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Bankrupt's Petition for Discharge.
In the matter of
CHARLES H. WHITMAN, In Bankruptcy
BANKRUPT

Bankrupt
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follow the advice? He-Oh, yes, he fell
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The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1906-09-15
ATHLETES ARE POOR HUSBANDS.

Science has come forward with new and
striking statement joining fresh link to the
chain of indictments against athletics carried TO
an immodoratc degree. once beyond the bounds
OF moderation, physical exercise and physical
training, this new statement says, not only
weaken the heart for lifetime, prediSpOse to
pneumonia cause pulmonary tuberculosis, and
make extra possible a dozen other ills, but they
unfit man for a husband.
1T will be found" says DR. Robert +. Cough.
lin Of Brooklyn, in "A series OF papers he has
written on the and abuse of athletics and the
deaths of athletes, that comparatively few ath.
letcs marry. OF those that do, small percentage
have children, and very large percentage are
divorced by their wives"
Dr Coughlin has been collecting statistics
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1906-09-15

back convinced hall should
Cary relates that after penetrating the thick darkness
smells
told perils he had encountered
a
active
with all
like a clock that is about down.
and when
bowels
the his
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1906-09-15
POSTAL CLERKS FORM UNION.

Representatives of post Office clerks in six
Of the principal cities uf the west net in con
yention here the other day are form "a a national
union under the auspices of the American Fed
Grafton of Labor The organization, which will
be known as the National Federation Of Post
Office Clerks is the first national labor union in
America to be composed exclusively OF govern.
ment employees.
Delegates attended the convention from Chl'
cago, Milwaukee, Louisville, Nashville, Salt Lake
City and San Francisco. The post office clerks in
st. Louis, Cincinnati Indianapolis and several
other cities are ready to Join the movement as
soon rs the organization is fairly started. All
of the branches that sent delegates to the con.
vention are chartered by the American Fed
Grafton of abor as local unions, and the move
ment to {. RI tho national has the auur0yal of
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1906-09-15

1905 Again 1925 1865 A
In 1882 earthquake
fall
and in the latter settles its upright position This the
heaven STEVENS"
Prophet Stevens all his predictions by elaborate collection OF
charts which Ineligible to him only.
stated
scientists committed He said further that he had gasped
discovered the combination how to matter how far back
the the universe which baed scientists
l all
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1906-09-15

is hard
packed In like
describe the
that Old
their dotage a
throat be
1t is utterly impossible for They
under the night
the earth Children
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1906-09-15
Around the Metropolis
Interesting Gossip Gathered in New YorWar On Between Mrs.
Leslie Carter Payne and Miss Norma Munro Lillian Russell to
Enter Horse Racing Game.

NEW YORK.-The controversy between Mrs
Leslie Carter Payne, the actress, and Miss Norma
Leslie Munro, the reputedly wealthy daughter OF
lhe late millionaire publisher, Norman Leslie
munro, continues to excite interest among tho
ulettante friends of these two women who have
furnished more space continuously, for the news
papers than probably any two other women in
New York. Inquestionably there - a sentiment
favorable to the actress side of the question, for
while the emotional Mrs. Carter Payne Is not
intensely popular, the people who have been ac-
quainted with the career OF the two women in
the present controversy are also conversant with
the recent allegations made against Miss Munro
by Mrs Robert Osborn of playhouse and shirt
waist fame. Mrs. Osborn's experience with Miss
Munro was so Identical with that which Mrs. Car
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1906-09-15
BUYERS CROWDiNG THE CITY.

Within the last few weeks Chicago has
reached a stage in wholesale commercial aCtiv.
ity that has carried its trade to a higher point
than it has ever reached before. Thousands of
buyers from the smaller cities and towns are
thronging to the city by the trainoad. Never
before in the history of the city have such a vast
number Of retail men come from remote points in
the south and southwest. This steady influx of
buyers will in all probability keep up until the
middle of October.
cedented rush of country and small city store.
keepers to Chicago. Railroads entering the city
have been making special rates all summer long
People can come from New Orleans, VickSburg
and Mobile and return for an unheard-of rate of
SIS. Retail dealers living along the Missouri
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1906-09-15

Mrs Ienrete f. $1t935o
the
the West Fifty ninth
o
$ 10 In
being But
will speedily
to
at
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1906-09-15
FRIENDSHIP BROKEN BY MARRIAGE.

