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Pressed His Suit Ardently.

He spent FIVE days in Washington. most
Of each being passed in the society OF
Miss E,lkins, and sailed away March 20.
after telling his friends that when he re-
turned every one would know the reason
for his coming.
The reports of the coming marriage had
gone so far as to arouse widespread dis
cussion of the social position that Miss
Elkins would hold if she went to Italy
as the bride of the duke. Discussions
of the marriage settlements were also
frequent and many cable dispatches came
from Rome discussing the various phases
Of the expected union. 1t was announced
at one time that the duke was on his
way to this country to claim his bride
and q few days later he had gone off on
a secret cruise, his destination being I'M
known.
One report went so far as to declare
that Miss Elkins had begun the purchase
of her bridal trosseau, and one Washing
ton correspondent gave full description
OF the wedding gown. In October Sena-
tor Elkins, when pressed for an ofhc1ai
statement, said:
"A majority of the rumors about my
daughters engagement, / believe, are
pure inventions. All kinds OF reports are
being manufactured. both in Europe and
America. Why, if / attempted to answer
all the telephone calls and kilograms
concerning the matter couldn't stand II.
Noted as a Horsewoman.
Miss Elkins is a true American girl
The hunting field and outdoor sports Of
all kinds engaged a great deal of her at
tention. Several times she contested for
honors at the Chevy Chase Clubs shows,
and many remember her brilliant exploits
with her own two mounts, Pendennis and
Cygnet, in the fall of 1905, and her final
carrying off of the trophy with Jack
Frost, which she rode for the West Ches-
ter Farms. Following the hounds. Miss
Elkins was the talk of the countryside
for her daring and her complete mastery
of difficult situations.
The Duke of the Abruzzi is a first cousin
Of the King of Italy. His father was the
late Duke Of Aosta, and his mother was
Letitia Bonaparte. His older brothers,
the Duke of Aosta and the Count of
Turin, and the sons of the former would
be the nearest to the throne of Italy
should death remove the present king or
his son, the little Prince of Piedmont.
Outside of his relationship to the reign
ing royal family of Italy, he has achieved
fame for himself as a traveller and an
arctic explorer He penetrated In 1900
TO a point farther north than the most
nOrtherly one reached by DR.. Nansen.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1910-08-08
True Rabies Is Rare.

"These poor creatures" said she, ARE
especially subject to acute indigestion.
While suffering from this disorder
they are especially liable to heat pros
tration. When they are afflicted with
heat prostration they are often be-
lieved to be suffering with rabies.
This is a mistaken idea. True rabies
is very rare disease. if it exists at
all.
my studies in psychology have con-
vinced me that all violent emotions
produce poison in the system. There
fore, it stands to reason that II poison
caused by the dog having become an
gered. How do dogs become angered?
BY being leased aud annoyed by hui
man beings. for one thing; but there
is a far more subtle manner in which
a dog can become angered. and that is
through the medium Of thought. II
you think bad thoughts. angry
the animal unconsciously assimilates
something of your emotions and 1t
may have very bad effect on the ami
NAL. The dog-muzzling order is not
only cruel, it Is unnecessary, and l am
going to try and interest the President
and others in my crusade against It,"
Miss Thomas, when asked what the
President could possibly do. said that
former President Roosevelt had ordered
all dogs to be muzzled two years ago,
and that If he had power to do that his
successor should have power to order
them to be left unmuzzled.
No one has signed Miss Thomas petit
ton as yet. but she is quite convinced
that it is going to be a monster" one.
All persons DESTROYS of furthering the
cause are cordially invited to affix their
signatures.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1910-08-08
Vanderbilt Horse Wins.

CAEN, France. August s.-W. X. Van
dsrbilt's La Hire won the prix viliecaen
here today, His Mssstdor III finished
second in the Grand st. Leger.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1910-08-08

that he intended to marry Miss Elkins
This however was not authoritative, ana
the duke continued to visit Miss Elklns
at every opportunity.
That the duke came to America in
March. 1905. for the purpose of paying
court to Miss Elkins is a matter of inter-
national social history. He landed In
Havana as plain Mr.. Sarto of Rome. went
to Miami and thence to Palm Beach,
where he passed ten days with the Elkins
family. AS Mr.. Sarto he came with Mrs.
Elkins and her daughter TO Washington,
where he Immediately took up his resi-
dence at the Italian embassy, and let 1t
be known that his mission was to WOO
and win the hand of Miss Elkins, with
whom he had fallen desperately in love
on his official visit to America the season
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1910-08-08
French Steamship in Distress.

