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VOL^XIX. ?sr BENNETTS VILLE, S. C., ^111 DAY, MAY 13,19?4. NO. 20. HAD A TOUGH TIME. An American .Young Lady School Teacher in the Philip, ines HAS QUITE A HARROWING TIME. Her Experience Will Hardly Bo an Imlucemeut for Other Amori ean YOUIIJ? Ladle* to Go Over There. Tho following is taken from The Times, published at Manila, Philip pine Islands: In connection with the alleged ne glect of school teachers by the educa tional department, the experience of a young American woman as related by a government employe, whose name is withheld for obvious reason, may throw some light on the subject, as it is considered from the educator's point of view. Here is the employe's story. ROSY WORDING OF OFECIAL CIRCULAR. "Tlie lady MU question accepted em ployment as a school teacher in the Philippines after reading the circular issued by the educational department. On arriving in Manila she found that the cost of living and the purchasing power of the small amount of money of which she was possessed were not at all as they were represented in the circular referred to. When she con sulted the superintendent of public instruction on thesubject of ways and means, she was told that the circular was true at the time that it bad been printed and was advised to make the best of it. BENT TO ?ATA?O IS PROVINCE. "On her request tu be assigned to duly as soon as pussiule, she was or dered to a small pueblo ten miles from the capital of Batangas province for duty, and instructed to report to the district superintendent of educa tion at Batangas. Arriving there, armed with a letter to the local rep resentative of the educational depart ment-, the teacher was told to pro ceed to her station and was given a letter of introduction to the 'presi dente local' of the town where she ex pected to work. The district .super intendent informed her that there bat? been a school in operation there ferr two years, that there were books "lind full paraphanalia of a school on the ground and that the presidente would provide everything necessary. He also chartered a carretela and sent the young teacher on ber way to her post. ARRIVES AT BR "STATION." "After a ten-mile jaunt over coun try roads the young teacher landed in a typical Filipino barrio. Inquiries as to the whereabouts of the consta bulary detachment (wh??h, she had been told -!n Manila, existed there) ? OJI?M"?CU che U.A..xi abjirer-of the guile less native, 'No bay.' The presidente's house, a miserable native shack, was iiually located, and the highest civil authority, having been aroused with pome difficulty, appeared clad in au undershirt and a pair of drawers. When he was presented with t he let ter from the district .superintendent, tlie presidente looked puzzled, turned it over and said, '.Ni) sabe. ' "The teacher, tried, hungry and frightened, lier mind full of t he stories of bandoleros, opened the letter her selfand explained in what little pid gin Spanish she could command. ?Oat she was the 'maestra.' " 'Ail, si!" quoth the presidente, and hauled her trunks oil' the caree tela, dumping them in the road. He then, by signs explained that he was ./very sleepy, and proceeded to lie down afmong a heterogenous conglom?rat ion off men and women who were lying on thfc floor of his house. ~\OFKKKS TEACH Kit VI1.K DRINK. "'Mic American girl, " aving had nothing to eal since she had left the steamer, sat on her trunk in the road and cried.-. "Feeling .somewhat better after this, she arodsed the sleeping presi dente and asked for a drink of water. He responded with a glass of vino, and this being4; refused, tried some beer. Finally lie dipped half a cocoa nut sin ! Into an 'olia* on the edge of which his game cock had been roost ing. Being desperate, the young teacher managed\,o make him under stand that she wanted to see the school. She was aaken to a tumble down nipa shack, hW trunks dumped in after her and ?he entire pueblo relapsed into slumber. "Unable to make lier wants known, the girl sat on her trunk all night, the only white perso \ in the village, having had nothing tijreat for 2-1 hour and Having her offers lo hwy food met witli the characteristic 'No hay.' "In the morning, v/Ornoutand faint with hunger, (indinga no signs of school anywhere, tr o| books or pupils she dragged hor.self p> the house of thc presidente and aisced for a carre tela to take her bacW to Batangas, thinking to state her c?ase to the dis tric superintendent. \ PRESIDENTE FULL (iv DIGNITY. 'The presidente, however, at once became very full of his dignity as the representative of the civil government. Ile would furnish no carretela, bc would furnish no 'chow, she was the 'maestra' and was expected to provide large portions o? 'illustration' at once. Then he took another dri.ik of vino and went to sleep again. "Tlie frightened ?-nd bewildered girl finally managed to charter a cara bao cart and on that primitivo and slow-moving vehicle arrived in Batan gas, in the dead of t?lgbt in au uncon scious condition. SOLDIER KINDS UNCONSCIOUS GIRL. "There being a military garrison at Patangas, an American sentry found the hull-cart with its unconscious oc cupant and at once reported the state of affairs to his commanding olllcer 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 to Manila. . "The district superintendent of education did not appear on tho scene until ten days had passed and the new school teacher wad slowly regaining strength. Then lie called and explain ed that the teacher had been guilty of a grave breach of discipline In leav ing her post. She should have remain ed there until she hod written to him about conditions and he would have forwarded the letter through proper ehannels to Manila and await aotion thereon as provided by the rules of the service. 