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The Washington times., 1904-11-21

of the park and falling to see anything
that bore resemblance TO the hidden
money, he joined the thrOng OF seekers
inside the circle
Il guess i must have made three or
four circuits OF the park, and had been
locking for fully an hour when my at
tention was attracted by a pile Of stiff.
yellow paper partly buried in the ground
behind the curbing' said Burns
Immediately went over and picked II up.
saw then that 81 was an envelope. II
had been folded several times, and for
moment / wasn't sure / had found the
real thing But a second later l caught
sight of the Black Arrow, and knew 1
had found the hidden money.
Burns said he showed his ma 20 n
number of the searchers, and II quickiy
became known among the cIoWu llls lIll1
the Arrow had been located Inc cIoNu
looked with enViOus eyes at him as ne
started on for The Times office with the
envelope tucked away IN MS pocket
r1bera weren't many sOreheards, now
exler. for the hunt had been interesting
odd well worth while.
ais5 .sr,Hts ts ne frst time / ever found
ANYTHING ia my life, SAID burlls-
a pretty easy way OF making hoIles .
and I wish 1 could look for some more
Black Arrows.
In the Dawn.
The early birds were put TO absolute
shame. by searchers of the Black AFRO"
up and down Seventeenth Street. Ihe
milkman when he turned up long before
dawn was Inundated, and his horses
went about their rounds for the rest
of the day with dropping heads the
very pictures Of abused beasts who's
special presence in the early hours had
been grossly violated There was but
ore who was there before the searchers,
tie policeman, aud he had been out all
night. 81
More than one stayed up throughout
the night watching eagerly for the peg
son whose business fl was 10 hide the
envelopes. And he had glorious time
lIawkshaxs and Sherlock Ffoimeses on
every side, watching everyone else and
being watched by everyone. made the
job exceedingly difficult.
As early, Ur late, as midnight. Few
SFaFcheFs began 10 gather, hoping not 70
find the money so much as 70 see lt
hidden Anyone who was known 70
/ the lOiterers TO be an emplOye OF Tne
/ Times was set upon and followed Ior
/ blocks.
Lanterns We're brought into use. and
one thrifty old negro, lacking Ian
tern. but not TO be Outdne,- sioWiy
! sFarched about with a large lamp.
- Luck of-a Marine.
Al t.SD TINS morning FftNat- Niiiidir
/ G. Stott. Of the Davy yard marines
pulled forth Black Arrow envelope
/ from a. ledge in Seventeeth Street north
west, containing an order FOR $50.
/ Stott's reward came after a system
attic search beginning at 3D. All M
and down the designated territory Stott
/ searched His first efforts were no
/ rewarded but finally on second trip
/ through hedge surrounding a residence
on the southeast corner OF Seventeenth
! and II Streets, he discovered the en-
/ velope.
! Last week Mr.. Stott searched long anC
/ patiently for the hidden Black AFRO"
The Washington times., 1904-11-21
OFFERS
COGKRELL A POSITION

This statement is made ar the White
House:
The President has offered ar Cock
rell the Isthmian Canal commissioner
ship, and has told him that if he feels
that his health viii not permit him to
take the place. the Executive desires TO
offer the Missouri Senator a position On
the Interstate Commerce Commission"
If Senator COckreu should choose z
place on the Interstate Commerce Com
mission. which is considered probable. he
viii succeed James ID. Yeomans, Of Iowa,
whose term viii expire January l. The
salary is 81 800 per auuuuIs and the COM
mission CONSISTS Of three Republicans
aid two DemOcrats.
Senator Cockren win. Of course. re-
main in the Senate until March next,
when. his fifth term viii be finished;
completing continuous service Of
thirty years.
The President personally admires sen
ator Cockrel. and though defeated "a
the last election. the Administration IS
verv Wfllirc TO retain the Senator IN
public service in Washington
The Washington times., 1904-11-21

