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Smyrna times., 1903-11-18
TWO SLICK MEN "
By DAVID FLEMING
Copyright, 1908, by T. c. Mcclure
By DAVID FLEMING

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Hundreds of people knew Charlie
Davids as a clubman having bachelor
rooms and living in fair style. Not
one man, however could more than
guess the source from whence his in
come was derived. He had been
captain in her majesty's service, but
had been obliged to resign for lack of
fluids to go the pace. There were
hints about a rich aunt at home, a
richer uncle in Australia, some sort of
an investment in the United States,
but no one had any certain infOrma-
ton.
Davids was a gentleman. and there
was no doubt that he stood we'll with
most mothers who had marriageable
daughters. The men who hinted that
there was anything crooked about the
ex-captain would have been taken to
task at once, and yet there was one
man in London who firmly believed it
and meant to prove it. That man was
McNulty, an old Scotland Yard de
tective. On a certain occasion while
he was piping off a receiver of stolen
goods he got sight of Charlie Davids
in confidential confab with the man.
He did not know him then, but he at
once set out to learn who he was. In
the course of a few weeks he sat down
and summed up his case as follows:
"Davids is crooked because he has
business with fences His income is
q liberal one, but cannot be traced to
any honest source. At three different
country houses to which he has been
invited there have been robberies. He
has got on to the fact that I am pip
ing him off. l got his valet drunk and
pumped him, and the man was prompt
" discharged. He will give me a long
fight, but l will trap him."
Davids also sat down and reasoned.
"McNulty saw me talking with ole
BOnes." he mused, land that was rea
son enough for him to spot me. H'
has followed me on the street an(
pumped my man. He is evidently sus
picious. He knows of the robberies
and while he cannot connect me witt
them he will set traps for me in fu
ture. Look out for McNulty."
From that day on for the next 81,
months it was McNulty versus David
-Davids versus McNulty. The fact tha
suspicion rested upon him even in tn
mind of one man served to make tn
ex-captain bolder than before. Fou
or five robberies occurred during tn
six months that left no doubt in Nc
Nulty's mind as to who was the pei
petrator. and yet he could get no hOl
on the man he was shadowing. Fo
instance, Davids accompanied LOr
ROthsay home in a cab after the th'
ater and a dinner. My lord was drOv
sy and couldn't tell who his friend wa
next morning. He had been robbie
Smyrna times., 1903-11-18
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Smyrna times., 1903-11-18

cry night for seven nights the double
watch was stationed and nothing came
of it. On the afternoon of the eighth
day, while the men were all in the
covers shooting and the women scat
tered about the house. and while Lady
Gray was lying down in her room for
brief nap, her whole outfit of Jew
elry was taken as if by invisible hands.
Every male guest was in the field with
gun in hand; every servant could ac-
count for his or her time to a second.
Lady Gray's door was locked. and the
jewels had been taken by some one
finding entrance at the open window.
A gardener had been engaged all the
AFTERNOON trimming a rOsebush that
grew under that window and a part of
the time he had used a ladder. He de-
clared that he had not left his work
for a moment. He was searched and
questioned, but even the chaSrined and
indignant McNulty believed in his in
nocence. Inquiries cautiously made in
regard to Charlie Davids brought out
the fact that he was a mile away at
the moment the robbery occurred. The
haul amounted to about 100000, and
Scotland Yard got the worst black eye
| it ever received.
Six months later the eX-captain, for
| good and sufficient reasons. took up his
| permanent abode in Paris. He had
been there a year or more when he
and McNulty met on the street one
day. The detective was invited to have
a smoke and a drink, and as they sat
in Davids' luxurious quarters the baf-
fled officer musingly observed:
"Davids, that robbery at HendersOn's
was very queer thing. The slick one
has got clear off with the goods and
can never be meddled with, but
should like to hear what you think
about it."
81 have often thought of the matter,
quietly replied the eX-captain, "and il
is quite clear to me. In the first place
the thief. whoever Ire was. spotted yOU
in spite of your disguise. Then he go
on to the other two Then he saw tha
things had been made too easy. HI
waited till all the men were in tht
field, and then, although he was no
missed he slipped aside, dOnned tn
dress of a gardener and made for tn
house. He reached it as the man a
work on the rosebush went to the bar
for moment to drink with the coach
man. The man was not absent fo
five minutes, but he lied about it.
that five minutes the thief ascende
, to the room, got the box of jewels an
descended and made off, and he wa
lucky enough to don his own dress, 81
, cure the box and rejoin the hunt will
. out having been missed. Luck doe
: attend some folks, you know"
a yes, l know it does" slowly r.
q piled McNulty as he nodded his hea
r and drew at his cigar little more VII
a orously.
. Anything else?" asked the eX-ca
: tain after long pause.
\ "NO. nothing else" was the reply.
= have accepted your view of the cas-
4 and l shan't let it worry me any 10
!. ger. particularly as the thief no 10
ger living in England"
Smyrna times., 1903-11-18

