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The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1907-04-19

The Charleston News and Courier is
mad because certain newspapers insist
upon crediting ex-senator Marion Butler
TO the State Of South Carolina. The North
Carolina papers, however, are saying
nothing.
The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1907-04-19

OF course. when q little old doWn-and-
out H0ndUTaH colonel insults Old Glory
we can do nothing but grin and bear it.
The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1907-04-19

Ex-Presideut Bonilla is said to be on
his way to washington to lay his case
before the President. The society for the
suppression Of useless noises should be
invited to take charge of that Central
American trouble maker.
The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1907-04-19
Linked with the Glorious Past.

There died at Montgomery. Ala, a few
days ago the daughter Of George Wash
ington's secretary. Her name was Miss
Anne Frobel. and she was ninety-nvo
years old. Although born several years
after the death Of Washington, she re-
membered very well how her father used
to talk of him and left many anecdotes
% the immortal George. which have never
been printed. The old FrObeI homestead
lies almost within the shadow Of Mount
Vernon. Miss Frobel was also a cousin
of Frederick Frobel the founder of the
kindergarten educational system Miss
Frobers remains viii be brought TO Alex
andTia for inteTmeut in one Of the ancient
cemeteries Of that proud old Virginia
city. She had lived many years with rela-
lives at Montgomery. and before going to
them had resided with other relatives in
Atlanta. Her body will be buried by the
side of those of her mother and father.
The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1907-04-19

A st. Louis man who proposed at
luncheon was married before shutdown. A
St Louis girl evidently never gives her
victim time TO take q second thought.
The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1907-04-19

The drumhead court-martial has been
abolished in Russia. The government has
probably found some more convenient
way in which to abolish captured revolu-
tionists
The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1907-04-19

"Uncle joe is 10 spend the summer
with his grandchildren. He viii no more
be the boss AT that gathering than new
member elected to MI an unexpired term
is ever q boss in Congress
The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1907-04-19

When the Atlanta newspapers recently
made such a fuss demanding the next
Democratic convention for that city, we
wondered then what was coming. but we
never suspected Mr. John Temple Graves
of having that sort Of card up his sleeve.
The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1907-04-19

Mr.. Andrew Carnegie himself a giver
of medals of honor. has been decorated
with the French order Of the Legion OF
Honor. One good medal deserves another.
The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1907-04-19

The Florida legislature has passed a bill
calling upon the United States Supreme
Court TO declare unconstitutional a part
Of the Constitution OF the United States
This is apt TO cause the justices TO do
some lofty thinking.
The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1907-04-19

Mr.. Anthony Comstock is performing
his regular spring act of Sitting the slot
machines in the Stats.
The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1907-04-19

Cen Raisoun has fed from Morocco
into Spain. The Moroccan hen-roosts
may now be able to enjoy some sort of
peace after dark.
The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1907-04-19

There arc some things almost as bad
as war. For instance, a peace conference
Wit W. T. Stead as one OF the principal
delegates
The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1907-04-19

The Simple Spelling Board announces
that 100, coo people now spell by the simple
method. But not by the same simple
method
The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1907-04-19

Advancing the price OF diamonds al this
time is a direct and cutting insult to the
June bride crop.
The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1907-04-19

Senator Perkins says the President
talks too much Scrouge up there.
Afessrs. Hartman, StoreT. Whitney, ct al.
The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1907-04-19

1t may become necessary to refer Mr..
William T. Stead to The Hague.
The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1907-04-19

Mr.. Harry X Thaw is said to desire a
change of venue when his next trial takes
place. How would the island of Guam
The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1907-04-19
Had Enough of II.

