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The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1910-06-26
MAKING MURDER EASY.

Porter Charlton, an American. mur-
dered his wife, also an American, in
Italy. The weapon used was mallet,
with which he struck her on the head,
and before she was yet dead he packed
her body in n trunk, dragged the trunk
to the water and threw 1t into Lake
Como. He fed the country and took
ship for the United States. When he
reached New York he was arrested.
and upon arrest made clean breast
of his bloody work. 1t is said that
there is some question as to whether
or not the United States will permit
his eXtradition because Italy would
not permit certain other criminals to
be extradited from that country a
year or so ago. That looks very strange
to the ordinary layman; but the ways
| of diplomacy are very strange. 1t is
/ further stated that inquiry will be
made as to the sanity of the murderer,
as 1t is claimed that he was suffer
| ing from brain-stvrm at the time he
killed his wife. The law is also a
very strange thing. 1t is such Incl
dents that make the mob, that bring
disgrace upon the country.
Charlton has confessed his guilt
There is nothing in 1t to show that he
is crazy or ever was crazy. He was
not so insane, at any rate, that he did
| not have sufficient presence OF mind
TO hide his victim. He had sense
enough to seek safety in the United
States, where the murderer is Away!
assured of sympathy He has employed
lawyers to save him from annoyance
and punishment. He who kills anG
runs away may live to kill another
day. and that would make more work
for alienists and lawyers.
We are not surprised at Chariton's
course. He doubtless arranged 1t all
in his mind before he committed his
| crime; nor are We greatly surprised
| at the hesitation of the Government
| authorities as to the extradition-Italy
made mouths at the~united States and
| the United States will make mouths
at italy. In the meantime a brutal
murderer is taking his ease. relying
| confidently upon the technlcalities of
| the law and diplomacy to deliver him
| from punishment of any sort for the
murder he has confessed. He cannot
| be tried In the United States for a
| crime committed in italy he cannot be
! tried In Italy because he has found
asylum here and is under the protec-
ton of our diplomacy. He cannot
be adjudged insane in the United
States for u murder committed in
| Italy at time when he was alleged
to be suffering from a brain storm.
1t is by such technicalitles that the
law is brought into contempt and the
ends of Justice defeated.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1910-06-26

though they represented North Caro-
lima worthily at the time the Declara-
ton was made in Philadelphia.
The Descendants who are to be here
Tuesday arc "thc real thing" They
do not have to rely upon uncertain
fable for their right to membership In
this Order. Their line is complete.
They know where they arc att The
Descendants of the Myth need not be
greatly worried about 1t, however, rs
there are 50 many Of us who are not
Signers and none of whose people ever
were Signers that they may be COM
forted with the big company in which
they must travel.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1910-06-26
TIE PUTNAM THEATRE MISSION.


For two years Mr.. James H. Goddin
has been conducting the Putnam The
atre Gospel Mission in Franklin Street.
Every night the place, which was orig
inally devoted to amusements of the
cheapest and most vicious character, is
vocal with prayer and praise. Chris
tian workers have taken possession of
1t and are using 1t for the redemption
of fallen humanity and the glory of
God
Situated in the heart Of "the red
light district" among the forsaken. it
Is building UP the broken down and
administering consolation to the out
cast. It's work has been done quietly
and without ostentaton. The building
in which the mission is established is
queer old shack, without vaulted
ceilings and hish-raised arches and
cushioned comfort and powerful or
gan; 1t Is only hole In the wall, so
to say, into which $4,000 persons have
fed for refuge from the Astounding
wickedness of the world during the
last two years; for little breathing
spells, for the chance of feeling that
they are at bottom Just as good as
other more fortunate of Gods crea-
lures; with the hope tina. they might
themselves experience the blessedness
of the promise that him that cometh
TO Nc l will In nowise cast OUT; that
God is the God of the living. More
than seven hundred OF the men and
women who have attended the SER
vices at this unsightly place have been
turned into better living and have be-
come members OF the several churches.
That means one conversion day.
and those who have found themselves
here have held to the higher way in
| which their feet have been established.
| No better work for the community
| is being done anywhere than in the
| Putnam Theatre Gospel Mission, and
1t is going on day and night, all the
time. thanks to the noble men and
women who under the leadership OF
MIR, Goddin are seeking to lift up
those who have fallen. to make a lit
tie sunshine for those who are in the
shadows.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1910-06-26