it. Linwood told his story Of the find as
follows:
wei. I just made up my mind 10
have that money, and went TO bed
early. so as 10 have a good nights rest
1 was up on Eighth Street AT $50. l live
down at $50 E Street northeast, but il
didn't take me long 10 leg it up TO
Eighth, between the Avenue and +
Street northwest.
Behind a Sign.
There were lots Of people looking for
the Black Arrow, but didn't lose much
time fooiing with them. / went up one
side of Eighth from the Avenue 20 r
and down the other side the opposite
direction, looking everywhere l thought
Il likely the money would be.
For over half an hour there was moth
ing doing. Then. in front Of 555 Eighth
Street. / saw big wooden sign. and il
had on T. the sign, Here's the Place -
l thought that looked pretty good, but
other people had been there before me.
and Z kinder lost hope.
Anyway, / went up and pulled the
sign far away from the wall. and the
envelope dropped down. As soon as
saw the big Black Arrow on II, gfaD-
bed il and made for my brothers, Ny
brother, you know. is the policeman who
GOT one OF the medals offered by Ine
Zines TO policemen for conspicuous
bravery,
Say mister. 1 go 10 the Carbery
School. and Miss Little Is my teacher
Put that in, VIII you? What will 1 &c
with the money don't snow yet IA.
Il tell you, though, you ought 70 moe
some OF the Black Arrows II the North
east. X takes a long time 10 get up
TO the Northwest from where We live.
The Washington times., 1904-11-21
PLAYED PRACTICAL JOKE
ON SCHOOL CHILDREN

From information which appeared at
the time TO be reliable. but which afteg-
ward proved TO be the reverse. Ihe
Times. Oh Thursday. November Il.
printed an announcement Of the mar
riage of Florence. Delabar daughter OF
NJ. and aifsf K. Deiabar. Of 3 ] Street
northeast! to Ernest Wise.
Il develops that some OF their ac-
ouaintances took il upon themselves 10
play a very stupid practleai JOKE upon
them.
AS the victims of the supposed joke
are school children those who know
them We're not and could not be de-
ceiVed BIZ the report.
The Washington times., 1904-11-21
TWO INSPECTORS
LOSE POSITIONS
Steam Vessels Service Off
GERS OuSted.
ARE GUILTY OF NEGLECT
One Passes Craft Full Of Water-Rear
Admirals Busy Probing Ints
Conditions.


Henry Blocker. local Inspector Of
steam vessels m Grand Haven. Mich,
ana James w. Nicholson, local inspect
OF steam boilers at Norfolk, Va, were
dismissed from the service by the Sec
retary of Commerce and Labor today.
The charge against Blocker was that
he Inspected a small steam yacht. the
Julia at Spring Lake. Mich. although
she was aground. partly filled with wa
ter, and Ia 40 sense proper object of
inspection.
In connection .wita this case the de-
partment calls attention to tlf report
Of the SlOcum commission. which de-
nounces as vicious the present salary
system, which makes the salary of an
inspector dependent upon the number Of
vessels he inspects and passes.
The Washington times., 1904-11-21

tween the case and the counter to pre-
vent the counter from being scratched
Miss Seaman was about to replace
the case. when 1t occurred to her TO
there was the elusive Black Arrow
staring at her. II contained an ordeF
for $50 1t was not many minutes De
fore every girl in the department knew
All about il. and today Miss Seaman is
$50 richer and a happy girl.
More Lanterns.
With such eagerness was the hunt
for this weeks hidden Black Arrows
pursued that before midnight last even
ing Eighth Street was crowded with
people. lanterns in one hand. and long
sticks for prying where the hand could
not reach, in the other.
Each one was confident that he would
be the lucky finder, and jokingly urged
the others 10 give up the search.
4, In the darkness the searchers dropped
/ all pretense Of being out for another
| purpose. and going down on hands and
/ knees. peered into dark areaways, be-
( hind signs. pried up loose bricks; in
short, searched everywhere for the
elusive envelope.
/ Small boys were out In abundance,
/ kept wide awake. in spite of the late
ness OF the hour, by the excitement OF
1.-THE search. Young ladies, TOO. usually
careful not TO be seen on the streets
after dark without an escort, gave con
/ ventiOnaIity one fieeting thought and
/ thus, dressed in their oldest clothes IN
order that they might search In the
/ dirtiest places, joined the increasing
crowd and searched for the hidden or
! der.
Every scrap Of paper was eagerly
/ bounced upon and scanned. Many, too
/ were the quiet residents who awakened
/ from their slumbers and were Irlshten
! ed almost out of their senses by hearing
/ unmistakable sounds in the easements
Found by Boy.
The sounds were not caused by burg
lars. but by the Black Arrow hunters
! 10 whom the slumber Of others mean
nothing. They were after he hiddeI
i money and passed no hiding place by
As the Increasing chill Of the air an
I nounced approaching morning. most o
= the searchers gave up the hunt for tn
time being and went home for a fev
hours sleep. Others continued 10 pr.
into the dark hiding places along III
| street but with no result. II remainei
for a small boy 10 find the envelope ant
I the hidden order
/ Linwood Kleindienst. a school bO,
4 seventeen years old. found the $50 Blacl
/ Arrow envelope at t:lU O'Clock tn
morning after a hunt of forty minutes
Smiling at his good luck and carry lni
4 the precious money order in his hand
he appeared IN The Times oInces at
o'clock with a request for the money
After getting his cash. as he calle'
The Washington times., 1904-11-21