SYDNEY, New South Wales. August g.
The French mail steamship Salazic is
reported In distress. thirty-two miles OF
Jarvis bay. port sighty-five miles from
Sydney. A steamer was today dispatched
tween Marseille and Australian ports.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1910-08-08
Search by Lanternlight.

AS the shades Of night began to fall
around Far Rockaway last night the
searchers after hidden treasure brought
out lanterns and food, and the quest
of the elusive diamonds was kept up.
Heads of families returning from trips
to the city were no sooner landed at the
station on the Long Island railroad than
the hack drivers asked them in matter-of-
fact tones If they wished to be driven to
the diamond mines"
BY the time the stars were shining i,
seemed as though everybody in Far Rock
away and the neighboring beach resorts
had hearkened to the call Of the diamond.
People came in trolley, by auto, by train
and on foot, and all other forms of di-
version and amusement were temporary
abandoned.
The search for the missing jewelry was
still on at midnight, and the back yard
of the Rockaway House looked as though
it had been visited by an earthquake.
Great mounds of sand and gaping hollows
greeted the sight, and people were down
on hands and knees tickling the surface
in a vain attempt to coax forth the miss
ing gems.
It was suggested that today every grain
of sand in the yard be sifted through a
fine sieve, in the hope that the jewelry
still hidden. valued at more than $500,
might thus be found.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1910-08-08
DIG FOR DIAMONDS ON
FAR R0CKAWAY BEACH
Hotel Guests Search Sand in
Back Yard for Brides
Missing Gems.

NEW YORK, August S-The summer
visitors at Far Rockaway were all gath
cred in one spot last night, in the rear
yard Of the Rockaway House, on South
Division avenue. Every man, woman and
child was armed with a spade, shovel.
pick-ax or spoon, and many carried
sleeves One and all were digging furiously
in the deep sands in the Enclosure, and
this process Of ma4ing holes and trenches
in the back yard was not interrupted
for a moment, even when somebody would
call out: 81 have it! Oh, pshaw! it's only
a shell, after ALL"
Earlier in the day a young married
woman. guest at the hotel. had en-
tered the Far Rockaway police station
hysterical and weeping, and had Informed
the lieutenant at the desk that her pocket.
book. containing $1.SOO worth of diamonds
and jewelry, had been stolen from hei
room. She was positive she had left 1t In
the top drawer of her bureau, and had
only left the house for a few minutes
When she returned and started to dress
for dinner the jewelry was gone. She did
not suspect any one. but
Found by Little Girl.
When the victim of the supposed rob-
berry reached the hotel again after her
journey 10 the ponce StatlOn she was met
by the mother of little girl who lives
in the rear of the Rockaway House. The
mother held out a pocketbook. and told
its owner that her daughter had STUN
bled on it while playing in the sand in
the rear yard. The newly welded young
woman was almost overcome with happi-
ness when she saw the pocketbook, and
eagerly opened it.
A quick glance served to show her that
one diamond ring and one cavalier were
still missing. Instantly the whole flock
of guests at the hotel assembled In the
back yard, and the hunt was on. Old
women and young women, the halt and
the lame, little children and stalwart
young men, took up the search.
1t was the first diamond mine ever
heard of in Far Rockaway, and interest
in the deposits OF precious stones which
it might contain was of the keenest.
At time when everybody's hair and
ears were full of sand, and people were
beginning to pant with their exertions,
somebody found diamond ring glisten-
ing in the sand. The hysterical young
woman, whose wedding present 1t was
rushed over and gave the finder hasty
hug, and then everybody went back to
work.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1910-08-08

Arguments of Miss Thomas in
Protesting Against Muz-
zling of Animals.

