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The Cairo bulletin., 1907-05-07
TOTS CREMATED ALIVE
Three Children Burn To Death In
Fire Which Destroys Home
Mother Was at Neiehbor's
House.

Sault Ste Marie, Mich, May c.
Three children. named Dominique
were burned to death in their home
4. Blind River. Their mother, a wild.
Nv. built a fire in the heating stove
and then went to a enighobr's house
leaving the children alone. Neigh
5ors discovered the house on fire soon
afterward but were unable 10 rescue
he children. They ranged from six
months to five years.
HELD FOR MURDER OF NINE.
The Cairo bulletin., 1907-05-07
WARD HEADS MEDICAL COLLEGE

Washington. May s.-Dr. Herr
IN. Ward Of Lincoln. Neb.. today wrs
reelected president Of the Associa
ton Of American Medical Colleges -
succeed Dr.. Geo. II. Rober. Of this
city DIR Fred c. zapfe. q Chicago.
sas reelected secretary and treas
ufer
The Cairo bulletin., 1907-05-07
HELD FOR MURDER OF NINE.

P usacoia Fla. May G.-Joe Stanley
md NJ C. Smith. whites. were arrest
ed TO day charged with the murder
ofthe Ackerman family near here
ibo-t a year ago. The family consist
I'd Of a father and mether and seven
childrs whose charred bodies we're
found cremated in their burned home.
The Cairo bulletin., 1907-05-07
FORTUNE TO LURE
PR0D|CAL HOME
BLACK SHEEP BROTHER OF "SI.
LENT" SMITH, MAY RETURN
TO FAMILY FOLD.
WAUKECAN is ANXIOUS
That John Yule Smith Come Back
and Settle up Oil .'si,ns-
VIII Forget Criminal Charge
Held Against m n,

| WaGkeegaA ILL.,. My 6. rha distri
button of the millions of James Henry
silent" Smith may lead to the clos
ing OF a criminal charge that has Ions
been pending against his brother
John Yuld smith. 1t has developed
that the Smith family possessed q
! black sheep, and that the black sheer
lhas been for years outside of the fold
| by reason of the fact that warrant
and forfeited bond existed at Wan
kegan.
| Wauliegan's chief of Police for a
long while had his forces at work try
| ing to get brother to pay the hos
| pital city visit Now that the broth.
| er is to get a portion of a $4,000, 600
ESTATE, Waukegan is willing 10 forego
any unpleasant ceremonies and take
him bacA into the fold upon the MAX
ing of cash payment that will heal
the old wounds. Waukegan has heard
that he IS in Chile.
They Called Him Jack.
During his residence at Waukf gan
He was said to be the brighter ami
more promising of the two brothers.
He is somewhat the senior to his de
C ased brother and had the confidence
of the neighbors. In the early eigh-
ties Jack went West. He took a place
at Big Bend. Neb. Shortly after max
ing this move he returned to Wan-
kegan and offered TO SILL real estate
mortgages bear ng a high rate OF in
terest. The interest attracted the
people. They bought mort,
cages from Smith and learn after
the purchase that while some them
were good, others, 1t was charged,
were made upon land that had not
become a part of the map.
Chraeed With Forgery.
Isaac Lyon of Waukegan. one of the
wealthiest men in the county, pro
cured warrant for Smith charging
him with forgery. Smith heard of
the warrant and left for England. He
while and then went to
Canada. When he thought the |
trouble had blown over Smith took |
his family to Eureka Springs. Kas |
John w. Swanborough. then chief of
police at Waukegan heard that Smith |
had returned to the STATES and got |
A requisition for him. He was arrest
ed brought TO Waukegan and put in
Jail. The grand jury returned an
Indictment against him.
Friends cf James Henry Smith
made bond for Jack. He was re-
ased from Jail and jumped the bond.
Later silent Smith met the Wan
Segan people who had bought the
forged mortgages. by appointment in
Chicago and paid them the face of
n ir loans.
Money May Help Some.
Since that time the residence Of
lack Smith has been kept a secret.
rhe aukegan people ar0 now glad that
le is to come into a part of the big
ortune. and they are disposed to wipe
III the slate and call the old score
,ettled. but they want Jack TO use
'ome of his inheritance paying the
interest upon the old debts. The
principal has been paid, but the in
crest was left out of the d al, ac-
'ord.ng to the Waukegan claims.
The Cairo bulletin., 1907-05-07
SCORES OF YESTERDAY
No National Leaaue Games.

