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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1907-12-20
MORE ROOM IS NEEDED
Enlargement of Congressional
Library Wanted.
MILLION DOLLARS ASKED
Annual Acquisitions Will Average
About 100000.
PROFIT FROM COPYRIGHT FEES
Mr.. Putnam Believes That a Copy Of
Every Printed Work Should
Be Preserved.
PROFIT FROM COPYRIGHT FEEs
By WILLIAM z. CURTIS.

By WILLIAM z. CURTIS.
Written for The Star and the Chicago Record.
Herald.
Twenty years ago. when the Con-
gressional Library was planned, the
architects estimated that the alcoves in
the reading room and the adjoining
stacks would accommodate the natural
growth for period Of thirty-four
years. and by occupying the remainder
Of the building there would be room
for the growth of ninety-eight years.
The full capacity of the former spaces
Is 100000 volumes. The full capacity
of the latter spaces is 1851, 900 volumes
But the increase in the number of
books and other articles has been so
rapid that it is even now necessary to
make an enlargement. and Congress Is
asked to appropriate a million dollars
for that purpose, which will afford ac-
commodations for five million volumes
and make our library the largest in
the world
During the last ten years. since the
new library building was opened. liza
32S articles have been added to the
collection. including books pamphlets.
compositions, maps, cuts and prints,
most of which have been deposited for
copyright. The sum of S692.219.5O has
been received as fees for copyrights
The total expenditure for service in
maintaining the library, not including
the purchase of books, for the ten
years, has been $577 O97 &c, which leaves
| a profit of S115.12124. which has been
| paid into the treasury.
1t will surprise many people to know
| that the Congressional Library is a
| proflt-bearing investment for the gov
eminent. but the patent office pays an
even larger profit. and we get a profit
from the consular service. and other
branches of the government not only
pay for themselves. but leave bal
ance on the right side of the ledger
During the last year 129.77t articles
We're added to the contents OF the IL
brary. OF these. 1866 were books.
making total of ,433,S4 books now
on the shelves. The increase Is likely
to be even more rapid in the future.
There seems to be no limit to The pos
slbilities. / asked Herbert Putnam, the
librarian of Congress. why he should
go on collecting a lot of useless matter
that no one will ever use. If the Ii
brary continues to grow at the rate of
10000 books a year and 10000 pamph-
lets. maps, pieces of music, prints and
other articles, ultimately no building
would be large enough to hold them
all: and it is evident that the larger
proportion of the deposits are merely
dead weight that will never be called
for.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1907-12-20
POSTMASTER A SUICIDE
Ansonville Man Killed Himself
When Inspector Game.

CHARLOTTE, N. c.. December 90
postmaster j. H. Huntley of Ansonvile
NJ C.. yesterday placed a revolver in his
mouth and killed himself just after post
office inspector had walked into the store
where Huntley conducted business and
began to ask him questions. What passed
between the two men is not known, but
the postmaster lost no time in making
away with himself upon the appearance
OF the inspector.
Huntley had been suffering from meIan-
cholia for some months, and his friends
had been apprehensive lest he should at
tempt some rash deed. Financial troubles
are said to have been the cause Of Hunt
ley's melancholia.
He had conducted a store in Ansonyille
for twenty-five years. A post office in
spector left Wednesday for Ansonville
but it is reported that he went to investi-
gate rumor regarding carrier in Arson
county.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1907-12-20
Man Torn BY Lion May Recover.

RICHMOND. Va. December 20.-Alfred
Clarke, the young animal trainer with
the Ferar Wild Animal Arena. now play
ing in this city, who was attacked and
lacerated until almost dead by the lion
Sultan in the arena Thursday night, is
said by his physicians to be slightly inn
proved. They believe that The man has
now chance to recover if blood poisoning
does not set in. Clarke probably owes
his escape from death TO the fact that the
lower teeth of the lion had been re-
moved. The muscles and veins all over
the mans body were torn and lacerated
Three men have been killed by Sultan,
who is but nine years old. They were
Brontco Baccacia, an East Indian, with
the Womble shows in London: Capt. Mof-
felt, another trainer of the Womble shows,
last summer at Brighton Beach, N. j.,
and Capt. f. Forester.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1907-12-20
WRECK NEAR FREDERICK.
John Renner, Fireman, Crushed to
Death Under Locomotive.

