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The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1904-12-18

land and bills reached her there. Back
came a letter signed Miss Clingan.
Poor Maize is dead. A large con-
course followed her to the grave.
thought you had heard. She was a
splendid girl, but, unfortunately weak
minded.
Mrs. Alice Bestado, clairvoyant, APP
peared in an expensive suite of offices
in the Crocker Block. Cleveland, in
1888. Her Office speedily became a
meeting place for many men, some
of them well known in the business
world. Then began the usual cam
paign against the money lenders and
merchants. She lived extensively and
her jewels were the admiration of the
city.
Lived Under Many Aliases.
Another year saw a Mrs. Scott, liv-
ing In another section of the town. but
clairvoyant. and recognized as Mrs.
Bestado Mrs. Clingan soon afterward
took other apartments. and so did
Mrs. Bagley, when creditors became
importunate. and the last of all was
Mrs. c. l.. Hoover. Mrs. Hoover was
the last name to be used in Cleveland
in the eighties, and to sisters and fam
lily in Cleveland as we'll as in Canada
word went that c. l.. Hoover, an
aged and wealthy man, had married
her only TO die soon after. There was
son. He Is her only child. To diff
ferent persons she told different sto-
ries, once that he was the son of ar
attorney. at another time that his
| father was a banker.
Cleveland became too warm in 1888
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mates declared. She had a positive
mania for fine clothing, finer than her
father could give her. and for jew
elry. She was not like other girls.
Wore Boys Clothes.
Once she went to a barber shop and
had her long hair cropped short and
actually donned boys clothing. She
was always scheming. they said, to OBJ
tain something for nothing.
She carried cards which set forth
that she was Miss Bigley, heiress to
$4,000" Even then her power over
men was manifest. She obtained credit
from local merchants of Woodstock
about eight miles from her home. and
one day she obtained $3.50 on a note al
legged to have been signed by a wealthy
farmer near Brantford When that
note came due she took it up with an
other note, purporting to have been
signed by Richard Kip CT Woodstock.
When this note came due there was
no money TO pay it, and the girl. in
November, 1879, was arrested for for
gerry. The case attracted much atten-
tion. She was defended by Sergt. Fin
kle, now crown judge. The defense
was insanity. and in the trial many
witnesses were found to come forward
with testimony as to her oddness and
eceentricity. She was acquitted and
never thereafter lived permanently in
Woodstock.
SwindIer I'm Her GirIhOOd.
one of David Bingley's daughters
married a man Of the name of Camp
bell and moved to Cleveland. O., I'm
the seventies. A week after the trial
The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1904-12-18
WITH THE LONDONERS
IN OLD LONDON
BY EUGENIA ESTlLL.

London, Nov. 2S.-London has been
wrapped in mist or fog during Novem-
ber and now for three days the snow
has covered the housetops and ground.
1t is only when they have both ice and
fog that Londoners complain of the
weather. People do not mind the mist
or fog, and if the sun makes the fog
look a little yellow-'pea soup" they
call it-they think it fine day."
Some statistician has calculated that
a quarter of an hours delay of the
trans" by fog of a million and half
of business people amounts to forty
two years.
1t is very amusing to the English
man, or woman. to have an American
tell them their nationality. oh. 1 can
tell that by your accent" is the smil-
ing reply. A lady, who has travelled
extensively over the continent, an Eng
lishwoman, said: Il usually know
when an American woman is around;
they have such loud voices and such
a twang'' But" she added when
their voice is soft and low 1 rather
like the accent, especially when it is
not affected, it is really pleasing.
The Season of Plum Puddings.
This is the time when the English
housewife makes her Christmas pud-
dings and hangs them up to season.
Sometimes one of them is kept for
| Easter. In many parts of England it
| is the custom of the people
| to watch the old year out
| and welcome the new year, by
| going to the homes of their friends and
amusing themselves with singing and
enjoying the good things usual at that
| time of the year, with which the Ia
BILE is bountifully spread. This is kept
| up until the early hours. and is done
| by the women as well as the men.
1t is considered a good omen for
the year if some friend that is par
| ticularly liked. is the first to walk
| through the house just on the stroke
| Of the new year, and contribute some
thing-if it is only a lump of coal flung
on the fire.
| The Lord Mayors Show.
