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The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1905-01-31

By the Associated rrosH
washington Jan. ao.-1he a2us
committee on interstate commerce by
3 party vote today authorized a IA
yorabIe repoyt on a bill cx ending au
thotity to the interstate commerce
commission to fix taxes, increaslns
fhe size of the commission from five
Ia seven members and creating
court OF transportation" The Dill IS
a combination Of he Esch Townsend
measures. with appointments taken
from the Hepburn bill.
The action OF the committee was
reached after sessions lasting prac'
tically all day and after long discus,
sim. Chairman Hepburn moved TO
reDort the Esch-Townsend measure
Win amendments and then the Dem
ocratic members OF the committee
woro called in and an hour given
them to caucus the bill. During thls
t,ne Il developed that two OF tae SIX
minority members were not sa isiisd
with the Dayey bill.
Democrats Want DaVey pHl'
The fonr members who did suppnrF
II agreed TO aid two amendments,
one providing that where a rate rs
named by the commission affecting
TWO or more roads the commission
on failure Of the reads 70 agree on q
division of the rate, shall make
ruling on the matter, and in ether eX
ncditing litigation over a rate tnai
has been fixed by the commission
The fru committee. after No ing
down the Davey bill by party vote
tho Republicans carried the Hepburn
motion. Democrats gave nctlce tht'
they would present the Dayey bhi ID
the house with a minority repor MI
Townsend subsequently introduced II
the house the measure agreed on IL
order to have II printed.
Bll Contains % Sections.
The bin as reported contains q
sections. Sections enc and two eX
ten authority to the interstate com
me-ro commission whenever after
full hearing il has declared any exist
ing rate. or any regulation or prac
lice whatsoever affecting transp -r'a
tim to he unreasonable or diserim
inatory TO make such change as
NAV deem necessary. The order O
tee Commission shall OF lis Owl
force. become operative thirty day
after notice has been given those di
reeny affected thereby; but al an!
time within sixty days frcm the dat
OF such notice those affected Dy th'
order may appeal 20 a court ot trans
pcrtation sitting as a court OF equity
when a rate substituted by the coz
sion shall be a joint rate. and carrier
fail TO agree on the ap2ostionmeh
thereof amcng themselves Wiihl
twenty DAYS after notice of such ol
der. the commission. after full heai
inc may issue a supplemental orde
apportiening the joint rate anon
partics there to which shall take e
feet Of its own force as par OF IN
original order. subject tc review hh
the original order
Heavy Penalties Imposed.
Sect on four imposes a penalty ol
fine Of IS 600 Cay for each day pa
ties violate ruling of the commissio
made under sections enc and two
the bill.
Section six increases the membe
ship of the commission to seven az
makes the salary of each Sl0-Ooo .
year.
Sections seven. eight aud nine
tablishes a court of transportation.
he composed Of five circuit judges
the United States and prescrib
their method OF procedure.
To Have Exclusive jurisdiction.
Section ten grants the court
transportation exclusive jurisd'
ton" in all cases brought under Z
Kingsbury County independent. (DeSmet, Kingsbury County, S.D.) 1894-1929, 1905-12-29
The Typewriter CRATER.
T.A- 49, AyA-. Vel. Dr1.u

NANAAA -" ~ - NN~'s
Speaking OF automobile grafters-
the people that come around making a
bluff at buying a car in order to a
1t demonstrated so they can get some
free auto riding" said the typewriter
man, I'VE have the same line of CRATER
in our business, only he's worse. The
auto CRATER can't work more than two
or three rides of. say half IN hour
each, out OF one agent. with only the
slim chance Of catching more than the
second make OF a machine, for they get
onto him by that time. But with us
the CRATER has all the chance he can
ask for.
II got onto one today. He forgot he
had been to my place, and made the
second visit. He came in as business
like as you please, n began to talk
about buying a typewriter. but said he
didn't know much about them, and
would I object TO giving him a few
tips. After talking to him a few min
utes, l began to recall the chap. and
pretty soon / remembered that about q
year z he had come In with just the
same confident manner and / a sent
a machine to his house on trial for
two weeks, which was extended two
weeks further on his representation
| that ne Idu DcGH away anu hdu USGI
unable to give 1t a fair trial. At the
end of the month he made some sort
Of a plausible excuse for not taking II
and 1t came back, but not until he had
the use Of 1t for q month.
And do you nov how much manu-
script Of all sorts a handy "a a
turn out Of a typewriter I'm thirty daysf
Why, the cuss could " typed thirty
magazine stories, or thirty sermons, or
a hundred and fifty columns of news
paper matter or a stack of letters as
high as his ceiling. Whether this one
had lone anything like that or not !
don't know, but as soon as I tumbled
to him / told him I had no time or
typewriters to waste on him and he
didn't say a word. He just got out.
Every typewriter firm sends out It's
machines on trial, and the usual time
Is from ten days to two weeks, with
time extended frequently by request.
/ know that lots Of these trial people
don't buy-at least, they don't buy ma
chimes, and I fancy I'm not the only
one they return machines to. or course,
some take them on trial in good faith,
and at the end Of the time either return
the machines as not wanted or begin
negotiations for it's purchase, II they
don't order at once. But the others?
There are hundreds OF people right In
this little old New York today who
never pay a cent for having their
manuscript typewriter. never owned a
machine or rented one-for very long
IL at all-and yet their manuscript Is
written just the same How can we
tell who are the honest buyers? We've
simply got to let our machines go out
on trial, and IL the trial people want
to work us they do, and there is no help
for 1t so long as they don't betray
themselves like that one did who got
into my hands by mistake
Kingsbury County independent. (DeSmet, Kingsbury County, S.D.) 1894-1929, 1905-12-29
Now the TeIsphone Buffer.