1 A H il Y OFFICER UPUIIAIDS SUPEKINTKK 1)12 NT. "What the army ofllcers, whose wife has saved the girl's life, said to the district superintendent on hear ing these remarks was worth going miles to hear. ?s soon as the girl was able, she came to Manila where she was informed that she was not entitled to transportation to America, uot having completed three years' service. So she bought a ticket on a liner and went home." MARRIAGE BROUGHT WEALTH. Clara Schlemmer McCregor Cots a Dowor ur $2,000,000. A New York special to the Balti more American says: Married to Bradford McGregor two years ago, when she knew him to be dying, Clara Schlemmer today is the heiress ol ?2,000,000, which comes to her as his widow. Surrogate Sllkman of White Plains, in partitioning the $12,000,000 McGregor estate under the wills of Bradford, the son and Ambrose M. McGregor, his father, who was a Standard Oil magnate, has ordered this dower paid to her. The residue goes to her mother-in-law. Mr. Clara Schlemmer McGregor is only 54 years old and beautiful. Brad ford McGregor loved her devotedly, and while on bis deathbed, followiug an operatiau, he asked her to keep troth with him, and she did. Since bc died she has lived in Paris. The death bed marriage of Bradford McGregor and Miss Sehicmmer was one of the sensations of New York in 1902. The two young people had long been sweethearts, and the fact that his wealth gave McGregor a more im portant position in tlie world than the woman he loved held made no differ ence to him. Both their families en mc. of good stock. Tho largest part of the McGregor estate consists of land hold inns in Forlda and Ohio of an $8,000, 000. Tlie remainder consists of stan dard Oil interest. Spart anburg'H Grand UKI Man. A dispatch from Spartaburg to The State says Wednesday afternoon from ISO to 200 men, representing all walks in life, formed in a procession ir, the city and marched to Dr. Carlisle's residence. The host was totally una ware of the visit or its object and see ing the men coming he went to his piazza and met them. Mr. S. J. Simp son, as spokesman, made a very ap propriate little address, congratulat ing Spartanburg's grand old nan on attaining his 79th anniversary and wishing for him continued years of . peace, usefulness and contentment. Dr. Carlisle was deeply moved and ! spoke a few words in response in which | he said that if he had 200 years to ( live and during that time felt that lie had accomplished all the good possi ble the incident of the afternoon would recompense him. His eyes then tilled with tears and he turned to go inside but Mr. Simpson request ed chat he be allowed the privilege of shaking bauds with tlie doctor. This was accorded to the entire crowd: thc scene was one that will never be for gotten by those who were witnesses. Clue lu Wcntz Mystery? A special from Bristol, Tenn., says: There is a strong suspicion that Silas Ison and Thomas Wright, Hie moun taineers who were captured at Cum berland Gap, Tenn., recently after having been shot and wounded by olll cers, had a hand in the mysterious disappearance of Edward J. Went'/., the young millionalr who has been missing since last October. Three garments discovered in a house at Cla morean which Ison and Wright form erly occupied are believed to have been the property of Went/.. < hie of these, a pair of riding trousers has on it what appears to he blood stains. The woman of the family now occupying the house declares the trousers are Identically the same In appearance as tho?.e worn by Went/.. The other gar ments are tailor-made but unfinished and bear a tag which shows that the cloth came from Louisville. The men suspected in this connection arc now in jail at Ta'/.ewell, Tenn. Curing r??r Federal Dead. A dispatch from Anderson to The State says the ladies of the city, led by Mrs. Lenora C. Hubbard, have per fected plans for exhuming Hie bodies of. six Federal soldiers, which have oien resting in an obscure corner of the First Presbyterian church-yard, and for reinterring them in suitably marked graves in beautiful Silver Brook cemetery. The city council at its regular meeting last night, donat ed to the ladies for this purpose one of the handsomest lots in the cemetery. A suitable memorial will bc erected, and in Hie years to come the graves of these man, who were no doubt just as true and loyal to their country as any how died for the Confederacy, will he carried for as the graves of soldiers should lie cared for. These graves have for years been decorated on Memorial days, just as tlie graves of the Confederate dead, tait it is de sired to do ever, more than that. Dive Keepers Killed. John Stevens, proprietor of the 'Frisco club, of Sherman, Texas, and M. E. White, an employe, was killed in a shooting affray Thursday with Deputy Sherill Burris and Policemen Oscar Kirk and Bob Barrons. Theoili cers had entered Stevenson's place in search of two negroes for whom they had warrants. They became involved in a dillictilfy with the proprietor which