Gen. Andrew s. Burt, now retired and
living in this city. where he is prominent
IN an army matters, is an enthusiastic
sportsman, his especial hobby being base
ball. When he was colonel of a eoIored
regiment picked mines OF two companies
Of which were having a game. he took
the place of a poor player, but the men
on the coaching lines did not shout 10 him
as they did TO the pTivates. The colonel
took of his uniform coat and demanded
TO be treated exactly ike the other play
ers. Shortly he went TO bat, hit the ball
and started for first.
Run you skimpy-legged. sawed-on
mud turtle"' yelled a coacher.
Get move on you. YOU miserable
runtH' screamed another
Col Burt got around the bases to this
sort of accompaniment Then he put on
his military coat again, and played the
game out in that garb of authority.
The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1907-04-19
Richest Woman In diplomatic Corr

Sonora Creel. wife of the new Ambas-
sador from Mexico. is the richest wom-
an in the diplomatic corps. Many years
ago her distinguished husband gave her
title to numerous gold prospects he
located in the state Of Chihuahua. and
only recently have these been developed
It is estimated that there Is already in
sight 500 100000 of the precious metal in
her mines, and her income is now enor-
nous. Ambassador Creel. though one Of
the wealthiest citizens of Mexico, is said
not to have so large fortune as his
wife, since he made over to her what
have PANIED out to be his most valuable
mining properties In point Of fact, Sc
nora Creel. according TO this account. is
not only the richest woman in the diplO-
matte corps In Washington. but she is
probably the richest woman, in her own
right, in the world at least potentially
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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1907-07-21

