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The Appeal., 1910-05-07
DarWin's RELIGION.

Darwin came of Unitarian stock
and was never much of believer ir
theological systems. In reply to a
question that had been put to him in
a letter he wrote over his own sigma
ture: II do not believe that any
revelation has ever been made" Upon
the questions of God and the future
life he was an out-and-out agnostic
claiming that they were matters that
had never been settled and concern
ing which he had no right to make
any statement. He never once denied
the existence of personal God or a
future for men after death, but con
tented himself with saying, II know
nothing about them, one way or the
other"
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Bertram G. Spencer.

guard. The report that he had been
a member Of the burglar bands which
terrorized the city was not denied by
the police
In Springfield Spencer said he had
broken into more than a dozen homes.
Il never knew just what house I
was going to tackle when l started
out he said. "T would often wake
up soon after retiring and toss and
turn until | was all in a fever with
the desire to go out and rob. AS soon
as | struck the cool night air and
knew I was in the game again I felt
relieved. | cannot describe the fasci-
nation of the sport. When it once
gets man it won't let CO..
l did not intend to rob the Dow
house the night l killed Miss Black
stone and shot Miss Dow in the head.
| left home about seven o'clock and
walked toward Round Hill. When !
got to the Dow house ] saw there
were only women there, so l decided
to try it. I got through bedroom
window, pulled out my searchlight and
looked into closet. There was
nothing there but clothes. On
dresser l found a green Indian belt
and the silver brooch which Miss Dow
identified. I put them in my pocket
and then went into the dining room
and leveled my gun at the women in
the next room. All I wanted was
money. I would not have cared how
little they gave me, so long as they
made no fuss"
The confession is now in the DOS.
session of District Attorney Stephen
s. Taft. ~.
When his mother and sister visited
Spencer in his cell he broke down.
'Oh, God, l had to tell" he sobbed,
as he buried his head in his mothers
arms like a child. II didn't realize
what sins I had committed until they
began to question me. Then they all
came up before me like so many
ghosts. They frightened me, so /
could not rest until recognized them
and said they were all true"
with my daughter I have just re-
turned from the cell where my son ia
locked up" said Mrs. Spencer, with
quavering voice. "Oh, it is terrible.
terrible. I never dreamed that all this
was to come into our lives"
Il do not think that my son, Ber-
tram, can be considered responsible
for the deeds charged against him. He
did what he did when he was practi-
cally insane. He did not realize what
he was doing.
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Mrs. Cleveland has as her summer home quaint
farmhouse in New Hampshire, not so many miles
distant from the county seat of Mrs. John Hay,
widow of the late secretary of state
Mrs. Taft, wife of the president, who was over
taken by ill health, few months after her hus-
band assumed Office, was so benefited at Beverly,
Mass, last summer by the sea air and the oppor-
tunites for complete rest that it is probable that
the picturesque north shore of Massachusetts, will
be the summer retreat Of the Tafts for some
years to come. Here Miss Helen Taft the only
daughter of the family, finds the best of oppor-
tunites for her pet diversions, tennis and motor
ing in an electric runabout which she drives her
SELF
Mrs. Sherman, wife of the vicepresident spends
her summers in the big comfortable stone man
sion at Utica, N. Y, which has been "home" to
the Shermans for so many years. and in the rear
of which are the spacious flower gardens which
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favorite outdoor sport to- itself, map out
their summer program-sending them to the To-
calities where the chosen form of athletics may
best be enjoyed. BY way of illustration, there
might be cited the hold which golf exerts upon
Miss Marion Oliver, daughter of the assistant Sec
retary OF war, and upon Miss Frances Griscom,
the sister of Lloyd Griscom, the wellknown dip.
lomat and politician. The former of these young
ladies is an asprant for the golf championship of
the United States, and the latter has already been
a title holder. a..
Similarly it Is suspected that Mrs Alice Roose-
velt Longworth would go in for aeronautics did
not her husband rather frown her ambitions
for sky sailing. Miss Katherine Elkins, daughter
of the senator from West Virginia, is correspond
1ngly Jealous as a. horsewoman, and has been
known to give up an entire season to attending
one open-air horse show after another, usually as
an entrant in the classes for ladies' hunters Miss
Elklns IS also an enthusiast on the subject of
blooded dogs and has personally donated cups
and other trophies as prizes in competitive
classes at various dog shows 49,:
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The Cormorant at Work.