For some years past the incoming
Lord Mayor of London has entered
upon his duties without any parade
But this year Mr.. Pound decided that
he would revive the ancient Lord May
ors show in all it's splendor. For
weeks his much trimmed suit was
exhibited in the windows. The
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hibition, after a lifetime spent to
prevent just such a dissertation. For
the ancient Egyptian really lived to
die He bestowed much more atten-
ton on his tomb than he did on his
dwelling. The tomb was begun ear
ly in life, while he had health, time.
ana money to spend upon it. It was
built of stone or hewn out of the
rock at the base of the mountain, dec
GRATED with sculptured and painted
walls. When the time came that his
body should be carried across the sa-
cred Nile. there was the, procession Of
priests, friends, and relatives, furni-
ture, tables of meat, fruits and vege-
tables, flowers, costly jars, jewels, mus
zeal instruments, and many other
things that he loved. or that would be
useful to him in his future state.
There was the chapel for memorial
service, and below this the pit" en-
tered by shaft, in which the body
was placed with all the offerings.
Then the opening was walled up.
The Mummy'S Fate.
Yet after all this care and prepara-
ton to preserve his mummied body
ready for the soul to enter a sec
ond time, or as often as his bad deeds
required for their publication, he is
exposed to the practical gaze of the
twentieth century. Yet, he also be-
lieved in God, who manifested him
self in various ways, and who would
require that his conscience should be
weighed in the balance against a feath-
er, the symbol of law. Woe to him if
| his good deeds did not balance evenly
i with the feather; for then must he
suffer again, instead of entering the
Egyptian heaven, and be absorbed into
the Divine Intelligence and be at peace
forever. Here also is the mummies of
Seto the First B. c., 1866, who built
the Hall of Columns at Kamak
(The authorities have tried to pre-
serve these columns, but a recent re-
port from Egypt says that for the
sake of future generations, a higher
wall will have TO be built to preserve
the overflow of the Nile. This will
| cause the inundation of the temple
and one of the most wonderful works
of ancient skill and art will be lost
| to the world.)
The mummy of Ramescs the Second
the supposed oppressor of the Israel
| ties, and that of Thothomes,
the Third, who caused to be
| built, the two colossal statues of him
self. which the Greeks named the
statues of Memnon, repose in this
| museum.
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CHECKERED LIFE
OF MRS. CHADWICK
A sWINDLER FROM GIRLH0oD
TO GET SOMETHING FOR NOTHING
HER LIFE AIM.

Her Power over Men Began When
She Was a school Girl-she Then
Used the Same Tactics That She
Employed in the Oberlin Bank
Case-Has Lived Under a Dozen
Aliases and Operated Bold Swim
dies Under all of Them-Her First
Marriage Was an Irish Heiress
and a Doctor Was Her Victim.
Her Career as Madame DeVere.
New York, Dec. 17.-Cassie L. Chad
wick, Elizabeth Hoover Chadwick, or
Mrs. D. Leroy Shipper Chadwick, born
the daughter of a farmer in reduced
circumstances, is now a central figure
around whom federal and state au-
thorities are steadily weaving a net of
criminal charges. 1t is a fitting climax
to a life in which events have fol-
lowed events so quickly as to leave
the mind bewildered.
Daniel Bigley, in the early sos, lived
on small farm at Eastwood, province
of Ontario. He was poor and had a
large family eight children in all, and
the fifth was a daughter. born in 1857
and christened Elizabeth, known to the
other members of the family as Bet
ty."
Betty" Bigley was never a particu-
larly beautiful girl, and from early
years suffered slightly from deafness.
She also spoke with lisp. She was
bright, very bright. At school she was
easily a leader in her classes, but she
was not popular. Betty" Bigley was
always strange-"peculiar," her school
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was raised in that way, and then
came an arrest of both in January,
1890. The notes were alleged to be
forgeries.
Lamb at once told everything he
knew and the jury acquitted him on
the ground that he had been a dupe.
Nine. De We're was sentenced to nine
and one-half years imprisonment in
the Ohio penitentiary. She served three
and one-half years of it, when she was
paroled by Gov. Mckinley.
Her Parole Reports.
On her parole Nine. De We're was
required to report to the prison off,
cials at regular intervals, and the first
two reports came from Woodstock, On
tario.
Il am living quietly with my mother,
Mary Ann Bigley, at Woodstock" says
the report of 1894.
