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The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1907-04-03
NO NEGRO BIDDERS
FOUND FOR CHURCH
NorthminSter Presbyterian
Church Will Not Go to
CoIored People.

There IS no probability that the
Northminster Presbyterian Church. on \
street, between Ninth and Tenth streets
northwest, viii ue sold to a colored con-
gregation and the reported uneasiness
Of residents In that vicinity II such a
feeling existed. is without foundation.
l. Cabell Williamson. chairman Of the
building committee Of the church, SAID
this morning that no offer OF $1,000 To-.
the property from e6Iored congrega-
ton had been received, as reported.
a committee was appointed from the
congregation" said Mr.. Williamson.
ito solicit offers for the property and TO
examine available sites for new
church. It was rumored that the
church could be sold for this amount
70 a coiored congregation Of this city,
but. upor investigating I found there
was little IN IT,
No bona fide offer was made. and l
think i am safe in saying that as this
Is a white neighborhood i would not
have been considered. There is no oc-
casion for uneasinesJ, as ] do not be-
heFe our congregation would have per-
mitted such a sale even had the commit
lee so recommended
Tine property Is for sale, but what
offers have been received from white
congregations or white investors viii
not be known until the report Is made
10 the church proper. There is nothing
IN the report of a probable sale 10 col
ored people, however"
The NoTthminister Church Is a consoli-
dalton Of the North and Assenbly's Pres
byteri0n Churches, the consolidation
having taken place last year The pres
ent desire for change In location is
brought about by the wish 20 select a
site more convenient TO the Congrega-
ton as nov constituted and the need
Tor a larger and hanSsomer building
The AsseIably's Church was sold for
$500. which amount will be avaiIa bic
in addition TO whatever the Northmin-
stcr site may now bring
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1907-04-03
Man Has Hundred WipeS,
So Latest Spouse Says
Accused Of Marrying All Applicants al Matri-
monial Bureau Conducted by His
Dauqhter-SK Consorts a Month.

PHILADELPHIA. Pa. April As
sorting that James Marshall, alias
James Ross. had married her at mat
rimonial bureau here six weeks go.
Mrs. Marjorie Friel caused Marshall
and his daughter TO be held on the
nominal charge of false pretense. They
are under heavy bail.
The daughter conducted the matri-
moniaI bureau. according 10 Mrs. Friel,
and turned over applicants to her
father. who had been advertised as a
"keI-to-do gentleman anxious to find
a wife.
Six Wives a Month.
on the witness stand Mrs. FrieI said
Marshall deserted her two days after
the wedding. Evidence is being col
lected by detectives she put on the case.
and the United States postal authori-
ties in an attempt 10 show that Mar
shall married most of his applicants.
and that ne now has 100 wives scattered
over the country. Reports from out of
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1907-04-03
COUPLE CROSS SEA
FOR WEDDING HERE

NEW YORK, April 3.-The cuImina-
ton OF a romance Of two continents has
come in the marriage Of Bertha Bor-
deverry, nineteen years old. daughter
of Col. CASTOR Bordeverry. champion
rifle shot Of the world. 10 Barthold
Robert GottsChalk known in the circus
world as Omar Mira Golam.
The couple were married by Alderman
DOull AT the City Hail and started for
Chicago. They had known each other
four years, and had trave:sa with the
Ringing Brothers circus. the girl dis
playing her skill with the rifle
Colonel BoTdeverry. who lives at 25S
West Forty-third street, gave the bride
and bridegroom a $4,000 villa in Tou-
louise, France, as a wedding present II
was ne who arranged the marriage.
causing his daughter and her fance 10
leave France and have the ceremony
performed in this city because he was
unable 10 leave his business TO cross
the ocean.
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town have brought charges of bigamy
against Marshall in many places. That
Marshall married six persons within the
last month is one of the things Mrs.
Friel expects to prove.
At the hearing Marshall, who is sixty
one years of age and wears a towering
and iiaring sOmbreTo, appeared so nerV-
Gus that the hearing could not proceed.
ana an adjournment had to be taken for
a time.
Federal Investigation.
Both the postal authorities and the city
detectives are interested in the case, as
il is charged that Marshall had been
using the United States mails in his
scheme to lure women here. Police In
spectCr Frank O'Brlen is investigating
the case on behalf of the Federal au-
thorities.
Mrs. Friel averred that she had been
cajoled by Marshall into turning over to
him all Of her money and valuables
Just before his disappearance. and ex-
poets 70 prove that this was his method
OF procedure in scores OF other cases.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1907-04-03
TELEGRAPH OPERATORS
GET WAGE INCREASE

