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New-York tribune., 1908-04-24

Mr and Mrs Frederick e.. Havsr7eysT and ~
and Mrs Edwin Fl Weatherbe-, vtth Mss Nay
Neatherbee have arrived in toTr from 10.
Springs, Va
New-York tribune., 1908-04-24

Among those Who sailed yesterday for E1-op.
on board the kaiserin AugEsJe Victoria we're Hrs
vanderbilt M and Mrs. James 4 Burden no
Hon. Cary and Mrs. Barring. Mrs J Hood TrEa.
and Nj and Mrs John Msrkle.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1908-06-07
"The Innocents Abroad"

words per letter, and the pay to be twenty dollars
per letter
I went to East St. Louis to say good by to my
mother; and then was bitten by the prospectus of
Captain Duncan of the Quaker City excursion, and
ended by joining it. During the trip wrote and
sent the fifty letters. Six of them mscs.rred, and
wrote six new ones to complete my contract. Then
put together lecture on the trip and delivered it
in San Francisco great and satisfactory pecuniary
profit Then branched out into the country-and
was aghast at the result: l had been entirely for
gotten never had people enough in my houses to sit
jury of inquest on my lost reputation! | in
quired into this curious condition Of things and
found that the thrifty of that prodgiously
rich alta newspaper had copyrighted all those
poor little dollar letters and had threatened
with prosecution any journal which should venture
to copy paragraph from them!
A ND there was! 1 had contracted to furnish
n large book, concerning the excursion, to the
American Publishing Company Of Hartford, and l
supposed should need all those letters to fill it out
with was in an uncomfortable situation that is, if
the proprietors of this sealthily acquired copyright
should refuse to let the letters That is just
what they did. Mr.. Mac-someth ng-I have for
gotten the rest of his name-said his firm were going
to make book of the letters in order to get back
the thousand dollars which they had paid for them
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1908-06-07

DICTATED IN
FLORENCE, ITALY,
APRIL, Ioo4.]
r WILL begin
with a note
upon the ded-
ication. l wrote
the book in the
months of March
and April, 1868,
in San Francisco.
1t was published
in August, 1860.
Three years
afterward Mr..
Goodman of Vir-
ginia City, Ne
vada, on whose
newspaper l
had served ten
years before,
came East, and
we were walking
II
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1908-06-07

case in point apparently preserved the husk but
presently forgot whence it came 1t lay lost in some
dim corner of my memory year or two then came
forward when l needed a dedication, and was
promptly mistaken by me as child OF my own
happy fancy
was new, l was ignorant the mysteries of the
human mind were sealed book to me yet, and l
stupidity looked upon myself as a tough and unfor-
givable criminal l wrote to DR.. Holmes and told
him the whole disgraceful affair, implored him in
1mpassioned language to believe that L had never
intended to commit this crime, and was unaware
that | had committed it until confronted with
the awful evidence.
l have lost his answer l could better have af
forded to lose an uncle. OF these had surplus,
many of them of real value to me- but that letter
was beyond price, beyond uncledom, and unspar-
able. In it DR.. Holmes laughed the kndest and
healingest laugh the whole matter, and at con-
siderable length and in happy phrase assured me
that committed it every day; that he committed it
every day, that every man alive on the earth who
writes speaks commits it every day, and not
merely once twice but every time he opens his
mouth; that all phrasings are splr1tuallzed
shadows cast simultaneously from our readings;
that no happy phrase of IS ever quite original
with there is nothing OF our own IN 1T except some
slight change born of our temperament, character,
environment teachings, and associations that this
slight change dferentiates it from another mans
of saying it. stamps it with our Special STYLE
and makes it own for the time being; all the rest
of it being old, moldy antique, and smelling OF the
breath of thousand generations OF them that nave
passed it their teeth before
In the thirty-odd years which have come and gone
since then, l have satisfied myself that what Dr.
Holmes said was true.
7 WISH to make note upon the preface OF The
Innocents.' In the last paragraph of that brief
preface, l speak of the proprietors of The Daily
Alta California . having waived their rights IN
certain letters which for that journal While
absent the Quaker City trip. l was young then,
am white headed now; but the insult of that word
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1908-06-07

