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The Saint Paul globe., 1904-10-20
IDENTITY OF MURDERED
MAN is UNCERTAIN
Whoever He Was, He Was Sent West
on Business by Rhode Island Man

WOONsOCKET, r. l., Oct. ia
telegram received by the police from
Chief of Police Tagley, of Mentor,
Mimi. indicates that man in whose
pocket was found a card bearing the
name of Albert Desorviers, of 8 Cum
berland street, Woonsocket, had been
murdered at Mentor. Albert Desor-
Viers was found alive and we'll, but he
said the dead man was either Thomas
Fontaine or Joseph Gillette, whom he
had sent west early last summer on
business.
The Saint Paul globe., 1904-10-20
What Courts Cost

Special to The Globe
WASHINGTON. D. c.. Oct. 19.-It
cost the government $95.4S7 to run the
United States courts in Minnesota and
pay the incidental expenses, Including
witness and jury fees, etc, and ex-
Guiding the salaries of judges, last
year. according to the report of the
auditor for the state and other de-
partments. made public today. The
expenditures on this account in North
Dakota were $5S,161 and in South Da-
lcots S8es212
The Saint Paul globe., 1904-10-20

BIG PINEY, wyo.. Oct. 1s.-Ranch-
ers arriving here from the vicinity OF
Grays river report a pitched battle
between the sheep and cattle forces be-
tween the river and, Piuey creek In
which 700 sheep, the property OF the
Butterfield outfit were driven over
cliff and killed.
The Saint Paul globe., 1904-10-20
Bennett Will Build

WASHINGTON, d. c., Oct. 19.-The
contract for the construction of the
government buildings for the Lewis
and Clark centennial exposition at
Portland, Or, has been awarded to
]. E. Bennett, of Portland, at $225,6S2.
The Saint Paul globe., 1904-10-20
Northern Pacific Dividends

NEW YORK. Oct. 1s.-The directors of
the Northern Pacific today declared a
regular dividend OF l1s per cent anq IL! ~
PAYABLE Nov. l.
The Saint Paul globe., 1904-10-20
Mormon Is Arrested

EVANSTON, Wyo., Oct 1s-WiI-
liam H. Kensington, leading Mormon
and United States commissioner at
Alton, a Mormon settlement in Uinta
The Saint Paul globe., 1904-10-20
New Haven Election

NEW HAVEN. Conn, Oct. 19;-The
directors of the New York New Haven
& Hartford were reelected today at the
meeting of the stockholders.
The Saint Paul globe., 1904-10-20
MUST HANG FOR
SHOOTING CONSTABLE
End of Young Man Who Lived on
Thefts From Hotels Is in Sight
SneciaI to The GIohe

Special to The Globe
SAULT STE. MARIE, Mich. Oct. 10.
Joseph Charlatran, who shot Provin-
cial Constable William Irving, of the
Canadian 500, through the heart June
II while under arrest, was found gull
ty today and will be hanged Dec. II.
The murderer's parents live at Seattle.
He is a native of Montreal, twenty
four years old and made living steal
ing from hotels.
The Saint Paul globe., 1904-10-20
Death From Coal Oil

HARRINGTON, Neb.. Oct. 19.-
Three persons are dead as a result of
a fire in F. w. Barnhart's home. The
dead. 80. ;, 49,
The Saint Paul globe., 1904-10-20
DORIS BARNHART,s aged two.
HAZEL BARNHART. aged three.
MISS BERTHA F'ELBER,
Sheep Suffer Most

Miss Felber threw coal oil in the
kitchen stove and caused an explosion.
The Saint Paul globe., 1904-10-20
HERE IS THE LIST OF PRIZES

For the nearest correct estimate or guess 100000
For the second nearest correct estimate or
euess 100000
For the third nearest correct estimate or
guess m .............. ................. 100000
Fer the fourth nearest correct estimate or
e.,ess " 10000
g,ess s.......... 49,, ............... 10000
For the sixth nearest correct estimate or
gusss 10000
u euesses eas $50 $50 each 10000
s,ssses ss5 each 10000
For the AZ next nearest correct estimates or
y gu.sses. .a,s SIS each ~ ............... $4,000
For the 100 next correct estimates or ~
guesses. $40 each ..................... 100000
s,esses s. each h................. $4,000
400 1rizes amounting to .s21, 100000
The Saint Paul globe., 1904-10-20
In addition to the foregoing prizes the following
SPECIAL PRIZES FOR EARLY ESTIMATES will be paid:

