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The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1904-05-11
a FAMILY OF BEGGARS.
Found Living in a Rich Mansion in
the City Of Chicago.

Found Living in Rich Mansion In
the City Of Chicago.
Living in q richly furnished house
on the West Side, Chicago, ILL.,, fam.
lily OF beggars was located after seven
years search. The long hunt ended
when Superintendent James Minnick,
of the West Side Bureau Of Charities,
took in custody three small children OF
Mrs. Missouri Boehm. Two hours later
five children were arrested and in the
afternoon Judge Brown, in the Juve.
nile Court, put them in the care OF
court Office or sent them to institu-
tions.
II have had long experience with
unworthy beggars," said Minnick to
Judge Brown, but I believe this
Boehm family is the worst exposed in
Chicago for years. Officers Of the
Bureau Of Charities have sought fol
seven years to find the family, which
they knew was soliciting aims. -
In the family home at No. 9 Bing-
ham street Probation Officer William
F. Slime found piano and pianola,
expensive rugs and draperies, and fur
niture Of costly woods. There were
closets and chests filed with clothing
and in the basement were bales OF
clothing apparently prepared for sale.
When the family was taken to court
Mrs. Boehm was declared by Minnick
to have been for ten years a beggar in
Austin, Oak Park, and the west side
Of Chicago.
Mipnick testified that she sent out
her children to beg, and in the last
four years more than one hundred let
tiers have been written to the Bureau
Of Charities by persons interested in
the pleas Of the begging children. The
children were declared to have opera
ted under half a score of aliases and
in their long experience under their
mothers tutelage to have become ex-
perts in deceiving.
Florence Boehm, eighteen years old,
who appeared to testify for her
brothers and sisters, whose crying
nearly made court proceedings impos-
sible, was accused Of having been at
rested on July Is last for shopliftlng
fined s25 in the West Chicago Avenue
Police Court. The fine, the police said,
was paid from a wel-flled purse.
The children accused Of doing most
Of the begging were:
Joseph, thirteen years old, sent to
Industrial Home at Glenwood.
Grace, twelve, sent to illinois In
dustrial Home at Evanston.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1904-05-11

about conditions and be would have
forwarded the letter through proper
channels to Manila and await action
thereon as provided by the rules OF
the service.
Army OFFICER UPBRAIDs sUPERISTEN-
DENT.
What the army officers, whose
wife has saved the girls life, said to
the district superintendent on hear
ing these remarks was worth going
miles to hear. AS soon as tie girl
was able, she came to Manila where
she was Informed that she was not
entitled to transportation to America,
not having completed three years
service. So she bought ticket on a
liner and went home"
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1904-05-11
Poor EelloM.

At St Louis in the presence of more
than a score Of men and women Paul
Moore, a travelling salesman OF Cleve-
land, O., Friday, shot and killed him
self in street car at the interSec ion
Of two Of the busiest thoroughfares in
the heart Of the business section Of
the city. he left note saying that
he committed suicide because be had
no home, no wife and nothing to live
for.n The note requested that Harry
Richey Of Cleveland be notified.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1904-05-11
ARMY OFFICER JILTS A GIRL.
WAX Department Asks Him to E1-
plain Why He Did 1t.

Lieut.. Col. William F. Pitcher Of
the Twenty-eighth Infantry, who is
stationed at San Francisco, has been
called upon by the War department. tc
answer the charge OF jilting Miss
Carolina Harold, a clerk in that de.
partment.
Lieut.. Col. Pitcher is 81 years old.
BE was born in Texas and was ap-
pointed to the Naval Academy and
after spending two years there was in
1871 commissioned as a second lieuten-
ant in the army. In the complaint
filed with the War department. it is
alleged that be became engaged to
Miss Harold six or seven months ago
and that at his earnest request she
gave up her place in the department
shortly before the date fixed for the
wedding, about March /.
1t is asserted that not only was the
date fixed, but that the bride-to- be
had purchased her trousseau and a
dinner in honor Of the approaching
event had been given by Rear Adni-
raj Colby N. Chester, whose family
were old friends Of Miss Harold. Col.
Pitcher the day before the date Sc
lected for the marriage, went away
from Washington. It is alleged that
be made no excuse for bis departure,
beyond leaving a note to the effect
that be had been "called away"
Miss Harold succeeded in securing
reinstatement in the war department
and apparently regarded the affair as
a closed incident. Some Of her friends
to whom she told the story urged her
to bring charges against Col. Pitcher,
but diSliking notoriety she declined to
do so. One Of her friends, however,
filed formal allegations at the depart
ment two weeks ago, and Lieut.. Col.
Pitcher vas called upon for an expla-
nation.
The explanation was received a few
days ago. His only direct answer as
to bis reasons for not marrying Miss
Harold was, it is understood, that he
had changed his mind. This and the
other answers to the questions put to
him were not regarded by the war de-
partmcnt officials as satisfactory, and
another request was sent him with
notice that he must make categorical
answers to the departments inquiries.
Senator Simmons and Representative
Small, OF North Carolina, have taken
up the cause Of Miss Harold and are
pressing the war department to act.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1904-05-11
a Double Murder.
the Japs Lost Heavily.

