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The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1905-07-12
YACHT BEATS AUTOMOBILE.
Tn ON On's NADIA Fifteen Minutes Ahead
OF Dundy's Panhard At Sea Gate Landink.

An automobile against yacht was the
match race INDUCED in yesterday afternoon
by the partners, Messrs. Thompson and
Dundy, OF Luna Park, Coney Island. The
race began at the Battery, from which point
the yacht, the 100 footer The NADIA, steamed
away at o'clock carrying Frederic Thomp-
son and party OF friends. Elmer S. Dundy
started in his Panhard. crossed the Brook
Ign Bridge and ran through Prospect Park
and out to Coney Island and Sea Gate,
where the yacht was to make her landing.
The race was for dinner for the friends
OF each who might be about at the time
the bet was decided The two mon have
been arguing for weeks over the speeding
powers Of the yacht and the Panhar6, and
finally it was decided to put them to the
Sea Gate by water is said to be about nine
miles. BY land it is somewhat longer,
probably eleven miles. Mr.. Dundy said
he could not afford the time to ride each
morning in the yacht, it being too slow
for him.
The yacht was at her dock just thirty-five
minutes after leaving the Battery, while
the Panhard did not come into view until
fifteen minutes later. About fifty friends
sat down to the dinner with the partners
at the Manhattan Beach Hotel, and while
Mr.. Dundy explained the defeat, Mr..
Thompson grinned and twirled his new
the Hon. Joseph Washington Of Texas.
whose friends have already elected him
Governor OF the State n year hence.
MIR. Thompson said last night that he was
ready to take up a challenge from anything
that traverses the route.
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CONVOY SCOTT'S TRIUMPH.
Los Angeles to Chicago In 4S Hours
Wanted a Faster Train to New York.

CHICAGO, July ll-Walter SCOTS dog,
yelping out his own opinions Of swift travel,
arrived in Chicago this noon, A hours and
"a minutes after he left Los Angeles. His
master came with him.
Scott and his dog will stay here day
or two. Under the inspiration Of Scott and
his dog the Sante Fe smashed all railway
records between the Coast and Chicago.
It was demonstrated that Western road
with six mountain ranges to cross can do
lust as safe speeding as the railways run
ming from Chicago to New York.
Mr.. Scott and the dog asked the Penn
sylvania and the Lake Shore Tor thirteen
hour train to Gotham, but owing to slip in
business connections this was not possible.
Engine 5l7 steamed into the Polk stree
station Just before noon to-day, carrying
with her the four coaches in which Mr..
Scott and his dog had ridden since J o'clock
Sunday afternoon. Two hundred people
greeted the arrival.
Scott, leaving the last car, revealed him.
self as a broad 'shouldered, muscular and
red faced individual of splendid humor,
Now said Mr.. Scott, ,tugging at his
except that the Santa FL did what asked
it to do and little more. l had an idea
that could get from Los Angeles to Chicago
IN forty-eight hours, and l offered to pay
500 a minute to the company for every
minute NnQeT 1OTIv-elSnl houlS lia' l
arrived In Chicago. The company said
that it would not gamble, although Pm
used to that sort Of thing in q milo, way.
but told me If I'd pay the bill they'd put
me in Chicago in forty-fve hours.
"Thev have beaten that time limit by a
few seconds and I'm satisfied. We have
done miles in forty, forty-two, forty-four
and forty-f1ve seconds. / went over the
Arizona and New Mexican mountain ranges
lust as If wercin balloon. II was easy
going from start to finish. and If the Eastern
roads want to take me to New York in thir-
teen hours have the coin to pay for it.
Mr.. Scott was escorted by several officers
on his way to privacy and bath.
Santa Fe officials furnished the schedule
of the train from Los Angeles to Chicago as
follows
The first sixty miles out Of Los Angeles
we're run at the rate Of 55.4 miles per hour.
The highest speed attained was 83.7 miles
an hour, between La Junta and Syracuse
The actual hourly running time for the
entire distance averaged 1855 miles. In
GLIDING what is termed dead time an
average of fifty miles an hour was made
for the entire distance.
Scott is now resting at the Great North
ern Hotel and will be there for the next
two days.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1905-07-12
WOULDN'T STVP II NU4T HILL.
Magistrate Barlow Thinks Game Ia Better
for Lads Than Rum Drinking.