resulted in the tragedy. Pour Fellow. At St Louis in tlie presence of more than a score Of men and women Paul Moore, a traveling salesman of Cleve land, ()., Friday, shot and killed him self in a street car at the intersection of two of the busiest thoroughfares in the heart of the business section of the city. He left a vote saying that he committed suicide because he "had no home, no wife and nothing to live for." The note requested that Harry Richey of Cleveland bc notitlcd. YALU RED WITH GORE Between Three and Four Tho sand Soldiers Met Death in Conflict. THE RUSSIAN REPORTS ARE IN. ._ The Emperor*Given Fall Statement ul Battle. Troops Engaged in the Encounter. The Kassians Say tho Japs IiOBt Heavily. A dispatch from St; Petersburg says the emperor has received the' follow ing telegram, under date of thb 3rd, from General Kuropatkln: "General Zassalitch's report dated the Und, on the tight of May 1, says that tlie battle was fought under the following circumstances: " 'The Twelfth and Twenty-second regiments and the Second and Third batteries of the sixth brigade of ar tillery were engaged in the battle which began-wi th heavy cannonading of our right flank by siege guns at Wi ju ana Held batteries in the dis tance. " 'After a lull the fighting was re sumed with extraordinary violence against the left Hank of our main po sition at Turenchen and our position at Potietinsy. A fusilado was also begun by small parties of Japanese across the Ai river. " 'Tlie .sit nat ion of the defenders' position became increasingly dllllcult, especially at Potietinsky, which was bombarded on the front aud on both Hanks. "Thirty Japanese guns were pitted against our battery at Potietinsky, which, after having silenced the ene my's mountain battery, directed Its lire on the Japanese Infantry and sustain ed a few losses so long as It was not obliged to take up another pi sltlon owing to the withdrawal of our infantry from the bank. "The Japanese under our fire made continual attacks, but without having recourse to thc bayonet. "Japanese bodies lay in heaps at the river fords. ''Simultaneously with thc attack at Potietinsky an attack was being made on our left dank at Turenchen, and the Russian trenches had to be aban doned under the Japanese enfilading tire. Our reserves several times min gled with the tirst line, thus enabling it for a lung time to maintain its po sition. " 'Finally all of the supports were brought up in the tiring line, but ow ing to the great distance from our main reserves, it was impossible for them tu reach the advanced force In time, and our men retired from the principal position to a' ther position in the rear of Turencl. ?. , followed by the concentrated tire o? the Japanese, who could not make up their minds to descend from the crest they occu pied and face the HreV)f our babbies at Poulemetts. They dug fresb ditches und opened a heavy artillery tire on our new position and began to turn our left Hank towards Cbingow. "'Two battalion i of the E'eventh regiment and the Third battery of the Third brigade of art illery belonging to the main reserve were ordered to Laofunhou. They occupied a position with a double firing line, thus permit ting our advanced line, which had suf fered heavily, and our wounded to re lire. " "A battalion of the Eleventh regi ment, both Hanks of which were re peatedly turned by the enemy, ad vanced with tixed bayonets, preceded by buglers, to clear a passage. The Japanese, however, declined a hand to-hand conflict and recoiled. " "In front of the regiment a chap lain bearing a cross was struck by two bullets. " 'It was only by advancing on the Japanese, with the bayonet that the Seventh (Vj regiment, was able to re tire. "On the arrival of the battalion of the Tenth regiment all the troops were able to beat a retreat. "'The losses of the Eleventh and Twelfth regiments were very great, but they are not yet exactly known. In the Eleventh the killed Included Laming and Lieutenant Colonels l'o met ti and Raievsky. The Twelfth lost nine company commanders killed or wounded. " 'The Second and Third batteries of the Sixth brigade, having lost the greater number of their men and horses, were compelled to abandon their guns after rendering them use less. For the same reason six guns of the Third battery (?) of the Third brigade of artillery and s Foulemets winch c >uld not be brought away, were also disabled. The mountain ous nature of the country made il impossible to save the guns by means of drag ropes. " 'l'p to the present 800 wounded, including 14 ofticers, have been brought to the hospital at Fenwang cbeng. Their eventual transporta tion elsewhere is fully assured. " 'Japanese cavalry appeared to the southeast of Fengwangcbeng, but seeing two companies with two guns opposed to lt, it did not venture to ap proach. " 'The transportation of the wound ed by hired Chines heaters to Feng waucheng was very dllllcult. Two wheeled carts :.nd horses lent by cav alry were also utilized for this purpose. Most of the wounded, however, arriv ed on foot assisted by their comrades, and reached Fengwangcheng within 2-1 hours. " 'Lieutenant General Zassalltch declares that the troops retained their morale, notwithstanding thc heavy losses and are ready for fresh engage ments. " 'The Japanese losses were very heavy at thc passage of the Al river, at their position at Turencheng and on the bill occupied by the