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| as he spoke. Besides" he added in a
lower tone If it should, by any chHnce
turn out to be the galIeOn, it1l take
you all your time to get aboard, fancy,
and you'll be glad of this"
''AIl right 1 said, as / grasped the
handle rather clUmsily in my heavily
gauntleted hand, now 1 think I'm about
ready for a start"
The sailors, who, having nothing else
to do, had taken a lively interest in our
proceedings, had let down a rope ladder
over the side, which hung some feet into
the water and swayed gently in the tide
way. / scrambled over the bulwaTk and
began to descend slowly, hampered as /
was by the stiff leather dress and the
weights attached to my legs TO insure my
speedy descent feet foremost. / had reached
the water, and even descended as far as
the ladder went under water, when 1
looked up once more overhead before max
ing the plunge. Toms face, looking over
he bulwarK, was Just above me, and he
called out: Good luck, Mind you pull
the cord three times running if anything
goes wrong, or you want VI to haul you
up.'
l waved the tomahawk by way Of fare
Well drew my feet clear of the ladder, and
let go. ] had experienced the sensation be-
fore, but not often enough to render it
familiar and confess it was with a strange
feeling of novelty and sense of my steI icus
expectancy that l found myself sinking
through the softly transparent water, till
suddenly my feet felt the ground once more
and stood amongst the coral beds at the
hottOnl of IlIolo Bay
(To be Continued)
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Objects to Mrs. worren Bali.

To the Editor of The Times:
At the close Of our otherwise very pleas
ant W. r. c. entertainment at q A r Eau
Tuesday evening, Mrs. Isabelle Worrell
Ball, of Kansas. was invited TO make some
remarks.After speaking OF the good work
done by the w. r. e. in the way of patriotic
teaching, she went out of her way TO
characserize the supporters of Mr.. Bryan
in the late campaign as "unpatriouc and
disloyal.'' Had this charge been made
during the heat Of the poliuca! controversy,
it would not have been noticed. bIt made at
this time, and before such an audience, 10
becomes deliberate slander and insult We
trust that the thousands of old soldiers in
her own State who supported Mr.. Bryan
will administer the deserved rebuke Is 10
not time for such groundless and unchari-
table utteranceS to be banished from veteran
soldier organizations and their lady auxil-
iaries?
Is Ii possible that any OF the brave men
who stood by our flag IN the days OF bitter
trial are now to be branded as traitors be-
cause they fan to see the wisdom of the
legislation Of 1878? ,
Rather let a grateful and united people
accord to her brave volunteers the
right to entertain such political or rellg-
ious views as TO them may seem best for
the welfare and Happiness Of our people.
Can it be that this noble band Of women
Potomac ". r. has descended to this?
j. 1. THOMPSON. /
The times., 1897-03-18
Copyright, 1897, by HughH. Lusk)
PART /,


We had been cruising for four months
in the waters of the eastern archipelago
and for nearly a week we had been
among the Ladrones, group of islands
with perhaps as bad a reputation as
any even in that part of the world The
group is considerable one. We had
already visited two trading stations be
longing 10 the owners of the brig, and
one evening we found ourselves drift
ing rather than sailing between two
romantic-lOoking islands whose peaks,
rising sharp and sudden, separated by
deep and narrow valleys, chOked with
dense masses OF tropical vegetation, suf-
flciently proclaimed their volcanic origin.
Tom Madison and were seated idly on
the bulwark, our eyes wandering lazily-
we had just finished a good supper-from
the purple tints Of the shore, past which
we were drifting, to the still more wonder
fUl colors of the sea and sky, now bathed in
the light of the almost level sun. | had
been asking Tom, who was an old hand
in these waters, having acted as super
cargo for the owners for years, how this
particular group of islands had gained
so bad reputation as to he named
Inc hObDeFS HeTcJbOUis- WHtTe All va
tiveS seemed to be thieves.
Thieves said Tom. We'll, | don't
know that for any matter they deserve
it either better or worse than their
neighbors. It's only question of oppor-
tunity, l take it, with any of them, as
it "a With a good many other people who
don't hail from the Ladrones"
But. surely, there must have been
some reason | said, why they got
the name from the Spaniards, or who
ever it was gave it them?'
on, yes, of course: though very likely
it originated in a mistake, and it's just
as likely a. not they have been the vic
tins OF q slight Misunderstanding BY
the by, the whole thing took place close
by here, If IN not mistaken
Tell us the yarn, Tom I said; cts
the very time and place for a good,
tough old yarn such as nobody could tell
much better than these old Spanish nav
igators."
well, it's not much OF a yarn after all.
1t was somewhere about 1878 that il
happened, l believe. One of those So
called treasure slips put in close By here
The times., 1897-03-18
.FROWN ON FIL|BUsTER|NG
Severe Measures to Be Taken to
Enforce Neutrality Laws.
PLAN OF ACTION OUTLINED
Several Small Cruisers May BE
Dispatched To Cuban Waters-AI
American Vessels Used TO Ad
the Insurgents VIII Be Seized
and Their Owners Prosecuted.