Beginning the first Of next week. the
telegraph operators of the Publishers
Press and the Scripp-NcRse Press As
socia ton viii receive an increase in
wages ranging from 81 20 s. a week each
President John Nandercook, of the
Publishers Press. in agreeing 10 the
raise and TO the closed shop, announced
that his experience with union labor had.
been so uniformly satisfactory that ne
wanted. so far as he was concerned, no
other kind.
The committee for the men. entitled
TO credit for the raise. vas. J. J. Rafters
chairman, View York, B. J. Mcclellan.
Scranton. Pa; 3. r. Bray. Boston,
Mass. r. N Casey. Eewburg. y. y:
George g. Morris. Wilmington. Del :
and samuel j. Small, national president
OF the Commercial photographers Ma
tional Association, Chicago. H.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1907-04-03
HOLE IN OCEANS SURFACE,
BIG STEAMER TUMBLES IN
Planet Neptunes Officers Think Depression Was Caused
by Ocean Bed Sinking Vessel Takes Thirty
three-Foot Shoot on Chute.

NEW YORK, April s.-Of all the ex-
traordinary sea happenings that have
ever found place in log books that which
IS related by officers of the Planet Nep-
tune Is the most remarkable.
It is Of a big and heavily laden Brit
ish freighter steaming quietly over a
smooth mOonlit sea. and suddenly pitch~
ing head foremost into a chasm which
sumo subterranean CONFUSION seems to
have opened in the oceans bed.
1T seemed. said Chief Officer Brown.
who had just quilted the bridge at the
time OF the strange occurrence, that
a big section Of the oceans bed had sud-
denly caved into some tremendous depth
and sunk so suddenly as 10 have caused
a huge, well-like depression on the
oceans surface Thu bow of the ship
plunged downward 50 suddenly that I
thought she was going straight TO the
bottom %
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Hole OFF Brazilian Coast.

water piling over his head was too much
for his strength.
Hole Of Brazilian Coast.
he was found curled about an iron
stanchion. the upper part of his body
on one side Of the stanchion. the tower
limbs on the other. one leg was broken.
a wrist dislocated, and the man otherwise
so severely injured that he viii be a
cripple for life The Planet Neptune is
from Montevideo. from which port she
had sailed February 2. She found the
hole" into which she pitched four days
after leaving that port. and when she
was about two hundred miles of the
southern coast of Brazil The precise
Latitude and longitude could not be as
certained yesterday. but the log book
showed that the vessel at noon that day
was in latitude - degrees a. minutes
south. longitude 81 degrees minutes
west.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1907-04-03
MEETING Of BOARD
OF THE D. A. R.
Mrs. Donald Mclean Pre-
siding at Sessions Being
Held Here.

The April meeting Of the national
board OF management. Daughters Of the
American Revolution, is In session in
Washington today Mrs Donald Nc
Lean, president general, was present and
presided over the morning session, which
convened at 1880 O'Clock. At this ses-
sion the seportg OF The national officers
we're read. ard this afternoon will come
whatever new business is on hand and
detail work for the continental congress
meeting here on April Is. viii be az
ranged
Delegates and members Of the board
are here in large number. and the inhux
VIII probably continue until the con-
gressiOnal opening
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1907-04-03
DRANK WOOD ALCOHOL.
GIRL WILL RECOVER

M.staking bottle OF wood alcohol for
cognae brandy. Miss CarneHe Aeeettura.
tWenty-three years old, OF I2Z0 G street
northwest. drank a quantity Of the NOT
son shortly after o'clock this morning
Miss Accettura Intended taking the
brandy for chaser after q dose ~
COZ liVer OF. She was taken to TIE
inner bency Hospital, where it was said
ner condition is not serious.
Miss Accettura, who is bsndso,,.
young woman, is employed as a cloak
model IN an F street department store.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1907-04-03
q WE ARE IN SOCIETY"
BENEFIT FOR AUTHOR

In addition to the performances this
afternoon and tonight Of we Are In
Society" for the benefit of the Junior
Republic. there gviu be another per
formance Friday night, which viii be
for the benefit Of the author, Phelps
Brown.
The company is composed Of Wash
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1907-04-03
FOUND DEAD IN SHED.

Jerry Murphy. colored, better known
as "One-ATm Charlie" was found dead
this morning in a shed in the rear Of no
u street northwest The body was rc-
moved 10 the morgue. and Coroner
hewitt gave certificate OF death from
natural causes.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1907-04-03

ingtOn society people and has attracted
the most hattering comment from an
VINO nave seen the musical comedy
Last nights entertainment was a rene
ution of the splendid success of The
INITIAL performance Monday night
II IS expected that FRIDAYS benefit FOR
tEe talented author will be equally as
5ucc essIui as any Of the performances
earlier in the week
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1907-04-03
Thirty-three-FOot plunge.