For the nearest correct guess received be-
fore July LIST .......................... s5oo.oo
For the nearest correct guess received on
after July list and before July 18th. 10000
For the nearest correct guess received On or
after July 18th and before August 1st. 10000
For the nearest correct guess received on or
after August LIST and before August 18th 10000
For the nearest correct guess received on or
after August 18th and before Sept 1st.. 10000
For the nearest correct guess received on or
: after ter Sept. Sept 1st and before Sept 15th 10000
For the nearest correct guess received on or
: after Sept. 18th and before Oct. 1st. 10000
For the nearest correct guess received on or
after Oct 1st and before Oct. 15th....... 10000
1o+., zoo nr,zes. amounting to. s25ooooo
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1904-04-29
WHY CHINESE DO WASHING.
Find the Work Easy and Can Get Along Without Learning
 Much English.

Tt is certainly very strange that nine out of every ten Chinamen who have come to the United States have become aaundrymen," said F. G. Simmons, of Seattle, to Washington Star man. They do not engage in this business In China. As everyone knows, the Chi nese at home wear soft cotton and fan nel garments, according to the season, and there is not pound of starch in China. Stif1y starched collars and cuffs are not known and the men do not do the washing as they do in this coun- try. As matter of fact, there is not @ regular laundry in China.
 Another thing that is noticeable Is the ingenuity of MT. Chinaman dis played in the signs and checks used in the laundry business. Chinese is an ideogTaphic language It conveys the Idea. not the word, for a thing.
 The Chinese have invented more than 10000 marks for their writing, but 1t requires only about 5000 for general mercantile purposes. For instance, there are no characters in the Chinese for letters of any such simple variations as Roman and Arabic numerals. It is therefore impossible to translate or transliterate into Chinese such common marks as A or w 6. In place of this the Chinaman uses the ideographs for the commoner facts of life, such as moon, house. dog bear, table. chair and street In addition to this he employs the numeral characters from 1 up to 100.
 A customer goes into laundry un- able to speak Chinese and gives his package to man unable to understand English. He receives in return check containing two characters. One repre- sents the day of the week or the month and the second one of the facts men toned, such as moon or lion The slip Is torn through the middle upon the principle of legal indenture. It is im- possible to initiate the torn pieces so that they will fit the half retained by the laundry.
 aThen upon the daybook of the laun- dry the proprietor enters under the day of the week or month the telegraph moon or lion assigned to the customer and beneath this the articles left to be 1aundered. He then takes down from 8 hook lot of muslin tags, on which are written in indelible ink moon or 1ion,' l. 2,3, 4, 5, etc. One of these tags is affixed to each article except the col- lars and cuffs. To these one tag is af- fixed. which is fastened by a strong Athread or cord tied through the button AIeple in each article. Tn addition to this
 gy often put a private mark upon the
 le to be cleaned. althOuRh this ig
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1904-04-29
TRIED TO BRACE UP.
SAD FATE OF SIR WALTER RA-
 LEIGH IN CHICAGO.
Tramp Played Part with His Ragged Coat All Right, But the Lady, Afraid of Deadly Mi
 crobes, Flunked.

William E. Eagan, alias Reading Bill, read the story of Sir Walter Raleigh and his famous cloak the other after noon and he was kicked and threatened with arrest and probably contracted pneumonia as a result.
 Reading Bills beat extends along Michigan boulevard from Jackson boule- ward south to Harrison street, Chicago. He was patrolling 1t in the early after noon when a woman, who looked as if she might be sympathetic, came along.
 Jest dime, fair lady" began Read ing Bill, and there was genuine hunger in his voice. Maybe wen I gifts pros porous I'll meet you at Newport and pay you back
 There was hope in his voice, for the lady was fumbling in her shopping bag
 Here; take this and learn what stuff heroes are made of, said the woman, and she gave Reading Bill book.
 It was almost as good as money to the tramp, for he Is litterateur He darted into an alley, and few minutes later was reading of Walter Raleigh and his cloak.
 1t was toward evening when he again appeared on the boulevard. Then he met Red Face Mike.
 Well, Red Face, you hungry?" asked Reading Bill
 s'Ain't heard of no miracles bein' per- formed lately, has you?' returned Red Face.
 Well, you just come with me and in three hours we will be dinin' on the fat of the land, as the newspapers say, said Reading Bill, and the two hoboes disap- peared
 The Chicago Inter. Ocean says they were in front of the Auditorium theater at eight o'clock. It was the grand opera season, and the fashionable people arr rive at that hour in Chicago.
 s'In ten minutes I'll be a hero," said Reading Bill, as he stationed himself near the entrance.
 Carriages were arriving at the rate of ten minute, but hundred had passed
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1904-04-29