hour for reporting, came and passed un-
needed, for the children. ranging from
First grade tots to girls who viii next
year enter the High School, were scan
ming every bush, looking in every tree.
and prying into every conceivable hiding
place which they considered large
enough for the secretion of an eight
inch envelope. marked with a broad
black arrow. At $50 the watchman
took it upon himself 10 get after the
smaller school children, and one by one
he chased them from the park, as he
thought. on their way 70 school His
efforts met with small success however.
for half OF the children earnestly and
seriously denied that they were or had
ever been enrolled In the public schools.
The other half meekly obeyed his or
der TO run along" but at the first op-
portunity sneaked back into the park
by another entrance and continued the
search. s-ti5
0fieiaPs DaughteF.--
Noticeable among the searehers, was
a stylishly groomed young lady OF
twenty. or thereabouts, the daughter OF
a naval officer of considerable promi-
nence.
The young lady is noted among her
friends for the reluctance with which
she leaves her downy couch In the morn
ing. This morning. however she wa9
out bright and early. and armed with a
formidable hat pin she pried into every
nook and Granny. leaving no possible
hiding place uneXplored.
When the crowd grew dense she gave
up the search and went home, but with
the ayowed intention Of returning later
in the day.
Many Government clerks were seen in
the park: some accompanied BY their
wives. In the hope of being lucky, they
had taken a day OF and devoted them
selves to the hunt Others, passing
| through the park. would stop inquire as
/ TO the reason OF the crowd. become In
terested. and finally join the crowd.
| So thoroughly was every IT ch of
ground gone over, and every piece OF
paper inspected that il would seem 10
/ the casual observer that the money
could not have been hidden. Yet IL was
there. within reach of all. awaiting a
finder who might have Il for the mere
trouble Of picking IT up.
Found the Money.
AT 1870 o'clock Edward Burns. q
resident OF BroOkland located the
i Black Arrow envelope protruding from
behind the curbstOne. near the Massa-
chusetts Avenue entrance Of the circle
\ IL contained an order on The Times
for $50. and Burns lost no time in hay
ing Il cashed.
, Bur2= seia he came 20 the city this
morning especially for the purpose OF
looking for the Arrow.
| Reaching Dupont Circle shortly after
o'clock he at once set about 10 search
for the envelope in a methodlcal way.
|, First OF all he made a complete circuit
The Washington times., 1904-11-21
TUsT WHY HE IS A TRAMP.

Charitable old lady-But WAY do you
go tramping through the country Ike
This, my poor man.
The vagr2at- Wen. mum the truth ~
I'VE heard that these ere Pullman ears
is rather stuny.-Glasgow Evening
Times.
The Washington times., 1904-11-21
Fairy Gold

