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The Washington times., 1904-04-10
Theater Ticket Trap.

After mature elaboration Mr.. David
son decided that. could he get her sig
nature. a comparison with the. signature
on the check might do much toward
simplifying the Identification.
Calling in one OF the young women
stenographers in his Office, he took her
into his confidence.
Now you rig yourself up as much
like an actress as possible and go over
to this millinery store and see If you
can get this young lady's signature"
said he.
The next afternoon the impromptu act
ress called at the millinery store.
lis Miss Morgan in?' she asked.
mo. but she will be. In q few min
The Washington times., 1904-04-10

EyOsT-On sirumbrai tyEHu. az y''e gi Iae =
al Saturday. "a inst. tNrrr Nuluhofe funAs- 20
s,,,..ti,T,s srstee nud ,-,al rsVurd paid IN -
,,,rn 10 ~ X DAVIDSON t6 East 30 81
The Washington times., 1904-04-10

write to the postmaster at the little
town in Maine. So this letter was sent
September 3:
Postmaster, - Harbor, Me-:
Dear Sir-On Sept. II / sent a letter
10 Z Marston. care of Mrs. Farrell.
- Harbor, Me, with written notation
on the outside of the envelope that If
the letter was not delivered in five days
for the same TO be returned Kindly
ADVISE me if the letter has been deliv-
cred or If 1t still remains in your office,
and oblige.
'rYours very trlllY.''
The Washington times., 1904-04-10
cIew in the Letter IS"

The next day he returned to the bank
for his answer II ever he found it, II
had 10 be found in this Jersey town.
Upon seeing the So the bank presi-
dent exclaimed: why, that sheds some
light; it is the mark Of our Special Saw
ings Department
Examination Of the Savings Depart
ment books revealed no such sum as
SO, however.
In this latest hour Of gloom a thought
passed through Mr.. Davidson's brain
that ultimately solved the whole oues-
ton The thought was absolutely an
accident
rs it possible" he asked. that some
item little under twenty-five dollars
could give a clew to the mystery?"
SO they looked again and found an en-
try Of twenty-four dollars. This trans
action showed that the check had been
handed in and dollar given as change.
This check was deposited by 4 young
lady of most excellent family-Afiss
May Morgan I don't think It Lan posi-
bly, be of any assistance" said the
bank president.
Mr.. Davidson, however, went to the
local police headquarters and got a de-
tectfve.
Now Mr.. Davidson had a recollection
of some of the passengers, among them
one young lady whom he described 70
the detective. His description fitted
Miss Morgan exactly.
They now became convinced that they
were on the right track The two de-
tectives repaired to a small hotel and
wrote note, asking the young lady
to join them in a good time It was
signed AS ever. George"
This was sent by a messenger. but
the young lazy was not at home
The next morning the detective wait
ed across the street from the house.
When Miss Morgan came out he fol
lowed her. He established the fact that
she worked in millinery shop in the
town.
Now came the difficulty of proving
that Miss Morgan and Z. Marston were
one and the same.
The Washington times., 1904-04-10

DoST-fsst Saturday on It, amer Cygnus. tw0
Enilniair rings tih raj rrWurd. No ques. Ions. IN
r,,iurr 10 ~. q nANIDSalN rs Easl "a q
The Washington times., 1904-04-10

PACKAGE containing ring. received: reward:
no questions: await other two. W. r DAVID
SON. Is East I'd -
The Washington times., 1904-04-10
No Clew Apparent .

cards were posted throughout the
ship offering reward. They proved IN
ataAins.
Th7t might. when the steamer APP
rroached her dock the captain allowed
d friend Of Mr. Davidson TO land before
tire steamer reached her pier. He tele-
nhoa-d 70 the nearest police station and
had . detective at the boat when the
passengers landed.
no suspicious or known crooked char
aeters were seen.
(u -le way home that night AR. Ia
wilson stopped 20 place the I'D. exhibit
J. IN the Herald lost and found column.
Reluctant and with heavy hearts the
pavidsous reached their home without
thc ripss The wife inconsOiaDle. the
husband bafied- Hope dies out with
Tho sinking Of the sun; Il was ever 80.
sunday Nr. Davidson ordered the ad..
The Washington times., 1904-04-10

