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The Meeker herald., 1908-07-18
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Frederic Drew Bond points out that
In estimating his character too little
attention is bestowed on this phase
of his work. He finds that Poe enter
tanned in its broad outlines that idea
of the changes and development of the
world which goes. nowadays. by the
name of the theory Of evolution. On
February 3, 1913. Poe delivered. as a
lecture at the Society library of New
York. an abstract Of his speculations
on the material and spiritual uni
verse-its essence, origin, creation.
present condition and destiny. Short
ly afterward this was published by
Putnam under the title Eureka"
After quoting the paragraphs from
Eureka In which Poe sums up his
theory of cosmic development. Mr..
Bond says:
THE statement Of Poe that 'hetero-
geneousness, brought about directly
through condensation. is proportional
with 1t forever appears to contain the
germ of Herbert Spencer's developed
formula: Evolution is change from
an indefinite, incoherent homogeneity
to definite, coherent heterogeneity
through continuous differentiations
and integrations' Noteworthy, also.
is Poe's statement Of the correlation
between mental development and
physical organization"
1T is improbable that Eureka had
any influence in preparing the way for
the reception of evolutionary ideas,
little later; at the most such infiu-
ence must have been Of the slightest,
for though his work was early trans
lated into foreign languages, the failure
to find fitting recognition Of Its true
character. and the general obscurity
in which 1t has lain. seems to preclude
such a likelihood. Its interest lies
in the light 1t throws on its author
and in the honorable place 1t assigns
him in that long line of thinkers from
Thales to Darwin"
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EDGAR ALLAN POE

