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The Owosso times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1897-1926, 1907-11-29

pair of gum boots. an ne says im,, -.
RIM into awful rich ground-so rich
that they have to clean Up every nom.
in when the night shift goes OF cause
the rifles clog with gold"
"Think of it.' Glenister growlel. "If
we had even part OF one of those
cleanups we could send Wheaton OFT.
side"
Tn the midst OF his bitterness
thought struck him. Re made %
though to speak. then closed his mouth.
But his partners eyes were on him,
filed with suppressed but growing
fire. Dextry lowered his voice eau.
tiously:
.rhere'l be $4,000 N them sluices
tonight at midnight"
Glenister stared back, while lis pulse
bounded at something that lay in the
others words.
ut belongs to u.s." the young man
said. "There wouldn't be anything
wrong about 1t, would thereT
Dextry sneered. Wrong! Right.
Them is fine an soundin' titles In
mess like this. What do they mean?
I tell you at midnight tonight Alec
Mcnamara will have $4,000 of our
money
God. What would happen If they
caught us?" whispered the younger,
following out his thought. They'd
never let us get off the claim alive. He
couldn't find better excuse to shoot
us down and get rid of us. If we came
up before this judge for trial, we'd 60
to Sitka for twenty years"
Sure! But it's our only chance Id
ruther die on the Midas in fair fight
than set here bitin' my hangnails. I'm
CROWN old, an won't never make
another strike. AS to bein caught
them's our chances. l won't be took
alive, promise you that, and before
60 I'll get my satisfy. Castin' things
ND. that's about all a man gets in this
vale of, tears, jest satisfaction OF one
kind or another. It'll be fight in the
open, under the stars, with the clean,
Eet moss to lie down on. and not a
scrappin match of freak phrases and
law books inside of a stinkin' court
room. The cards is shufiied and in the
box, pardner, and the game Is started.
IF we're due to win, Wen win. If
we're due to lose. We'll lose. These
things is all flggered out a thousand
years back. Come on, boy! Are you
gamer"
"Am l game?" Glenister's nostrils
dilated, and his voice rose tone.
"Am l game? I'm with you till the
big cash in, and Lord have mercy ON
any man that blocks our game to-
night"
"We'll need another hand to help
u.s." said Dextry. "Who can we getT'
At that moment, as though in an
swer, the door opened with the scant
The Owosso times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1897-1926, 1907-11-29

The qodtchmdn sank lctt1t a faint cry.
ceremony that friends of the frontier
are wont to observe, admitting the at
tenuated, tapping, dome crowned fig
ure Of Slapjack Simms, and Dextry fell
upon him with the hunger of wolf
|
1t was midnight, and over the dark
walls Of the valley peered multitude
or stars, while away on the southern
horizon there glowed a subdued efful-
gence as though from hidden fires be-
meath the Gold Gods caldron or as
though the phosphorescence Of Boring
had spread upward into the skies. AL
though each night grew longer, it was
| not yet necessary to light the men at
work in the cuts. There were perhaps
two hours in which 1t was difficult to
see at distance, but the dawn came
early; hence no provision had been
made for torches.
Five minutes before the hour the
night shift boss lowered the gates In
the dam, and as the rush from the
sluices subsidized his men quit work
and climbed the bluff to the mess tent
The dwellings of the Midas, as has al
ready been explained, sat back from
the creek at distance of city block,
the workings being thus partially hid
den under the brow of the steep bank.
1t Is customary to leave a Waterman
in the pit during the noon and midnight
hours, not only to see that strangers
preserve a neutral attitude, but also to
watch the waste gates and water sup
ply. The night man Of the Midas had
been warned of his responsibility and,
knowing that much gold lay in his
Keeping. was disposed to gaze on the
curious minded with the sourness Of
suspicion. Therefore, as a man lead
ing packhorse approached out of the
gloom of the creek trail, his eyes were
on him from the moment he appeared.
The road wound along the gravel of
the bars and passed In proximity to
the fumes. However, the wayfarer paid
no attention to them, aud the watch
man detected an explanatory weari-
ness In his slow gait.
Some prospector getting IN from
trip" he thought.
The stranger stopped. scratched
match, and as he undertook to light
his pipe, the observer caught the ma
nogany shine of negro's face. The
match sputtered out and then came i'm
patient blasphemy as he searched for
another.
"Evenin', sab! You-all oblige me with
a match" He addressed the watcher
On the bank above and, without wait
Continued on page y
The Owosso times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1897-1926, 1907-11-29

