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and popularity, and who appears in this
case In the role Of matchmaker, II Is
not surprising that the gentle Marcia
capitulated 70 such a combination.
WEEDS Washington Heiress.
John P. Van Ness was elected to the
Sixth Congress in 1900, at the age OF
thirty. and In 1sO2 he married Marcia.
aged twenty-five, and obtained immediate
control Of her fortune. There was a rumor
that his father, Judge Peter Van Ness,
Revolutionary officer. IN the pride of
his Knickerbocker race. opposed his sons
marriage with the Washington heiress
upon the score Of her humble birth; but
VIC may infer from the outcome that gold
was no lees potent then than now in
Quie1ing aristocrauc scruples-
William p. Van Ness. brother Of the
Congressman, was Burr's second in the
duel with Hamilton. and afterward Sc
creted Burr In the Van Ness family home
/ Of ''Kinderhook," where later Washing
ton Irving lived and wrote. and which
later stiu became the residence of Martin
/ Van Buren,.
] 4
/ from the date OF his marriage. entered
upon a "hlgh-fying' career at Washing
/ ton which was not altogether pleasing 70
his New York constituents; and when he
accepted the position Of major or gen
eraI" OF the District Militia. their discon-
tent found expression in a constitution
az protest, which eliminated in Van
/ Ness expulsion from Congress in Janu-
airy, 1903.
Building Still Stands,
After this he devoted himself TO the gay
life OF the capital and the management OF
gentle Marcia's property. For q few years
they lived IN the old Burns cottage which
Marcia loved. Then her husband built for
her two-story brick dwelling near the
site OF the present post-oftice, corner oil
Twelfth and D streets. which may still be
deserted by the curious, dingy gray
structure. wedged in between a saloon
and a fire engine house. and serving as q
bicycle repair shop.
Then as the value OF Washington lots
advanced. and money flowed freely into
the Van Ness Golfers. Gen. Van Ness-a'
he was popularity called-erected quite
near the old cottage a fine new resi-
dence which so far surpassed the othei
4 private dwellings Of the Federal City and
OF the entire country az that time, thai
it was always called. UP 10 the date OF us
demolition in 1908, the ivan Ness Man
sion" Il was built OF brick with succeed
exterior. and the estimated cost wa;
$4,000.
The north portico was modelled on thai
Of the White House. having the same
number OF pillars; and It was the only
house in Washington. except the Presi
dents. with a porte cochere. There was
also a colounaded portico on the souti
front facing the river, and conserva
tory. which looked out over an immens'
fruit orchard filled with apple, pear
peach. apricot. cherry. and fix trees. Tw,
stone lodges guarded the front entranc'
to the wide driveway girded with gian
elms and aspens.
Home n Delightful one.
In the English basement were located
the spacious kitchen with its old DUtcl
oven. the servant rooms. storerooms. ant
deep. cool wine vaults famed no less fo
their size than for the rare quality O
their contents. On the second floor wer
the handsome parlors. dining-room. II
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and the sensation he created mCdestly.
for he was retiring man who never
Courted attention. Had he been OF
different type he could have been carried
aloft on the shoulders OF his admiring
countrymeu. for his discovery Of the
satellites was a great cause Of rejoic-
ing, even among those who hardly real
lied its importance and the friends OF
the observatory wee glad that It had
finally accomplished something that in
vited widespread attention.
Life story of Romance.
Prof. Newcomb has been lately among
Us and memory Of him Is stu IN
blurred by time. His was a rugged
and picturesque figure and his life story
was romauc and full Of human interest
from the time he set out as a lad TO win
his fortunes until death claimed him
II is no credit 10 his countrymen that he
was more widely known and more greatly
honored in Europe than in America. The
writer remembers an incident which hap
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little chapel. where she spent hours in
religious meditation and prayer. She had
ever been active in both public and pri-
vate charities, having founded in 1915 the
Washington City Orphan Asylum and
after the loss Of her only child she spent
much time in seeking out and gathering
into this asylum the homeless little waits
Of the District. She endowed the orphan
asylum with $4,000 worth OF realty, left
1t 1000 in her will, and labored with Con
grrss for a further endowment Of $4,000
Her portrait-the delicate spiritual face
framed IN a quaint lace bonnet-painted
with a group OF orphans beside her, may
still be seen on the parlor wall Of the
present Washington City Orphan Asylum.
Mrs. Van Ness survived her daughter
but ten years, dying in 1872. and was the
first and only woman in the United States
ever honored with a public funeral Her
husband was mayor OF Washington at
the time, and It may have been partly
in compliment TO him. but chiefly we
may believe as a tribute TO her own
worth A silver plate, the gift OF the cit-
zens, was placed on her casket, com
memOrating her many virtues and the
clty's bereavement IN her loss. The chill
dren from the orphan asylum walked be-
side her bier, a mournlIl Uttle procession,
and strewed weeping-willow branches
round the grand mausoleum which Gen.
Van Ness had built for the family vault
some years previous al a cost Of $4,000.
Removed to Oak Hin.
This mausoIeum. which was pronounced
by architectural critics "one OF the few
strictly monumental tombs Of the coun-
try" was modelled after the circular TEN
PIE Of Vesta at Rome. was located IN H
street between Ninth and Tenth, and
within it's chaste shadows. some fourteen
years after the gentle Marcia. were laid
/ the mortal remains OF the general himself
The mausoIeum remained in II street
until 1872. when the advancing march OF
/ the city caused II 20 be removed 10 OAK
Hn Cemetery in Georgetown. The square
/ on which it stood was sold for $4,000. and
/ the proceeds went 10 the heirs OF Arthur
/ Middleton.
/ Cen Van Ness death occurred in 1856
/ after-according 20 one biographer-''h'
had received every honor within the elf
Of the citizens Of Washington whicl
/ somewhat exaggerated eulogy beinl
/ translated into historic fact, means tina
! he was general Of militia for the District
mayor OF the city, and president Of th'
/ First Metropolitan Bank.
] There being no direct issue the Var
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Scientists Hope to Accom-
pIiSh Greater Things I'm
der New Conditions and
New Regime-AStrOnO-
merS Pleased With the
Proposed Change.
By CHARLOTTE VI. CONGER.