Three midshipmen have been dis
missed from the Naval Academy for
hazing. 1t would be we'll for our col
lege authorities to stop this practice
also. A student in the University of
Maryland Dental School has just been
found dead in his room and his room
mate in a semi-conscious condition.
The injuries are said to be the result
of hazing.
Smyrna times., 1903-11-18

The old Emerson Mill, situated be0
tween Viola and Frederick and owned
bv Edward P. Harnish, was totally
destroyed by fire late Wednesday after
noon. It is supposed that Mr.. Harnish
perished in the fire, ss he lived there
alone and had not been found or seen
Smyrna times., 1903-11-18
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Smyrna times., 1903-11-18

Out of respect for the two Cinnamon
who we're killed in the bombardment
of Panama the revolution should not
be described as bloodless.
Smyrna times., 1903-11-18

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Columbia courier. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1902-1905, 1903-10-16
CHINA SIGNS TREATIES.
That With America Settles Many
Vexed Questions.

The state department has been in
formed that the American-Chinese
treaty has been signed at Shanghai
and that the Japanese-C Chinese treaty
will be signed also. The cablegram
announcing the signing of the treaty
was sent from Shanghai and was
signed by Minister Conger, Consul
General Goodnow and Mr.. Seaman, the
three commissioners who negotiated
the instrument. An imperial decree
by the Chinese government has made
the treaty effective SO far as that gov
eminent is concerned, but it must be
ratified by the United States senate
before ratifications can be exchanged
and the treaty put in operation.
Great satisfaction is expressed at
the state department at the outcome.
1t makes certain that the two ports
in Manchuria will be opened to the
United States, no matter what the
outcome as to the negotiations for
the evacuation of that territory by
Russia may be. The assurance that
Russia had previously given, and to
which this government would insist
upon adherence, is that the treaty
arrangements made with China cover
ing Manchurian ports will be binding
on the Russian government.
The principal points of the treaty
are briefly as follows:
First, the settlement of the long
vexed question of internal taxation in
China.
Second, recognition Of Americans
right of residence throughout the en-
pire for missionary work.
Third, protection of patents, trade
marks and copyrights.
Fourth, mining rights.
Fifth, opening of new localities to
international trade on the part of the
empire in which the United States
has vast commercial interests.
Sixth, the right to carry on trade
industries and manufactures in al
parts of China.
Columbia courier. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1902-1905, 1903-10-16
GEN. CHASE SUMMONED.
Show Cause Why He Arrested Miners
| Poisoned Water


In the district court at Cripple
Creek, Col, information has been filed
against Brigadier General John Chase,
Adjutant General Sherman Bell and
Judge Advocate Major Thomas E. Nc
Clelland, in behalf of P. H. Mulvaney,
w. F. Davis, Thomas Foster, Emil
Johnson and A. A. Frey, striking min
ers, charging unlawful arrest and de-
tention in the military guardhouse.
1t is alleged that an attempt was
made few days ago to poison the
garrison at Camp Ell Paso, and it was
so successful that every man in the
command, with the exception of three
who were absent, was laid on his back
with cramps and diarrhoea. Altogether
6S men were down. but all OF them
have recovered. 1t is believed poison
was placed in the water tank of the
mine from which water is taken for
domestic purposes. Many of the min
ers were also affected. An analysis of
the water is being made. The camp is
garrisoned by Company D of Denver,
and Company B of Pueblo. The Off
GERS kept quiet about the affair until
today, hoping to discover the perpe-
traitors of the act
Columbia courier. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1902-1905, 1903-10-16