Few persons were in the store when
the envelope containing the order on
The Times for $50 was slipped under
tray or the notion counter, but even
at that it was done so quickly and
auie1ly that il was all over before the
watchful clerks had an idea Of what
had taken place.
In regard 10 the hiding place of the
second .installment, The Times said II
would ..be found i'm "a circle In the north
western section OF the city which is the
intersection OF three avenues. It's name
is that of an admiral Of the United
States Navy who fought in the Mexican
and civil wars"
Dupont Circle 1t was only necessary
10 recall a little history 10 trace the
clue TO the right spot A few or those
who did recall a little history We're out
looking for the envelopes as early as
a. m. Daybreak saw a good sized
crowd on hand. and by o'clock the
park was fairly well filled with seekers.
The third clue led those interested In
the hunt 10 Eighth Street, between
PENNSYLVANIA Avenue and the Interior
Department and the fourth showed the
hiding place to be Seventeenth Street,
between X Street and Pennsylvania
Avenue. Hundreds made their way 10
the points at an early hour and con-
tinued the search until the envelopes
were located by the respective finders
Early Excitement.
The hrst searcher for the Black Ar
row IN Dupont Circle was man IN
a black derby and light overeoat. He
wandered on the scene about 5 O'clock,
long before daylight. He looked non-
chalantly near some bushes, gazed at
the top of the statue, walked twice
around the entire circle. and then went
home
As he was leaving the place. a little
fat man hurried up with boy about
ten years old
You see,'' explained the newcomer
''my boy had 10 have me up at this
ungodly hour. and make me come u
here 20 hunt for the money"
At the. conclusion Of this remark, the
boy. WASH on the statue as far as he
could climb Seeing nothing there, ne
felli down but felt no III effects from
striking the sod below.
After these. many people came in :
short while. Most Of them poked around
in the bushes, that would not have bid
den a fly, much less a big envelope. a
few sat on the benches, waiting fol
the dawn. not trusting 10 the electric
lights for guidance.
BY 7.30 the circle was crowded witt
the eager searchers, who laughed and
joked with each other as TO the proba
biiIties Of finding the money. Som'
got discouraged in a few minutes, while
others kept up the search for hours
Aristoerats from Connecticut Avenu'
mingled with laborers who had stoppe'
H. thetparll on their way TO work. Well
dressed children from the Force SchOo
mingled with the newsboys, all excited
forgetful Of dignity. thinking only OF th
hidden mOuey-OFder.
The crowd grew rapidly until ther
were fully 600 people in the park
To the searcheTs. nothing was sacreS
The locks on the boxes placed for IN
depositing of waste paper were rudel
broken and the contents Of the bOxe
scattered over the grass. Even n
drinking places were rudely battere'
and in one instance. one Of the iro
sides was oried on.
small indeed, was this mornings a.
tendance al the public schools in th
vicinity Of the park Nine o'clock, n
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Continued from First Pagel

probably due to this that all four en-
velopes were located within such COM
paratively short time.
In Dupont Circle. I'm Eighth street,
and along Seventeenth Street the ero"o
of seekers could be seen assembling as
early as daybreak. and as the nor rims
gradually wore on they became thicker
and thicker.
The early bird catches the worm
was the maxim observed by those who
appeared on the scene early. IN thls
particular instance the provero held
good for il was the early birds VINO
caught the Black Arrow worm. Three
of those who found the money were on
hand at an early hour TO look for the
concealed treasure. and were rewarded
for their enterprise by finding IT.
In Woodward & LothrOop's store. too,
the findsr Of the money located 1t only
after a search in which all the clerks
employed 80 the first floor Of the huild-
ing took part.
All morning Miss Seamon had been
looking for the hidden envelope. and ran
across il under a tray on the counter
at which she Is employed,
The daily morning journal and courier., 1904-03-16
CLAIMS TO BE STABBED.


 John Fitzpatrick Was in Dazed Con-
 dition and Had Two Cuts Over His
 Lips.
 John Fitzpatrick, son of the livery man, was found by the police in front of Music hall last evening in a dazed condition. and bleeding badly from two cuts over the upper lip. He said that he had been cut with a knife by some Italian whose name he refused to give. He was taken to police headquarters where physician attended his inju- ries, after which he was sent home Friends of MT. Fitzpatrick stated lass evening that they could not understand his dazed condition, as they never knew him to drink, and they seemed to think that he had been drugged.
 The police started an investigation
 and late last night they said that in- stead of being stabbed they thought that he had been struck by someone who was wearing a ring. and that it was this which caused his cuts.
The daily morning journal and courier., 1904-03-16

At this the storm of cheering broke but atresh.
 A rush to the lobby followed and the members animatedIy discussed whether or not Mr. Balfour would resign. The premier. however. quickly set these doubts at rest by saying that he saw no reason for such action. Thanks to the prolonged exuberance of the Irish cheers and the hectoring of Mir. Bal four the government whips got the chance of summoning their absent SUD- Dorters. and when. about ten minutes later John Redmond moved to report progress on the ground that the govern ment had not majority able to trans act the business of the country, the government secured the narrow major ity of 25.
 If the division had occurred a few minutes earlier the government inevit- ably would have been defeated and eompelled to resign. To avert this, old men who had not run for many year came rushing into the house painfully out of breath, while Sir Edward Henry Carson had not even waited to put on a necktie.
 Just before the suspension of the evening session a division. on a motion to reduce the supplementary vote of the army estimates resulted in 12S for the motion and 226 against it, government majority of 9S.
The daily morning journal and courier., 1904-03-16
THE WESTMINSTER PANCAKE
 TOSSING.

