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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1906-09-20
TWO HURT BY AUTO
SERIOUS ACCIDENT IN NEW
YoRK-MIRAcULoUs ESCAPE.

John H. Spfnger owner of the Grand
| Opera House, in New York. and president
| of the Springer Motor Vehicle Company
Mrs Springer and their two children.
Gladys, aged sixteen, and John, fifteen,
were caught in an automobile crash in
front of Wallack's Theater at IL o'clock
| last night and their machine ground to
pieces.
Mr. Springer and his chauffeur, James T.
Marston, are at the New Yor., Hospital.
both internally injured, but their condition
Is not believed to be dangerous. Mrs.
Springer and the two children had mar
velous escapes, the children being dragged
out of their seats by the passengers of a
car that struck the automobile on one
side, and Mrs. Springer being lifted into
the car that hit the automobile from the
other side.
Big Browd Wildly Excited
Wallacks, the Manhattan and websters
Theater had dismissed their audiences at
the time OF the collision. and 10000 people
were about the scene. The crowd was wild
ly excited, for the party in the wrecked
automobile became separated, and the in
jured Springer was wildly calling for his
wife and children as he was carried in a
drug store.
The main gasoline tank exploded and
some quick-witted man in the crowd
snatched the reserve tank from the wrecked
car and threw 1t to the gutter. Its con-
tents overfowed. Some one threw light
ed match into the stream of gasoline. Over
the gutter were crowding hundreds Of peo-
pie, men and women. from the theaters.
As the match struck the gasoline there
was sudden flare. and the flame shot
fifty feet above the gutter. Screams of ter
ror brought the police reserves, VINO were
hurrying from the West 3Oth street sta
ton. Quickly the crowds were beaten back
on all sides, and in a moment the immense
throng opened out and the stream of fire
fared up in the opening. Strangely no one
had been burned
Women Hysterical.
Many women who had been exposed to
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master of Berne as present The city
fathers appreciated the honor bestowed
upon them, for no democrat ever failed to
feel little prouder than usual when he is
noticed by king, and they dug pit at
the end of the principal street, where
those particular bears and their posterity
have amused the public ever since. Every
now and then, when one of them gets In
firm or topheavy, they butcher him and
distribute the meat among the magistrates
of the municipality. The beast may be
old and tough, but Swiss magistrates have
muscular jaws and good teeth.
Other bears in town deserve attention
You can find them at the "Zeitglocken-
thurm,'' curious clock, made in the mid
over the principal gate to the city. Every
time an hour ends a cock comes out from
little door in the toweE-and crows tri-
umphantly. A procession of bears then
intended to represent Time.
Several other funny statues and foun-
tains. all Of them very old, show that the
ancient burghers had a keen sense of hui
NOR. One of them called the "Kindlifros-
SER or Child Eater. represents monster
taking bite out of the ribs of a struggling
boy, while other children can be seen stick
ing out Of his pockets and held beneath
his girdle.
The Cathedral.
The cathedral is an imposing pile Of
granite, and has been the scene of many
A1ONdooAoASs
and theology have been considerably
mixed in Swiss history, and most Of the
churches now occupied by the Protestants
were erected by the Catholics, and are or
namented with rows Of crumbling saints
and evangelists. The present occupants
have taken out all the ornaments except
the stained glass In the windows. and pre-
fer to worship God in cold and dreary look
ing temples as stern and severe as their
doctrines
Interesting stories are told concerning the
theological controversies. For example. a
council OF clergymen was once held here to
discuss several momentous doctrinal Ques-
tions and it lasted for fourteen years. All
this time Berne was full Of cardinals and
archbishops and bishops, who were always
mindful Of their Importance and dignity.
ana demanded their full share Of attention.
The citizens got so tired of their distin-
guished visitors that the town council took
the matter up and. after serious consulta-
tons, decided to set all the clocks an hour
ahead every day in order to make the car
dinals and bishops adjourn earlier. But
when the time got twisted 30 badly that
noon came in the middle of the night the
ecclesiastics discovered the trick and ex-
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NEWS FROM LAUREL.
Sudden Death Of Mrs. Rebecca Penn
Funeral Of Samuel Timmons.
Special Correspondence of The Star.

