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The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1904-12-04
The


SYNOPSIS OF PREVIOUS CHAPTERS
Major Robert s. Bsackford "a retired army
officer. dies at his country place near w assn
ingt0n and leaves a viii bequeathing his Tor
tune 20 his daughter Mrs Alexander, and
her only child young girl 4 letter GlietlSu
70 the lawyer, Mr. Singleton. says tiat ti1
location OF the money VIII be iouhd IA "a
envelope marked with black arrow. MhlSu
ls hidden between the leaves or bo1h IN t5ie
loIafy- Mrs. Alexander nephew mus ,t.1
letter and. disappointed because ne mas re
eeiNed nothing from his great-uuele, destroy
the paper. Before doing 50 he learns lhat
the real description OF the hldlng place Is
concealed IN a gold locket belonging 10 his
cousin. Bessie Alexander. Robert singleton.
son OF the lawyer is engaged by his father
10 ma the money A letter has been found
in the book referred TO by the major. II Is
marked with a black arrow and contains In
stTuCtiOns 90 look about the streets or Wash
iugtOn on the following Monday morning for
four envelopes marked ia the same peculiar
manner. The contents * these letters viii
disclose the true hiding place They are 10
be hidden By an agent OF Major BiaCkfot'i
who does not understand the significance OF
his work. The lawyer believes this letter TO
be the one rereued to by his client and asks
his son 20 engage ia the search, The young
man agrees 10 do So IL his father viii intro
duce him 90 the family as "a detective. and an
arrangement IS made FOR him 20 call al the
residence on Massachusetts Avenue to meet
the ladies and go over the situation with
them ard his father lie learns that an at
tempt has been made 10 chloroform Miss
Alexander, apparently with the object Of rob
bling ner room. The first lot of clues do not
make sense because OF the fact that one OF
the envelopes has become mutiiated
Robert Singleton determines Co capture the
man who Is distributing the envelopes. He
succeeds in surprising him. in the act of
placing one IN the grounds OF the Capitol
but ls accidentally injured in a fight with
the unknown. lie makes an arrangement
with The detective force Co appreheud the
man on the following Monday
Young Blackboard i'm the meantime forms
a scheme Co rob his cousin with the assist
ance OF an acquaintance named Stevenson.
The AleNanders have learned that Robert
singleton Is the man they supposed 20 De a
detective. All preparations are made ana
Blackford is ready 20 have the robbery at
Iemufed
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Black
Fascinating Detective Story Which Points the Location of
Money Actually Hidden About the Streets of Washington
In Todays lnstalment Are Clues to 500.
If You Find 1t, It's Yours
EXPLANATION OF PLAN

In today rst OF the story are clues the location sootvd into five
an
where they easily accessible requiring special
Vnh buaba HARROW.
nnoe Will Their
by the will Monday
The S h hunt
o esnnsise elm ehlatt1e
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CHAPTER X.