New Yark, May G.-National Lea
gee games were all postponed on ac-
.ount of rain
The Cairo bulletin., 1907-05-07
Only One American LEAGUE Game.

Chicago. May G.-All American Lea
que gamfs were postponed On account
IF rain. except Chicago.
The Cairo bulletin., 1907-05-07

Catholics Under American Flag.
Nearly 21.00o.o0 Roman Catholics
I've under the Amerieaa GaE
The Cairo bulletin., 1907-05-07

Batteries-Smiih and Sullivan.
Liebhardt, Berger and Clark.
The Cairo bulletin., 1907-05-07

A "Touca" Of Humcr.
Stealing the ctheE fellows joke.
The Cairo bulletin., 1907-05-07
American Association

Kansas CityLouisville - Rain. no
game.
The Cairo bulletin., 1907-05-07
important Defense Point.

One important part of Harry Or
ards confession is to be annihi-
ted by ties imony from disinterested
illnesses, men who reside in San
-ancisco. who are not miners nor
inc owners. Orchard told Governor
Doding ami Mcfarland that he plac-
/ ? bomb on the porch of the Lin
nth fats in San Francisco a year
70 last November. and that the pur.
,se was to Kill F. W. Bradley. 4
ining superintendent. An explosion
.curred and wrecked the front Of
The Cairo bulletin., 1907-05-07

WHEN A STORE COMMENCES 10
make its advertising conspicuous and
Important, Il commences 10 be con.
spicuous and Important store--ths
kind Of store that your ssif-Intersss
draws you 10.
Daily press. [volume] (Newport News, Va.) 1896-current, 1907-02-10
TELEPHONES ON TRAIN.
New System That May Become
Important in RaiIroadng.

Exhaustive practical experiments
'are recently been conducted by a
Kentucky railroad with telephone
de?:ce. the complete success Of
vGich is of much Importance. BY
means of this system a moving tram
iray communicate with any city hay
~ telephone connections, and, in
the trials. under adverse weathe:
c"ncitions for the most part, CONVEX
SAXON was held with parties in New
York while the Kentucky train was
moving AT speed of from Is to So
nile per hour.
by means of the new system train
a'snGtcn'ers can at any time give or.
fe:s to a train crew. thus absolutely
eliminating all danger of collisions,
and passengers may call up ans
one with whom they wish to speak
Daily press. [volume] (Newport News, Va.) 1896-current, 1907-02-10

Frank!ncense is the purest Of all In.
cense. 1t is gum resin from al Ara.
bian tereblnth. To obtain this deep
incision Is made in the trunk and be-
low 1t a narrow strip of bark peeled
or. When the emulation has harden
ed, the inc!slon Is deepened. In about
three months the resin has acquired a
sufficient degree of consistency. 1t IL
gathered In large quantities and pack.
ed In goatskins. 1t was formerly be
lleved that the trees which yieldel
frankincense were infested by winged
serpents, and the only way to be I'd
of them and to get at the treasure was
by burning gum styrax, an odorifer-
GUS balsam Of aromatic smell. Frank
Incense was forbidden to be used for
cmbalming, as it was sacred to sacrI-
fetal purposes. The Israelites were
strictly prohibited from compounding
1t. Now 1t Is used largely in Roman
Catholic and high church ceremonies.
Daily press. [volume] (Newport News, Va.) 1896-current, 1907-02-10
FRIGATE BIRDS.
Enormous Winged Birds of the
Tropical Seas.