From your letter just received I am
of the opinion that you may have some
doubts as 10 my sincerity with reference
to the proposition and the check sent.
and so would say that il you wish, |
will forward the cash. and after your
receiving same, then you can return me
the check sent.
Very truly yours
No answer to this letter was received,
The Washington times., 1904-04-10
Beginning the Search

Here was the stone walI-communica-
ton ceased. no clews. no rings. a dis
NAL outlook for the amateur detective.
Mr. Davidson wrote the following mere
~ to sustain communication:
~. Y. Sept 9. 1903
r. Marston, care of Mrs. Farrell. -
The Washington times., 1904-04-10

and Mrs. ". r. Davidson, Of
New York. embarked on the
- steamer Cygnus TO witness the
International yacht races off
Sandy Hook.
Some FIVE hundred pleasure seekers
were on hand. comprising the usual
New York holiday crowd.
The boat had hardly arrived at the
scene Of the races when Mrs. Davidson
went below TO the ladies' saloon TO
battle her face with cold water. hoping
thereby TO arrest seasickness.
She removed her diamond rings. three
in number, before putting her hands in
the water She laid them on the marble
wash basin, and had returned to the
upper deck before ehe missed them.
Instantly she rushed back to the
saloon.
The rings had vanished.
Nor did the stewardess or any OF the
svmpatbetic lady passengers have them.
iicartslck. she returned 10 the upper
deck and told her husband Of her mis-
fortune
MY engagement ring" she said. 1T
represents the beginning Of our happi-
ncss I shall never. never be happy
again until It is returned
such a sentiment is worthy Of the
-rcateat efforts a man can put forth.
u touched the determination of the hus-
band
III IL is within human possibility"
said Mr.. Davidson to himself. 4 shall
-zlcover those rings
sTo his wife he said: Don't worry. lit
-t- N-r-~---~ TfF1 900 vvhat can 10 done "
8lr. Davidson is conservative.
Tho captain was approached. He Of
fered his services and his desire to as
sist in recovery OF the rings.
a woman who had fought seasiekness
hcrolcaHy with whisky TASK excited
suspicion. After much argument, which
did nttlc to inform popular opinion, she
submitted 10 search. Nothing was found.
The Washington times., 1904-04-10
{ Holmes

s Saturday, August %, 1855. Mr..
and Mrs. ". r. Davidson, Of
New York. embarked on the
steamer Cygnus TO witness the
International yacht races off
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1904-02-15
THE USEFUL CAMEL.

The SonlaH camel can eat everything
and drinks nothing. 1t will make a
meal where even the country pony
would starye. Daremo, mimosaI acacia
an come alike to it; and when shoots
and leaves are withered, ittcan fall back
on roots, thorns and bark That sort
of digestion. makes it, Of course, valu-
able in country where the bill of fare
seems compiled in the interest of the
carnivora, but its indifference to liquid
is its especial virtue. While the Arab
camel needs drink daily, his Somali
brethren when on a march are water
ed only every fifth day, and when
drouth prevails, may be left for ten.
When grazing they are supposed to be
watered every sixth day, but such reg
ularity depends on the energy of the
herders and the condition of the grass,
the herds, when the grass is green, be-
ing often left without water for as
long as three months.
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1904-02-15
OALNY A CENTER
OF WAR INTEREST

Dalny is the Pacific terminus of the
Trans-Siberian railway. It is city
which the Russians have built at enor-
NOUS cost, expending millions of
roubles during the last three years in
transforming it into great commercial
center. Its harbor is measurably free
of ice all of the year round.
Dalny, while under Chinese jurisdic-
ton before the Russians took Manchu-
ria, was known as TaIien-wan. 1t was
squaIid yellow settlement on a fine
harbor, the latter protected by great
forts. The location of the place is on
the eastern side of the Liaotong PENN
sula, thirty miles from Port Arthur and
seven miles from Kinchow. When the
Russians decided that Port Arthur
would not answer for their railway ter
minaI, Talien-wan was taken in hand
and laid out as a modern city Wide
streets and spacious squares We're sur
veyed, great docks mapped and a sys-
tenn of splendid public and private
buildings drafted. The Car chose
.'DaIny'' as the name for the trans
formed place, it being Russian for far
off,
1t has been reported recently that
great docks were completed there and
that extensive new Qualifications had
been erected.
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1904-02-15