drinking oarbolic acid in whisky. Ill
health and dependency over the
death Of his wife, are given as the
causes.
The steamship Ming Chow sailed
from Tacoma recently with one oil
the largest cargoes ever taken from
Puget sound. 1t measures over l',Ooo
tons and weighs over 10000 tons. she
has over 10000 barrels of flour, near
ly 1900 cases of salmon. besides a
lot of general merchandise. the totai
value being $635,S41. She sails Tor
Liverpool via the Orient.
Robert w. Baxter, general superin-
tendent of the Nebraska division OF
the Union Pacific railroad, has re-
signed.
Lucille Mulhall, is years old and a
friend of President Roosevelt, has
won the $1,000 steer roping contest
at McAlester, l. T., defeating the best
known cowboys in the southwest. the
conditions were that three steers were
to be roped and tied in the fastest
time, and the contest was open to all.
Miss Mulhall threw her first steer
and tied it up in 43 seconds. The
second required l minute and IL Sec
onds, while the third was roped,
thrown and tied in the remarkable
time of 40 seconds.
Columbia courier. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1902-1905, 1903-10-16
BREACH OF PROMISE SUIT.
Senator Plat of New York Sued by
Miss Wood,

New York, Oct. 1.-two days be-
fore the announced date for his mar
riage to Lillian Janeway, Senator
Thomas C. Platt of New York has
been made defendant in a breach Of
promise suit brought by Miss Mae G.
Wood of Washington for $4,000. Miss
Wood is in New York with her lawyer,
having obtained a leave Of absence
on Monday from the money order d.
vision of the postoffice department,
where she is employed as clerk.
Columbia courier. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1902-1905, 1903-10-16
FATAL FALL OF AERoNAUT.
Drops From Trapeze Bar to Hard
Pavement,

San Francisco, Oct. 13.-William
Beals, an aeronaut, was almost in
stantly killed Sunday. He made an
ascension and descended safely in a
parachute to within 40 feet Of the
ground, when he released his hold on
the trapeze bar. He fell on a hard
pavement in Golden Gate park and
soon died.
Madge Heeney, aged II years, was
riding on an electric car at the time
of the ascension. She leaned far out
of the car to get a better view of the
parachute descent and her head
struck an electric mast with such
force that death soon followed.
Columbia courier. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1902-1905, 1903-10-16

London, Oct. 14.-The peculiar Off
cial explanation of the postponement
of the cars visit to Rome, owing
to circumstances over which he has no
CONTROL" is interpreted in some quar-
ters to mean that the Threatening out
look in far eastern affairs calls for
the emperors presence in Russia.
There is no confirmation of the alarm
list rumors. At the Japanese legation
last night no news mad been received
of the reported ultimatum. A dis
patch to the daily Mail from Kobe
Oct. IL, reports that the situation is
somewhat easier, but that the tone of
the press is distinctly bellicose, while
the same papers correspondent at
Geneva says that several Russian Off
GERS there have been suddenly recalled
to join Their regiments.
Other special dispatches describe
Russian war preparations. and the
newspapers, which are intensely in
terested in the developments owing to
the Anglo-Japanese alliance, are al.
ready publishing maps and estimates
of the naval and military forces of the
prospective belligerents and editorial
izing on the possibilities OF the sit
uation.
The greatest attention is pad to
the changed tone of Baron Hayashi,
the Japanese minister in London, who
is much less confident that peace will
be preserved than he was a week ago.
Inquiries in Japanese banking, ship
ping and commercial houses in Lon
don, however, ELECTED expressions of
disbelief in the outbreak of war.
1t is noteworthy that the king has
just approved the appointment of Vice
Admiral Sir Gerald Noel as command
er in chief on the China station. Vice
Admiral Noel is an officer OF great
energy and decision. 1t was he who
cleaned the Turkish troops out of
Crete because of an insult to the Brit
ish flag.
Not Alarmed at Washington.
Washington, Oct. 14.-At the Rus.
sian embassy the officials are not
alarmed over the situation in the far
east. The view held there is that
neither Russia nor Japan desires war,
though both may be making prepare.
lions to that end, and that there is
really no question at issue which can
not be settled without recourse to
arms, provided the negotiating parties
are disposed to use diplomacy rather
than the sword. The embassy has re.
ceived no advices from st. Petersburg
for more than two weeks.
Columbia courier. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1902-1905, 1903-10-16