liOpiCal seas.
After an interval of quarter of
century the geological gardens again
possess Il specimen of the frigate
bird (Fregata aqu;la). Visitors IL
the gardens will notice the great
spread OF the wings, equal to that
of swans. and the comparatively
small body.
1T is Il beautiful sight" says Pro.
lessor Newton. ito watch one or
more of them floating overhead
against the deep blue sky. the long
forked tail alternately opening ani
shutting like pair of scissors ana
the head, which is of course kept
- windward, inclired from side to
side while the wings are to all APP
p.mance fixedly extended, though
tie breeze may be constantly vary
ing in strength in direction"
The frigate bird is n native of
tropcal seas and rarely comes 10
land except during the breeding sea-
son. Ii has the, habit, usual among
sea bids, of nesting In trees. isrgc
companies OF them building together
in the, tops of the. tallest mangroves.
Like the cormorant and the alba
tross. the frigatc BIRD lays but one
egg. 1t lives by fishing and also by
rcSbing other fishers of what they
rave caught. In plumage the frigate
bird is brownish black. with metallic
green and purple reflections. The
dilatable throat sac in the male is
of bright scarlet, while the female,
CT a duller general hue, has white
patch on the breast-London Globe.
Daily press. [volume] (Newport News, Va.) 1896-current, 1907-02-10
San Salvador and Nicaragua Want
10 Get al Each Other.
UNCLE SAN TRYING TO PREVENT II
Late Adviees. However, Seem to In.
dictate That the Central American
Republics VIII Not Be Satisfied
{ Until They Have Met in Battle.
(By Associated Press.l

WASHINGTON, d. c., Feb. o.
Adyices received at the State De,
partment today added TO the gravity
of the Central American situation.
II was reported that the arbitration
which has been going on in San Sal
yodor for the adjustment of the
differences between Honduras and
Nicaraugun had been abruptly term.
mated and that war was impend-
ing
Minister Cora, representing Mic.
araugua, called at the State Depart
ment and had q long Interview re.
specting the situation, with ASST
tant Secretary Bacon whom Secre-
stary Root had charged to represent
him In the matter.
Senior Cora had no direct advIces
from his own government and was
rather in search of information IN
stead of helng able to impart any.
I However he did not hesitate to ex.
press the opinion that hostilities
would hc averted. Costa Rica and
Salvador have Joined their efforts
to those of the United States and
Mexico to prevent war in Central
America. Senior Calvo. the Min,
lister to Washington from Costa
iMca, had conference with the
State Department today relative to
this subject and was able to assure
them that his government, after
communicating with Salvador, had
to Intervene to the ex-
tent of making representations to
the opposing governments calculated
to induce them to refrain from
hostilties.
Daily press. [volume] (Newport News, Va.) 1896-current, 1907-02-10
The Puzzle: A Play.

Henry Arthur Jones, the English
playwright, at dinner in New York,
praised directness of play-writing.
There is nothing like going
straight to the point" he said. You
have heard, perhaps, of that inter
esting and direct play about the
puzzle? No? Then I'll repeat it to
YOU"
And with laugh Mr.. Jonse he
gan:
ACT l.
Mr. Pitcoe-Here's toy I've
bought Willie to amuse him in tie
long winter evenings. It's one of
those puzzle things. All you have
to do is to put the red ball in the
star.
ACT II.
Willie-Let me see that puzzle.
papa. won't You?
Mr.. Pitcoe-Go to bed. You ous-;;
10 have been in bed two hours ago.
ACT Ill.
Mrs. Pitcoe-Will are you going
to sit mp all night?
MIR. Pitcoe-I'l be there in min
ute. It's almost in now.
ACT w.
Mrs. Pitcoe-Will Pitcoe, you've
been up all night.
Mr.. Pitcoe-Thats my business.
NNiliio-lWhara'c r,u
Mr.. Pitcoe-In the fire.
Daily press. [volume] (Newport News, Va.) 1896-current, 1907-02-10
TAKE IT in TIME
just as Scores of Newport News
People Have.