From the Philadelphia Record.
On way Of getting an interview with u
man who. on the ground that he Is over
whelmed with business, or some other
equally serviceable excuse, refuses to see
you when you call at his office, is to call
him up on the phone. This method is
known to all sorts OF persons who ave
had much experience In interviewing busy
men, and 1t has served well.
The buffer" whom many men OF large
affairs retain IN their offices to protect
Them from the opportunities OF the pub
lie, are generally successful in saving
their employers much time and worry, but
heretofore a call on the phone has gener-
ally brought the great man himself TO the
other end. Now. however, this is chang
ing, AND many secretaries, buffers, or 9TH
er office employees who answer phone calls
are instructed 10 get the name Of the per-
son calling and then. If 1t Is some one OF
no importance or Of unknown mission, to
say: MIR. Bigun never comes to the
phone. IL you will tell me the nature Of
your business | VIII make an appointment
with him for you"
This method of protection from the
phone Is nov getting very common in
Philadelphia. The only trouble with ii Is
that 1t Is sometimes met with sharp prac-
tice on the part OF the caller, who. know
ing the rule. represents himself as some
one other than who he really IS, and the
buffer, knowing OF this scheme. often
turns down. a person who is actually the
person he represents himself 10 be. and to
whom Mr. Bigun would like to grant an
interview. Until the phone has a mirror
attachment for showing the features Of
the caller this troublc viii always prevail.
Kingsbury County independent. (DeSmet, Kingsbury County, S.D.) 1894-1929, 1905-12-29
Where There's a viii There's a. Way.


A prominent Boston physician tells
of the many ridiculous requests that
were received by investigators in con-
nection with the Roentgen ray when
the experiments were first taken up In
that city. Hundreds OF applications
were received from various parts Of
New ENGLAND from individuals who
had or imagined they had bullets and
sundry other foreign substances in n
different portions of their anatomies.
One investigator received a most re-
markable request from a man living
In Have. bill Mass. Els communica-
ton was couched in something Like the
following form:
II have had a bulAet In nay thorax
for nigh onto ten years, and. as J am
too busily engaged all day to come to
Boston. I trust that ycu will n II
convenient to come here and locate the
bullet. I am positive the case would
well p your coming. But II you
caanot come yourself. then send your
apparatus and III set one OF our local
doctors tc use It."
The medical man to whom this LETT
ter was addressed, being Of q humorous
turn. his reply was as Follows:
ITO my regret I shall be unable to
visit you. nor can I send you the APP
paratus. But. Al the event that yeu
should md Il absolutely imposslbl> -
vfelt Boston. r. you Will seud ~ ,yoyg
thogox. ! aSsur0 you that ! WIN * ~
oo1t ! Cor you.
Kingsbury County independent. (DeSmet, Kingsbury County, S.D.) 1894-1929, 1905-12-29
A WITTY Woman.

