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The Washington times., 1907-12-23
CLERK MISSING,
MONEY Is GONE
FROM THE SAFE
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this morning without saying anything
10 his wife Of anyone else as to his
destination or how long he expected to
be absent. Manager Rinehart immc-
diately reported the disappearance Of
the man and money 20 Inspector Board
man.
Detectives Parham and O'Brien went
TO O'Shea's home 10 question his wife.
The young woman was grieved over
her husbands disappearance and the
serious allegations against him She
said within the past few months her
husband had fallen in with last set
Of young men and gamoled almost
nightly.
Poker Responsible.
THAT game Of poker is responsible
for my husbands downfall" said Mrs
O'shea- If James had only let cards
alone, our life would have been smooth
and happy. He has always been ad-
dIcted 10 cards. and would sit UP until
the early hours Of the morning gam
bling"
Mrs O'ghea was form erly Miss Ger
trude Thomas. OF Tampa, Fla. She met
O'6hea several years ago when the lat
ter was working in Tampa and they
were married there
About two years ago. Mrs. O'Shea
said. she and her husband came 10
washington, as Mr.. O'Shea had received
assurances that a position with the
Regal Shoe Company would be given
him
In speaking Of O'5hea, Mr.. Rinehart
said that he bad unlimited confidence in
his assistant, and would have trusted
him with any amount
In fact" he said, ION several oc-
casions, O'Shea had had charge OF
more money than was In the safe Sun
day. But" he added, Il suppose when
g man once starts gambling the Crav-
ing for money Is uppermOst In his mind
and something must be done to get IL.
During the past two years that Mr..
O'shea has been employed In the store,
l never noticed anything wrong The
accounts were always straight and the
affairs Of the concern well managed. %
Embarrassed at Christmas.
The inference was given that O'Shea
was financially embarrassed, and as
Christmas was near at hand. he needed
money. 1t is supposed O'Shea had be-
come deeply in debt because Of gambling
and that he took the money from the
safe in the hope OF winning what he
had lost
The police are Of the opinion that
O'Shea has been visiting gambling dens
on the other side OF the river. in
Virginia. and that after receiving the
money SUNDAY he attempted 20 Try his
luck ouce 1'Jre- Mrs. O-Shea said her
husband came 70 their home yesterday,
but that he left about o'clock this
morning without saying where he was
going.
The investigation Of the police this
morning IS being CONDUCTED in ROsslyn
Va, where Il IS expected some clue
may be Cbtailed.
Inspector Boardrnan at the central Of
fee said late today that Detective
O Brien. who went 10 Rosslyn. Va. TO
investigate the case Of James J. O-Shea.
found that the man had been there last
night. and hat he was seen by several
people. The suggestion was made that
the man had committed suicide but
the police hold 10 the theory that O'Shea
has skipped 20 some part OF the South.
No clue has been discovered that
would satigfy the detectives beyond
doubt as 10 o. Shea's whereabouts but
circulars will be sent cut today by the
department asking for his arrest.
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Lost Supply Of Water.

Finally we neared an island. Il was
small. barren. and deserted. To land
there was useless. That night we part
cd company from the CHER boat Be
fore morning the plug fell from our
water barrel. and before Il was discov-
cred all the water was zone
For two DAYS we suffered horribly
from thirst At last we spide a large
mountainous island and landed. Our
boat was crushed on the beach
There was 10 water. but the captain
stripped the skin from cactus leaves
and the juice refreshed US
We found We were on IndefatigabIe
Island. On the beach we're several enOr-
nous turtles. We killed them. drank
the blood. and ate the meat-Our first
full meal IN a month
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Drifted Three Months in Calm.

For two months everything went
well. Then we were bCcalmed. For
weeks We drifted without a breath OF
wind. This lasted three MONTH, Then
we sighted land.
The captain reckoned-correctly as
we afterward found-that it was the
Galapagos Archipelago. Stiu there was
no wind. Soon we fcCnd we were drift
ing again toward midocean.
This meant death, for our food and
water had run 50 low we had long been
on half rations. At the captains order
we launched our two email boats, load
ed all available food and water into
them. and. each with a crew Of ten
men. set out for the islands.
Many of the men were too weak
even 10 speak. and we made slow prog
ress. Our boat sprung a leak, and two
Of us were kept bailing constantly. For
ten days we fought with changing cur
rents.
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Carried Before Privy Council.