FREDERICK, Md. December 20
Shortly after ) o'clock last evening the
engine attached to passenger train No
Gas, which left Frederick after 40 o. clock
over the Northern Central railroad, was
derailed and demolished near New Mid
way. fourteen miles from Frederick, in
stantly killing Fireman John Renner, thir-
ty years old. of Frederick. and injuring
Jesse Etchison, the engineer.
Conductor Russell and several passen-
gers on the train were severely shaken up
by the accident. The locomotive was at
tached to the train with the tender
ahead and was running at the usual rate
of speed. When at a point half way be-
tween New Midway and Ladiesburg the
tender without apparent cause left the
track and was turned upside down. The
engine pushed forward about the length
of the tender. when it left the rails
the opposite side of the track and toppled
over.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1907-12-20
Richmond Man Tries Suicide.

RICHMOND, Va. December 2O.-As the
result of deliberate attempt to kill him
self John T. Tyree is in semi-conscious
state with a bullet through his temple
He was found in the basement of his
place of business, the Richmond seal
works, on North 18th street. yesterday
The young man was removed to hos
pital, and his father, Andrew Tyree. and
his wife were summoned. The bullet
which had passed through his head from
the right side. was removed. There is
only slight chance that the young man
will recover Members of his family can
assign no reason for the act. His domes-
tic relations are said to have been happy.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1907-12-20

among the provincial libraries. A storm
of remonstrances was aroused from every
direction and there were innumerable pro-
tests in parliament. 1t was argued that
there should be one library In the king
dom where everything that was printed
should be preserved. The result was that
a warehouse was constructed about TWEEN
ty miles outside of London, in which are
now stored the files Of newspapers that
have accumulated in the British Museum
since the art Of printing was discovered. 1t
but they are there in case any one should
ever desire to read them, and occasionally
some important purpose is served by con-
sulting them. They are of value to ms
torians and to politicians and often have
an important bearing upon litigation. We
will not have to go outside the city of
Washington tor store our newspapers: we
can easily take care Of them in this build
ing
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1907-12-20
The Valuable Yudin Collection.

During the last year We have had
some very. important additions to the
library" continued Mr.. Putnam, 1.-The
most important for many years. We have
secured. partly by gift and partly by
purchase. the private library of Mr.. Cen
nadius Vassilievich Yudin of Krasnoiarsk,
siberia, consisting of about $4,000 vol
tunes Of the greatest value and signifi-
canoe to students of Russian history, lit
erature and Institutions. So large and
complete collection-relating exclusively
to Russia and Siberia and all, save about
1900, In the Russian language-does not
exist outside Of Russia. The largest Rus
sian collection at present is in the
library of Yale University, which was
made by Joel Sumner Smith. - COM
prises about 1900 volumes. whine there
are $4,000 in the Yudin collection. Mr..
Yudin, the collector. has been living for
forty years at central point on the
trans-Siberian railroad near Lake Baikal
He has Travelled extensively in Europe
and Asia, and the purpose Of his life has
been the systematic accumulation of
books relating to his own country. He
Is man OF wealth and learning, and his
opportunities have been beyond the reach
Of ordinary collectors.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1907-12-20
CLAIMS vERDI's FORTUNE.
Gregori Of That Name Is Eighty
and Says He Is Nephew.

CAMBRIDGE, Mass, December 20.-As-
sorting he is relative of Verdi, the Ital-
ian composer, and heir to the famous mu-
sician's fortune of $1,000, 600. Gregori Verdi,
eighty years old, is preparing to fight the
will. His brother. a priest, is now looking
after his interests in Rome.
Andrew E. Verdi, son of the Cambridge
claimant and employed as a janitor at
the University apartments. said yester-
day:
Although my father came to this conn
try when he was about twelve years old,
he says he has faint recollection of the
famous Verdi and says that he is his
nephew. My father has received word
from my uncle that several persons who
claimed relationship to Verdi have been
turned down, but so far my fathers
claims have not been denied"
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1907-12-20
Collection Of Oriental Literature.

