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THIRD ASSISTANT
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Hope Oliver of Rosmore, who was employed
in this city, in what capacity l know not, for
the last several years.
Stoddard smiled Behold Sherlock Holmes
on the spot, he replied. Miss Hope Oliver
has been in this office for more than a year,
although you probably did not see her until
several weeks ago, when accident brought
her to you for dictation. The young lady
resigned suddenly and begged our pardon for
not giving the usual notice. / supposed that
she was either going to elope or had been left
a fortune. She was one of the best we ever
had"
Thank you. That's all | want to know"
In less than a week Prentice was again at
Rosmore, and after that he was there as regu-
larly as Hope Oliver would permit, and She
was quite liberal
= Neither of them knew at what moment they
fell il, love with each other; but they finally
decided that it was at the same instant when
ever that was. The chances were in favor of
the time when in the midst of his great strain
he suddenly appealed to her intuition. She
confessed that the same intuition had led her
to use the private telephone and get his
mother to call him home.
once heard man say, ANYBODY can
go to see people. 1t is making people come
to see you that means anything But" she
added quickly. II didn't make you, did I?'
You did," he said with decision; but
you didn't give me your answer in three hours
or three days You kept me waiting three
months
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BIG NEWSPAPER SCOOPS
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aid and Times went to Norfolk with the
expectation of sailing with the flagship. The
Admiral refused them this privilege, and the
Secretary of the Navy was appealed to for
permission to accompany the expedition. But
when the necessary order arrived the Worces-
ter had been at sea two hours, and could not
be overtaken.
The disappointed correspondents made their
way to Key West where the fleet was moored,
and began their preparations for covering the
surrender of the Virginius, which was to be
the great event of the campaign. The great
difficulty in the way of obtaining an accurate
account of this incident that the time,
place, and manner of the surrender were kept
fleet. Meantime Major Handy had made him
self agreeable to the officers and formed sew
eral valuable friendships, which subsequently
brought forth fruit.
Without resorting to bribery or breach of
faith, Major Handy discovered that the sur
render was to take place at Bahia Honda, and
that the Despatch was to receive it. He then
laid three plans for conducting his campaign.
First The Tribune" correspondent at Havana
was informed of the facts and requested to
go overland to Bahia Honda, to witness the
ceremony and write description of the scenes
and incidents and communicate It to him; or
in the event of Handy's non-appearance, to
cable the story from Havana to " The Tribune"
Second, an attempt was to be made to charter
steamer at Key West to follow in the wake
but decidedly more desirable, to secure passage
in the Despatch itself Through little STRAIT
egy and an appeal to friendly officer, the
Major was enabled to put the third plan in
operation, and he boarded the Despatch just
before she sailed on her mission. The other
correspondents were ignorant of this fact, and
chartered vessels to take them to Cuba. Upon
arriving at Havana, owing to some defect in
their papers, they were not permitted to pro-
ceed but turned back to sea and missed the
event they had schemed to describe.
Major Handy witnessed the ceremony of
surrender and went aboard the Virginius.
Next morning, greatly to his dismay, he
learned that the Virginius to be sent to
Dry Tortugas, from which point it would be
difficult to reach a telegraph station. He
managed to wigwag the Fortune, which was
to go direct to Key West and obtained per-
mission to make the trip with her. Key West
was reached late that afternoon, and Handy
put on the wires complete and graphic an
account of the surrender the pen of a sea-
sick correspondent could write.
1t was indeed a splendid scoop, won, as
Major Handy afterward declared, from foe
men worthy of any correspondents steel.
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the deck, all smiles and welcoming words,
and it was evident that some reason other
than physical unftness had kept him out of
sight until the voyage had actually began.
In the midst of his explanations, he saw that
Dick was accompanying the party, and told
him rather abruptly that his services were
not required. In no amiable mood, therefore,
the second officer went to the upper deck,
Tagg about the mysterious incident of the
telegram. 1t was a moment of tension, and
something might have been said that would
tend to place Royson and the Captain at
arms length, if the Aphrodite had not taken
it into her head to emulate Miss Fenshawes
action by coming to Dicks assistance. The
little vessel remembered that which Stump paid
small heed to, and asserted herself.
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of the steering chains showed that the helm
put hard aport. When the Aphrodite
moved slowly astern, her bow swung toward
the mouth of the dock. The indicator rang
again, twice, and the yacht, after a pause,
began to forge ahead. Another splash, and
the second hawser was cast loose. The mole,
the neighboring ships, the landward quays,
and the warehouses thereon seemed to dimin-
lsh in size without any perceptible cause, and
in space of time that might have been meas
ured by seconds rather than minutes the
Aphrodite was throbbing southwark.
Mrs. Haxton, whose eagerness to inspect
Now, because l asked you to wait, you
shall have first choice" she said. Lead on,
Mr.. Roysoni Let US see our dens."
But Baron Won Kerber came running along
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gave General Miles as authority for the
despatch A swarm of correspondents jumped
any such story, as he said he would; and JUS
tice, who had scored the greatest legitimate
scoop of the war, was discredited by his home
office, notwithstanding that the news was
fully verified that night and appeared in all
ticism of The World authorities in New
York, this beat fell fiat, and it months
before Justice, whose enterprise should have
been praised rather than scowled upon and
alert, and conscientious journalist"
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The Virginius Affair