There is probably no old English cus- tom so rich in interesting memories as the pancake tossing ceremony of which the hall of Westminster School was was the scene this morning. The cus- tom, which is known to the boys by the unaesthetic name of Grease" has an unbroken history which takes us back to the days of Queen Bess, when as many as 300 boys would scramble in one tumultuous heap for the possession of g. solitary pancake. Heneage Finch, first Earl of Nottingham, grovelled with the rest long years before he sub sided into the no less coveted Wool sack. John Dryden, the parsons boy from Northamptonshire struggled on the floor with young Christopher Wren; and from the crowd of pancake snatch CTS in 1743 you might have picked out William Cowper, Warren Hastings, and Charles Churchill, all very small boys, to whom the pancake looned much larger than the laurels they later won. And among the scrannbling crowds of other years were John Locke. Charles Longley (destined to be primate of all England), Edward Gibbon, Lord Raglan, and many another boy who was to win much greater trophies in the big world outside the school walls.
 Then think of the stories those walls could tell had they but tongues. Ed- ward the Confessor watched the build ing of the arches on which the aschool'' rest; King John was signing Magma Charta when the very walls which re-
The daily morning journal and courier., 1904-03-16
A SEEING MAN.

When he reached home he drew roll of bills from his pocket and tossed it over to his wife.
 Better go shopping, he said. "Get some of those things that we thought we couldn't afford.
 Where did you get the money?" she asked.
 T drew it from the savings bank" he replied. There's no use trying to save anything now
 Why not?' she inquired. i've joined the union, he explained. Joined the union!' she cried. "Yes; had to do 1t, so we'll have to spend this money in a hurry, if we
 don't want to get the worst of it. "Why?" she persisted.
 'Oh. I'll be on strikes of one kind or another most of the time now, he said, land when Pm not striking I'll be pay
 ing strike benefits. The money is bound to go, and I want to be in a position to | get as much out of the union as any one If I have money in the bank there will
 be nostrike benefit for me when I'm ordered to quit work. You don't need l it, they'll say, for you've got money. ' 1 We can only afford to make payments to those who haven't any. You see, there's a penalty put on thrift and a
 premium on shiftlessness- The man
 who saves has to pay himself for time ! lost at the order of the union, adn the
 man who doesn't save gets the help. In a year from now our money will be gone anyhow. so we might as well spend it while we can get some personal advan- tage out of it, and then come in on even terms with the others for the strike
 benefits. It's the fellow who hasn't anything and never expects to have |-anything who gets the advantage. Take
 the money, Maggie, before it gets bt- yond reach You helped save it, and
 the union will only help us spend it, if you don't do 1t f1rst.-Chicago Post.
The daily morning journal and courier., 1904-03-16
CAMPAIGN NOTE SOUNDED
Continued from First Page,

Continued from First Page.)
 from the policy advanced by William Mckinley in 1862 Are we to withdraw our confidence from the great party led by Mckinley and Roisevelt, which has followed a consistent policy for seven years, and embrace the policy which has been advanced by the opposition? Shall we wait until the democrats at- tack us? We cannot tell where they will arise"
 MT. Root said they might attack the coal commission. the Northern merger, official wrong doing in the postoffice or might bob up on the other end as ultra reformers and attack the republican party as the party of capital.
 Why should we care when they are so evenly balanced between those who wish to attack us on the ground that we have been too fair to labor or too fair to capital?
 we stand on distinct foreign poli- cy-a position that has put us on plane so eminent that in the conflict in the east, over which every one holds his breath for fear there may be q general war-Germany turns to the United States and asks us to use our power to preserve the empire of China.
 "The question for us to hammer out during the coming summer is whether the great onward march. of American fertilization shall go on or shall be checked and turned back in confusion and inefficiency. Let this club sound the keynote of the coming campaign question whether the republican party shall continue to rule or the ultra-con- servative democrats with Cleveland or Parker, on the one hand, or the ultra- socialists with Bryan or Hearst on the other. The people of the state of New York shall be found on the side of the issues that they believe to be best and truest."
 Governor Odell, after warmly eulogiz- ing MT. Root. said:
 ''The standard of the democratic par ty seems to be that men and not prin- ciple' is to be their slogan. Our slogan must be and is Principle and not men i It needed but the daring of a Roosevelt to give us interoceanic commerce. The diplomacy which settled the boundary disputes served to strengthen the rela. tion with a mother country.
 we can win in this state notwith- standing the cries made by the demo- cratic press. if we try"
 1 Following the speech of Governor | Odell addresses were made by former Judge Henry E. Rowland, John R. Van l Worner, George T. Wilson, and for mer Speaker David B. Henderson.