Considering their numbers and the
size of the country where they are OPP
Grating, the Maui sugar plantation
owners are performing as bold stroke
of enterprise in irrigation as the Brit
ish Governments work in Egypt or
that of consolidated American capital
in the Great West of the United States.
The Maui ditching, which is partly de-
scribed elsewhere, is an illustration OF
the sort of pluck that has made the
Hawaiian sugar industry the standard
of advancement unto which other SUI
gar producing countries are striving to
attain. It evinces a spirit that sug-
gests anything but lying down and
groaning to relieve the feelings produc-
ed by falling market.
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1904-02-15
RUSSIAN SPECIALS
TO THE DEACON

Now that the Advertiser is printing
its war news in japanese as well as
English, the Independent proposes tc
give the Russians a show and offers
the following specials in the Muscovite
tongue:
PORT AROOTSKY, Feb. 1S.-The
Japanitskies have opened firesky on
our lineoyitch at Yalooski riverex at
$50 mileovitch rangesky
PARISKY, Feb. 13.-Germanoosky
will make a "diversionisky' in cur
favorowski.
SEOULATsKI, Feb. 1S.-The Japan
itskies will captureowski again.
(This despatchsky is a little vag-
uesky, but it probablyowski means
that the Japanitskies have not yetsky
taken Seoulatski-Ed.)
TIENTSINSKOF, Feb 13-Shooting-
otsky is going onsky $50 mileovitch
northeastsky of herosilof
ST. PETERSBURG, Feb. 13.-The
followingootsku cablegramski has been
sentski to Honoluluvitch:
Captain Samueloff Johnnywitsky:
Return yousky right away off helpsky
your Siberia tightly Japaichi yousky
biggieichi man, make you Generaloff-
sky. ICHIOFFSKY.
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1904-02-15
A HONEYMOON CAR.

The Kursk-zarkoff railway in Russia
advertises special car for honey
mooners, designed and furnished with
the very latest luxuries. A famous en-
gineer and architect We're called in to
plan it, the decorations are in the best
Partisan style, and polite female attend
ants look after the comfort of the happy
couple. None but the newly wed are
allowed to use this magnificent car,
which by stroke of ingenuity is built
to accommodate alike the very wealthy
and those with a modest purse. The
partitions are removable and the car
can be used as series of small COM
partments or as a couple of roomy
saloons.
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1904-02-15
THE HOUR TO DINE

Englishmen in Queen Eliza beth s
time dined at II a. m, and Shakespeare
rung up the curtain at the Globe thea
ter at l p. M, the performance ending
between and o'clock. BY the time
of Charles II. dinner had advanced to
O'Clock, and the play began at D.
m, as Pepys records. a century later
Horace Walpole complained of dinner
being as late as 4 o'clock, and evening
not beginning until O'Clock Up to
the middle of the last century, the
theaters opened at $50, dinner being
proportionately earlier
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1904-02-15

Bishop RESEARCHES powerful Lenten
appeal to the Episcopal diocese will.
it is hoped, result in making ST. An
drew's cathedral at an early day the
noble ecclesiastical edifice that it's
founders designed it to be. 1t would
reflect honor on the community at large,
regardless of creed divisions, to give
kindly countenance and practical en-
enlargement to the completion of st.
Andrews. Honolulu, whenever any
church has been engaged in money
raising for great efforts, always has
shown both catholicity and liberality,
not only in patronizing schemes Offering
return of enjoyment or material value
but in direct contributions. How many
residents of the eighties were there
who did not take pleasure in the owner
ship of a few bricks in Kaumakapili
church, and CORRESPONDENCE felt a per-
sonal sorrow when the comedy edifice
was destroyed in the 1900 conf1agration :?
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1904-02-15

Hawaiian music, if introduced in the
homes and concert halls of the main
land, as suggested in an interview the
other day, ought to have some effect in
attracting people to the land itself,
Whatever may be said justly against
having the islands represented by ire
sponsible hula troupes at expositions,
it has often been demonstrated that
Hawaiian ninstrelsy is more popular
with the crowd in general at those
places than Industrial and educational
exhibits. The publishing of an abstract
of Mr.. Marks contribution to the Ha.
waiian Annual, on old Hawaiian songs,
by the New York Sun will probably
have aroused classical interest in the
really ancient music of these islands.
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1904-02-15

