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The Cairo bulletin., 1907-03-21

In another respect teaching Of medicine must be broadened The
century entered upon Medical study has been in time past
far too exclusively the study Of mans body BY itself Hereafter the study
OF medicine be largely comparative in other words must include
mans relations to the vegetable kingdoms The Harvard
medical possession OF its buildings with three pro-
ssorhps comparative anatomy comparative physiology and compa
tive pathology tendency comparative study already has been d
od ve IN other subjects example comparative psychology
legislation religion Wherever this study BY comparison wins adequate
place il makes study subject broader and bem and
the results obtained more comprehensive and just
The Cairo bulletin., 1907-03-21
CIR Ernnnmy If
Stnlplr Sprlltng
By HENRY HOLT. L. L. D.

could Re rendered supauous BY restoring tic old single letters for "t
making new letters h Ssh "ng and the vowel sounds in "how
and oil agreeing vowel where we now write goose
srleum7
The percentage from three and oneat and obviously
depned uun circumstances complex anaze the superut
among them topics treated the past present Whatever the vari-
atoms and their reasonable to set the percentage OF
surauous letters English words written at about five
publishers point view the five cent Of eye
strain and time reading upauous letters and embraces
also much more watc time of teachers and pupils There
are 5 900 common in the United States Allow them
$500 each which probably low and their pay amounts to $780,
100000
II generally that the aburdies Of our present spelling
cost third Of the average hd life during school time Say that one
half Of rs asues the uperuous letters then S225ooOo repre-
SCENTS the yearly primary education Leave out Of question the
waste Of cds eyes c teachers paid for theirs and
or total financial waste supeuous letters viii total from s55oooOoO
to s6o0OOoOo
Canning all residents British Isles Canada Australia and the
Game Colony as English speaking and oHng those not really speaking
English there are 5oOoo0Oo Allowing them to print and write
and teach as much proportion do their waste would be seve-
nts as great as about S3i00O0O0 the total for both nations
reaching about s9500oO00.
The Cairo bulletin., 1907-03-21

Read the PnIleiin and get all The
rews while /; Is news.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1907-08-04

dalliance as prevailed between Mr..
Samuel Martin and the Vicomtesse.
would have been permitted No; L
perforce stuck to my original opinion
that Shone was ingratiating himself
with view TO reaping' greater re-
ward when he should spring his great
surprise upon us. If his researches
should lead to the restoration of the
stolen necklace the Dues admiration
would be enhanced by his having been
innocently fooled himself.
Or could il be that there was a
deeper undercurrent. born of some Sc
cret knowledge gained by ShOne, that
the Due and his daughter were them
selves guiltily concerned in the rob-
berries? l put this theory away as in
admissible, arguing that no detective.
private or official. would allow himself
tc loom so largely IN the notice of his
quarry. Besides, IL was well estab-
lished that these. grandees had them
selves been heavy losers by the raids
on the 5ullion-room.
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Che Solutions 81 Rddfcrd $bcne

We were expected to make New York
harbor on the afternoon of the sixth
day, so dinner on the fifth evening
babe fair to be lively function. The
great domed. palm decorated saloon
was a blaze of electric light. illuminat-
ing brilliant toilettes fresh from Paris
Speculation ran high on the probable
winner of the lottery on the ships
daily runs. Clean shaver men with
clear eyes and curt speech talked of
the Wall street prices received by
Marconigram just before the gong
sounded. For all that, for me, the
place lacked it's Hamlet, for Mr. Rad
ford Shone was absent from table, and
so was Mr.. Samuel Martin.
CHANGING hastily round. / also missed
Phil Lancaster from the place which.
as second officer. he usually occupied
at the head of the third table, when
not on duty on the bridge. | knew
that he had come off watch at s
O'Clock. and was free till 4 in the morn
ing-in fact. had been looking for
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1907-08-04