Before the end of the present Congress
the project. long in view Of removing the
Naval Observatory from military control
and placing 1t in charge of civilian sci
ertists will probably be brought TO a sue
cessful conclusion by the enactment OF
the measure embodying this plan which
IS now pending The President himself
advocates this change, and his opinion
that this great scientific institution would
be raised 10 n higher plane and achieve
greater usefulness under different dlrec-
ton Is borne out by all the noted aStron-
omers in this country.
The late Prof. NewcOmb was warmly
in favor OF a change in the Observatory
government and. in fact. worked for it in
the latter days OF his life. for he could
see no great future for the Observatory
If it remained in charge Of the Navy De-
partment, and he was not the only pro
lessor of mathematics who hoped and
worked for a new system there. Nearly
all Of the professors who have served at
various times on the Observatory staff
have been Of the same opinion. and pre-
vious experience has demonstrated the
unwisdom of placing a purely scientific
bureau under a military department The
Weather Bureau, for instance, was once
married TO the Signal Service. a branch
OF the War Department, and II was not
until it was divorced from this connection
that II began 10 take the rank II now en-
Joys among the scientific Institutions Of
the world
History OF Observatory.
In view OF the proposed change in It's
management a slight history Of the foun-
dalton Of the Observatory and Of its de-
velopment will, il is hoped, be Of interest.
The demand for a meridian was the
seed from which the Observatory grew.
but years before the astronomer Lambert
had presented his memorial TO Congress
setting forth the necessity OF establishing
a first meridian at Washington, President
Washington had included an observatory
in his plan for a great national univer-
sity. Lambert petitloned Congress in 1910.
Some eleven years later that body au-
thorized the establishment Of such a meri-
dian and appointed him 10 make obser-
vations and determine the longitude from
Greenwich. From this time on the idea
OF a national observatory seems to have
been in the minds Of most OF the states
men and savants OF the day. Congress,
however. is, happily or unhappily not
made up OF statesmen and savants Prac-
that body. and it was years before an
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Ing plaintively for some one who never
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1910-10-09