Denver, Col, Oct. 15.-Governor
Peabody has instructed Colonel Ed
ward Nerdccberger. the officer in COM
mand of the troops at Cripple Creek,
TO reduce the force there to 500. Near
ly 500 men will be relieved from duty
tonight and tomorrow.
Columbia courier. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1902-1905, 1903-10-16
Workmen Are Blown Up,

Ritzville, WASH, Oct. 15.-Peter A.
Grinley was instantly killed and John
Dodson severely injured while blasting
in a ditch at A. f. Naber's place, ~
miles east of here. The dead man was
AZ years old and native of Nova
Scotia. He has relatives at Lancaster,
Ont,
Columbia courier. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1902-1905, 1903-10-16
Gov. Peabody Denounced.

Colorado Springs, Oct. ia mass
meeting of trade unionists of Colorado
Springs was held Sunday afternoon,
at which resolutions were adopted de-
nouncing Governor Peabody for send.
ing troops TO the Cripple Creek dis
'rict. President Meyer and other la
Dor leaders addressed the meeting.
Columbia courier. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1902-1905, 1903-10-16

Victoria, r. c., Oct. 13.-James
Beck, pioneer of British Columbia,
committed suicide by hanging himself
at Cedar Hill, when suffering from
melancholia.
Columbia courier. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1902-1905, 1903-10-16

Laredo. Tex Oct. 14.-There were
two deaths from yellow fever today
and 20 new cases. At Miners, %
miles up the river, there were three
deaths and SO cases.
Columbia courier. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1902-1905, 1903-10-16
WAR PREPARATIONS MADE
JAPAN AND RUSSIA MIGHT GET
IN A MIx-UP YET.

Russian Officers Have Been Recalled
to Join Their Acknowledgements
Minister in London Not So Conf.
dent of Peace as a Week Ago
Noel Commander in Chief at Chi
nese Station :"
The Brownsville daily herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1897-1910, 1903-07-23
A ROOSEVELT STORY.

From a personal letter the fol-
lowing story of the presidents fami-
ly is taken, story which has never
appeared in print;
THE present occupant of the
white house until the recent removal
ton found it cramped quarters for
large family. With one or two of
the little Roosevelts off at boarding
school, there were enough beds to
go round, but none to spare Well,
last winter the President was con-
templating a foreign envoy of great
state and many years and invited
him to the white house over Sun
day. He was put in Ethel's room
and Ethel, whenS she came back
from school Saturday, went up to
sleep with Alice, but unfortunately
Kermit did not know of this ar
rangement.
$50, when early morning came,
mindful of his strenuous Uncertain
&c, he crept to Ethel's room with a
pitcher of water, and softly opening
the door without awakening the
slumbering ambassador dashed for
ward and threw the icy water over
the bed, with the shout:
" Get up, you old lazy bonus,
get up"
Then, when a gray head was
lifted from the pillows, dripping
and alarmed, the establishment was
mutual and the departure of the
youngster INSTRUMENTATION
his pitcher. Brooklyn Presbyte-
rian.
The Brownsville daily herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1897-1910, 1903-07-23
THE TOBACCO INDUSTRY.
Texas Will Be the Greatest Tobacco
Field in the World.

Colonel s. F. B. Morse, passenger
traffic manager OF the Southern
Pacific lines in Texas, and T. ].
Anderson returned yesterday morn
ing from Nacogdoches, where they
spent two days investigating the
tobacco industry and the United
States tobacco experimental station
at that point. Both of the officials
bring back reports of a fiattering
nature and are convinced that Tex
as is to be the greatest tobacco rails
ing section in the world. Colonel
Morse is displaying some fancy
of tobacco from the Ma
cogdoches feld.-Houston Post.
The Brownsville daily herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1897-1910, 1903-07-23

stairs, also how to come downstairs
gracefully without any attempt to
push holes in the steps
J She must have flexible, vibrant,
caressing, tender, poetic, crystalline
voice.
She must know how to put on
her clothes, or she loses half her
beauty.
A woman may have all these at
tractions-be either dark or fair,
tall or short, slender or full formed,
grave or piquant, majestic or vivac
ious, serene or brilliant-and I'M
less her own personality is charm
ing, unless she has tact, it dawns
on you, after you have seen her
once or twice, that she is not a pref
ty woman, but a pretty doll.
The Brownsville daily herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1897-1910, 1903-07-23
NEW,LAW FOR DRUNKARDS