ONE of the most perfect scoops obtained in
the face of alert and trained competition,
was the work of the late Moses P. Handy At
the time of the Virginius affair Major Handy
was Richmond correspondent of THE New
York Tribune" The Government had de-
ternined to send the Worcester flagship of
the North Atlantic fleet, to Cuban waters.
Every effort was made to keep this fact Sc
cret. 1t leaked out, however and the Major
and correspondents of The New York Her
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Evening journal., 1907-08-16
WILL FINISH THE
PROGRAM TONIGHT

The civic improvement sub-commit-
tee and a COMMITTEES from the New
Century Club. which bodies are ar
ranging for Wilmington-Chester
City Beautiful Day celebration, re-
viewed their program last evening.
and will discuss the details with the
Board OF Trade tonight.
The women arc working hard for the
success of the celebration. They have
prepared more than two hundred chill
dren. divided into six sections, from as
MANY parts Of the citv TO participate
in exhibition drills. These children
viii not be IN competition with tho
Chester children. but viii give exhibi-
tions Of a kindergarten nature by
themselves. They win perform on
Friday afternoon, the first day and
the Chester children will perform on
Saturday afternoon.
At the meeting of the Board Of
Trade this evening the complete pro-
gram VIII be arranged and announced.
The Chester Board of Trade viii have
several representatives present to tell
what the Chester people are doing in
connection with the movement.
Evening journal., 1907-08-16
HEAVY FINE ON
ELWOOD BISCOE.
Judge Was Lenient and Did
Not Impose Imprisonment
Sentence

After several postponements, the case
OF Elwood Brlscoe. young man, charged
with assault and battery was finally dis
posed CT in city Court to-day. He was
accused Of assaulting Horny C. suadloy,
an old man employed as watehman by
Commission merchants in Bast Fourth
street After hearing the evidence Deputy
Judge Joslyn fined the defendant $50 and
costs. He said he would not send Briscoe
TO jail because he had a wife and two
children ana was drunk when no com
mitted the assault.
Br-scoe was represented by J. Frank
Ball. 1t was testified that he struck strad-
ley and knocked him down three times.
because the Waterman attempted TO re-
move him from tho corner OF Fourth and
French streets. where he was sitting on
a sten asleep.
/ BriscOe claims he did not know who he
! truck. but remembered beng pulled and
dragged by somebody and thinking ne was
being assaulted struck out lie also sad
that whoever the man was he struck, hit
him with a stick OF cane.
Patrick NeNns was fined so for break
ing Robert Rowasleys nose with his fist
The latter has been employed on dredge
near New Castle and ran into Nevins on
the coast
Evening journal., 1907-08-16
TELEGRAPHERS
WOULD ARBITRATE
By THE JOURNALS Special wire.

By THE JOURNALS Special Wire.
CHICAGO Aug. 16-Any just PROPOSE
tion Of arbitration will be accepted by the
striking telegraphers. President Small 50
stated to-day to the United Press.
'"rhe Commercial Tclegraphers are
s rking for their just rights declared
President Small. I'VE are not seeking re-
venge or to Inconvenience the public.
Whenever we can gain our end by arbtra-
ton we will be glad to accept il. We VIII
be willing at any time to listen to pro-
posals from far and honest men but wo
will never be willing to accept President
Clowry's buncombed labelled arbitration
We have tasted Of that I'm the past.
I'VE have not rushed into this strike.
The gravity of this conflict has never
been mnimzed by the officials of the
commercial telegraphers. We have real
lied that il is going to mean business
paralysis and financial loss to the people
as well as actul suffering to the members
of the union. We nd no other recourse,
however. than the action that has been
tlken. Now trot the de is cast and the
strike mlde peenral we will make the
most deterinined fight ever waged- by
union laDer We have money and num-
bers, but better than this. We have right
and Justice on our side. There is not a
shadow Of a doubt as TO what the result
will be-"
Evening journal., 1907-08-16
MAN FROM THE
WEST in TOWN
Got on the Coast" and
Drawing a Gun Did Some
Fancy Shooting