Another important accession is a COL
lection of 1000 carefully selected works
and manuscripts of Japanese history, lit
erature, religion and arts. This was made
by DR.. Kan 1chi Asakawa, a graduate of
dartmouth and formerly Of the faculty of
that college. but now lecturer at Yale.
1t includes not only all OF the important
recent publications in literature, law,
science. arts and industries in Japan, but
also many hand-written volumes of an
early period, and manuscript copies made
from the originals of many rare works of
ancient times relating to the Buddhist
Ialth, the various schools Of Shinto5 diff
ferent phases of popular beliefs. / an
tlquities. rules of etiquet. old Japanese
music. descriptions of the useful arts.
biographies, histories, diaries Of famous
men, old documents of historical import
ance. collections of decisions of the feudal
courts, legal tones, poems, dramas, es-
says and works of fiction.
Mr.. W. w. Rockhill. United States
minister to China. has recently presented
the library with thoroughly catalogued
collection of $50 Manchu books. nasty
translations from Chinese originals: also
several rare and precious Thibetan books,
which are exhibited as curiosities in the
manuscript room
Abdul Hamid II, Sultan of Turkey. has
given the library about 400 volumes.
bound in morocco, with gilt edges. They
comprise the works OF native authorship
also Turkish. Persian and Arabic trans
!atlons OF European works on medicine.
law. history, mathematics, arts. drama,
fiction ETC.
These recent accessions" said Mr.. Put
nam in conclusion, have given US one of
the most important collections of oriental
literature in the world. | do not know
where 1t can be surpassed
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1907-12-20
The Newspaper Files.

Our most perplexing problem is to take
care of the newspaper files continued
Mr.. Putnam. I'VE already have thirty
five thousand bound volumes of news
papers, which are very large in size and
awkward in shape, and cannot be slowed
away like ordinary books. They are now
stored. for the most part, In the cellar Of
the library building, where they are in
convenient of access, suffer deterioration
from heat and moisture. and are more or
less damaged every time they are carried
back and forth for use by readers. They
cannot be accommodated in the main
stacks, where the shelving is designed for
ordinary books, and which, 1 have
already said, are becoming crowded. 1t
is absolutely necessary. therefore, to pro-
vide special stacks for them where they
can be handled without damage and
where readers can have the use of them
without inconvenience.
I'VE are adding about 1000 volumes a
year to our collection of bound news
papers. These include files of the princi-
pal newspapers in 100 cities of the United
States and the most important dailieS and
weeklies in other countries.
We receive a thousand current news
papers a day. Some of them we keep
,nly a few days. some for a year and some
for five years-that Is, over one presi-
because they are consulted so frequently
regarding political events. After the five
years most of them are destroyed"
l asked Mr.. Putnam II the quality of
paper used in these times by the great
daily papers is durable. and he replied
that it was by no means SO durable as
the rag paper that was used century
ago.
This will make great difference in
the longevity of newspapers he said.
Those which were printed century ago
will last forever because the fiber Is firm
and tough and retains the ink. but the
wood pulp material of today dries out and
loses its strength in a very few years. as
any one who owns a file of papers that
were printed twelve or fifteen years aso
can See."
suggested that perhaps this was not
altogether a bad thing: that the sooner
some printed matter fades away the bet
ter, but Mr.. Putnam did not agree. He
holds to the theory that II is important to
retain every printed word, whether 1t Is
true or false, pure or filthy. good or evil.
Having once been published according to
his ideas. everything is worth preserving.
I'm addition to our current accumula-
tion," continued Mr.. Putnam, I'VE are
buying all the newspapers we can get of
the eighteenth century, and those that
were published during the civil war and
the reconstruction period-particularly pa
pers that were printed in the southland
In that way are adding considerably to
the bulk of our possessions.
British Museum Also Troubled.
But the same problem that perplexes
US has troubled every great library The
British Museum was compelled to solve 1t
three years ago. That building was full
to bursting and it was proposed to de-
newspapers or distribute them around
The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1907-06-23
"HOW WOULD YOU SPEND
YOURLAST DAY ON EARTH?'

