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Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1908-11-07
OSHKOSH HAS BIG FIRE.
COnfagratiOn at Morgan Co. Lumber
Yard Does SIS, 900 Damage.

Losses totaling about $50, were sus-'
tanned at an early hour the other morn
ing in a fire in the lumber yard of the
Morgan company on the south side of the
river in Oshkosh. The loss to the Nor
gan company is estimated at $4,000.
Other property owners having losses
which bring the total up to $4,000 are
the H. C. Dom3n company, engine build
ers; Major r. p Davidson of High
land Park, H., who lost cabin launch;
John Gutenberg, Samuel Hawthorne and
W.T.. DOMAIN The fire was made more
severe by a gale of wind which carried
the embers far up into the business sec
ton of the city Several small fires were
started, but were put out by volunteer
firemen.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1908-11-07

Otto r. Hanson, on behalf of George
Rockwell of Chicago, filed suit against
A. @. Frost, the receiver for the Chicago
and Milwaukee Electric Railway Com
pany and the Metropolitan Trust and Say
ings bank of Chicago, to foreclose mort
cages amounting to $4,000 and interest
of 5000
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1908-11-07
THREE BROTHERS BREAK JAIL

Held on Charge OK COunterfeiting,
but They Saw Their Way Out.
Sheriff Kittleson and posse are scour-
ing Dane county in pursuit of three broth
ers-Hugo, Albert and Rudolph Donners-
tag-alleged counterfeiters, who broke
Jail at Madison. The brothers had sawed
the iron window bars with a saw made
from a steel bed slat, and reached the
ground by means of rope made from
bed clothing. The Donnerstags were ar
rested at their home near Rhinelander.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1908-11-07
GIRL coNFEssEs ARSON.
Set Fire to Barn of Married sister
in Revenge.

Tracked to Milwaukee from Grand Rap
ids by a fire marshal, Miss Winnie Poda-
wiltaz, aged 81, charged with arson, was
discovered in Milwaukee and she was ar
1ested The young woman confessed to
Detectives Jacob Laubenheimer and
Henry Mauger that she was guilty of
having set fire to barn of her married
sister near Grand Rapids on Sept. %.
81 was staying with her. she said. "One
night | was out late. She locked the
door and refused me admittance. got
mad and went out and set the barn on
fire. 1t burned and cattle and machinery
also were lost. Now I'm sorry, but that
don't help. | ran away and came to Mil
wdukee." She will be sent back for trial
on a charge of arson in few days.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1908-11-07
Missing Man Returns.

John Illness, the Yalders man who dis
appeared from his home and who wss
believed to have met death from exposure
while i'll, returned to his home the other
night apparently in good health, althous il
evidently completely tired out
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1908-11-07
TOWN SWEPT BY FIRE.
Pound in Marfnette County Suffers
$4,000 Loss.

Forest fires are once more raging in
Marinette county and serious destruction
has resulted in several towns. In the
town of Pound, one-half the place was
wiped out by a fire which started from
sparks from the burning timber. The
places destroyed were the Hirton hotel.
Brooks store, Paylord's saloon, DeKay-
ser's residence and several other small
buildings.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1908-11-07
Not To Be Disturbed.

"Sody crackers? Yes'm," said the
country storekeeper. 81 got 'em.
Pll-er-send 'em up to you!"
WELL" replied Mrs. Medders. 81
did low to take 'em with me-"
"Yes'ln, but, you see, Bill Bruser
he's a-dozin' on top O. the barI jest
now an he amt in the best o. humor
today."-Philadelph Press.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1908-11-07

If woman didn't occasionally go
wrong, the good ones would be so proud
that there would be no living with
them.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1908-11-07

If / remembered all I've read
I should be very wise, It's said.
And yet, l fancy, l should know
A lot of things that are not so!
Washington Star.
The Cairo bulletin., 1908-02-24
vAsTNEss HARD TO CONCEIVE
Camille FIammarion's illustration OF
the Depths of Space.

Taking the earth as a starting point,
we will go in straight line to any
point of the heavens. We start At
The end of the first second, travelling
as we are with the velocity OF light,
we have already gone 10000 miles;
At the end OF the second, $4,000. We
continue. Ten seconds--a minute
ten minutes have elapsed-11l, SOC, 600
miles have been passed Car
ried on without stopping by this same
rapidity of 10000 miles each second.
let us penetrate the eXpanse in a
straight line for whole years. SO years,
even a century. Where are
we? For a long time we have gone
beyond the last starry regions which
are seen from the earth. No mind is
capable of following the road passed
over; thousands of millions Joined to
thousands of millions express moth
ing but we have not adj
vanced single step in space. We are
no nearer a limit than II we had re-
manned in the same place.-Camille
Flammarion.
The Cairo bulletin., 1908-02-24
The "one- Dress" Season.