two bat talions of the Eleventh regiment. " 'According to the statements of participants in the battle at least OOO to 4,000 were killed.M " A Double murder. Double murder occurred Wednesday night in a farm ht use about four miles trom Angelica, Allegheny Coun ty N. Y. John Vancorder and half sister were found on the lloor this morning dead. Bullets were in their bodies and the house was upset, Indi cating that robbery had been done. There is no cluo. HAD A HARD TIME. Shanghaied, Arrested as a Stowaway and Convicted of Desertion. After having been shanghaied in Norfolk, Va., shipped in an English tramp steamer as a fireman, put ashore in England, forced to beat his way back home, arrested when tlje steamer was four days out as a stowa way, and on his arrival In this coun try, convicted by courtmartial, Fred McDougal, a laudsman in the navy, by order of the secretary of the navy, has had his record made straight and will be reimbursed for his losses. Last June while absent on leave from the Franklin, then at Hampton Roads, McDougal was walking along the streets or Norfolk one evening, when a stranger insisted that he have a drink. McDougal consented after some protestation. The stranger took him to a saloon In Water street, where they had two glasses of beer, and that is the last McDougal re membered until bo found himself off the English coast on the tramp steamer St. Herbert bound for Rotter dam. From there the steamer went to Hamburg and thence to South Shield, England where he was put ashore with $2.25 in his pockets as wages. Failing to secure assis tance from the American counsel at that place, Mci >ougal worked his way ?to Loudon and thence stowed away or a cattle ship bound tor Haiti m u . When four days out, be was arrested and then the captain on his arrival at Baltimore, turucd him over to the police, who sent him in a few days to the Franklin,-where he was tried by courtmartial, convicted and sen tenced. Shortly after his release, while In Norfolk, McDougal met thc man who had shanghaied him and had him ar rested. He was Vance McCarty and kept a boarding house, lie was lined ?$100 for accepting illegal fees. Mc Dougal now lias been restored to good standing and thc navy dcyartment is considering plans to prevent shang haiing of our sailors in coast towns. Altai Y 0FF1UJSK JILTS A GIRL. War Department Arks Him to Kx phtln Why He Did lt. Lieut. Col. William F. Pitcher of thc Tw.ehly-cighth Infantry, who is 'stationed at San Francisco, has been called upon hythe War department to answer the charge of jilting Miss Carolina Harold, a clerk in that de partment. Lieut. Col. Pitcher Is 51 years old. He was horn 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 tiled with the War department it ls alleged that he became engaged to Miss Harold six or seven months ago and that at his earnest request she gave up h?r"piSCB"4n thivdepari shortly before the date lixed for the wedding, about March I. It is asserted that not only was the date fixed, but that the bride-to-be had purchased ber trousseau and a dinner in honor of the approaching event had been given by Hear Admi ral Colby M. Chester, whose family were old friends of Miss.Harold. Col. Pitcher tlie day before the date se lected for the marriage, went away from Washington. It is alleged that he made no excuse for his departure, beyond leaving a note to the effect that he had been "called away." Miss Harold succeeded in securing reinstatement in the war department and apparently regarded the allair as a closed incident. Some of her friends to whom slie told the story urged her to bring charge rainst Col. Pitcher, but disliking not uictyshe declined to do so. (hie of her friends, however, tiled formal allegations at the depart ment two weeks ago, and Lieut. Col. Pitcher was called upon for an expla na! inn. Thc explanation was received a few days ago. His only direct answer as to his 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 partment olllciais as satisfactory, and another request was sent him with notice th it he must make categorical answers to the department's 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 Deadly Automobile. A dispatch from Chicago saya while his nancee and another woman vainly tried to lift thc heavy vehicle, ll. S. Ringi of Chicago Heights was crushed lo death in the mire of a ditch be neath his oven urned automobile. The accident occurred in tlie North Chicago road nearly a mile from the village of Chicago Heights. The oc cupants of the automobile beside Mr. Ringi were Miss Florence Rornholdt, his tiancee, and Miss Elizabeth Cauedy. On approaching the village Mr. Ringi swerved into a ditch at the roadside, and the occupants were thrown from their stats. Miss Bornholdt was severely injured by striking the fur ther bank of the ditch anti was made unconscious. Miss Canedy waa thrown into thc water and escaped uninjured. Miss Rornholdt regained conscious ness and the young women began a search foi their companion and saw him struggling in the water and mire, beneath tho overturned machine. They attempted to move the automo bile, but their efforts were unavailing, and Mr. King i's head sank beneath the water. * Pell to His Death. From a ladder 150 feet up the side, of a temporary tower at Sieger, ill., Michael Trutciusfell to instant death. Fifty fellow workmen in a piano fac tory witnessed the plunge. The tower, which is of steel