The meeting of portion of the Cabinet
yesterday was significant from the fact
there were present the Secretary of the
Treasury, who has charge OF the revenue
marine service; the Secretary of the Navy,
whois at the head of the naval forces; the
Secretary OF State, whose duties are in the
diplomatic channel, and the Attorney GEN
eral, who is the Presidents adviser ON in
ternarional law. 1t was an importan MT
meeting from the fact that the President $
policy of neutrality in Cuban matters. as
heretofore outlined in The Times, was fur
ther emphasized.
III is expected that within a few DAYS
Mr.. Mckinley Will in some manner. possi-
Dly by proclamation, make known his
views Enthusiastically, and il will be sub
stantially deClar ra ton against any in
terference whatever by this Government
IN the so-calleti'Cuban war, and will as
sert The purpose of this Government to stop
hibusterng fIom American ports.
III was decided at the Cabinet meeting
that orders shall be at once promulea ted
requiring every American commander who
seeks a clearance from any Am erican port
TO strictly observe the neutrality laws
Ia any case of refusal the vessel will not
be permitted TO leave port. IL is further
understood that several small cruisers
may he dispatched to Cuban waters to
seize every vessel suspected of filibuster-
ing, and IN case one S caught in the act
OF serving the insurgents the result to the
owner will be of most serious character
The question that formed the basis for
the conference related to the steamer
Dauntless, now under surveillance at
Jacksonville, Fla. Her owner has made
application to clear from Jacksonville with
a cargo of munitions of war, and the
conference today was held for the pur-
pose OF arriving at a decision as to the
right of the United States To grant or
reject the application. Law books were
sent for by the Attorney General, and
the statutes on the subject of filibuSter-
ing read and commented on
The conference was in continuation of
the discussion concerning the Dauntless
and tie general subject of enforcing the
navigation and neutrality laws, which
occupied the Cabinet Tuesday After that
meeting IL was arranged that the four
Cabinet officers named, whose departments
deal directly with the enforcement of in
ternational comfy, should meet the Presi-
dent yesterday.
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THE LIMIT
REACHED
The So Rate Closes With
the End of March.
Doctor Mccoy Gives Due and
Sufficient Notice Ac-
c0rding to His
Agreement.
There Will Be Positively No EXten-
sion or Continuance Be-
yOnd That Date.

In giving the So rate Doctor Nc
Coy reserved to himself the right
TO withdraw il TO new patients
at ANY time by giving due notice
in the public prints. Doctor Mccoy
finds that the time has ccme to eX-
ercise that right, the number of
patients now growing so large as
TO very soon exceed the possibility
of personal care and attention. He
therefore announces that IL VIII be
Impossible TO continue the rate after
April I. except To those patients al
ready under regular treatment, who
are, of course, entitlt d TO il until
cured. Until April 1 all patients
applying for treatment or renewing
treatment viii he treated until
cured at the rate of S3 month.
There viii he, however, no further
extension of the rate, and it VIII
not be given again in Doctor Nc
Coy's practice. After April i Doc
tor Mccoy will resume his usual
fees.
The times., 1897-03-18

