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The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1907-02-03
Prn-Cathedral Recital.

\ recital of sacred music selected from
the works of Meudelssohn nd Gounod.
will be given by the choir of the Pro-
Cathedral Church OF the Ascension un-
der the direction OF Mr. Ernest T.. Leigh.
on Tuesday. February L, at S p. m. The
seats are all free TO the public with or
without tickets
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1907-02-03
church recital at Annapolis.

Henry H Freeman has been engaged
TO give a recital on the new Jhree-man-
nal organ at ST. Anue's Episcopal
Church. Annapolis. Nd. Herbert BAR
row. the little solo boy At st. john
Church. who is doing excellent work
mis- season. will De his assisting soloIst.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1907-02-03
PRIVATE JOHN ]. STRAIN,
Who Leaves the Police Force TO Become
immigration Inspector at Winnipeg.

confessed 10 the whole affair. They
were arralgued I'm the Police Court
Tuesday and held in the sum OF 500
each for the action OF the grand jury
The old bin is signed by J. s. Spinner.
who. was Secretary Of the Treasury at
that time. Secretary Spinner was the
first Treasury official 10 put women
clerks ia the employee Of the department.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1907-02-03
M)sIeg5IMsuANs

promptu In B-hat major, Schubert; Miss
Edna ROsette Pool. ''Erzahlung am
KlaiVeT" No ?. Scharwenka, Vivian
Church Matson. Songs. (al Roses after
rain" Liza Lehman; 90 Captive
Love-" Chaminade. Miss BERTHE
Thompson.
Mr.. Gebest played at the end OF the
program. by special request and chose
the Chopin Fantasia. which he gave
with much brilliauce and splendid tone.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1907-02-03
Miss Fletcher win Sing.

Miss Katharine Brooks Fletcher. for
merly soprano soloist at the Ninth Street
Christian Church, and who has recent
ly rej0ined that choir, VIII sing "Oh,
Eyes That Are Weary" by Bracket,
Sunday evening.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1907-02-03

Had Vatoldi Taquette, nineteen years
old, ana Robert Blake. sixteen. stolen
SIPS from the store OF Gustav Hartlg.
500 IL street northeast, instead OF Sl29, IL
is probable the lads would have never
been detected. On the night of January
l6 Mr.. Hartig's store was entered by
cutting the bars in a rear window, and
the money taken from his safe. a sec
Cd entrance was effected on the 18th,
and 81 and several small articles taken.
Central Onice Detectives Flather and
Horne and Policeman Johnson, of No. .,
were detailed on the case but could
dnd no clue that would give them the
slightest trace of the identity OF Jae
thief or thieves. After TausaCking the
thieves went 10 a small drawer. where
they found a 81 bill II was one OF
the old silver certificates of the issue
of August !, 1862. Mr. HartIs had been
keeping it as a curiosity. and on one
corner had put his initials.
Shortly after the second larceny the
bill turned up at the store again, and hy
clever detective work the thieves were
run down. When questioned by the de-
tectiyes the two boys broke down and
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1907-02-03
Transfers Cause Surprise.

Tie transfer Fr.daE Of several police
men Ir1Il ono precinct To- another came
as "a surprise % the men, Changes 81
this kind are usually made July 1, and
ua one had amy HJimation that the
transfers would DE made az this time.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1907-02-03
VIII Give Choral EvensOng.

There will be choral evening az En-
manuel Church. Anacostia, this even
ing Milford Wits is the organist and
choirmaster.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1907-02-03

Miss Ethel Tozier with much brullauce
and intelligence. Miss Frances Cram
mer sang Chopn's THE Naideu's Wish
The next students meeting viii be
held on February Il. az S.lJ ,. No., in the
same Mace.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1907-02-03
Mrs. Burroughs Resigns.

Mrs. Hope Hopkins Burroughs, plan
list, has resigned from the faculty of the
Washington College of Music.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1907-02-03
Steamboats,.
NORFOLK AND WASHINGTON
STEAMBOAT COMPANY.