and more than 200 feet high, bari been erected for the use ol a photographer in taking a bird's eye. view of the. town. Trutclu?, who was 21 years of age, had boasted that he would be the first person to climb thc tower, adding: "I'll climb to the top If I break my neck for it." His companions cheered him on, and he slowly climbed the wire ladder on the outside. More and more halting he ascended until wdien 150 feet high, hestopp.id suddenly, clung desperate ly and fell. Iiis neck was broken. Man's Stomach. AMAZES THE HOSPITAL DOCTOHS. Kasel, Who Was Known in WUlIanisuurK ns the Chnln H-wallowing Wonder, Is Operated On. The ie New York American says the surgeons of tiie German Hospital, Wiljjamsburg, were amazed Wednes day when, on opening the stomach of | John; Fasel, of No. 24(5 Yareb street, Williamsburg, who had complained of severe pains, they took from that or- ? yan-enough junk to stock a second hand hardware store. More remarka-1 ble still, lt was the second time thatl Fasel had submitted to such an ope ration, with similar results. Fasel recovered uuickly from the lirst ope ration, which was performed more) thanAfour years ago. That, of Wednes day pas taxed his vitality seriously and his recovery is doubtful. Faiel is but twenty-three years old. As ajtail?r he failed to make enough money to meet Iiis modest needs, and he determined to do something that | by its seeming impossibility would I become talked about, and insure a bet-j ter income. Ile determined to be come?,a ''human ostrich," and carried out that determination with a serious ness as pathetic as it was remarkably successful. ItKGAN SWALLOWING HAIRPINS. He began swallowing hairpins, and Unding that he could do that success fully, substit uted nails and pins, and gradually found that lie could even I swaiiOw chains, kuys and pocket j knives, without seriously interfering with his stomach. He became what he wanted to be-a wonder-and as such conimr nded a high price for his remarkable per formalices. He likewise succeeded iii the greater ambition of his life -tobo able to con tribute more largely to the support of ids 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 exhibit ions. He became known as the ''Human Ostrich" and the "Chain Swallower," and was in great) demand. k'HAT THE X-ltAY SHOWED. At phe encl of fourteen weeks he was comrialled to go to St. John's Hos pital! in Brooklyn. To thc doctors there he complained of pain and told them] what he had b. en doing. The surgeons were incredulous, but at X-i on the stomach showed a ra*.iSs of rn material that made them coi au? operation was P.?CCS v,^. ju?A>wff.n incti^a^Jn .. .J, s made, and through it was take ? collection of nails, chains, pins, ^eedles, brass checks, a watcli abd several other articles, weighing altogether several pounds. As soon as he had recovered Fasel began again the strange career that, he had mapped out for himself, lmt with more caution. He studied him self closely, and found that, it was pos sible to swallow seemingly impossible articles wit 1 unit danger. Aller each exhibit ion he rested for several days. He experienced little discomfort, un til recently, when the pains that had troubled him before returned. He knew, after the usual remedies had failed, that an operation only would save him, and he had planned to be operated on at the Bellevue Hospital Wednesday. j VST TO PLEAS KHIS KR I EN OS. But on Saturday night the John Fasel Association, named after him, gave an entertainment al Cent ral and Willoughby avenues, and rather Mian disappoint, his friends Fasel gave his usual performance. Thc next day he was taken MI violently ill thal he was removed to the German Hospital. Again the doctors listened t? Iiis story with ilicreduility. Fasel had. as a matter of precaution, kept a mem orandum of thc things he had swal lowed and knew what were to he. ac counted for. He (old the doctors, and they smiled at his story, lint the X-ray again corroborated his strange tale to snell an extent that they rea lized, no matter what the result of the operation might bc, it was thc only chalice for life. House Surgeon G. C. Fope concluded to perform the operation Wednesday, and many other surgeons were at the operating table to witness I he. result. An incision four inches long was made, ami gently as possible the si omach was probed. FISHED UP KEV AND CHAIN. The probe .struck something m? tallo, and one of the surgeons pul his hand into the stomach and drew out a key and watch chain; The doctors gaspetl with astonishment.. The arti cles wore among those enumerated by Fasel. Again and again the hand was gently inserted Into the wound, and again and again brought forth ar ticles snell as never before, except perhaps in Fasel's former operation, had brought from the stomach of a living person. When at last the or gan was found to be empty, ann upon the. operating table lay the pile of hardware, tho medical men were speechless with astonishment. The operation was a long and delicate, one and had lasted for more than two hours. The patient's vitality had been greatly exhausted by the long contin uance under anaesthetics, and Hie si lick of tho constant probing Ke markable vitality indeed had been d splayed by tho survival of the ope ration at all, and should he recover, lt will bo as inarvellovs as his feats. With professional modesty 11 ie sur geons attached to ?the hospital are averse to