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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1907-10-06
FAMOUS NEW ENGLAND TREES
Havoc Wrought by Recent Storms
Among Cherished Antiquities.

From the Boston Transcript
None Of our antiquities are more cher
ished by healthy natures than our ancient
and historic trees.
When the old elm on the common blew
down, about thirty years ago, there was a
genuine grief among the older residents
and there was general scramble for
park even down to the smallest tw1g.
The Charter oak at Hartford has given
its name to numerous institutions. and its
remains have been scattered in various
forms. artistic or otherwise. through the
homes of Connecticut and even other states.
The old elm in Cambridge, under which
Washington received his commission from
the Continental Congress, but now fast
tottering to it's fall, has been the shrine
of hundreds of thousands of patriotic pill
erirns. The severe storm Of Saturday night
was almost fatal to two more remarkable
sentinels of as many towns. The revo-
lutionary tree at Arlington was two-thirds
destroyed, and probably the remainder has
sustained mortal injury.
But Lancaster mournS an even greater
loss Her chief native distinction IS prac-
tically destroyed. Her Queen elm, which
has been declared the largest in Massa-
chusetts is wreck. For years 1t has been
braced with rods and bound with iron
bands but the force of the inciDient tor
nado was too strong even for these. The
diameter of it's spread was thirty-fve feet
and the ground circumference of its trunk
nearly thirty-seven. TIC these two towns
the storm brought general bereavement.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1907-10-06
FIRE ESCAPES.
The Main Stairs Should Be Made
Fireproof.

From TIarper's Weekly
To go down the ordinary external fire
escape ladder one has to be more or !ess Oh
an acrobat AMI possess unusually strong
pervas and sinews; nearly all such fire es-
canes are placed where in a severe fire they
ORC likely to become red hot and useless
md in nine cases out of ten are SO located
as tn he more or less inaccessible The IN
ternational Society of Building inspectors
,s making an effort to have cities lncof-
norate in their building requirements RUE
that will give every structure safe ana
positiye fire escape. The main STAIRS II Is
arpuad are the most natural means or
eeress to which people Will turn III mo-
,9.n+ IF need therefore it is contenGed the
vain stairs of every building should pc
n,,dn absolutely incombustible, should De
jncIosed in fireproof Enclosures, either "aiis
NJ brick or tile or screens OF steel or wire
glass and have self-closing doors at every
landing. They should abut either upon the
street or into freproof CORRIDOR ieaui - ~
the street and from sucn colrlooT lhele
shonId he none but absolutely hreproof
oomuunica tions doors, etc, to any other
nnrtion of the building 1t may be slight
Inconvenience to open and close door
every time one goes up or down stairway.
hut this is counterbalanced by the abso-
Iute security and safety anorded by sucii d
stairway 1t is the saneSt ana salest hIe
exit that could be devised and there should
bs no time lost in making this suggested
change in our ordinances operative. com
pelling new buildings to be SO built ana the
old ones wherever possible, changed AS
sDeedi,y as possible. 1t may be added that
certain modern hotels already possess TINS
excellent variety of fire escape.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1907-10-06
MRS. WEST TO WRITE A BOOK.
Former Lady Randolph Churchill Will
Publish Recollection
From the Gentlewoman

The news that Mrs. George West is
about to write a book of recollections does
not altogether come in the way of sur
prise 1t had been whispered that Mrs
West, whose literary talent is well known,
had given no little help to her son. Winston
Churchill. in the compiling OF his father
Lord Randolph's. biography. but no def
mite hint had been given to us that the
lady herself would tell the story Of that
deeply interesting time in which she lived
and moved a most important factor in its
Developments
The popularity that went out in the sos
to Lord Randolph was shared by his wife,
more particularly during the famous cleo
ton of 1885. when he opposed John Bright
at Birmingham. The impression Of her
beauty and go during those stirring weeks
has never been weakened.
The daughter-then in her teens-of the
late Leonard Jerome of New York met
Lord Randolph first in Paris. and 1t a
case on both sides OF love at first sight.
Miss Jerome was very beautiful, with her
dark intent eyes. glossy black hair and an
olive complexion, tinted in the cheeks with
a delicate crimson.
Lord Beaconsfield likened her to his
Theodora in ''Lothaire," and that she al
WAYS en- grande tenue wore band round
her brow with a single star of diamonds
heightened the idea of that likeness. A
photograph of her taken at that time ap-
pears in Winston Churchills life OF his
father and is one of the most charming
ohot ographs ever published.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1907-10-06
A Bishops Seashore Mission.
From the Pail Mall Gazette