IF the vote for Cooper gave cause
for wonder. what of the insufficient
tally score for Poe, whose names prob
ably will never cease to be vexed by a
willing class of followers. but concern
ing whose place in imaginative litera-
ture the world at large has not the
slightest doubt? AS writer he
was among the first to recognize the
powers of Hawthorne; both were
idealists, and If one produced no sus-
tanned romances like THE Scarlet Let
ter" the other gave voice to no lyric
melodies such as "Israfel" and 1.-THE
Haunted Palace" These artistic,
beauty-haunted compeers were twin
orbs in their nineteenth century con-
stellations. And as for the matter Of
renown-of a place in the Hall Of
Fame-what is fame? On your con-
science, fellow judges. whether you
are realists or dreamers, jurists,
scholars or divines, pay some slight
regard to that voice Of the outer
world, which one OF our own writer's
termed the verdict of "a sort of con-
temporaneous posterity;' note that
there is scarcely an enlightened
tongue into which Poe's lyrics and
tales have not been rendered-that he
is read and held as q distinctive
genius, In France. Spain, Germany.
Italy, Russia, Scandinavia-that the
spell of his art is felt wherever our
own English speech goes with the dags
of its two great overlands. Fame! Is
there one of US still unconscious Of
Poe's fame?
mot hear? When noise was every
where! 1t tolled
Increasing like BELL
Those who have given their votes
for Franklin and Hamilton surely
have not demyrred on ethical grounds
to one against whom no charge of i'm
morality can lie, seeing that his life.
like his handiwork, was chaste as
moonlight. That he was poor and
headstrong is true; and that he was
the congenital victim Of an abnormal
craving for stimulants, now accounted
beside the gift that made its shining
way against such odds-beside ones
gratitude for his Capitalization OF
our inchoate taste and for the recog-
milton which his poetry and romance
did so much to gain for the literary
product of his native land"
When Maarten Martens visited
New York city last summer to attend
the peace conference one of the first
things he touched on in an interview
lin the New York Times) on literary
matters was the subject OF Poe. He
said.
Can you tell me where Poe Is
buried? l scarcely expected the an
swer l have been inquiring for ever
since landed. He is buried some
where, isn't he? and he is your great
est writer, isn't he? The greatest in
terest attaches, II one might Judge
from the controversy which RACES to
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The status. then. Of Edgar Allan
Poe, 60 years after, is as follows:
Mr.. Edmund Clarence Stedman
finds that Poe us read and held ~
a distinctive genius in France. Spain,
Germany. Italy. Russia, Scandinavia
that tho spell Of his art is felt
wherever our own English speech goes
with the flags of its two great over.
lands"
Mr.. Maarten Martens declares that
Poe is "at the head Of American Mt-
erature," and that Europe 10 quite
agreed, as 1t has been from the first,
In recognizing the overshadowing
genius of Edgar Allan Poe"
Sir Arthur Conan Doyle looks upon
Poe "as the worlds supreme short
story writer" whose nearest rival
was Maupassant."
Charles Frederic Stansbury pro-
nounces Poe "a brilliant genius to en-
ulate the work Of whom Is the despair
OF great minds and the confusion Of
little ones"
Mr.. Charles L. Moore tells US that
Poe was the least vulgar Of mortals."
and that "the total effect of his work
is that OF holiness and nobility"
Miss Myrtle Reed says that Poe
fought bravely against cruel odds"
Mr.. Rupert Taylor finds that Poe
was ION every occasion devoted and
model husband" -s..
Mr. Frederic Drew Bond points out
that Poe had provision of the doc
trine OF evolution" and that he 10
entitled to an honorable place In that
long line Of thinkers from Thales to
Darwin"
This, then. is tho testimony. on d.
rect examination, Of the year 1907 In
the case Of Edgar Allan Poe versus
those electors to the Hall Of Fame
who have, SO far, withheld from him
their votes.
Gentlemen. the defense rests.
FRANCIS MADISON LAR1eEn
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copy-book maxims Of morality. but the
total effect Of his work is that Of lofti-
ness and nobility. His men are brave
and his women are pure. He is the
least vulgar of mortals. Perhaps. II
books have any effect at all. his tend
to make men too truthful. too sensi-
tive. too high-minded."
Standards. evidently. have changed
since Emerson referred to Poe as
that Jingle man." Abiding to this
disparaging comment DR.. H. G. Wells,
the English novelist and writer ON 30
GEOLOGY, said at dinner in Boston: II
think hardly of your New England
writer's for their contempt Of Poe.
shall never be able to forget that
Emerson called him that Jingle man.
To-day thousand read Poe where one
reads Emerson. and not to know Poes
work is rather a disgrace"
Rupert Taylor, IL. b., In q recently
printed Study Of Edgar Allan Poe."
has this to say Of Poe's private life:
Poe took pleasure in the softer in
Is little or no reflection Of 1t in his
writings. He dearly loved his wife
and her mother, Of whom he speaks in
an excellent sonnet addressed to her
after the death of his wife. as more
than mother In the Black Cat he
gives evidence of a fondness for do
nestle pets. His cottage at Fordham
was beautifed by vines and Towering
plants. and he kept in cages several
singing birds and tropical birds Of
plumage. He was as all who knew
anything about the matter attested on
every occasion a devoted and model
husband"
People in general are so accustomed
to regard Poe as poet and short
story writer that they fail to realize
that he was also profound specula-
tive thinker. In an article entitled
Poe as an Evoludonist" Popular
Science Monthly. Ssptembsr) Mr..
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| this day, to the cause and manner OF
his death, but apparently no one
knows or cares whore his body lies or
can direct the foreign pilgrim width
err to repair to render his need
of reverence"
Mr.. Stedman's judgment is thus con-
firmed-indeed, more than confirmed,
it is strongly emphasized by Mr.. Mar
tens, who places Poe at the head Of
! American men of letters. Let US
now listen to a voice from England;
that Of Sir Arthur Conan Doyle. who
said of Poe in a recent article in an
English (Cassell's) magazine:
II have said that l look upon Poe
as the worlds supreme short story
writer. His nearest rival. should
say, was Maupassan. The great Nor
man never rose to the extreme force
and originality of the American, but
, he had a natural power, an Unborn in
stinct towards the right way of max
ing his effects, which mark him as
great master. He produced stories be-
cause it was in him to do 80 as nat
urally and as perfectly as an apple
| tree produces apples. What fine.
sensitive, artistic touch 1t Is! How
easily and delicately the points are
| made!"
Poe was proud Of being q Virginian.
In 1841 he wrote to q friend in Balti-
more: II am a Virginian-at least
l call myself one. for l have resided
all my life. until within the last few
years, at Richmond"
Another writer, Mr.. Charles L.
Moore, invites attention to Poe's
merits as "tone-painter." in an arti-
Gle in the Dial. Most epics and great
works Of fiction, he thinks. have no
trace Of tone-the region Of tone be-
ing the drama, the lyric and the prose
story. Hamlet begins with tone
picture, the scene on the platform at
Elsinore. hardly equaled In Shake
speare. Continuing Mr.. Moore says:
with, Of course, other immense In
feriorities, Poe cannot come into COM
parison with Shakespeare in variety
of tone. Shakespeare's different
pieces are keyed to all the notes of
color, from ebon black to the purest
gold of sunlight. Poe keeps in the
main in the dark side Of the spectrum.
But within his range there are great
differences in shade and always abso-
lutte certainty of effect. Consider the
varieties Of tone in the grave, somber
colors Of The Fall of the House Of
Usher the restless brilliancy of The
Masque Of the Red DEATH and the
sober. ordered daylight Of Landor's
COTTAGE or the range between the in
tangible shadows Of 'Ulalume.' the rich
gloom Of the Raven and the faceted
sparkle of The Ha ~nted Palace AS
the modern world VI letters has main.
ly gone to Keats to learn style-the per-
lection Of word phrasing-so 1t has gone
to Poe to learn tone. the truths Of
keeping an atmosphere in competition.
Poe did not set himself to write
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cially of Londoners. for Dickens, II
was nearly 40 years after his death
he died, it will be remembered. In
1S70-before a memorial Of any kind
was erected to his memory in the Brit
ish capital. This memorial is sim
pie portrait bust, with bronze tablet
and was placed upon the site of Fur
nival's inn, Holburn. 1t was at Fur
nivaTs inn that Dickens wrote Pick
wick" and it was there, in little
room on the third floor, that he awoke
one morning, in 1896, to find himself
famous.
Poe's failure of election to the Hall
Of Fame is another very real griev.
ance to many of his countrymen, but
a parallel, in a way, to this situation,
too. may be found oversee. Last No
vember the authorities Of the British
museum undertook to select 10 names
as the greatest and most representa-.
tive in English literature to be paint.
ed on 10 panels in the reading room
Of the British museum. 1t was no
easy task, but the names finally set.
lied upon by the trustees OF the mu-
scum were: Chaucer, Caxton. Tin
dale, spenser. Shakespeare, Bacon,
Milton, Locke, Addison. Swift, Pope,
Gibbon, Wordsworth. Scott, Byron,
Carlyle. Macaulay, Tennyson and
Browning.
This selection, Of course. by no
means met with universal commenda.
ton. On the contrary, loud cries OF
complaint and inquiry were heard
from all over the country as soon as
It was announced. Where was Dick.
ems? Where was Thackeray? Where
was Robert Burns? Where were
Dryden, Johnson and Burke?-and, to
continue: Where were Fielding. Shell
ley, Blake, Richardson, Butler and
Ruskin? And where, asked George
Bernard Shaw. in stern and
wrathful tone, was Bunyan?
Thus we see that other national
households besides our own have
trouble in arranging their literary
treasures to suit all the members Of
the family.
No one, perhaps, could speak with
more authority on the subject Of Poe
than the late Mr.. Edmund Clarence
Stedman, himself a poet, the writer
of a delightful life OF Poe, and one
Of the hundred electors to the Hall
Of Fame. In the August number of
the North American Review he said:
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MERICANS who deplore
the fact that the memory
of Poe has not been duly
honored in o conventional
way may extract a grain
or two Of comfort from
the thought that it was
not until last summer
(1907) that the first me-
mortal to Dickens was
erected in London. De-
spite the great love OF
Englishmen, and espe-
The Washington herald., 1908-06-24
NO ODDS OFFERED ON RACE
Betting on Yale and Harvard Crews
Remain Even.
Onrsmen Are All Given Trial Spins
In Preparation for Races on
Thames Tomorrow.