1T is better for boys to watch game
OF baseball on Sunday afternoon, for
which no admission is charged. than to be
loahng around the streets and getting
into mischief. Let them play If they don't
interfere with the peace Of the neighbor-
hood. If there was more ball playing
there would he less crime"
This was Magistrate Barows remark
as he dismissed summons case in the
West Side court yesterday afternoon.
in which the question Of Sunday baseball
was at issue. A downtown law firm, which
alleged that it represented the Sabbath
Committee, had sent complaint to Com
missioner McAdoo. 1t said that Sunday
games were played In a lot at West End
avenue and Sixty-seventh street, and that
score cards were sold as a means OF COL
Letting money.
Detective Michaels of the West Sixty
eighth street station told the Magistrate
that score cards were sold, but nobody
was obliged to buy one to see the game.
Michaels had summoned William Carsey
Of 600 Lenox avenue, the owner of the lot,
to court, and the case was dismissed.
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1AMMERSTEIN'S. 42d St. Bway & eth Az.
Paradise Roof Gardens Every Ev'g S:i5.
The Girl From Coney Island. Rossi tMus {.
cal Horse, Marconis Wireless Telegraphy.
Ernest Hogan, Hill & Sylvany. Others.
j Daily Mats. in Victoria Theatre. 2bc.. soc.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1905-07-12
Brookl,n's New Academy OF Music In Sight

1t was announced Yesterday that the plans
for the new Academy of Music in Brooklyn,
submitted by Architect Hugh Tellant of 80
East Twenty eighth street, had been adopted
by the committee on plans and that
the contract for the construction OF the
building would be awarded within few
days. There were dozen competing
architects.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1905-07-12
SI,ljth-NSers.

VI 'N .N, y. j.. July n.-Miss Anna Leslie
,',, ''' '"yeral wears head OF the genealog-
~ '.'"'' nent in the Office OF the Secretary
var, 10, 49,, ., ana !. b. R. Smith Assistant Secre-
i I.''' We're married to-day by the Rev
1l >. "lh' 81 Spring Lake. in the presence
hr,d,'.,' 'l,H"d!ate relatives Of the bride and
bv HSr "n The brib was given away
Yor. Wul'l 10, Van Rensselaer, Stires, of New
Wp,ch fndm0s, of Washington, II. j.. of
10 was Tor many years eQtprx,
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1905-07-12
ROCkAWAY BEACH.

FINEST SURE BATHING u LIE WOULD
Strs. Rosrdale John Sylvester leaves lcnth
st Rs0 a. NJ. Sundays only, 0:ao 4. NJ West 2lst
St 900 1000 A. NJ, 90. 2 90 r. NJ Batter. 40
1880 A. NJ. l:so. ?ao and hl5 =, M; leaving Rock
away II oo A. NJ, 1900, s:+5. $50 and 700 T. NJ
connecting at Battery with all subway and File
waited roads EAcMrslon 50 cts.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1905-07-12
miscellaneous.

CAN NOU READ MuSIC'-A Clear, Concise but
thorough Course of Instruction In Music, with
Practical Exercises. including words and music
OF 100 selected Songs OF choicest kind. mailed
post paid. for 35c. Address INVESTIGATOR Pub.
iishing Co. 1909 Broadway.
The Cairo bulletin., 1905-01-02
RAILROAD NEWS
......~.....-.....a....
4,1se Miles New Railroad.