one o5sible chance remained, and
that was an appeal 10 the privy coun-
Gil in London. In February. 1875. the
council rendered a decision UNFOLDING
the Jurisdiction OF Judge I.afontaine.
before whom proceedings were original
" instituted. In June 1905. Judge La
fontaine decreed that Greene and Cay
nor must be returned to Georgia fer
trial
Grave fears were entertained that a
rescue would be attempted. and during
their last days In Montreal the jail was
carefully guarded by Secret Service men
OF the United States, who also accom-
panied the prisoners on their journey
across the border.
Although Greene and Gaynor spent
three years I'm Canada. they were In
jail only during the last seven months,
spending the rest Of the time IN luxurf-
Gus surroundings az the Hotel FrOnte-
nae az Quebec
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OUTDONE
BY ADVENTURES OF
SHIPWRECKED CREW
Abandon Vessel After
Drifting Two Months
in Calm.

SOUTHAMPTON. England, Dec. 81
After crowding into little more than
twelve months as remarkable series
Of adventures as II took Robinson CRU
soc half a lifetime 10 experience, Mate
Donald Morrison. of the long lost Nor
wegian bark Alexandra Oubis. hons
TO see If he can eat at one sitting his
Christmas dinner for 1907 and the one
he lost In 1896.
Alexander Selki-k had not a more re-
markable story h. tell after his rescue
from the Island of San Juan Fernandez
than Morrison brought with him when
he landed here from q tramp steamship
On which he worked mis- way from Chile.
THE Alexandra Oubis sailed from
New South Wales cINveCber IS. 1906. "
he says, with a crew OF twenty Eng
lishmen. Americans, Germans, Norwe-
CLANS, and Danes. We were bound for
Panama.
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General Debility

Day in and day out there IS that
feeling Of weakness that makes a bur
den Of itself.
Food does not siren ythen-
Sleep does not refresh
II IS hard 10 do, hard TO bear. what
should be easy,-vitanty is on the ebb
and the whole system suffers.
For this condition take
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Hoods SarsaparIIIa

II vitalizes the blood and gives vigOr
and tone 20 all che organs and func-
tons
In usual liquid form or in chOcOlated
tablets known as Sarsatabs. 100 doses 81.
The Washington times., 1907-12-23
GREENE-GAYNOR LOSE
SUPREEM COURT APPEAL

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Jail In the meantime writs Of habeas
corpus had been issued by Judge Caron,
in Quebec. The United States again
moved to Quash the writs. but the Judge
ordered the prisoners discharged on the
ground that the Offenses charged
against them were not eXtradita bic ones.
This seemed 10 leave the fugitives tri-
mphant. But the Attorney General
lad not vet exhausted al his res0nrces
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1907-10-10

Every nat, nocls at other nations and all arp ..--Schopenhauer.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1907-10-10
The LininG of His Cravat,

"You have often heard the question Where a mans treasure is, there will his heart be also" said a city dctcc- tive. II saw an illustration of that not long ago on a railroad train. A t,r. tective employed by the railway com pany and l were seated near country man who adjusted his necktie every few minutes.
 "'That tie bothers the old man. said to my companion.
 "'Dont think it's the tie,' replied the railroad detective.
 "Then he leaned forward and said to the farmer. Better take your money out of that necktie.'
 "'Who told you 1 had money in my tie" demanded the farmer.
 "The detective then explained that his actions in adjusting his neckwear led to the supposition. The farmer ad- mitted that he had chosen the tie as the hiding place for number of bills.
 "'His idea was all right concluded the detective, but he couldn't keep his hands off the cravat.' '"-kansas City Star.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1907-10-10
Lonq Hair a Mark of Honor.

In olden times excessively long hair was considered a mark of honor and rank. For many centuries long hair was ill France the distinctive mark of kings. The ancient Persians and Par thians of high caste wore long flowing hair, while the poorer classes were obliged to cut theirs short. Home" speaks of the long haired Greeks by way of distinction.
 The Gauls considered long hair t mark of honor, but Caesar obliged, them to cut it off in token of submis- sion. Long hair was thought by the Franks to denote high birth, and tho Goths looked upon it as a distinctive mark of culture and honor. Short hair was considered by nearly all the old nations to denote thraldom, and even now criminals have their heads shaved Denver Times.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1907-10-10
Different Names For Waves.