said that if they had acted fairly aud honorably,
or portions of them, my lecture skirmish on the
coast would have paid me ten thousand dollars,
whereas the attitude Of 1.-The Alta, had lost me
that amount.
Then he offered compromise: he would publish
the book and allow ten per cent. royalty on it.
The compromise did not appeal to me, and said so.
was now quite unknown outside of San Francisco,
the books sale would be confined to that city, and
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1908-06-07

rankles yet, now that l am reading that
paragraph for the first time in many
years,-reading it for the first time since
it was written, perhaps. There were
rights, it is true,-such rights as the
strong are able to acquire over the
weak and the absent.
Early in 60 George Barnes invited
me to resign my reportership on his
paper, The San Francisco Morning
Call" and for some months thereafter
l was without money or work; then l
had a pleasant turn of fortune. The
proprietors of The Sacramento
Union" great and influential daily
journal, sent me to the Sandwich
Islands to write four letters a month at
twenty dollars apiece. l was there
four or five months, and returned to
find myself about the best known
honest man on the Pacific Coast
Thomas Mcclure, proprietor of several
theaters, said that now was the time
to make my fortune strike while the
iron was hot, -break into the lecture
field!
l did it. l announced lecture on
the Sandwich Islands, closing the adj
vertisement with the remark, "Admis-
sion one dollar, doors open at half-past
seven, the trouble begins at eight" A
true prophecy! The trouble certainly
did begin at eli ght, when found myself
in front of the only audience had ever
faced; for the fright which pervaded
me from head to foot was paralyzing
1t lasted two minutes, and was as
bitter as death The memory of it is il
but it had its compensations, for it mad
from timidity before audiences for all ,
l lectured in all the principal California
in Nevada, then lectured once or twice
Francisco, then retired from the field I
and laid out plan to sail westwa
Francisco, and go around the world. II
of The Alta = engaged me to write a
the trip for that paper,-ffty letters
The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1908-05-09
7 H Rec SENATORS
NOW KNOW 7. R. s
AN AUTOCRAT
PRESIDENT TELLS SMITH, STEW:
ART AND RAYNER THAT HE
WAS RIGHT ABOUT THE
BROWNSVILLE RIOT DECISION.

WASHINGTON. May president
Roosevelt IS now declared 10 have
shown conclusively in letters 20 three
senators that he is an autocrat
The letters in every case are In de-
tense OF his course IN discharging
without honor the Negro soldiers he
believed TO be guilty OF shooting up
the town OF Brownsville. Texas. and
his action in banishing Col William
r. Stewart 10 an abandoned military
post IN a desert section OF Arizona.
The third letter came today 10
Senator Stewart. OF Vermont A few
days ago during the debate on the
Brownsville case, Senator Stewart ask
ed question indicating that he had
doubt as 10 the wisdom OF extending
10 the president the power passing on
the innocence or guilt OF ex-soldiers
applying for reinstatement in view OF
the fact that It appeared the presi-
dent still believes all OF the Negroes
10 have been guilty OF completely In
the ARRAY
The senator was surprised 10 re-
ceive from the president today letter
bearing on both the Col. Stewart
and the Brownsville cases. Attached
TO the communications were letters
10 Senators Rayner and William Al
den Smith, the one 10 Mr.. Rayner
asserting chiefly 20 the presidents
right as commander-in-chief. 10 deal
with an Office in such manner as he
pleased. while the one 20 Mr.. Smith
was confined 70 the Brownsville az
fair and reiterated the presidents be-
lief that he had dealt with the case
as conditions demanded.
Something Extra for Stewart.
The president went further still IN
his letter 10 Senator Stewart. in addi-
ton TO repeating much that he said TO
the other senator's He declared that
Senator Stewart from the question
he asked in the debate. appeared TO
be proceeding under a misapprehen-
sion OF the duties OF the president OF
the United States In connection with
the army and navy.
He quoted the law as he under
stood IL, and denied that he was under
any obligation 10 give 10 the dis
charged Negro soldiers or to Col
Stewart any court of inquiry. Several
were devoted TO a discus
sion OF Col. Stewards case and the
faults OF his which have put him In
disrepute in army circles. After this
discussion the president wrote that In
every community there Is found
maudlin sympathy with murderers,
and the Thaw case in New York Is
cited by him as an example.
The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1908-05-09
SIX DROWN FROM
GASOLINE LAUNCH
THREE SAVED BY eRAsPlNo COAL
BARGE IN OHIO RIVER
COLLISION.