Special Correspondence of The Star.
LAUREL, Nd, September 20, 1905.
Mrs. Rebecca Penn, wife of Mr.. Edward
Penn, died at her home here Tuesday, after
an illness lasting only one day. Death was
due to peritonitis For a number of years
she had been an active member Of Centen-
airy Methodist Episcopal Church Of this
place, and her influence and help, it is de-
clared, will be greatly missed: She was
sixty-six years old. Her husband and three
children, Mrs Kate Wilson Of Baltimore,
Mrs James Shipley of Laurel. and Mr..
William Penn of Baltimore survive her.
The funeral will take place tomorrow from
the Centenary Methodist Episcopal Church,
Rev. s. NJ Hartsock, the pastor, officiating.
Interment will be made in Ivy Hill ceme-
terry at this place.
The funeral of Mr.. Samuel Timmons, who
died suddenly at his home near Laurel,
last Monday, was held yesterday afternoon
from his late residence.
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Odd lot Of White
Stone China Stop Jars.
with cover and handle.
Regular 75c. AOc
value for. WV
Lot Of Cocoa Door
Mats, good heavy brush;
sold regularly at 33c
SOC. Friday for. Oa'S'
Harwood Food Chop
pers, with three knives.
Sold regularly MMC
at CSC. Friday. .V>'
S-qt. Granite Iron Ber-
lin Saucepans, with
cover. Regular
b9c. value. Fri RE-
Colored Shelf Paper.
in all colors, with pink
ed edges. lloyd. Ec
pieces for. oSe
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who saw hippopotamus for the first time
and CALCULATED:
my, amt he plain!'
Market in Capitol Plaza.
The Swiss farmers are on very good terms
with the capitol of their country. and three
times a week spread their vegetables in the
plaza in front of its stately portico. Every
Tuesday, Thursday and Saturday the
shadow Of the dome falls upon a display of
garden truck that makes you wonder how
1t could be produced from the mountain soil
OF Switzerland. The most alluring vegeta-
bles, lettuce, radishes, celery, caulifiower
and such luscious berries and fruit. Large
baskets are filled with those delicious wild
mountain strawberries that you can some
times pick by the roadside in New England,
and every kind Of other berry that was ever
born. The butter is spread out in little
cakes and big cakes on long tables that
glisten with clean linens. and the air is
redolent with the fragrance OF Hmburger,
gorgozola, greyere and other varieties OF
cheese. Those varieties which have the
most pronounced individuality are evidently
the most popular. If you are looking for
new sensations you can get one Tor MOTH
ing, If you will stand alongside the table
of a Swiss cheese merchant when he lifts
the snowy linen cover to show customer
his wares.
Farther down the street is the poultry
market, with ducks and geese and guinea
creature living and dead. dressed and un-
dressed. Still farther down is the stock
market, not bulls and bears, but pigs,
calves, goats, lambs and other domestic
animals The bear is also domesticated In
Berne, and you see the real thing and in
Vulnerable limitations in various parts OF
the town. 1t is said that Duke Berchtold,
who founded the city in the year 119l, told
his lieutenants that he would name 1t after
the first animal that was caught In the
neighboring forest. Hence the figure of a
bear appears upon the coat OF arms as
early as 1924, thirty years after the name
was adopted. And SO you see bears every
where. carved in stone and wood, cast in
bronze and iron, painted on paper, canvas
and slabs Of wood nodded in the succeed
fronts of the houses. and in every other
possible form.
The Bear Pit.
Down at the farther end of the town is a
bear pit, which is as important as the capt.
tol, and no visitor to Berne ever fails to
visit the place and feed the animals bread
and cakes which may be bought from old
women who are there to sell them. Four
or FIVE hundred years ago King Rene Of
Lorraine felt SO clever one day that he
sent couple OF live bears to the burgher-
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communicated the entire city government
for disrespect.
The bishop of Washington might get a
tip of importance by visiting the cathedral
at Berne. 1t contains reserved seats for
President and cabinet, members of Con-
gress the mayor and other municipal au-
thorities directly under the pulpit, where
he can get at them every Sunday, and they
have no chance to reply. The seats are so
uncomfortable that sinful statesmen and
politicians get considerable of the punish
ment they are entitled to before death. The
sermons are very long. An hour and a
quarter would be considered hurried and
casual discourse. A two-hour discussion of
some doctrinal dispute Is about the usual
thing Nobody can go to sleep in Swiss
church, because there are no cushions on
the seats and the backs lean forward in
stead of backward.
1 noticed a bit of vanity which is ex-
ceedingly. reprehensible for a democratic
country like this. Many of the pews-those
occupied by the aristocracy Of Berne-have
the coats-of-arms of their owners upon the
doors.
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Owner Buried in Wreckage.
Death of Nonaeenarian,

