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New-York tribune., 1908-05-06
SHlCKLED. He ESCAPES.
Sto7ra7cag Bolts from Steamer and
Loses Himself an Nc-c York;

WITH his arms i1 shackIes- q sto~Hvay in
the steamer Bormudiau. Of the Bermuda and
West India line. running between Nea York
and Bermuda. held prisoner "r the ship until
ne could be returned to Bermuda escaped last
night
Listed as Isu-s Guv. the name found tat
tooed ON his right forearm the man was kept
i'm the vheelhouse under guard. In charge of
William Thomas the quarterruaSter. and James
Dafzeutz his guard. Guy went jo the me>sroom
as usual az : O'Clock.
While The two guards had their backs turned
ne slipped quietly out or the room. upSteITs.
across the =angpllnN and disappeared in
Charles street. Members of the crew gave
chase. hut Guy easily ou;-tripred them. The
steamship company must PAY "a fine of $500 if
the man is not ctuturcd
New-York tribune., 1908-05-06
CROKER NO PE4CEW4kER.
U7M Fiat -1mcrica after Election
Hr. NiG0n's Trip.

Dublin. May 5.-Richard Croker, in an inter
view tonight denied reports that he was going
10 New York TO settle the Democratic differ
ences. He said that he would not visit the
United States until after the Presidential cleo
tion. and that he might spend the winter in one
of the Southern states.
I think that the Democrats Of New York
should support the nomination Of the conVen-
,ion - he said Il believe that Bryan would
make a good President although if Roosevelt
is nominated. he probably will be elected
4 have head nothing Of Lewis Nixon's having
= nolirical mission. Every Democratic leader
coming 10 Europe is suspected of being on a
mission to me Nixon is an old friend, and
probably viii visit when he is passing
through Ireland. but his visit viii have nothing
TO do with politics"
New-York tribune., 1908-05-06
BRIGHT EYES. ADULT SPIRIT SON.
Ghostly Communications Read in Suit 10
Break VIII of Aged Illinois Banker.
-nr r.Lesr--h q. The r--nrrs /

Bloomington. IIL. May 5--BrigHr Eyes the
adult spirit SON of ). T. ,rumHLush. appeared in
q eho~tlg ImeIfght i'm to-day-- proc=-d-lg- in the
suit to break the viii of tle Leroy banker His
spirit letters were read a court and an alleged ro
Fe a part of p conspiracy 90 defgauJ the banker
Of his fortune Relatives of the old man ignored
i'm his VIII seek their suit to have the testament
declared invalid They finished their case with the
Introduction of these letters. purporrins 20 have
been written hy the dead SON
The ,-rr,,,-+r.rfor- created intense interest The
letters arr poorly composed showing bad grammar
and careless runct1- -tion- The principal VltneS=
introduced was Mrs Peuherton. one Of the alleged
mediums pho is accused of aiding - conspiracy
SIN, entered "a general denial 60 All charges of
.s5l-fr,. and declared Tire sea1~es all honest
7 .l,-l-+e-7 Testimony of prominent spirit-aIists
from chicago ana st Louis VIII ~ beard to-
uror-pv
New-York tribune., 1908-05-06
GREAT UNIONIST GIN.
Liberals FIJI Sir Henry FOzcIer' 5
Seat by Il IajOrity of Eight.

London May J-The declining popularity Of
the present government was lsain revealed by
the result of the by-ciection in Wolverhampton
to-day to replace Sir Henry Fowler. ho,
Viscount WoverhamDton, took his seat in the
House Of Lords The Liberals retained the seat
in the Commons. but by d bare majority of :.
as against a majority of 2>ijJ in 1896. the
suit of to-day's election being as follows: G. r.
Thorne Giberan. 4.J14, and L. :. Amcry Union
fst). 4.:Je6
This result has raised grave doubt whether
Winston Spencer churchill. president Of the
Board of Trade. viii win his seat at Dundee.
whittier he has gone to contest the vacancy
caused Ivy the elevation To the peerase Of Ed
muul Robertson.
New-York tribune., 1908-05-06
TWO SOLDIERS SHOT.
Clash at San Juan, p. r., BCtUcCn
Troops and Police.