looking neighbor. while Mr.. Samuel
Martin engaged the handsome brunette
in airy trif1ing. Indeed. unless the
stout youth was an excellent actor
and ne did not look 1.-THE had really
fallen a victim to her destinations.
At the close of the meal. before re-
pairing to the smoking room, l allowed
my curiosity to get the better of me
so far as to beckon a steward.
WHO is that gentleman who has
just risen and is offering his arm to
the LADY," 1 asked.
That, sir? That is a French noble
man, sir-the Due de Vionville; and
the young lady is his daughter. the
Vicomtesse de Mericourt," replied the
man. And, lowering his voice, he add
ed, They've sailed with us before. sir,
and l am surprised that they should
choose this boat again."
"Hows that?" said l.
Last voyage they made with us
there was a robbery aboard-out of the
bullion-room. Goodness knows how it
was broke into, but among the things
taken was a pearl necklace belonging
to the Vicomtesse. which she had got
the captain to place there for safety.
Rough luck. sir, wasn't it?"
Very" 1 rejoined, and 1 left the
saloon bordering on what 1 had heard.
RadfOrd ShOne and his assistant we're
known as private detectives to the Due
and his daughter, or whether the willy
Shone was cultivating an acquaintance
which might be profitable in the event
of his tracing the thieves and possibly
recovering their property. On the
whole, 1 was inclined to the latter
view. for I had had dealings with some
of the old French nobility, and it is
1.
equal terms with private inquiry
agents, however eminent.
The Petunia sped westward over an
unusually kind Atlantic and we
reached the fifth day out without any
untoward development. Young Lam
caster, when not on the bridge, was
often with me, and with the narrowing
down of the hours which would end
his suspense his spirits seemed to fall
lower and lower. He talked gioomily
to me of his Ethel, and OF his fears
that a cruel fate would come between
them. The bullion-room had evidently
got badly on his nerves, and he re-
fused to be comforted by my sugges-
ton that all must be well or Radford
Shone would have made some sign.
This the celebrated expert had not
done. There had been no sensational
indication of the thief or thieves. no
alarms and excursions in the neighbour
hood of the bullion-room, or. indeed,
anything to show that Shone was exer-
cising any vigilance whatever. He
lounged for the most part on deck,
avoiding the poker and bridge players
in the smoking room, and living up to
his assumed clerical character by doing
the civil to elderly ladies, spending also
some portion of his time in promenade
ing with the Due de Vionville. The
Hon. George Dalrymple, otherwise Mr..
Samuel Martin, was equally assiduous
in improving his acquaintance with
the Dues piquant daughter.
The more I saw of these strangely
assorted fellow passengers, the more
convinced / became that Shone's real
personality had not been divulged. No
scion of the old regime would have
been so affabie to a mere specialist in
criminology as was the Due to Rad
ford Shone. Certainly no such gay
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The young officer f1icked a speck of
dust from the gold lace on his sleeve
and frOwned.
"RadfOrd ShOne is vain BEAST" he
replied fierceIy. THE sort of creature
who sticks at foregone conclusions. and
! if he sticks to his present one he'll be
worse than useless"
He has formed a theOry?" 1 hazard
ed.
'He behaves as if he has But, see
here, Mr.. ROyds. I've told you all this
in confidence, and ! can tell you no
more. I don't really know what is in
Shone's mind. Captain Smithers and
and now yOu-are the only people in
the ship aware Of his presence on board,
and l beg that you will not give me
away for having babbled to you. We
have had some pleasant times togeth-
er, crossing the ditch. so as you were in
the same line of business L thought 1
would like to post you in what was
going on. Nothing like having a friend
at court, ybu know"
A little later, as I leaned over the
stern rail, and watched the receding
riX er flats, / found myself wondering
at that last cryptic utterance. Why
should this frank faced sailor want a
friend at court" in the shape of a
Scotland Yard inspector? Why was
the boy worrying so strangely over
the employment of Shone. when the
object OF that famous investigator was
the same as his own-the keeping of
! felonious hands from the treasures in
trusted to his charge? I am q detec-
tive by profession, remember, and
though l tried to put it away, the
thought flashed across me that his hos
tility to Shone could not have been
more pronounced had he had designs
on pOnfppfC fhp hnIIi0n-rnar1
himself.
If SO, his apparently open confidence
in me would have been a very subtle
piece of strategy indeed.
Lancaster was on duty that evening,
and did not appear at dinner in the
saloon. But 1 need hardly say that
paid particular heed to my fellow pas
sengers, without, however. recognizing
among them any criminal of note who
might have shipped with nefarious in
tentions. If such one was on board
he must be a new man who had not
yet passed through our hands, for
knew that there were but four old con-
victs then at large capable of taking
up such big business.
Failing in that direction. 1 naturally
turned my attention to Mr.. Hadford
Shone, with whom l had but once been
brought into professional association.
that his principal exploits had been
performed in cases of the flushing
UP" order, where police interference
was the last thing wanted. So far as
was concerned, his reputation, great
as it was, was somewhat shadowy, aid
l hailed with satisfaction the chance
of studying his methods.
There was nothing the matter with
his makeup, anyhow, or with his man
ner. He had been given a seat at
the captains table. between a land
some and vivacious young lady and a
tall, aquiline featured gentleman. who
wore in his button hole the ribbon OF
the Legion of Honor. His friend, Mar
tin, playing the part of his pupil sat
on the other side of the girl, and they
seemed to have quickly shaken down
into a congenial party. Shone. with
the deferential air of the clerical tutor,
turned frequently to his distinguished
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ward to a chat with him during the
evening. 1 was beginning to wonder
what his absence pOrtended when there
was a commOtiOn at the door OF the
saloon, and Shone's stout young friend
rushed in. laboring under the widest
excitement
ignoring the implied invitation OF
Helene de MeTicourt. who had drawn
her skirts together to make room for
him at her side. he pushed his way to
the head of the table and whispered
in the ear of the captain, VINO rose
hurriedly and accompanied him out OF
