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The Washington times., 1905-05-14
Only One Gould Move.

The, captain of the ship was found
lying across d liable In the cabin, upon
which was stretched a chart of the
China sea. With the aid of cup of
fresh water he was brought partly TO
himself and was able to humble In a
few words the story OF the terrible
cruise.
One there was aboard the Inflated
bark who could get about. 1t was the
captains boy. a Filipino. Using an old
broomstleiS as eruteh. he chung with
the other hand to the ships rail and
dragged himself from the shade of the
mizzenmast in which he had been lying.
In his broken English he begged first
for water and then for food For three
days the officers and the crew of the
Minerva had had no food, except the
raw rice of the earge., which they were
unable 10 cook
members of the crew Were transferred
To the schooner Taganac. which lay in
the harbor of f4abuan. The dead were
hurled in the sea. At first none of the
men could eat but a few nouthfuls. and
even these had to be fed them, so weak
were they from disease and famine. But
later. when fresh vegetables and bread
were brought out to them from shore.
they eat ravenonsiy, examining the food
into their mouths until they nearly
ehoked, and it was found necessary TO
restrain them. But best of all, the fresh
water pleased them.
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Smallpox Aboard.

ST was standing by the wheel q few
days later" said the captain. when one
OF the men came up To me and said ha
felt uncommonly sick. I told him to
turn IN and would come down To him
in a little while. We had not shipped
a doctor. but relied on my old medicine
chest and the knowledge OF medicine
which all sailors pick up. not that as q
class they ara apt to be sick. but be-
cause theg so often have TO do without
a trained doctor. Consequently, when
the man complained of pains in the
small of bis back and there were other
signs that pointed TO smallpox. [ felt
that we were III q bad fix The men as
a whole took the matter very well,
though there was some grumbling. But
when two more men came down with
the disease the Gext day things began
10 look bad"
Meanwhile the Minerva had run into
adverse winds and little progress was
raade toward her destination. When
she crossed the path usually followed by
the steamers which run between Singa-
pore and Hongkong sharp lookout
was kept in order to pick up medical
assistance if possible. But nothing was
sighted. and the captain thought it bet
ter 10 continue than TO wait for what
might mol AS Lie SllSSeisS
gained ground there was panic among
the men. and when It came on TO blow
again and hard the ship was short
handed and in trice had been stripped
of her canvas as bare as u BARRIERS
pole.
Eight weeks had gone Every man
aboard the Minerva was affected with
beri-beri. a great, overpowering weak
ness held them all. A course was set
for Borneo. and the wheel dashed. The
long days OF suffering that followed are
indescribie. The ceaseless heaving of
the deck. a wind that cried through the
broken rigging, the creaking and strain
ing OF the wooden craft. the odor OF
the hold. filled with rotting rice. made
a hell on earth Then came the S1st
hours of exerueiating thirst and hunger.
which killed several of the sailors. but
We're at last ended when the bark slowly
drifled into port
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cofkins Frowns Again.

conkins frowned again. He ran
through the various hands with her and
told her she might ask him questions
about her hand If she wanted to run
the risk of giving him information on
1t. Then he dealt. Mrs. Conkins fesi-
tated bit over her hand and then stood
pat. cohkius drew to a pair, and in
the end Mrs. coffkins took a small pot
with full house For the first half
dozen hands her luck stood her In good
stead: then it turned and her small capt.
tai rapidly melted. But she hardly
seemed TO care, for her interest was
eentered in the game and the hands
she held. She asked terse questions
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tcontinued from Eighth page.l


Lets sit down here said Howe,
pointing to a low wall, land I'll give
you q few pointers"
From where they sat they looked out
over one of the busiest of the great
yards of the world. A maze Of shining
track, Overwhelmingly intersecting: the
long string Of moving cars, undulating
like grotesquely jointed snakes under
the strong impulse of kick" or snatch
ing stop. the darling rush of active.
litheaosne franes-a thing of quick, ring
ing command and CHEEKY response, of
gay, bright Indifference to black figure
stalking ever present In the sunlight
To John it seemed very good. Over all
the rapid roar OF flying exhausts, the
struggling choke OF reversed engines,
and the resounding clash OF striking
cars.
A long freight pulls slowly down
clear track near them. AS the caboose
stops opposite. Howe says;
Now watch and you will see part of
the work. In this train OF thirty numbe. s
are cars from all parts of the country
and probably a dozen different roads
The Washington times., 1905-05-14
Beautiful Creole Writes
Despairing Letter and
Ends Life.
The Man She Loved Had
Turned Deaf Ear to
Her Pleading.
He Exhibits Very Little
interest in the End of
the Drama.
AsgIelNATEI.Y loving a man ri