1t has been known ever since Mrs. CartcrS S
romantic marriage to the young actor William
Louis Payne. that the alliance was bitterly re
sented by the eXacting Miss Munro, That the two
women, once like juno swans. together always
and inseparable" had separated has been known
too, for weeks to their mutual friends. but no
prepared for the shock which followed the
court action against the actress, brought in the
name of Miss Munros mother, who is eXecutrX
OF the Munro estate,
This came like II bolt of lightning from
comparatively clear sky. Mrs, Leslie Carter
Payne, in arrears for rent of her apartments on
West Fiftyninth street owned by Miss Munro's
mother, has been sued for back rent and served
with papers in dsposscss proceedings. Further
more, the only thing that saved Mrs Payne from
1gnomintOuS eieCtment was the haste with which
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1906-09-15
SUFFERING IN THE "GAETTO" DISTRICT,

While the recent humid spell caused more
or less suffering throughout the entire city
in the crowded Ghetto district the West
side the agony was most intense. Afetr a hot
and sweltering day in that district the night
comes on torrid and almost unbearable.
The whole region appears to be one huge
steamroom in Turkish bath. Not breath Of
air fans the locality. The atmosphere is thick
and hot and heavy. The little frame buildings
have absorbed the rays of the sun all day long
and at night they seem to radiate this pent-up
torridity like so many ovens The streets and
alleys are like avenues leading to bake ovens
Night in that huddled community is different
from night in another portion of the city. 1t is
bad enough over near the lake front, where a
wayward breeze once in awhile Creeps across the
SluPYiSh waters and aff0rds AZ nlinf
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1906-09-15

a council
which he
asking
behalf heads OF departments
ton on
the hs prohibiting them attempting 70 nfa
to believe
Is
II, q and rs
c.4t. OF for the LEGISLATION desired
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1906-09-15

to the rolc o he
ton
He was defeated the
legislature
a n
the of
Annapolis, Md;
York and within a period of days
He neve
He lis unqu
He
the right
the United senae-boh
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1906-09-15
DOOM OF CITIES PREDICTED.

Prepare for shocks. Prophet Edmund s.
Stevens of this city, has prophesied long series
of dreadful catastrophes which will cuminate in
the destruction of all the cities of the earth in
tho year Of our Lord 1882.
Mother Earth is not of plumb, according to
this prophet, and all the terrible earthquakes that
have occurred and are yet TO come are due to
the fact that the earth is gradually resuming
its proper position. When this stage of transi
ton is reached there will be new earth and
new heaven referred to in the scriptures
The prophecy follows:
CAUSE OF EARTHQUAKES.
The earth is out of her place, upright
position 1t is gradually resumng it. Whenever
there is an accelerated faster motion then in
that period earthquakes occur. We are now in
one OF these periods, from Mont Peee, 1900, to
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1906-09-15
Gossip About Chicago
Idle Chatter by Our Windy City Correspondent Of Laz
ines. Among City Oficia-Khak Summer Uniforms for Po
Ece-Postal Clerks Join Labor Union.

CHICAGO.-The lazy germ has been discov.
cred, The insdouS microbe that has f.rd the
city hall with languor and laziness for 10. these
many years Is now known and the credit for its
discovery belongs to Thomas Claffy, chief deputy
sanitary inspector of the city
Alone and single handed, day recently,
the intrepi inspector invaded the dark recesses
of the dungeon under the black ruin that houses
Mayor Dunno and the numerous other city Off
cials and amid curtains of cobwebS, poisonous
gases and nauseatng smells he made his dis
covery.
After an hour spent in this region he stag
gercd into his Office on the fourth floor, where
smelling salts and other restoratives were ap.
piled and the inspector was finally able to gasp
out the horrors he had experienced. He had
faced death in many forms down in the dinSy,
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1906-09-15
Ne1us from Washington
Spelling Reform Order Of the President Causes Agitation in Off
ea Cncles-Destrucon Of the Earth Prophe.ied-
Of the Poor to Be Improved.

WASH1NGTON.-There Is considerable agita'
tion In Official Washington over the recent order
by the president directing the use OF phonetic
spelling in all messages and other printed docu'
ments issuing from the White House In address.
ing the order to the public printer the president
has gone as far as he can to modernze orthog.
raphy. He has instructed the public printer to
follow copy" and his cabinet officers will OF
course fall into line. They will have all the an.
nual reports of division chiefs and other subor-
dlnates as well as their own prepared with the
words spelled as the president has decided they
should be-
The orthography advocated by Banker MAT
thews and in part approved by the president,
while phonetic, possesses the combined advantage
of brevty. 1t will save time in writing and type
iti,ao and will annnQmiZn the Qriutiug Dill.
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1906-09-15
WHITE A MODERN SPARTAN.

