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Show oo STEAK GiVEiOf But Wife of the Captain Has Not Lost Hope New York, Dec 10 The name of the steamer Arkadia of the New York & Porto Rico Navigation company has Juft been added to the New York maritime exchange posted catalogue of missing ships. The entry of a name there means that all hope for Ikt hao been abandoned. j It Is supposed that the Arkadia went down In the hurricane which 6wept the Gulf of Mexico and the Atlantic At-lantic off the southern coast last October. Oc-tober. She was' a 300-foot steel steamer, steam-er, schooner rigged, built In England In 1S95 and considered able to outlive out-live the strongest seas and winds. Nothing has been heard of her since she left New Orleans on Oct, 11, for Saif Juan. A day before the Arkadia sailed the hurricane, which had swept away mauy ships, had begun to blow over the gulf, but Its force was not even suspected when the Arkadia sailed Off shore, however, shipping men here think, the Arkadia probably encountered encoun-tered squalls and went down before them, perhaps within a few hours, perhaps not until the steamer bad been Mown miles out of Its course and out of the course of any other vessels. The only person who retains any hope that the missing ship may yet be found is the wife of Captain Rich ard Griffiths. She lives in a little uptown apartment here, from which she keeps daily vigil. "He has passed many worse storms, and I'm n-t going to believe that he met his death in that October blow," she says. The Arkadia carried four passengers passen-gers and a crew of 37 men. The officials of-ficials of the navigation company here btlievc that all are dead. The passengers were Charles O. Hunter, K J Boudreaux and Oliver L. Arzact of New Orleans, aud L. Fredbeig of Silver City, N. M. Most of the steamer's crew had homes In New Orleans, but Captain Griffiths and Chief Officer CI rod lived in this city. oo |