How a cormorant dives for sea
trout and gets them Is told by a
writer: II had the cormorant under
observation only for the space of five
minutes, and during that short period
it had captured four sea trout. all of
considerable size. Natter being under
water for few seconds the bird
would reappear with sea trout wrig-
Cling in its bill; but In spite Of the vic
TINS desperate efforts to escape 1t was
deftly swallowed, and after a few
gulps the cormorant would resume It's
fishing operations"
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have met with greater success than
ever before, for chance of getting
away quickly in a speedy machine has
made the possibility of capture re-
mote, so that the assurance of seven
dollars is frequently sufficient for a
safeblowing.
Country postofices have become a
special object of attack, the same
place often being broken into more
than once. However, the business man
also suffers, and the city merchant
himself is not proof against the cracks.
mans daring.
From 1900 to 1906, inclusive, accord.
ing to government figures, there were
ll,5S7 postoffices throughout the
United States which had safes of
every make blown or forced and their
contents stolen. There is an aver
age of more than four safes a day
blown in postoffices alone.
In the five years from 1904 to 1908,
inclusive, 1914 safes were blown, and
the burglars got away with booty, an
average of over 1,675 per year. Less
than one per cent. of these safes are
20 minutes in the hands of the yegg.
The. great majority are blown in seven,
ten and fifteen minutes.
One day recently, about noon, a one
morse team was seen leave a Boston
store. Upon the vehicle was loaded
apparently an ordinary, medium sized
safe. This was an everyday occur
renee, but a man who followed the
team to a stone quarry in Somerville
witnessed unusual proceedings.
Turning in at the quarry two men
unloaded the safe and placed it in an
upright position, facing pile of stone
They waited for two other men, who
came from another direction, and at
given signal with a dull boom the
safe was blown up. AS usual, hole
had been bored in the top through
which explosive was poured and a
fuse inserted by hired expert dyna-
miter. The door was blown some 70
feet away. Picking this up, the men
| placed it beside the safe and took
picture of the wreck. They had pre-
viously photographed the safe intact,
but the second photograph shows the
| safe as intact as ever, minus the door,
It also shows the supposed robbers
were thwarted, for just within the
safe is seen what is termed grille"
| This is grating composed Of steel
Jail rods, fastened into the safe SO that
it cannot be displaced and can only be
removed by combination known to
| the owner, It cannot be yanked out.
and no explosive will blow it out. be-
cause the force passes through the
opening as water might through a
sieve. Any one familiar with iafl
rod knows it cannot be bent, twisted,
broken or sawed, and there Is not
space enough between the rods for the
smallest hand to squeeze.
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which embraces, among other things
that seclusion which makes it possible
for the vacationist to- don garb that
is comfortable, without regard to the
dictates of fashion.
Thus we find Mrs. John D.. Rookie
fe)ler leading the quietest possible ex-
istence at Forest Hill, her husbands
extensive estate near Cleveland, and
Miss Anna Morgan, daughter of the
fnancier, isolating herself at her ia
theirs log camp" in the depths of the
Adirondack forest. Our presidential
widows are likewise fond of the sim
pie life in summer. Mrs. Garfield
spends the heated term at her farm at
Mentor, Ohio, near the shore of Lake
Erie; Mrs. Harrison and her daughter
take up their abode at a forest lodge
on the shore of one of the lakes of the
E,,1%o ohoi io +ho
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RUNS GossIPLEss VILLAGE
w. II. Smith, Statistician of Ovens
Vile, Ind, Issues Book Which
Stops Town Talk.