The Railway Age. pamphlee deyct-
lea 10 railroad interests, has publish.
5ad an in eresting article on the
amount Of track thaf was laid and the
number Of roads thar were construct.
cd during 1904. Their compilation
shows that i,1GS miles of new rail.
roads We're built in the Unitei States
during The year, making the total
mileage in round numbers, 2l2,0e0
miles. Las. year the numbel of miles
constructed was even create than
this. aggregating 1886 miles. Theyle
crease for the year is attributed to
the general depression of business
last spring.
Several new roads are proposed TO.
next year ana those connected with
che business say that there is every
prospect that 1895 will outclass its
predecessor by several hundred miles.
many VI tiiG " y AbitCiHE HdAt Dfduf
completed for The building of exter
sions to develop new territory. bit
did not carry them out this year be
cause che financial market was not
propitious at the time he work of
construction should have been com
menced.
The longest road completed during
he closing year Is the San Pedro,
Los Angeles and Salt Lake. which
extends from Callente. New. to Dag
gett, Cal, distance Of POS miles. OF
This road about forty miles was con.
structed in 1903 The Rock Island
system, another Of the big roads.
built III miles in Missouri aad Ar.
kansas; the Missouri Pacific 1S6 milea
in Louisiana. Illinois. Missouri. Ar.
kansas and Tennessee; he Norfolk
and Western 100 miles in Virginia and
West Virginia the Santa Fe sixty
miles In several southwestern sta.es,
while the Frisco system built 3eG
miles in Illinois, Louisiana, Missouri.
Oklahoma. Arkansas and Texas. The
following table shows the distribution
of the mileage constructed during the
vpat..
The Cairo bulletin., 1905-01-02
WAS A FRIEND OF LINCOLN.
Joshua Lewis Dead at Age of 80
Years Near Alto Pass.

Alto Pass, H.. Jan. Joshua
Lewis, 90 years old and the. oldest
man in Union county. was found dead
in bed al his home east of this city
this morning, having died of heart
failure. A son and daughter lived
with him.
Mr.. Lewis was a personal friend
of Abraham Lincoln and was promi-
nent in Central Illinois politics during
his residence of many years at Otta-
wa
He cast his first vote for Andrew
Jackson and voted in every suisse
quent presidential election, casting
his last vote for Theodore Roosevelt
last November He resided in this
county about fifty years.
Mr.. Lewis is survived by four chill
Postmaster John c. Lewis, Geo.
and Charlotte Lewis of this city,
Thomas Lewis of Ashford. Ariz., and
Mary Lewis Of California.
The funeral and interment win take
place tomorrow.
The Cairo bulletin., 1905-01-02

| companion was lying in the fire jus
as he was found by the officers.
/ When asked why he had not re
ported the matter sooner the MAJ
3aid he returned to Cairo and hat
spent the time searching for the oil
man, but that he was unable to fin
him. The officers were given de
seriplion Of the old man and the,
spent the day yesterday searching fol
him, but without success. No such {
person had been seen in Cairo by
anyone.
When asked if the dead man hae
any money the Hungarian said thai
he saw him with $24 in paper money
Saturday night. The dead mans cloth
ing was SO badly burned that it was
impossible to tell whether or NOT he
had any money in his pockets wher
he fell or was thrown into the fire
The Hungarian who reported the af
fair to the officers was arrested anf
placed in jail He was searched. but
5 cents was the only money found on
him.
The fellow speaks English with diff
|ficulty and II was impossible to learn
his name or the names of his compan
ions. He said that the old man made
d very poor attempt to speak Eng
lish and that ii was almost impos
sible to understand him.
No motive other than robbery can
be found for the deed The theory
was suggested that the dead man
went to sleep on the platform which
was used for sleeping purposes and
that he rolled off into the fire and
burned to death, but there is no evil
dence OF struggle.
Another theory was that he died
suddenly of heart disease and rolled
off into the fire but the police think
the man was murdered, A close ex.
animation was NOT made yesterday 10
ascertain if the body exhibited marks
LOT violence. but a coroner's inquest
will be held today to determine the
cause of the mans death
There is a belief that the Hungari-
an now in Jail knows something more
about the death Of his companion than
he has told and his story is not en-
tirely satisfactory.
The Cairo bulletin., 1905-01-02
PUSHING CAIRO.