~ ASSI0NATELY loving a man who
- gave to her only a small part
OF his life and because. as ia
the case Of all womegl-nearly
all-love meant everything 10 her. Mrs.
Olive Gray. OF New Orleans. snuffed
the candle OF her life with q revolver
shot IN q New York hotel What OF
il? Only another life gone wrong says
the casual observer But TO the think
ing man or woman the story again ex-
enplifies the great truth-some say It
is q truth, others not-tersely told 10y
that great poet and lover. Lord Byron,
when he said: Mans love is OF mans
life a thing apart; It's womanfs whole
iexistence." Itisa lesson all loving women
must learn sooner or later, perhaps
with many wrench and pang as their
cd ideals are shattered. Lucky she
who can take the love that is flung TO
her 10 be sure IN somewhat the same
style that a bone is flung 10 a hungry
dog, lucky Il the part love holds In the
mans life prove large. But be the
part love plays in his life large or small
it is not the whole. he has too many
other interests IN life
How many hundreds. thousands. of
women have. like Mrs Gray, found that
II they could not have all mans life
they wanted none2 Mrs. Gray is only
one CT an army.
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Sons Of the Red Rose

See the conductor handing that fellow
a long slip OF cardboard? Well, he Is
the foreman in charge of the crew who
are TO switch out the train. The num-
Der OF each car and it's destination are
shown upon IL in direct rotation, but
there comes the engine"
A little Saddle tank" shifter dashes
along the track toward the caboose.
seemingly bent upon its ultimate de-
struction. but just as John grasps
Howe's arm in dismay the reverse lever
is laid back by an impassive young fell
low on the right seat box-the shlvering.
grooming engine touehss easily the red
riding ear. then flies. ii chug of eddying
dust and low-trailing smoke In Quick
backward retreat. a moment later the
eaboose is flying into ''caboose track. .
the engine to repeat the hair-raising
stop.
Say" said Howe. admiringly. THAT
fellow is u daisy / never saw a man
handle an engine like that, / hope we
win get him IN the shuttle. Remember.
hesruns the H.
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Playing a Real Game.

All right he said as result of his
eoeitations. Come on. now. ana III
teach you poker. But it must be for
money. mind you, and no 5o-ehips- for-a-
cent game. It's I0-cent ante and q
dollar limit this game that I'm going to
show You. Bring on your money. all
you've got. Pokerss no fun without the
real coin, you know
I've got $50 upstairs, said Mrs.
Cofkins, eagerly shall i. get 1t al?s
Every red cent ordered coffkias.
And this is real game. you know.
Each may win or lose Hike a man, and
pay up TO the last cent That's gem
tlemen's poker
While his wife scurried upstairs Ceff-
kins ffshed out a deck OF cards, patfing
himself, figureatively. meantime for his
tact and wisdom. How much better
this, to show her the risks by reducing
her To dire poverty inside of an hour.
than sternly TO eornma:4d her TO give
up the enticing game which proves too
strong for strong men,
When she came back with her money
clutched In her hands Coffkirs was deal
ing out the cards.
Now" he began, but his wife inter-
rupted him quickly.
Il thought you said we must always
cut she observed.
Cofflkins frowned q bit and gathered
up the cards for a reshuffie
Its always a safeguard" he said,
with dignity, when you're playing in a
crowd. or course, when it's a quiet lit
tie game with nobody trying TO do you,
tt
We'll. even with you and me. you
said it mus. be for money" said Mrs.
Conkins. shreWdly-
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Living HuddIed With the Dead.

1t was an awful sight that presented
itself to the first man to board the dis
tressed ship. In front of the main
hatch, partly enveloped by the trailing
ends of all that was left of the main
sail, lay a sailor. dead. Beside him
were huddled two companions alive,
but in a terrible condition Of filth and
helplessness. Neither had strength
enough TO move One was covered with
raw smallpox scars and the other was
wasted TO a shadow with beri-beri. Their
tongues fairly hung out of their mouths,
lips We're cracked and parched. For
hours they had lain without food or
water waiting TO die. Just outside the
winch house lay what looked at first to
be pile OF rags and cid sail cloth
covered with oil and grease A closer
Inspection showed however. that eit
was the body OF man. Touched gin
gerly with a foot the mass greaned.
II was alive.
Going 10 the foreeastle the rescuing
party found another dead man lying
half in and half out of II bunk. lie
had died of beri-beri. Close beside the
It'd '.se. ." sh"s s"~'" hneiiaa airnnai
The Washington times., 1905-05-14