Double murder occurred Wednesday
night in a farm house about four
miles from Angelica, Allegheny Coun-
ty n. Y. John Vancorder and half
sister were found on the floor this
morning dead. Bullets were in their
bodies and the house was upset, indl-
eating that robbery had been done.
There is no clue.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1904-05-11
Head Almost Shot Off.

1t Donald on Sunday evening two
negroes, Foster Bradley and Will Bell,
had an alteration about some trivial
matter. Bradley left the house and
sat down on a log to his shoe. While
in this position Bell, it is charged,
stuck a shotgun out Of a crack OF the
house and fired, almost decapitating
Bradley. Bell is mere boy and does
not seem to appreciate the enormity
OF his crime. Bell is in jail at Aboe-
VILE
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1904-05-11
A TUMAN OSTRICH.
Knives, Keys and Nails Found in q
Mans Stomach.
AMAzEs THE HOSPITAL DOCTORS.
John Easel, Who Was known in
williamsburg as the Chain
Swallowing Wonder, Is
Operated On.

The New York American says the
surgeons of the German Hospital,
Williamsburg, were amazed Wednes.
day when, on opening the stomach OF
John Easel, of No. 246 Varet street,
Williamsburg, who had complained of
severe pains, they took from that Or
gan enough junk to stock a second
hand hardware store. More remarka-
BILE still, it was the second time that
Easel had submitted to such an ope-
ration, with similar results. Easel
recovered quickly from the first ope-
ration, which was performed more
than four years ago. That of Wednes.
day has taxed his vitality seriously
and his recovery is doubtful.
Easel is but twenty-three years Old.
AS a tailor he failed to make enough
to meet his modest needs, and
he determined to do something that
by its seeming impossibility would
become talked about and insure bet
ter income. He determined to be-
come a human ostrich" and carried
out that determination with a serious
ness as pathetic as it was remarkably
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1904-05-11
The Rural Libraries.

About half OF the appropriation Of
s5, 900 for rural school Libraries has
been used up which means that about
250 Libraries have been established.
Besides this there are a number Of
applications now before the state
Superintendent Of education from
counties that have already establish
ed twelve, the limit allowed by the
law this year. These will have to
wait until next year when the adVo-
Gates Of the bill hope to have the ap-
preparation increased.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1904-05-11
Two Drowned.

A special from Beaufort to Inc
State says a negro girl and boy, Eliza
beth Cokesone and Thomas BarnweD,
were drowned Saturday afternoon by
falling into a deep fish hole while at
tempting to wade across a shallow ST.
Helena Island creek at low tide.
Their bodies were recovered Monday
and buried.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1904-05-11

ware in his stomach weighed down
that organ until the contents sagged
below the opening of the intestines
and by remaining in the stomach
caused irritation
The following is list Of the things
fshed from Easel by the surgeons:
Six pocket knives, gold watch chain,
key ring chain, brass keys, small desk
key, four Yale lock keys, button
hook, fourteen wire nails, two iron
nails, four horseshoe nails, two pins.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1904-05-11
BEGAN SWALLOWING HA1Rp1Ns.

He began swallowing hairpins, and
finding that he could do that success
fully, substituted nails and pins, and
gradually found that he could even
swallow chains, keys and pocket
knives, without seriously interfering
with his stomach. He became what
he wanted to be-a wonderland as
such commanded high price for his
remarkable performances.
He likewise succeeded in the greater
ambition of his life-to be able to con-
tribute more largely to the support OF
his parents. At first he continued
the work at the tailor shop and gave
his performances in the evenings.
Gradually, as his fame extended and
his income increased, he deserted the
shop and devoted himself exclusively
to his exhibitions. He became known
as the Human Ostrich" and the
"Chain Swallower," and was in great
lo,oo,,S
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1904-05-11
JAPS IN LAO TUNG.
Their Armies Are Now swarming
Over the Penensula in
TIE REAR OF PORT ARTHUR.
The Russians Accept the Fact With
Apparent Unconcern and AS
sert that the Fortress
Is Imp-egnable.