From the New York Tribune.
John La Fargo, the painter, was talkin9
In his studio about witty women.
LET me relate a u woman's With
clsm that / heard of the other day." no
said.
There was a man who loved a maid.
and she returned his passion: but there
were reasons that made secrecy desirable.
and thus, though the two were betrothed.
they pretended to The world that they
were good friends and nothing more.
"One. evening "A the young man was
pressing his sweetheart to his breast her
sister entered the room suddenly.
.'The lovers drew apart with great haste,
and the sister. with an excuse me. turned
TO go.
but the young man deemed an explana-
ton necessary. He said:
Don't go. We have just been, meas
uring 10 see which Is the taller.
The intruder, standing by the door,
looked at the lovers intently. Then, a del
icate smile fitted over her pretty face. and
she said:
".You are about the same height, but ]
think sister is much the redder.'
Kingsbury County independent. (DeSmet, Kingsbury County, S.D.) 1894-1929, 1905-12-29
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| II am Mr.. Whitcombe-pro tem." he
SAID. laughing.
IT thought your name was Charteris?"
80 1t is,' responded Eric promptly. Il
gee / must explain. But tell me-what do
you want with Mr.. W~hitcombe?"
And then Alma sat down, still bewild-
cred, and told him who she was and why
she had come to the town. Erie listened
in blank amazement.
"You-a detective!" he gasped, and
laughed again. We'll, now i must tell you
my story. Gerald Whitcombe Is the hus-
band Of my sister Rose and the father Of
Kitty. The night before the discovery OF
the-er-little clerical error In his books
he came to me and told me all. 1t was a
sad story, and / pitied the a Moreover,
l could see he was deeply penitent. l de-
cided at once that he must be got out of
the country. But there was little tome.
The officers of Scotland Yard think lit
tie of a twenty-four hours start, and l
cast about for some means of putting them
off the scent and thereby gaining time. So
early the next morning the Whitcombes
moved from London, leaving the name of
this town behind them. AS soon as they
were safe out Of the district, l took the
place and adopted the name of Gerald
Whitcombe, while he slipped off TO the
continent. Since, then, / have been wait
Ing for the arrival of the detectives. And,
instead, l find YOU"
But the detective might have arrested
your she exclaimed.
"Oh, no. was the reply. IT should have
explained, and then l would nave gone to
Mr.. Wilmot, offered him the money, and
begged his forgiveness for my sisters hus-
band."
And now?" asked Alma.
Now" replied Eric, confidently. II shall
have a good backer-up in my pleading.
You have played the detective. Now you
must be barrister for the defense"
"Oh!' said Alma. And why7"
For two very excellent reasons. replied
Eric. First, because you are engaged to
the brother-in-law OF Gerald Whitcombe,
and. secondly, but for his daughter. his
-httle Kitty, you might have persisted In the
sea ten days ago Surely your father cam
not resist such pleading"
He'll do just what l tell him!" affirmed
Alma.
And he did.
Kingsbury County independent. (DeSmet, Kingsbury County, S.D.) 1894-1929, 1905-12-29
Condition of the Jews.

Apropos of the NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS.
anniversary of the arrival In New York OF
the first Jewish colony. Professor Abram
s. Isaacs published In the November num-
Der Of the North American Review an arti-
Gle giving an account of the achievements
OF THE Jew In America" To the Decem-
Der of the Review, DR.. Isidore Singer,
editor In chief of THE Jews Encycio-
pedia,'' contributes an article supplement-
airy to Professor Isaac's paper. entitled "A
Bird's-Eye View of the Condition Of the
Jews in Past and Present" DR.. Singer
chances rapidly at the history Of the Jew
ish people during four periods, into which
he divides 1.-THE first covering the period
from the humiliation Of national Jewish
independence to the invasion of Europe by
the Arabs; the second ending with the
fateful triennium when the Black Death
carried off nearly half the people OF
Europe; the third, which may be deslg-
mated as the dark ages of Jewish history,
ending with the French revolution; and the
fourth, not yet ended, In which Jews In
civilized countries enjoy the blessings OF
political emancipation and economic free
dom. The main part of DIR. Singers
article is devoted to an examination of the
condition of the Jews In all parts OF the
world where they have established them
selves in any number OF the Chinese
Jews, DIR. Singer says:
'It was through Catholic missionaries, in
the seventh century. that the existenct OF
a Jewish community of from 5000 to 5000
member In Kai-Fung-Fu and other cities
Of China was made known The inscrip.
lions In Chinese found on the marble tab
let's of the ancient synagogue of Kai-Fung-
Flu. and dated 1889, 1912 and 1868, respective.
ly. throw unexpected light upon this htth-
erto entirely unknown chapter OF Jewish
history. The episode, at the beginning OF tho
seventeenth century, of the Jesuit priest.
Father Matteo Ricci, and the young
Chinese Jew who. seeing at the mission the
portrait of the Virgin with the infant
Jesus. believed 1t TO be Rebekah with Esau
or Jacob, is certainly one OF the most in
teresting in the religious history of man
kind. In 1850, Isaac Nieto. rabbi of Lon
don. addressed a Hebrew letter TO the Jews
of China. asking for information concern
ing their origin and present condition.
Their answer, written in Chinese and He
brew. has unfortunately not peen pre-
| served A letter which James Finn, Brit
! ishh consul at Jerusalem, received in 1915
/ disclosed the utter destitution and religioua
decay of the few Chinese remnants of the
house of Israel. Former attempts (lS52,
1850 on the part Of the Jews of England
| and of the United States to offer a helping
| hand to their far-off coreligionists failed.
owing 10 the Tai Ping rebellion, the civil
war and other causes. In 1900, the COM
munity of ~Kai-Fung-Fu numbered 14l
! souls, without a leader, a synagogue or a
regular school system. 1t is to be hoped
that the society for the rescue of the
, Chinese Jews will succeed in bringing
order out of the Judeo-C Chinese chaos
Kingsbury County independent. (DeSmet, Kingsbury County, S.D.) 1894-1929, 1905-12-29
A Good Check.