can Tuan p R May 1.-Two privates Of the
Porto Rico provisional regiment were shot last
night in a fight between soldiers and the in
s,IIar police one of the soldiers died and the
other is seriously wounded The trouble re
suited from attempt on the part OF the ponce
to queu disturbance
7-,. so1,7fers are greatly incensed at the shoot
49, - their comrades and Adjutant Field. in
o,dor n avert trouble, has issued orders that
.bo men shall not leave the barracks after dark.
New-York tribune., 1908-05-06
PARDON FOR JAMES BRENNAN
Voted by the Rhode Island Senate-Gov-
ernor Pleads for Prisoner.

F,rovidence May 5.-By vote OF ls q The
r2bode island Senate to-day pardoned James Breh-
-, of Frooklyn who for the last nine years mas
teen confined in the state prison at Sranstoh' 10
-. ,,,+e followed a long discussion during which
,.--e-,,r lanes H. Higgins spoke IN favor Of the
r,rarrap WAS sentenced FOR completely IN rob
,a,y a. the Portsmouth car barns II was believed
Al the time that he ana wen known q lL ''1iiill@'
a. - = ..,s,lvsukee Red the same person.
- ~ -acent Investigation of Brennan's appiica-
ton for clemency proved that ne vas mot NIL
u-a,,kea Red"
New-York tribune., 1908-05-06
TfFT MEN ONLY TO 90.
Connecticut CoHrCHtioH to Instruct
DeIegatcs- -TzcO Senators Rejected.

tI.rtfnrd conn Ma I.-The Republican state
Convention " hen it chooses fourteen delegates
% ,-1,i.-acn tomorrow. Wiz instruct them 20
vote and work, for the nomination OF Secretary
Taft This instruction viii be incorporated n
the rlarforrn. The convention probably viii re-
f11-e to send the United states Senator's. Morgan
d; Ru1keIqy and Frank B Brandegee. a dele
GATES because their attitude toward NJ IdIt
has been uou-committaL
seldom mas Republican convention IN tHls
state faced such situation a. prevailed tlls
evening when the convention mad its hrst ses-
-5,, II was estimated that - per cent of the
,5.t..-s+ss we're Taft men. Yet they we're divided
an t7. question Of sending the two senator's dS
delegates and on the question OF lnStTu''lous-
For hours the matter was thrashed out When
,-7,ses were. held the substance Of letters WIZ
-r, h, both Senator's TO friends here 70 the et-
s.- that neither cared 70 state his position unlu
~. situation at Chicago was known was read.
aud -re ,4ucllses quickly began % instruct the1r
Iel.,a-as 2, favor only oJlt-and-out Tart men
The new slate was made up a follows.
r,sraesre~-at-larze. Charles = Brooker. ct An
sonia. national committeeman. Michael heneaiy'
of Stamford. state central committee ch-lr-
man Charles Hopkins clark. editor OF The
r4a~tf,rd couraut, Isaac ~ UIlma1 of NeN
Haven Timothy f Hopkins. of kiIlnsi1. AMI
- p FvIer. Railroad Commission. OF Ior-
ringtcH- = ~,
-he committee on resolutions by a vote OF .
p, q adopted a platform which praises ms ad-
rrinfsr-ation Of President Roosevelt and m
st-r1cts The delegation for Nr. Taft
New-York tribune., 1908-05-06
u4RTI4L Law IN ONO.
Declared in Br0Icn CouHty-Tr00ps
to Protect Tobacco.