IL you have pet dog it would be we'll
TO think only sweet thoughts when near
the animal. If you permit yourself to
be peevish. petnlant or provoked while
within its sphere of influence certain SUBJ
tie thought waves emanating from
your "o'erheated brain" may reach the
dogs brain through the ether and there
cause certain mental disturbances which
may engender intense nervousness in the
canine, thereby setting up refiexes which
may possibly establish condition close
~ approximating what is popularity and
mistakenly known as rabies, or words to
that general effect
All this information and much more
may be CLEANED from Miss Anna Thorn
as. who says she is q graduate in eX-
perlmental and mental psychology, and
who is out to interest President Taft in
q crusade against the dog-muzzling or
der which has just been promulgated
by the District Commissioners Miss
Thomas has a petition on file at the Of
flee Of the Washington Humane Society
waiting for some one to sign it. She
also has theories. These latter she ex-
pounded at length this morning to a
Star reporter.
Miss Thomas is especially interested
in stout apoplectic dogs, to use her own
words.
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1910-04-16

OF late q great deal has been said
about the unsanitary condition Of our
city. Yet the autoist continues to
throw dust in the air. We cry for tu-
berculine tests, but no active measures
are taken to prevent tuberculosis. We
still eat dust daily and no measure IS
taksn to sprinkle our streets or other
wise settle the dust. have travelled
through many cities and have never
yet seen anything to equal the clouds
Of dust in the city Of Richmond. Even
In our homes there is no refuge from
the dust. In warm weather we must
keep our windows open and the auto
scorchsr fills our homes with dust and
our hearts with misery.
Besides the annoyance he gives US
from dust, he together with the small
boy on roller skates or bicycle -endan-
gers the lives Of pedestrians. 10 there
NO protection for the old. the sick and
the afflicted, or for the innocent child
- he hurries to and from school?
Lat 10 take some measure for self
protection. Let . sanitary commit
tee be appointed whose duty*it is to
look into these things and report to
the city officers. In case they do not
act let 10 40 citizens who, desire the
welfare Of our city, refuse to support
them a& the coming election. Let
this committee visit every dwelling and
report. regardless Of person or pres.
tigs or power.
AN OLD CITIZEN.
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Items Gathered in
From Far and Near
The Useful Consular Reports.
From the Springfield Republican.

From the Springfield Republican.
The daily press OF the land mourns
tho loss OF an esteemed contemporary
In the demise Of the Daily Consular
and Trade Reports. which has issued
from the Department OF Commerce
and Labor for several years. In its
place will appear weekly publica-
ton. We hope this change does not
forhode the suspension Of the publica-
ton Of these reports entirely. as has
been urged by some mistaken advo-
Gates Of economy. The reports have
served . valuable purpose, and no
doubt AZ our consular service i'm
proves they can be made still more
obstructive and useful. From our own
experience and from careful reading
OF exchanges from all parts Of the
country. we can affirm that the consul
lar reports receive constant and faith
ful attention in newspaper offices, and
the Information they purvey 10 repro.
duccd far and wide. Inexpensively
Cotton up. they are worth their cost q
good many times over. and we hope
they win continue.
These reports form q convenient
medium Of bringing to the public much
useful information concerning laws,
inventions and institutions in foreign
lands and particularly Of acquainting
manufacturers and merchants with
trade opportunities abroad that may
lead to inestimable advantage and
profit to Americana. We can under.
stand that certain concerns that have
private avenues to such information
might be very glad to have it with.
held from the knowledge OF competit-
orr. Quite often the clamorous pro-
test against waste Of public funds has
some such selfish purpose back OF it.
We are induced to speak Of this mat
ter Of the consular reports because
there have been frequent signs that
their issuance In the form mentioned
has met with opposition, similar to
that which has succeeded already in
shutting Off the sending out Of matter
intended to stimulate the conservation
movement and the forestry cause es-
pecially. A curtailing OF printed mat
ter issued from time to time by the
bureau Of statistics and bureau OF CEN
sus also seems TO have ben undertak-
Son. The reduction Of governmental
expenditures Is Z very good thing. but
Il seems 70 AZ that great deal Of mat
kor now issued from the government
pgiqting office and sent out under
erQk might - dispensed with more
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1910-04-16
REHEARSAL IS HELD.
BY Messiah Chorus at Murray
to Test Acoustic Prop
critics of Hall.
RESULT VERY PLEASING