the saloon. Guessing that the supreme
moment had come, |, too. slipped out
and followed them, the chase leading
me, as I had expected, down to the
main deck, along a corridor, to the
closed door of the bullion room.
There, under an electric lamp, stood
Radford Shone. his dexter finger
pointing dramatically to the iron door.
Got your key, captain he said.
Yes, why?" stammered the blunt
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her round III a gigantic curve for her
run down the Mersey to the. open sea.
Come in my cabin and smoke; / am
not due on the bridge for an hour, -
said Lancaster abruptly. All, there
goes the beauty"
The passengers, the distraction of de-
partUTe over. we're mostly seeking their
private accommodations for the be-
stowal of their travelling necessaries.
and Lancaster's concluding soliloquy
appeared to refer to a wizened, stoop-
ing. elderly mani clerical attire, who
was entering one of the upper deck
staterooms, followed by a flOrid stout
young man in. very loud checks.
thought that 1 caught a CLEAN from
the old cleric's prominent eyes direct
ed at my companion, who, without fur
Their explanation. led me into a tiny Gu
bicle in the range of deck houses amid
ships.
He drew forward a camp stool for
me and perched himself on the edge of
his bunk.
Did you see that old chap dressed
like a parson with the fat bounder in
tweedS?" he asked well, that is Rad
ford ShOne. masquerading as the Rev.
Joshua Greer, tutor to the Hon. Sam
uel Martin. I don't like the man.
Royds-for no better reason than that
cheney"
And he went on to tell me that ShOne
had been engaged by the directors of
the Flower Steamship company to solve
the mystery of several rObberies that
had recently been effected on the Pc
tunia As one of the "grayhounds of
the Atlantic" and also a mail boat, the
vessel was fitted with a bullion room
that had till quite recently been con-
sidered impregnable. Nevertheless,
during the past year this stronghold
had been twice entered by thieves, who
had distracted valuable uncut gems
consigned to leading jewelers. in New
York To have removed and landed
the heavy gold ingOts which sometimes
formed part of the cargo was, of course,
beyond their ingenuity.
The robberies were the more unac-
cOunta bic as the bullion room was
guarded by a heavy iron door. which
was furnished with an up-to-date COM
bination letter lock. AS second officer.
Lancaster had charge of the room, and
kept the key, though the captain of
the ship also had key and shared
with him the secret OF the particular
lettering decided on for each voyage,
the precaution being intended TO pro-
vide against the loss of the combination
in the event of one or other of them
meeting with a fatal accident.
In spite of these safeguards the bull
lion room had thrice been denuded of
its most portable valuables. and. as on
the present occasion, the Petunia was
carrying a priceless consignment of
diamonds for Tiffany of New York,
Radford Shone's services had been en-
listed with the double purpose of pro-
tecting the gems and. if any attempt
were made on them, of detecting the
thief
1T is pretty rough on me. Mr.. Royds,
because I'm engaged to the sweetest
girl in the world, and we are only wait
ing till I get my first officers certifi-
cate to be married. l should have had
il before now if it hadn't been for this
setback" Lancaster concluded.
Then you ought to hail Mr.. Rad
ford Shone as r friend" l said. HE
has a great reputation and ought to see
you through
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Standing near the gangway of the
great steamship, l was glad that for
once in a way / was able to take hu-
man rather than Il professional inter-
est i'm the departing passengers and
their fareWells TO friends who had come
TO see them off. l was going out in
the Petunia to bring home a CerT1 IN
notorious note forger, known among
his associates OF the higher criminal
circles as Flash Taylor" Mr.. Taylor
had been laid by the heels by our col
leagues of the New York police, and
was being held for eXtTaditiou
The bell changed out its final warn
ing for nOn-vOyagers u leave the ship,
and there was a swish of skirts and a
scurry of feet past my pcs of vantage
/ had to draw back closer against the
rails to avoid being swept away by the
stream. In doing 50 : was lammcd
against a young man ir the smart uni
form of the Flower line, who was TAX
ing leave of a pretty girl quietly dressed
in well-fitting suit If lark serge. 50
absorbed were they in each ther that
for half a minute / became AN invol-
untary listener to their last adieus.
You may cheer up. Phil" he girl
was saying There j. ne sense in
meeting trouble half way, and [ have
no doubt that this wonderful Mr.. Rad
ford Shone will safeguard your treas
ures. At any rate, he viii greatly
tighten your responsibility.
That is exactly what he won't do. "
the young man answered CloOmily If
anything goes wrong, the company viii
hold me to blame. while if nothing is
taken, or If the thief Is caught in the
act. Shone will get all the kudos. And
II means so much to US, darling. No
promotion, no wedding bells for you
and me-"
The bell changed louder, REINFORCED
now by the shrek Of the siren, and
with a long look in each others eyes
the lovers clasned hands and tore
themselves apart. The girl hurried
down the gangway, to b. lost in tie
crowds on the quay, and the young Of
ficer, having watched her out of sight,
turned and met my gaze. l recognized
him at once. and held out my hand.
"Why, Mr.. Lancaster" l exclaimed.
$50 we are TO be shipmates again?'
For ! had already made two voyages
in other boats of the same line in which
he had been serving.
He drew back for a moment, as
though startled by my presence. then
he seized my hand anu wrung It warm
ly.
How are you, Inspector Royds9" he
said. you're another On the job, Z
suppose. The Petunia simply reeks OF
detective talent this trip. We are ear
Y.ying the eminent Radford Shone and
his friend, Mr.. Samuel Martin, and now
you turn up as the representative of
Scotland Yard. My bullion ROOM ought
to be as safe as the Bank of England. g"
"why. yes" 1 laughed. IF Radford
Shone is going 10 mind il. For myself
7 am going TO enjoy freedom from all
official cares on the outward trip"
And I explained my mission-hOw
had been detailed to fetch Flash Tay-
lor' 10 England TO stand his trial at the
OLD Bailey.
Phil Lancaster. who had always
struck me as a bright specimen of the
gay-hearted sailor lad, glanced furtive-
" round him ] noticed that his usual
~ frank. healthy face was singularly
careworn and haggard. The steamer
had warped away from the quay and
her mighty propellers were churning
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1907-08-04