Putting stone cutters at the sides OF
steep grade streets was begun by the
late w. H. Cummings, while road SUI
pervfsor, several years ago. The plan
has proved it's value in the present
climatic crisis. Some streets running
up Punchbowl slopes, though their COW
ering was disrupted in the sewerage
construction, have come through the
past weeks ordeal remarkably we'll pre-
served. What would have been their
condition without stone reinforced mar
gins may be imagined from the badly
guttered earth sidewalks bordering
those streets, although these had to
sustain nothing like the torrentfal del
uge that coursed down the roadways.
Part of the preservation of those streets
is to be credited to the storm water
sewers, but not all. Stretches else
where without stoned cutters, where
the flood had clear run of only a
block, have gullies torn in the roadside
several feet deep.
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1904-02-15
QUALITIES OF THE SOLDIER.

To be a first-class fighting man, "a
soldier does not want to get too far
from barbarism. which is the soul OF
war. or to be too near it and lose the
benefit of modern knowledge. Some OF
the white races have refined themselves
TO the point where war is individually
distastefuI to all but a small minority
and when fighting is to be done it is
left to the few-say two per cent of the
population, part of which percentage is
represented by conscripts. a character
isttc of such races is that they soon
tira of conflict and volunteering fails
Off A barbaric race loves war Tor
wars sake, as. for example, the Der
wishes of the Soudan;- but it cannot
prevail against modern ornaments. A
race like the Japanese, which has just
emerged from barbarism yet retains the
martial qualities of the former state
which has a Dervish love of strife train
ed and directed by a skill acquired from
white teachers in civilization, is a pow
er to be reckoned with in the worlds
affairs. The more civilized it gets the
weaker it will be in the qualities re-
auired for war, yet it must have enough
civilization to enable it to appreciate
and bring to bear all that science does
to further the destructive arts. There
lies the secret of Japan's tremendous
power. The nation is near enough to
its primitive condition to love war and
far enough from it to be able to make |
war scientifically.
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1904-02-15
DISPENSED WITH USELESS EAT
ING TOOLS

Governor Van SAINT, of Minnesota, is
visiting Washington. The governor was
burly and breezy steamboat captain
on the Mississippi and is called cap
tain to this day. Every time he goes
to the capital. they tell the story of his
hrst dinner at the White House. When
he sat down at the table he found sew
eraI spoons, several forks and several
knives in front of him. The governor
inspected the cutlery carefully Then
he chose one knife, one fork and one
spoon, brushed the rest aside and al
lowed he would eat his dinner with the
selections he had made.
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1904-02-15

There is no doubt of the wisdom of
side districts. A Hilo paper records
the prospect of the prompt abatement
of certain nuisance in that town, ow-
ing to the personal observation of DR..
Health. Correspondence of subordi-
mates on the particular subject would
no doubt have been received with all
due respect by the Board of Health,
yet be in danger of being smothered on
the files with mass of constantly ac-
cruing matters for the attention of
committees and officers.
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1904-02-15
HE ASKED FOR "RAzoRs "

Please send me six razors at once,
and charge to militia account of the
state, telegraphed Adjutant General
Drain, of Washington. to the war de-
partment- Flow did you get the idea
that the war department furnished
razors to the militia teIegraphed the
chief OF ordnance to Adjutant General
Drain Then there were a lot mora
kilograms. and il. was discovered tha5
AdJutant General Drain wanted sight
'raisers for guns, not implements for
shaving.
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1904-02-15

If the treasury might only be brought
up to the standard of the expectations
aroused all along the route of the Gov
ernor's tour on Hawaii, that island
would soon exhaIe a mist of content and
an odor of satisfaction with centralized
government which would make the late
dream of county government only a
nightmare Renaissance.
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1904-02-15

With their manifest. possession of
skill in modern arms, the japanese
show that they are also imbued with
the humane spirit that today. among
civilized nations, tempers the ferocity
of war. a note of pride is discernible
in the despatch from Minister Takahira
at Washington to Consul Saito at Ho-
nolulu, regarding the humanity of the
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1904-02-15

The freaks of commercial electricity
when diverted from its appointed paths.
by such simple thing as riven
branch, in a storm like that of the
present indicates one necessary i'm
provement of the nearest possible fu-
ture. That is neither more nor less
than a conduit system for at least all
high power electrical conductors.
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1904-02-15

Japan is likely to make a showing
before the world, with its domestic loan
for carving on the war, which, better
!. a'aala &xIdity of the able bodied for ac-
viii display the patriotic
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1904-02-15
NOTICE TO u. S. S. SUPPLY.