Frederick Daniels, young man. who
halls from Los Angeles Cal. "dut a
figure on the coast" last night and
for a time he had several people look
ing cross-eyed and every other way,
TO avoid being punctured with bullets
from the revolver which the imam from
the wild and woolly west" consplc-
uously displayed.
AS a result of his actions, the defend
ant was arrested and in City Court to-
day he was charged with pointing a
pistol at John MCGOWAN, Front street
saloonkeeper and later with shooting
LAT Pasquala Lamanna, a fruit dealer
lat No. 1l3 East Front street. For this
offense he was held In $500 bail for
the upper court on the charge of as
sault with intent to commit murder
and for pointing the revolver at Me-
Gowan, he was held for court in an
additional $500 bail.
Got Mad in Saloon.
Daniels first made HIS presence
known on the coast" by pulling his
gun on McGowan because the latter
refused TO sell him a drink. The saloon
keeper showed good sense by diplo-
matically Withdrawing 10 a back room
and the stranger then went out OF the
place
a little further up the street Daniels
fell against Lamanna's fruit stand and
when the fruit dealer demonstrated
with him. he, without more ado, again
brought his trusty weapon into play
and this time he not only pointed the
pistol but fired IL point blank at La
mamma, and how the latter escaped be-
! ing hit is a mystery He told the court,
however. that he believed he lodged the
bullet
At the police station. Daniels played
high horse and the policemen on duty
at the hall had some trouble in sub
DUNG him. Twenty cartridges were
found in the bottom of the patrol
wagon where Daniels had thrown them.
These were in addition TO those re-
maining in the revolver. after he had
shot al Lamanna.
/ AS the prisoner is a stranger here
/ he will go TO prison to await trial He
was very meek this morning and told
the court that he did not know what
he was doing when he shot at the Front
street fruit dealer.
Evening journal., 1907-08-16
GIRL PERHAPS
FATALLY BURNED
Daught5T Of William Spence
Sets FIRE to Clothes Play
ing With Matches

Playing with matches in the out
building of her home, to-day Mary NJ.
Spence, the 5-year-old daughter of
William Spence. Of No. 2O2 East Fifth
street, set fire TO some paper and
caused her clothes TO ignite. Before
assistance came TO the little one she
was badly burned about the upper part
Of the body.
The child's screams could be heard
for considerable distance. The burn
ing clothes were torn from her and
Dr. Frank Roop Smith was Immediate
ly summoned. He administered sooth-
ing lotions and relieved the little suf-
ferer Of much OF her pain. The child's
condition is critical. but the physician
has hopes for her recovery.
The burned child had a wealth OF
beautiful hair which fell over her
shoulders, and this was entirely burned
of. Whether she inhaled any Of the
flames the physician is as yet unable
to say.
Evening journal., 1907-08-16
GET READY FOR
SUNDAY AT CAMP
Attendance at BTandyWine
Summit Vas Gratifying
Yesterday
MANY PARTIES WENT OUT

Special to THE EVENING JOURNAL.
BRANDYWlNE SUMMIT CAMP,
Aug. 16.-Now that Big Thursday"
with its large attendance of visitors,
is past the cottagers here are pre-
pairing for big Sunday which is ex-
pected to be the most important day
of the encampment All that is needed
to assure an influx of visitors on that
day is good weather, and the tenters
are hoping for IT, They have been
blessed with fine weather since the
opening of camp. and some of them
feel that il may take a turn for the
worse about Sunday 1t has been de-
lightfully cool at nights. II Is said
that one woman piled a suit case on
her bed to assist her in. barring out
the chilly air and it also is related
that another woman tenter carefully
pinned the canvass flaps on the front
of her cottage together with a hat
pin Ito keep burglars out"
Camp has been going along in the
even tenor of its way this year. and
nothing in the form of excitement has
occurred. The attendance yesterday
was most gratifying. many visitors
coming in during the afternoon and
evening.
Many automobile AID hack parties
iourneyed out to the camp to spend
the evening, adding tl the social life
Of the grove habitat. The morning
sermon was preached by the Rev. c.
A. Hill. of st. Pauls NJ. +. Church.
his text being: Jeremiah IS: 4. "And
the vessel that he made of clay was
marred in the hand Of the potter. 50
he made it again another vessel as
seemed good to the potter to make
it,"
In the afternoon the Rev. II. A. c.
Westerheld. of Asbury NJ. r. Church
preached from the text: Acts Is: a.
But Calico cared for none Of these
things"
The night sermon was delivered by
the Rev. G. c. Williams. of Berlin
Nd. his text being: Corinthians g. Is
but we all with open face beholdine
(Continued on Page 50
Evening journal., 1907-08-16
OLD ORCHARD
PREY OF FLAMES
Seventeen Hotels and Many
Cottages at New England
Resort Destroyed
WAITRESS TIPS OVER
LAMP. BLAZE STARTS