discussing the remarkable operation although acknowledging their amazement OV< r the patient. "lt was the most, remarkable col lection of substances ever taken from tho somach of a human teing," de clared one of the surgeons Thursday. "Of course wo know that, there are glass eaters and nail eaters who ex hibit their tricks in public, but 1 never before saw a stomach lilied will nulls and pins and such stuffy "Kasel would probably hav, had nt dSftlculty had it not been for the fact t hat Hie weight of the masi of hart ware in Iiis stomach weighed down that organ until the contents sagged below the openhig of tho Intestines and by remaining iii the stomach caused irritation." The following ls a list of the tilings ilshed from Fasel 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. A FAMILY OF BEGGARS. Found Living in a Iii eli Mansion in tho City ol' eulengo. Living In a richly furnished house on the West Side, Chicago, 111., a fam ily of beggars was located after seven years search. The long hunt ended when Superintendent James Minnlck, of the West Side Bureau of Charities, took lu custody three small children of Mrs. Missouri Boehm. Two hours later live children were arrested and In the afternoon Judge Brown, in the Juve nile Court, put them In the care of court olllce or sent them to institu tions. "I have had long experience with unworthy beggars," said Minnlck to Judge Brown, "but I believe this Boehm family ls the worst exposed. In Chicago for years. Ofllcers of the Bureau of Charities have sought for I seven years to find the family, which they knew was soliciting alms." In the family home at No. 9 Bing ham street Probation Otlleer William F. Stine found a piano and pianola, expensive rugs and draperies, and fur niture of costly woods. There were closets and chests Ulled with clothing and In thc basement were bales of clothing appearently prepared for sale. When the family was taken to court Mrs. Boehm was declared by Minnlck to have been for ten years a beggar in Austin, Oak Park, aud the west side of Chicago. Mlnnick tcstiGed that she sent out her children to beg, and in thc last four years more than one hundred let ters 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 mother's tutelage lo 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 ar rested on July 25 last for shoplifting lined ?25 in the West Chicago Avenue Police Court. The tine, the police said, was paid from a wel-tilled purse. The children accused of doing most of the begglug were: Joseph, thirteen years old, sent to Industrial Home at Glenwood. Grace, twelve, sent to illinois In -diiatrJaLHi).-*-.: .. t Evanston. To Africa, Says Turner. "I am unwilling to sing 'America' until this country is what it claims to bc, "Sweet land of liberty," declared Bishop H. M. Turner of Atlanta, Ga., at Friday night's session of the Afri can Methodist Episcopal Conference at Chicago. "The Negro In Science," was thc subject of the address de livered by Bishop Turner, which caused bira to take up every phase of the negro question in this country and led bim to say that this was not the negro's home, but on the contrary that God had allowed the negro to come to this country to be enslaved in order that he could be trained and go back to his native land and make it what it should be. In concluding his address Bishop Turner said: "The supreme court of the United States is against us. We have good friends lu this country, yet they are compara tively few, and the only thing lett for I us to du is to leave. Let us be men, let us go where we can be men. The negro is here, some declare that bc ls here to stay, but ? doubt that very mud) unless he is to stay under the ground." A Lucky Find. While preparing to give away cer tain articles of wearing apparel which had belonged to his lately-deceased wife, Stephen M. Whltebeck, a randi er residing about six miles west of Great Falls, Montana, found a pocket in one of thc garments sowed shut, and upon investigation found the re ceptacle to contain a certificate of deposit issued by the First National Bank to Mrs. Whltbeck In the sum of il25, and a further search among her cl ?thing and personal belongings brought to light currency, mortgages and bonds valued at several thousand dollars and which Whltbick claims amount to $14,000. At the time of thc death ol' Mrs. Whltbeck it was not thought that any money or prop erty was owned by the dead woman, as both she and her husband had been in almost indigent circumstances for a number of years. Fought to tho Death. A special from Wilkesboro, N. C., says: As the result, lt ls understood, Of an old feud, Hillary Key ls dead, killed by Freeland Johnson In a furious combat with knives and Johnson him self lies at the point of death suffering from ghastly wounds that may yet result fatally, lt is rported that ?Johnson went over to Key's field to hunt for some stray sheep. While there he engaged In an altercation with George Key fl nd fired at him twice but failed to hit him. Hillary Key, George's brother, then took up thc quarrel and Johnson attacked him willi it knife. Hillary's blade Instant ly Hashed out, but Johnson was too j quick for him stabbing and cutting his life out in short order though In doing so he himself received wounds that may result fatally. The Kural Libraries. About half of thc appropriation of $5,000 for rural school libraries has been used up which means that about 