Senator Whyte, MaIylands picturesque
grand old man." who IS occupying the seat OF
the late Arthur German, had birthday recently,
and he is now in his eighty year. Whyte is
probably the most remarkable man in Maryland
to-day.
He has never tasted a drop of liquor nor
smoked and has never been inside of a saloon
He is not member of any club.
He defended 60 alleged murderers and all
acquitted.
He always rides in ordinary day car on
a passenger train and on the street in a
city.
He framed the instruments on which the
unique government of the District of Columbia
is founded He lives outside of Baltimore yet
is able to appear at trial in Baltimore in the
morning and be in Washington in time to answer
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1906-09-15

and
"dasht or
WITH catalogue being
spelled
the white
departments
the
spelling limited stages
jobs a asylum
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1906-09-15


of
Is he
offered
Here where athletics do great harm and would
against all athletics
SAID TO be beneficial until tn" heart begins
Is the
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1906-09-15
OUR BLUEJAckETs BEST SHOOTERS.

ers in the world according to our naval officers
While admitting that the record of the British
ship Bruizers six Founders, said TO have made
46 hits out OF Ga shots, shows excellent work.
naval officers here are not inclined to give the
palm to the British navy for accurate shooting
The record of the American navy shows that at
least in one instance % hits out of 25 shots were
made by a six FOUNDER. In discussing the Work
of the Rru2or naval officers say that before they
can make any accurate valuable comparison
between British and American craftsmanship 1t
will be necessary to know the size OF the target.
the rate OF speed at which it was moving, and
tho actual time in which the Ga shots were de-
liyered The targets used by the British navy
are considerably larger than those used on this
side of the water.
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1906-09-15


only do the
their with them
of
amon he Of
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1906-09-15
WEDDING NAY FOLLOW DIVORCE.

with thc announcement that Mrs. Annie VI.
a. Stewart had obtained a divorce in Sioux Falls
from William Rhnclander Stewart 1t became
current gossip at once that Mrs Stewart would
soon be the wife Of James Henry Smith known as
silent smith, whose fortune Is estimated any
whore from $iOO00.O00 10 500 900.
The divorce decree gives Mrs. Stewart the
custody OF her daughter Anita. until the latter
becomes of age. William Rhineander Stewart,
Jr., is given into the custody of the father
The troubles between the Stewarts reached
an acute stage some time after Miss Anita stew
art IDade her debut at dinner dance given by
the husband aud wife In their town home West
Finyseycnth street in January, 1905. This was
the last social function given by the couple
Nr. Stewart who is man Of "a, is no" at
Bar iIarbOr He Is sudous and serious, and he
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1906-09-15

public the pub
if. a
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1906-09-15

the
he
loved society she all Of tha
r&cu in
color, at her life
5ml William Whitney Fifth
dor II n Iua4lr
enfr prior
I the BY
.lt
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1906-09-15

The
avys work of 1895 the size OF the target
increased the
fron4 and 20 per cent
% feet TO = N lee
ho mas inns year ade
+. ecord shot nd hreehi
point with the great npo eeht IN t'e
and there has
propoionae shooting tat - anu a @ @
rapidly lla
the efficiency OF the ndaua sun cas- -
tLAos what 1ore
The San Francisco call., 1906-12-23
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have to be
that
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In hui Is
Samue at andvn anoidtng
and the umb o. o
material at the height of the rowins wa
of the more
of the ubrethS In
of Where
growin building reduced
The horses used paform.
dner one :
the
Ing all fnwh
that
s to
a snpl process
briekiysrs shown by
adper manw
In 10
The lis al in one
and taking down
method
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The San Francisco call., 1906-12-23
Edison TellSHoWaII0uSe Can Be Cast

Professor Roentgen discovered the
properties of X-rays, that can neither
be refracted, reflected nor polarized.
Professor Crookes invented a vacuum
tube, to produce the X-rays Gin con-
junction with an influence machine or
induction COLD, and Edison, not to be
outdone, invented the microscope,
which is In everyday use in scientific
and educational institutions and in
surgeons offices and hospitals.
The Horoscope is money-maker.
So is the well-known Edison mimeo-
graph. The Edison system of electric
lighting and the incandescent globe
have been enormously profitable to the
inventor; SO has the phonograph.
In fact. as Edison himself says, he has
up to this time been a Commercial
inventor"
But now he realizes that age is
creeping upon him and he turns from
the concrete to the more abstract
propositions, such as the cause and
cure of diseases. He is much interest
ed In Luther Burbanks experiments in
the development of plant life by natu-
raj selection. He would like to take
up the study of pomoIogy, and of BIZ
ology, it's twin subject. if he Had the
time, as well as the origin of life and
the source of animal energy and of
electricity, believing that the answer
to one problem might solve the other
What makes my finger go when I
move it?" he once asked professor in
France.
"Oh. Monsieur" said the savant, IT
have been seeking an answer to that
question for forty years"
The San Francisco call., 1906-12-23