uot very common. When the goods are washed and ironed they are done up in a package and the day and special char acter are written on the outside Tn addition to this the half ticket is fas- tened to 1t with pin. When the cus- toner calls for his laundry he gives up his half ticket and If he Is known by sight the package Is handed to him, If he is not known or is suspected of being a confidence operator, and there are many such, his half ticket is fitted to the laundry half ticket before he Is given the package"
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1904-04-29
At School in Philippines.

Tom Bieler recently went from Kan sas to the Philippines. At Bahol he visited village school
 When stepped into the school room says Bieler, "all the children jumped up on their feet and said Good afternoon I asked the teacher if 1t was recess, but he said it wasn't The pupils talked loud and ran around the room where they pleased. When one Df them read he would holler as loud Rs he could. While was in the room a dog and a goat came in, but no one paid any attention to them. The teach CT said dog fight in the room would cause them to quit anything and watch the ght."-Eureka (Kan.) Messenger.
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1904-04-29
ODD JAPANESE CUSTOMS.
Many Ancient Customs Set Aside by the Mikado Personally, But ob-
 served for His People.

Notwithstanding the progress toward high civilization in Japan, and not withstanding it's western ways, there still remain in Japan some of the quaint customs of feudal times. There is much of deep-seRted orientalism about these islanders This is not wonder. considering that Japan is only 50 years old in civilization, while the present dynasty dates back to 660 B. c.
 The mikado, according to writer in 2 London paper. has personally put aside many of the ancienC customs, but adheres to them publicly for the bene- fit of his people. The heir apparent, the three-year-old son of the crown prince, has had his eyes under surgi- cal operation so that they are not "al- mond." This is an example of the pro- gressiveness of the emperor. However, for the people, the mikado has followed the ancient custom of selecting three highborn girl babies and one of them will be the wife of the youthful heir apparent. For the benefit of the peo- pie, too, there is daily horoscope of the child by court astTologers and the youngster has his private seal
 AGS0 dI0 GuSLOLuB udL1u& DdCtA TUT centuries and are deemed necessary to retain the affection of the people for the future ruler of this country.
 It is remarkable that few of the low CT classes in Japan know the name of the mikado. To them he is "the em- peror." This shows the remarkable respect and veneration in which the Japanese hold their ruler; relic of the feudal days and of the days when the emperor was supposed to have been born of a god and therefore deity
 It is presumable, however, judging from Japan's phenomenal progress, that when the three-year-old heir ap- parent becomes an emperor some of these ancient customs will be practical ly unknown. and 1t is doubtful whether he will have more than one wife though when the proper time comes he will be entitled to 12, If he sanctions ancient rules.
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1904-04-29

when Red Face Mike felt tug at his sleeve. | "Now, watch me" said Reading Bill, as he sprang forward.
 At the curb stood swell equipage A man who looked as If prosperity and he were old friends had just alighted. Upon the step stood woman, and the dia- monds at her throat represented for tune.
 "I'll certainly spoil my dress" she said, as she pointed at the pool of water.
 It was Reading Bills cue.
 Permit me, lady 1" and, his ragged coat had spread over the water. Step upon this poor garment and tread your way to safety and his hat was in his left hand while his right was folded over his breast.
 "Murder!" shrieked the woman. See the microbes on his coat! enough to kill an army and she would have fallen had not the strong arm of her escort sup ported her
 Wretch! What mean you by address ing a lady whom you have never met?" and the right foot of the escort assisted the unhappy ITamp lilleidISuI Io l01Cn the middle of the street.
 You're under arrest" said blue- coat, as he caught poor Reading Bill by the trousers. Why don't you brace up and behave?"
 Mister, tried to brace up and be a hero," and there was conviction in his voice; ''but people don't seem to care for heroes no more"
 And sadly, he went to jail.
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1904-04-29
WHERE PIGGY IS A PET.
Natives of Luzon Regard the Grunter with High Favor and Give
 Him House Room.