Columbus Ohio. May 5.-Giovernor Harris late
,bie afternoon ordered state troops 10 protect
the ohio tobacco district, and Troop B. of Co
l,,,,,r,,ts vas sent at once the district. Mar
+faI law was declared in Brown County
Lexington. KY May 5-Several tobacco beds
on the farm Of Joseph Ware, in Boyle County,
r,are blown up by Night Riders" last night
There was no intimation Of their presence on
,ba farm until the explosion No warning had
been given. it is said
New-York tribune., 1908-05-06
cpAr ARRESTS IN BALTIMORE.

baltimore May 81. arthur "icAhah ana
- n Marine. former commissioners for open
mere arrested to-day on charges OF
ne II is alleged the accused men accepted
meme from the representative OF paving com
- q, return for which they awarded the com
- cer,zin contracts for street paving WICK
i0' - Marine were removed from once oy
~ Mahool yesterday after hearing N me
case.
New-York tribune., 1908-05-06
FRISCO ROAD LAYS oEF 1000 MEN.

Springfield. Mo, MAY Two thousand employees
of the -. Louis & san Francisco Railroad shops
here were laid of to-day for indefinite period.
The reason assigned by the company for the shut
down is financial depression
New-York tribune., 1908-05-06
n. J. DELEGATES FREE
BIG FOUR Is DTTIDED.
Franklin Murphy for Tice-Preadent
Table Third Term Resolution.

From a Special Correspondent Of The Tribune
Trenton, May J.-After tumultuOusly cheering
the names of President Roosevelt and Secretary
Taft, the Sev Jersey Republican State Conven-
ton to-day named its four uuinstructeE deli
es-at-large, three of whom have othe-
choices for President than the Secretary Of War.
Governor Fort is the only member of the Big
Four committed to Mr.. Taft Senator Kean. of
New-York tribune., 1908-05-06
BRYAN LECTURES TO THE PHoNoeRAPH

fBy Telegraph 70 The Tribune
Omaha MAY ". J. Rrvan Is delivering his
favorite lecture The Prince Peace into a
phonograPh. and expects TO he heard by proxy
ever the English speaking world
New-York tribune., 1908-05-06
PROFESSOR CALLED TO ROCHESTER.

Rochester May 5--Dr- Victor Chambers. as
sistant in tie departuJnr of chemistry in columbia
I-riversity NeH York. was appointed to-day pro
fessor In chemistry in tine University rf Rochester
to succeed DIT. :. \ baltimore. retired DR. cham
ber= Will begin work here September = OF This
New-York tribune., 1908-05-06
6AlLEY's MAJORITY. 1927.

fHy Telegraph The Triblue.I
Austin. Tex. May 5.-Cunlplete returns from last
Saturdays Democratic primaries give Senator J.
W Bailey Il majority Of l7.eZ5 as one Of the dele
gates-at-large to the Democratic National Con
yeution. The total vote cast was 2It536
New-York tribune., 1908-05-06
eTNA rERRIFIEs VILLAGERS

Messina May 5.-The eruption of Mount -tIns
continues. accompanied BY many eartnsho'N - -
detonations have terrtned the people living II tAe
Villages near the volcano. and they are camping
IN the open air
New-York tribune., 1908-05-06

lev stylisn eyeglsss called '-IikIt" U1th Bls-ght
- I-r-c Pebbles S..cncsr's. 81 2l.Gca Lans--AdFt-
Blue-grass blade. [volume] (Lexington, Ky.) 188?-19??, 1908-09-13