The, Wholesale element Of cairp
might profit by taking a lesson from
our sister citysup the 0h;o--Padlieah.
The travelling statesmen out of that
thriving place have organized them
selves into club, to be known as
Pushing Paducah club" The duty
of every member will be to talk up
ibis home city wherever he goes adj
H.tise its advantages and be always
rady with good word for Paducah
wherever he finds an opportunity 10
lbet II in.
I Why not organize such club in
Cairo? The wholesale trade OF this
city has grown to such a proportion
that il has come to be quite an inilu-
entail part in our business life. II is
forging to the front at a rapid stride.
and already quite number of travel
ing statesmen are on the road repre-
Snting Cairo Wholesale houses. IL
void not be bad idea for lhe,anS 10
take a.snggestion from. she hustling
statesmen On as,n up-riger neighbof,
and something worth while might be
accomplished by them. city can
never have too many organizations
whose purpose Is TO push it, The
ensuing year ought to show a good
deal Of work done by Cairos CONNER
cial clubs
The wholesale men of the city
might take 10 this matter with their
statesmen.
The Cairo bulletin., 1905-01-02
pefylna the Fire Flend.

Two Baltimore architects have
drawn plans for a building entirely
without wood 1t is to be built for
AR Hilgenburg, who does not wish to
be burned out again. 1t will be six
stories, and will have a frontage of
81 feet 6 inches. The entire structure
is to be of reinforced concrete and
steel.
Even the doors. trims, window
,ashes and door jams are to be Of
metal The windows will be glazed
with wire glass The frame for the
show windows will be of steel, into
which the plate glass will be fitted
The side walls. columns and rear
walls. as well as the supporting col,
umns of the front walls. will be Of
concrete. The floors will all have a
top dressing Of cement one and half
inches thick
The stairs will be of concrete, with
slate treads and wrought iron balus-
trades. The elevator shaft will be of
concrete, as viii also the inclosure
around the stairway and the elevator
hail. The cellar and roof are to be
OF cement In order to eliminate all
wood the two aagsta1fs on top of the
structure will be Of steel. If this mass
of metal, stone and cement can be
crumbled or destroyed by FIRE, the
struggle for an absolutely fireproof
structure might as well step.--Minne-
apolis journal.
The Cairo bulletin., 1905-01-02
The Mississlnpi.

/ The Mississippi has been an IRE
sistible attraction for a person of i'm
aginafive mind bat perhaps it's most
impressive characteristic is the males
" with which lis turbid. yellow tide
sweeps along between the shores, i'm
pressive by its sullen murmur and ia
| spring awe by It's immense volume.
said a traveller
The river is sublime no matter
when or where you view it. and enc
has only 20 catch gImpge of the vel.
low food. yelled by a rain or glisten.
ing in theesunshine to fall beneath It's
spell Az times the river moves 50
smoothly and peacefully that you are
almost ulled 10 sleep by the gentle
purring of The wafer, that constant
eddying and washing souna that is
distinctive of the Mississippi Then
again, the water will swirl angrily
around hidden snag or rushing with
impetuosity against the yielding bluffs
i viii cat into he earth. and tons of
dirt will rumble down only to be
absorbed and swept away Perhapa
for moment the water will assume d
chocolate color. but the influx of vel,
low tide from above will som dissipate
every trace of what WIS once an acre
Of cotton field Sometime there arr
trec5 growing along tine shore that
are engulfed. These fall with a crash
into the flood, spin about for mo
meni and then drift slowly down with
the current their hahdrowned bonghs
rising at intervals from the water. -
Birmingham Age-Herald.
The Cairo bulletin., 1905-01-02
FIRE LOSSES BREAK RECORD.
Properly Worth s23o,ooo,ooo Was Dc
stroyed Last Year-5altimore
Confagration Raises the
Total.

New York, Jan. 1.--More than $500
100000 worth Of property In the Unit.
ed States was destroyed by fire In
1904. making the largest annual ASH
heap in the history of the country
While the Baltimore fire of last
February was 10 be compared in
magnitude only with the great Chica-
go fire in 1871, the record of 1901
without that conhagration would
have been the most disastrous of all
recent years save 1900. and would
have nearly equalcd that year.
In 1908 the total fire waste was
sI52, 100000; in. 1902 1t was s1G1 .0O0.-
GOO; in 1901 1t was G0.500,000; and
in 1900. the worst of recent years, II
was sl7G,O00.0o0.
The Cairo bulletin., 1905-01-02
DASTARDLY CRIME COMMITTED
ON EVE OF THE NEW YEAR
Remains OF Hungarian Laborer Found Lying
In Smoudering Ash Heap In the
COttOnWOOdS.