At the latter place he took
i'll and, escaping from
Keating's home while
light headed, persisted in
a snow drift. Having his
parchment map and oral
data, Heating fitted out a
schooner, sailed round
Cape Horn. and duly
reached Cocos, where he
afterward declared he
found the treasure and
selected from it jewels
worth some thirteen thou
sand dollars, which he
concealed on his person,
fearing to take more lest
his crew might murder
him in their cupidity. He
informed the latter that
he had failed in his quest.
In 1913, after having re-
turned to St. John he in
duced tombstone, a mer-
chant there, whose firm
still survives, to equip the
schooner Gauntlet and
send him on a second
voyage; in which he al
ways claimed that he and
the Captain unearthed
the hoard a second time,
filled a sack with dia-
monds and gems, and put
off again in their boat,
when a squat overturned
it, the Captain and the
sack were lost, and Keat-
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ty years fewer than eighteen different eXpedl-
tons have been organized to search for it; but so
far without result.
There are two treasure boards there. The first
was the plumber from many gold ships and richly
freighted merchantmen looted by Benito Bonito the
last of the great pirates in the Pacific up to 1920,
and estimated to be worth sixty million dollars,
which lies buried this lonely islet, sixteen square
miles in area, lying three hundred miles west of
Panama. He murdered half his crew on doing so;
but his vessel, being undermanned dismasted
after and putting into Valparaiso to reft,
recognized and all were hanged save boy named
Thompson, taken shortly before from English
ship In 1889 the boy was in Lima master of the brig
Mary DER when revolution broke out, and church
men, grandees, and notables piled treasure aboard
her to the of fifteen million dollars believing
them safe under the British flag But Thompson
and his crew sail at night for Cocos dividing part
of the spoil among them and buryng the resteleven
boatloads-ashore While Thompson thus en-
gagged a Peruvian gunboat sent in chase captured
the brig and shot the crew. but he hid in cave and
escaped being taken off the island later by pass
ing craft, which supposed him to be shipwrecked
mariner.
Five years later being without facilities for
ering the treasure himself he disclosed the facts
one Heating mate of the Newfoundland bark Alba
tross, while crossing from Liverpool to ST. Johns
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ing had to return once more with only few
gems he had put in his pocket they worked
He could never raise means for third essay
but in 1881 he and shipmaster named Hackett
were planning cruise when Hackett succumbed
to yellow fever in Havana, and Heating died
shortly after hearing the news. Hacketts brother
and keatlng's widow tried the venture ten wears
later, but without result; and during recent years
sealers from Japan, beachcombers from the South
Seas, Admiral PalliSter in the British warship
lmperleuse (who put hundred men and an
adequate supply of explosives ashore there for
month S work., and numerous others have engaged
in the same wild goose chase.
But, except for Heating, no man has ever claimed
to have brought away from Cocos Island ANYTHING
but disappointment. Howard Grey an Irish gem
tlenan, with the yacht Rosemarine recently spent
two there with force of poems hired in Panama
exploring likely spots, but without result Lord
f1tZWllam, IN 1904, went out from England in the
steamer Veronlque, and tried it also but only Sue
ceeded IN damaging himself and several of his asso-
crates by premature explosion of dynamite. Both
these expeditions abandoned their quest in Novem-
Der, 1905, and 1T was given out that they believed
the treasure to have been secured and carried away
IN the past that the encroachments of the sea had
submerged 1t beyond hope of recovery CAPTAIN
Gesser. German, and his wife have lived on the
Island tor some years and sought for the treasure
increasingly, but without any result
midget edition of the Cocos story is that of
Alboran Island, a lonely rock in the Mediterranean
ABOUT 1881, so the legend runs the of pirate
ship, the Young Constitution chased by British
men OF war; landed on the forsaken slet and buried
thelr booty, gold, and Jewels, worth five million
dollars Subsequently they were captured and
hanged with one exception, a lad named Robinson
beng spared He later entered the service of
military ofcer, and many years afterward told him
the secret of the island. The officer organized an
expedition to search for the treasure but without
avail, and many modern treasure hunters have been
equally unsuccessful. The latest, a syndicate of
Enghshmen, who went from Plymouth in a yacht,
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spent many weeks there, going over
the ground Systematically, but came
away empty handed, convinced that
the alleged treasure was a myth.
Untold Wealth of the Armada
THE search for the hoard of the
I Armada's flagship rests on a
surer foundation. 1t is a matter of
historic record that the Florentia
harbored in Tobermory Bay and
bought stores from the islanders of
Null. Tradition declares that one
of these, being detained aboard.
fired her magazine and blew her up;
but it is possible she may have
foundered from other causes. Ger
tain it is that she lies there The
Duke of Argyll, who lived in 1641,
obtained a concession from the
Scottish crown of any treasure he
might recover from her, and salvage
work was continued until 1855. 1t
was resumed by one of his sue
cessors, and diving bell was used.
A fine brass cannon eleven feet
long, with engravings thereon at
trlbuted to Benevenuto Cellini was
recovered, as well as many gold and
silver coins.
Since then at intervals the work
has been resumed, swords, scab-
bards, pistols, and boarding pixies,
cannon balls, and the bones of
moldered Spaniards being brought
to light. Gradually, however, the
hull has settled down and been
silted over with sand and mud, to
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NdERE IS no phase o. modern seatar1ng adven-
ture more fascinating than the quest for buried
boards of wealth, sunk in the oceans depths
r secreted on lonely seaboards. Allurng indeed
this ever new temptation to the daring visionary,
Tho dreams of enrlchng himself at single stroke
lille fact and fiction alike pay tribute to this will
the wisp the basis of of the most thrilling
Incidents in countless narratives of past and present
lays.
Highly romantic are the stories of treasure hunts
q mysterious islands distant seas, and many a
}cild gamble is comprehended in the endeavors
constantly being made to locate this trOve in vari
! us parts of the globe The hidden boards of
precious stones and mlnted metal, which are the
}odestones that attract many searchers and
involve such large OUTLAWS, should be worth hundreds
millions of dollars If existing at all while Midas
| himself might well gasp at mere enumeration of
| hese more less mythical Eldorados
Some of the buried pelf has a we'll established
historical existence, in the fact that the Romans
In the good days of DID, by casting their priceless
possessions of gems and valuables into the bosom
the Tiber to appease the god which they believed
|lwelt there must have Uttered it's bed with untold
wealth. The ancient royal regalia of England King
Alfred S crown, many Norman jewels, and numerous
Pther valuables were lost by King John in crossing
he wash. Ancient ships conveying great stores of
gold are known to lie beneath the of Swiss
lake, where efforts are being made to get
/ them. Equally certain is it that the Forentia, the
flagship of the Spanish Armada, sank in Tobermory
Bay, the west coast of Scotland, in the eventful
year of $685. carrying down with her bullion and
Eauables estimated at fifteen million dollars The
Spanish galleons scuttled in Vigo Bay in 1922 to
bvoid capture by the British, were laden with gold
silver and precious stones the harvest of four years
(ootng in Mexico which is estimated at one hundred
and forty million dollars.
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when bank suspended payment at St,
Johns, local worthy given to treasure
hunting seriously proposed to the trustees
that if advanced moderate sum for such
purpose he would return them enough to
pay off their liabilities surely the strang-
est vagary in the history of gold seeking
enterprises. In the West Indies the equally
enormous booty which Blackboard Teach
is credited with having secured is be-
lieved to be enriching numerous caves
there and has been the inspiration of
many hunt. Other notorious pirates of
the Indian Ocean are said to have secreted
plumber worth one hundred and fifty million
dollars in Black River Mountains, Mauri-
thus; and lesser spoil from scores of ships,
partly laden with specie or bar gold and
wrecked along every coast line of the
oceans great highways, ternpts the eff
forts of as many purely local search parties.
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Sacred Hoards in the Tropics