the state. The chief topic to be con-
sidered II THE Child" and the re-
ports Of the child labor and education
committees are being anticipated with
special interest. Mrs. Virgil H. Lock
wood. OF Indianapolis. II chairman OF
the former and Miss George Mitchus-
son. Of Bedford. 10 chairman Of the
latter committee.
Mrs. Elizabeth C. Earl. Of Corners
vile. IL chairman Of the program COM
mittee and among the speakers OBJ
tanned are Henry Turner Bailey. OF
Boston. art and literature critic: Ora
ham r. Taylor. Of the Chicago Com.
mons settlement: Prof Calvin N. Ken.
dali. superintendent Of the Indianapo
lis public schools and the Rev. F. s. C.
Wicks, of All Souls church OF In
dianapolis. The general officers OF
the federation, besides Mrs. Clarke
are: Vice presidents, Mrs. Virginia C
Meredith. Of Cambridge City and Mrs
Frank L. Saylor. Of Indianapolis; re
cording secretary. Mrs. j. Frank Meek
er. Of Crown Point; corresponding
secretary. Miss Vida Newson. of Co
lumbus; treasurer, Mrs. Craigie GunI
Mitchell. Of Bedford; auditor, Mrs
Eva B. Rohbock. of Wabash.
Mrs. o. p. Kinsey. OF Valparaiso
first president of the Indiana FEEDER
alton. will give brief account OF the
biennial meeting held in Cincinnati. IL
May. Mrs. Kinsey is well known, no
| only in Indiana, but to club womer
generally In this country. There will
be two guests from outside the stats
/ at the Richmond convention. One II
Mrs. James A. Leech, president of thu
Kentucky Federation. an ardent sui
fragist.. With Mrs. Desha Brecken
ridge she worked increasingly durin,
the session of the last legislature t,
obtain the passage of the school sufi
rage bill, which failed by only fiv'
votes. The club women are alread.
at work obtaining pledges from candi
dates for the next general assembly
Kentucky women are keenly alive t
the educational needs Of their stat
and have established schools in tn
mountain districts, raising thousand
of dollars for this work. The othe
guest will be Mrs. Addison F. Broom
hall. president of the Ohio Federation
who made many friends during tn
sessions of the biennial by her col
diality, her readiness as a speaker an
her tireless efforts for the comfort Q
Ohio's guests.-Indianapolis News.
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The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1910-10-09
NOTICED BALD SPOT
COMING ON HEAD
Interesting Storyof Consultations
0ermatologist and Successful Use
Of Cuticura. Also Case Of Severe
Ivy Poisoning, Relief Of Which by
Cuticura was Permanent.

"NiMe years ago noticed Q bald spot
coming on my head and, a. was only
nineteen years old, Il did not seem
patuPal. @ u vas on the side of my
head instead q o0 top. NY mother
edyised my secing . dermatoiogist and
I did 90. ono q tho best In Boston, and
= ed e VS. e. due S, 70 : sfHsm IN ., %n:s
ossure Q cure, but by treating each hair
separately BY electricity, no said. the
hair might come out white Or gray, u
u came out at oil. He propoeed giving
mo treatment every month for six
month"; at ten dollav . treatment.
Wheo I told my mother che adviscd
using CuticurA and this did. using
Cuticura Soap and Ointment every day.
In two months my hair commenced 10
grow. and In six months one would
never have known there had been any
trouble. the hair coming out being black.
the exact. shade a nay own. have
! can't cay hall enough for Cuticura.
Another member d our family was
terribly poisoned By poison. Ivy and
every summee Tor SIX yeasp the bliaters
came, bursting and ccyeine reat suffer:
~ tho brst rhysIcisns. but With no
rood result. Finally ne tried Cuticura
md obtained relief b q very ehort time
which was permanent. She has newer
had any trouble since. % Cuticura b
Invaluable TO w. you -. q. J. Browne,
! Remington ST.. Dorchester. Mas. Jan.
This letter 10 bot one q hundreds giv-
tnR proof q che success ~ the CQticura
Remedies N Sr~atlng The ekln and scalp.
Fesser Drug Chen. Corp. So Props. eessss
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LOSES POPULARITY
New York Jurist's Opinion Is
That Nevada Divorces
win Not Hold.
A HABEAS CORPUS DECREE

New York. Oct. S.-Declaring = Re-
no divorce not binding In this state.
Supreme Court Justice Whitney dis
missed writ Of habeas corpus obtain
ed by Mrs. Marion Briggs Catlin to
compel her husband, George l. Catlin
to return her two children, girl. nine
and boy. four years old.
Catlin Is member of the Seventh
regiment and is known as an amateur
athlete. The couple were married In
Jersey City in 1900. when Miss Briggs
was seventeen years old.
Shortly after the second baby was
born. SO the testimony goes. Catlin
disappeared. Mrs. Catlin went tc
Reno and In July obtained . divorce
on the basis of desertion and nonsup
port.
Justice Whitney declared the Ne
vada divorce obtained by Mrs. Catlir
is not legal divorce In this state.
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the most successful summer seasons
in his career.
= = =
CONCERNING DANCER.
PavIowa, the celebrated Russian
dancer win appear in this city FRI
day evening. October twenty-eighth.
At the Gennett theater. The follow.
ing concerning her is Of interest
Nine. Anna Pavlowa and NJ. Michael
Mordhn have brought their triumph
ant London season to close. Last
Saturday saw the finale Of their reign
as the sensation OF London, but SO
great was the vogue of the two fam.
GUS Russian dancers that special mat,
inees were provided for several days
to accommodate early applicants fol-
tickets who had waited in vain fol
many weeks. Throughout their sea
son the crush to see Pavlowa and
Mordkin has been so great that the
Palace theater has been sold out Ave
and six weeks in advance. Nine
Pavlowa arranged for q brief rest II
Russia before coming to America fol
her approaching tour.
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rHIsrLEs AND DANDRUFF.
An Interesting Parallel and . vaIuabl
Deduction Therefrom.