Every dag in the year from foot Of -th
81. FOR Fort Monroe. Norfolk Newport
- News. and an points south. by the su-
- perb. powerful steel palace steamers
- Newport News" --N lrf0iE' and
- Washington.
L. Washington t-59 Um .Lsv. Portsmouth. 3 pTn
Ly- Alexandra 500 pm I.y. NorfaIk.-......6 pm
Ar TT. Monroe. -l.HJ am Iv. Fl Nonrae.-.z p-s
Ar Norfolk-...-s-03 am AT. Alexandria o 30 am
Ar Portsmouth $500 am Ar washington = stFu
- Through connection made AT Nor
- folk with steamers OF old Dominion
Steamship 90 Tor YORK and Mor-
chants and Miners t.1e-
- ton.
For further information apply a.
general ticket Office tt1 lltn ST. Coli
Building treIer. hone alal1=--atI
- OF 1th -. wharf telephone Main $50
INO. CALLAHAN.
u y. Pres. g. Gen Mgr
- W. Ii. CALLAHAN. Gen. Pass. Agt
sefg-tf
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1907-02-03
Organ Recital by MI. Thiemeyer.

J. s. Thiemeyer. organist of Trinity
Lutheran Church, viii give an organ
recital next Wednesday evening, at 8
O'Clock Tie viii be assisted by G. w
Moore. basso. and c. T. Bethel eornet-
ist
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1907-02-03
DIR. FISK ELGIN

Expert IN the treatment OF private diseases.
chronic and acute. both sexes. All c0nsulta-
tons CONFIDENTIAL. Medicine furnished. Prices
moderate Hours. 10 l. 10 9. Z 70 5.
Rooms, 1913 Pennsylvania ave. NV. Phone
81 1873.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1907-02-03
A GREAT UTILITY

From little understood and little used force in
business life, want advertising has grown into
one of the great UTILITIES of today.
Nowadays business men turn to want advertis-
ing as matter of courl for hundred small ser
vices. The householder uses it as naturally and
inevitably any other convenience Of daily life.
Want advertising fills the Jobs of the world
with workers. It finds tenants for houses, apart
ments, lodgings. It sells things It brings loser
and finder together. It introduces people whose
interests are mutual-even if their quests are di
verse.
Want advertising FORCES links of interest" be-
tween all classes in a community. It is indeed,
the great UTILITARIAN FORCE in the small af
fairs and incidents Of daily life
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1907-02-03

LOANS NEGOTIATED on stocks bonds.
bldg ana loan asscu. shares. syndicate cer-
it's. warehouse receipts. etc; l5W rates.
courteous treatment THIS il NOT 4 LOAN
COMPANY. {. \. BAKER. no / ST.
Phone 5lI.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1907-02-03
Winter Resorts.
ATLANTIC CITY.
0arIbOrOAdEJ : B!enDetm
JOSIAH WHITE 3 SONS.
GALEN HALL

HOTEL AND SANATORIUM
ATLANTIC CITY.
Oae q the newest stone. brick. and steel
buildings, with every comfort. always open.
always ready. always busy
The Marlboro democrat. [volume] (Bennettsville, S.C.) 1882-1908, 1907-04-12
DON'T WANT HIM.
Craftsmen in Treasury Department
Object to Coforcd Associate,

Wilson w. Cooke, colored. of Or
angeburg, has created more or less q
sensation In Washington, and has be-
come an issue in the Treasury De-
partment Of the Government. Cooke
was unit. recently instructor Of man
ual training In the State colored col
iege at Orangeburg. He Is well{sdiS.
Gated and especially well posted in
architecture He Is said to have grad
uated In Boston technical shool.
Tne Office Of the supervising arch
ltcct OF the Treasury has been very
snort Of craftsmen to work upou the
plans for the many new buildings
authorized by Congress a year ago
lt is usually the custom Of the super
vising architect to employ craftsmen
temporarily without asking the civil
service commission for a list from
which to make appointments.
a month or so ago the supply of
trained men became SO scarce that a
call upon the eligible list Of the com
mission was necessary This list re-
yealed as Is customary three names.
There was nothing to indicate the
color or any OF the candidates and
Cooke was chosen from the list.
The minute he entered the Office
'h' Hilc CicIkS were dumfOunded.
ne was negro and would have to
work alongside OF about one hundred
whlte craftsmen already employed
There was trouble at once. The white
craftsmen got their heads together
and talked II over. One man, a Vir-
ginian handed in his regignation
without delay.
The others Immediately drew up a
petition to Secretary Cortclyou ask
ing that the negro be changed to
some other place or dismissed from
service. Mr.. CortelyOu is a very dip
lomatic man as well az good politi-
ton. He didn't do Il thing to the pc
tition but stick ii in pigeon hole
and say nothing about it, He didn't
even send word back to the white
clerks that it had been received.
He didn't want to be accused OF
making further trouble for the ad.
ministration on the negro issue and
SO he did something that is not pos
tive The clerks are still agitatine
but they don't know what to do. Two
or three others have handed in their
designations and quit the service
rather than work alongside Of Cooke
against whom there is nothing ex-
cept his color.
All the snubs that can be directed
against him have no effect on Cooke
He holds to the job. does his work
correctly and will probably remain
where he is unless he falls down IL
his work and gives the head OF his
Office an opportunity to recommend
his dismissal.
The Marlboro democrat. [volume] (Bennettsville, S.C.) 1882-1908, 1907-04-12
a MONSTER RAT.
Weighs Most Three Hundred Pounds
And Has Huge lip.