The death, Tuesday evening last, of Mrs.
William Smith Of Hagerstown. Nd, removes
from that community one of its oldest and
most interesting citizens Mrs. Smith was
in her ninety-fifth year. and retained the
use of all OF her faculties unto the end.
She was the mother Of Mrs. H. A. Nc
Comas Of Hagerstown and the grandmother
of the Rev. ]. p. McComas, rector OF st.
Anne's Church.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1906-09-20

Frank Finley and Kenner Finley were
shot and killed last night in Raleigh county,
near Hinton, w. Va, by ZAP Herman,
who was charged with the murder of Jerry
Davis at Martin, KY. one year ago: Frank
Finley was the brother-in-law Of the muir
tempt to arrest Herman at his home.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1906-09-20

the danger of fire became hysterical and
when an ambulance arrived from the New
York Hospital there were score of them
seated about the drug store with comran-
ions lowering over them and giving them
smelling salts. The fire was out almost as
quickly as it had fiared up.
The automobile accident was caused by
Springer's chauffeur in attempting to pass
around northbound car on the south
bound track. The right of the northbound
track was blocked with carriages and
Marston ran ahead of q car and was turn
ing in front of IL when a southbound car
smashed into the side of his machine, jam
ming 1t against the front of the northbouni
car. The two cars crushed the big ma
chine between them.
The two children had stood up when they
saw the impending accident, and they in
voluntarily seized the rail of the south
bound car as 1t was jammed over the hood
of the machine. Almost on tie second the
children were snatched out of their seats
by the passengers in the car. Mrs. Spring.
er, in her turn. had stood up. and nassen-
gers on the other car dragged her to safety.
Marston, the chauffeur, was thrown I'M
der the fender of the northbound car. Had
1t not been for the impact stopping the cars
SUDDENLY he would have been ground to
pieces under the wheels. As il was, he
escaped with a broken leg and internal in
Juries.
Owner Buried in Wreckage.
Springer was buried in the wreckage.
Some one called the engines. and the first
thing the firemen did was to chop Springer
out His hair was singed, his forehead and
lip were cut, and he staggered when he
tried to walk.
When his children were taken TO him If
teen minutes later Gladys tainted at the
sight of her father. and was taken to the
new Grand Hotel.
Just as the ambulance was leaving a
crowd of men carried Marston to the drug
store. He had been forgotten in the ex-
element. He. too. was taken to the hos
pital
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Sterling Silver Plated
Table Knives, fully war
ranted. Friday, 1dDc
EACH. 80. -. =.
Lot Of Nickel-Silver
Sugar Shells, sold regu-
larly at 1bc. each. R~
Friday for. .0Ss
Nickel-plated Salt and
Pepper Shakers, sold
regularly at 25c. M
each, for. I'VE
Large size Granite
Iron Chambers, loo
regularly 29c. u W.
Blue and White Por-
celain lined Drinking
Cups, sold regu- In
larly at 1Oc. HSs
Large size Granite
Iron Dish Pans. sold
regularly at ASc
&C., for. VoSs
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New Fall Dress Goods at
29e, and 35e. Yard.

Shower-proof Suiting, Fancy
Mohairs. Fancy Worsteds. Melange. eff
fects. Fancy Stripe Suitings. Atwood
Cheviot. Wool Henrietta. Atwood Pan
anna and other. fashionable dress mate
rails. Desirable lengths for skirts and
suits. IS, 20. ~ and ~ inches wide.
Regular Soc values. Yard. 35c.
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Linen Remnants.

tLlmem Remnants.
> Lot of Heavy weight Turkish Towels.
3 large size and unbleached: made of
soft, heavy, double twisted yarn.
: Fringed at the. ends and 4
) border; sold for 25c. This II OGe
Is remnant Each. ......
, About 10 doz. Linenne Dresser or Buff
> fet Scarfs, IL yds. long; all white;
! hemmed al the ends and finished with
( open-work border on the a
sides. Sold usually for ~
19c. AS long this lot Ii II W
lasts, Remnant price. ca.
/ Just 10 pieces Bleached Cotton Twill
IS IS 81: :$:; $780,
About % doz. Union Linen Huck
Towels, full bleached, with red border
and hemmed at the ends; good
, size. Sold regularly for &c. S~
each: AS this is remnant W.
lot, Friday, ca. Observation-Disclosures.
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Fall EHOmsefmrn1ishin1gs