NEW YORK, Dec. 22.-Thomas Edi-
son. the wizard inventor. having made
a suggestion that business houses and
dwellings of moderate size might be
~cast" by pouring a Portland cement
mixture into portable wall molds. l re-
ouested an interview on the subject.
Realizing that this was a matter in
which Californians were vitally inter
ested because of their large building
operatfons. the great inventor gra-
ciousiy consented to receive me In MS
laboratory at Orange, N J.
Ordinarily it is not an easy matter
70 see this busy man and have any
kind of q satisfactory conversation
with him. He complains that the days
are too short, and despite all that he
has accomplished he is not half satis-
FED. He sighs when he reflects that he
is getting to be an old man, with his
life's work not half completed.
Edison is besieged daily by all KINDS
Of visitors His laboratory is situated
amid some ten or fifteen acres Of busy
factories turning out the products OF
his own invention, such as phono-
graphs. electric light bulbs. etc. The
premises are as exclusive as possible,
surrounded by a stout picket fence
built high enough to prevent scaling
by the average would-be intruder.
PEsTERED BY VISITORS
To enter these grounds one must
mass through a gate and arcade, where,
behind a wicket window stands the
pvatchman. a little old man who chal-
lenges each visitor. The stranger is
detained outside Of the gate until a
card can be sent to the inventor More
x-fc fS with
apologies, denied admittance; for there
are all sorts of callers in the course of
a day. They are the idly curious. who
only want a look at the wizard; 9TH
ers who would be satisfied, with a
handshake: still others. and these are
IN the vast majority, come TO request
interviews for the daily press, or ma
terial for illustrated magazine articles.
These latter are equipped with snap
shot cameras and are the bane OF the
inventors life Then. too, there are
ali sorts of cranks who have sugges-
tions to make: others are scientific men
who are gladly welcomed, for Edison
likes to exchange ideas with men OF
his own kind.
AS broad and comprehensive as his
knowledge is the inventor is not vain
enough to believe that he knows 1t all,
is quick TO perceive and 10 grasp a
bright idea and to fix IL in his memory.
once fixed. it remains for lifetime.
The marvellous memory of this man is
a never-ending wonder to all of his ac-
ouafntances The most trivial incl
dent is not forgotten If ii has once been
impressed on his mind He was in Cal
ifornia years ago, but he could remem-
ber that in the little town Of Yreka he
read a sign over q bakeshop that could
be read either backward or forward:
The San Francisco call., 1906-12-23

dicate for the west coast of South
America, five in number and the Gulf
Line, have given notice of a new clause
in bills of lading from the United King
dom and continental ports. 1t provides
that cargoes will be received on the ex-
press condition that in the event of
it's not being able to be discharged at
port of destination, whether through
custom house not being able to re-
ceive it through heavy seas, congestion
of port, lack of launches or other ele-
ments Of discharge. or for any cause
whatsoever which the company cannot
remedy the merchandise shall be either
transhipped to hulks or other vessel in
that port or retained on board until
return of steamer to the port of des-
tinatfon. Alterna lively, the cargo may
be transhipped or discharged at any
other port the captain or owners
agents may think convenient, or be
shipped in any other vessel at the risk
and on the responsibility of the owner
and consignees of the goods for return
to port of destination. In any of these
cases the owner or consignees must pay
the extra freight and charges thus in
CURED before delivery of the goods.
The San Francisco call., 1906-12-23
HIS DAYS TOO SHORT

Il wish the days were longer. I
have so many things to do" sighed the
inventor. 81 have completed my ex-
periments with the mantel and win
dow-sash, and Will put a first-class
architect at work to draw ornamental
designs for the wall molds, and inside
of year I hope to have them ready
The rest will be easy. The molds can
be rapidly set up and the stuff poured
In.
'T believe that I can set up the molds,
with plumbing and wiring. and fill the
molds with cement all in one day. Not
an eight-hour day, but, say. from in
the morning until at night. This
would be moderate-sized house-two
stories and an attic and containing
about seven or eight rooms. OF course
II would take q week for the stun to
harden sufficiently for the molds to be
removed. but In ten days the house
would be ready for occupancy.
TT may occur to some minds that
habitation In such house would be
too much like living In tomb. Not so.
however. It Will be just as comfort
able as any stone or brick house. The