AOugn TO support the paper we might have
he whole of it. l have used three columns
IOr the Materialist Association, most every
week since January, 1906. Besides mem
oers have supplied many other articles
printed in Peoples Press. Twenty-six SYM
posiums have been printed both in Peo-
pies Press and leaflet form for distribu-
ton. Editor Lenan has favored us with as
low rates as he could possibly afford, and
several times he has printed helps for the
york without pay.
We kept on winning members and writ
ers from Peoples Press readers. Some
have Joined us from the Blue Grass Blade,
some from Tomorrow, some from Humani-
tartan Review; and our secretaries keep
securing members by the leaflets, blanks,
correspondence, and use of their tongues
Instead of dozen members that first win
ter we enrolled twenty-five by March l,
4s06, and seventy-ive by March 1, 1907.
LAST October we had 107 enrolled. Now
We are not yet three years old and number
S43 members. At this rate of increase
when We are four years old we shall have
1000 members.
OF course, many of them are lust count
ones" they sign our blanks and we never
hear from them again. 1t discourages our
editor because so many members do not
subscribe for Peoples Press, after he has
sent them several sample copies appar-
emily they don't help a bit; but they are
ION our side;" they may be exerting con-
siderable local influence against the bible
superstitions. l judge by my husband; he
won't subscribe for any Freethought paper
but he has his spells of talking It, and has
ever since he was about twenty years old;
he is seventy-five now. Who knows but
all our members are eually the mission
aries of Materialism? The more members
we enroll the more encouraged are our
real workers and writer's to be fearless,
hopeful, and persevering in promoting our
cause We should enrol all we can, because
we cannot tell which will become helpers.
Suppose We have to enroll one hundred to
find one wide awake, capable helper? That
was the only way to find him, and when
we get him we have secured a treasure
So far instead of one in hundred, one in
four have helped in some way. We must
have numbers to ever win popularity.
Therefore enroll all you can, rich and poor,
any nationality, any trade. If they really
believe there is no god nor future life, and
are reliable. 1t will not help us to enroll
bad characters, fools, swindlers, criminals
nor drunkards, nor criminal makers We
want reliable people.
Our officers, so far, are secretaries, self
elected by securing a new member. Many
of our thirty two secretaries have secured
only one or two members, but John s.
Holman has secured members, e. ].
Blue-grass blade. [volume] (Lexington, Ky.) 188?-19??, 1908-09-13

Marcn L, 1JOS. .................... 1888
Expenses since March l. 1908. ..... 1900
lotal ................... ........ .$6S.S5
AS had pledged 81 month as my share
of expenses you see receipts and expenses
are balanced.
But for the future to keep up rapid in
crease of mebership and keep our secre-
taries and distributors lively in making
Materialists, we shall need new literature
Tor distribution, more invitation leaflets and
blanks, new supply of certificates, be-
sides plans or subjects to keep our writer's
busy in thinking up new material to keep
the workers hustling and convincing people
that we are right, etc., and educating them
into intelligent Materialists and into good
moral citizenship also.
For some time we printed a new SYM
postum leaflet every week, l think, gen.
orally 1000 copies, but that made more
than our distributors would handle, and
they accumulated on our hands, and cost
too much; SO we dropped printing them.
But since that our writer's have dropped
off, and many of our secretaries and dis
tiipuloio nave lOSI lultISSI anu DeCdIue
only count ones" We ought to have a
new leaflet about once month or four or
six times year at least, the cream of all
that our writer's can send us, on a chosen
subject; then print three or four thousand
copies and every member willing to be a
distributor, receive a quantity free. Many
of our willing distributors are too poor to
pap for what they would gladly handle
for us.
We need some financial plan to raise the
money for the printing and mailing of all
the leaflets we can use, in our propaganda
work. / propose that all members who will
agree to pay or rase not less than 81 a
year for the propaganda work, be enrolled
members of our permanent finance COM
mittee. | wish we could have 500 or $3.50
year to carry out this propaganda plan
nicely. That is a suggestion for our pres
ent finance committee to consider
Another method which would require no
funds and would be less work for me is
this: If twelve of our abest writer's would
each agree to write one leaflet in the year,
each taking a different subject (our leaflets
contain about 1000 words), and each writer
have three or four thousand copies printed
at his own expense, and mailed in packages
to our distributors. / could find out which
of our members would distribute them, and
do my share as writer and distributor also,
but then sixty other writer's would not have
chance to help, and thereby develop their
own abilities and keen interest in the work.
The more we all can keep doing something
the faster Materialism will grow. Over
seventy members helped in writing our
Blue-grass blade. [volume] (Lexington, Ky.) 188?-19??, 1908-09-13
BLUE GRASS BLADE