The newest specimen at the Bronx
park MOO" New York is a capNhara.
Imagine a rat Weighing 2S0 pounds,
with a huge head, an upper lip a
foot long, and one has an idea Of the
beast. He is the largest Of the re
cent tribe and has harsh, coarse hair
more Ike bristlcs, than fur
The hair is mixed black and yellow
and Of dingy appearance. In his ma
tive haunts the capybara has a huge,
fat stomach, which almost draEs on
he ground. He is Watcr-loving an
imal and can dive and stay under for
eight to ten minutes at Il time.
The iaguar Of South America prcyS
lpon the cnpybara and the Indians
4 Ill him for his flesh, which, when
smoked, is said to be as delicious as
Watkins brand Kentucky ham, al
hough ii has Il certain muSky flavor.
The chpybara makes sound, ii
alarmed somewhat between a dog s
bark and a pigs grunt He was once
called the observation-disclosures, or wa
Ter hog and lives on a vegetable
diet
The Marlboro democrat. [volume] (Bennettsville, S.C.) 1882-1908, 1907-04-12
GREAT HIDDEN WEALTH.
Money and ValGablcs That Have
Been Lost at Sea.

The computed value af hidden
treasure in the world runs away up
into hundreds OF millions Of dollars.
In the bottom of lake in Columbia
there is gold and silver jewels val
ued at 1000. On Cocos is
land there is buried pirates loot val
ned at several hundred millions Of
dollars.
Fifteen million in Spanish gold re-
poses II the Armada galleon which
was sunk to prevent capture in Tom,
bermory gay, OFF the island Of Null.
Spanish vessels, sunk in Vigo bay.
hold $140,000,000 in gold, silver and
precious stones. Buried in the Black
river mountain in Mauritius Is pr
ivate wealth valued at 0,000,000.
A ship wrecked off the coast OF ST.
Johns Cape Colony. is bulging with
$5,O00,0OO is specie. A British war
vessel with $30,O00,O00 in gold and
valuables went down before the Rus
sian gunfire at Sebastopol, and it is
still down with all its wealth.
Jewels and gold worth $5,000,O00
are hidden on the Mediterrean island
Of Alboran A bushranger who rob-
bed hundreds Of Australian gold dig
gers, and who was killed in one of
his raids, has the wealth hidden some
Wncfe between MoiDOurn6 ana Balla-
rat. Stores of gold Is believed to be
concealed in certain oases in the Lib
| ian desert.
Thirty million dollars worth OF
the buried treasure of the Incas Is
still buried In Bolivia, and the untold
wealth which the Romans cast into
the Tiber many cen turies ago, has
never been recovered. Norman jew-
els, the crown Of King Alfred, and
the ancient English regila are buried
| in the Wash.
The Marlboro democrat. [volume] (Bennettsville, S.C.) 1882-1908, 1907-04-12
SHOULD BE STOPPED
The Letter Chain Exposed by the
National Government.
Which Is Doing All 1t Can to Put a
Stop to the Nuisance but It's a
IoI,