Three years ago the Bishop of Man.
chester announced his intention of holding
a mission on the sands at Blackpool and
though there were numerous offers of help
at once forthcoming the suggested expert
ment was not generally regarded with much
favor The bishops third mission ON the
seashore at Blackpool has just ended, and
his lordship states that not only has there
been great increase of interest apparent
each year. but this year it has appeared
that the scheme has been taken up by the
entire crowd of holiday seekers. there being
no opposition whatever to be observed The
bishop is jubilant over the evident success
of the mission. and how active he has him.
self been in connection with the work may
be gagged from the fact that he addressed
about seventy meetings with an aggregate
audience of 100000 people. The bishops
ready speech, his sense of humor, and his
cheerful. kindly manner have made him
most popular, and the trippers look out
with joyous expectation for the kindly old
gentleman in CATERS and skull cap" as he
threads his way along the densely thronged
sands at low tide If the bishop required
any apologize" for holding his mission
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1907-10-06
.1,50O,,NO
WHAT CARP ARE GOOD FOR.
Banker Thomas Found Them a Fine
Fertilizer for Sugar Beets.

Lyons Cor New York Sun.
Orlando F. Thomas. a New York banker
who owns a stock farm in this vicinity. has
settled the mooted question as to what carp
are good for. The late Gov. Roswell p.
Flower cajoled Wayne county farmers into
raising this kind of fish. Banker William s.
carp and ever since has been excoriated in
public and private. Carp gradually took
possession of the streams to the exclusion
of game fish,
Last spring the high water in Clyde river
left tons of carp on the fat. Banker
Thomas had his men gather up and pillow
under all the carp he could get and sowed
sugar beets on the field. That sugar beet
field is the finest in all Wayne county this
tons of beets to the acre.
This summer the continued drought dried
up all the little streams and swamps and
particularly deep carp breeding pond in a
swamp the Thomas stock farm. Banker
Thomas had his employees gather up all the
bullheads. perch. sunfish, bass and other
food fish and carted them in milk cans on
stone boats to Clyde river, where they were
dumped in.
Tons of carp of all sizes. ranging from
tingerlngs to big fish weighing forty pounds
and over, were left in the pools in the
swamp. These were pitchforked up into
carts and drawn out on the oats stubble
spread into burrows and plowed under
This field will be sowed to sugar beets next
spring. The pond hole that dried up COW
cred over ten acres of ground and had
never dried up before. Sufficient carp were
obtained to fertilize a ten-acre sugar beet
lot.
Banker Thomas figures that carp are the
cheapest fertilizer he can get and are better
than the commercial fertilizer or ordinary
manure.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1907-10-06
NAMES TIMBER OUTPUT.
900, 100000 Feet Last Winter-Pre-
pairing for This Years Cut.


From the Bangor News.
The log drives of all the Maine rivers are
now in the booms. The drives have been
especially clean this year, no logs being
left to winter in the streams and brooks.
This of course has been due to the high
water which has continued through the
summer.
1t is roughly estimated that last winters
cut in Maine was about SO0.0O.GO0 feet of
spruce and perhaps 100. 100000 feet of pine
most of the latter being in the southwestern
part of the state. where second growth Of
pine has now developed along the Saco in
place of those first great pines which gave
Maine the name of the Pine Tree state.
The lumbermen are already locating the
camps in the woods and making active
preparation for next years cut. In the
old times numbering was strictly a winter
business but in these times practically all
the cutting is done in the fall and this part
of the work is ended by January l. The
indications point to a large cut. though the
scarcity of labor is a serious obstacle to be
overcome and there are other factors-the
weather and the condition of the lumber
market.
Twenty thousand forest fire notices have
recently been posted in the state of Maine
some being sent to every town and planta-
ton, and those with large wooded sections
being literally supplied Doubtless the
warning conveyed by these notices has been
factor, as well as the wet summer, in
making the Maine record of forest fires
more favorable than for many years There
were a few fires in June in Somerset and
Washington counties. but they were not ex-
tensive and did very little damage. June is
usually the worst month of the year for
these great fires which have worked such
havoc In the wild lands of this state. There
were no fires in July or thus far In August,
and the woods are now wet and the
swamps so full of water that it is very un-
likely that Maine will suffer much from
forest fires this year, even IL long dry
spell should come on
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1907-10-06
Woman's w ork.