her mind in regard TO the question.
First she thought she would get mar
ricd. then she was sure she would pre-
fer 10 have dainty meal in a promi-
nent restaurant
Then came the answers of the An
heuscr- Busch families. Miss Dorothy
sure whether she would get married or
not. Miss Edmee Anheuser would have
'one good time. . Mr.. August A,
Busch answered: AT home with the
entire family
The longest and most original answer
was given by Miss Mildred Hoyle, who
seemed to have thought out the matter
beforehand She said:
I'D like TO make an everlasting cpl
gram IN the presence of George AIDE
and Peter Dunno. I'd like to ask Helen
Of Troy ner private opinion of how to
make home happy I'd like To write the
great American play and TO personally
interview Cleopatra as To what she
thought of Bernard Shaw. ] ii like TO
see Peter Pan with an audience that
cried and laughed at the same time,
/ d like TO read Robert Herrick S Co
rinna Going A-Maying' and The Lily
of Shalot and TO understand for once
in my life some of Robert Browning
and what the poet meant in Candida
and really enjoy a man IS jokes and have
Belasco and Charles Frohman threaten
TO star me, and then | ID like to eat
all the things that are not good for me
and lie down with old memories and
lost chords that sing again with ripe
philosophy of as TO tomorrow
The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1907-06-23
an Ancient Timepiece Rings
Chimes and Thus Tells of
Deaths Approach.
CLOCK OWNED BY DOCTOR
FORETELLS END OF FAMILY
Rings Out Hour for Dark Angel
70 Appear, Who Comes
OH Time.

Stored away in q dusty attic al the
home of pr. ". r. Porch, thc Oldest
and most prominent physician Of Baker
vile. in Humphreys county, Tenn, is
en- old fashioned Seth Thomas clock.
Dust t-covered aud time.worn. this old
clock many years ago refused to fur
tner record tho tiecting hours, and was
stored away IN the attic with cast.off
piundcr. Dr. Porch is quite aged, and
has been married three times, and the
old clock occupied a prominent position
on the mantei in the family room from
the first dav be began keeping house
until it was cast away as beng worth
less
SHORTLY after tho death Of Dr. Porch s
FIRST wife he was called to see a gentle
man residing in the neIghborhood WHO
was quite ILL., The patient 5 wife that
night dreamed that her husband died
and that she afterward married the
physician, She also dreamed that she
became the mother of twin children and
az their birth she died. Strange as It
may seem. in after years Dr. Porch
and the lady were married They lived
happilv together for some time and
finally twins were born to the union.
but the mother never lived 10 see the
children, death resulting at their birth.
DR. Porch states that he believes the
dream had moro than anything else TO
do with the death of his wife But
now 20 the story OF the old clock.
After q lapse of some time DR.. Porch
was again married. and the old clock
occupied it's accustomed place on the
were born several children. among them
being Carrie, John Boy and Porter
Porch. One Sunday morning, long after
the clock had been discarded. and as
DIR. Porch and his daughter Carrie were
preparing 10 attend Sunday school ten
plain and distinct strokes rang ont from
The old clock IN the attic But little at
tention was paid TO the incident at the
time. and it was believed that mouse
or rat had become entaugled in the
clock wire and caused II TO strike How
ever. it was noticeable that the ten
strokes were as plain and distinct as if
the clock had been running Shortly
afterward Miss Carrie complained of not
feeling we'll and stated that she would
not attend Sunday school, She rapidly
grew worse, and al exactly 10 clock
laPsed into unconsciousness and died.
Then IL was that the striking of the
old clock was recalled, but DR.. Porch is
not superstitious man, and would not
believe that the clock had ANYTHING to
do with the death of his daughter
Time wore on, and the next oldest
child, John Boy, was taken sick. For
a long while he fingered between life
and death, and one night. as friends
and members of the family sat around
the bedside, there rang ont, clear and
distinct, from the old clock in the attic,
eight strokes. The puzzled look on the
faces Of the members of the family evil
denced to the friends present that they
feared The worst and recalled the first
warning of the old timepiece. Next
morning at s clock John Boy passed
into the great unknown. being uncon
scious at the time Of his death
The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1907-06-23
MI Y WOMAN lJNDERT TAE<ER LIKES BUSINESS