Hard Job.
For some weeks people in this Sec
tion nave been receiving chain let
ters from friends In other sections
with the request that they write nine,
ono each day, similar to the one re-
| celved. Some people did as REQUEST
ca and others did not. 1t has come
10 light, that the scheme was a stu
pendous fraud, and Bishop Lawrence
whose attention was called to the
mater, denied that he had ever die
tated such q document. The scheme
nas grown to such enormous proper
ions throughout the country until
the postal authorities were Obliged 70
take a hand in the matter. The let
ter is as follows:
Dear Friend and Christian: Below
Is prayer chain just as it was sent
TO me, SO | send it out to others. for
DO not want 1t broken in my hands
God bless you and others to keen II
going:
%, Lord Jesus, we implore thee.
Eternal God to have mercy on ali
mankind; keep us from all sin. and
take us to live with thee eternally.
Amen.
"Thisprayer was dictated by Blsh-
VI 'I""i ohSc. ne commands 1t to be
written and sent to nine other per-
sons. He who will not do 1t will be
aliilcted by some misfortuneand per-
sons who pay no attention to 1t Will
meet with a terrible accident He
VINO VIII write this prayer for nine
days and send 1t to nine others, com
mencing the day you receive this
(only one each day., will after nine
days experience some great JOY. At
Jerusalem at the feast, 1t was said
he who would write this prayer
would be delivered from every cal
am1ty. Please d. not let this drop in
your hands. have written this Just
as / received it. Now, please send it
10 others. Sincerely,
"CHRISTIAN"
Through fear Of being overtaken
by some dire calamity, as predicted
In the letter, the recipients have in
Variably set down and complied with
the instructions to write each day
for nine days. 1t was not suDersti-
ton that promoted them-of course
not, but the men and women receiy-
Ing the prayer have believed that
they would feel more comfortable
after complying with the obligation
SO solemnly imposed and the neglect
OF which was severely penalized. AS
a consequence, millions of prayers
have been written and sent through
the mails In the form Of letters on
postal cards.
To show the extent to which chain
letters might expand If the chain
was unbroken for even the tenth
power, it may be stated that the tot
al number Of letters would reach
3 100, 100000, as may be seen from
the following table:
The Marlboro democrat. [volume] (Bennettsville, S.C.) 1882-1908, 1907-04-12
HYPNOTIC REFORMING
Proposes to Make Over Wrecked

IfopOScS 10 N1pkc over wrecked
Lives OF Girls.
N The use of Hypnotism to reform
incorrigible girls is the latest venture
OF Or. John ID. QuackcnbOs, the FAM
GUS mental expert, OF New York. a
rich New York woman, whose namc
has been kept secret, has provided
money to help the doctor along in his
experiments on half a dozen girl in :
mates Of the New Jersey Home for
Girls, at Trenton
The girls upon whom the physi-
clan Is to practice his method OF heal
lives are all about Il or ! s years OF
age These unfortunate girls, ii is
found, nearly all have some one great
fault, which ruins their lives and it
is the idea of DR.. Quackcn to OBJ
litcrate this fault by using hypnotic
suggestion and putting now and
better idea in it's place.
The girls must undergo regular
treatments. They are put to sleep
and when they awake the old idea
has gone and the new idea is in its
place. Or. Quackcnbos supplies an
object in life for the one he takes
away.
One girl awokc with the idea OF
being a waitress, another wished TO
become a dresSmakcr, and two had Il
longing for music. The treatments
must be repeated, the doctor says
until the new idea is firmly rooted in
the mind and the will becomes strong
enough to hold 1t there.
The Marlboro democrat. [volume] (Bennettsville, S.C.) 1882-1908, 1907-04-12
STARvE WITH MONEY
Died For Want of Food and
Had Plenty
Maintained to the End His Inability
TO Buy Food, but the Surgeons
Found Money.