himself in the sand against the boat,
while at her greeting he broke into talk
as IL he was needful only Of her friend
.ly presence to stir his confidential
chords into active vibration.
Were in turrible shape, miss" he
said. "Our claims jumped. Somebody
run In and talked the boy out of 1t
while 1 was gone, and now we can't
get 'em off. He's been tryin' this here
new law game that you all brought in
this summer I've been drunk. That's
what makes me look so ornery."
He said the last not in the spirit Of
apology, for rarely does your frontiers
man consider that his self indulgences
require palliation, bat rather after the
manner Of one purveying news of mild
T, Interest as he would inform you that
The Owosso times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1897-1926, 1907-11-29
CHAPTER IN.

"y YE must have money" said
N Glenister a few days later.
wv when Mcnamara jumped
orr safe he nut IIS down
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1907-04-10

The united States postal authori-
ties have taken hold Of the matter
and they are trying to suppress the
craze. In speaking of the above let
ter an official of the postal depart
ment said:
'The Bishop Lawrence referred to
in the letter Indignantly denies that
he ever commanded or authorized
anv one to use his name IN such a
natter. He thinks the originator is
either practical joker or some re-
ligious enthusiast, possibly possess.
ing more piety than common sense.
The bishop proves that the orlgl-
major of the chain" was not a good
Christian or he could not have incor.
Dorated the falsehood ip his original
letter, setting forth the supposed con-
nection.
The more prayer letters, the more
imprecations from postal clerks ana
carriers. The thing seems to nave
taken a pernacious hold upon tne
supersticious in widely seperateo
communities, and their name is le-
gion. Theinnocent cause Of the trou,
Bile has sought to stem the Iloe ano .
entirely disclaims responsibility TOT
the scheme which has loaded t ,1ne
mails with these prayer letters. Inc
ministers have denounced the 1ahe
and urged their congregation TO ourn
the missiles and pay no attention 70
the threats they contain, but sun tne {.
letters multiply and are serlousl!
overlooking the mails. It seems tnae t
nothing but common sense Will serve
to break up the chain.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1907-04-10
GREAT HIDDEN WEALTH.
Money and Valuables That Have
Been Lost at Sea-

The computed value af hidden
treasure in tie world runs away up
into hundreds of millions Of dollars.
In the bottom of a lake in Columbia
there is gold and silver jewels val
ued at 100000, 600. On Cocos is
land there is buried pirates loot val
ned at several hundred millions or
dollars.
Fifteen million in Spanish gold re-
noses n the Armada -galleon which
was sunk to prevent capture IN Tom"
bermory gay, off the island Of Null.
Spanish vessels, sunk in Vlgo bay,
hold s14O,O00,000 in gold, silver and
precious stones. Buried IN the BACK
river mountain in Maur1tNs is pr
iyate wealth valued at $3.50, 1000, 000.
Aship wrecked off the coast OF st.
Johns Cape Colony, is bulging with
s5,000,0O0 is specie. A British war
vessel with s30,U00,000 in gold and
valuables went down before the Rus-
sian gunfre at Sebastopol, and It Is
still down with all its wealth.
Jewels and gold worth So,ooo,oov
are hidden on the Mediterrean lslano
of Alboran. A bushrang@ who TOD
he'd hundreds of Australian gold Dig
gers. and who was killed in one or
his raids, has the wealth hidden some
where between Melbourne and Baiia-
rat. Stores Of gold is believed to be
concealed in certain GASES in the Lib
ian desert. "a
Thirty million dollars worth OF
the buried treasure Of the 1ncas IS
still buried in Bolivia, and the untold
wealth which the Romans cast lnto
the Tiber many cen turies ago, mas
never been recovered. Norman Jew
els, the crown of King Al1reo, an9
the ancient English regllla are ourleu
in the Wash.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1907-04-10
HYPNOTIC REFORMING
Proposes to Make Over Wrecked
Lives Of Girls.