That night Tom nd discussed the treas
ure ship At first he was disposed to
laugh at my idea of examining her, but
gradually, l think, my enthusiasm af-
fected him little. After all, it was a
small matter to make the trial. We had
several suits of diving dresses on board, and
as we were to lie here for couple days
there was no real difficulty about the
matter. / was wild to make the experiment
in person, and, as Toms principal objec-
tion seemed to be the risk of being laughed
at by the captain and crew, we hit upon
the idea of making it appear to be only my
personal curiosity to explore the wonders
of the coral beds we had seen from the
deck If what had seen proved to be
the remains of the galleon, we should run
no further risk of lidicule: and if it was
only rock, as Tom, to my great annoy
ance, still persisted in saying no harm
would have been done. So we settled 1T at
last, and went to bed to dream of Span
ish treasures lying buried among the
branching corals of Illolo Bay
Tom no doubt, dreamed Of them, too,
for | found him in the morning much
more Interested in the search than he
had appeared the night before. When L
came on deck | found. him busying him.
self with the diving apparatus and more
than half inclined to make the expert
ment himself. We agreed at last, how
ever, to stand by our last nights ar
rangement, as I had had enough practice
in diving to be able at any rate to as
certain whether the object we had seen
was anything that really called for further
investigation.
At breakfast we broached the subject
to the captain and mate, and 1 was sur
prised to find that the former at any
rate received the proposal with uneasi-
ness.
1.-The fact is,' he said at last, II don't
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at Illolo bay ON her way across the Pacific,
and she never got any farther. Only a
single boats crew are said to have es-
caped. and they said the great galleon was
taken and destroyed for the sake of rob-
bery. Int of course we have only their
word for that All that is known for GER
tain is that the treasure ship was burnt
and sunk, and that ever since then tie
islands have gone by the name of The
Robbers as a kind of set-off for the loss
of the galleon.'
whereabouts was it Tom?" 1 asked,
my Imagination fired by the idea of the
sunken treasure ship.
We'll, the story goes that it was just
inside the bay round the ne xt point, but of
course nobody can tell for certain at this
time of day"
1t was with a strange feeling of excite
ment that | watched the deep Bay of
Illolo slowly open to our view, splendid
in all the glories of a tropical sunset
At another time | might have been con-
tent to admire, but not now. The story,
vague and merely suggestive as IL had
been, had awakened hundred memories
of tales Of sunken treasure ships and
their fortunate Tecoverers, and as we
turned slowly into the bay my eyes were
eagerly fixed on the CLASSY waters now
cleaning with a thousand tints reflected
from the sky overhead.
We drifted round the point and into the
bay, our sails hardly lifting to the scarcely
perceptible evening breeze, and our course
marked only by the faintest ripple on the
CLASSY water. AS leaned over and gazed
fixedly downward into the depths below,
l felt my eyes grow more and more ac-
customed to the new medium till 1 seemed
to see almost as clearly through the crystal
water as I could through the upper air.
1t was more then twenty fathoms deep
and yet j could see the bottom plainly.
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| Great branching corals sprea ad their
boughs Of crimson and blue, OF green anG
white-a rich ocean shrubbery of form
and color more splendid than any garden
| OF earth. Beneath the branches the silver
sands glittered and sparkled with a thou.
sand shells, and fish of dazzling gold and
deepest tinted blue, swan in and out
and nihbled the tender shoots of the coral
that seemed to move softly with the m Owe
ment OF the tide
Suddenly as ! GaZed in breathless ad-
miration shadow seemed to rise in the
very midst of Neptune's flower garden
Was it q iCck? 1t, tco, was encrusted with
corals that grew out OF IT at every angle,
while long-hairsd medusae spread their
tendTils to each motion of the water; yet as
looked II somehow seemed TO take shape
thatwasfamiliar, though strange-the shape
OF d vessel ] started up
The galleon, Tomr' j exclaimed ..the
sunken treasure shipn'
Nonsense, man, you've got a strong inl-
aginatior,' said Tom, that's what's the
matter with YOU
l pointed downwards over the side
Look said
down. l glanced upwards at the sail&-they
hung rnOtiUnless against the masts. locked
around-there was not a ripple on the
water; we were becalmed. Tom stared for
minute or two into the CLASSY depths with
out speaking then ne looked up.
We'll" he said. Its queer, certainly,
and I'm not sure but YOU may be right.
But If you are, it's one of the strangest
condolences l ever came across. I've been
here dozen times, and never heard of
anybody that had seen it,
''Get them to anchor, Tom l said,
breathesay.
What for?'' he asked.
Why, don't you see what chance it
is? It's treasure ship"
Tom looked at me for a moment, doubt
fully Well he said, Its as good a
place as any, suppose, and we can talk it
over afterward"
He went aft and spoke to the skipper
who glanced round him and nodded, and
in less than five minutes more the rattle of
the chain announced that we had dropped
anchor within q very few yards OF the
spot where had seen the strange shadow
of what looked like a Spanish ship Of
800 years ago.
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L
half like these diving experiments, In
these waters. anyhow, for ye never
know whatTI happen So far as I've
seen they've way Of turning out badly
You'd hardly believe how many seem 10
get lost at the game. You take my adj
vice, sir, and see all We can from the deck,
then ven know where We are, which ye
don't-nOt even when ye get hitched up
amongst these laundering corals below"
The skipper, + not an educated man, had
years of experience, and l couldn't help
feeling that we should have been wise To
listen 10 his advice, but then, of course
he knew nothing Of the real object Tom
and had in view: that was surely worth
running some small risk for As it was.
both Tom ana | argued the matter with
him for some time, until at last he gave
way, as he had no very definite reason 10
urge against our making the trial. Even
then, however, he didn't like it, for he
said at the very last: ''Oh, well, sir, + sc
must try it suppose We must Take your
own way, only hope Mr.. Madison will
bear me out with the owners that it wasn't
by none of my advice ye went, in case any
harm comes of it,
After breakfast we set to work to pre-
pare for the expedition. By that time
however, the brig was surrounded by
canoes, and the decks invaded by as many
natives as could persuade the guard Of
seameD, on any pretext, To allow them on
board. The time was clearly unpropi-
tiouS for our purpose, and we reluctantly
postponed il for few hours. raced
the deck in fever OF impatienCe all the
morning, wholly unable in my excitement
TO find the amusement which ordinarily
did in the manners and customs of cur
visitors, and only anxious To get rid OF
them that might begin my adventure in
peace. After a 2 clock Inner n boats
crew was ordered out to take he skipper
ashore To the nearest village, and he was
quickly followed by all bat one or two
of the canoes. Now was the opportunity
for which we had been waiting so irnpa-
tiently, and in very few EIinutes all
was ready and stood at the gangway.
arrayed in the ungainly diving suit and
ready TO make the descent.
Here" said Tom, as he cast a final
and critical glance over. my equipment,
you had better take this with YOU 1t
may be shade troublesome, hut fancy
you'll find it none too easy to get about
through the coral when you're once
among it He handed me a small but
sharp and seryiceable-looking tOmahawk
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report on the bill tomorrow, and will
be in the hands of all on Saturday.
1t is not expected that any minority re-
port will be made at this time.
The House will probably take up one of
the appropriation bills today 1t is net at
all likely that Speaker Reed will appoint
more committees now, SO that no report
can be made from the Appropriations Com
inittee. In lack of that the Committee on
Rules is expected to make n report, much
as was done in the Fifty-third Congress,
under which the bill can be discussed and
passed
The times., 1897-03-18
TaiIors Organize.