EAST LIVERPOOL, o.. May s.-ot
nine young men who started out In
gasoline launch for ride on the Ohio
river az 10 o'clock last night, only
three are living. the six others hav-
ing met death by drowning
The dead:
THOMAS NAGLE. plumber, mar
ried. two children.
DONALD MUNDY.
WM. JOHNSON.
JAMES DAWSON.
CARSON FINCH. married.
GEO. GIRWlG.
The nine men, leaving here in the
launch. went up the river a mile.
when their engine broke. The boat
floated downstream on the West Vtr-
ginia side OF the river and when II
had gone as far as Chester. II struck
fleet OF coal bargeS. Fhe current
is swift al this point and the launch
is believed 10 have gone under the
tow and then fioated down the river.
Ted Prober, Edward Kibble and T. II.
Milhoan grasped the upper part Of a
coal barge and clambered into IL. All
the men lived in East Liverpool.
The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1908-05-09
A Bold Step.

To overcome the well-grounded and
reasonable objections Of the more intel
llircnt TO the use OF secret, medicinal COM
mounds, DIR. z. ". Pierce, of Buffalo, n.
~. some time ago, decided 10 make bold
idaoarture from the usual course pursued
Inv the makers Of put-up medicines for do
mestic use, and so has published broad
cast and Openly TO the whole world, o full
and compute list Of all the ingredients
ontsring nS>the composition OF his widely
ceIebrsted 6edicj6es. Thus he has taken
his nunerpds PATRONS and patients into
n full k6nlkence. Thus too he has re-
movod/ his< (hedicines from among secret
nostrfmf of doubtful merits, and made
9keuk Remedies Of KRotcn Composition
RY this bold stem pr. Pierce has shown
ann 6Is 1QrmulaS afe Of such -excelle
thai he Us not -atrad- 70 subject them %
f66 {1kIesk scxluQy
y 81 esS &c Golden aeSscaI Discovers. 0 The
<nmous medicine for weak stomach, torpid
{lVof OF biIiousDcss and all catarrhal diseases
Sio1n Enollsh. = full and complete list OF all
Sooi sss been complied from numerous
ScSoois OF practice. containing very numer-
Gus extracts from the writings OF leading
pracfitionefs OF medicine, endorsing On tbs
11cn( contained IN Dr. Pierce's medicines
ore az these little books will be mailed free
q any ono sending address on postal card or
81 letter. 10 DR. r. v. Pierce. Buffalo. y. Y.
And requesting the same. From this little
kouk IL will be learned that Dr. Pierce's med
1clues contain no alcohol. narcotics. mineral
axnufs or other poisonous OF Injurious agents
and that they ara made from native. medici-
ns1 roots Of greet value; also that some OF
1I.e most valuable ingredients contained In
Dr. pierros Fssorite Prescription for weak.
rofvonS. ovsr-yorkcd. "run-dcwn.r nervous
and d>hilitated women we're employed. long
rear axo. by the Indians for similar ailments
oGcrtlnR tk>rlx scpayA In fact one OF the
morf valuable medicinal plants entering into
u comDokitfou Of DR.. Perce's Fsyorite Pre-
1r1pe<oa vss Known W The Indians az
a. - ~ Of or most valuable native. me-
d)r<aaI plants vas gainef from the Indians.
/ ~ n ado uD By improved and exact pro-
cfS<tA Ne Favcrite Prescription y a niost
e1.clrnt remedy for regulating ell the wonn-
nn/< functions. correcting disoiacemenfs. a.
xrU|oEsu< antcversIon and ret0rverslun.
1><f<cuaing Doiufrl periods. toulng up the
X<<rr< ard rfincirg about q perfect state Of
M11ikA Sold ~ Al aozisrx IA m<dicineA
The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1908-05-09
MuzNAzGzM
Lily
~~H~-~N
CORSETS