s Waiting doesn't pay.
you neglect the aching back
Urinary troubles, diabetes. surely
follow.
al Doan's Kidney Pills relieve back.
Nache,
Cure every kidney ILL.,
Newport News citizens endorse
them.
wv. u. Monier, electrician, of sls
street, Newport News.
sSYa,, says: ~ was annoyed for some
sStlnle with dull pain in the small of
q the back and weakness and lameness
across the loins, not severe enough
sto keep me from work, but aggravat.
sing enough sometimes to give me
conaiderable worry Doans Kidney
& ksills were brought to my notice and
81 went to Aliens drug store for ..
:. box. Used according to directions to
+ my surprise and more to my gratifl.
bon they absolutely stopped the at.
Tack
For sale by all dealers. Price, so
q ssnts Foster-Milburn Co., Buffalo,
M sole agents for the United
ss5tates.
Remember the name--Doan's--an md
4 tAlsc no other.
i
Daily press. [volume] (Newport News, Va.) 1896-current, 1907-02-10

Investigation OF the capacity of hens
70 lay eggs results in the discovery
That the egg production of hens de-
ereases considerably after the age OF
four years. Thus hen lays Mt the
age of ono year about 20 eggs; Mt the
nge of two years. about 100; Mt the
age OF three years, about 1856; at the
age OF four years, about 115: at the
age of five years. about so, and at the
age OF six years. about co. These fig.
ures 20 to show that hens should never
be kept in the poultry yard more than
four years, for after the lapse Of this
time they do not yield proper return
OH the food they consume.
n UlSTANG BEtfflY.
Daily press. [volume] (Newport News, Va.) 1896-current, 1907-02-10
HOW WATER. ACTS.
Hts Expansion and Contraction and
Its Solvent Powers

It's solvent Powers.
Water contracts as 1t falls from the
normal boiling point, DO degrees, I'M
til 1t reaches 80 degrees. Below that
degree 1t expands, and at SO degrees,
the freezing point. 1t will expand
enough to, burst pipes and vessels hold
Ing It,
When the pressure Of the air Is be-
low normal, water boils at n lower TEN.
pernture than 212 degrees. This Is nc
tced before q RAIN when the barometer
shows by falling mercury decreas-
ed mir pressure. This also explains
why water boils away more rapidly,
quickly or ut q lower temperature In
the mountains, where the pressure of
the air Is less than on the seacoast or
In the valleys. If sugar or salt Is add
cd to water the temperature of the
boiling point Is raised few degrees.
AS rule, us water Is heated 1t will
hold greater amount OF substance
In solution. A familiar exception Ia
the fact that zee water will dissolve
twice as much lime rs boiling water.
At the other extreme boiling water
Will dissolve seventeen times MS much
snltpetcr as will cold water. But wa.
ter varies In its solvent powers regard.
less of heat. One pound OF water will
hold two pounds Of sugar In, solution,
but only two ounces of common salt.
Daily press. [volume] (Newport News, Va.) 1896-current, 1907-02-10
A BOLD PROJECT.
The scheme by witch Maiet Nearly
Captured Paris In 1912.


Captured Paris In 1912.
A bold scheme was that engineered
by Ma!et. Il Frenchmah. AIalet had
been a republican genera, was ruined
by the rise OF Napoleon. betook himself
to plotting, was arrested and finally
put In madhouse. During the EN-.
peror's absence In Russia in 1872 Ma
let escaped one night from his prison,
obtained generals uniform and with
I'm accomplish dressed MS an aid-de-
camp made his wny to the prison of
In Force, where the unsuspectIng gov
ernor Released OH his command two
other ex-republlcans. Generals Laborie
and Guidal, prisoners on like charge
TO his own. Together they proceeded
to n nelghboring barracks, announced
to the commandant that Napoleon was
dead and TINT they were Qcting by the
decree OF the senate, ordered the troops
TO he paraded and dispatched bodies of
men upon various duties. Some ar
rested SavarS, the minister of police;
others the police project. Another bat
talon seized the Hotel de VILE Ev-
erybody obeyed Malet implicitly, even
the project Of the Seine, and lie would
undoubtedly have gained possession of
Paris had he not been recognized by
l.aborde. chief Of the military police.
as nh escaped prisoner. He was mr.
rested after scutIlc, the plot was un-
raveled, and In due course Malet, with
twenty-three Of his abettors, was shot
Daily press. [volume] (Newport News, Va.) 1896-current, 1907-02-10
Pointed Paragraphs.