6Et{E mas oeen great deal said
in the newspapers Of late abou.
the new japanese high explosive.
known gs shimose powder, and
the most remarkable properties are at
tributed to it, says Hudson Maxim. IN
the Brooklyn Eagle.
IN a newspaper cutting which I have
before me there are some statements
made which are typical of those which
have been appearing for some time. 1t
is stated that Shimose powder is the
most powerful smokeless powder ever
invented and that IT has been proven by
actual test TO be at least Ave times as
powerful as the British Lyddite or
French Meiinite. and the statement con-
tinues that whereas Melfnfte and Lyd-
oite when exploded, break a shell into
only ten or fifteen pieces. Shinose pow
DER viii break proiectiIe into from
2,eo0 to $500 pieces
Now, in the first place, shinaosts now
der is not a sraokeless powder at ali.
but a high explosive bursting charge for
pfoJeetiies, while suokeless powder is
employed to throw the projectile from
the gun. and from what we have been
able 10 learn from the results which
nave actually been produced py il we
are enahied TO conclude with a fair de-
Gees not differ very widely from either
Aelinite or Lyddite, and that 1t is sim
Ply picrfc acid or Il picric acid compound
Inc fact that the japanese have been
buYing large quantities of picric acid
since the war began strengthens this
oeh9f; and again, the fact that MAN.
Of the Russian dead. killed with shell
charged with Shimose powder. wore a
canary color, practically proves that
pierie acid forms the basis OF that ex-
piosive.
TIE Japan csc are not notable iaven-
tors. They haS learned well the, arts
OF destruction of the Western nations
they have never originated them, and il
is only reasonable To assume that their
celebrated Sliiaose powder is sirs.ay a
copy Of British Lyddite.
1T may be interesting 10 note N this
connection that the American high ey-
psosiye. Maxinite broke one I2-.s1ch
shell into about 10000 fragments. of
which over 1000 We're actually recovered
Maximite also possesses the adyan-
tage over any IF the foreign high ex-
piosives In that 1t will Withstand the
snoek of penetrating the thickest armor
plate, TO be then set off by a delay ac-
ton decorating fuss so that 1t will
explode inside war vessel, instead of
exploding on impact on the outside of
the vessel, as do The high explosive
projectiles used abroad.
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shipshape and waited for the weather,
whatever it might be- He had not long
to wait, for shortly before sunset q
storm burst over the vessel It was one
OF the tornadees OF the southern seas.
All might have gone well, however, for
the Minerva had often proved herself g
seaworthy boat. had not the suddenly
yeering wind caught the ship unawares
and whipped it around much as a small
eddying breeze viii whirl 3 feather On
the street, and swung her directly into
the trough of the sea. q great green
wave beat down upon the deck The
vessel neefsa over almost to the water
line and vi i Il crash the foremost went
overheard
Like q wounded partridge the ship
righted herself and answering the helm
at last Strengthened in time TO avoid an
other such shock When the wreck had
been cut away and the sudden storm
had fallen Off. a jury mast was rugged
and the Miaerva kept on her course 70
Manila
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kkTV THAT'S that?p asked Coff- /
SN idns sharply.
Mrs. coffkins repeated
her mild request. Coff

INlS.- SoILkiHS repeated
her mild request Comkins
eyed her with much sternness.
Where did You get that idea into your
head?" he asked.
Mrs. Coffkins made a gentle reply.
ceffkins snorted.
Well. these women's clubs make me
uredH he declared. AS long as you
play scinch and double solitaire they.
don't harm you. I dare say, but when
the poker germ gets loose among you
beware. beware. How much do Won
knowa How much have you played
and lost?"
Mrs Coffkins replied nodestly. and
Conkins snorted again
just a little puzzled still over the
handss' he said devoutly 10 the ceiling.
The flashes bother you some: Had a
quarrel over whether they had TO be all
one color or one suit, You lost 10 cents
the first afternoon and won II cents to-
day. Suffering snaEesl Now. look here,
lou want TO cut, Coffkins stoned
and reflected a full minute
Mrs Coffkins waited FOR him To con-
t'nue. AT last, however, she spoke.
know that she said earnestly
I'VE always cut now, ever since we haa
mat terrible experience with Mrs.
swinger the afternoon Mrs Rabbit
caught her stacking the deck
Conkins allowed his devoutly up-
raised eyes to drop from the ceiling to
his wife's childiike face and he erinned
approximately.
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Byrons Philosophy Again Empha,iz1
ed By The Su1eide OF Mrs Olive GRAY