Buck 8, j. X. Moeller 3, Abner Dickson s.,
Mrs. Helen A. Collins &, Bertrume Lester
Weber 6, Henry Cramer s, Albin c. Flies
II, H. j. Stevenson 10, George U. Roberts
70, and Joseph trantz 100.
Our finances have been rather deficient,
and crippled the work somewhat. Did you
ever know OF any society or cnurch, or even
a booming business enterprise, but claimed
they needed more funds, no matter now
big thier dues or dividendsl We have no
membership dues because we can secure
more members that way. IL is such an
unpopular movement, yet it is hard enough
Work 10 secure members by getting men
and women to only sign their name 10 the
radical statement, There is no god nor
future life," without asking them TO pay
for their membership. But enough OF the
members are SO thoroughly in earnest SO
anAous to have the work go on, they have
given voluntarily, enough to keep it going
on Several subscribe for half a dozen or
more Freethought papers, some purchase
leaflets and distribute them, some Pay for
printing some special leaflet; many send
me few or many stamps TO help pay my
POSTAGE; some send a dollar bill; one Ohio
woman sent me So at once. An Iowa man
sent $3.50 to have a special Peoples Press
about this convention, sent 10 all the mem
bers of the Church of Humanity. l sent
IL TO an Illinois member for Freethought
badge, and he sent me 81 badge pin, and
he mas sent me many Of his excellent leaf
lets for distribution. An Ohio member has
given us the use of this opera house during
our convention.
The following receipts includes several
subscriptions sent me for Peoples Press,
many orders for leaflets money to help
print leaflets, and gifts toward my postage:
Receipts before March l, 1907. ..... $9.43
Receipts between March 1, 1907, and
March l, 1908. Observation-Disclosures. 1872
Receipts since March l, 1908. MN. HOP
Total ............ ............. .So4.li
OF course, that doesn't include my badge,
nor the free printing, rent of this room
the entertainment of the b. S. u. is giving
several of us, nor the time and brainwork
Of our secretaries and writer's, and these
ed in dollars and cents.
The expenses | have not kept with the
same exactness, for used whatever stamps
were sent me and bought whatever more
stamps and stationary l needed, without
charging it. But I've kept account of what
1 paid for printing symposium. leaflets, GER
tificates of membership, invitation and APP
Blue-grass blade. [volume] (Lexington, Ky.) 188?-19??, 1908-09-13

Expenses between March 1, 1907, and
March 1, 1908. 4339
Expenses since March /, 1908. ....... 1900
The Springfield herald., 1908-07-24
SAVED FROM MATERNAL WRATH
Boys Fervent Prayer Was Answe red
in the Nick of Time.

A suburbanite is fond of telling this
story of his five-year-old son Bobby.
Being of an inquiring turn of mind
the youngster one day managed to
turn on both faucets in the bathtub
to see what would happen. 1t chanced
that the stopper was in place, and the
tub rapidly filled up, to the great de-
light of Bobby. Finally however. the
tub became so full that it threatened
to overflow on to the floor and Bobby,
having proper respect for the mater
nal slipper, became frightened and
tried vainly to turn off the water. Be-
ing unable to. for some reason he
gazed tearfully at the ever-rising flood,
and then. mindful both of his religious
training and the occasional visits Of
the plumber. he plunged down on his
knees. and his elder sister, who hap
pened to be passing at the moment,
heard him eXclaim, fervently:
20, Lord. please stop this water
running! And, o, Lord, II you can't
do it, please send somebody that cant"
His prayer was answered. for his
sister rose to the occasion and turned
off the water and temporarily saved
Bobby from the much-feared slipper.
The Springfield herald., 1908-07-24
a Woman's Dutv,