Have been accepted the smartest In
this seasons corsetry. They produce
the correct lines OF style. reducing
the hips and abdomen and giving
those long, slender. graceful lines de-
manded by vogue. They are perfect
An fashion and in quality and mt
Ask to be fitted to one of these very
modish models. Insist upon just this
make. Look for THE LADY, the
trade mark. on every pair. None
Kenuine without IL.
Model 4o4 (like Illustrate }
NEW SNUG HIP
sFor medium and we'll developed fig
lures. Medium high bust, long hip and
back.
Material, batiste. white only. Hose
ssupporters. front and sides.
sSizes is TO 30 Price sl.oo
Model 400 (like Illustration
NEW SNUG HIP
FOR medium and well developed fig
lures. Medium bust, long hip, long
back
Material. batiste. white only. Hose
supporters. front and sides.
Sizes IS TO 80 Price sl.5O
Model 41o Same design as 4O6.
Material. batiste, white only. Hose
supporters, front and sides.
1cned throughout with Walohn, su-
perior to all other boning. II does
not rust. IL does not break.
Sizes Is to 80 Price - so
This Is the only $3.50 corset on the
market boned with WALoHN, a very
excellent value.
ASK YOUR MERCHANT TO
SHOW YOU.
The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1908-05-09
You Blame
the Stomach
eut chronic Indigestion Will disap-
pear when the liver. kidneys and
bowels are enllVened 20 action.
You are skeptieal.

you are Skeptlcal
For you have tried many medicines
and still suffer from indigestion with
all its annoying symptoms.
Take new line.
Leave the stomach alone, for the
source OF trouble is in the intestines
and healthful digestion can be restor-
ed by the use OF DR.. A. W. Chase'S
Kidney and Liver Pills.
In some ways this treatment Is
unique.
II has a specific and combined &C.
ton on liver, kidneys and bowels.
brings about a thorough cleansing OF
the altering and excretory systems
and thoroughly cures indigestion AMI
constipation.
The first dose will convince you that
you are being benefited and you will
soon know what II is 10 have a health.
full, natural appetite and good diges
ton.
Together with the reliability OF his
Receipt Book. the extraordinary sue
cess OF this medicine has made Or.
A w. Chase world famous, his por.
trait and signature are on the box. Or.
A ". Chase's Kidney and Liver Pills.
one pill dose. % cts. box, all deal
ers or DR.. A w. Chase Medicine Co.,
Buffalo. n. Y.
The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1908-05-09
WITH TIL MUSICIANS

A number OF graduating recitals
have been given In the Detroit Con-
servatory OF Music during the last
week. Monday evening. Miss Ella
Cave gave a recital. assisted by Miss
Georgina Parker. soprano. and Miss
Lois Phillips. accompanIste. and We'd
nesday evening. Miss Felicitas Helne
gave a recital, assisted by Miss Eliza
beth Moore. soprano: Miss Emma Nc
Donald, cellist; Miss Charlotte Nc
Donald, violiniste, and Miss Lois Phil
lips. accompanies. Both young WON
en- are pupils OF F. L. York Miss
Elizabeth Ruhlman. pupil OF Miss
Marie Lokie. gave her recital Thurs
day evening, assisted by Mrs. Charles
Clements. contralto. and L. l.. Rem
wick. accompanies, and Thursday
evening Miss Eunice Dunn. OF Mrs.
Louise Cragg gave her recital, as
sisted by Miss Elizabeth Moore. so
prano. Next week the following grad
uating recitals will be given: Miss
Eva Lord. pupil of Mrs. Cragg. Tues
day evening: Miss Hattie Winter, pupil
OF Mr. York, Wednesday evening.
MISS May lnOmpSOH, pupil OF MFs.
Cragg, Thursday evening. the last
named recital TO be given in the Y
w. c. A. hall The following pupils
OF Miss Elizabeth Johnson gave a con-
cert Friday: Annie Bonnell Mabel
Guess. Della Mettetal. Louise Whelan
and Bertha Hansbury, and the follow
ing pupils or the conservatory gave
the concert Wednesday: Winfred Nit
chell, Margaret Spler. Georglna Park
er. Emma Saalfeld. Ethel York, Kath-
leen Dunlop aud Eva Lord. Pupils OF
Mrs. Alice s. Dennis will give mus
icales Monday and Friday evenings.
Beatrice Harris. a pupil OF Miss Kid
The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1908-05-09
Around the State
in a Hurry