II Is estimated that 1t was between
six and seven seconds before the dip
ping forefoot found the bottom Of the
pit. The vessel has about an eighteen
foot freeboard forward. ana when it is
said that a mass of water that was
fully hfteen feet in height was dashed
over the bow as the vessel began recov-
cry from her downward plunge some
idea OF the depth OF the chasm can be
had
Standing lookout on the forecastle head
was q seaman named Shaiberg. After
he had recovered consciousness he said
that when he felt the bow dro29ing from
under him ne instnctively crouched be-
hind the breakwater aid grasped a ring
bolt But the weight of fifteen feet Of
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1907-04-03
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Chinese hatting

In stripes. plaids. and checks. Col
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and plain white. Prices far below
the cost of Importation.
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The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1907-04-03

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water pillng over his head was too much
'or his strength
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1907-08-20
21 East Main Street.

Tell me if there Is any consideration due Wall street and it's heart-and-Soul butchers at the hands of honest men,"
 T do not know what you mean, Bob. What are you driving at?'
 Never mind what I am driving at. I ask you whether, if an honest man knew how to beat Wall street at it's own game, he should hesitate to beat it--hesitate because of anything con- nected with conscience or morals? You saw what Barry Conant was able to do to us that day simply by stand ing on the floor of the stock exchange and outstaying me in opening and closing his mouth. You saw he was able to sell Sugar to point so low that was obliged to let go of our l50.000 shares at ss,000,o00 to $10.000.. 900 less than we could have got for them if we could have held them un. til today. Because of this trick his clients. the system instead of us, make five to seven millions"
 T don't follow you. Bob. know that Barry Cpnant was able to do this because he had more money behind him than you"
 You think so, do you. Jim? That is the way It looks to you, but tell you money had nothing to do with 1t. Nothing had to do with 1t but the fiendish system of fraud and trickery upon which the whole gambling structure is reared. Nothing entered into the whole business but the trick. cry of stock-gambling as conducted to- day. It was only question. Jim, of mans opening and closing his mouth and splitting out words. From the minute Barry Conant came into that crowd until he left and we were ruin ed, he showed no money. no anything that did not show From the very nature of the business he could not. He simply said: Sold oftener and longer than I said Buy He may have had money back of him, or he may only have had nerve. God Almighty is the only one who can tell, for when Conant was through he was able to buy back at 90 the 50,000 shares he sold me at IFS, the 50.000 that broke my back. Jim, If I had known as much that day as I do now would have stood in that crowd and bought all the stock he sold at 1S0. and would have stood there buying until hell froze over or he quit; then would have made him rebuy 1t at 2sd or 2.0s0. and would have broken him and all his Camemeyer and Standard 0il' packers; broken them to theiI last crime-covered dollar"
 Bob. what are you talking about! It is all Chinese to me. I cannot get head or tail of what you are driving at"
 T know you can't, Jim. neither could Wall street if it were listening to me. But you will. and Wall street will. too. before many days so by Now I must be on. have work te do."
 He put on his hat and left me try ing to puzzle out just what he meant
 (To Be continuedt.
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1907-08-20

director in 30 or 40 great Institutions. and gave a fortune every year for charity to the church-that he was a blackleg just the same. And SO is any man. he said, who dares to say he will take the stock of trans portation company, which represents a certain amount of money invested and double or multiply 1t by five and ten. simply because he can compel people to pay exorbitant fares and freight rates and go get profits on this fraudulentiy increased capital.
 Tt was the decision arrived at by father and the Wilson's at this meet ing, a decision to refuse in any cir cumstances 10 allow cur southern peo- pie to be bed hy the Wall street 'sys- tenn that started Re,nhart and his dollar.herds oa the warpath. You can see from what I tell you of my father the terrible condition he is in now. At night, when l get to thinking of kim. hoping against hope. with no one to help him. no one with whom he can talk oyer his affairs. when l think of his nobieness in de voting his time to mother and b. sheer villpover eoncealing from her his awful suffering. It nearly drives me mad"
 "MIss Sands, why vfIi you not let me lend you the ncrey necessary to tide your father over for awhIleY' I asked
 You are 90 good Nr. Randolph. ~but you don't quite understand my father in spite of what I have said. He would not relieve his sufsring st the expense of smother. not If it were e hundred tines more acute. You cannot undsrstsnt the oidfashioned. deeDrootsd pride of the sanda"
 -But can yoz not al least tempo rsrlly dlssuise from him just bow you have arranged the rsIIeff-
 Her Dig bius eyes stared at nc h hewfldernsnt
 -Nr. Rsndolsz. I eoui1 rss 1ses,vs
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1907-08-20