BY THE JOURNALS Special wire.
OLD ORCHARD. Me-. Aug. 1s-old
Orchard is as busy to-day In a search
for valuables as a western mining
camp. The great heaps OF ashes
marking the sites Of The seventeen
hotels and sixty cottages destroyed in
the great fire. which practically wiped
out the summer colony to-day is the
prospecting grounds OF the searchers.
With sticks and spades, picks and
other Implements hundreds of persons.
ranging from milllonaires to scullions.
are searching for vaiuables known to
have been lost in the great connaera-
tion.
For nearly two miles along the
coast a desolate spectacle Is presented
to-day What yesterday was a sum-
iner wonderland with its beautiful
villas and magnificent hotels and
numerous bathing pavlllons is now
only waste Of ashes. debris and piles
Of still smouldering wreckaee. The
loss estimated to-day Is s.. 900 900 and
the fire was stopped only when dyna-
mite was used. But the use OF the
extreme expedient cost four lives.
Three other men who were seriously
hurt by falling debris brought down
by the explosion are believed to be
dying to-day.
Spread With Rapidly.
The fire spread with extraordinary
rapidity. the water service proving alb
solutely inadequate and this enabled
the blaze to move on its destructive
way unchecked. Calls for help were
sent 70 Saco. Biddeford and Portland.
but even when apparatus arrived it
was practically useless because OF lack
Of water.
The fire started in the Emerson
Hotel Volunteer firemcnt were slow
in starting and by the time they were
ready for work the fire had spread.
The Olympic Alberta. Seashore,
Lawrence and Aldine hotels followed.
Then the hurricane of fire spread
through the beach colony until the de-
struction of buildings I'm its path bv
dynamite left Il without fuel to feed
on.
Gradually the flames subsidized. leav-
] INK HtellH hi hriitn ana OtDIltI WDeTo
once stately buildings stood
The fainting Of a waitress in tho
Hotel Emerson caused the fire. She
was curling her hair when she tipped
over the lamp starting a blaze that
ran at frightful speed among the old
wooden buildings Seventeen hotels
were consumed; sixty cottages and fif-
teen or twenty stores.
Relief Trains Arrives.
The first Of the twenty relief trains
/ despatched by the Boston and Maine
Railroad were hailed with thanksgiv-
ing by between 5000 and 1000 refugees.
The first trains to arrive contained
dining cars and food supplies and were
| almost mobbed BY the hungry multi
tude. rich and poor. lighting for a
place in the line that received coffee,
bread and sandwiches Most Of the
other trains now coming in are made
up OF empty passenger cars into which
the homeless summer guests are being
crowded for transportation 70 their
homes.
Evening journal., 1907-08-16
FINED So FOR
KISSING A MAN

PITTsBURG. Aug. 16-Because she
kissed a man who looked just too cute"
last evening. Mrs. NJ. Kierney, aged thir-
ty. black-eyed. rosy and dimpled. was
fined ss and costs by hard-hearted Mayor
Coleman. OF McKeesport. Mrs. Kierney
bushingly paid the fine and promised
that It wouldn't happen again.
Mrs Kiorney was on a street car when
she saw the "cute" man sitting in cor
ner. She said she couldn't resist the temp
tation Of throwing her arms around his
neck and kissing him. The man didn't
take kindly TO the caress nor the laughter
+ the other passengers. He jumped off
the car and informed a policeman Of the
happening Mrs. Kierney was taken to
ne stationhouse. while the man she kissed
ananAd
Evening journal., 1907-08-16
IS CATS DEAD
IN SO HOURS

Whether dog days" have any bearing
upon the lives Of cats is a subject which
is as yet undetermined by the medical pro-
fosson. but the fact remains that this is
the dog day. period and that the lives
OF fifteen cats have been snumed out
within tho past IS hours
For sometime this morning Joseph Wig
ellsworth. secretary OF the Board OF
Health was engaged I'm notifying collectors
OF garbage OF the deaths OF cats Of all
colors and sexes which had been reported
10 him from various sections Of the city.
Some Of the cats had died natural death,
Others had met their doom by being run
over on the streets while still others had
cate ntoo much Of arsenic or strych-
nine. This morning the garbage collectors
were gathering up the remains OF the
dead pussics.
Evening journal., 1907-08-16
peIiahtful Rlrthday Party.