New London June 23-Yale and Har-
ward crews still remain on an even basis
in the betting world several hundred dol
lars being deposited In the safes Of two
Of the city's leading hotels.
a small percentage OF the Cambridge
men are asking odds Of 10 to :. claiming
their crews have been materially weak
ened by the recent changes in the var
sity eight and fouC oar. Yale's varsity
crew has been fortunate in keeping to-
gether for many weeks, and tonight
Coach John Kennedy had them out for
twenty-five minutes practice, and re-
ported them in fine shape and ready at
any moment TO race over the four-mile
course. The greater portion Of the after
noon was taken UP at quarters by listen
ing 20 returns Of the baseball game at
New Haven over a direct wire.
Assistant Secretary OF State Bacon.
with his two sons. who are members OF
the varsity and freshmen eights. were
interested listeners Of the game. and after
tha news was flashed into camp the Sec
retary busted himself watching the crews
at practice
ne 4a4.f2s4 elEntS naQ an interesting
brush Tor a mile UP stream against the
tide and with a light. favoring breeze.
The varsity crew did not cover them
selves with glory, for the freshies were
but half boat length astern when the
race ended. The time for the varsity
boat was five minutes and thirty-five
seconds
Tomorrow afternoon there will be two
races not scheduled on the official pro-
gramme. The first will be the freshman
race, which viii give the Crimson and
Blue followers an opportunity to see the
respective styles Of rowing advocated by
the coaches. This race viii be UP stream
for a mile and Immediately after comes
the graduate oarsmen. who have not as
yet been selected.
Sydney w. Fish and Charles Morgan
the Harvard varsity oarsmen who were
suddenly removed from their respective
positions, arrived at Red Top from New
Haven this evening shortly before
o'clock They will remain at the training
quarters until the races are over.
The Washington herald., 1908-06-24
DISCUSS QUESTIONS OF LAW
University Congress of G. w. U.
Debates on Commerce.
GOmpers' Anti-injunctiOn Plank
Will Be the Subject of the
Next Session.