Rehearsals for the Messiah concert
to be given Wednesday. April 27th.
have been held in the Murray theater
in order to test the acoustic proper.
ties Of the auditorium. Director Chase
expresses himself as exceedingly
pleased with the result. The chorus
seems to be OF exactly the right size
for the hall and the work Of the
chorus was most satisfactory. Word
has been received from the soloists
that they will be here for the morn.
Ing rehearsal with the chorus.
Some anxiety has been felt because
Clarence Adler. the solo pianist for
the concerts. had suffered seriously
from the grippe. but he Ia completely
recovered and his recital in the after.
noon, assisted by Mr.. Louis F. Bur-
nett, basso cantante. 10 being looked
forward to by ill local musicians with
great interest. The canvass for the
sale Of seats continues to progress
satisfactorily. and it Is predicted that
by the time the plat opens at the
Starr Piano ware rooms next Thurs
day afternoon. at o'cock large part
OF the house win have been sold.
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1910-04-16
HER GRAFT FAILED.
Austrian Woman Tried to Get
German Money by Expos
ing a "Traitor."
A HIGH OFFICIAL NAMED

Especial Cable from the International
News Service.l
Berlin, April 16.-During . visit to
Monte Carlo, Baron Won Masseubech,
a lieutenant in the German Reserve.
made the acquaintance Of mas
seuse." Josephine Bendel, . Austrian
by birth. One day, In the course Of
conversation. she mentioned to him
that she knew . gentleman In high
military position in Prussia who was
reasonably exploiting his opportun-
tiles in the interests Of France. The
Baron was naturally interested by this
communication, and diligently follow
ed it up. Finally Fraulein Bendel
agreed to be put on oath. and solemn.
~ swore that she could. aud II suf-
ficiently pecuniary inducement were
held out to her would supply the name
and address Of the traitor. together
with q photograph Of the fortress,
plans OF which he had sold to the war
office in Paris for $500. 900. She add
ed a number of corroborative details
which need not be repeated here.
Baron Massanbach transmitted
what he had heard to Berlin. The 70
suit was, that the ftrst time Bendel
was 50 imprudent a. to cross the Ger
man frontier she found herself in the
hands of the police. She did not re-
cant her strange story. however. but.
on the contrary. made It all the more
astounding by asserting that the treas
enable individual was none other than
the chief Of the Emperor's Military
Cabinet, General Baron Won Lyncker.
Confronted with the general she at
once admitted that she had made .
mistake to identity, but nevertheless
stuck to it. that what she had said
was otherwise correct The police In
vestigation. however, produced the
impression that the whole story was q
conventional proceeding. and the au-
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1910-04-16
Heart to Heart
Talks.
Copy. Wht. 1908, BY Edwin A. Nye
AT EvEhTIDE.
By EDWIN A. NYE

AT EvENIIDE.
The day u done.
The shades Of night have fallen,
cloaking the garish lights and the tur-
moils OF the day. The tired body =
relaxed and the mind is freed
It Is Z time for reverie and for medi-
tation.
Looking backward on the paths BY
which YOU came-paths you never
shall tread acain-what has been the
history OF the day?
Where have your thoughts Travelled
when they have wandered in the inter-
walls Of your daily task7
Thoughts are things" What you
think each day determines what you
are. by some mysterious fashionins
your thoughts body forth what you
are to be-
Today have your thoughts taken you
up or down? Have you dragged your
mind through sewers OF foulness,
slime pits Of evil, or has it been dxed
on whatsoever thiugs-,are true and
honest and lovely and Of good reporti
And. moreover. what thoughts OF
yours have you contributed to the
worlds great treasure house?
You say you are but humble body
and your thoughts may not be written
down for the world to read and bene'
1T?
But think q moment! Have you this
day put a single one Of your clean
gracious, uplifting suggestions into
somebody's mind?
The power Of suggestion is tremen
dous. A good or evil thought vel
planted in the heart Of your friend Il
mental dynamite. And IL that sug
gestion goes from the heart Of your
friend to the heart of his friend, whe
knows the end Of it and the influence
Of It?
What have you done today?
Have you lodged some duty or lollet
slothfully. loafer-like, through precious
hours? Have you passed by some op
good deed?
Or maybe you have manfully work
ed at some uncongenial task. 70,
have revived the dropping soul Of som,
man or woman or child by some wore
of kindness. some deed of mercy. 70,
have put your shoulder under som'
brothers load and lifted.
II so. .at eventide 1t shall be light
Retrospect is good for us. It Is tn,
only means by which we may measurt
progress or retreat He who, ashamed
OF his record, is afraid to look back
ward will never get onward.
The day is done
What has been its history1
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1910-04-16
The Bucket shop.