The annual meeting of the Washington
District Woman's Foreign Missionary So
cety of the Methodist Episcopal Church
was held in Metropolitan Memorial Church
Tuesday, October 1. Reports of the years
work showed an increase in every depart
ment The treasurers report gave S4,4727
to date, with a number of auxiliaries yet
to be heard from. One bequest of $1,000
was announced.
The following officers We're elected: Pres
ident, Mrs. R. NJ. Moore: vice president at
large Mrs. NJ. S. Huston; recording secre-
tary, Miss Caroline F.. Smith, corresponding
secretary, Miss Ruth Crandall; contingent
treasurer. Miss Bertha Grey: auditor, Mrs.
Court Wood. Mrs. Henry r. Naylor was
nominated for district secretary.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1907-10-06
SOME LONG LIVES THAT HAVE BEEN
GIVEN TO RELIGIOUS WORK-GEN. BOOTH

Great reverence is due the grand old
men and women of the present-day re-
ligious world but none more than Gen.
William Booth of the Salvation Army. who
is touring the United States. and
whose name belongs at the head of list
that includes the names of Rev. Robert
Fulton Crazy, Rev. James Park. Mrs. La
vina Beadle. Sister Mary Domitilla Mrs.
William Butler, r.ev. William Meiancton
Johnson Rev. Thomas Lord, Rev. Thomas
NJ. Preble and Rt. Rev. Charles Hamilton.
OF all these Gen. Booth stands out pre-
emnently His name is the best known,
but the others have all accomplished In
their limited fields as much as he has in
the great world space that has been Se-zed
upon by the Salvation Army. His organiza-
ton now works in fifty-three countries and
colonies and has 1900 comm .ssionad Of
ficers who command over 100 corps Oh
Salvation soldiery Gen. Booth was first
of all. Methodist and left that church
to work in a tabernacle which was only a
rough old tent in a disusad buryinS ground
in the famous Whitechapel district of east
London. For a dozen years MS Work was
confined to that section and then 1t spread,
until now it is in every part of the civil.z
world.
He has seen his modest mission grow
until it's charities include prison gate ana
rescue WOTk, lEeDIIdteS HoHiSo, IVY oiiA
girls homes, farm colonies, emigration.
naval and military homes. maternity homes,
nursing work. samaritan briGades. hoSpi-
tai and benevolent visitation. lndlan
schools. trades union work Insurance socie-
ties and more recently, anti-Sulclde
bureaus He has been Inns If honoreu
with the degree of doctor OF OWL law from
oxford University and has had the greatest
honor conferred upon him that an English
man can have-that of the freedom of the
city of London. His world tour. winch
brings him now to tn United States, makes
him visitor here for the h1th tlme. ana
tha r,ast Of October ; he will spend look
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1907-10-06

ing over the Chicago field, after which he
goes to st. Louis.
Just at the time when Gen. Booth feels
himself at the zenith of his work and but
seventy-eight years of age. Rev Robert
Fulton Crazy of the Episcopal Church Of
the Holy Comforter at Poughkeepsie N.
Y. is retiring, at the age of seventy-one
closing his forty years pastorate in the
one church. where he has grown to be a
great power for good. For four decades
he has been a leading figure in the re-
ligious life of the city. has written much
that has attracted attention and will de-
vote the rest of his days to intellectual
pursuits along the established lines of a
conservative religion.
another pastor who has preached for
forty years and is now to retire is Rev.
DR.. William Melancton Johnson of the
Silliman Memorial Presbyterian Church at
Cohoes. N. Y. He had been in the min
istry six years before going to cohoes. so
that now in his serenty-:ourth year he
ends fortysiX years of preaching. being the
dean of all preachers in his section. He
has delivered 2.34f sermons. has won hon
from Union College. has been seve! al
times a moderator Of the Troy presbytsry.
as well moderator of the state synod
and has been several times representative
to the central assembly of the church.
Fifty years in molly ord nrs is the record
of Rev. Charles Hamilton. the Bishop OF
Ottawa his first work in 1851 having bsen
as curate of the Quebec Cathedral He is
now seventy-three years Of age and has
been the head Of the Ottawa diocese since
1896. He still has an unwsarying capacity
for work and has no thought of giving up
his great Christian work. which is shared
by his wife, who is a vic, president of the
National Council of Women.
Over sixty years of ministerial effort Is
the record of Rev. Thomas Motherwell
Preble of Somervile Mass. who on his
ninety-seventh birthday preached in the
Second Advent Church of Lynn. He talked
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1907-10-06