From the Philadelphia Bulletin.
AS he took of his coat his wife said to
him, gently:
You remember those eight letters ]
gave to you to post three days ago."
He started.
Yes. IL remember"
but you didn't remember to mail them.
did you p she said, sweetly.
mo I didn't. How did you find out?"
Among them she explained, was a
postal card addressed to myself. Since II
didn't reach me 1 knew you hadn't posted
nv mail. / shall always use this scheme
In future. IT only costs q cent. and I,
makes an excellent check on you. Now
give me my letters and In post them my
sslf." Y
Kingsbury County independent. (DeSmet, Kingsbury County, S.D.) 1894-1929, 1905-12-29
cnuldn,t Get AL nj.

An Irishman had the reputation Of being
an ,nveterate drinker, but had promised
the Rev. Hennissy, whom he saw coming
UP the street. to abstain. Mike. with .
Jug. was saluted with:
What have you therer
whisky he replied.
"And after rot pledge? Pour II out"
Cannot"
.'why?' inquired the father.
Because half belongs to my brother
Pat"
Then out with your hail." was de-
landed.
'Tmpossibls." sasd the son Of the Emsy-
aid Isle, .'ny hsof - an the hotton-~
Kingsbury County independent. (DeSmet, Kingsbury County, S.D.) 1894-1929, 1905-12-29

Governor George H. Utter. OF Rhode
Island. Ii q Seven Day Adventist, and.
therefore on he last day OF the week
the executive department Of the state
does 20 businesA
Kingsbury County independent. (DeSmet, Kingsbury County, S.D.) 1894-1929, 1905-12-29
A Piece Of Wood Antedating the Drift
Period

From the Engineering News.
In the excavation for the foundation OF q
high office building near the lower end Of
Manhattan Island, there was uncovered
a few days ago a piece of wood which UNI
doubtedly formed part of a tree that mus
have grown before the ice age in geologic
history.
The following letter narrates the circum,
stances under which the find was made:
Sir: In the process of ~excavating for the
foundations of the United States Express
building at the corner Of Rector and
Greenwich streets In this city, we uncov-
cred a piece OF wood lying on top of the
bed rock beneath a stratum of hardpan
and boulders. From the position In which
this piece OF wood was found Ii is evidently
prehistoric. and Is probably the Oldest
piece of wood in the world. The bed rock
at this point is about 40 feet below the
curb. On top OF the bed rock is a strata
about IL feet thick, composed of hardpan
and boulders. This strata Is covered by
ordinary quicksand and muck, usual In
this section. The piece of wood was found
on top of the bed rock embedded In and
covered by the strata OF hardpan.
Very truly yours,
The Foundation Company,
Edwin F.. Kellogg.
80 Nassau street, New York, Nov. Is, 1906.
We may note In this connection tina the
rock surface of Manhattan Island, as
shown by a recent ". S. geological survey
publication, slopes from the north toward
the souta, and passes below tide level at
about 10th street. Below this point Man
haitian island is really a great sand and silt
deposit, built up on the underlying rock by
the tides and currents Of recent geologic
time. AS stated above, beneath the more
recently deposited sand and silt and next
to the rock there Is a layer of boulders.
gravel and hardpan. which were evidently
deposited during the glacial period.
Inspection by a member OF our editorial
staff of the piece of wood referred TO shows
IL to be light brown In color and rather
punky, as might be expected from Its great
age and long immersion. 1t retains, never
theiess, considerable elasticity. One would
Judge Ii 10 be OF some soft wood species.
1t was doubtless w~arerlogged and i'm
mersed for a long period before II was
finally buried in the glacial drift.
The Minneapolis journal., 1905-11-20
] Lower Gables and Poor Foreign
Acceptances Of Grain Over
: Sunday.
Local Stocks Decreasing Instead
of Accommodating as They
Should.
Much Bearish News Sent in and
Many Sold Out Long
Wheat.