Before the end of the week The OPP
pCrtunity that Blackford had been
awaiting came. On Thursday his cousin
announced her intention of attending
the evening service at the church two
squares above, and asked him i'm "a jolz-
ing manner IL he wished TO accompany
her as she intended 10 walk He pleaded
an important engagement downtown.
but demonstrated with her against the
improperly OF going out in the evening
without an escort. AS he had hoped his
remonstrance only strengthened her de
termination.
His plans had been so carefully formed
and enforced that il was an easy matter
10 get into communication with his as
sistant and before the hour for service
he and Stevenson were i'm consultation
al their usual meeting place The latter
was provided with "a light but thick
wooden muller which lac carried under
his ovcrcoat, and "a small phial of
ChlOrOfUrm. His manner was some
what nervous and lac plainly showed
that ne did not relish the task assigned
him. As "A matter of fact he was
strongly tempted 10 abandon the UNI
dertaking but was held TO it by the
thought OF the money. 8lackford no
ticed his uneasy demeanor
Have YOU lost your nerve before
the thing is started2' he asked sheer
insly.
"Wen / don't like,the job. admitted
Stevenson, who had abandoned his usual
air OF cynical Indifference. There are
some depths 10 which L have not sunk
and this business is one OF them
Blackford noticed that he had been
drinking 90 "a considerable extent and
that his hands were trembling yio-
leutly.
Don't De ii fool" hc said roughly
You are taking no clanees. All YOU
have 10 do is 40 surprise tht girl ana
set her into the alley , VIII get the
paper. and we can leave uer there and
go 10 the nearest telephone and notify
the family where chry can ind her
AFTER thaJ we VIII Get the money with
oul auy t-ouJl, aad take rae first train
10. New York.. When We aye on our
Nay 10 South Ame--ca with "a fortune
iu uar pos cts sou VII change your
IuEt. Es Tor nc . au luokIss forward
win p.tasus- 60 so3ouIu iD Brazil Og
Arsc r--a- Dr. we get tired OF The world
u.WE there see cta c.ueH "a boat for
Paris aaI lt.c "a plea --at winter 900
Fr.-c..
JOS r3..I-aJ manner erl=slrcd Stew
es.-aa ~1a.. s.ltt aad caused lam 10 pee
c,v.. 20 f4., -. Dis G-lal -s.s .rold
The. a----- fHt -.raatirH cslmly
asa rss.t-sa. ... l.r,s .he5 were 20
I.at t1 -.-rl. .rr.l.s aus tLe program
s.ta..t ..u-. rs iu,-r Was some leis-
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Active Commission House De-
mand Makes Corn Firm.
LIVE STOCK TRADE.
Cattle Are Steady Native Sell
at 81. to S5.25.
Hogs Steady Bulk Sold at S4.6O
to $3.50.

chicago, May 12.-WHEAT-Coverin by
shorts Today, due 10 rains in the north
west created 2 firm tone In wheat in the
lace of easier cables. July opened uu-
changed to sc higher. at s5ssde55zc to
S5l31S55sc. On light offerings ihe price
advanced to s5ssMS57sc. A sudden decline
to S5zc was followed by a rally 10 S5lsa2
el7sc- Minneapolis. Duluth and Chicago
reported receipts of 70 cars, against III
Later July wheat sold down to SUI
$3.50, and closed sc lower, at S4s4dS47sc.
CORN-An active commission house de .
mand with only light offerings held the
corn market firm. Small receipts were
changed to a shade higher, a 4SStc to 4S4
q4SBc' sold up to 1870, and then settled
July closed with n gain of 5sazc. At
0ATs-Under the influence of a cash
situation. speculative trading in oats was
taifIy active and the market ruled firm.
July opened unchanged to 5sc higher, at
again TO 3ac
Reconsideration were firm on
moderate demand from shorts July pork
opened PIC higher. at S11-3O, and sold up
ter selling s6471z, the price rallied to
sb5z1 Ribs opened a shade higher, at
SEQ. sold at s6.S71Rd6.4o, and then adj
vaneed to S6.421h.
WHEAT-Cash No. red and No
red, nothing doing: No hard, s1as3c.
No. hard, S1Qg2c: No. 1 northern. a4ft
9ge; No. northern, S0g596c; No. spring,
CORN-No 2. 50a51c; No 3. 4s5ba5O1kc.
OATS-No. 2, 40d401zc; No. 3. 3912aoyslc.
RYE-May, re; July, 65c; Aug, CSC.
FLAX - Cash. NV. S10515; S.-W..
$L9lls; May. SL01lz; July, S1-02.
CLOVER-May. S1075
BARLEY-Cash: S3d57c
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THEY LIKED 1T.
Mr.. Howe and the Atchison Party Had
Good Time.