It Is well-known fact that in the South of Ireland the pig often shares the house with It's human inmates, but that is from necessity. How many know that there Is one country where the porker is made pet and has the freedom of the house, just as cats with us? asks the New York Times.
 Maj. Albert Cummings. United States army, tells of an experience he had in the Philippines to prove this fact.
 "It was when was in the interior of the island of Luzon," said he, ''that some of my officers and I were invit. ed to dine with a Filipino gentleman who had large plantation and was most cultured ana refined, being an accomplished linguist. We were ush- cred into a spacious dining room and sat down to most elaborate repast. Tn the midst of the dinner noticed a large white object over in the cor ner of the dining room. What was my astonishment when I heard sounds like grunts coming from the object, which presently arose and proved to be a huge fat hog. It was the family pet, and 1t remained in the room all through that formal dinner, until one of the servants disturbed his porcine majesty's rest by stum- bling over him, when he was con ducted by domestic to another room. The Philippines are the only country in the world where the pig is considered worthy to be house hold pet, and after all he is not so bad when you get used to him."
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1904-04-29
GEOMETRY ExclTEs THEM.
Couple Quarrel in Crazy Fashion While Trolley Car Passen-
 gers Look On.

''Do you see those two?" said tho con ductor of the suburban trolley car to 8 man on the back platform-"that man and woman in there who are jawing so ?'' The man answered that he did. He might have said, relates the New York Sun, that he had been watching them for the last 15 minutes and had been won- dering whether they were sister and brother or man and wife, and whether they were candidates for the divorce court or were in a dispute over their parents will.
 "They go on that way every time they come to town" the conductor contin- ued, "and they don't seem to care wheth- CT people get onto them or not. It used to bother me for time.
 "Other folks would come out to me and ask who the Quarre1inga couple were, and couldn't tell them. Once an old man declared that they were crazy and insisted that I should put them of the car, as he couldn't read his newspaper in peace"
 All this time the man and the woman were deep in their argument. The man held a visiting card in one hand and on the back of 1t he had written or drawn something.
 The man on the back platform with the conductor craned his neck and man aged to see that the markings on the card were mostly straight lines, and he came to the conclusion that they were brother and sister after all and that the lines represented the boundary lines of some property they were quarreling over.
 But the conductor, who had been up the car collecting fares, now returned and explained the mystery. The couple were man and wife. The man Is an in- structor in geometry in a large private aehool and he has wide reputation in aEs specially.
 His wife. however, is quite as good at geometry as he and wherever they go their chief topic of conversation is the hobby of both-g geometry. The lines on the card described some geometrical problem, and the discussion was over the best way to solve 1t.
 'They go on awful sometimes" the conductor explained "HThey get so ex- cited over their hypothenuses and angles and such that they forget where they are going. and if don't happen to know where they want to get off they will Sopetfmes go half dozen blocks by''
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1904-04-29
Servants in Japan.

The Jpaanese women have no serv- ant problem to solve, simply because they do not look down on servants as such. Visitors bow as low to serv- ants as to their mistress, and if the mistress is away, the servants serve tea and entertain the visitors.
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1904-04-29
When You Go to Florida.

''It's mistake to think that the vig- itors to- Florida get the early vegeta- bles," said MT. Thomas H. Benson, of New York. "The fact of the matter is that the new vegetables go to New York and other northern cities, and the visit ors get the aftermath. The only thing Florida has is climate. It has corner on that, and visitors are expected to pay for it. They do. o.''-Washiugton Post.
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1904-04-29
Girls in a sandbag Duel.

4 Two young women in Paris quarreled
 about young man whom they both ad-
 mired. They agreed to fight duel. Meeting by appointment in lonely park, at night, each took off stocking and filled 1t with stand, Then they be- gan to slash each other. One of the young women was so severely hurt that she had to be taken to a hospital.
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1904-04-29
Passes for Railway Men.

More than 1000 engineers and con- ductors on southern railway are sub- ject to the following orders, recently is- sued, regarding passes: Men who have served five years will receive passes over their own division; ten-year men an nuals over the system east of the Missls- sippi river, and 15-year men are entitled to one that includes their wives.
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1904-04-29
Real Object of the Boer War.

The tide of passion which flowed So fiercely during the South African war is now ebbing. Since the disclosure of the design to introduce slave labor into the Transvaal, people can no longer be deceived as to the real object of the war.--Toronto Sun.
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1904-04-29
AND KIDNEY CURE.
GENTLE SPRING.