The use of Hypnotism to reform
incorrigible girls is the latest venture
of Dr.. John D. Quackenbos, the fam
Gus mental expert, of New York. A
rich New York woman, whose name
has been kept secret, has provided
money to help the doctor along IN MS
experiments on half a dozen girl IN :
mates Of the New Jersey Home lot
Girls, at Trenton.
The girls upon whom the physl-
clan is to practice his method OF heal
ing and making over Immoral young
lives are all about II or is years OF
age. These unfortunate girls, 1T is
found, nearly all have some one great
fault, which ruins their lives and IT
is the idea of Dr. Quackenbos to OBJ
literate this fault by using hypnotlc
suggestion and putting a new ana
better idea in its place.
The girls must undergo regular
treatments. They are put to steep
and when they awake the dig loea
has gone and the new idea is IN ats
place. DR.. Quackenbos supplies an
object in life for the one ne taxes
away. -, :,
being waitress, another wished 10
become a dressmaker, and two had a
longing for music. The treatments
must be repeated, the doctor says
fpntil the new idea is firmly rooted IN
the mind and the will becomes strong
enough to hold it there.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1907-04-10
SERVED HIM RIGHT.
Nasher Fined Forty Dollars 1of
Annoying Ladies.

The State says one of the most oes ~
&c Tho ordinary cases that has come
VI up be- before the court in a good ,o1 long long
While vi ~ was that of white @ man VINO soG
gave = a1se0 his name as W. R: Bishop and
is a stranger in Columbia. .o,e
- Monday Bishop got about s.,I nalt III
drunk and began making eyes a.
Young ladies on the streets; roliue nena
man Ford soon got on 70 nis $50
and in watching him a while notlceo
aru thst II the chap was following two Ia
d;es Gi Who, finally being worried and
f.l frightened by the persistent atten-
lions of bishop, ran to avoid him;
The man was locked and THURSDAY
di6 not DENY the charge against hlm.
He said he was drunk and If ne was
discourteous to anyone he kne"
nothing of it. His fine was s4o. he
paid up and left.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1907-04-10
QUEER D0INGS.
The Peculiar capers of Glassware
in a Darlington House.
The Neighborhood Is MyStelfea Over
The Unexplained Antics of Various
Articles of Furniture.

Very mysterious things are hap
pening at farm house in the Coun
ty of Darlington if the story publish
ed below, which is taken form the
Darlington Press is true The Pres:
says:
"W. J. Odom, who lives in the
Early's Crossroad section. claims
that at the residence of his son, vii,
lie Odom, curious freak occurred
from S to l o'clock Monday night.
and from 9 O'Clock Tuesday morning.
Looking glasses, water buckets,
fruit jars, ETC., danced and pl'anced
about in a manner as if possessed
with life. a wafer bucket half filled
with water jumped from its stelf in
the room and empted its contents.
1T was picked up and replaced.
when it jumped again. A bottle Of
white pine cough syrup leaCed from
the table distance of ter or twelve
feet and struck the chimney and
broke; glass ware, fruit jars and
bottles and demijohns cut peculiar
antics. fell about in profusion and
were broken; one empty jar fell to
pieces without moving from its place.
The people in the house carried
the bottles, one containing turpen-
tine, out Of doors, and these vialS re-
turned mysteriously to the room and
fell upon the floor. A mirrow about
eighteen inches long, sitting on the
table, bounded from the table about
eleven feet to the middle of the floor
and was smashed to smithereens. Mr.
Odom is dumfounded over the phe-
nomena.
A number Of the people in the
collected and are all
mysterfed. The whole community
became interested and some thirty
five or forty people gathered at the
house. Mr.. Odom is reliable and is
not superstitious. He called at the
Press office yesterday. J. NJ. Gray of
this city, was at the place Tuesday
evening and witnessed the broken
pieces Of glass, etc
In q foot note the Editor of the
Press says We give the above as told
us by Mr. Odom, who seeks an eN-
planation as we'll as advice as to
what should be done. II this mys-
terious thing happened some place
we would attribute it to an over
dose OF booze, but as Darlington is
a dry county, there must be some
other cause for themysterious phe-
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1907-04-10
4 MONSTER RAT.
Weighs Most Three Hundred Pounds
And Has Huge Lip.

The newest specimen at the Bronx
park ZOO" New York, is capyDara,
imagine a rat weighing ESQ pounds
with a huge head, an upper mp
foot long. and one has an idea OF the
beast. He is the largest OF the re-
cent tribe and has harsh. coarse halr
more like bristles. than fur.
The hair is mixed black and yelIo"
and Of dingy appearance. In his ma
tive haunts the capybara has huge,
fat stomach. which almost drags on
the ground. He is water-lovlng an
;ral and can dive and stay under iol
eight to ten minutes at time
The jaguar of South America pceys
upon the capybara and the Indlshs
iii him for his flesh, which. "heh
smoked, is said to be as delicious i,s
a Watkins brand Kentucky ham, al
though it has a certain musky faVoT; r;
The capybara makes a SOUND, II
alarmed, somewhat between oos :
bark and pigs grunt: He was once
called the hydrochoechoesus' or va
Ter hog, and lives on a vegetao!e
dict
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1907-04-10
DON'T WANT HIM.
Craftsmen in Treasury Department
Object to Colored Associate.