II is curious to note the influence
of fashion upon the spread of 80 es-
sentlally an questionable thing as
the recent currency stringency.
II was rich mans panic;" there
fore 1t is now a sign of richness to be
poor. Many a household which Is
abundantly able to keep its style OF
living on an exact level with the
standard of last winter is Topping of
familiar luxuries. simply because the
great social leaders have found II ex-
pedient to do so. They call il "one-
dress season on Fifth avenue, and
Fifth avenues imitators are prepar.
ing to make a hard times party" IA
chic form OF entertainment as Il was
in Richmond during the civil war.
BY and large the phenomenon Is a
beneficial feature of the situation. We
have learned that the pace must be
eased on bit. ssd we can yield to
the inevitable far more easily II It is
officially recognized as the fashionable
thing to do.
The Cairo bulletin., 1908-02-24
HAD TO MAKE ARGUMENT GOOD.
Woman's Statement That Cut the
Ground Under Professor.

a very charming woman was relst.
ing to a group of interested listeners
the rather pathetic story Of a young
girl who had contracted yellow fever
from a box Of lace purchased for her
bridal clothes and mailed to her from
New Orleans. a physician present at
once declared that the disease could
not have been carried in this manner
but, doctor" the lady urged, Il
was In the town at the time Sadie
was my best friend, and I knew all
the circumstances.
Impossible" he persisted Expert
ments made a few years ago in Cuba
demonstrated fully that the disease
can be conveyed only by a mosquito.
the stygOmyia fascista."
The lady hesitated for q moment. d.
Tided between politeness and convic-
ton. and then appezsed both. But.
you see. doctor" she replied smoothly.
the incident which I was relating
happened ten years aga. before the
stygomyia was discoyeredtf-IIsrpers
Weekly.
The Cairo bulletin., 1908-02-24

! individuals, however, are quite likely
Ito become buyers on every reaction
| for the reason that present prices am
| ply discount all known or probabie
difficulties and the market is ready
to respond to good news. Such opera
lions on their part are much facili
tated by the lower prices which now
prevail and which permit larger trans
actions upon smaller capital. The sua
cessfu placing OF s50,000000 New
York city bonds, subscriptions having
aggregated nearly $500, 100000, shows
| that there Is still plenty Of money for
| investment when securities of unques-
| toned safety are offered Invest.
lments, however, are much more close,
iiy scrutinized than formerly and there
| is a decided preference for bands and
preferred stocks; the reason OF course
being that the latter must take the
chances Of reduced dividends, 1t Is
an open question, however. if the lat.
ter contingency has not already been
fairly discounted on the better class
|of stocks, some OF which will be able
to continue paying the old rate Of div
blends because of the ample margin
permitted to remain during times Of
prosperity. Better earnings should
soon be reported, since easier money
facilitates the crop movement, which
was temporarily hampered by scarcity
OF funds during the panic. Railroad
managers are now passing through an
ordeal OF more or less severity The
large falling off in revenue, accom-.
panied by high rates of expenses Is
compelling pronounced change Of
policy Rigid economy IS now being
practiced ON most Of the lines, and as
traffic begins to recover from the eX
IRENE effects of the crisis better net
results should be experienced tina
We're shown in January Many of the
railroads can effect big economies
when so disposed; many improve
ments and repairs can be postponed,
all Of which will do much toward
compromising for the loss in gross
earnings. What the outcome of the
movement CT the railroads to reduce
wages remains to be seen, as this may
become a factor OF much disturbance
There is, however, no room for calam.
ity bowling; there is no occasion for
undue anxiety; caution may be neees
sary, especially in commercial op
eraticns, though the financial depres'
sion has seen it's worst and the long
distance view is more encouraging
than at any time within the last
twelve months. Investors have no rea- |
son to feel otherwise than confident |
while speculative operators should be |
satisfied for the present with moder |
ate profits and quick turns. On all |
pronounced recessions the better |
grade stocks should hereafter recover
more promptly than usual.
HENRY CLEWS.
The Cairo bulletin., 1908-02-24

Mast Rave Iuxuriant and Glossy Hai.
No Matter what Color.