Cutting down thistles no more re-
lieves the land of thistles than does
securing the scalp cure dandruff. In
each case permanent relief can only
come from eradicating permanently
the cause. A germ that plows up the
scalp in searching for the hair root,
where it saps the vitality. causes dan
druff, falling hair. and badness. II
you kill that germ. you'll have no dan.
druff, but luxuriapt suit OF hair. New.
bros Herpicide is the only hair prep
aration in the world that cures dan.
druff and falling hair by killing the
germ. Destroy the cause, you re
move the effect" Sold by leading
druggists. Send 10c in stamps for
sample to The Herpicide Co., Detroit
Mich. One dollar bottles guaranteed
A. G. Luken & Co.. Special agents.
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A Tragedy.

"Deceiver." she Missed. II hate your
Hate me.' gasped her af1anccd.
why. it was only yesterday you said
you loved every hair on my head"
Yes. but not every hair on your
shoulder" she retorted 10 she held up
bit Of golden evidence.
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magnitude OF the Richmond F1N Fes-
Oval. the spirit displayed by the mer-
chants and the manner In which the
whole affair was handled. With such
4 spirit Of optimism and by such push
and business HUSTLE" said one visitor.
Richmond win always make steady
and substantial gains In the business
world"
Pete Trone OF Indianapolis was with
the festival visitors. Pete Is very pop
ular with the members OF Post G.
Walter Rossiter came In Thursday
night to take In the fall festival and
look the fat pigs over. He was SO
anxious to get into Richmond that he
got off the interurban car at Asylum
avenue. Before he realized his mis-
take the car had left him and rather
than wait for a city car he footed it
into town.
Marion Shreeve's boss came over
to Richmond with the Commercial
SluO Vi 4uut0u0ROlA IL 4OOh ouOlty
over and investigate the little fellows
conduct. He appeared to be tickled to
death with the manner shorty" hand.
les the trade for Kuhn & Co. and
promised to let him work for another
brief spell.
Mr.. and Mrs. e. D. Finley Of Chicago
are In the city visiting relatives and
friends and incidentally participated
/! In the affairs of the fall festival. Mr.
| Finley acted as one Of the judges In
both the centennial and industrial pa
| rades and also found time to march
with the T. p. A. boys in the parade
Yes Beasley of Terre Haute. mem
Der of state board OF directors, is SUI
fering from tonsilitis.
| Mr.. SCHULZ of Schuull & Co.. and
Mr.. Kuhn OF August NJ Kuhn Co.
were with the Indianapolis crowd anc
visited the T. p. A. rooms.
! Henry Loehr, member of Post G
died Thursday at his home on Soutl
Seventh street after brief illness
i Mr.. Loehr has been a member of Pos
!; c for some time and his sudden dealt
is greatly regretted by Post c mem
bers. A committee representing tn
post, consisting Of John B. Heggar, l
E. Turner. William Morris and w. l
ThornbWg will attend the funers
which, will be held at the residenc
this afternoon at two o'clock
1t seems Hasty Is responsible fo
the bad conduct of the weather durin
! the past week. Marcus Is tru
weather forester and last Sunday pr,
dicted a week of excellent weathe
; From past records every one Of Ma
cus's representations turned out I
be exactly the opposite. hence tn
, rain. Every day of the week he pr
: dicted nice days to follow until final
} Thursday he saw he was making
bad guess SO Thursday night he 70
: casted q bad rainy day for Frida
True to his record Friday was a fin
: day. Now he Is claiming the glory X
: such beautiful ending Of q week ,
: such bad weather
> G. A. SCHULZ of indianapolis. pres
: dent Of SCHULZ & Co, one Of the lea
8 ing wholesale grocers of Indiana sig
r ed T. p. A. application Friday an
, became member Of Post G. He Wi
]. much enthused with the local T. P. j
Samuel Van Camp OF Van Cam
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Water bills due Oct. 1.
T. F.. A
Notes
BY T. C.. n.
Attention.. p. AS
October goth is an important day.
Plenty of lunch.
Some one gets q diamond ring.
Some one gets gold watch.