Before, you would like to buy. Now. you should. Soon. you must.
 We are "bed founders" All our lives we have worked at the making of beds It's business of itself. The; making is an art, the selling not so im- portant, but essential still.
 We make Mattresses of every con- ceivable material now in popular use. We buy large and sell correspondingly small. Just in price, you know. Will you please examine our stock before you compromise yourself? We beat them all in prices.
 We also have all the best makes of Springs.
 Boston Mattress Co.,
 25o-272 EAST MAIN ST. Telephone 1855.
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1904-04-29
London's Unenployed Portara.

There are fully TOO cotton porters now unemployed in Liverpool alone. and many thousands of other classes of !workmen.
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1904-04-29
Gowns.

Ladies muslin gowns in Marguerite
 Empire, V and high neck. trim
 med with hamburg insertion and ! tucks, value 69c SC Laides Empire gowns with yoke of
 solid hamburg insertion ham,
 burg trimmed, value SIPS o8 Ladies very fine nainsook gowns. trim
 med with beautiful hamburg and
 ribbon, value $2o8 $lo
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1904-04-29
Chernises.

Ladies nainsook chemse with skirt, torchon lace insertion and ribbon trimmed, value $l 75c Ladies nainsook chemise with solid yoke of torchon insertion, lace and ribbon trimmed, value $l69.
 $l25
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1904-04-29
Children's Dresses

Children's colored gingham dresses
 with yokes of pique and bertha,
 value 3oc 25c ChiIdren's French dimity dresses.
 trimmed with insertion, value soc 3oc Children's Sailor suits in polka dots,
 red and blue, trimmed with pique,
 value $l.O0. sizes to IA years 75c Children's chambray Sailor suits in
 greys. blues and old rose, value
 $l.3o $1OO Children's white lawn dresses with
 solid yoke of insertion and tucks
 with bertha. value $l5o .s $loo
The Cairo bulletin., 1904-09-13
NEWS FROM OUR NEIGHBORS

Nathaniel Green, wife and daugh-
ter Lois, left this morning for a
week at the fair.
Andy Hunsaker of Carbonate was
Golden visitor Sunday.
George Dubois and wife of Chica-
go are visiting with NJ. A. Benom.
George l.. Dubois has purchased
the home of A. j. Hardin. Mr.. Har
din has purchased the farm of al.
bert Gum. Mr.. Gum will soon de-
part for Cuba where he expects TO
make his future home.
Rev. w. W. Wilson returned Sa.
urday night after an absence of
about six weeks but failed to bring
with him his life partner he had TAX
on while away. II is supposed Mrs.
Wilson will come later
Walter DaggotL of New York Is,
visiting with his mother and brother.
7. A. Dubois and family spent last
week at the st. Louis fair.
The Cairo bulletin., 1904-09-13
MOUNDS


Mrs. Ethel Fitzpatrick was a Wis.
itor among relatives in Pulaski last
week.
J. d. Quarles took charge of the
Mounds hotel Monday f. J. Ather-
ton has transferred his business to
the American restaurant where the
meals will be served.
Miss Cora Stevens returned home
Saturday from her summers vaca-
ton with her grandmother, Mrs.
Stevens of Champaign, I'll.
Miss Katie Conley of Mound City
is the guest of Mrs. G. w. Wood
Mr. and Mrs. A. H. Plemons and
Miss Sarah Travers attended the
play in Cairo last evening and enjoy
ed 1t very much
Miss Maggie Koonce returned Sat.
urday from her most pleasant visit
as the guest of Miss Ethel Parker and
relatives in St. Louis and on the
Pike.
Walter Il. Hudson of the Y. M. c.
A. arrived Saturday after an extend.
ed business sojourn through Me,rop
oils and other northern points.
Miss Emma Woodward of Cairo
vas in Mound City on business Mon.
day.
The Cairo bulletin., 1904-09-13
WICKLIFFE, KY.

George Hanna. colored, was shot by
Cas- Grassland Saturday night abou,
1880 at a barbecue and bran danes
given by the colored people. Hanna
died about half an hour after being
shot. Grassland. with quite a number
OF other white people. was only a
spectator ana he and Hanna became
involved i'm a difficulty ending in the
former shooting the latter
Sam Harp tells Us that VIII kelr
vhe lives. A. Fancy Farm. aud who
has been at work for John Mesdovs.
near town. is duarantincd at the resi-
dcucs ~ the latter with a case Of
mallPox
MI I'd Nyman and Miss Cora Nor
ris. Of Loves. KY were married ar
Blandyille Sunday morning by Rev
Burgess: they thcn drove on to this
place @heIe they bearded a noTti