They have curiously different names for waves about the coast of Great Britain. The Peterhead folk call the large breakers that fall with a crash on the beach by the grim name of "Norrawa Norway) carpenters" On the low Lincolnshire coast as on the southwestern Atlantic fronting shore of these islands, the grandly long un- broken waves are known as "rollers.' ' Among east Arglians heavy surf, tumbling in with an offshore wind or in calm. is called by the expressive name of a "slog." while a we'll marked swell. rolling in independently of any blowing, is called "home." ''There is no wind," Suffolk fisherman will say, "but nasty home on the beach," Suf folk men also speak of the "bark" of the surf, and a sea covered with foam is spoken of as Heather white" The foam itself is known as spoon drift" So, in the vernacular. we have it, "The sea was all a feather white with spoon drift"
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1907-10-10
Qualities of the Qyster.

A San Franciscan has discovered |, new method of cutting short recitals that promise to become too long wind ed. An acquaintance of his who has local reputation as bore was one day holding forth at some length when the Californian interrupted him with:
 By the way, did l ever tell you the story of the oyster|'
 On receiving a negative reply he con tinued:
 "It seems that when oysters are talk en from the sea they often open their shells so that the juice or liquid runs out. AS this is undesirable. the eXpcri- enced oyster gatherer has a tub of Wa ter close at hand into which the oyster is plunged as soon as it begins to open its shell.'
 "Well, and what then?' asked the other as the narrator paused.
 The San Franciscan smiled.
 "Oh, after awhile the oyster learns to keep its mouth shut" he remarked etly.--Exchange
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4 Few Don'ts Ec;, Werl<inqmen.

Don't forget that organization in. creases wages ard silortens the work. ing day. making work steadier.
 Don't condemn the labor movement because you know of objectionable features" Every man and every hu- man institution has some imperfec- tions.
 Don't wait for the others.' Others are waiting for you. Some must be among the drst Why not you?
 Don't forget that the more bitterly the employer opposes labor 4s1lons the more the employee snoUid support them. There's 8 financial reason. Think it over.
 Don't shirl the moral obligation to do all you can to uphold the dignity of your trade, to elevate the standard of living, to do better always.
 Don't forget that the vast majority of your trade is uni0.li;el and advanc- ing through orga:,i.:at ioi,. What is good for tie majority is god for the minority. - James J. Mc1hillips in American Fc, ratiolti@t.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1907-10-10
Art and Happiness.

Artists are not as a class the happi. est of mortals, but that is because they faii to relate the ideal rationally to life rather than because they are VOW ed to standards of perfection. Unhap piness comes upon them as it would upon any one else-in consequence Of folly and indifference and willfulness and their devotion to art, which is of ten held to be the cause of their mis fortunes. is in reality the only mitigat ing factor in their lives Bliss Carman i'll Craftsman
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1907-10-10
MARcHERs AND STRAGGLERS.
Town Philosopher Gives Some Hints ss to How to Guessed In Business.

Town Philosopher Gives Some Hints
 ss to How to Succeed In Business.
 No ma Y wat l,!sincss you may be in" remarks the town philosopher. unless you keep up with the process sion you'll never arrive Stragglers don't count ill M.~inesS. They can't pick up enough @r"aps dropped by the real marx 1-G to keep them going. for the fellows who age in the van don't drop anything. They mako q clcan sweep.
 'Thc stra%%ier in the mercantile line. for instance. is thc siipshod stoyckccp- CT who tries to do business in 1907 by methods that went out of date in 1877. He still hHS small pancS of glass in his front windows. about sixteen pancS to a sash, while the merchant up the street who marches in the van has ac. cepted the plate glass window propos- tion as a good thing. Plate glass cost lots of money thirty years ago. but to- day it is quite cheap and most any body can buy it. It adds several per cent to the exterior attraction of q store, and it's the outside that any GUS toner secs before he sees the inside you know.
 "Thcse same stragglers who retain their antique window panes still em- ploy the methods of - in their adver Using. They carry about an inch of space ill the local paper. merely men tioninS that Smith 6; Jones have q full stock of fine groceries. when the othe" grocer takes a half column double and advertises right by publishing price list of his 1est bargains for the day or the week.
 "Who gets the patronage of the peo- pie? Is it the grocer with the fly specked window panes of past gen eration and the inch ad. that has stoo;: in the same type so long that the let ters are worn off at the corners like a run down shoe heel, or is it the man whose errand boy washes the plate glass windows every morning at o'clock and then carries the new copy for the week.; advertising around to the newspaper office:
 ''As I remarked" concluded the town philosopher. If you don't keep up with the procession you won't get there.'
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1907-10-10
Tho Word "Fudae."