The organization OF a new taiiors union
was perfected last evening at Ameri-
can Federation Of Labor headquarters, No
100 Fourteenth street northwest.
The election of officers resulted in tht
choice OF the floowing: President, John T.
Connor: vice president. F. j. Saffeli: secre-
tary, Grace VI Lower; r;treasurer, Bennedetto
Corolla; sergeant at arms. John Perroni;
The times., 1897-03-18
Leon Dessez VIII Recover.

was seriously injured by falling from his
wheel Monday evening, was removed from
the Emergency Hospital to Garfield yes
terday afternoon. 1t was reported late
last night that he was resting quietly "nl
would doubtless recover.
The times., 1897-03-18
DEAF FOR FOUR YEARS.

,. w. Palmer, 1908 II st. nw.:
"l had been deaf in both ears for four
years. l hear again clearly
The times., 1897-03-18
SAkS SAYS

delegates TO Central Labor Union, John
E. Conner, F. j. Safrell. B. CoTolIa, Lewis
Perlmann, Grace VI Lower; visiting COM
mitree, james Williams, Salvatore Zeno
ppIIi .
The times., 1897-03-18
DEAF SINCE INFANCY

Miss Alice I.yIes, 215 South Alfred
street, Alexandria. Va, aged fourteen
years Il had been very deaf ever SINCE
4 can remember NowI can hear again all
right, im school and al home. y
The times., 1897-03-18
CURING BRONCHIAL TROUBLE

Mrs. Harriet +. Grogan, L. ST.
NV, aged "a years: For five wears had
suffered from bronchial trouble. Doctor
Mccoy treatment has been a GOd-Send
10 me. From almost the first treatment
| began to improve.
The times., 1897-03-18
TOO DEAF TO ATTEND SCHOOL.

RaymoEd Dickson, Brightwood ave.
NV. aged ten years. His mother says:
"Raymond was so deaf that we had to
take him from school. His deafness re-
suited from an accident when he was six
years old. His hearing returned suddenly,
and he hears again perfectly"
The times., 1897-03-18
DEAFNESS FROM MEASLES CURED

John A. Ntanton, 2325 ia. ave.
NV: My deafness was caused by measle s
when | WAS twelve years old. l was deaf
IN my right ear. My hearing has been per-
fectly restored"
The times., 1897-03-18
MINISTER'S HEARING RESTORED.

rev. l.. l.. smith, 606 Sixth st.
sw.: 81 had been very deaf for eighteen
months. 1 can now hear as well as ever" p"
The times., 1897-03-18
A CHILD'S HEARING RESTORED.