250 libraries have been established. Besides this there arc a number of i applications now before the state superintendent of education from counties that have already establish i ed twelve, the limit allowed by the law this year. These will havf? tc ) walt until next year when the advo ?j cates of tho bill hope to have the ap l proprlatlon Increased. SCALDED TO DEATH. Terrible Death of s Iilttle Girl ia the Mill Village. The Columbia State says a pathetic death occurred Thursday morning in a tenement home of the Olympia mill village when little 0-year-old Lassie Weaver was released from pain. Her suffering had been Intense for 10 hours. The evening before sbe and her 11-year-old brother left their borne to meet their father on his re turn from work, and as they weie crossing ''Hot branch," below the ex haust from the big mill engines, Lessie slipped on the log and fell into the hot water. Her brave little brother went to her and succeded In pulling her out from the almost scald ing stream. The little girl was car ried to her home and a physician did all in bis power to minister to the child's silent suffering. At intervals during the night she would whisper, "Papa, I am comln'to meet you." And these were the last words little Lessie spoke before she passed away. Mr. E. J. Waver, the father, works in tne Olompia mill. His home on Ashley avenue ls nearly a mlle from the factory. 'His two little children frequently met Lim returning from work, but this was the first time they had gone so far and they had never attempted to cross "Hot branch" be fore. The father did not known of the catastrophe until he arrived from his work a half hour later. Fortunately Dr. S. F. Williams happened to be at a nearby tenement and attended the girl without any delay. The burns extended over the entire body and shortly the epidermis pealed off. Dr. Williams stated Thursday night that he did every ! thing h.e could to relieve the child of pain, but notwithstanding this her suffering was severe until the end 10 hours later. The little oue's remains were buried Friday afternoon in the Granby burial grounds, south of Olympia iain. "Hot branch" is so called because its water is heated by the stream coming out of the exhaust pipes from the mill engines nearby. Why, If lt ls so dangerous, lt has not been cover ed over is a question which will now likely be investigated. DELAY OF FREIGHT. Tho Hardest Fought Bill in tho Legis lature Now a Law*. The law In regard to the transpor tation of freight promptly has just gone into effect. It was probably the hardest fought bill of the legisla ture and was the last signed by the governor. The law provides a penalty for the unnecessary delay of freight. The schedule is from midnight of the day the freight Is received; not over 100 miles, 72 hours; 100 to 200 irs. . Thc n avest route by rail is taken, at the distance be tween points. It prompt shipment is wanted, the company must stamp the notice on the bill of lading. The second section of the act is: "Tnat any such company failing to comply with the provisions of this act, except for good and sutllcient cause, the burden of proving which shall be on the company so failing, shall be subject, in addition to the liabilities and remedies now existing for unreasonable delay in the trans- , portatlon of freight, to a penally of $5 a day for every day of delay in ex- , cesss of the time hereinbefore limited, to be recovered by any consignee who may be injured in any way by such delay, or by the owner or holder of the bill of lading in any court ol' com petent jurisdiction: Provided, That the sum of the penalties received shall not exceed the value of the goods and transportation charges thereon: Provided, further, That any such company shall within ten days after demanding in writing therefor by any consignee of delayed freight, or the owner or holder of the bill of lading, furnish a statement in writing specifying the date of its re ceipt of such freight, the cause of delay, and the name of the company responsible thereof. Any company falling to furnish such statement shall forfeit to the party demanding lt SI a day for each day in default, to be recovered as aforesaid: Provided, further, That If any such company shall prove that no delay In violation of this act occurred In the. transpor tation of such frelgnt after receipt thereof by it, and that lt extended the notice that prompt shipment was required to Its connecting line, and that by the exercise of due diligence lt was unable to discover the cause of the delay or the name of the company responsible therefor, lt shall be ex cused from liability under this act." A Virginia Desperado. Robert Crockett, a Chesapake and ohio railway special agent with head quarters at Hinton, W. Va., was shot and killed by Tom Owens, of Logan county, W. Va , on a Chesapeake and Ohio train on the Guyandotte branch near Dig Ugly, W. Va., Tuesday night. Owens had been arrested by a constable and was being tried by a justice of the peace on the chargo of attempting to shoot a newsboy. While the trial was in progress on tho train ( ?wens drew a knife but was seized by Crockett and another man. Tho light was then put out and owens tired a shot which killed Crockett. Owens jumped from the train and escaped. * Houd Almost Nl.m orr. At Donald on Sunday evening two negroes, Foster Bradley and Will Dell, had an altercation about some trivial