Inc 6uCNob ouOPs
From the Dayton News.
These be evil days for the bucket
shops. The United States Government
has finally decided that the country
can get along very we'll without them
and nearly all Of the states have put
. ban upon them, and they are no
longer welcome in even the most wide
open city. They are. therefore. being
softly and silently tucked away in the
grave in which slumber the lotteries
that prospered in the good days gone.
or all Of the forms Of gambling that
were ever invented. the bucket shop
was the most insidious, because it
was supposed to be the most respecta-
bic. It was the most hazardous and
the most subtle, and 1t caused the
downfall Of more men than all other
forms OF gambling combined. Com
pared with the bucket shop, faro Is a
child's pastime, and poker a game for
old women.
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1910-04-16
Near ut Hand.

-
A clergyman startled his congrega-
ION by informing them that it was his
Intention In few days time to Sc. on
a mission to the heather. At the close
Of the service many prominent men,
bers crowded about him and expressed
establishment at this unexpected turn
in his affairs and begged to know when
he was going, where he was going and
what they were going to do while he
was gone.
my good friends" said he, ITO go on
q mission to the heather win not neces-
state my Tearing town. Ask your
selves whether that Is not the case"
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1910-04-16
COURTESY SLIPS

The indianapolis Commercial Club has the right idsa
printer slips OF printed
employees advising them
to the treatment Of visitors to the city
indianapolis farther and drb
Of Indianapolis
these modern days not holes wan
drawbr o
the pliers On the
conservatism and sefishnes
only sending engraved Invitations but per
had the
therefore treatment OF
be
the lookout for the from outside the city limits
patient with the
irons d wants to know!
Every year Richmond
Richmond what donswhat We are
This the OBJ
ject has paid.
follow
II he does not he is not up TO the standard
mode
The follow used in this matter simply matter O.
poen kindly
feeling
"vhere is ain
popular rate
where is the post officer"
You questions you
making
you places competitor tel
into store from out OF town and
cannot exactly Rich
mond
In Richmond the who
o
way you will
and will therefore feel that you are good man
things the far have displayed
your he will act
the the police and
the criticism but
courteous the best OF their ab
all The temptation in the
tired the patience OF an
short
The short, sharp trade and prosperity
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Reserved.
JOEL saw you ae the opera With
Miss hyperion last night Shess Ger.
tainly . beauty. but entirely too 10
served for me.
Fred-You just bet she T. saw her
father this morning and reserved her
especially for myself.
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1910-04-16

Ger Elberfeld and Fessler. too.
The blooms that statesmanship ma,
lurl,
The banners soldiers may unfurl,
Are now uumoted while We hear
The general cheer for ..McAleer.''
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1910-04-16
Familiar seanss.

Yes; I'm just back from Europe"
reminded you Of homef"
'.Oh, yes! In Venice everything was
flooded, and in Pompeii the streets
were all dug up."-kansas City Jour
nal.
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1910-04-16
Secrets Of stenoeraphers,

From the Indianapolis News.
One shudders to think what bust
ness secrets may be in the possession
Of the stenographers of the land. II
they could. or would speak we fear
that there would be seismic disturb
ances Of more than local importance.
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1910-04-16

are. And by the way, did you ever mo-
tice man who was fixing himself up
to have his photograph taken?"
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1910-04-16

There is no cough medicine so popu-
lar as Foley's Honey and Tar. 1t new
or fails to cure coughs, colds, Group
and bronchitis. Sold by all druggists.
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1910-04-16
MASONIC CALENDAR.

Saturday. April l6.-LOyal Chapter.
No. -. O. e. s.. Stated Meeting.
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advantageously than these reports.
For the consular and trade reports. es-
pecially, we would speak good word.