The finest contour OF female face. the
sweetest smile OF a female mouth, loses
something II the head IA crowned with
scant hair, Scant and falling hair. II Is
now known, il caused by a parasite that
burrows into the scalp to the root Of the
hair, where 1t saps the vitality. The lit
tie white scales the germ throws up In
hurrowing are called dandruff. To cure
dandruM permanently then. and 10 stop
falling hair that germ must be killed
Newbros HerpIcide an entirely new re-
suit Of the chemical laboratory destroys
the dandruf germ, and OF course. STOPS
the falling hair, and prevents badness.
Sold BY leading druggists. Send loc. in
stamps for sample to The Hcrpicde Co.,
Detroit. Mich.
Two sizes-50 cents and yl.00.
Paul G. Schulz & Sons, Special Agents
The Cairo bulletin., 1908-02-24
CENTRAL
Corrected to February list, 1908.
THE FAST MAIL ROUTE
Trains Leave Cairo:

Trains Leave Cairo:
1882 a. m. Daily Chicago vestibule
Limited, arriving Chicago 1880 a. m
2:23 a. m. Daily St Louis Night
Limited. arriving st. Louis 1908 n. m.
Sleeping car open at $3.50 p. m.
5:ooa. m. Chicago Daylight Express
except Sunday.
500 a. m. St. Louis Morning EK
1ress. except Sunday.
11:15 a. m. st. Louis FIST Mail
1915 a. m. Chicago Midday Special
2:35 p. IN. Daily st. Lonis Limited,
2:35 p. m. Afternoon Express for
Odin. Effingham. NATION. Champaign
$50 p. m. Thebes Accommodation.
7:t5 .. m. Chicago and Eastern Rr
press.
1854 a. m. Memphis and Nashville
Sis a. m. Memphis and New Or
leans Limited.
600 a. m. raducah and LnuisvIlla.
i:4f p. m. Daily Memphis and New
orleans.
t:4i p. m. Daily. Nashville. Chstfa
nooga and Atlanta
$3.50 p. m. Fulton Accommodation
$50 .. m. Padueah and Louisville.
600 p. m. Memphis and New Or
leans Special
For through tickets. sleeping ear
accommodations and further inforrus
ton apply at Illinois Central Ps,seD-
ger Station. Cairo. III.
J. ~. JONES. Ticket Agent
g. a. HATCH, G. p. A.
A. ~ HANSON. pss.. Trsffie 49,.
The Cairo bulletin., 1908-02-24
NOTICE..

Public notice Is hereby given that
in accordance with statutes Of the
state Of Illinois, the Home Telephone
Company OF Cairo has by vote Of its
stockholders increased its capital
stock from Five Thousand Dollars
$4,000 to One Hundred Thousand
Dollars ($l00000)
Dated this 2Jth day Of January A. d.
1908.
HOME TELEPHONE COMPANY
OF CAIRO.
BY Andrew Lohr President
Attest: RI. II. Aisthnrpe. Asst. Sec.
The Cairo bulletin., 1908-02-24
SPECIAL ASSESSMENT NOTICE
Special Warrants No. s.

Notice. Public notice Is hereby
given that the cognty court Of Alex
snder county. Illinois. has rendered
judgments for a special assessment
and for a supplemental special assess.
ment uPon property benefited by the
following Improvement: For the con.
The Cairo bulletin., 1908-02-24
ReNPnue.

Scaggs--The people on the floor
above me have just got new phono-
graph.
WagsbS-You don't say. Are you
going to mover
scaggs-Move2 No; I'm going TO
learn to play on the cornet
The Cairo bulletin., 1908-02-24
Stocks = Bonds > Cereals

JANUARY FOREIGN TRADE RETURNS ENcouRAGNG-MoN.
ETARY CONDITIONS HAVE BECOME MORE sETTLEO-DEMAND
UPON MONEY MARKET WILL BE CONSIDERABLE FOR SEW
ERAL MoNTHs-HEALTHY RESUMPTION or BUSINESS AND IN
DusTRAL ACTIVITY GRADUALLY COMING ABoUT-RGID ECON
oMY BEING PRAcTIcED NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. HAS
NO REASON TO FEEL OTHERWISE THAN CONFIDENT.
The Cairo bulletin., 1908-02-24
Riches and tiappiness

Riches says one of our contem,
pofaries, do not bring happiness"
However. they are more effective than
salt If you are looking for something
10 sprinkle on the tail of happiness.
The Cairo bulletin., 1908-02-24
Tae Ones He Preferred.

Have you any preferred creditors .
Yes. sir. ! prefer the ones who g
away without making a fuss when
tel them I'll pay up as sooH a. | can.
-Chicaso Record Herald.
The Cairo bulletin., 1908-02-24

LOST-Small silver watch with fob,
Swastika design, Reward If returned
to John S. Aisthorpe, First Bank &
Trust Co,
The Cairo bulletin., 1908-02-24

EXCURSION BULLETIN f9o7-1908
Winter Tourist Rates via the Illinois
Central Railroad.
The Cairo bulletin., 1908-02-24
LOST.

