indian schools of the reservation.
Rev. Peter Stupfel, Of West Bend.
Wis, is expected to visit Mt. Angel
and Gervais friends in the near III.
ture.
Miss Newton, from Newark. N. J..
Is visiting her sister, Mrs. Ed. Cav.
anaugh' She is highly pleased with
Oregon and the climate.
Sister Florence. superior Of North I,
Yakima, and Sister Winfred. OF North
Yakima, and Sister Superior of
Sprague, visited a few days this
week with their sister. Mrs. T. ].
Hall.
Daily capital journal. (Salem, Oregon) 1903-1919, 1904-07-15
Wealthy Man Murdered.

New York, July 15.-Charle5 H. w
Carter, a wealthy manufacturer, was
found dead tonight under circum.
stances which, in certain particulars,
bear resemblance to the recent death
of Caesar" Young. He was in a cab
with an unknown woman near Pros.
pect Park, Brooklyn, when the wo-
man called for help, and shortly after.
ward disappeared. An investigation
showed that the man had been dead
for some time.
Mr.. Carter was a manufacturer of
varnish and oils in Brooklyn. The
house has been established since 1866.
The young woman insisted on getting
out Of the cab against the claimants
protest, after she had his attention
to her companions condition. She
walked some distance beside the cab,
and at a dark corner suddenly yam
Ished. Carter lived in a house in
Flatbush. His wife and daughter had
eft only yesterday for their summer
nome on Shelter Island.