Discussion Of the question, Resolved,
That all corporations engaged in inter
state commerce should be required TO in
corporate under the Federal law" occu-
pied most Of the second session of the
University Congress Of the George Wash
ington University last night at Univer-
sty Hall
Paca Oberlin. in opening the discussion.
said the people Of a State were unable to
cope successfully with corporations. He
referred to the fight waged by the gov
ernment officials against the beef trust
several years ago, and advocated the
rigid enforcement OF the existing laws to
restrict the rise in meat prices that have
occurred recently.
In concluding. Mr.. Oberlin said: This
measure ought TO be passed without de-
lay. and any State that discriminates
against foreign corporations is only ham
pering the business and development of
our country"
Stanley Kennedy replied to Mr.. Ober-
lin in the negative. saying the enactment
Of the law proposed by the subject of
the discussion would only be an injury
to small corporations and would aid rich
concerns 10 act with impunity.
Several other members made short
talks.
The question decided upon for discus
sion next Tuesday evening is: Resolved.
That the Gompers' anu-injunction plank
as submitted to the Chicago convention
be adopted" Messrs. Kennedy and Gates
will treat the question af1rmatively, and
Messrs. Stull and RundeIl negatively
The Washington herald., 1908-06-24
FLEET PREPARES TO SAIL.
Quick Work scraping and Painting
Battle Ships Hull.