MINNEAPOLIS Chamber OF Commerce, Nov. 20
Wheat opened the week by selling down TO oo4c
for December and S5c for May. At these prices
tae market bolted but showed no 1mmeolate
indication of recovery and seemed doubttni.
The cables fairly steady except for Llv-
e2pool, that market coming 7ad lower 70 start:
A@3hd lower on second cables and A@3ad ON
tv close The general feeling was bearish. CHI
clgo advices said there had been no acceptahces
OF anything from abrond over Sunday, not even
barley, and that export business was very slow
with this the big worlds shipments, 49, $50 900
bu, against BroomhalPs estimate OF L, 2,OOoooo,
made little weakness, altho the worlds move
ment figures were not really very oearlsn. De
spite the big total shipped the quantity ahoat
at 81, ,2O6,O 900 bu showed increase Of only 12o'-
600 for week. America also came up in better
shape. Russia disappointed the bulls, for
against 5000, 900 bu in the previous week she
$ sent out 3576. 900 last week, but on the other
hand America came up from 3 s0sooo to 5,4so,
GOO, so that the bulk of the increase was rep
resented by American-grown stuff, In which
e6, 900 brls -four figured in Important degree. In
the long time comparisons the weight Is I'M
rnensely on the side of America. for year ago
Russia shipped 5,496,0O0 bu and last week only
857600O while year ago America shipped
only l. 96s, 900 bu and last week 5,496, 900. This
Is the sort Of comparison that appeals to trad
ers who bulls for the long pull. Ihey
feel that whatever the market may do for
few weeks or month"; ultimately this change
about In the relative Importance OF Russia and
America as sources Of worlds supply will work
out to our material advantage.
Corn weak and wheat was ahected by It,
Bear news came in fast on both. Duluth said
there were no good bids in hand for wheat and
Buffalo sent word that the Buffalo millers have
already bought all the wheat they will need this
year. Liverpool sent later cable stating that
large shipments Of Manitoba wheat was prin-
cipaI cause for the weakness in the English
markets.
Good items on the bull side appeared In the
local summary. Elevator stocks. instead of pill
ing up are barely holding their own, in fact
these is decrease of about so, 900 bu for two
days. Receipts also light and the 764 cars
in the yards this morning looked small by com
parison with 9e6 Of year ago. Elsewhere or
our side there excess, altho Winnipee
got only $40 cars against 400. Duluth had 32$
against H1, Chicago 24b against 10, Kansas
City $4,000 bu against $4,000 and st. Louis
66.O 900 against 65, 900.
The cash market lost it's grip and 24c ovel
for No. 1 northern the basis on which con
siderable business was done. No. brought
about Nc under. Fair demand ruled but the
market showed no such snap as last week.
Montreal shipping will close this week. Ad
vices today were Of good demand for Man1tob'
wheat.
Primary receipts were 1.740.oOo bu against
1885, 900. Clearances, 214,0O0 bu.
The Minneapolis journal., 1905-11-20
GRAIN TRADE GOSSIP

Liverpool-An official Indian report for the
week ending Nov. IL says that no rain has fal-
len in Bombay. but the situation there at pres
ent is not serious No rain has fallen in the
United provinces, Rajputana and Hydera bad
and the situation is unchanged. Elsewhere the
outlook is considered fair to good.
Weak corn market pulling wheat down.
Moore says never saw the crowd so universally
bearish. There is big short interest.
Messages from Montreal say demand for Cana
dian wheat for export exceptionally large.
Looks like Armour and Comstock were heavy
sellers of corn.
Jim Patten selling some wheat.
Duluth wires the best bids from the east
are exactl vat cost price at Duluth.
Antwerp closed unchanged.
Liverpool closed wheat Said lower; corn
1s@Ad lower.
Berlin closed &c higher.
Budapest Nc lower.
Paris wheat unchanged to &c higher; -four
unchanged to Nc higher.
Rosenbaum says no acceptances Of any kind OF
grain from abroad. not even barley.
Bartlett repors Kansas City trying to re
purchase No. 2 hard sold to Chicago
Oats lower and featureless.