The committee having the diamond
ring-watch contest in charge, requests
all books be turned in to Secretary
Hasty, not later than Saturday. Oct.
%. Everything must be in readiness
by Oct. 20.
A large percentage of those form
ing the delegation from the CONNER
cial club of Indianapolis are members
of the T. p. A. and quite few visited
the club rooms. Mr.. Chas. Patton,
one of the committee having the In
dianapolis delegation In charge was
one Of the original organizers Of the
local post, being at one time q resi-
dent of Richmond. Every man of the
visiting club expressed themselves as
being astonished and surprised at the
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IS IN PENNSYLVANIA.

Giuseppe Creatore. the celebrated
band master. Is at present sojourn.
ing on his farm in Huntsville. Penn
sylvania. He recently closed one of
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. >~>> . Q . . . . ~>>>> Q
. POST CARD COUPON .
. Clip this Coupon and bring it to .
. one OF the Quigley Drug Stores .
. with 10 cents and receive one set .
. Of 25 colored view Post Cards OF .
. Richmond. BY mail 3 cents ex. .
. ira for postage. Q
q 90 . q = . q . q q Q . Q
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RUSSIAN DANCER.

Antonio Sawyer, the New York
musical manager. has during the past
week, booked Thamara de Swirsky,
the Russian dancer. for a tour of
twenty performances on the Pacific
coast. The Arst appearance will be
made at San Francisco on November
8, and three weeks from that date the
tour will close at Salt Lake City. An
orchestra will, of course, assist the
Russian dancer in her programs Of
classic dances.-Musical Courier
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LIST cELEeRAriNN.

There il a movement on foot in Ger
many for a general musical List fes-
tival next year, the centennial of his
birth. Berlin il leading.
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A1oTHE CHURCHES.
There will be special music today
at the various church services. The
public il most cordially invited to at
tend.
A NEW ORGANISE.
Mrs. Edward Alcorn is a recent ad-
dition to the ranks of Columbus organ
lists.
COMPLETED OPERA.
Christian Sinding, the Norwegian
composer, has completed an opera
opera. THE Holy Mountain" text by
the renowned authoress, Dora Dun
ker.
ABOUT CINCINNATI.
Cincinnatians are thoroughly alive
to the exceptional opportunity offered
by the Cincinnati Conservatory Of
Music in presenting the entire series
Of Beethoven duo sonatas during the
present season. The distinguished
artists who will give this series. The
odore Bohlmann, pianist; Bernard
Sturm. violinist, and Julius Sturm,
cellist, speak for themselves and need
no Introduction to Cincinnati audi
ences. Modern methods of giving
scientific training to the child 10 be-
ing exploited at the Cincinnati Con-
servatory of Music in a children's
class just organized, under the super
vision of Margaret Place. The eye.
the ear and the hand are called upon
and the child's entire resources are
brought into play in this fundamental
training. which embraces ear training
rhythm and the study of folk songs
in connection with chorus work
Louis Schwbel of the Cincinnati Con.
servatory of Music, will give piano
recital at the Conservatory concert
hall on Monday evening. October "a
Musical Courier.
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G. A. Schuull of indianapolis. presi-
dent Of SCHULZ & Co.. one Of the lead
ing wholesale grocers Of Indiana sign
ed T. p. A. application Friday and
became q member Of Post G.. He was
much enthused with the local T. p. A.
Samuel Van Camp Of Van Camp
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Walter Rossiter came In Thursday
night to take In the fall festival and
look the fat pigs over. He was SO
anxious to get into Richmond that he
got off the interurban car at Asylum
avenue. Before he realized his mis-
take the car had left him and rather
than wait for city car he footed 1t
into town.
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1910-10-09

Pete Trone Of Indianapolis was with
the festival visitors. Pete Is very pop
ular with the members Of Post C.
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Marion Shreeve's boss" came over
to Richmond with the Commercial
club OF Indianapolis to look shorty
over and investigate the little fellows
conduct. He appeared to be tickled to
death with the manner shorty" hand.
les the trade for Kuhn & Co. and
promised to let him work for another
brief spell.