Blankets are comfortable in Rich
mond these delightful summer nights.
They We're not used extensively, it
must be admitted. Thursday night. but
Friday night and last night the chill
winds coming down upon us from the
land OF DIR. Frederick A. Cook. the
Original Discoverer Of the North Pole;
but-What's the use?
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1910-06-26
A YANKEE coNFFnDERATn MoNu,

The people of Halifax County arc
as patriotic as any to DO found in
Virginia When tho war began. way
back in 1861, they sent hundreds OF
their young men TO battle and they
recruited their companies TO the limit
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1910-06-26

If Doctor Charles Hopkins Clark
will only prescribe a little ginger and
sulphur for the Senatorial campaign
in Connecticut the patient might stand
a chance Of recovery. BY the way,
who is the Doctor for. anyhow
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1910-06-26

Now. If Doctor Clark will resume
the rice diet there is no telling what
honors will como to him. Captain
Stoney Will observe that 1t was not
until after that pocket was sent to
this pundir that he began to pick up
in the world.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1910-06-26
run 1l.IsEn AND THE nook.

In day when the self-styled
higher critics" Of a skeptcal age are
mocking at Revealed Truth, and when
the unthinfing advocates of ethical
culture are telling us that the Bible
is a back number" 1t is refreshing
to see how the noblest and best OF
men are cherishng the old Book with
the old-time devotion and are finding
in it the same old consolation. Critics
may attack 1t and skeptics may doubt
1t, but Its champions are always found
among those whose minds are the
est.
Kaiser Wilhelm, the ablest perhaps
of all the rulers of earth, is one of those
whose love for the Bible has not been
shaken. In talking with a clergyman
a few days ago, he told of the part
which the Book played in his life. and
in the life of his people. We cannot do
better than to quote his exact words
as they appear in the New York Times:
II find the most beautiful thoughts
ehpieSSeu III H. CStnuOl lulIti
how 1t is that so many persons pay so
Can any one read the Gospels and
other parts of the Bible without feel
ing convinced that they contain SIM
pie truth, we'll authenticated and es-
tablished on UNREASONABLE facts?
Whenever I have to come to any de-
cision, | ask myself what the Bible
would teach me to do in that particu-
lar case. The Bible is to me the
fountain from which L draw light and
strength in the hours of sorrow and
depression. L seek consolation in the
Bible, and I am convinced that many
who have neglected religion will re-
gain definite belief and will feel the
need of communion with the Almighty
IL they study 1t. Periods Of danger
Gus doubt have always produced in
their wake periods of enthusiastic re-
ligious feeling l cannot understand
how life can be lived without real
communion with the Almighty. We
all must go through Gethsemane
There are hours and hours in which
Our pride is Inundated. 1t Is difficult
for us to be in"ek. for each one of us
desires to be li.g own MASTER
1t has always been so. For every
one who has been called to pass
through Gethsemane there has been SOL
ace in the Bible, and for all who have
been tempted in Desert Place, there
has been refreshment In its
sacred truths. History gives US
thousand proofs, When the greatest
problems of State confronted hen and
when she knew not where to turn,
Queen Victoria. of blessed memory
always sought the Bible. and when her
greatest.Premier Gladstone was Crap
ping with Parliament he found rest
for his doubts and peace for his soul
in the story of Undying Love. Others
have been as they.
a simple statement like this from
the Emperor of Germany will do mora
good than thousand sermons. for
men look up to such leader and re-
spect his Judgment where they would
scott at those who hold a less exalted
position. In this. and In many other
things, the Emperor has shown what
manner of man he is. and. it may be
added, has shown the world how 1t IS
that he has mounted SO high and has
stood so securely,
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The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1910-06-26

Believe us, Brother Tom Loyless. of
the Augusta Chronicle, your meaning
is always SO clear that 1t is not at
all necessary for you to dishgure your
writings with black type. That is the
resource OF amateurs only and not of
fun grown men, who, having some-
thing to say. know how to say 1t.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1910-06-26