Port Huron-Joseph Moskoe. a full
blood Indian, captain OF the barge
Commerce, was sentenced 10 five years
in Jackson prison for the larceny OF
fittings on the boat while II was tied
UP In the Black river.
PontIac--After long, deliberation. a
Jury found Frank Erard guilty OF as
sault with intent TO do great bodily
harm. Erard fired shotgun at VII
liam yanderworp. Sentence was de-
| ferred
corunna-Lyman d. Cunning, OF
Qwosso, was discharged on tech
nicality. Friday. in the circuit court,
on the motion OF the prosecuting at
torney. Cunning left Otsego q year
ago after having served as secretary
for several fraternal organizations,
and his accounts were alleged TO have
been short.
carsonviIIe-Bending over the mug
zle OF rife 10 the trigger OF which
string had been attached. Isaac Falk-
ner. farmer living two miles south
of Lexington, Friday. shot himself
dead Falkner, II Is believed. was
respondent over the death OF his wife.
which occurred last March. He Is
survived by four children.
Ann Arbor--In discharging Friday
the Is L. OF NJ. students arrested for
rioting at the Star theater. March %.
Judge Kline read a pointed and
sound lecture to the student body, up
held the police In their efforts 10
maintain order and did not spare the
university authorities for passing over
the incident without censure or con-
demnation.
Grand Rsplds--If stockholders of
the Kent County Savings bank and
the State Savings bank ratify plans OF
the directors Of the institutions for
consolidation, bank with assets OF
s6,000,00 will be formed, one Of the
two or three largest state banks in
Michigan and by far the largest state
bank In this city. The new bank will
be known as the Kent State bank.
Henry Idema Is president.
Port Huron-w L. jerks. a promin-
ent lawyer, is at the head of a com.
pany which purchased the old Meisel
manufacturing plant The new com
pany under the name OF the Ameri-
cant Manufacturing Co. will continue
W A-dhS AAaNAAhCAy ltHncI-
les. The capital invested is approx.
mately 100000.
Ann Arbor-Under direction OF the
professors In the department OF TO
nance languages. the members OF the
Cercle Dramatique Francois. all stu
dents save one, Friday night present.
ed In the Majestic theater Moliere's
five-act comedy, "L'Avare" The play
Is a sparkling comedy Of character
and was well enacted a neat little
souvenir edition OF 'T'Avare" was is
sued 10 commemorate tht presenta
ton OF the play here. To lend atmos
phere to the performance. the ushers
were girls clad in French costumes
Lsnsine-Gov. Warner has an
nounced the following appointments
Inspectors OF Michigan Military acad
emy,, Orcahrd Lake. Charles r. Har
rah. Detroit Thomas r. Barkworth
Jackson: Delos FAN. Albion; Ralph G.
Morley. Saginaw; Ransom r. Olds
lansing: Peter White, Marquette
James w Wylie. Grand Rapids
Battle creek--On warrant charg
ing him with using indecent and vul
gar language In the presence OF wO
lmen. Mayor ID. II. McAullhe. Of Al
The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1908-05-09
Brief Telegraph
Items OF Interest