London customers are out of town. but the
american visitors keep things going. These
roses that you see here pointing to a mag
nificent bunch of pink roses. are sold to
d wealthy American customer. Roses are
their favorite flower.
The American visitors have STAYED off
disaster from the river this year. The
weather matters nothing to them. To come
TO London without seeing the river would
be a wasted journey. and, SO even though
the visitors equip themselves with mackin-
.oshes and umbrellas for their river trip,
the Thames boatmen reap the benefit.
The hotels and boarding houses get by
far the largest share of the Ct. 800 coo which
American travellers leave behind them in
London. Next come the antique dealers for
America is particularly keen on old china
and Sheffield plate. and will pay almost
any price for fanced object Then follow
the tailors. the haberdashers. the hatters.
the jewellers and the miscellaneous traders:
Roughly one may apportion the f1.5N,-
900 which the Americans leave behind them
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1907-10-06
sTEEPLEJAcK FALLS $50 FEET.
Man Tumbles OFF Top of Highest
Chimney in the World

From the London Express.
One of the most active and intrepid of
steeplejacks, John Goldie, was killed while
following his occupation in Glasgow yes
terday.
He fell distance of 1870 feet from the
top of the chimney of Messrs. Joseph Town
send & Co.'S works-the highest chimney
in the world.
Goldie, whose climbing exploits had won
him worldwide fame, started on his ar
duous climb in the early morning. This he
accomplished by means Of foot rests in
twenty minutes.
He reached the top of the chimney. which
has an aperture of fifteen feet. in safety.
and began pointing work. He went on
for several minutes, when he suddenly
reeled lost his hold and fell.
His body crashed through a wooden plat
form some ten feet from the top and thence
fell on the roof of the works, which gave
way. 1t was subseq Iently picked up on the
floor. Every bone was broken.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1907-10-06
poung Men Coming,
Y. NJ. C. A. to Hold Both Annual Convention in
This City Next Month 500 Delegates Expected

The thirty sixth International convention
of the Young Mems Christian Associations
of North America will be held in this city
November % to 26. This gathering will
bring to the city from 1900 to $500 dele
gates consisting of association officers and
members from all parts of the United
States and from Canada and Mexico. There
will also be fraternal delegates from many
other foreign countries.
The worlds committee at Geneva. Swift
zerland, will be represented by its chair
man. Mr.. r. Sarasin Warnery. and one of
its general secretaries, Mr. Christian Phil
dius. Great Britain. France, Russia China.
Japan India. Australia. the Philippines, and
at least two countries of South America are
among the countries from which delegates
are already assured.
The headquarters of the convention will
be in the local association building. The
day sessions will be held in the Continental
Hall of the Daughters of the American Rev
olution. and the evening meetings at Con-
vention Hall.
1t has been thirty-six years since an in
ternational convention of the Young Mems
Christian Association has been held in
Washington. The convention of 1871 met in
this city, when Its sessions were nelQ IN the
old Lincoln Hall building in which the
citation was then housed. John Wanamaker
was president of the convention and the
delegates were welcomed to the National
capital by President Grant. Tremendous
changes have taken place in the methods
and extent of the Young Mems Christian
Association since those days. From a COM
parativeky unknown force it has become one
of the leading agencies for work among
young men the world over. The last con-
vention was held at Buffalo three years
ago.
An exceptionally strong group OF speak
ers has been secured. They will emphasize
association fundamentals. with especial
reference to their relation to future
growth. Men of prominence in public al
fairs will deal with association and civic
the mes and emphasis will be placed on
Christian service rather than on assocla-
ton details and methods. Some of the
convention speakers already secured are
Ambassador James Bryce. Mr.. William J.
Bryan, Mr. J. A. Macdonald. editor of the
Toronto Globe; Gov. r. B. Glenn of North
Carolina DR.. w. T. Grenfell Of Labrador,
DIR. Robert Johnston of Montreal, Commits
sioner of immigration Watchorn Of New
York. Dr. Charles II. Parkhurst of New
York. Dr. Charles Cuthbert Hall. president
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1907-10-06
TOURISTS SPEND MILLIONS
LONDON HAS ANNUAL HARVEST
OFF AMERICANS.
Sixty Thousand Visitors From the
United States-Estimated They
Spent Nearly $s,oOo,OOO.