Owing to the unfortunate fact that
In England a divorced woman is per-
mitted TO retain not only the name OF
her husband, but also his title. If he
happens to own one, It Is difiieult to
was with Graham White In his BIZ
plane when it came to grief at Brook
lands, in England, on Saturday last,
was the present wife OF Sir William
Neville Abby, or the one whom he
Is the widow of Northumberland
George Palmer Robinson. of the British
army and daughter Of the late Leh--
man L. Cohen, whereas the divorced
Lady Abby Is woman of such infa-
nous antecedents and of such money
grasping, violent and drunken habits
that Sir William had no difficulty
whatsoever In securing decree
against her In the summer of 1905.
after trial of the most revolving and
unsavory character.
The first Lady Abdy--his present
better half is his third wife-was a
woman even ,still more extraordinary
and impossible than Lady Abby nun
rather. Bohemian, Of the name of
Marie Petritzka, who is generally un-
derstood to have been at one time
an inmate of the seraglio of the Sultan
shah's harem at Constantinople. she
turned up in London, figured In the
cause celebre of the sculptor Richard
Belt against Sir Charles Laws. as a
later in tho criminal action brought by
Sir William Abby against Belt for hav-
ing swindled him out Of sum Of SOY;
900 by means OF paste jewelry. Al
called herself, seems to have been
something very much Of a confdante
of Belt In the. fraud for which he was
sentenced to AZ term Of penal servitude
since the Jewels We're said to nave
haren1. yet Sir William was foolish
enough to marry her after the trial.
The union did not last long. TheS
soon separated. and thereupon COM
menced for him the most extraordinary
persecution which 1t is possible to con-
ceive. Almost insane with jealousy
she was forever suing him for divorce
usually without q shadow OF t evidence aaSt
liam, as her husband, was compelled to
pay heavy damages for SANDERS which
she had circulated concerning women
upon whom he had never set eyes: me
obtained from him $4,000 In this way
in court, while q, still more remarkable
case was that of a South American
widow. Nine. de Benitez. The latter
to London when cited by the first
Lady Abby as correspondent IN the al,
vorce suit against her husband, and
I full satisfaction of the court that she
never set eyes upon Sir. William In all
her life. She explained that the rea-
son which had led her to Journey 8. 50
court col was esp 70 put an end 70 the strange
persecution to Which she had been
subjected throughout eight years by
stranger to her, had pursued Sher all
over Europe and South America with
charges OF too great intimacy with Sit
William. charges which were elnbnr-
time to marry Prince Adolf Wrede
who has since become her husband
10 the relief of Sir William and Of
many others this Austrian born Lady
Abby died In 1909.
! The .Abdys are an old Yorkshire
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1910-06-26
Daily Queries and Answer
- Address all Query Editor
dispatch No
or 6tanps valued and nan will be

to weigh their goods tho same as
other firms? have fallen short Of
my weight several times. Last Satur.
day T. bought ten pounds and WHOM
weighed IL only balanced six pounds,
Now, Is this honest? A READER
OF course, ice dealers are required
to weigh tho ice they sell you. II 1t
falls short of the standard weight
you arc only required to pay for what
you get Sec that your scales are
correctlnnd act accordingly.
The Death OF Mrs. IL. II. Lee.
Please give the date OF the death OF
Mrs Robert E. Lee
November s. 1873.
General George RnnHom.
Were Generals Mat and Robert Ran-
som the only Ransoms of the Con-
federate War? Was there such per.
son as General George Ransom?
A. w. A.
The records show no such man
John l.. sullIvnns Inst Fight.
'lease tell me when John L. Sulli-
van fought his last regular fight,
x. Y. a.
Sullivan's last fight was August 81.
1896, In New York. The fight went
three rounds. but no decision was
reached
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1910-06-26

Peanut Butter.
Please print a recipe for making
peanut butter A READER.
We have no recipe for mixing peanut
butter that we can recommend II
any OF our readers have a recipe which
they have tried we Will be ,ylad to
print It,
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1910-06-26
tournament at stnte Fair.

Tournament at stnte Fair.
Please tell me what the prize was
that was ridden for in the tournament
at the State Fair; also the size rings
they used and the length of tho lance.
Would also like to know IL there Will
be one this fall at the fair.
J. d. u.
You can get full information on this
subject by writing to Mark X. Lovo
manager State Fair Association, Rich
mond Va.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1910-06-26
Watermelon Ylncn.