New Orleans. II they are right in their
Identification perhaps one woman's
death has wrecked another,s happiness
So far. however. both Mr.. and Mrs
Stoneham stoutiy deny that there is
any truth in the story.
Then too. there has arisen a question
as to whether or not Mrs. Gray was a
beautiful oetoroon. The color was given
to this theory by the fact that she left
q letter saying all of her remaining for
tune should go to Olivfo Parker, a
negress living in New Orleans, and also
from the fact that she is said to have
been of a creole family. But these
facts are not sufficient to make her an
ectoroen. Olivia Parker was at one time
her maid and was the daughter OF
slave on the piatation of Mrs. Gray's
father. That she came of a creole
family would not of course mean that
she had negro blood in her veins. in
spite of the popular mistake. A creole
is a descendant of Spanish and French
colonists in Louisiana. Mrs. Gray was
not an octoroon. therefore. but mem
Der Of one of the oldest and most aristo-
cratic French creole families of New.
Orleans.
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Registered as wv. Gray and Wife.

Mrs. Gray appeared at the Hotel I'M
perial two weeks ago accompanied by
a man. He registered as u W Gray
and wife. New Orleans The couple
were apparently devoted to each other.
Then came the rupture, Ethel French,
a maid. heard the couple quarreling in
their room. and since that time the man
has not been seen about the hotel.
Mrs. Gray sat IN the palm room Of
the hotel until nearly midnight listen
ing to the music. Then she went TO her
room and evidently spent the time until
o'clock writing letters.
One of them was sealed and two were
left open. The sealed letter was adj
dressed to stoneham. The first letter
was as follows
Sweetheart: When I called you up on
the telephone this mornino you talked
so cruelty TO me that I went out and
bought a revolver. Intending TO end my
life.
NY courage failed me- I was brought
up in a convent and nay religious teach
ings are against such things.
1 can't endure il any longer.
Again and again you have disappoint-
ed me, Charlie. What. in Gods name,
have I done? If you were anxious TO get
rid OF me that was easy. Why did you
have me come 10 New York? Why,
indeed? II you had said:
The Washington times., 1905-05-14


! chin China. for Manila. and
dead were nearly all the crew
when the vessel drifted helplessly into
the little port of Lahuan, an island a
few miles off the coast Of Borneo. No
one who had seen the trim vessel when
she used TO cruise on the California
coast a few years ago would have rec
ogaized the Minerva In the gray, lean.
haggard hulk that swung listiessiy In
TO the East indian harbor. with only a
rag for saii-aii the rest of her canvas
had gone In a storn-the whole vessel
battered and torn by the rough wealth
err which she had encountered.
Seventy days before. way back in Feb
ruary, the Minerva had left Saigon, lad
en- with a cargo Of rice. as staneh a
ship as q captain cares TO see with a
good crew aboard 1t had taken her sew
enty days to cover 200 miles. time enough
to sail with fair wind across the At
lnntic ocean and nearly return TO Amer
lea. If ever a ship was pursued by
fate, however, IL was the Minerva.
Disaster after disaster occurred. Rough
weather such as only the China sea can
provide, smallpox, beri-beri. and dead
iy calm proved a combination that kill
ed a dozen of the crew, and had anot1-
eF twenty-four hours passed without
their receiving assistance IL is more than
probable that there would not have
been a living soul upon the ship when
she reached Labuan.
The Washington times., 1905-05-14
Four Kings Make Two Pair.

Dear, she said, I'm all puzzled
again. Do four kings make two pairaat'
Coffkins groaned bitterly and threw
down his hand. Its yours he said,
pushing the pot toward her.
Mrs. Coffkins threw down her hand
eagerly and began to count.
Great Allah" Conkins yelled. shalz-
ms a pair Of kings and a trey, a deuce
and a seven of varying suits In her
face. II thought you asked me If four
kings made two pair"
Well. l did,. cooed Mrs Comkins, as
she gathered IN her winnings. 81
think what else you would call
four kings. Can you cash in tonight,
dear? / want to shop tomorrow. /
think poker is fun. 1t Is more fun with
you than with women Chicago News.
The Washington times., 1905-05-14
TEACHING HIS WIFE THE CANE

now and then. and when her $40 was
gone she borrowed SO of Coffkfns.
You've got to pay me back" re-
minded Conkins and she nodded
Her luck turned somewhat, ana she
wen back a large part of what she had
lost. AT last she was q little ahead,
then more and more ahead. Finally
Coffkins found himself looking into
three queens and nine and s deuce
and determined to make on them the
stand Of his life. He began brIskly, and
his wife met him more and more slowly.
Yet she seemed game and the pot grew
TO abnormal proportions Each of them
al last played the limit time after time
Yet Mrs. sCeffkins grew more and more
uncertain as her pile went steadily into
the pot. At last she spoke
The Washington times., 1905-05-14