harf. No one Knew how hard. bII an guessed from his changed appearance and habits that 1t must have been a bone-smashing blow. Nothing SO quickly and so deeply stirs a stock ex- change mans feelings for his brother member as to know that They" have ditched his Fl Dorado flyer-that Is, if he has been a good fellow They will humor his every whim and patiently await the day when he shall be again in normal condition: for all stock gamblers whom late, or the old hag's hunchback twin. the System" has dumped, either remain below the sur face or eventually round to. Every day as soon as the stock exchange closed. Bob disappeared. whithsr could not learn. I had tried once or twice 10 draw hirz out. under pretense of insisting uPos his accepting my wife's invitation 70 dine with US. He always had a rea.!y excuse for me to take to Kate. but hat was all. Appar- ently he had no Idea that I took any interest in his movements after busi- ness hours.
 As for Bellah Sands. there was but one change noticeable in her When ever a footster stopped in front of her office she looked up from her work with an expectaat. aluaDst appealing gaze. as though sse were always Eait- ing for some one. had not seen Bob in her once since that disastrous Sugar day. and as he went directly to the exchange every morning and Ieft there every afternoon without return ing to ths 5,sce. soinz all his business by messenger or over the wire, there vas but little chance of his meeting her.
 November 1st had como and gcze and the books showed nc change in Beulzh Sands acoCunt There vas the pOor Ifttis ts0.eoo balance: 10 ether szfries-- ons- sfrefnooz BssisS
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1907-08-20

that told as plainly as sight could have done that a woman had answered her hearts call. Looking up involuntarily, saw a sight that for a long moment held my eyes as if I had been fas- cinated. It was Bob bowed forward with his face hidden in his hands and beside him, on her knees, Beulah Sands. her arms about his neck. his head drawn down to her bosom. Bob. Bob" she said chokingly. T cannot stand it any longer. My heart is break ing for you. You were so happy when I came into your life, and the happi- ness is changed to misery and despair, and all for me. a stranger. At first I thought of nothing but father and how to save him. but since that day when those men struck al your heart have been filed with. oh. such a longing to tell you, to tell you. Bob--'
 "Whst7 Beuiah. what? For the love of God, don't stop: tell me, Beu- lah. tell me- He had not lifted his head. IL was buried on her breast. his arms closed around her. She bent her head and laid her beautiful. soft cheek, down which the tears were HOW streaming. against his brown hair Bob. forgive me. but love you, love you. Bob. as only a woman can love who has never known love before. never known anything but stern duty. Bob. night after night when all have left have crept Izto your otice and sat In your chair. have laid my head on your desk and cried and cried uatI 1t seemed ss though I could not live till morning without hearing you say that yoa loved ne. and that yoa dld not mind the ruin I had brought into yOur life. 1 have p1tfei the back of your chair where Your dear head had rested. I have covered the arms of your chair. thst yozr strong. brave hands had grippsd. wfth kisss. Night sftsr nlght I hzxa kRsit q yQur cert
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1907-08-20
CHAPTER W.

The following week Bob returned to the office. He had not changed, and yet he had changed greatly. Rest had apparently done much for him. His color was good, his step elastic as of old, and his head was thrown back as If he were buckled up for the fray and wanted all to know it. Yet there was something in the eye, in the setness of the jaw, in the hair-trigger calm, yet fiercely savage grip in which he closed his strong hands on the arms of his chair, that told me more plainly than words that this was not the optimistic, soft-hearted Bob Brownley I had known and loved. I could not help feeling that if I had been leader of the Russian terrorists, and this man who now sat before me had come to my ken when l was selecting bomb throwers, I should have seized upon him of all men as the one to stalk the czar or his marked minions. Surely the iron that had entered Bob's soul week before had affected his whole be- luS. l l1luh bSuidu OdAuS Ad0 SOiuO such thoughts. For saw a shadow of perplexity cross her broad, low fore head after her first meeting with him, shadow that had not been there before.
 For days after Bob's return I saw little of him. I think Beulah Sands saw less During stock exchange hours he spent most of his time on the floor, but he executed few of our orders. He merely looked them over and handed them out to his assistants. AS far as could learn, he spent much of his time there yesterdaying through hopes graveyards, not uncommon pastime for active exchange members whose first through specials have been open-switched by the System" tower man. So strong had become this habit of going about from pole to pole with bent head and a far-off gaze that his fellow members began to humor and respect it. They all knew that Bob bad gone up against the Sugar panic