Please tell mo tho best remedy for
keeping bugs from sucking young wa
termelon vines. We find tho little
striped bug great pest,
Write to Hon. George w. Koincr.
Commissioner OF Agriculture. Rich
mond, Va. for full information regard.
ing this pest
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1910-06-26

With Gone Johnson running for
Governor in Texas and Cole Bleaso
running for Governor in South Caro-
lima, the humor of politics should
not be wholly lacking these days.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1910-06-26

Tho photograph OF the Hon. r.. TT.
Hyatt which we have Just received,
looks as if he were making a sound
like" he was laying vItrlhed brick
In Ladson street.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1910-06-26

Why is 1T Ice men are not required
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1910-06-26

BY imes-Dispntch Carrier Delivery Ser
vice In Richmond tand subr:ss,. Manches-
ter and Petersburg
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1910-06-26

That is why Edward Is sincerely
the speeches deploring his death de-
livered by statesmen in England and
in foreign countries there was none
more eloquent or appreciative than
that of President Goutchkoff, in
the Russian Duma: OF that Goutchkoff
whose hostility to England had for
merly been so great that he had been
led thereby to fight as volunteer un-
der the Boer flag In the last South
African War.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1910-06-26

wright. 1910. by the Brentwood
Company
The Black Hills union and western stock review. [volume] (Rapid City, S.D.) 1904-19??, 1910-05-13

on her face. "Oh." she gasped ''Oh,
Bert, how could you lie 30 meani You
frightened Ethel and. and ,us almost
to DEATH
mo. I wasn't frightened bit" OK
planned Dthel truthfuly. 81 knew /, was
Bert all the time, but felt that you
deserved to be tested you, courage. you
know. So I Just pretended to believe tie
dark. cronching ngare to be bear
And wan,es! 10 teach you a lesson.
Gertie,@ said Bert. Joining them and ss-
sisting Gertie 10 rise to her fest Como,
Gertte. Tess up. You are us early
frightened as airy other girl---it the right
thing comes along to do the work al
ways knew you'd turn white at Sigh, OF
real danger. 30 decided to let you hsvs
the opportunity to know yourself Now,
you have gotten acquainted with tf.s reai
Gcrtie Smith. aud know she ia M mach
OF coward az anyone. In she pres>nc>
OF a bear. Savoy. Gerticr"' And Bart
laughed good natwrealy. '.Aut promise
you one thing. GeStie: Ethel and Will
never give this joke away Mum y the
word. And think you'll thank ne Tor
having shown you to yuars.lf in = truth.
ful light"
Gertie's face WAS serious ''Ye. am
really ashamed Of myself. Hsr,." she de-
clared. II have been boAstfu Of 4 cour-
age l did not possess. Al heart guesl
am u coward"
No. one y not a coward to be afraid
OF dangerous Wild animals. for the pres
ervation Of life IL the FIRST law Of VA
ture. Rrt one Is either 4 fool or bras-
CART to pretend to be lot afrah. It shows
good sense to keep a s.fs distance from
danger or harm. And II 10 Admirable 4,
always tell the truth" aah Bert
Yes. you and Ethel have taught me
a lesson today which l shall n.w~r for.
get, said Gertie. And after this I shall
make no foolish presensss Thank you,
Bert. for playing bear and for so,iins
me on the LIST OF Aprii''
The Black Hills union and western stock review. [volume] (Rapid City, S.D.) 1904-19??, 1910-05-13
Ne16es Tea Party A Story for Wee Ones By

~ ABLY. would You like to have lit
tie ten party this afternoon!" 1t
was Sellie's mamma who asked the
question, and Baby was Nellie.
You see, Nellie was the only child
In the household to which she belonged
and her papa and mamma and grandpapn
and grandmamma could not realize that
Nellie was quite hg girl now, and no
longer baby. Why, she was five years
old, and you know when little girl Is
that age she's not baby by any means.
i(But Isn't 1t very. very hard to make the
pa pas and maInmas and grnndpapas and
grand ma mmaH know when Baby becomes
Big little girlD
Nellie looked up from her dolly when
her mamma asked her II she would like
q tea party that afternoon. and said:
"Oh. thank you, Mamma, ! should inst
love to have one. May invite Cousin
BILLY and Freddie and my little chuns.
Katherine and Flora1'
Yes. Baby, you may invite whoever
you choose consented Nellie's mamma
But perhaps you'd better limit the num-
Der to five or six az the time for prepare
ton Is short Later on well give
nice big party for you.-on your birth
day. which comes on the fifteenth OF
June ltH we u uuVt picnic III Tue
woods. Won't that be lovely?"
Nellie clnpped her hands In glee. "A
picnic Mamma! Oh how wish the If
teenth Of June would come next week
or maybe this week"
Mamma laughed and kissed her baby
Then she said: While Granny and pre-.
pare the luncheon for the party this aft
ernoon. you may invite your cousins I!iny
and Freddie and your chums Katherine
and Flora
IAN right. Mamma snid Nellie. and
she ran into the brond hail and Jumped up
on stool under the telephone. Give me
one. three, nine. Central she called TO
Central" Then In another half minute
she was saying: Hello, is this Aunt
Graces? Well ! want to speak with
Cousin Freddie and Cousin Billy. please"
or course. Aunt-Grace had Billy answer
the phone at once, and he cried out 80
loudly that even Nelie's mamma could
hear him. and she was In the library.
Twill Fred an me come TO a tea party
Mt your house at three; Well guess
The Black Hills union and western stock review. [volume] (Rapid City, S.D.) 1904-19??, 1910-05-13
By MAUD WALKER.