The expression "Fudgew which is heard so often nowadays, Is not new one. On the contrary, its origin dates back to the reign of Charles H., when there was sea captain who was named Fudge.
 No matter how unsatisfactory his voyage, this nautical man always re turned with an endless string of pre- posterous tales of great deeds and sue. cess. His propensity for falsifying be- came so well known that whenever any one was heard telling question able exploit. it became the custom to cry. "Oh, you Fudge it!'-Pittsbura Post
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1907-10-10
Sure Cure.

Heres letter from a young man." said the answers to correspondents ed itor. "who wants to know how he can break himself of the cigarette habit"
 "Tell him to marry a strong minded woman who objects to it." growled the snake editor.-Chicago News.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1907-10-10
What Is a Babv?

A baby: That which makes homr happier, love stronger, patience great CT, hands buster, nights longer, days shorter. the past forgotten. the future brighter.-Rupert's Magazine.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1907-10-10
Cvcrcr-rceG,

"Electricity i2 the at,aospherc af fleets your sc'ste:ll," &ai,! the doctor, "Yes." sai! the iiIti"ut. who had paid $1O for two visits. there are times when one feels overcharGed."
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1907-10-10

Mrs. H. King White solicits or. ders for all kinds of cakes, rosettes and other pastry Also all kinds of embroidery and fancy work. Both phones. n
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1907-10-10

No man has learned anything rightly until he knows that every day is msday.-Emecson.
The Washington times., 1907-11-23
TARIFF REFORM
DEAD FOR YEAR,
LEADERS CLAIM

The last chance for tariff revision was
sat upon today. The 2I5 and odd pounds
OF Representative Serene z. Payne's
bulk landed on the proposition fatty and
firmly. and st is small wonder that
there's not enough left OF It TO serve
as the chief figure IN a respectable fune-
raj. The smaller and more sylph-like
form Of Representative DalzeIl, Of Penn
sylvania, also fen upon the revision idea
with telling effect, and It may be ssid
il is no more.
Mr.. Payne is chairman OF the Ways
and Means Committee Of the House and
the floor leader Of the Republicans. Mr..
DaizelI is the ranking member Of the
Rules Committee OF the House
Mr.. Payne has the last word to say
about all measures affecting the revenue.
Mr.. DalzelTs committee is the absolute
dictator Of what shall and what shall
not go through the legislative mill.
The two big Republicans had half an
hours talk with the President at the
White House this morning, and when
they came out announced very enphati-
caily that there would be no tariff re-
vision during the coming session.
What about wood pulp7" they were
asked by the newspaper men, The
President has promised to take OF the
duty"
| Both Nr. Payne and Mr.. D7lzell
| laughed uproarously. II was to them the
/ greatest kind OF a joke.
II haven't heard Of H." exclaimed Mr.
/ DalzeH- "Au I know about IL "a whai
I've seen in tho papers" added Mr
| Payne.
Didn't the President mention Il q
4 your" Mr. Dalzeu was asked.
] Not ~ word" he replied
That's a terribly big duty, that Il
per cent" exclaimed Mr.. Payne, stl
Laughing aloud, 1T viii probably break
up all the papers In the country II 81
| IS retained
/ Then they both walked away arm II
1 arm
The Washington times., 1907-11-23
KCONAS
LEAVES PROPERTY
TO HIS FAMILY

The will Of Justice Louis McComas.
formerly OF the District Court of APP
peals. was flied for probate this morning.
II f. IN the handwriting OF the testator
and bears date Of July 6. 1907, the day
on which ne left this city for Atlantic
City TO get married.
One-haf OF the estate IS devised 10
Mrs. Mary McComas Edgar, daughter
Of the testator by his first wife. and the
other goes TO his widow, Mrs. Hebe
Harrison McComas The petition for
probate shows that the personal estate
in the District Of Columbia Is worth
$50, 900. exclusive Of the household effects
and Jewelry, which is valued at $1,000
Tho debts of the estate are placed at
$4,000
Justice Gould issued letters Tesla
mentary 70 Clinton GOodloe Edgar, q
sOn-in-law, who Is named as executor.
/ be gave boLd in the gum Of S10O, 600.
The viii was Witnessed by Ralph
{ Quinten, secretary TO Judge MCCOmas,
and two household servants. The Will
Will be probated in HagerstoWrn, Nd,
where Judgs McCOmss owned valuable
I real estate.
Executor Edgar Is a resident of De-
| uOtts Mich He has named the AmeH-
can Security and Trust Company as hts
/ agents 20 administer the VIII.
The Washington times., 1907-11-23
MOTHER TO ATTEND
NILLERS FUNERAL
Secretary to Former Speak
er of House Commits Sui
Z eide in St Louis.