After lying for more than twelve
hours in a bed OF live Goals and ashes
in the cottonwoods below the city,
the remains Of an unknown Hungarian
laborer were removed yesterday
morning about 10 clock To the under
taking establishment of Mrs. Nj. f..
Feith, I19l Washington avenue. and
prepared for burial.
Sunday morning about o. 80 O'Clock,
Chief of Police Price and Officer Cow
ell were walking down Commercial
avenue when they met a roughly
dressed hungarian He stopped the
officers and in broken English told
them that eomrade OF his was lying
dead near the Big Four incline in the
edge of the cottonwoods The officers
accompanied the Hungarian to the
spot indicated aud sickening sight
met their gaze. Lying face downward
in A pile of ashes where once had
been big camp fire was the body Of
man from which life had been ex-
tinet several hours The clothing
which had once enshrouded the living
form was almost entirely burned away
and the body was partly cremated
The Hungarian who accompanied
the officers 10 the spot said he arrived
n Cairo Saturday morning over the
Paducah branch of the Illinois Central
railroad from Gilbertsville, Ky He
was accompanied by the man lying
dead in the ashes and an elderly Hum
garian, and the three OF them had
been engaged as laborers on bridge
construction at Gilbertsville They
were on their way south in search Of
employment and while stopping in
CAIRO were camping in the cotton.
woods near the Big Four incline. They
constructed a shelter from the wind
with grain doors from the railroad
cars and also built sort of platform
of boards on which they slept
The Hungarian told the officers that
last Saturday night about o'clock
he came up to the business portion
of the city to get some liquor leaving
his companions al the camp. He re
turned to the camp about II O'Clock
and found the elderly man, aged about
G5 years. was not there and the other
The Cairo bulletin., 1905-01-02

A progressive euchre party was Civ.
en- Saturday afternoon by Miss Mabel
Engler at her home. 40 TwentyGrst
street for members Of the Cairo high
school basketball teams Miss Flor
snce Carey and Miss Ka Redmaa
won prizes
Luncheon was served after the
games and the hostess was assisted
IN entertaining by her mother aud
Mrs. W. s Simpson
The guests were Miss Alice Reed.
coach of the ba ketbal teams, Nj S
Anna Cren nav Of Charleston. No
Mis-ss Harric Miriam. Florence
Emma and Alice Carey. Edith Hill,
Nela Bondurani. Iona Swohoda. Eli:h
Sutherland. Kate Redman and Fannie
Cushman
The Cairo bulletin., 1905-01-02
survIvors ReceIv. Medals-

The half dozen survivors of II.
steamer Grafton. which was lost il
1880, and all OF whom reside in Pa1u
cab. have been presented with silver
medal As mementoes of the occasion
by the s.. Bernard Coal company. the
owners Of ;he Inflated vessel. The re
c.pients were Frank Wagner. Ed
Harl. Harry Mix. Joseph Flssch and
George Lyon. Of the crew and Mar
garat Woods, the colored chamber
maid
On the medals are engraved the
words Survivor OF the steamer Graf
ton. 1850"
The Grafton, while coming down
The Cairo bulletin., 1905-01-02
Four Boats Sold.