: Evansville, Ind = Owensville, a
town of 1,500 people,> a few miles
northeast of here, is said to be gos-
sipless village where people attend
strictly to their own business and
where talking over the back fences
is a thing of the past. -.
This condition was brought about
The Appeal., 1910-05-07
ROOSEVELT CALLS COWBOY
Former President Asks Capt. Seth
Bullock, Friend of Plains, to
Meet Him.

Deadwood, S. D.-Captain Seth Bull
lock, who received a letter from Theo-
dore Roosevelt asking him to join the
ex-president in London about May 2,
is United States marshal of South
Dakota and has had a picturesque ca
reer. He has figured in many sensa-
tional encounters and never got the
worst of it. At. President Roosevelt's s
inauguration he led a company of
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tently, as the head of the household.
1t is notable that in the eyes of many
prominent women the ideal vacation
is one which enables real solitude and
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a DELICATE SITUATION.

Hiram-Dickson's gal has took to writin'
spring poetry.
siram-Waai, amt they havin' nothin' done
for her?
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in the Hughes household inherit their mothers
fondness for this fascinating form of boating.
Other prominent who partial to the
life of the mountain lakes include Mrs. Timothy
Woodruff wife of the New York politician, Mrs.
Victor Herbert, wife of the musical composer,
and Mrs. Whiteaw Reid, who is usually ready to
forsake one of the most attractive country seats
England for intervals among the pines Camp Wild
Air.
few fOndn
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Black Hills "cow punchers" and has
been close friend of the ex-presi-
dent since the early '80s.
The Appeal., 1910-05-07
mss ERA5YCE3 GRkSGOM.
SISTER Of LLOYD *GRkSCC/1

/ HE wife 'or daughter of
II the average man who is
conspicuously in the
public eye through his
prominence in politics,
science, art, finance or
religion, earns a vaca-
tiOn Quite as cOnSiS-
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1910-06-16
MEMBERS GET PROCEEDS.
Sum From Sale of Capital Club Will
he Divided

The net proceeds of the recent sale
OF the property Of the Capital Club
on 18th street to the government will
be divided among its seventy-five active
members, according to a decision reached
last night at a largely attended business
meeting of the organization. The club
will remain in its present quarters until
the government takes possession, which
is expected to be in about ten or twelve
months. after which ii is probable the
organization will disband.
The Capital Club was originally the
Capital Bicycle Club, and has been in
existence between thirty and forty years.
numbering among its membership some
of the best known speed and long-dis-
lance wheelmen of a decade ago. At the
height OF its existence the club gave the
city prominence as the home of the BIZ
cyclists who won for. themselves reputa-
tons national in character. Until the
government takes possession Of its old
home the club will pay nominal month
ly rental The amount to be distributed
among the members is estimated to be
slightly In excess of $4,000.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1910-06-16
Four Kinds of Members.

Membership is of four classes, namely,
corporate, non-corporate, associate and
honorary. Any persoH. firm or incor-
poration,' practically engaged as an en-
ployer in any Of the constructive me-
chanical trades employed in the erection
of buildings or as a dealer or manu-
facturer of any appliances or material
used in the erection or adornment of
buildings, in the District of Columbia, is
eligible for corporate membership, and
a person, firm or incorporated company
is entitled to but one vote for each said
person. firm or Incorporated company
Non-corporate membership is confined
to exhibitors in the exposition of the
Builders Exchange Exhibit Company,
the term of their lease. They have no
vote or voice in the conduct of the af-
fairs of the exchange and have no par
tieipation in the assets OF the exchange
They are elected by the same rule as
corporate members, but do not pay a
member ship fee. They pay the. annual
dues of the exchange, Semi-annualy in
advance, and are entitled to the same
privileges In the exchange quarters as
corporate members.
ANY firm, nonresident, or any repre-
sentative of a firm nonresident. is ELI
gible to associate membership. and has
the right to vote or voice in the conduct
of the affairs of the exchange.
A special meeting OF the Builders and
Manufacturers Exchange has been called
by Secretary Pillow by order of President
Prescott for next Monday evening at 8
o'clock. a recess will be taken at 8
o clock and refreshments served.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1910-06-16

Women's Fine Hand
Welt Patent Kid and Patent
Colt Low Ties and Low Button
Shoes; dull kid. suede and cloth
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1910-06-16
MCKINLEY MEMORIAL.
Bill introduced by Senator Dick to
INCORPORATE National Association.