Mrs. c. W. Miller, Of the Portner apart
ment house. left last night for Wash
ington. Pa, TO attend the funeral OF
her son. George p. Miller, who commit
TED suicide In st. Louis November %
Mr.. Miller was forty-eight years old
end was secretary to Samuel J. Ran
dali. OF Pennsylvania, when ne was
Speaker Of the House Of Representa-
tives.
he had lived in st. Louis for the last
fifteen years Of his life and. although a
very brilliant law graduate OF the Wash
ington and Jefferson College Of Pennsyl-
vania, worked as a mailer there. He
received TemittanCes from his mother.
1t IS said by his friends that ne was
a physical wreck through excuses. Last
Wednesday night he was beaten by a
negro and this seemed TO have caused
him 20 commit suicide.
His father, George ". Miller, who died
ten years ago, was a leading educator
and politician Of Western Pennsylvania
The son was appointed private secretary
in 1879 to Speaker Randall, his father
and Randall having been hfe-lOnE
friends. Later he studied law and wa;
admitted to the bar in 1888 and prac
riced in Pittsburg before coming Z
washington, .. c.
The Washington times., 1907-11-23
FIRE ON STEAMER
DISCOVERED IN TINE
TO SAVE THOUSAND

NEW YORK. Nov. IA story OF
fire at sea which might have endan-
gercd the lives Of her loo passengers
was brought to port today by the
French liner Savoie. Only the prompt
work OF Captain Poirot saved the vessel
from a dangerous confisgration-
Thursday afternoon, while the seas
were running mountain high and cold
wind had driven everyone from the
decks, the FIRE started Ia the crowded
music room. While the captain and his
men fought the lanes thu orchestra
played softly and soJthed the alarm
which bordered closely on to a panic.
For an hour before the flames were
discovered the passengers had COM
planned of smelling smoke. Captain
PoiTot tried TO reassure them that there
was no danger, but he started a search.
Smoke was then discovered coming from
q high bookcase The captain ordered
the wall cut. The blaze appeared.
Crossed electric wires had started the
flames. Because there was no draft,
they had not spread much, however,
and the blaze was extinguished with
hand Zrenadss-
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DIAMOND JHIEF ESCAPES
BULLETS OF POLICEMAN

CHICAGO, Nov. 23.-With a tray full
Of stolen gems, a well-dressed diamond
thief ran in g Zig-zag route and escaped
tho bullets OF pursuing police in spec
tacular chase on Sixty-second street last
night
On HIS flight the thief lost his hat.
which was perforated BY a bullet fired
BY Sergeant William Delaney, Of the
FugIewoOd station. The robber entered
the 1eWelTy store OF f Levy, on Went
worth avenue, at $50 O'Clock and re-
q1ested TO lock at some eUga cement
rings. Levy produced a tray containing
81 500 worth OF the gems. The thief
grabbed the tray and ran out Of the
shop. Levy pursued the man with cries
Of stop thiefr' and Sergeant Delaney
was attracted and Joined in the chase.
The thief escaped
The Washington times., 1907-11-23
WAVE Of CRIME
HITS WILMINGTON,
ONE MAN IS DEAD

WILMINGTON. Del. Nov. 1.-Two
women were held up, a man sandbagged
and stabbed last night. and a murder
committed here early this morning
The victim OF the murder was William
Moore. aged twenty-five years. formerly
OF this city. but late OF Clifton Mills
near Kennett Square. Pa John Sullivan,
a few years older than the dead man. Is
locked up at police headquarters.
charged with the murder. The muir
der was committed shortly after
O'Clock this morning. and two hours
later Sullivan was arrested.
Marshal Aikley. aged forty-seven
years, W6s sandbagEed and stabbed
from behind while he sat az Market
street bridge. His assaliant escaped.
The wounded man was removed 20 q
hospital, where. II was said, he wogld
recover.
The Misses Mary A OFT and Miss
Gertrude O'Tooie were held I'D by ne
grOes at different times last night Miss
OFT beat her assailsnt OF with heT UNI
breiia. Miss O'ToOle ran away from the
man and tainted as soon as she reached
her home.