In letter to a Topeka man Ralph
TennaI of the Atchison Globe writes
about the visit to Topeka, saying:
''The Atchison people are the most
enthusiastic lot L ever saw over the
event. Coming back from Topeka
which all but three or four were the
son the crowd surrounded Mr.. Howe,
Bale Waggener offered a hot resolu-
ton endorsing him, and the crowd
pie were wonderfully nice; at the
governors mansion many of them
stepped UP to Atchison folks and in
PRODUCED themselves and tried in
every way to be agreeable. The force
was down before s o'clock this morn
ing, hoping Mr.. Howe would sleep
late, but he did not do it, and is
plugging away as usual.
The force was afraid Mr.. Howe
would not be heard in the big hall. but
he acquitted himself with credit in
this respect. We all thought the lecture
went in great shape. Mr.. Howe was
feeling mighty good coming back on
the train, and assisted in singing My
Bonnie Lies Over the Ocean on the
train. All the Atchison people got into
the right quarter in convention hall in
some manner: 1 think the ushers or
some 9th + very clever person fixed il.
Everything went with perfect smooth
ness. and it was a very appreciative
crowd which came back to Atchison
last night"
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Commercial club Meets Tonight.

The commercial cIuD VIII meet IN
regular session tonight, postponed
from Wednesday night. The principal
matter up for discussion, however. is
special. at least it comes under that
head in Secretary Anderson's order of
business. Arrangements will be COM
pleted for the meeting of Vice Presi-
dent Paul Morton of the Santa Fe
railroad who viii be here on Satur-
day morning to hear what Topeka has
to say about its claim that it is the
victim of a freight discrepancy in
comparison to it's sister cities in this
Tertiary 1t is not definitely known
just What hours Mr. Morton will be
here, but information on that score
will probably be ready tonight. Mr..
Morton will leave for Chicago Satur-
day at noon.
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DIR. GEORGE TO SPEAK.
Programme for Washburn Commence
ment Is Completed.


The programme for the commence
ment week at Washburn college has
been completed and is an unusually
good one. DR.. Henry George, president
or the Chicago Theological seminary,
Will deliver the commencement adj
dress on June Is and the four days
preceding this will be taken for class
exercises The Programme is as fol-
lows:
FRIDAY, JUNE 10.
500 D. m--Play given by the senior
class A traVesty on Macbeth.
SUNDAY, JUNE Il.
II a. m.-Baccalaureate sermon by
President Norman PIass.
MONDAY. JUNE IS.
$50 p. m.-Graduating exercises of
the academy-Address by Rev. Chas.
P. Connolly of Hiawatha.
$40 p m.-Commencement concert
by school of fine arts
TUESDAY. JUNE IA.
ESQ p. MANUAL meeting of the
trustees.
300 p. m.-Exercises of graduating
class.
500 p. m.-AIumni reunion.
500 D. m.-Address before the alumni
association by Rev. Charles A. Green
lees of the class of '96.
Informal reception to alumni.
WEDNESDAY, JUNE 10.
1890 a. m.-Commencement address
D., of Chicago.
1890 p. m.-Alumni dinner.
200 p. m.-Conference on education
for the ministry
300 p. manual meeting of alumni
association.
500 p. m.-Reception given by Presi-
dent Plass at his residence
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WALKS PUT IN SHAPE.
Those on East Side of North Topeka
Completed.