merely, though perhaps with a
substratum of truth are the accounts of treas
ure hiding by the Chbchas, Aztecs, and Incas
The former, race once numbering Million dwell
|on mountain range inland from Bogota Colombia
where they worshiped of yore deity whose home
twas in the bottom of the lake of Guatavita, into
(which for ages they cast their wealth, amounting
from the estimates of Humboldt, the famous trav-
eler, and others who investigated the story to some
five hundred million dollars The long lost golden
store of the lncas, supposed to exceed thirty million
dollars, secreted the coming of the invader has
yet to be unearthed in the wilds of Bolivia and
still greater sum consigned to the beds of swift
flowing rivers by Aztec priests and chiefs under
similar circumstances may be there for countless
ages yet, scant the clues its whereabouts
In a still different category stand the called
pirate boards These, according to tradition, are
premier pirate of his time is reputed to have buried
treasure on almost every slet from Yucatan to
Labrador, and in Newfoundland many places are
known as Kids treasure grounds Some years ago,
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The Cocos Island Hunt

IN it's romantic interest and alluring pos
L sibilities, the Cocos Island treasure cas-
lily transcends all others of these tantalzin
bullion phantoms Within the last twer
Twice-a-week plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1895-1913, 1907-12-31
rs LIVES LOST IN THE ALPS.
800 Other Bad Mishaps This Year
Growth of Foolhardlness.

London.-Of1cia statistics just is
sued supply the death rate in 1907 due
to misadventure in the Italian, Swiss
and Austrian Alps. The number of
lives lost was rs, the majority being
Swiss and Germans. Next came the
British and after them the Italians.
The chief cause of the fatality was
foolhardiness, which is becoming more
prevalent every year, in attempting
difficult ascents without guide and
often even without a companion Four
teen deaths were caused by attempts
to gather flowers in dangerous locali.
ties. The number of accidents which
are put down as grave but not fatal
was $50.
AS prophylactic measures the com.
pliers of the statistics recommend in.
ternational action by Switzerland
France, Italy and Austria to prohibit
the ascent of dangerous mountains un
less the climber is accompanied by a
duly qualified and accredited guide.
Twice-a-week plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1895-1913, 1907-12-31
aeAosr HOUSE" FOR MUSEUM.
Strange Relics from the South Sea
Islands Sent to New York.