a dispatch from st. Petersburg says
the ministry OF war has received the
following telegram from Maj. Gen.
Plug, chief of the military staff:
According to the information I
have received, seven of the enemy's
transports, and afterwards about 40,
appeared opposite Pitsewo, on the
morning Of May 4. On the morning
OF May 5 the japanese began to land
at Pitsewo and on the coast near
Cape Terminal (about Is miles south
west OF Pitsewo) under cover Of ar:
tillery fire. At that moment about
go transports were observed bearing
down upon the whole front, and our
posts retired from the shore. ALL
papers in the postofiee at Pitsewo.
were removed and Russian inhabitants
abandoned the town..
According to Chinese reports BY
the evening Of May 5th about 10000
of the enemy's troops had landed and
had taken up quarters in the Chinese
villages near the points Of debarka-
ton. The enemy sent two columns
Of about one regiment each, one In a.
westerly direction and the other to-
the southwark.
"On May 6 passenger train from
Port Arthur was fired upon a mile
and quarter outside Polandien about
40 miles north Of Port Arthur, by:
100 japanese infantrymen occupying:
the heights east of the railway. The:
train carried many passengers, 200
sick occupying an ambulance car ay-S
ing the Red Cross flag. Two Of the.
sick were wounded. The train sue.
ceeded in reaching Polandien."
WHAT THE JAPs SAY.
a dispatch from T.. Kio. Japan,
says the report of Admiral Hosoya,
received Friday, gives details OF the:
landing Of japanese troops on the
Liao Tung peninsula, suppressing the
location Of the landing place. The
admiral says: 49, 49,.
oA oCSCuUl Glfiotou, .uiVI WI HSAOsa
boats and the Hong Kong Maru and
the Nippon Maru arrived from the
advance base OF the Lao Tung penin-5;
srla at $50 May 5th. Discovering a.
number Of the enemy's patrols We:
bonbarded them for a short time, and
then landing party of sailors, Capt..
Nomoto leading, was ordered ashore.
1t being low tide it was impossible to-
use the boats and>the sailors plunged
into the water, waded breast deep for
about 1000 yards and reached the
beach at 7.20 p. m. Immediately adj
vancing they took possession Of a range
of hills without firing shot and
planting our flag on the hills. :.
The gunboats Amagi, Oshima and
Chiokai were employed to distract the
enemy's attention. They discovered z
100 Of the enemy and shelled them,
killing several. The first feet OF !
transports, on seeing our flag displayed
on an eminence, began landing troops :
at 8 p. m. The troops, who were /:
forced to wade ashore, were in high
spirits. In order to further facilitate
the landing Of troops, piers are being
erected. Our division is assisting in 4
tbo 1port, :, sa- --as.s l2'3ss ~ so
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1904-05-11
Over There.

THE presidente, however, at once
became very full OF his dignity as the
representative Of the civil government.
He would furnish no carretela, he
would furnish no chow, she was the
maestro and was expected to provide
large portions Of Illustration at once.
Then he took another drink of vino
and went to sleep again.
1.-THE frightened and bewildered
girl finally managed to charter a cara,
bao cart and on that primitive and
slow-moving vehicle arrived in Batan-
gas. in the dead Of night in an uncon-
scious condition.
SOLDIER FINDS UNCONSCIOUS GIRL.
s'There being military garrison at
Rataneas, an American sentry found
the bull-cart with it's unconscious oc-
c1pant aud at once reported the state
ne affairs to his commanding officer
When the girl school teacher recovered
consciousness she was in the house
where she received every care and at
tention until she was able to return
Manila.
7 ,os:The district superintendent OF
ccation did not appear on the scene
Il il ten days had passed and the new
ol teacher was slowly regaining
10Th. Then he called and explain
at the teacher had been guilty
rave breach Of disciplineln IN cav
Ter post. She should have remain
ere until she had written to him
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1904-05-11
RUSSIANS NOT WORRIED.