From the London Express.
This years American season in London
has been in every way record one and
the. hotels and shopkeepers have benefited
enormously by the rush of visitors from
the other side of the Atlantic.
Not 50 very many years ago the West End
tradesnen took next to nothing during the
months when society went out Of town.
business practically stagnant until the
mansions in the West End pulled up the
blinds and opened the shutters and society
returned
Today things are different. The peaceful
invasion of American pleasure seekers has
endowed London with a second season.
Everybody benefits by them. from the dia-
mOnd merchant in Bond street TO the cab
plying for hire. London is recognized
as the market place of the Americans. and
LONDON has been astute enough to cater
especially to Americans during their sea-
son.
Everything is done 70 provide for them.
as it were a home from home. The res
1aurdnts have found out the virtue of
ice water md soda fountains, and even the
chemist contributes his quota to their COM
fort by stocking chewing gum. The result
= satisfactory to all parties
Harvest for Hotels
Inquiries made by an Express repre-
sentative yesterday among the tourist COM
panies. hotels and steamship lines show
that something like 5000 Americans have
visited London this year. Some remain for
a brief five days. others dwell here for
longer period but the hotels large and
small and the boarding houses of Blooms
bury and Bayswater, have been held by the
invading American since March.
Between them these 5000 Americans have
spent about 81 10000. chiefly in London
This calculation is based on figures supplied
by one of the largest hotels which alone
has housed $500 Americans since March,
and the average hotel bill of each has been
E;Jo There at least five hotels which
give similar figures, and if the average
American spends G25 in London, We reach
the total stated. Some. OF course. spend
next TO nothing and live in boarding houses
for S2 - week but others spend hun
dreds. or even thousands, of pounds on
jewelry and dress.
Go where you will in London at this
period you viii hear nothing but grateful
.ccogniiion of American custom.
americans come to London for the spe-
cfic purpose OF buying" said a West End
tailor yesterday. Many of the men come
with half-empty trunks and buy a complete
outfit OF socks. ties, collars, shirts suits of
clothes and hats 1 have been kept busy
with orders for lounge suits and frock coats
at time when business is at a standstil
as far as my regular customers are con-
cerued.
No Slack Season.
They will have flowers" said a florist
Il might shut up shop for all the best
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1907-10-06
Is MADE ARCHDEkCON
OF THE CANAL ZONE

NEW YORK, October 5.-Canon Henry
F. Bryan. archdeacon of Queens and Mas
sau counties. is to give up his duties with
the Long Island diocese to accept the COM
mission of archdeacon Of Panama and vicar
general of the Panama canal zone and ad-
jacent sections.
On his arrival at Panama about November
he practally takes the position of bishop
of the 1Sthmus of Panama. the canal zone
and one-half of the United States of Coon
bia. having all the powers of a bishop with
the exception of ordination and confirma-
ton.
The first work of the archdeacon will be
the establishment of Episcopal churches.
under American supervision, for the benefit
of the 1860 Americans there.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1907-10-06
Gen. Jackson's Chaplain Dies.

NEW YORK, October 5.-Advices from
Rome today bring news of the death there
of the Rev. George Boardman Taylor. for
thirty-four years president of the Baptist
mission in Italy.
Dr. Taylor, who chaplain to Gen.
"Stonewalr Jackson in the civil war; was
the first pastor of the Franklin Square
Church of Baltimore. He founded several
churches and schools in Italy.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1907-10-06
Emotional Dress.

From the Lady of Fashion
Dress should express our emotions. Some
of US feel our clothes so keenly that we
never can help playing up to them. They
inspire. us with the feelings appropriate to
their color. Innocent in white. doleful in
black joyous in pink and Respondent in
sea rlet We are all influenced by color.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1907-10-06

it is found in the fact to which he draws
attention. that there are thousands OF peo-
pie in Biackpool who do not go to any place
of worship, simply because they cannot
The churches and chapals in the town can
not possibly accommodate anything Ike
half the great crowds who visit Blackpool
in August.