4-inch Gas Globes. in
different styles. 1m~
Worth 15c. 1--WE
Prescott Glass Bon
Bon and Olive Dishes,
in imitation cut glass
designs. Friday SC
Lot of Granite Iron
Preserving Kettles, sold
regularly at nRc
25c., for. A0Ss
Lot of Finch White
Warwick China Dinner
Plates, regular price,
75c. a dozen. M
Zach. 1Ss
Lot of White China
Cups and Saucers, sold
regularly at CSC. and
$1.39 a dozen. 60
Per ,SSs
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Lot of Mems Suits light and medium
weights that can be worn until cold
/ weather Variety of styles n 80
and and patterns; Sold up to SAWS
IL Mems Fine Quality Suits; one-of-a-
ss1s & up t. $500 $50 ''s Sizes "s SO. SO
Odd lot of Young Mems Long Pants,
of black Thibet and fancy d.
mixtures. Sizes - to 81. N q ~
Regular $500 values for.
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:. Atwood Suitings, Heavy Grain
Sicilian. Wool Cashmere, All-wool
Albatross. Atwood Batiste. Scotch
Plaids. All-wool Wolfe, Shepherds
Checks. Melrose Suiting, etc, In black
and all acolors: 10, 80. ~ and 80 inches
wide. Regular zoe. values. Yard, 29c.
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Market in Capitol Plaza.

who saw a hippopotamus for the first time
and CALCULATED
INV Amt he plainr
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1906-09-20

Small lot of Young Mems Long Pants
Three-piece Suits. mostly in double
breasted styles. Dark COL O. no
ors for fall. Broken sizes. I'D VIZ
Sold up to SO. Friday at.
Lot OF Mems Sample" Derbies. in
nearly all sizes. Latest a mn
fall shapes. Worth up to - Nv
$2.56, for.
Small lot of Mems Separate Trousers
of excellent grade mate 90 ~
rails. Few of kind styles. N T. ~
Worth up to $3.50. for.
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No Democrat IN the FIELD.

The political situation in the State Of
New York has been clarified by the acts
of the Buffalo and Saratoga conventions.
We had supposed that there would be
three nominees for the GoverRorship
this year, without counting Prohibition
ist and Socialist candidates. As a mat
ter of fact there will be but two, and as
neither of them il a Democrat, Demo-
cratic voters viii be at liberty to choose
between them.
No such alternative has been placed
before the Democratic citizens Of New
York since 1872. In the Presidential
contest of that year they had to choose
between GRANT and GREELEY, both of
whom were Republicans. So many Of
them chose GRANT that he got the cleo
toral votes of New York by an immense
plurality. No Democrat who voted for
GRANT was held to have lost his right to
figure later in a Democratic State con-
vention when thar party as r~eorganized
in 1874 and led once more to victory.
The nomination of HORACE GREELEY,
who bad Teviled Democrats for decades
in his newspaper, was at first looked
upon by many Democratic veterans as
an act Of suicide. What was too hastily
assumed, however, 10 be a death potion
turned put to have been only a violent
purge. In the end the party was the
better for the unpleasant operation. 1t
retained vitality enough to rally under
SAMUEL j. TILDES, and putting forward
once more an honest man on an honest
platform quickly regained asoendency.
Democratic voters need not be dis
Outraged because they have been be-
trayed a second time by a convention.
They viii have a duty to perform next
November, the duty Of branding the
traitors who have sold them for a price,
and the duty of r~epudiating with We
hemence and scorn the nominee who has
been foisted on them. They have been
sold, but not delivered. They were
robbed of the right of representation at
Buffalo, but they remain masters of their
OallOtS, "
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To Behalf OF a1sEarIn. Editors.