The Incorporation Of the Mckinley Ma
tional Memorial Association as a corpora
ton Of the District Of Columbia is pro-
posed in bill which Senator Dick pre-
scented yesterday. J. G. Butler. jr.; Myron
T. Herrick. ex-governor of Ohio; j. J.
Schmidlapp Of Ohio. John G. Milburn, in
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1910-06-16
Glidden Tourists in Tennessee.

NASHVILLE. Tenn. June 16.-The
Glidden tourists oh1cially left Nash
VILE this morning. Not a single car
IL out Of the race.
The noon stop, was scheduled for
Columbia, Tenn, 41.5 miles from here,
and the night stop at Shemeld. Ala,
1877 miles away.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1910-06-16

diocese of Richmond. "A large parade to
for the occasion. The cardinal appointed
Rev. Father Meagher, o. p. as spiritual
director of the archdiocesan union Of the
society.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1910-06-16

whose house in Buffalo President Mchln-
ley died, and W. A. Thomas are named
as incorporators.
The object of the company Will De tne
erection and maintenance in Niles, Ohio.
the birthplace of Mckinley. Of monu-
ment and a memorial building. The bill
carries no appropriation.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1910-06-16
Reunion of Holy Name Societies.

Cardinal Gibbons has signfed his ap-
prevail OF q plan for q general reunion OF
all of the Holy Name societies OF the
archdiocese of Baltimore and of the
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1910-06-16

Misses and ChiId's and Big
Girls Tan Russia Calf, or Brown
Kid Ankle Strap Pumps or Ties.
A few pairs Boys Tan Russia
Calf Low Shoes.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1910-06-16
ical Reductions on Broken Shoe

, Four styles of Patent Colt and
Patent Kid Butcher and Button
Oxfords-medium or narrow toed
straight or swing lasts. Sizes 31z
to B and C-S to 10 D and E.
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1910-01-04
AN ELECTION HELD
Cemetery Association Selects
Howard Dill as Its
Secretary.
A SON SUCCEEDS FATHER

The Richmond Cemetery associa-
ton met yesterday afternoon and re-
elected Howard Dill TO the board of
directors and also elected him secre-
tary of the association. w. X. Brad
bury was elected superintendent and
treasurer of the association to succeed
his father, w. H. Bradbury. and he
was also made a member of the board
of directors. The terms of the presi-
dent, j. w. Newman and f. G. Hill,
J. w. Newman and w. c. Ferguson
of the board of directors have not yet
expired.
The improvement of the Country
club grounds, which are owned by the
cemetery association and club house,
will be made this spring and will be
of an elaborate nature. The grounds
have been leased by the club for ten
years. A survey has been made of
the grounds by landscape garden
ing firm of Chicago and the plans for
the improvements with the view of
enlarsing the Earlham cemetery will
be submitted within a few weeks. al
though the association will not con-
vert the grounds into cemetery I'M
til the lease expires.
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1910-01-04
A DOES STRATAGEM.
Throw the Dogs OF the Scent and
Saved Her Eawa.

SASeo 0ef avn.
The following anecdote is related by
NJ. Y. RSspail. 1t is worthy Of com
parison with the most remarkable Of
instances Of the same kind:
The author one day perceived a doe
in full fight before two dogs in the
Aigle woods that form a part Of the
forest Of Chantilly. The doe was &C
companied by very young fawn.
which appeared quite exhaused and
ready to drop. The mother. doubtless
well aware Of this. slackened her pace
and presently stopped close to some
thick bramble bushes. She remained
some time there with lowered head as
II awaiting the onset OF her pursuers.
Suddenly an idea seemed to strike
her. and with a butt of the head she
tossed her fawn right into the middle
Of the thicket. Then, first advancing
gently as If to make sure 1t was well
hidden. she soon set off by rapid bounds
In front Of the dogs. The latter bark
ing close upon her heels. she made a
sudden bend and thus drew them far
from the spot where this incident &C.
CURED. The bowling OF the dogs be-
came fainter and fainter. the valiant
animal having doubtless led them two
kilometers away into the Canardiere
peat boys. where the dogs often lose
the scent.
In fact. later they were seen return
ing to the village in an exhausted con-
dition. while the intelligent mother
doubtless returned to the bushes to
find the little fawn she had so cleverly
hidden and placed In safety.-vulgari-
sation ScientifQue.
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1910-01-04
The Parthenon,