In the following year came the re-
port: Il am stopping with my sister,
Mrs. Alice York, at Cleveland"
Her life thereafter is not definitely
known. Some time afterward, in
| Cleveland there appeared a Mrs. c.
L. Hoover, clairvoyant and mas
seuse. There was little comment over
her. She lived elegantly and made few
| friends.
II was not until 1897 that the Chad
! wick end of the case developed. In
| Cleveland at the time lived middle
| aged physician of the name of DR.. Le-
roy Shipper Chadwick. His father
had been a wealthy man. and left the
son real estate, among which was a
| fine home in Euclid avenue, at Genes
see street. Dr. Chadwick was a wild
over and the father of daughter. He
was not strong, being a sufferer from
an injury 10 his leg.
He called on the masseuse for pro-
iessional treatment. It was not long
thereafter that Mrs Hoover became
Mrs. Chadwick and the stage was sci
for the larger financial operations that
have just eliminated in the arrest In
| this city
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cloth could scarcely be seen for the
gold lace and fringe. Headed by the
Royal Artillery Band, the procession
left the Guild Hall. The Lord Mayor
rode in an old-fashioned coach of blue
and gold, drawn by six white horses,
which makes one almost believe that
the pumpkin and six mice have been
changed into Cinderella's coach.
There were four gorgeous floats
Egypt, with her sphinx and priests;
Greece, with living representations Of
it's art: Ancient Rome. with its statue
of Victory, and England, with beau
tiful girl symbolizing Britannia. There
were many other features in the pro-
cession. After passing through the
principal streets they arrived at the
Lower Courts, where the new Lord
Mayor was presented to the lord JUS
tices by the chief lord justice. In the
evening there was a banquet, where
many speeches were made.
Among the most notable guests pres
ent was Lord Lansdowne. After speak
ing on the subject of the disastrous
incident Of the North sea. where the
trawlers were fired upon by the Rus
sian ships, he referred to the treaty of
arbitration with the United States,
which the American ambassador had
proposed.
Next to the King.
The Lord Mayor is always elected
from among the aldermen and if he
does not accept is fined $1,000 His
salary is $4,000, but he often spends
twice that amount. He is very sell
dom elected for more than one
year, never for three. In the City
of London, he ranks next to the King
The Lady Mayoress, ranking next to
the Queen. In this instance Mrs.
Pounds children and grandchildren
acted as maids of honor. Mr.. Pound
has a large shop where leather goods
OF all kinds are sold. 1t is a very
fortunate circumstance, If during his
term of office a royal visitor comes to
England, as that means that the may
or will be kniRhted or made a baronet
AS the King and Queen of Portugal
are visiting the King, perhaps Mr.
Pound may be honored in that way.
In any case Englishmen are doubly
sure that a Pound is a sovereign, al
least in London.
why There Are Less Divorces.
There are not as many divorces in
England as in America, perhaps for the
reason that men find out before the
ceremony, their mistake. Sometimes
it is the woman who makes the dis.
covery.
Every day the papers contain severa
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and that saw the disappearance of
Mrs c. L. Hoover, etc, from the
Lake City and the temperance OF
Nine. De We're. chairvoyant. at Tole-
do. o.
She arrived there accompanied by a
Nine. De Frey and a lame woman
said TO be her sister. and one child,
boy then very young.
As Madame De We're.
Mime. De Vere's career stands out
boldly and ends wish sentence to the
penitentiary for forgery, but hardly a
day passes now that some new incl
dent does not come out. Primarily
she was a clairvoyant, foreseeing the
future, but beyond that she was many
things. Chiefly She was an heiress to
a great estate in England, tied up by
litigation and driven to making a live
lihood. A grocer Of the name of King
believed in this and gave her money.
Another man, whom the police could
not tell about, once gave her $4,000 in
negotiable securities for certain pur-
pose, and only because the family
learned of this was the property recov-
cred by the police.
Nine. De We're had several assistants
in her clairvoyant parlors-young
women. There We're reports that some
prominent OhiOans had preferred to
pay considerable money rather than
have the fact of their visits become
known to their families. There were
at least two divorces in Cleveland in
which Mime. DE We're was accused of
having a hand, and one of the men
has since lived abroad. 1t all culmi-
mated with the Lamb incident. which
sent Nine. De We're to prison.
Swindled an Express Clerk.