The work of repairing the damage
done by the flood to the sidewalks in
North Topeka has been completed in
all that part of town east of Kansas
avenue. Work will begin at once on
the sidewalks west of the avenue. and
will probably be completed in about
two or three weeks.
Geo T. Mattingly, who is city in
spector on the work, said today:
There are some places out there in
the Garfield park region, and over in
west there where the Shonkwiler
house stood, that the sidewalks are ali
gone. We have had to rebuild long
stretches of walk in that part of town.
In other places we have devoted our
attention to repairing the numerous
holes in the walks. I think that now
there is nothing wrong with any of
the brick walks east of the avenue.
People over in North Topeka are
feeling pretty good at having their
sidewalks fixed Even those who own
property do not complain at the ex-
penSe."
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Wall Street. New York May IL
Copper were the only '0 stocks 70 show
gains in the opening dealings today
lower without regard to the gains in the
London market before the opening here.
A sale of 400 shares of United states
Steel preferred made the opening price
Is point lower than last night and it fell
subsequently, a point on the sale Of large
breaking yesterdays low record.
Selling of United States Steel was in
support and rallied a tribe. The common
stock was neglected Sympathetic weak
stocks, Pressed Steel Car losing ~ points
and Car preferred. Republic Steel prefer
red and General Electric about a point
rise OF ~ points IN Consolidated Gas
was turned into fractional loss on the
announcement of the veto OF the Remsen
clined to dfoop outside of Amalgamated
Copper which gained a good fraction
81 al the opening Of the market tOday-
This Is a new low record Transactions
in the stock were comparatively small
The preferred stock also was heavy, yield
ing point on pressure.
Losses in the railroad stocks were in
creased, followed by a slight recovery.
Atchison fell a full point. Sloss-S Sheffield
Steel and Pressed Steel Car preferred lost
public Steel preferred 2lz points OF the
specialties. United states Express fell
points and KeokulS and Des Moines IL
points Adams Express and Chicago and
Eastern Illinois certificates rose ~ points
Anaconda points Just before noon Uni-
ted States Steel sold at 9.
Bonds were irregular al noon
A few of the western stocks sold slightly
lower before they became steadler on tne
rise in Consolidated Gas. This stock
eclipsed its early high price, touching ls8
Small rallies in other stocks were sue
ceeded by intense dizziness. the tape show
ing at one time only 20 transactions IN
Wide fluctuations in Consolidated Gas
helped to stop speculative interest in the
market and little trading in the usual
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Dover, Della, May 12.@Counsel for
Mrs. Mary A Powell. who was con-
xicted of murder in the second degree
for killing Estelle Albin today, with
drew their motion for a new trial, and
Mrs. Powell was sentenced to impris-
onment for life.
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AIR FAILED TO WORK.
Electric Car Smashes Into a Santa Fe
Passenger Train.

Los Angeles. May ia collision oc-
CURED last night at Whittier, Is miles
southeast of this city between a San
ia Fe passenger train from San Diego
to Los Angeles and an electric car.
Fifteen persons were injured, several
seriously, but none, it is believed, fatal
ly. The injured We're passengers on
the electric car.
The injured were all residents of
Whittier and Los Angeles. The Santa
Fe train was late and running at high
speed. The electric train approached
the crossing which is at right angles
to the Santa Fe tracks at full speed,
probably 30miles an hour. When within
a reasonable distance the motOrman,
as he declares, applied the air brake
but it failed to work and the car dash
ed against the side of the Santa Fe
smoking car; the impact broke the
Santa Fe in two crushed in the side
of the smoker and tore away the plat
form of the day coach. The smoker
and day coach were derailed. The
motorman stuck to his post and was
It is not thought any IN
jured will die although several are
seriously hurt.
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There is no picture of Governor Stan
ley in the collection of ex-governors
which hangs on the walls of the guber
Material offices. 1t is customary for the
retiring governor when he goes out of
office to furnish a portrait of himself
to add to the gubernatorial gallery.
Governor Stanley did not do so imme
diately upon his retirement, and he has
Wednesday. When Stanley called on
Governor Bailey Wednesday the latter
called his attention to the fact that
there was a vacant space on the wall
for him to fill. and Governor Stanley
promised to have a picture made for
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MRS. HUGHES CHOSEN.
Kansas City Woman at Head of East
ern Star.