S>sAsAA>A~s
The Associated Press Agent at S:
Petersburg says japanese troops
swarming across the narrow neck OF
the Liao Tung peninsula, the railroad
and telegraph communications cut
and the Russian Gibraltar isolated
and left to it's own resourceS-an this
the Russians seem to accept with
great stoicism.
These events have been anticipated
since the outbreak Of the war and the
authorities, in sense, appear to be re-
heved now that the blow has fallen.
They asserted that the fortress is i'm
pregnable, and amply provisioned to
stand siege for year, and that 1t
can hold out until the time comes to
relieve it.
The Russian military authorities
seem reconciled to the cutting off OF
their stronghold but they are conyinc-s
ed that the fortress Is impregnable
against attacks by land or sea. Though
the enemy may invest Port Arthur, the
authorities do not believe the Japan:
ese will undertake to storm the posi-.
tion.
The Russians say despite the great
er number Of japanese, the general
staff believes that their formidable
fortifcation still leave the defensive
superiority with the Russians, whose
staying qualities, it is confident. will
insure their holding out as long as
necessary.
Lieut.. Gen. Stoesell viii have Su-
preme command at Port Arthur. BE
IS described as a high class cammand-
e.. His recent proclamations show
that he is imbued with a determine
tion to hold Port Arthur until the
last man is killed.
The Cairo bulletin., 1904-04-13
KANSAS CITY SOUTHERN ny.
'straigt as the Crow Files" Kansas
City 70 the Gulf.

Passing through a greater diversity
Of climate, soil and resource than any
other railway in the world for Its
length.
Along Its lines are the finest lands
uited for growing small grain. 'orn,
fax, cotton; for commercial apple and
peach orchards, for other fruits and
erries; for commercial cantaloupe,
potato, tomato and general truck
farms; for sugar cane and rice cult.
walton: for merchantable timber; for
raising horses, mules, cattle, hogs,
sheep, poultry and Angora goats, at
prices ranging from free government
homesteads to twenty-five dollars or
more rer acre. Cheap round trip
homeseekers and one way colonists
tickets on sale first and third Tues
days of each month. Write for copy
of Carrent Events published by the
Kansas City Southern Railway the
short line to inexpensive and com
Portable homes"
s. @. WARMER, @. P. & ia
Kansas City, Mo
The Cairo bulletin., 1904-04-13
STOCKS, BONDS, MONEY
MARKET is STILL lNANlMATE
AND sAGGlNG TENDENCY or
PRICES WEIR VERY
PRONOUNCED.

BY Associated Press.
New York, Today'3 stock
market was still lacking in the ami
nation which had characterized trad
ing previous TO this we K and the
sagsng tendency Of prices became
rather more pronounced than yester-
day There was not the same effort
to lift prices by the stimulating eff
feet of marketing UP suecial stocks,
The course ,of todays market was
evidently influenced by the govern
ment report on the condition of win
ter wheat. Free offerings in tne
wheat market served to modify the
bad impression of the report, but
there was a belief thai wheat moved
under the influenc- Of realizing on
speculation based on the conditions
revealed By the report, Populations
through newspaper interviews as to
the motives Of the Northern SecuT-
ties suit by the principal parties
gave material for puzzled discussion.
Thcre YVES disposition TO seek
some reconcile indication Of policy
in the public attitude thus assumed
which might afford some clue 10 the
mystery Of the late absorption Of
Union Pacific. The report that tbs
United States steel corporation had
cancelled an option for the purchase
of 5000 tons Of Bessemer pig iron
helped to depress the preferred stock.
Concentrated absorption of second
bonds was feature Of the early
market. in which some S2,000000 or
upwards of these bonds were taken
by one firm The impression was con-
veyel that much of this was on or
ders from German account.
More temporary note issues at high
interest rates on trade security Of
unsold bonds by the Rock Island and
American Telephone companies null
lifted the favorable effect of the re-
cent sale OF small bond issues which
was supposed to herald the revival
of an absorptiye demand in the mar
kct for such securities This anomal-
Gus contract with the extreme ease Of
the money market for tn purpose
is cause for distrust on the part CT
investors.
Reports that srain rates had been
agreed upon by railroads were re-
ceiv-d with satisfaction. The failure
81 the Union Pacific advance Of
poins to LIT the, market was follo%-
ed by steady decline in the whole
market. Uniou Pacific Slumpod at
The last On hasty reading OF the bul-
i.tin en- the attorney generals atd-
undo towards the intervention suit
At 81, Paul.
The closing was weak and losses Of
/ to Ia were general
The Cairo bulletin., 1904-04-13
Good For Children.

The pleasant to take and harmless
One Minute Cough Cure gives imme.
date relief in all cases of Coughs,
Group and LaGrippe because it does
not pass Immediately into the stam-
ach, but takes effect right at the seat
Of trouble. It draws out the inham-
nation, heals the lungs and cures
permanently by enabling the lungs to
contribute pure life-giying and life.
sustaining oxygen to the blood and
tissues. One Minute Cough Cure is
pleasant to take and 1t is good alike
for young and old. Sold by Metzger's
drug store.
The Cairo bulletin., 1904-04-13
Are You a Dyspeptic?