WASHINGTON, May "a commit
tee OF bishops OF the N. E. church,
whose Conference is now being held
In Baltimore, called on Speaker Can
non presenting resolutions that the
ittlefeld interstate liquor shipment
bill. now pending before the house
judiciary committee, be favoraoly re
ported.
SAN FRANCISCO, May 9.-"Liar, "
shouted Assistant District Atty. Fran
els j. Heney at Henry Ach. counsel
for ABE" Ruef, during that individ-
uars trial for bribery. Then Heney
made a movement "a IL to reach for
his revolver. inviting the lawyer II
come outside the courtroom. The
trouble arose over the sharp cross
questioning by Ach. OF the proseeu
tons star witness and Heney came
to his aid.
CLEVELAND. May s.-The Euclid
Avenue Trust Co has made an
assignment 20 the Cleveland Trust Co
No liabilities or assets were given
The bank was capitalized at 100000
y. Il. hdutkdup COaAAJ INoDoANis "oS
president.
WASHINGTON, May 9.-Maj. Ed
ward r. Lowndes. OF the marine corps
has been retired from active duty be
cause OF disability. He is a native oi
South Carolina but was appointed tc
the marine corps from Michigan.
WASHINGTON. May 9.-Senatoi
Burkett introduced a resolution in
the senate declaring that Sunday
May 10, be recognized as mothers
day" and that it be observed as such
by members, officers and employees o.
the United States senate wearing {
white flower in honor Of their moth
ers."
WASHINGTON, May 9.-Frida!
was military day in the house OF rep
resentatives. After the sundry civi
appropriation bill had been passed thu
rules were suspended and the confer
ence report, on the army appropria
ton bill adopted The army appro
priation bill as agreed 10 carries |,
total OF s95,3S2,246. The report wai
adopted by the vote OF 1879 to 80.
The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1908-05-09
! What Society Is Doing

ST. Agnes Auxiliary. Knights OF st.
John. will give card and dancing
party IN the auxiliary parlors. No. ass
Gratiot.ave., Wednesday afternoon
and evening. May ID.
Between 90 and 20 pupils OF the
Barstow school In the SOS and COS
met in the Hotel fuller Friday night
10 renew acquaintances and enjoy the
banquet which has become an annual
affair. William NJ. Dwight and the
Rev. George s. Hickey. former pupils
OF the school. made short speeches.
Miss Caroline Crossman. principal OF
the school from 1851 10 1865. was
present. F. ID. Taylor. president, and
George G.. Torrey, secretary and treas
urer OF the Barstow association. were
reelected.
The Rev. J. F. Dickie, formerly
pastor OF the First Presbyterian
church OF this city. but until recent
ly in charge OF the American church
in Berlin, is visiting friends IN De
troit He says that Michigan is sin
gularly prominent In the musical life
Of Berlin, that Jason Moore, OF Port
Huron, Is organist OF the American
church in that city, Marshall Pease
is tenor. and Mrs. Pease the contralto.
Or. Diclde and his wife are guests OF
Mr. and Mrs. D. NJ. Ferry.
The members OF the historical sec
ton OF the Sons OF the American Rev
olution were guests of Sheldon A
Wood and Albert F. Wood at lunch
con in the Hotel Pontchartrain Fri
day night. this being the last meeting
OF the season Rufus G. Lathrop de.
livered an address on "The cOntinen-
tai congress-"
The students OF the French depart
ment OF the Central high school will
give an entertainment In the school
auditorium Saturday evening. The
program will consist Of two playlets
and a French song.
The marriage OF Miss Dorothy Fer
guson and Colin w. Campbell was
celebrated Thursday evening at S
o'clock In the home OF the Rev W. T.
Jaquess, pastor of the Trumbull-ave.
Presbyterian church. The bride was
attended by her sister, Mrs. L. W.
Meacham, as matron OF honor, and
Mr.. Meacham acted as best man.
The June graduating class OF the
Pingree school elected the following
officers: President, John Mullin; vice
president, Hazel Seyler; secretary.
Irene Drewitz; treasurer. Lloyd EN-
bree; class prophet. Hazel Asam !;
class historian, Rosa Froehlin. Other
MEMBERS are Ruth Campbell. Madge
Henning, Mae Kirchner and Edward
Sly.
The marriage OF Miss Edith Chap
oton daughter OF DR.. and Mrs. f. y
Chapoton, and Frederick ]. O'Brien
OF South Bend. Ind, was celebrated
Saturday morning in the chapel OF
the Rt. Rev. John s. Foley on Wash
ington-ave. Only the immediate rela
tives attended the ceremony.