matter. Dradley left the house and sat down on a log to his shoe. While in this position Dell, it is charged, stuck a shotgun out o." a crack of the house and tired, almost decapitating Dradley. Hell ls a mere boy and does not seem to appreciate the enormity of his crime. Dell is in jail at Abbe ville. Two Drowned. A special from Dean fort to The State says a negro girl and boy, Eliza beth Cokcsone and Thomas Barnwell, were drowned Saturday afternoon by i falling into a deep tish hole while at I tempting to wade across a shallow St. Helena Island creek at low tide. ? Their bodies wero recovered Monday aud buried. * JAPS IN LUO TUNG. Their Armies 'Are Kow Swarming Over th? Penensula in THE BEAU OF PORT ARTHUR. Tho Hu UH i nu s Ac cup t the Fact With Apparent Unconcern and Aa* sert that the Fortress Is Impregnable. A dispatch from St. Petersburg says the ministry of war has received the following telegram from Maj. Gen. P?ug, 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 Japaneso began to land at Pitsewo and on the coast near Gape Terminal (about 15 miles south west of Pitsewo) under cover of ar-. tillery fire. At that moment about 60 transports were observed bearing down upon the whole front, and our posts retired from the shore. Ali papers in the postofllee at Pitsewo were removed and Russian Inhabitants abandoned the town. I "According to Chinese reports by the evening of May 5th about 10,000 of the enemy's troops had landed and had taken up ouarters in the Chinese villages near thc points of debarka tion. , The enemy sent two columns of about one regiment each, one in a westerly direction and the other to., the southward. "On May ? a passenger, train from Port Arthur was fired upon a-mile and a quarter outside Poland ion (about 40 miles north of Port Arthur); by 100 Japanese infantrymen occupying the heights east of the raliway. The train carried many passengers, 200 sick occupying ?,n ambulance car fly ing the Red Cross flag. Two of the sick were wounded. The train suc ceeded In reaching Polandlen." WHAT THE JAl'S SAY. A dispatch from T. Kio. Japan, says the report of Admiral Hosoya, received Friday, Rives details of the landing of Japanese troops on the Llao Tung peninsula, suppressing the location of the landing place. The admiral says: "Our seventh division, with torpedo boats and the Hong Kon? Maru and the Nippon Maru arrived from the advance baso of the Llao Tung penin sula at 5.30 May 5th. Discovering a* number of the enemy's patrols we bombarded them fora short time, and then a landing party of sailors, Capt. Nomoto leading, was ordered ashore. It being low tide it was impossible to use the boats and tue sailors plunged Into the water, waded breast deep for about 1,000 yards and reached the hcaeluatf.3t?0 p. rn.UaroediaU'ly ad vancing they took possession of a ran^o of hills without firing a shot and planting our flag on the hills. "The gunboats Amagi, Osbiina and Chiokat were employed to distract the enemy's attention. They discovered 100 of the enemy and shelled them, killing several. The first fleet of ; transperts, on seeing our Hag displayed on an eminence, began landing troops at 8 p. m. The troops, win 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 t the work." RUSSIANS NOT WORRIED, 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 its own resources-all this the Russians seem to accept with great stoicism. These events have been anticipated since the outbreak of the war and the authorities, in a sense, appear to be re lieved now that the blow has fallen. They asserted that the fortress is Im pregnable, and amply provisioned to stand a siege for a year, and that it can hold out until the time comes to relieve it. The Russian military authorities seem reconciled to the cutting off of tnelr stronghold but they are convinc ed that the fortress ls 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 tne great er number of Japanese, the general staff believes that their formidable fortification still leave the defensive superiority with the Russians, whose staying qualities, lt is contldent. will Insure their holding out as long as necessary. Lieut. Gen. Stoesell will have su preme command at Port Arthur. Ile ls described as a high class cammand er. His recent proclamations show that he is imbued with a determina tion to hold Port Arthur until the j last man is killed. Five Minns lOritombml. Five miners arc entombed and believed to be dead as a result of a tierce fire which ls burning in the Locust Gap colliery of the Philadel phia and Reading Coal and Iron com pany. They arc: John Boglan, Michael Boglan, Michael Shannon, John Debo?, Wm. Massaskle. The Ure started Friday night in the slope and Massaskle, Shannon and the Hoglans were cut off from escape be fe re thay were warned. Rescuing parties were at once set to work, and up to Friday night their efforts to bring out the men have been unsuc cessful. Whose Biko Milguy is This? The State says Mr. J.R.Newman while cutting logs in a swamp about 10 miles north of Columbia a few days ago between the Two-Moteh aud the Asylum roads found an almost new bike single buggy lying in the swamp with the wheels off. The wheels had had beep freshly painted yellow and the running gear was being done in the same color. Cups of fresh paint were found in Ute body of the buggy. The vehicle is now in tho hands of Sheriff Coleman, who ls looking for its owner. *