Narratives by Officers Of the PrOvin-
cial Police, as to Dealings with the
Eminent Expert, Mr.. RadfOrd ShOne.
Edited by HEADoN HILL.
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1907-04-09

WASHINGTON, April 9.-The de-
velopment boom in the far west is Civ
ing the reclamation service a good deal
of concern at the present time.
With every part of the intermountain
country enjoying a remarkable building
boom, the government finds itself Sc
riously handicapped by its inability to
secure reasonable bids for constructing
its big irrigation works. The large
contractors are all loaded up with rail-
road work which will occupy their at
tention for many months to- come,
while smaller contractors have all they
can possibly do to take care of the To-
cal demands of cities and towns.
Many Of the contracts Of the govern
ment have been advertised several
times without securing reasonable bids.
The government is confronted with
the proposition of doing the work by
force account or of postpOning it un-
til there is an improvement in condi-
tions. The present time is most un-
propitious for the government to un-
dertake doing the work itself. There is
an unusual scarcity of labor. Wages
are from 40 to go per cent higher than
two years ago. while efficiency has
heen decreased rather than improved
bv the unlimited demand for laborers.
Owing to the remoteness of much of
the government work from cities and
towns. labor is not attracted thereto,
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1907-04-09
GOVERNMENT IS UNABLE To BUILD BIG
IRRIGATION D|TCHEs DURING THE BOOM