Master Henry Uenman. 505 STAN
ton place ne. His mother says: "Heury's
hearing has been completely restored. He
had been very deaf for two years"
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HEARING RESTORED AT u.

SamueI Allen, boa Harrison ST.,
Anacostia, ID. C.. aged seventy-two years:
al bad been deaf from childhood: my right
ear was absolutely deaf. i hear again
distinctly
The times., 1897-03-18

The Will Of the late Emma F. Byrnes,
naming her husband, Edward NJ. Byrnes,
executor, and bearing date OF August 2,
1893, was filed for probate yesterday.
The estate is left TO the husband.
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HEARS AGAIN PERFECTLY.

Miss Louise EIIer, II - st. nvv.:
al had been quite deaf for a number of
months. NOW hear AS well as anybody" 9"
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HAD To SHOUT AT HIM.

George D.. Ringgoid, 1923 9th st.
NV: People had TO shout at me to make
me understand. Now | hear everything
uiStjnctiy." "
The times., 1897-03-18
COULDN'T HEAR THE PIANO.

Mrs. Thomas Moore, BrOOkland,
u. c.: Al was so deaf that when played
thc piano I could not hear the notes. My
hearing has been restored.
The times., 1897-03-18
MASTER o'DELL WASSToNE DEAF.

Master CaTyI CdeIi. 215 Ninth st.
Tw.: His mother sa VS.; "Caryl was stone
teaf. He hears now perfectly.'
The times., 1897-03-18
DEAF SINCE CHILDHOOD.

Miss Helen Towson, 10 Grant
Place nw.: Il had been deaf since child
hood. My right ear was almost totally deaf
| can now hear distinctly"
The times., 1897-03-18
DEAF SIX YEARS.

Alexander Dercourt, 337 III ST. ne.:
al had been deaf six years. l cosld not
hear word that was not shouted in my
ear. l hear again clearly"
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DOCTORS HEARING RESTORED

Dr. e. 4. Nc cEnneimer, 4O2 Sixth
Ut. NV: II had been very deaf for ten
years. My hearing is restored.
The times., 1897-03-18
CATARRH OF THROAT
AND STOMACH CURED.

A. D.-Snaner. HGl Steuben ST.
pw-: II have been completely cured of
Catarrh Of the throat and stomach
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CURING ECZEMA.

John ID barker, 1910 Twelfth st.
NV: Eczema, from which had suffered
for three years, covered my entire body. eX-
cept my feet and hands. ! am entirely
cured.
The times., 1897-03-18
STOMACH TROUBLE CURED.

A. l.. Hickson, 164 superior st.
pw.: For two years i suffered terribly
from stomach trouble. i am again in per
feet healtl. y
The times., 1897-03-18
TERRIBLE SKIN DISORDER CURED

George II. Cannon, I19 Second st.
pw.: For five years a terrible skin dis
ease covered the whole of my hands,
gnd caused two Of my nails to drop off.
i have been completely cured
The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1897-03-10
CLUBS BREAK EVEN
Clio Wheelmen and Van
Bergens Split in Last
Nights Contests.
LADIES ON THE ALLEYS
Tournament Opened for Them al
the Catholic Clab-AlYas Won
Kelly Defeated Plimmer.

Honors were divided last night in the
games of the Jersey City League, on
Heye's alleys, in which the Van Bergen
and Clio Wheelmen opposed zach other.
The contest was the most exciting of sew
eral weeks, and was decided in wonder
fully close margins. In TACT, the games
were won in the last frame. The Van
Bergens had a lead in the close of the
first frame. hut the Clos rolled better
in the next four. The Vans led by one
in the sixth. but were unable to retain
it, and the Clos stock had another rise.
They had s pins the best Of it In the
eighth, but the Vans bowled to success
in the next two, and the triple header
by Casey saved the colors of Van Ber-
gen, the team winning by is pins. The
second game was even more interesting
and was snatched from the ire right at
the end The Wheelmen were on top
in the first six frames. The seventh gave
Van Bergens a margin of one and until
the windup of the tenth they had the
game in hand. Two breaks on this
frame. however, gave the Clos the
chance and it all depended on the
anchor. A credit was necessary. Heye
made a strike and nine on the windup,
which settled the scores in an even break.
the Clos winning by z pins BY losing
the second game the Van Bergens fail
ed to gain upon the Doolittles, who are
now in a better position for second prize,
and the Vans are again a tie with the
Clintons for third place In the work
last night Tasch, Casey and Heye were
leaders. Scores were:-