If you are a dyspeptic you owe il
to yourself and your friends to get
well. Dyspepsia annoys the dyspep
ties friends because his disease sour
his disposition as well as his stom
ach. Kodol Dyspepsia Cure will no
only cure dyspepsia, Indigestion and
sour stomach, but this palatable, re
constructive tonic digestant strtngth
sns the whole apparatus, and sweet
ems the life as well as the stomach
When you take Kodol Dyspepsia Cure
the food sou cat is enjoyed. II is d.
gested, assimilated and lis nutrien,
properties appropriated by the blood
tissues. Health IS the result Sold
by Metzger's drug store.
The Cairo bulletin., 1904-04-13
POSTOFFICE EMBEzzLER
Who stole $4,000 is Captured After :
Long Chase-Wonan Had Part
Of Money.
Of Money.
By the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press.
Nevada, Mo-, April ll.--Edwin Gr,l-
fifth, son Of the postmaster at Great
Bend, Kansas, has been arrested here
charged with stealing a registered
package containing $1,000, which was
sent by the Traders bank, of Kansas
City, to banking house at Great
Bend February g.
Griffith who has confessed, was an
employe of the Great Bend postofice
and he had access to registered pack.
ages. After taking the $1,000 he fled
TO FL Paso, Texas, but was tracked
back to Nevada. where Griffith came
to meet a woman to whom he had Civ
Ell a large part of the money
The woman surrendered the money
and her name was not diyulged. Grif-
fifth was taken TO Carthage to appear
before the United States commissions
or
The Cairo bulletin., 1904-04-13
POLICEMAN SHOT MAN
WHO ATTEMPTED TO ESCAPE
AFTER IN HAD BEATEN
a TEMsTER VERY
SEVERELY.
By Assnoiaied Press

By Associated Press
Chicago, April Policeman Chas.
BucEholtz ahat and fatally wounded
Frellrick Shall tonight withou. aim.
Ing at the man or intending to iabUe
him. Shall, who is a tamster, had
been engaged in a fight with another
teamster and had beaten his antago-
mist so badly that he was unconscious.
When Buckholtz arrived, Shall
whipped up his horses and attempted
10 escape The officer pursued him
on foot bit was rayidly being left be.
hind. He drew his revolver and fired
several shots into the ground 10
brighten the fugitive, Thu thlrd bull
let glanced from tha pavement ana
flying upward struck Shall in the
back, inaictng a wound that is cor
tain to prove fatal
The statement of the officer that
he fred at the ground is corroboratoI
by score of people,
The Cairo bulletin., 1904-04-13
Ap ADirDal Story Fer
Little Folks
Tale With a Moral

Oh, Clarence, dear" cried Mrs Rat.
what have YOU found to cat?
I'm sure 1t must be something nice,
And know it must be sweet"
But Mr.. Rat just gruiIiy said,
you're right; Il cGnt be beat"
And never offered Mrs. Rat
a mouthful of the treat.
He ate away the livelong day
And far into the night
His better half she wept and begged
For just a little bite,
But Mr. Rat ate on until
The bag was empty quite.
Now comes the sequel and | think
1t really serves him right.
The Cairo bulletin., 1904-04-13


state of Illinois, Alexander County, So.
In the A exander County Circuit Court, May
term A D., 1994 In Chaucery sitting August
w. SCHNEIDER, who sues by his next friend Au-
gust,ScfindIer Complsinantv VS. Magdalana We
Der, DaqiCl Weber. William Weber, Maggie We
Der, john y cher, Philip Weber Chas. Weber.
and Nelson Morris, Edward Morris and Ira. y.
Morris. partners doing business under frin name
AID style Of Nelson Norris & Company, and
William Winter and Claude Winter, partners
doing business uader firm name and style q
Winter Brothers. Napoleon b. Thistewood,
Patrick Barth and William Wslbaum De-
PENDANTS, Bill in Chant5ry for par
tltion and an accounting The allowed
named defendants are hereby notIhed
that said complainant has this day Fled
in said court a certain bill in Chancery for
partition and an accounting against them and
that Summons has issBeh thereon returnsbie on
the frst day Of the next term of said court, 70
be holden al the court house in Cairo, Illinois,
on toe 9Th day Of May next.
Cairo iIiiaes, Mach tstb A. d. 1905.
LERB.'DAvTs. CLERK.
Tansden d Ieek and David S. LaBsden. Com
piainant's Solicitors.