Joseph Lamb was an express clerk,
married, with five children. Afterward
he said he met Nine. De We're and WIS.,
tied her at her home. Soon afterward
she told him she needed money to go
to Philadelphia. She wanted $1,000, and
Lamb raised it by giving her his saw
ings of $1,000, besides 800 cash he had
in hand and his note for the balance.
She returned to the city after a week
and began asking him for more money.
II really am Mrs. Florida Blythe of
Cleveland" Lamb swore she told him.
Mrs. Blythe was very wealthy wom-
an and when she asked him to obtain
money on notes purporting to have
been signed by Mrs. Blythe, he did
not hesitate. Forty thousand dollars
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at Ontario. Betty" Bingley appeared
at the Campbell home. Mrs. Camp
bell had come forward, declaring that
she would attempt the reform of her
sister. The girl at once set out to learn
dressCutting, living quietly at the
Campbell home. 1t was thought she
had put aside all her inordinate desire
for finery and jewels.
But this was a wrong belief. In
stead her appetite increased. With
the school for the basis. she began a
campaign on the money lenders of the
city. Jewels, gowns and dresses soon
became hers. When her personal credit
ran out she coolly took her sisters
name and began to get more money
by giving chattel mortgages on the
Campbell household goods. Mr.. Camp
bell was well t. d.. and she was enabled
TO run large accounts at dry goods
stores.
Posed an Irish Heiress.
In Cleveland in 1880 there was a Dr.
W. S. Springsteen, and in some way
Betty" Bigley met him. Then she
was an heiress to a large estate in
Ireland, visiting relatives in Cleve-
land, and DR.. Springsteen paid court
to her. They were married in $780,
and on the wedding night the bride
groom had the disagreeable experience
OF seeing q regiment OF instrument men
descend upon the place and take away
not only the rousseau of the bride
and much of her furniture. but even
the valuable wedding presents that she
was supposed to have received from
wealthy friends in Ireland. That end
ed the Springsteen romance, and the
physician left her. Within a day the
Campbell chattel mortgage became
known and the sisters parted. Mrs.
Springsteen brought suit for separation
against her husband and lost it. He
subsequently obtained a divorce from
her.
A FascinatOr of Men.
Mrs. Springsteen left Cleveland soon
after that and began to travel about
the country. Her power of fascination
had. it is said increased. For more
than a year a Lydia Clingan, lived a
life that brought her into the acquaint-
anceship of many men.
One incident has been mentioned
about this time. Mrs. Maize Bagley"
appeared at Erie, Pa, and became ill.
She obtained credit. money and other
necessities on the usual plea and then
departed. She was located in Cleve-
The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1904-12-18
COURTESY COST THIS
MAN AN OFFICE
Candidate Votes for His Opponen
and Lost.

Candidate Votes for His Opponent
ana Lost.
New York. Dec. i7.-courtesy cost
Charles Leonard political office. lie
voted for his opponent and lost. This
Is the way the affair ended;
lester niplih iits) ..s..,.....s.....,,.f2
Robert Lawrence ID .............sl
Charles Leonard (DD ,,..,...........s0
The three were seeking election ~
representative In colebrook. and Mr..
Leonard thought u would be nice 10
vote FOR Mr Smith. whom De- a8mires
Now Dr. nEures 81 that NJ he bad voted
Che nirnight Democrats ticket the trio
would have been tod. with - votes
sach. and special election would have
beon nscoesary,
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The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1904-06-14

Land was a drummer for New York
shoe house travelling In portions OF
Virginia and North Carolina. He left
home Saturday afternoon. telling his
wife that no would go to Newport News
TO collect bill and return early. The
matter was not reported to the local
police until this morning. sa
4 Land is survived by q wife, who Is 4
about thirty years OF age, and four
small children. The VITA is FRUSTRATED
by grief tonight. A general police
alarm was sent out to-day, announcing
the strange absence from home. Mo-
500 Tunstall Avenue. Of Mr.. Land. who.
after a trip Of ten days, returned Fr!
day, bringing with him his sample cases.
etc, which he had carried to his resi-.
dence Saturday ats2 p. M. & II
Upon leaving home Saturday the hus-
band said he would return that night.
He did not return. however, and Mrs.
Land became greatly alarmed. After
waiting until late yesterday Mrs. Land \
asked that tho police be appealed to for
assistance In locating her husband.