To rHE EDIroR oP THs SUN-Sfr: The walls Of
the Great Unpublished over that KipIing hoax
are SO violent that I am moved to relate some per
sonaI experience.
since coming TO New York. an unhn wi writer.
I have sent some half dozen stories tho rounds OF
the magazines, and though none OF them got In I
kno w that three at least were seen by the editors Of
at least Two OF the magazines. becsuse the reasons
for their rejection tall quite good and sound we're
personally explained TO me BY said editors. don't
know why they should have taken the trouble 10
do this unless they thought that with q little nd.
vice I might do q story that they could use. A
these we're the stories which I myself con sidered
the best. ! suppose the others were decided upon by
the readers before they gotas far as the inner sane
tum. Probably not even the Great Unpubiish q
imagine that the editor undertakes personally TO
examine all OF the stun that comes to his onrce.
Moreover. before coming here . had two or three
things accepted by magazines which sent the check
with the letter OF acceptance, and in ono case, 20
far as I know. the story was never used. I have
heard that some OF the leading magazines could
make up their Issues for The neat two yea ~ out Of
stun already bought. and / believe Il.
Let's be reasonable. even II we do con slider our.
selves authors. ONE or TuE UNPUBLIsHRD.
NEW YoRK, September "a.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1906-09-28
Automobile Road Tests.

Speed tests OF automobiles, however
effective rs spectacles or az demonstra-
tions Of the skill Of the drivers, are no
longer novelties to be fostered for their
educational value. The further reduc-
ton Of speed records would seem to be-
long to the race tracks, or to the South
ern beaches and other isolated stretches
Of country that may be preempted for
such trials without any interference
with ordinary travellers. The public
highway, whether a country lane or a
city boulevard, belongs rs much to the
plodding carts, the farm wagons and the
family carriage as to the whizxing auto
mobiles. The federation Of a townships
officials toward these trials does not
affect the vested rights Of the public
TO the free and unmolested use Of the
roads for the everyday purposes Of COM
muniCation and local needs Now that
the practical purposes of the automobile
road races have been fulfilled, II 10 time
TO consider the seamy side Of the ON
tests, which reveals a somewhat high
handed violation Of public rights.
A form of competition for which the
highways give the proper stage and in
WHICH the casual wayfarers would not
be in any jeopardy 10 made possible by
| the increasing use OF motor carriages
for town work. They have taken the
place to a great degree Of the ordinary
brousham. victoria, hanson cab and
private omnibus. Tho perfect vehiole
Of the type is possibly still to be devel-
oped, and as a gauge Of the patterns on
the market and to solve by experimental.
tests some Of the doubts in the minds oil
possible buyers, a series Of competitions
between motor cars designed for town
work. over q Of thirty or forty miles
under ordinary conditions Of city traffic
would be Of educational value.
Such compositions have been held al
London and Paris, but they would b.
new in this country. A the speed rate
would be limited to the requirement. a
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Socialism a Profound pNmo,opAr.

TO TIVE EDITION oP THE SuN-Sr: I suppose
there Is no Sociilst but must agrce with the con e.
cluslo1 OF your correspondent Pride whose
letter appears In your Issue OF to day. that II one
Is TO Judge socialism and lis advocates by the SOAP
box speeches they arr o. "decited mental shallow
ness and their entire doctrine" Is destitute OF
any quality save farce"
The fact ls that only the conclusions Of socialism
are slitab for street corner oratory: the proc
esses by which those co1clusions are arrived at
require as clos" thinking rs any problem In higher
mathematics. I have had people tell me that II
was all da m noNsense. this talk Of saying that n
was so many million miles to the sun; how could
anybody stretch = tapelinc to mea sure And 30 II
must seem dam noHssrse 10 hear socialism eX-
pounded OF the street corners, particuIsr ny by
men whos- subjects and predlcstos do not agree
In number and person. Finished orators are not
OF the class TO whom the doctrine that the Gov
eminent should be for the people" appeals at all
as good BUSH css: they can get better pay by de-
voting their talents to special Interests opposed 10
tho peoples welfare as a whole.
Nevertheless an increa sing number Of persons
OF In tellectual ability have come 10 see almost
against their Wills, that socialism Is a profound
evolution. and that n Is to the social organism what
the doctrine OF evolution Is TO the physical orsan-
Ism. And I will be willing to bet a small sum that
n Pride" will read up on the subject. say Vars
Principles OF Scientific Socialism" or Spareo's
Socialism" or, n ne has Intellect s%uthclent for the
tasI. Karl MARKS Capitalist Production" ne viii
be going around In 4 little while calling people
"comrade." The hotter they are against the doc
tdne the hotter they are for It whtu they once get
II understood. r. W.
BRoOKLYN. ScDtembeF "a.