Files containing the full story of the
war. since its outbreak week ago to.
day. may be had at the Advertiser office
on King street near Fort.
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1904-02-15

japanese authorities at Chemulpo in
afrording hospital shelter and treat
ment TO thirty-four of their stricken
foes.
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1904-02-15
Hoods Jdrsdpdrilla
and Pills

Remove all humors, overcome all
their effects, strengthen, tone and
invigorate the whole system.
II had salt rheum on my hands so that !
could not work. took Hoods sarsaparilla
and it drove out the humor. I continued
its use till the sores disappeared" MRS
IRA 0. BROWN, Rumford Falls, Me.
Hoods SarsapariiIa promises 60
cure and keeps the promise.
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1904-02-15
I'LL HunzOrs

Are impure matters which the skin,
liver, kidneys and other organs can
not take care of without help, there is
such an accumulation of them.
They litter the whole system.
Pimples, boils, eczema and other
eruptions, loss of appetite, that tired
feeling, bilious turns, fits of indiges-
ton, dull headaches and many other
troubles are due to them.
Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1904-06-02

1t was splendid talk aud one that
marked as it was with Mr. STAN
baugh's well known eltquence' was q
delight to every heartr
EVENING CAMPFIRE
In the evening the courtroom wac
filed at a campfire Of old settlers
M. P. Jolley presided and there were
interesting reminiscent talks BY I. g
Henry. W. s. Stamoaugh' NJ, F.
Jolley, J. T. Nicolay. W. s. Auder'
son, John John'z, Mrs. A. W. Rice,
II. A. billing and others.
M'coY COULD NOT GET HERE.
J. G. Mccoy Of Wichita VINO found
cd the cattle trail STARTED for Abilene
but was delayed at Newton by a "ash-
out and was unable 10 reach here.
Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1904-06-02
4sssFlood Was One Year Agossss

debris was everywhere, the railroad
tracks we're masses OF wreckage. the
people were almost discouraged.
The REFLECTOR press room was
filed with water and no paper was Is
sued until the following Wednesday.
Today Abilene has recovered from
the flood. Its valuation has overcome
the loss. New and better buildings
replace those lost. A new Abb enc,
better and brighter and more PROF.
porous than the old has arisen, and
the marks OF the food are etfaced.
Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1904-06-02

alone and what happened no one
knows. Two shots were heard, Nc
Cornell was shot through the hand,
Smith in the breast. They grappled
and struggled into the open air, Smith
with mortal wound giving McCon-
nell o fearful battle. Smith got Nc
Cornell down and was either getting
the handouts out Of his pocket or at
tempting to put them on his prisoner
when Miles. who was McConnell's
partner, came up behind and taking
an AZ buried lite blade in Smith's head,
striking three blows and almost serv.
ing the head from the body. The
two men, Miles and Mcconnell, then
fed. Smiths assistant, named Nc
Donald, had exchanged shots with
Miles on the outside Of the dugout
and Mcdonald fed to Abilene for REIN
iorcements."
Mr.. stambaugh read from the abb
lene Chronicle Of Nov. 8, 1870, V. P.
Wilson's paper, the tribute then paid
Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1904-06-02
WEATHER MAN IN TOWN.
Officer in Charge at Kansas City Pays
Q Visit to Abilene.

Mr.. P. Con nor, who is in charge of
the Kansas City station Of the weather
bureau was in the city investigating
the ACCESSIBILITY Of establishing q sta
ton here for the purpose Of securing
river reports in times Of high water.
These stations, Of which the govern
ment proposes to establish several on
the Kaw river and its tributaries, are
for tho protection Of the country that
suffered from the floods in this section
last year.
MIR. Conner has been in charge of
the Kansas City Office nearly is years
ard his name is quite as familiar to
Kansans as it is to the people among
whom he lives.
MIR. Conner arranged to place q
guage at Sand Springs and the meas
urements will be in charge Of John
Sherman, engineer Of the station.
Reports will be made daily.
Hhe river fell about feet in the
past "a hours. II is now about 8 feet
higher than last week, having risen
~ feet Saturday.