Wilson W. Cooke, colored, of Or
angeburg, has created more or less a
sensation in Washington, and has be-
come an issue in the Treasury De-
partment of the Government. Cooke
was unit recently Instructor of man
ual training in the State colored COL
lege at Orangeburg. He is well eGu-
Gated and especially well posted in
architecture. He is said to have grad
uated in a Boston technical shool.
The office of the supervising arch
itect of the Treasury has been very
short of craftsmen to work upon the
plans for the many new buildings
authorized by Congress a year ago.
1t is usually the custom of the super
visi1g architect to employ craftsmen
temporarily without asking the civil
service commission for a list from
which to make appointments.
a month or so ago the supply of
trained men became so scarce that a
call upon the eligible list of the COM
mission was necessary. This list re-
vealed as is customary three names.
There was nothing to indicate the
color of any of the candidates and
Cooke was chosen from the list.
The minute he entered the Office
the white clerks were dumfounded.
ne was negro and would have to
work alongside of about one hundred
white craftsmen already employed.
There was trouble at once. The white
craftsmen got their heads together
fo1
ginian handed in his resignation
without delay.
The others Immediately drew up a
petition to Secretary Cortelyou ask
ing that the negro be changed to
some other place or dismissed from
service Mr. Cortelyou is very dip
lomatic man as well as a good politi-
ton. He didn't do thing to the pc
tition but stick it in pigeon hole
and say nothing about it. He didn I
even send word back to the white
clerks that it had been received.
He didn't want to be accused OF
making further trouble for the ad-
ministration on the negro issue and
so he did something that is not pos
tive. The clerks are still agitatlng
but they don't know what to do. TWO
or three others have handed in their
designations and quit the service
rather than work alongside of Cooke
against whom there is nothing ex'
cept his color.
All the snubs that can be directed
against him have no effect on Cooke
He holds to the job, does his work
correctly and will probably remain
where he is unless he falls down II
his work and gives the head of hi:
office an opportunity to recommend
| his dismissal.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1907-04-10
Fire Burned 4 Year.

A fire that has been burning since
the San Francisco earthquake last
April was discovered the other day
bv workmen who were digging about
the ruins of dry goods store. They
were astonished when they picked up
some bricks to find them red hot.
The bricks were removed and a cloud
of dense smoke issued forth, accom-
panied by a blaze. The fire had been
burning nearly a year without being
discovered.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1907-04-10
TWENTY MEN BURNED.
The Flames Spread Rapidly in a
Hotel Building.

Twenty men were burned to deatn
and twenty others seriously hurt ~
a fire which DESTROYED the ltailan
Hotel in the Potrero district OF oall
Francisco on Thursday.
The injured were Of the laborlng
class and were asleep in their rooms
when the fire started. Before theE
conl6 he aroused the flames had
spread through the building.
The stairs fell and the inmates
were buried in the ruins, twenty De,
ing taken out. The ot.4er twenty OF
the injured the flremen rescued. Al
it is believed, are taken from the ue'
bris. The injured were rnsnea &c
the hospital where several died ~hlie
iawaiting treatment.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1907-04-10
STARVE WITH MONEY
Died For Want of Food and
Had Plenty
Maintained to the End His Inability
TO Buy Food, but the Surgeons
Found Money.

Saying he was too poor to buy
1000 and with S197 in bills sewed to
the lining of his coat and vest. Thos.
Barry, of Jersey City died in the city
hospital there of starvation.
Barry was seventy-six years old
ana llVed for many years at 120 Erie
street, in what is known as the Horse
shoe section, his neighbors took an
intense interest in him, so that when
ne was not seen about yesterday the
police was notified.
His apartment was broken into
and Barry was found lying in bed in
a seml-conscious condition. He was
sent to the hospital. and after food
had been given to him, he regained
consciousness and told Of his lack of
the wherewithal to buy the necessi-
ties of life.
He also told the police that he had
a brother named John ]. Barry, who
lived in Bowdoin street, Boston. He
said his brother was millionaire,
and if communicated with would
surely send enough money to buy
food for himself. (Thomas.)
Barry was tenderly nursed by the
doctors, and for time it was hoped
to save his life. but age and a consti-
tuition sorely racked by past self-de-
mails. refused to respond to the treat
ment of science.
It was then that the doctors, in
an endeavor to ascertain the correct
ness of Barry's story about his bro
ther in Boston, searched his clothing
for some letters or papers,
There was peculiar stiffness
about the coat and vest. 1t felt as if
it was lined with paper, and the pa
per had rustic to it. 1t was paper,
indeed, for when the doctors un-
stitched the lining they found paper
money of every denomination, from
81 to $40 bills.
Some of these bills were worn and
very dirty, and looked as though they
may have been in this place of con-
cealment for many years. All were
sewed with a long stitch of black
thread. There were places that indi-
Gated that bill had been turned out
and another bill sewed in it's place.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1907-04-10
WIVES GALORE.
A Man Arrested in Philadelphia
Said to Have One
HUNDRED and FIFTY.
Alleged Daughter Is Accused of Run
ming Matrimonial Bureau for His
Benefit. Disguised to Please All.
Philadelphia Detective. Says He
Has Found Biggest Bigamy Swim.
die in History.