Search was made. but nothing could he5
heard OF Mr. Land. . "A relative went a "a
Newport News yesterday morning IN AT,
effort to find some trace Of the absent
man, hut, the person upon whom Mr. Land
was to have called in Newport News
said Saturday nothing had been seen 81
him there. l s5is
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ID. X. Wood. John Atoncurc. T. W. Put
lrcy.
Greek Medalist John Moncure.
tw.afll;.m aobmaaypbk. B ta.BAa wr OWL
History-B. p. Alley, o. w. Anderton.
Frances Broaddus. w. b. Compton. ". r.
Clark. WE. Dunnaway: Jr.. g.. w; Fogg.
NJ C. Frazer. l.. r. Hardy. g. IS. Ism,
C. A. Jenkins. Jr.. F. G. Pollard. VIM.
Il. Ross. n. NJ. Smith. l.. II. Walton.
Observation-Disclosures and Schultz
Observation-Disclosures, Clarke. Cutchns,
Fogg. Franklin. Hicks, Putney. sublett,
Raw!ns. Ryland. Simmons, l.. W. smith,
ID. X. Wood. Miss Lorenstein. MISS
Broad dus.
b Chemistry-Charle L. Leake. D.. X
Wood, p. p. Woodfin. Mac Iver Woody.
English-AIiss Broaddns. G. W. Fosg,
Bible school@w. II. Black. Q. B. Falls,
S. T. Hatel, J. 3. Hubbcll. Curtis story,
Course in the Gospels-B eazeley. Brcm-
ner. F. B. Clarke. Edmondson. Fitzgerald.
Fl.pptn Hayes. F.. L. II irdy. y. e. Jones,
McElroy, Powell r. +. Putney, A. G.
Ryland. Simmons. l.. ~. Sm tn, wade.
Waite, Wellington.
The prize winners in the law depart
ment are as follows:
First prize. J. NJ. Turner; SECOND prize.
5C.4 =. Walker: third prize, J. S. Cohn.
Junior Class-Prze wlnnera: hrst prize.
r. C.. Walker: second prize, I. w. ozlin;
third prize, l.. G. Tucker
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1904-06-14
HEAD SOLID sore
Awful Suffering Of Baby and Ind
Slesp|Bss Nights Of
Mother.
CURED Cd BY |. c I 10:
Skin Fair as a Lllywit no Scar Sea
10 Recall Awful Sore
Writes Mother.

"1 herewith write out In full tho be.
ginning and end Of that terrible disease,
eczema, which caused my babe untold
suffering and myself many sleepless
nights.
'.My babe was born seemingly fair,
healthy child, but when she was three
weeks old swelling appeared on the
buck OF her head J, and In course Of time
broke. 1t did not heal but grew worse,
and the sore spread from the size OF .
dime to that OF dollar. I used all
kinds OF remedies that could think Of,
but nothing seemed to help In fact, 1t
grew worse. Her hair fell out where
the sore was, and feared 1t would never
grow again. It continued until my aged
father came on q visit, and when he
saw the baby lie told me to get Cntl-
cura Soap and Ointment right away.
.,To please him l did so, and to my
surprise by their use the sore began to
heal over, the hair grow over IT, and
to-day she has . nice head Of hair, her
skin IS as fair as o lily, and she has no
scar left to recall that AWFUL sore, and
itis over eight mouths and 40 sign Of
It's returning"
Mrs. WIN. RYKR. Elk River, MINI.
Cure permanent" so writes Mrs.
Ryer, Feb. %, 1903, six years later
y. Your letter OF the 10Th inst. received,
asking inrcgard to the cure Of my baby
some SIX years ngo. Well. the disease
has never returned to her lead which nt
that time was a solid sore on top and
down the back. Once or twice since
then a patch has come on her land near
the wrist. but 1t nnally disappeared
after proper treatment with Cnticnra."
Sold ,hroushost the yorld csaeur. R.to,ysnt. ss.
I'm form nj Chocolate Coated ruis So per via Of COY
Ointment ne. se.p. ~. Dspos land oa 2; Gh.L,sr
houp< so Panp. kne de 10 PsI Boston Ia Columbu
Ave. Po,,sr DtuxA Chem. Corr. soi. ptopr4snss.
n ~ Bsud for - How 70 Cure Eczema :" tsi.5