Too many relatives spoil the
legacy.
a hatpin in the head of woman
Is mightier than n sword.
Il, IT takes q good deal of courage not
20 resent some insults.
Usually when man drops one bad
habit he picks up two new ones.
Is Our idea OF martyr is man
who meekly wears homemade
shirt.
de is truly greenhorn who
doesn't knew enough to blow his
own horn.
Sperhaps more people would become
famous If they didn't attempt &c
write poetry.
How we all hate n gutter! He M
ways stops just before We get .
chance to bump him.
1t sometimes happens that after
facing he parson an artless mai
finds himself welded TO art.
It's difficult to convince a mal
who has been up against 1t foi
4lany moons that he has lot O
good luck coming to him.-Chicagc
News,
Daily press. [volume] (Newport News, Va.) 1896-current, 1907-02-10

Just as over an ordinary longr!i$.
;arce wire. Trains travelling in tho
same or in opposite directions may
also communicate with each Other
ny many prominent railroad officials
the device is said to be second IN
Importance as safety appliance
only to the air-brake
III the trials the telephone was
placed in the cabin of the engine,
and connection with local exchanges
Vas obtained by means of two heavy
copper wires stretched alongside the
track, at distance OF five feet
Contact between the train and the
wires was maintained by a form of
trolley connected with the locomo-
tive boiler This trolley is made
ri gas pipe, and carries two small
tanks, filled with chemical mix.
tire, through which steam is fed to
make Il chemical induction at dis.
lance which may vary from half an
irch to three feet thus allowing for
al! vibrations and sway of the NOV
ing train.
'!he expense of establishing such a
telephone line would not, i'll many
Instances, be at all great. as the
wires could be strung on the tele-
graph poles along the right of way.
-Harper's Weekly.
Daily press. [volume] (Newport News, Va.) 1896-current, 1907-02-10
English Church With ~ Beli Tower
Half n Mile AVN

flaif n Mile Away.
1t is generally supposed that the vii.
lage church of East Bergholt, Suffolk,
is the only one in England which pos.
Sesses an entirely distinct building for
its belfry. The bells of this church are
hung In n shed many yards away from
the church and are worked from above
instead OF from beneath.
The church Of Warmsworth, how
ever village situated about two miles
from Doncaster, can boast OF belfry
which Is about half a mile away from
the church. AS the crow flies the dis.
tance between church and belrry, which
Is known rs Bell Tower, Is 1850 feet.
the distance by road being about half
mile.
The belfry Is by no means a make
shift building. The tower, in fact, ia
said to date back to the twelfth cen.
fury, and the reason Of its isolation
forms u rather curious story. The
church was originally built OH its pres.
ent site TO accommodate the villagers
OF both Warmsworth and Baby. the
latter village being half a mile from
the former.
The tower was then placed in Warns.
worth In order that the parishioners
might hear the bell, which stops ring.
ing quarter Of an hour before the
service In order to enable the bell ring.
CT TO get to the church in time.-I,on
don Strand
Daily press. [volume] (Newport News, Va.) 1896-current, 1907-02-10

The first thing Columbus did on
landing IN America was to knecl and
express his gratitude"
Yes" answered Miss Cayenne: 81
suppose he was thankful to get here
under circumstances that did no. bring
him into contact with the customs of.
fcers. = Washington Star.
Daily press. [volume] (Newport News, Va.) 1896-current, 1907-02-10
Too Bad.