Mr.. ard Mrs. George J. Wink entertain
ed a delightful house party on Wednesday
evening az their Broome street residence
in honor Of Their daughter Marguerite's
birthday. Games were played and refresh
ments were served in abundance. Among
those present we're Miss Louisa Muensch,
OF Ph ladelphia; Miss Catharine Springer,
OF Ocean city. Md; Miss Ruth Mullin,
Miss jeanette Slocomb. Miss Dolores
Sparks. Raymond Koon and Horace Koon,
OF Tioga Philadelphia; Romain Foster,
William stoops. Ralph Sudham. Edward
Sparks and Leonard Edwards.
Evening journal., 1907-08-16
MESERVE GIVES
UP WARDENSHIP
Resigns WOrkhOuSe Position
After Long and Valued
Service
MAY GO INTO BUSINESS

A. S. Meserve. chief warden Of the
New Castle county worShouse. and
one Of the most efficient prison off,
cials in the country, resigned his posi-
tion to-day and the trustees OF the
county worlxhouse in special session,
in the office OF J. Frank Ball, at noon,
accepted the resignation with reluct-
ance.
AIR Meserve came TO this city from
Westboro. Mass. eight years ago, TO
become superintendent of the eFrris
Industrial School and remained at the
school until the new county work.
house was opened on November J.,
1901 when he became chief warden OF
that institution.
Under his administration the work
house has become a model institution,
and it IS with regret that the trustees
see Mr.. Meserve abandon the work.
His relations with the trustees were
always pleasant He had advanced
ideas on prison reform and had put
MANY of them into practice at the
woriShouse with the approval OF the
trustees OF the institution
Although Mr.. Mescrve has not COM
pleted his business plans for the future.
it is probable that he will enter the em-
ploy Of tho Pauley Jail Company OF St.
Louis eBforo taking up his new dudes.
however. he wll go to his old home in
Vermont for rest
On Tuesday night the officials under
Warden Meserve presented him with a
silver service because Of the twenty-hfth
anniversary OF his wedding. II was int-
mated at the time that MT Meserve was
10 retire as warden.
He was the first warden and has been
the only warden Of the workhouse.
Evening journal., 1907-08-16
COMP PANIES SAY
STRIKE is OVER
New York Union Men En-
thusiaStiC and Declare
They viii Win
nv rHr IouRNAL.s speeIal wlre.

Rv THE JOURNALS . Specldl war
NEW YORK. Aug. 16-As a result Of
the general strike order issued by
President Small the officials of the
local union we're enthusiastic this
morning, claiming everything. The
officers of the big companies and the
Associated Press, however. seemed to
he undisturbed This order now means
that all the chief operators, who have
been holding of win all walk 1t also
means that a great portion OF the
clerical forces which have been organ
ized will strike. said Secretary Nc
Trarnv of the local union to-day. This
disnroves the statement of President
C,Iowrv that the strike is over and the
comnlete substantiation of the state
nent of Deputy President Thomas OF
the union. that it has Just begun
Thomas SAYS;
"The public is beginning to realize
that the statements of the officials OF
the company are incorrect. The great
delav and Inconvenience to All
branches of commerce cannot be
countenanced long. With the general
order to-day we are far more conh-
dent than ever before. Every AS
sociated Press operator must leave his
kew to-day OF be disloyal to the union.
We are confident that not many viii
remain when it is put up to them IN
such clear terms. We expect every
man to strike.
.'In many of the Western Union and
Postal offices in small towns and out
of-the-way places-and in some big
towns, too, the operators have waited
for the official call All of these go
ont to-day.
II repeat that this strike has just
begun. We are preparedto fight il
out to the finish and the more state
ments the officials Of the companies
give out, saying it is over, the better
It Is for us when the public ic con-
fronted with the actual state of af-
fairs. We cannot lose"
The union committee will hold an
other conference with State Attorney
General jackson in their effort to have
an action instituted seeking to annul
the Western Union charter in this
State on the ground that the provi-