and as rule the government gets only
the leavings or the most undesirable
class of laborers. The steady and
skillful workers are all busy.
The costs of all kinds of material has
increased enormously. Take cement,
for instance, which enters so largely in
the construction of dams and head
works, and for which the government
is asking for hundreds of thousands
of barrels, it has been compelled to ac-
cept bids at prices nearly double those
paid two years ago. Even at the pres
ent high price only few manufacture
ers are competing, and today the ce-
ment required for Idaho, Montana,
Wyoming and the Dakotas is shipped
from Chicago.
Lumber has nearly doubled in price,
and horses and mules now cost fully
twice what they did three years ago.
AS an illustration OF the material
increase in the cost of construction the
following examples are cited. In 1904
and 1905 the average cost of earthworlS
excavation was about 13 cents per Gu
bic yard. Today the prevailing rates
for similar work are from "a to 80
cents. A large contract for grading
was let at 13 cents per yard and the
contractor executed the contract and
furnished the required bond. When he
came to secure the necessary machin-
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1907-04-09
CONFESSION OF BURGLAR
duplicates BIG PEoRIANS

PEORIA, I'LL. April 9.-Eddie Tate of
Chicago, who is being held in Peoria
for the blowing of the school board
safe and theft of papers discriminating
former Superintendent of Schools N.
c. DOugherty. is seriously i'll at st.
Francis hospital. Fearing that he may>
grow worse and be unable ever to un-
ravef the mystery, the police and state
officials have induced him to make
partial confession which is said to
incriminate prominent Peorians alleged
to have engineered the theft of the pa
pers. It is expected that ne will tell
all tomorrow.
Chief of Police Wilson and States
Attorney Scholes have been working
on the case for several weeks, and ex-
pect to be able to prove damaging
amount of evidence within a short
time. Tate has confessed that he was
given $4,000 by attorneys representing
prominent Peorfans. but the officers
want to get further evidence before
they cause any arrests to be made.
Former members of the school board
and associates of Dougherty are said
to be making desperate efforts to sup
press the Investigation. 1t is admitted
they have made frequent trips to Chi
cago and Joliet. and have interviewed
the former school man on the subject.
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1907-04-09

er has permit from the supervisor. II
nhoids the owner Of the cattle respon-
sible for this violation.
Commenting on these decisions the
circular sent out by the interior de-
partment says:
IT Will upset the plans of cattlenfen
who have been expecting to use the
national forests" Also that violation of
the ruling of the interior department
Is likely to subject the stockman to fine
and imprisonment"
The ruling will affect hundreds of
nousehoiders in southeastern Washing
ton' VINO i've near the edge Of the re-
serve. Some Of them have been in the
habit Of neglecting to fence their land
and letting their cattle drift about and
on to the reserve. Such a proceeding
is now very likely to involve them in
serious trouble
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1907-04-09

cry. animals and labor. he found the
work would cost so much more than
his bid that he threw up his bid and
forfeited his bond. On readvertise-
ment the contract was again let at "a
cents per yard, and the contractor is
said to be losing money at this price.
Reinforced concrete in 1905 averaged
$3.50 per cubic yard, while the respon-
sible bids this year are from SIG to $21.
The troubles of the contractor in the
matter of shipping materials are
shown by the experience of one con-
tractor, who ordered a shipment in No
vember and loaded it on cars. detail
ing a man to follow the car and expe-
dite. early delivery in every way pos
sible.~ Notwithstanding all these pre-
cautions more than three months
elapsed before the materials were re-
ceived at their destination only few
hundred miles away.
The notable increased cost OF con-
struction has compelled revision OF
the original estimates on all OF the
large projects and if there is not a
material improvement in conditions II
may be necessary to postpone further
construction work On some OF these
projects for an indefinite period. Any
further increase may render some OF
the projects so expensive that dimcuity
will arise in getting settlers to take the
lands.