What are You looking so sour
about?"
Our minister is always talking
about white-robed angels"
"NWell?"
| know I'll be just miser-
able in Heaven; look horrId in
white. Houston Post.
Daily press. [volume] (Newport News, Va.) 1896-current, 1907-02-10

y y would be great comfort to n
woman If she could believe in her
the way she thinks she
does.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1907-11-05
DEED OF REJECTED LOVER.

Rejected as a suitor and desperately
Jealous, Joseph Dean, twenty years old,
called Miss Leurills johnson, a girl oi
about his own age, TO the door Of he'
boarding house in Norfolk shortly before
s O'Clock last night, and shot her twice,
once in the abdomen and orce in the
chest. He then turned the pistol to
his temple and sent a bullet into his
brain. Miss johnson is mortally wound
ed. Dean died at ST.. Vincenfs Hos
pital two hours after the shooting.
Dean bad been q devoted suitor o.
Miss Johoson for several months. The
Young woman was sprighlly Brunette,
With very dark eyes and hair. She had
many admirers, ard Dean bad many
rivals. Pressing his suit on the girl at 8
parry a week ago he was given emphsti'
cally 20 understand that bis love wst
no. returned. That made him despe'
rate.
Miss johnson went to Norfolk about
eight months ago from Woodstock, Ohio.
she seryed as cashier in the Law Build
ing Pharmacy, where refreshments were
also sold. Dean and several others were
slwsys ready TO see her home after her
davis work was over She was also
Leader in a contest for the most popula
Young lsdy in Norfolk and Portsmouth,
the prize being piano. The contest
- an
was for the benefit and under the aus
pices Of Confederate Choir, No. l.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1907-11-05
BIlIonusess and Constipation.

For years | was troubled with bilious
ness and constipation, which made life
miserable for me. NV appetite failed
me. lost my usual force and vitality.
Pepsiu preparations and cstartics only
made matters worse. l do not know
where | should have been today had l
not tried Chsmberlain's Stomach and
Liver Tablets. The tablets relieve the
ill feeling at once, strengthen the diges-
tive functions, helping the system to do
its work naturally. y.-MRs. Rosa PoTTs,
Birmingham, Ala. These tablets are
for sale by Gibson e. Timberman and
w. F. Creighton 4 Co.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1907-11-05
OPENING AND CLOSING OF MAILS

Northern mails, week days, close at 30
and 8 IS a. M, and 35, 4 80, 30 80 aud
10 80 .. m. Open at 500 a. m, II co m. ard
400 D. m. On Sundays Northern mails close
at 45 q. M, 4 80, 20 and 9 30 p. 10.
Southern mails via Charlottesville close ~
I30 and 10 80 q. NJ, and 50, go and ~ 30
o. NJ. Open at s 90 a. m. and % p. m.
Southern mails, via Richmond, close al
645 and 10 45 a. M, and 30. 40 and III 50
D. M Open at s a. M, ~ m and p. N.
Manassas Division mails close 80 50 q. 70.
and 8 30 o. m. Open at u 80 and 30 r. IL.
Alexandria aud Round Hill msils close az
80 a. M, and 90 p. N. OIen st sVa. m.
and 2 80 p. M,
Chesapeake and Ohio mails close at 50 p.
%. aad 1890 p. m. Open at SO .. NJ ano
600p.m. .,
Washington mails close n 7S9, sl5 and
10 45 q. M, and / 35, 4 30, ~, 80 aud
10 BOP. M. Open at 90 a. fu., 20O IN. and
4 O0 D. %. and 4 80 p. M.
Office Hours-Open at 100 q. 10. Close at
Sunday Hours--Open at sOOs. m. Closs
ct 600 Q. m.
Carriers SEIZED ale Collection made on in.
side routes--6 30 and 10 90 8. 10. and 3 20 and
3 30 D. m. Fr route-6 30 q. m. and 30 p.
a. Sunday O Election 500 p. m. Carriers
window open Sunday 900 a. m. and close
1000 q. N.
Deliveries made 90 8. m. D. m. and z15
o. m.
All mail should be in the Office Ten minutes
bsfnre our indicated time for "loefao