Cleveland. O., has the distinction of
having the only woman undertaken in
the United States who is engaged
in the business alone, and devotcs
her entire time to il. There have been
women in other cities during the past
few years who. for limited time,
have carried on the undertaking busi-
ness on the death of their husbands
or other relatives engaged in il, None
of these women, however, remained in
the business long, and all Of them
had assistants
Mrs, " e. Croiey Of 1914 Fulton
road is the Cleveland 'underiskeress,
She has been engaged in tho busi
ness for more than year, and she
SAYS she will continue in ii until she
dies She IS as enthusiastic about it
as a young chorus girl who has made
a hit as = prima donna. But what
makes her all the more remarkable is
that she is in the business alone. and
does all her 'work' alone.
From girlhood Mrs. Croley was
Drought up III tne unnPlIdhlnS nuSl-
ness. As she explains it, she didn T.
have to learn it, 1T just grew on her.
Her father was c. Bosekrans, who
for thirty-fve years was engaged in
the undertaking business on the
West Side. She used TO accompany
him on his calls. and when only Il
wears Of age prepared a body for
burial and took charge of all the ar
rangements. Dolly Rosekrans. rs she
was then known, soon became TO be
almost as well known as her father.
and on numerous occasions when he
was III she looked after his business.
After her marriage 10 W. h. Croley
she moved to Milwaukee where her
husband was engaged in business. She
lived there number of years, return
ing TO Cleveland a wear ago last De
cember, when her father was taken
III. He died soon after her arrival and
she prepared his body for burial aud
conducted his funeral.
The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1907-06-23
COW WITH THREE LEGS
IS A GOOD NlLkER
Horse With a HoOf Like Ram S
Horn Not a Good
Roadster.

Norman Willard of Norwich, VI, Is
the proud pessessor of pair of barn
ward oddities that are attracting end
less attention. Folk came miles TO
see them, and declare tina, the unusual
sight we'll repays them for the trouble
One of the oddities is a three-egged
COW and the other horse with hoot
that greatly resembles ram horn.
The cow was born three-legged and ap-
pears to suffer no inconvenience, al,
though il cannot get over the ground
as rapidly as its four-legged sisters.
1t is the right fore leg that IS lacking,
When the animal came into the world
il was feared that il would die, but 1t
grew, and today furnishes fine supply
OF rich milk Considering It's detormlty,
ii is a good sprintrr
The horse is three years old and is
considerably bothered because of Its
horn.lke hoof This horn grows out
ward for over foot and then curves
upward The bottom is fiat and as hard
as steel Now and then, when the horse
attempts to run, the curved point of
the hoof will catch under a stone and
throw the animal. All his other hoofs
are perfectly forIm,u.
The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1907-06-23
WALLPAPER AS TROUT BAIT
Made Fishes Mouths Water and They
Leaped to Get II

George Tidsell Of Sparrowbush, n. Y,
returned from trout fishing Friday with
.. basket filed with ''speckled beau
ties weighing half pound each His
friends quizzed him as 20 where he
caught the fish, so even in size, and how.
Well. You see. last summer i WAS
at the brook during huckleberry time
and was carelessly throwing some of
the berries in the water and was sur.
prlsed TO see trout rise and cat them.
81 ran across a piece of wall paper
the other day having huckleberrics
printed on it ! went TO the brook and
pasted the piece of wall paper on a
rock Just above n pool. Soon the pool
was full of fish. They eyed the bcauti.
ful clusters Of hucklcberries with
mouths watering.
'It didn t take long for the trout
10 begin athletic stunts TO get the ber-
ries. and us fast as they jumped for the
luscious clusters and were stunned lby
contact with the rock ] picked them
up and put them in my basket until it
was filed
The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1907-06-23
TWO WOMEN CLAIM
THE SAME HUSBAND
Man Said TO Have Confessed
Bigamy, Charges First Wife
With UnfaithfuIness.

When Mr.. and Mrs. Albert r Bone
returned to Portage, Wis. from = short
trip, both received an unwelcome shock
when confronted by officers who hur-
ried them both TO the police station
where charge of bigamy awaited
Bone, brought by a woman who claimed
TO be his former wife.
Wife No. ] came 10 Portage quite
unaware of the fact that her alleged
husband had another wife. She made
inquiries for him. and on hearing that
ne had married a Portage girl only a
short time since. fell PROSTATE, She is
n young woman OF 26. and claims to
have certificate showing that she was
married TO Bone in 1898. She says they
have son of seven at their home IN
Madison.
Wife No, . is daughter Of Mr. and
Mrs Louis Plaff Of Portage, and was
married TO Bone last April
The man In the case, who is travel
ing agent, admits that he married both
the women, but charges hls first wife
with unfaith hfulness.