The purchase of the steamers Rich
|arlson, Dudley, Buttorff and Dunbar
from the old Ryman line by the new
corporation, also called the Ryman
line, has been consummated. tha
prices paid for the several boats be-
ing as follows Richardson, ST..
1886 Dunbar and Buttorff, each SILL
1851; Dudley $4,000. The to5al
amount paid for the four boats was
$4,000. Nine-tenths of the Richard
son was owned by Mrs. Ryman, and
one tenth by B. F. White; nine-tenths
of the Dunbar by Mrs Ryman and
onetenth by Capt r. NJ Gallagher.
two-thirds of the BuJtorff by Mrs. Ry.
man and one-third by Capt J. S. Ty-
ner; seyen-eighths of the Dunbar 10y
Mrs. Ryman and oue-eighth hy Capt,
n. NJ, Gallagher Nashville American.
The Cairo bulletin., 1905-01-02
TREASURER kEMPF GETS BOND.
Wisconsin State Official Backed BY
Security Company Which Names
Chief Deputy and Makes
Conditions.

Milwaukee, Wis. Jan. John ].
kempf. state treasurerelc',t. today
succeeded in getting the bond of
100000 which Coy La Toilette had
demanded The United States Fideli.
ty and Guaranty company of Balii-
more. gave the bond on condition that
Walter $. Dsnning Of this city be APP
pointed deputy and that ne counter
sign all checks issued by the treas
my. kenipf and Denning will 90 to
Madison on Monday TO take posses.
sion of the office.
The Cairo bulletin., 1905-01-02
LEAP YEAR REIGN
OF WOMEN ENDED
WAS BUSY TWELVE MONTHS IN
SOCIETY BUT MARRIAGES
WE'RE NOT UNUSUAL IN MUM,
BER

The leap year just closed was mark
ed with numerous leap year social
functions at which the women of the
city were hostesses. They have
proved TO be enjoyable occasions and
the men have doubtless not regretted
that the members of the other sex
have had an opportunity for the past
twelve months to act aggressiYely in.
stead of following in the footsteps of
their male companions. The ladies'
have had things their own way and
numerous leap year parties have been
sponsored by them The fad. how
ever died out during the latter half
Of the year and it seemed to have
been almost forgotten that II was
leap year
The reign of the women has ended.
The men are now in power again and
it will no more be proper for the wo-
men to advance the vital questions or
entertain their gentlemen friends by
invitation at dances, parties, etc.
Dan Cupid. under the auspices of
the women. Jared little or no better
in 1904 than in 1908.
The twelve months. although they
composed the first leap year since
1896, were not crowded with nuptal
events. Hymen's altar was no more
crowded than on previous years. yet
people say leap year is the one for
Il is probable that the
popped the question" as
often as the women the past year.
The Cairo bulletin., 1905-01-02

The Tennessee. crashed itso a rail
road bridge and went 10 the bottom
The crew escaped hy swimming.
Mcssrs Hart, Mix and Fla CHI are
well known marine engineers, MI
Wagner ~ IN be saloon business on
South Second stree, George Lyon Is
negro fireman on local boat and
Aunt Margaret Woods Il chaml en-
maid on the steamer Dick Fowler.
The Cairo bulletin., 1905-01-02
After the "Paducah.v

Major ]. II. Ashcraft ami Captain
James Roger viii leave Sunday for
Jeffersonville, Ind. for the purpose OF
bringing The Kentucky" to Paducah.
The boat was built for the ST. Louis
and Tennessee River line. and wiz be
placed in the Paducah and Tennessee
river trade as soon as she arrives.
The Cairo bulletin., 1905-01-02
KING CHRISTIAN.
Of Norway and Sweden Gives New
Year Reception.

BT fhe Associated Press.
f'openhagen. Jan, !, King Christ
la gave The usual New Year recep
Xii spday 10 the diplomatic corps
Amer can minister Swenson. dean q
ihe corps. in conveying The felicia
tions pf the diplomats, also expressed
Sfnr President Roosevelt greeting 10
the king The latter asked that his
cordial greetings be conveyed TO the
president and his wishes for the pros
perils Of America
The Cairo bulletin., 1905-01-02
TRAIN RossERIEs OF a YEAR.
Statistics Snow Thirteen Were Held
up-354 in Fifteen Years
Many Persons Killed.

Cincinnati @. Jan. LIN the year
1904 there were thirteen trains held
up in the United States and four
stage rohberies in which three per
sons were killed. two wounded. ami
one robber was killed During the
last fifteen years the total holdups
were 354. in which 1903 people were
killed aud 1l2 wounded