New York.-A "Ghost House" from
the Bismarck archipelago in the South
Pacific, peep into which used to cost
any native woman her life, has just
come into possession of the American
Museum of Natural History by pur-
chase from Prof. Eugene Schroeder.
The house is actually temple and it
contained idols wonderfully carved
from single logs and painted bright
red and yellow. 1t is made of logs and
has matched roof There are inter
stices between the timbers of which
1t is made and through these any curl.
GUS man might peep with impunity.
But should woman do so she was
summarily dubbed to death if caught,
The strange temple stood in remote
part of one of the islands.
Prof. Schroeder has also sold the
museum ten idols, such as the ghost
house held; 30 strings of small shells
which in the archipelago are the exact
price of one wife; weapons made from
human bones; a death drum, which
the Islanders do not beat, but rub, the
resulting sound being weirdly mourn
full; numerous tools and many other
objects of great chronological value and
interest.
Twice-a-week plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1895-1913, 1907-12-31
SMOKE EvIcTs A TENANT.
Curious Procedure Seen on a Farm
i in Kent, England.

London.-G farm, Broad Oak,
Canterbury, was the scene of some
curious eviction proceedings.
A county court bailiff went to the
farm to persuade the tenant, A. w.
Minter, to quit, in accordance with the
terms Of a notice which had been
served upon him. The tenant replied
by barricading his doors. Thereupon
the baihff had the windows boarded
up on the outside and the chimneys
stopped.
Finding that the occupants of the
farmhouse showed no sign of capitula-
ton, the bailiff decided upon more
forcible measures.
BY means of a drain tester, con-
coction of tar Irvine and cayenne pep
per, he sought to smoke them out.
From II o'clock until three evil smell
ing fumes we're steadily pumped into
the. building.
Then the barricades we're suddenly
removed from the front door, and the
farmer, accompanied by his mother
and little terrier, appeared on the
threshold. They were cheered by a
huge crowd of villagers and visitors
from Canterbury.
The bailiff and the occupants of the
farm shook hands with great hearth
ness and the crowd cheered again as
the new tenant stepped across the
threshold of the hardly-won citadel.
Twice-a-week plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1895-1913, 1907-12-31
BURGLAR a BEAU aRuMMEL.
Charmed Women, Invented New Neck.
tie, and Finally Landed in Prison.

Berlin.-The most amazing cracks
man in Europe has been arrested at
Munich, after a series of burglaries
probably unequaled in modern Grim
inal history by one man.
He is a Swede, Carlson by name,
who prepared himself for his career
as burglar by serving an apprentice
ship as a locksmith.
Since then he has posed as noble
man., an author, millionaire, and a
diplomat, with consummate skill, liv.
Ing in princely style in Berlin,
Munich, Paris, Vienna and other
cities under different names and in
different DISCUSSES.
Carlson is described as man oil
"gentlemanly" appearance, with re
fined tastes and pronounced artistic
and literary iHclinations. He was q
great fayorite among women, who
were charmed by his exquisite man
ners.
He was noted for his taste in dress
and while living in Vienna in the
guise of a diplomat on leave he is said
to have inaugurated new fashion in
neckties.
When arrested, Carlson was stay
ing at the most fashionable hotel in
Munich, where he occupied an ex
pensive suite, and posed as Danish
nObleman of great wealth.
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IN JAIL FOR DEBT; MAY BE LIFE.
Teacher lncarcerated Two Months
with No Prospect Of Freedom.

Champaign, fisherman Cass, a
school-teacher, has been in Jail here
for two months for debt, and under
the laws OF the state it is possible to
keep him there for the rest Of his
life.
The parents Of a child whom Cass
had chastised recently secured judg-
ment against him for $1,000. Cass re-
fused to pay-perhaps could not. pay
If he wished and was sent to the
debtors cell. Under the law he can
be kept imprisoned as long as the
plaintiffs In the case pay his board
regularly each week. So far they have
done so. Should they omit payment
on the proper day one time the pris-
oner would be freed. And should
they desire to go away for month.
and pay for the board in advance for
that time, that also would set the
prisoner free, for the law provides
that the board be paid regularly each
week.
The case makes it plain, however,
that a person with a grudge against
another may, by securing judgment,
keep him in Jail Just as long as re-
venge continues to be worth the price
of the plain fare furnished prisoners
in the county jails. i.