The destruction Of that famous
building the Parthenon took place In
1857 during the siege of Athens by
the Venetians. The Turks held the
city. and the Parthenon was used for
powder magazine. One day during
the conflict a Venetian bombshell drop
ped into the building. and the explo-
sion followed which badly shattered
the structure. From that date the re-
nowned building has stood roofess and
exposed to all the inclemencies Of the
weather. For more than 1000 years
the temple stood entire, and in its
ruins is the architectural wonder Of
the world.-New York American.
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1910-01-04
Spencer Trask.

From the New York Times.
New York can ill afford to lose
Spencer Trask. He was an influen-
tial and useful citizen, associated with
many large enterprises, the initiator
of many movements for the public
good. an energetic, broad-minded, kind
hearted man, whose interests were
greatly varied. He ignored, generally.
the favorite routine of public-spirited
men of wealth. Though he belonged,
inevitably, to many of the larger clubs,
he rarely entered their doors. except
on special occasions. He was not a
stakeholder of the opera or a support
err of fashionable amusements. In the
time he could spare from his work as
financier he found for himself in
Vulnerable outlets for his energy and
enthusiasm. He was the principal
founder of the National Arts Club. and
by his influence and patient labor had
upbuilt and established that society of
men and women connected with the
arts and crafts, and some of it's asso-
ciated organizations, because he firm
ly believed in its value as stimulus
to popular culture.
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1910-01-04
When Matches Were introduced.

The Atlas. a London newspaper.
published on Jan. 10. 1880. the follow
ing paragraph under the head OF ''In-
stantaneous Light" Among the diff
ferent methods invented for obtaining
light instantaneously ought certainly
to be recorded that Of Mr.. Walker.
chemist. Stockton He sup
plies the purchaser with prepared
matches. which are put into boxes. but
are not liable to change in the atmos-
phere. and also with q piece Of fine
glass paper folded in two. Even a
strong blow will not inhame the
matches. because OF the softness Of
the wood underneath. or does rubbing
upon wood or any common substance
produce any effect except that of spoil
ing the match. But when one is pinch
ed between the folds Of the glass pa
per and suddenly drawn out it is in
stantly infamed Mr.. Walker does
not make them for extensive sale. but
only to supply the small demand in
his own neiShborhood-"
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1910-01-04
CORPORAL Tanner and Lee.

From the Brooklyn Eagle.
We are glad to note that Corporal
James Tanner has put what-might-
havebeen-his-feet down on the agita-
ton against the decision Of the state
of Virginia to erect a statue of Gen.
Robert E. Lee in the national Capitol.
Corporal Tanner used to say in stump
speeches in Brooklyn, I'm a republi-
can from the crown of my head, as
far down as CO." We don't imagine
he has changed much. He's as loyal
to the old flag, and the Grand Army,
and the grand old party as ever. But,
unlike some of his fellow-veterans, he
is gifted with sense of humor, a
sense of historical perspective, or
some other saving sense that is worth
having. Thousands of British tories
bitterly protested against a statue of
oliver Cromwell, for many, many
years. That was to be expected Of
Englishmen. Americans ought to be
broader and more human in their
views of things. Robert E. Lee, con-
cededly a great soldier, and conceded
ly an upright man in all the relations
Of life, is dear to Virginia. If what
he believed to be patriotism was treas
on, and that was decided by the God
of Battles, he is still figure in his
tory, at once prominent, lovable and
impressive.