Dr. Katherine Hughes was at noon
today elected grand matron of the
Eastern Star, which order began its
annual session in Representative hall
Wednesday morning. MES. Hughes
has been grand conductress for the
past year. In the usual order of sue
cession to the high offices it is Gus
tOmary for the associate grand ma
iron to be elected to the chief execu-
tive place But Mrs. Caddie Crocker
Bacon, who would have had the place,
did not attend the convention on ac-
count of illness and she withdrew her
name from the election. Mrs. Hughes
being next in line of promotion, was
accordingly chosen. Out of a total of
6S7 votes cast, Mrs. Hughes received
647- few scattering com plimentary
been an active participant in the work
of the lodge for years past and is very
popular with the members. She is a
good executive officer Her home is
in Kansas City. Kas.
Mrs. Katherine Crumbine, of Great
Bend, is the retiring grand matron.
She has served in all of the various
official positions of the order and has
been one of the ablest workers of the
lodge. Her home is in Great Bend.
The remainder of the officers, the
grand patron, the associate matrOn,
the conductor and conductress, were
the new officers will all be installed, if
the election is completed.
Late this afternoon the place for
the holding of next years convention
was also decided upon. A fight was
expected, not because there were a
whole lot of cities entered. but be
cause none had been spoken of dur
ing the convention. Fort Scott would
like to have the meeting, but the
grand commandery will probably go
there next summer and inasmuch as
both of the lodges meet at. the same
dates of each year, it would be i'm
possible to accommodate all in that
town.
The reports of the various commit
tees and chapters were read this
morning, and everything is in flourish
ing condition. Last night the work
of the order was exemplified.
The meeting this year was one of
the largest in the history of the order.
About 500 delegates were here from
over the state. With the visitors and
local lodges probably the attendance
at the meetings aggregated close to,
1000. Harmony was paramount in
all the workings of the convention.
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OFFICIAL REPORT.
General Wade Tells of Ambush of U.
S. Troops in Nfindanao.

Washington, May 12-The war de-
partment has received from General
Wade. commanding the United States
troops in the Philippines the following
cable report of the ambushing of a de-
tachment of company F, Seventeenth
infantry in Mindanao, dated Manila to
day.
while on a reconnaissance to locate
threatening messages and trying to stir
up trouble, a detachment of company
F, Seventeenth infantry, consisting Of
80 enlisted men, was attacked by MOros
near Lake Liguasan, MindanaO, on the
Sth inst. First Lieutenant Harry a.
Woodruff, Second Lieutenant Joseph H.
Hall and Is enlisted men were killed,
and five enlisted men wounded.
General Wood has ordered troops to
proceed and recover bodies and arms
of our killed and to punish the Offend
ers. No further details have been re-
ceived."
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TROUBLE FROM NEW SOURCE.
England Takes a Hand in the Colo
RADIO Strike Game.

Washington. May 1.-THE British
government has become involved in
the labor troubles in Colorado. That
government makes it a point to look
after the humblest Brfton, so when it
happened that in the troubles at Tel
luride. LaunceIot Collins, a Britisher
and a GOn-uniOn miner, was killed by
strikers, as it was alleged, the nearest
British consul at Denver started an
investigation and reported the case to
the British embassy here. Sir Morti-
mer Durand, finding that the man was
killed for lack of proper protection by
the authorities, called the attention of
the state department to the matter.
The department in turn forwarded the
ambassadors note to the governor of
Colorado and the latter has now ex-
planned that owing to the existence of
martial law in Telluride county, it is
not possible to make the legal investi-
cation required to develop a satisfac-
tory answer to the British note. 1t
is expected that further proceedings
viii be taken when the labor troubles
in Colorado are at an end and if it
should appear that the British COM
plant is well founded an application
viii be made to congress by the state
department for a suitable indemnity
for the killing of Collins.
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Chicaeo, Nay .-CAIILE-Receipts To-
day, $500 head Market steady Good to
prime steers. IS. 1Oa5.65: poor to medium.
81. 1880; stOckers and feeders. s. O0d4. so:
COWS, Sl.5Od4.5o heifers. S225d4.e0; can
ners, $1606i2. 80 bulls, S2.G0fI400 calves 81 so
1900; Texas fed steers, $4.50e15.00.
HCGS-Receipts today. 900 head: esti-
mated Friday, 1900 head, Market steady
at yesterdays close. Mixed and butchers +,
81. 60d4.S0; good to choice heavy, 81 7Osa 4. IS.
rough heavy, $4.6ed4- 20; light. 81 sou 4. 30:
bulk of sales. A.65d4.75.
SIZE Receipts today, 10000 head.
Sheep and lambs strong. Good to choice
wethers, S4.6od5.50; fair to choice mixed
s.. I51 4-50; western sheep, S450u $50. clipped
native lambs, &.50Q6 .0D. clipped western
lambs, $4l546.10. wooded western lambs,
Sc 5affs %
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AMERICAN GIRL IN FRENCH JAIL
Previously Abducted and Locked in
Room At a Hotel.