Has Found Biggest Bigamy Swim
die in History.
After the arrest in Philadelphia on
Thursday of James Marshall, pic
turesque looking Westerner, and
Miss Teenie Marshall, or Miss Edith
Ross, his alleged daughter, the first
on a charge Of desertion and the Sc
cond on charge Of false pretence,"
the police Of that city unfolded what
they claim is the boldest and most
multiple conspiracy Of bigamy and
robbery in history.
Edward Bryant, Of the Bryant De-
tective agency, which uncovered the
Mrs. Edith Ross Bureau asserts
that Marshall has at least one hun
dred and fifty wives, and probably
twice that many. He claims to have
evidence that in one month the man
married as many as six women.
The plan according to the police,
was for Miss Marshall to introduce
Marshall to the dupes as a rich and
gentle sujtor. He would appear in a
variety Of disguises. The marriage
would be quickly effected. Marshall
would get all the valuables he could
from the bride and would desert her.
His wives, it is said, are scattered
across the continent.
The proceedings were brought by
Mrs. Marjorie Friel, of No. 1925
Summer street, who applied at the
Ross bureau for a husband and got
Marshall. She had saved some mon
ey from her wages and Marshall tried
to get it. Then he deserted her.
In the kitchen of the house occu-
pied by Marshall was found a lot Of
charred paper, indicating that alot
of letters and stationary had been
destroyed. Upstairs, in the sleeping
room in the second floor, were found
about 5000 letters from women all
over the country in answer to adYer-
tisements inserted in various papers
by the Mrs. Edith Ross Society the
name of the matrimonial bureau OPP
Grated by the Marshalls.
There were also found many bot
les of hair dye of all shades, tending
to bear out the detectives assertion
that Marshall made up to repre-
sent different types to please the
varying tastes Of the 'society's" fea-
male clients. A bottle Of laudanum
was another find. All the articles
were kept by the detectives:
At the hearing Friday Marshall
who is 81 years old, wore towering
and faring sombrero. The postal au-
thorities are interested in the case,
as it is charged that Marshall used
the United States mails in his scheme
to lure women into his clutches. Pos
tai inspector Frank O'Brien is inves-
tigating the case on behalf Of the
Federal authorities.
Both prisoners were held in 81 ,0OG
bail. he police say the woman Is
not Marshall's daughter.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1907-04-10
MARRIED BLIND GIRL.
That Is What an Ex-Gov. OF Rhode
Island Did.

Ex-Governor L. F. c. Garvln, re-
former and woman suffragists, was
very quietly married last week 10
his blind finance, Miss Sarah E Tom
linson, in the Baptist Church parson-
age in the Village of Lonsdale, K. l.
His three daughters and the bride
two sisters were present. There were
no bridesmaid, matron of honor nor
sroomsman. The bride iled her
marriage intentions last week, but
friends of the couple did not know
the ceremony would be performed
so soon.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1907-04-10
YOUN-. GIRL A HEROINE.
Saves Many Lives in Hotel Fire i'll
Boston, Mass.

Eleven-year-old Louise Piypton
proved herself heroine in recent
hotel fire in boston, Mass. She was
in the hotel when she saw smoke
filing the corridors on the fifth floor
She ran from door to door giving the
alarm on tuat floor and then went to
the floor above and was engaged in
doing the same thing when she was
overcome with smoke. Firemen rush
ed to her assistance and rescued her
before she became insesible.
The fire had been caused by the
explosion of gasoline and might have
resulted in serious consequences had
it not been for the efforts Of the
heoric girl. Through her warning
$4,000 worth Of jewelry was saved
from one of the rooms.