The woman of taste keeps abreast
of the fashions In IA way-that Is. she
drops wornout styles and adopts what
ever new ones she can adapt to her
use. If she can afford 1t she patron
izes first-class dressmakers and gets
her moneys worth by wearing her
clothes two or three seasons without
losing her prestige as well-dressed
woman. There is an advantage in
this method. as you can see, and l
have been told by women who use
II that there is economy as well.
II is no economy to save at the ex-
pense of good looks. 1t is woman's
duty to look her best. a duty she owes
to her family. If she can secure 1t
by small expenditure, so much the
better. but to save by accepting shah
biness is not creditable save in dire
stress of circumstances. Poverty is
an excuse for shabbiness and nothing
else is accepted by the world, save In
the rare cases of shabby millionaires.
Chicago journal.
The Springfield herald., 1908-07-24

read marked, learned, and inwardly
digested."
I'VE can say nothing but what hath
been said" Why attempt the impos-
sible, then? Il would help others out
of a Sllow-feeling." have been
thought-dry myself dare say that
there We're mornings when John MIL
ton said: 81 had rather than 40 shil-
lings | had never begun Paradise
Lost have keyed it so high that
It splits my throat to sing it,
Angling is somewhat like poetry
men are to be born So" So angle that
ye obtain the prize. Fish in other
mems streams and full basket will
surely reward your perseverance, ts,d
when you have spread your wares in
the market place, not one in ten will
care who owned the fish originally
You will receive the credit even II
you pepper your work all over with
quotation marks.
Emerson says: THE passages of
Shakespeare that we most prize were
never quoted until this century" Do
you not see that it was not what
Shakespeare himself said that men
valued? Ii was not until his jewels
flashed in other mems bosoms that
we perceived their luster. Therefore
quote. for in so doing you will be rem
dcring the bard service.
Some one has said: HE that | am
reading seems always to have the
most force" Remember that. o gen,
tie essayist. DO not saruple to help
thyself, and having done so, to take
thy pen and write down quickly"
1T is hard for an empty bag to
stand upright but thanks TO your
incurslons into the fields of literature,
your bag is full. Let 1t stand.
Copyright. 10y james Po,t & Coz
The Springfield herald., 1908-07-24
BY Opie Read

and then tries to get even by doin' her
worst. She looks for happiness in the
misery of others. In sorrowful coun.
tcnancc she finds the reward of her ef.
forts. She holds man accountable for
the fact that she was born a female
The dog that barks at the moon sees
Somethin'. but the woman that rails
against nature sees nothin' but her
self. | know that some of the women
folks would like TO shoot me for sayin'
ii. but do say that the mother of a
child is greater than the woman that
makes a speech five columns long and
has the whole community talkin about
how smart she is.
How about the father of child?
Isn't he greater than the man that
makes a Speech
He may be. About as no account
a man as ever came. across could
make speech for the clouds. tell
you. But when he got through he was
Just a seashell that the musical wind
had been BLOWN into. That was all
He never had the joy of carin' for a
little human bein' He was jest a
cause he could talk. We may not have
mission on this earth. but if we have
ii is to obey The lovin' instincts of ma
ture. The man that hates and the
woman that has no love in her heart
are both the enemies of nature. You
may say that old Miss Patsy would
have loved if the opportunity had been
given to her. She would have married.
that's true enough: but ! don't believe
she. nor any of her ilk, ever had any
real love in her heart. I'm not staniln'
here talkin up for man. Bless you.
he's hopeless. He's gone all the gaits.
But the best of us have loved and
honored our women. We haven't called
them the enemies of man simply be.
cause nature set a limit to our minds
and-because fate, or whatever you
may call it, showed us our weakness
We've played some cards and have
drunk a good deal of liquor but the
best of us have reformed and we hope
the Lord has forgiven us"
oh, of course" said the old lady,
ANY man is willing enough to ask the
Lord to forgive him when he knows
During all the time. night after night
while these dear little ones that he
thought so much of have been growing
up. he has been off at elections and
other things; and when he gets old
enough to quit then he talks about the
mission of nature and all that sort of
stuff. II man doesn't want women to
go around maxim speeches why
doesn't he marry her and take care of
her? If he thinks that marriage is so
beautiful for woman why doesn't he
prove that it is beautiful for him?
Summing up my book. as you summed
up yours, why doesn't a man learn
earlier how to behave himself?"
We'll, | reckon you've got mt
again" said the old man.
Copyright. by op!e ReadD