The Atlantic fleet is beginning to mo-
bilize at San Francisco preparatory to its
long cruise to the orient, which VIII be-
gin on July T. The battle ships Illinois
and Wisconsin sailed from the Puget
Sound Navy Yard yesterday for San
Francisco. Docking al Hunters Point
has been completed. and all the ships at
Bremerton will be finished in a few days.
The battle ship Kansas, at Hunters
Point several days ago. was docked. had
her hull scraped and painted in about
twenty-four hours This is an unusual
record for quick work
The Kansas went into the dock at high
tide, and the whole ships company began
work on the hull Stages are placed
around the vessel. and as the water in
the dock was drawn on her hull was
thoroughly scraped. BY the time all the
water was out OF the dry dock her hull
had been finished. and the work Of paint
ing was Immediately begun. BY high tide
the next day the coat Of paint was dry
enough for the Kansas 10 leave the dock.
The battle ships Maine and Alabama,
the advance guard Of the feet, sailed
from Honolulu yesterday for Guam.
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LAT0NIA RESULTS.

FIRST RACE-Five frrlongs. Robin GRAY. i05
Sssl5, won; Stowawar l05 lGlasnerl. 500 second
Ned Camack l05 tEdmistonl % 50. third Time.
l9l 25 j W. FUe. Minto AL Red. Lomond.
Oria, Charles Sanders. Automatic Fabrrsham. Land
lord and Jolly also rau.
SECOND RACE-Five and ono-hslf furlongs ITi-
gator. % u. HoEg $50. won: DispIte ll3 &C. Ross
Slg. -5ooud: Roseblrg II. l02 HufnageD $50
third. Tine. lN7 - Marshy. J. H. Reed Old
Hickory. Charlotte Hamilton. ChaliCG. Semione.
Olive Ely. and Aunt Lotta also ran.
THIRD RACE-six f1rlones. Joe Moser. 10 fE.
Martini, $40, won; Bitter Sir Jos tPoweTsl So 80
second Mason. lo2 Norris. $3.50 third. Time.
lis 25 Rexall. Hollow Paul Ruinart = T.
ship. Ben Sand Fnancer. Lgnando. Col Brady.
Arts. and Traubcl also r.n.
FOURTH RACE-One mile. Aunt Rose. 50 IL.
Martini $3.50 won Cdno7ian, 10 lRotinsonl 50 IS.
second; Convolo, 10 iButicr Sl3S0 third Time
! 40. Palamon. Bonchrake Funicllairc. Lafayette.
Mae Fletcher and Miunehaha also ran.
FIFTH RACE-Ouc mile. Sylvan Belle. los war.
rem. $3.50 won. Spunky "a llfutcr $40. sec.
ond. Bitter Miss. % CNcGee $3.50. third. Time
1sL Pirate Dan Separator, Joc Coyle. Royal
Chance sam Fudge Conville. Lou Nifin, Goddess
and Helen Holland also ran.
SMITH RACE-One and one-sixteenth miles. Mar,
Talbot. l95 Butler. $3.50 won The Thorn. lOo II
Martini Ss6s5 second Miser. l6 tEvans). $50
third Time 1t6 So. Washade. Al Overton. Balla
AW. Vansdel Vauen, Caroline B., Crawford. and
May Jcne also ran.
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CHINESE WELCOME TO FLEET.
Foreigners at Annoy VIII CO-oDerat,
In the Official Entertainment.

Annoy, June 25.-Admiral Sab. command
ing the Pei-yang squadron Of the Chinese
navy, who has been here preparing for
the welcome Of the American battle-ship
feet, sailed from here to-day. He has left
the completion Of arrangements for the
entertainment OF the visitors 70 Cecil A.
V Bowra, commissioner Of customs. and
Taotoi Liu. The foreign residents OF
Annoy have appointed a committee 10 CO.
operate in the entertainment. and the fol-
lowing programme, subject TO alteration.
has been drafted:
The first day will be given over 10 Off
c!al visits, and on the second day the for
eigners will entertain the Americans. on
the third day there will be sports for the
enlisted men. Nothing has been decided
upon yet for the fourth day, but on the
fifth there will be a reception by the Annoy
commissioners, and on the sixth the off,
GERS Of the fleet will receive on board.
The Washington herald., 1908-06-24
SCOUT CRUISER SALEM
SMASHES SPEED RECORD.