NEW, LAW FOR DRUNKARDS.
Following is the law passed by
the last legislature and now in
force regulating the sale or gift of
intoxicating liquors to habitual
drunkards:
Section /. Be it enacted by the
legislature of the State of Texas:
Any person who shall knowingly
sell or give, or cause to be sold or
given, or shall be instrumental in
the selling, giving or procuring of
any spirituous, vinous or malt
liquors, or medicated bitters cap
able of producing intoxication, to
any person who is an habitual
drunkard, shall be fined not less
than twenty-five nor more than one
hundred dollars.
Sec. 2. An habitual drunkard,
within the meaning of this act, is
one who makes it habit to get
drunk, or who habitually becomes
intoxicated by the voluntary use of
intoxicating liquors.
The Brownsville daily herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1897-1910, 1903-07-23

There is more Catarrh in this section
of the country than all other diseases
put together, AMI until the last few
years was supposed to be incurable. For
a great many years doctors pronounced
it local disease and prescribed local
remedies. and by constantly failing to
cure with local treatment, pronounced
it incurable. Science has proven catarrh
to to be a constitutional disease and
therefore requires constitutional treat
ment. Halls Catarrh Cure, manufac-
tured by F. J. Cheney g. Co., Toledo,
Ohio, is the only constitutional cure on
the market. 1t it taken internally in
doses from 10 drops to a teaspoonful.
1t acts directly on the blood and mucous
surfaces of the system They offer one
hundred dollars for any case it fails to
cure. Send for circulars testimonials.
Address, F. J. CHENEY & Co,
Toledo, o.
Sold by Druggists, Zoe.
Halls Family Pills are the best.
The Brownsville daily herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1897-1910, 1903-07-23
A Pretty Woman.
Not A Pretty Doll.
Essentials of Beauty as
Enumerated by an Ex-
pert of Today.
New York sun.

man. Here Is the answer as giver
by modern beauty expert:
A pretty woman, first of all, mus
have clearly cut, regular features.
She must have a skin above re.
proach, untouched by rouge OF
powder
She must have full, clear eyes.
She must have eyelashes long
and curling upward.
She must have eyebrows finely
marked, slightly arched, long and
narrow; yet the narrow line should
be thickly covered, so as to be well
marked, as if penciled.
She must have a straight nose,
yet delicate, neither feshy nor
pointed, nor broad at the tip, with
the nostrils free and flexible.
She must have mouth rather
too large than too small, with lips
full and plump and rosy red. Even
an exquisitely shaped mouth has
no charm without expression.
She must have even, regular
teeth, of moderate size, pearly white,
with full enamel.
She must have 4 chin neither
sharp nor blunt, but gently undul-
ating in its line, round and cush-
iony, turning a little upward with
a dimple in it.
She must have a small, delicate
jaw, not large and angular, which
gives a hard, domineering look.
She must have a throat round,
full and pillar-like-a marble col
umn to support the head.
She must have glossy hair that
has never known the touch of bleach
or dye.
She must fully understand what
best suits her in the way of hair
dressing, and cling closely to that
style.
She must have small, delicate,
compact ears of a shell-like shape.
She must have a forehead smooth,
even, white, delicate, short and of
an open, trustful character. Ariosto
says "of terse ivory was the joyous
brow"
She must have a long and deli
cate hand, yet plump, with taper
ing fingers, the tips of which, when
resting on the palm, should turn
back a little.
She must have a nail "transpar-
ent like a ruby among pink roses"
not long, not round, not altogether
but of fair shape, with
white crescent visible at the base.
She must have a foot not too
small, but proportional to the
stature itsupports; white, well arch
cd, with a curved outline and a
smooth surface.
She must have an arm with
round and flowing outline, no
at the elbow, and taper
ing down gently to a small wrist.
She must have sloping shoulders,
not too broad.
She must have a waist twice the
size of her throat, not, as fashion
has too often made it, nearly the
same size.
She must have high hips and
wide.
She must have good figure,
plump enough, though never sug-
gestive of an angle.
She must know how to poise the
body; in other words how to stand
correctly.
She must know how to sit with
out being stiff-waisted.
She must possess the pose and
renOse that mark the adannhtor nf