kind to me- / have lot OF furniture
I have shipped from New Orleans. The
man at the storage company has the bill
Of lading and the receipt is IN the note
am leaving for him. That | wish
also returned to New Orleans to Olivia
Parker. colored girl. as I have no rela-
lives.
| am all alone in the world My ala-
monds ran be sold TO pay for same,
and what money is left to be sent after
everyone is paid who has been kind
enough to look after things, l do SO
wish this would be done for me.
MRS. GRAY.
What will be the sequel of this trag-
edy? Only time will show. Meanwhile
the coroner holds the sealed letter adj
dressed to Charles Stoneham and SAYS
be will do SO until it is claimed by the
man in question.
The Washington times., 1905-05-14
a Beautiful Creole.

Her complexion was blonde, and her
hair a beautiful Titan red. She had
perfect Greek features, and a most at
tractive woman. Very small, she could
not have been over five feet. She was
typical French girl Buoyant and
full of animal spirits like the French.
she had all the French intensity of
emotion
Mrs Olive Gray was the reputed wild
ow Of ]. ". Gray. a Chicago broker.
who died May 2. last year. leaving her
a large fortune. Gray is said to have
met and married her IN New Orleans
twenty years ago.
Little is known of Mrs. Gray except
that she came to New York last July
and went TO live with Mrs. Minnie Grace
Sanford, at 81 West Sixty-sixth street.
New York. She brought a letter of In
production to broker StonehaEn.
Stoneham and Mrs. Gray became very
friendly. according 10 Mrs. Sanford. and
during the Christmas holidays she went
to New Orleans. Mrs. Sanford does NOT
know when she returned to New York,
but said that she saw her with Stone
ham at the Old Guard ball last February.
The Washington times., 1905-05-14
The Bark Minerva, Bound From Cochin
China to Manila, Drifts Into Port With
Sails in Rags and Few of the
Crew Alive
Grew Alive.

touched. lay a live eomrade. He was
half conscious, but so nearly dead that
there seemed little prospect of his nv-
ing another two hours. On the deck be-
hind the forecastle a group of sailors
were huddled together. 1t was learned
later that they had remained On deck
iii the hope that should 1t rain the water
might fall upon them. Several of the
men were dead, and none of the rest
were able TO move about
The Washington times., 1905-05-14

ask that I be put to rest In the most
What little have after my bills are
No 1923 Andrew street. New Orleans
La. Do not throw 1t away on me. [.
do not believe IN those things; give 1t
TO the living, not TO the dead 1t can
do them no good
wish Ethel French, the maid on this
floor, TO have anything she may desire
OF mine. she has been so good and
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Loses Foremost.

AS soon as the captain was strong
enough he told the whole story of what
he says is the most terrible voyage
he or any other seaman had ever ex-
perienced. He told how the first day
out the Minerva had struck a small
fresh quarterfng gale The wind seemed
fair enough, and the bark with studding
sails out hummed through it. shoulder
ing the seas OF both bows easily. But
the wind did not hold steady and the
following day it dropped almost as sud
denly as it had risen. knowing the dan
gereus character of the waters ne was
sailing the eaptain made everything
The Washington times., 1905-05-14

Ito Be Continued Next Sunday
The Washington times., 1905-05-14

San Francisco. May r.
EATH shipped with the bark Mi
nerva bound from Saigon, Co
chin China, for Manila. and
dead were nearly all the crew
The Washington times., 1905-05-14
ShiInose Powder.

THERE has been a great deal said
/ in the newspapers Of late abou.
i the new ia panese high explosive.
Sequachee Valley news. (Sequachee [Sequatchie], Tenn.) 1896-1952, 1905-02-02
LOCAL..

Frank Almeny of Lovers Leap, was
hero Tuesday.
Yesterday was pay day at the Sequat-
chic Handle Works.
I Chas. Martin has secured posltion
with Haskew & Carter at South Pits
burg operating band saw
Beautiful eyes and handsome face
are eloquent concentrations. Bright
eyes are windows to womans heart.
HOLSTERS Rocky Mountain Tea makes
bright eyes. CSC, Tea or Tablets,
Ask your druggist.
]. w. Graham, formerly depot agent
at this place, who has been employed
in the freight office at South Pittsburg,
has gone to Larkinsville, Ala, In an
attempt to recuperate his health which
has been badly shattered by overwork'
Il makes no difference how many med
! icines have failed to cure you, II you
are troubled with headache, constipa-
ton, kidney or liver troubles, Hollis
ter's Rocky Mountain Tea will make
you we'll. Ask your druggist.