@ERTlE SMITH always declared
she was not afraid of anything ex-
cept snakes and cyclones. This
was boast she was In the habit
OF making when in the company
of her little schoolnates. Aud there were
some of her young friends who were In
clined to doubt this statement
"Gertie is safe In saying she fears only
snakes and cyclones" said Bert Brown
one day. "for snakes and cyclones are
abnnt the only things we have to fear In
our country. But daresay she'd change
her story-or add some other names to
her list OF things to be feared--if we
had wild animals In our part of the
world"
And In way. Bert was probably right.
for In the state where Gertie lived there
were few Wild animals. The prairie wolf.
the rabbit. the prairie dog and the snake
comprised the sum total Of creatures to
be feared. And where is the prairie child
who fears the little coyote? And as he
was the most dangerous of the creatures
named except the snake, Gertie was safe
In making such n statement. But OF
course, Gertie meant for her young
friends to believe that she was not afraid
Of creatures other than those that In.
habited her state. She might even have
included such animals as tigers and lions,
Tor she had no idea OF them other tina d
what she had picked up from reading.
One day while going home from school
Certie Was saG"i', boa stfng ahont her
The Black Hills union and western stock review. [volume] (Rapid City, S.D.) 1904-19??, 1910-05-13

Gertte. IF it Is a bear he will eat me
up If stay here don't believe he's
seen us yet. Let's stoop low down in the
grass and creep to the top OF the bank.
Once there we'll call for help and run
as fast as we can towards my house.
Papa may be about the barn. and will
see us and come to our rescue. oh,
am SO frightened can hardly stand up.
Come, let's creep away before the bear
sees us!
AS she said this Gertic stopped to her
knees and hands and began crawling to-
wards the opposite side of the ravine.
keeping we'll hidden in the tall grass,
which stood rank and dry on either side
Of the country road. Her cheeks were
pale, here eyes startled and her knees
trem6lfns. Ethel crept along beside her
tor a few PAGES. then said: but, Ger
tie. you aren't afraid OF anything but
snakes and cyclones. AMI TINT wild beast
there Is neither of them. What are you
creeping away for In this manner? Are
you really afrald?"
"Oh, yes, we may be eaten alive!"
hosrsely whispered Gerlie "Oh. I'm SO
faint can hardly move! l wonder If the
oear IL btIli III Tue same spot Where ne
was when we turned our backs toward
him. Are you afraid to lock back, Ethel,
and see what he's doing2 can't-for I'm
SO frishtened!"
Eyes. I'll look back" agreed Ethel In
calm and loud tone. ''Oh. the bear ia
coming-on his hind legs See, he's walk
ing upright" But as she said this Ger
tie became so pale with fright that Ethel
felt she must keep her In suspense no
longer and isughingy said: ''I.ook back
ward, Gertie. and you'll! see the hear il
none other than brother Rert. He's been
Playing an April Fool trick on you"
Gcrtls dropped to sitting posture 1.
the zrass aud wiped the Precipitation from
her face. The1'. seeing the tall form of
Bert advancing. a great dark buffalo
robe over his hack, she turned a deep
crimson color. shame and embarrassment
The Black Hills union and western stock review. [volume] (Rapid City, S.D.) 1904-19??, 1910-05-13

Nellie who was wishing to speak with
her. Yes, Flora would be awfully glad to
attend the tea party but Katherine could
not come for she had been very naughty
that morning and Mamma had forbidden
her TO go out all afternoon But maybe
Mamma wouldn't object to her-Flora-
carrying home some goodies to Katherine.
And. of course, Nellie was very sorry
that Katherine should have been SO
naughty on the very day of her tea party.
But since she had gone and acted ugly"
why. she'd have to he punished. of course,
although Nellie was certainly very sorry
about it.
So the party was all arranged for Billy
and Freddie and Flora aud Nellie. Four
made nice party. too, to sit round
Acl'le's little tea table. Five made II a
~ crowded. and six made 1t very much
"r'' "ded. so much so that they stuck
their elbows into each others ribs