Rockland, Me. June 23.-Equlpped with
the Curtis type Of turbines. the new scout
cruiser Salem sped over the measured
mile course of Owls Head at the rate OF
26.SS5 knots an hour on her official stand
ardization test to-day, thereby beating the
record made by her sister ship. the Ches-
ter. equipped with the Parsons. or Eng
lish. type Of turbines.
The best mile made by the Chester was
at the rate OF 26O7 knots an hour. and her
average for the best ive-mile sprint was
25L Tho Salem averaged 25.91 knots an
hour Tor her five best miles to-day, and
when she steamed 10 an anchorage here
this afternoon a broom was lashed to the
masthead. Indicating that the new ship
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had broken all previous records OF her
style Of vessel in the American navy.
The builders OF the Salem put her
over the course twenty times. and the
trial board. consisting Of Rear Admiral
Glover and others, were enthusiastic over
her performance. The fastest mile was
during the ninth run over the course.
and fully 1000 horsepower was de-
veloped. The contract requirement is for
twenty-four knots an hour for four con-
seeutive hours, and 10 make this speed It
was determined to-day that 34S revolu-
tions Of the propellers minute were
necessary.
The Salem was put through the anchor
ing tests to-day, and tomorrow she will
start on a four-hour endurance run,
which will end off Boston Light.
The Washington herald., 1908-06-24
COULD NOT STAND THE HEAT.
Suicides Committed in Chicago b.
Men Whom II Depressed.

Chicago, June 23-The excessive heat
continued to-day to add to its victims
and before the day was far advanced had
claimed six. Numerous prostrations were
reported. One o. the first to succumb to-
day was Edwin Palmer a nephew Of the
late Potter Palmer, and for nineteen years
secretary Of the Chicago Hotel Company.
Mr.. Palmer was prostrated by heat sew
eral days ago.
William Dettling. fifty-five years old.
drank poison in front Of his home, 56
North State street and died within a
few minutes. He had told friends that he
could not sleep owing to the heat.
An unidentified man jumped from the
Clark street bridge after he had COM
plained Of the heat to persons lettering on
the structure.
The other victims were William Turk. a
musician: George Shore, a millwright, and
Mrs. Anna Trapp.
The Washington herald., 1908-06-24
Lewis Gets Decision.

Boston. June 23.-Harry Lewis. Of Phila-
delphia. was given the decision over Larry
Temple. of New York at the end of their
twelve-round bout before the Armory
Athletic Association tonight. For nine
rounds the affair was rather a tame one,
with honors even. but in the tenth Lewis
went at his dusky opponent and cut him
up severely.
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OLD, HE ENDS LIFE.

Retired Business Man Believes I'm
SO-caIIed OsIer Theory.
Yonkers. y. Y. June 23.-Alexander
Purdy a retired business man, who had
often admitted belief In the osler the
ory committed suicide at his home in
New Main street to-day. He swallowed
bottle of chloride OF zinc, and Yves
found dying by his daughter-in-law, Mrs.
James Purdy.
Purdy had been very respondent OF
late and felt. as he expressed il, that
this world is no place for an old man.
The Washington herald., 1908-06-24
MoRGAN'S YACHT ARRIVES.

Corsair at Anchor on New Haven,
Awaiting Honor TO Owner.
New Haven, Conn. June 81. p Nor
gan's steam yacht Corsair arrived in the
harbor to-day and dropped anchor on
Morris Cove.
The yacht is probably here to take Mr.
given his honorary degree Of IL. d.
Others who, it is known. will receive
honorary degrees from Yale are Otto Ban
nard. Yale, '76. the president of the Trust
Company OF the United States; Senator
John c. Spooner. of Wisconsin; Samuel j.
Elder '78. Of Boston, and William Kent
81, OF Chicago.
The Washington herald., 1908-06-24
WILL SHOOT RAPIDS.
Niagara Falls Man TO Go Through
Whirlpool in Canoe.

Niagara Falls. n. Y. June 2S.-Percy
Webber, an employe OF the Niagara Falls
Hydraulic Power Company. proposes to
shoot the whirlpool rapids in a canoe on
July !.
Weber says he is an expert canoeist.
and can do the stunt just for the fun
Of t.