Paris, May 12.-Mr. Gowdy, the
United States consul general, recently
received a letter from an American
girl saying that she was locked up in
a provincial jail, without any charge
having been made against her. The
consul general sent a representative to
the Jail and secured the girls release
and return to Paris. He then cabled
to her parents, residing in Decatur,
Ga. requesting funds for her return
to America.
The girl related a sensational story.
She represented that she had been
abducted by an American seeking to
marry her, and said she accompanied
him on an automobile tour, was locked
up in a room in a country hotel,
escaped and attempted to walk across
the country, but was arrested a
wanderer by the French authorities.
Inquiries made by Mr.. Gowdy's rep
resentative established the correctness
of her detention at the provincial jail,
but the story of her abduction was
not verified. Her statement has been
reduced to an affidavit by the consul.
The names of the parties are with
held, as no legal steps have been
taken against the alleged abductor,
owing to the doubtful character of
some of the accusations. Pending the
arrival of funds the girl is being cared
for by the American Young Mems
Christian association.
Atlanta, Ga, May 12.=Investiga-
ton develops the fact that the young
woman referred to in the above dis
patch from Paris is Miss Belle Crane,
of Decatur, Ga, who went to London
about a year ago to give concert read
ings. Miss Crane is well known here.
Her father is B. S. Crane. who holds a
prominent position with the Virginia
Carolina Chemical company. He had
heard nothing from his daughter for
several weeks, but about eight days
ago, in response to a cablegram from
n
Gowdy, that Miss Crane was in Paris
and wished to return home, he cabled
$500 to pay the expenses of her re-
turn passage. Miss Crane went to
Europe in company with a party of
friends from Cincinnati. She had con-
tracted with a Mr.. Angel. an Amer
lean, who was going to Europe ac-
companied by his wife, to give Sc
ries of concert readings, but upon the
death of Mrs. Angel the plan was
dropped. The Associated Press
brought Mr.. Crane the first Informal
ton of the sensational incident in
Paris.
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PRAIRIE HAY-Baleds per ton. 81. 00FTS. 90
PRAIRIE .HAY-LoOse. per ton. 7.o0ft7.5 80
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Market Gossln.

FURNISHED by A. NJ. McDermott Commits
Investment Securities. Rooms 20 and II.
sion Co, Stocks. Grains, Provisions and
702 Kansas ave
Liverpool opening cables: Wheat I'd
lower; corn unchanged
Liverpool, I'D p. m; Wheat sd lower;
corn II higher.
Grain receipts at Chicago: Wheat Ia
carss graded, 0. Corn, "A cars; graded, 2
Oats, 81 cars; graded, l.
Northwest grain receipts today: Mime
apoHs, 80 cars Duluth, 3 cars. A year
ago: Minneapolis, 10 cars; Duluth, IS
cars
Liverpool closing cables: Wheat I'd
lower; corn I'D lower.