Saying he was too poor to buy
rood and with $197 in bills sewed tc
the inning of his coat and vest, Thos
Barry, OF Jersey City died in the civ
hospltal there Of starvation.
Darry was seyenty-six years old
ana iiVed FOR many years at 12O Erie
street, In what is known as the Horso
shoe section, his neighbors took an
intense interest in him, so that when
he was not seen about yesterday the
police was notified,
His apartment was broken into
and Barry was found lying in he'd in
sem1-conscious condition. He was
sent to the hospital, and, after food
had been given to him, he regained
consciousness and told Of his lack of
the wherewithal to buy the necessi-
ties Of life. >''''
He also told the police that he had
a. Drother named John j. Barry, who
ilVed IN Bowdoin street, Boston He
sald MS brother was n millionaire,
ana II communicated with would
surely send enough money to buy
food for himself (Thomas.)
Barry was tcnderly nursed by the
doctors. and for time it was hoped
to save his life. but age and consti-
tuition sorely rackcd by past self-de-
nlals, refused to respond to the treat
ment OF science.
1t was then that the doctors, i'm
an endeavor to ascertain the correct
ness or Barry's story about his bro
ther In Boston, searched his clothing
Tor some letters or papers,
mere was peculiar stiffness
about the coat and vest 1t felt as If
1t was lined with paper, and the pa
per had rustic to it. 1t was paper,
indeed, for when the doctors un-
stitched the lining they found paper
money Of every denomination. from
81 to $40 bills.
Some OF these bills were worn and
very dirty, and looked as though they
may have been in this place of con-
cealmcht Tor many years. All were
sewed with long stitch of black
thread. There were places that indi-
Gated that a bill had been turned out
and another bill sewed in its place.
The Marlboro democrat. [volume] (Bennettsville, S.C.) 1882-1908, 1907-04-12


The united States postal authori-
ties have taken hold OF the matter
and they are trying to SUPPRESS the
craze. In speaking of the above let
ter an official of the postal depart
ment said:
'"The Bishop Lawrence referred to
in the letter Indignantly denies that
he ever commanded or authorized
any one to use his name in such a
"attcr. He thinks the originator IS
either practical joker or some re-
ligious enthusiast, possibly possess
ing more piety than common sense"
The bishop proves that the origi-
nator Of the chain" was not a good
Christian or he cou,1 not have incor-
porated the falsehood in his original
letter, setting forth the supposed CON
ncction.
The more prayer letters, the more
imprecations from postal clerks and
carriers. The thing seems to have
taken pernacious hold upon the
supcrstlcous in widely separated
communities, and their name is le-
gion. Theinnoccnt cause Of the trou-
bic has sought to stem the tide and
entirely disclaims responsibility for
the scheme which has loaded the
mails with these prayer letters. The
ministers have denounced the fake
and urged their congregation to burn
the missiles and pay no attention to
the threats they contain, but still the
letters multiply and are seriously
overlooking the mails. 1t seems that
nothing but common sense will serve
| to break up the chain.
The Marlboro democrat. [volume] (Bennettsville, S.C.) 1882-1908, 1907-04-12
QUEER D0INGS.
The Peculiar Capers of Glassware
In a Darlington House.
The Ncighborhood Is Mystcldicd Over
The Unexplained Antics Of Various
Articles OF Furniture.


Very mysterious things are hap
pening at farm house in the Coun-
ty OF Darlington If the story publish
ed below, which is taken form the
Darlington Press is true. The Press
says:
"W. j. Odom, who lives in the
Early's Crossroad section, claims
that at the residence Of his son, Will
lie Odom, curious freak occurred
from to | O'Clock Monday night,
and from 8 o'clock Tuesday morning.
Looking glasses, water buckets,
trult jars, etc, danced and pranccd
about In manner as If possessed
with life. water bucket half filled
with water jumped from it's shelf in
the room and cmptcd it's contents.
1T was picked up and replaced,
when it jumped again. A bottle of
white pine cough syrup leaped from
the table a distance of ten or twelve
feet and struck the chimney and
broke; glass ware, fruit Jars and
bottles and dcmijohns cut peculiar
antics, fell about in prOfusion and
were broken; one empty jar fell to
pieces without moving from its place.
The people in the house carried
the bottles, one containing turpen-
tine, out of doors, and these Walls re-
turned mySteriously to the room and
fell upon the floor. A mirrow about
eighteen inches long, sitting on the
table, bounded from the table about
eleven feet to the middle Of the floor
and was smashed to smitherocns. Mr..
Odom is dumfounded over the phc-
nomcna.
"a number OF the people in the
neighborhood collected and are all
mystertied. The whole community
became interested and some thirty
ilve or forty people gathered at the
house. Mr.. Odom is reliable and is
not superstitious. He called at the
Press office yesterday. j. M. Gray of
this city, was at the place Tuesday
evening and witnessed the broken
pieces of glass, etc"
In foot note the Editor OF the
Press says We give the above as told
us by Mr.. Odom, who seeks an cx-
planation as we'll as advice as to
what should be done. If this mys-
tcrious thing happen 4 some place
we would attribute it to an over
dose OF booze, but as Darlington is
dry county, there must be some
other cause for themysterious phe-
nOmcna.