LOST Diamond ring and four ten.
dollar bills between Blue Front res
taurant and Illinois Hotel Liberal re
ward If returned to Albert Ammons,
illinois Hotel
The Cairo bulletin., 1908-02-24

To get rid OF daughters, East Indi-
ans marry them 10 flowers. When
the flowers are dead the girls are
widows, and widows can be sold
cheap.
The Cairo bulletin., 1908-02-24
WANTED.

BOARDERS wanted, corner Thir-
tieth and Commercial. Try our meals.
% cents.
The Cairo bulletin., 1908-02-24

afro to New Orleans, La, ana
return ..............s2 1921 SO
afro to Hammond, La. ....$21 SO
afro to Baton Rouge, La ..... 20. SIS
afro 10 Durant, Miss. ........ II 20
afro to Natchex, Miss. ...... 49, So
afro 10 Vicksburg. Miss. 49,. 16. So
afro TO Greenvilie, Miss. -. 10. SIS
afro to San Antonio, Tex. -. "a. so
afro to Houston, Tex. ...... 80. 20
afro to Jacksonville, Fla. 80. 49,
afro to Orlando, Fla. ....... ~ 30
,iro to Tampa. Fla. ...... DC. 80
,iro to Havana, Cuba ..... 81. SIS
And many other points south and
utheast. Tickets sold daily until
oril 3oth and good until May Stat,
Os.
Inquiries cheerfuIly answered.
j. H.. JONES,
Ticket Agent, Cairo.
c. HATCH, -
Genr. Passenger Agent, Chicago.
n. HANSON,
Passenger Traffic Mgr, Chicago.
The Cairo bulletin., 1908-02-24

WANTED Male parrot Address
4aJ Thirtysixth street.
The Cairo bulletin., 1908-02-24
SOMEWHERE

In some great business center there ia the right
place for every capable or ambitious sales, Of
lice or technical With offices reaching
across America aud even into England we can
find the place for you Our services are high.
grade, confidential and efficient Write for
OPPORTUNITIES containing list Of positions.
HAPGOoDS UNC0, Brain Brokers
Suite 400. Chemical Bldg, st, Louis, Mo.
The Cairo bulletin., 1908-02-24

Accounts of corporations anx Inxivi&
uals Especially solicited. mxehanss
furnished u say part "a tAs wersQ.
The Cairo bulletin., 1908-02-24
MISCELLANEOUS.

notice. will prosecute any per
son to the extent Of the law who gives
or sells my husband, Walter Brown
ing. any intoXicants. Mrs. Fannie
Browning
The Cairo bulletin., 1908-02-24

afro to New Orleans and Return
e5, tickets sold Feb. 26th, eth.
/. 29th. Mar. LIST. End. 1908. good re-
ling until March 10th. 1908. Stop
allowed on going trip until March
and on return trip until March
n foil Information, rates and
is. apply to
j. n. JONES, Ticket Agent,
Cairo, lllionls.
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1908-05-03
HEVEA RUBBER.

+. T. p. Waterhouse, who has been
on Maui, reports that the Hevea rub
Der tree, which is considered in many
respects the best, but which has not
heretofore been highly thought Of for
Hawaiian conditions, is doing exceed
ingly well in Nahiku
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1908-05-03
BUSINESS LOCALS.

Ehlers sale Monday.
Belts from Sc. up tomorrow at
Sachs
Special muslin underwear at Whit
ney & Narshs.
DR.. A. B. clark has returned from
Hilo and resumed the practise of den
tistry in the Boston building.
Tomorrow VIII begin another week
of Blo1n's shirtwaist sale. The same
low prices will hold good all the week.
Frank Lillis has ordered two more
automobiles, and will soon be able tQ
handle his growing trade without
trouble. Phone SCI.
The Manufacturers Shoe Co. has a
very popular tan that is selling for
$3.50. 1t is giving great satisfaction to
those who have tried it.
Take your pictures 20 the Pacific
Picture Framing Co., Nuuanu avenue,
below Hotel street. for reframing. You
can get perfect satisfaction in that es-
adjustment.
Music-lovers viii be delighted TO
hear that the Bergstrom Music Co.,
Ltd, now have on hand all the songs
by Carrie Jacobs-Bond, and many of
her writings. .
Home Journal patterns for May at
Whitney & Marsh S.
The jardiniere sale at w. w Dimond
& Co. closes on Tuesday, this week.
You are missing chance of your life
the opportunity.
The H. c. line of Hawaiian souve-
Mrs are leaders in the souvenir line.
They are made in Honolulu by Fl. Gull
man, 1864 Fort street, and are I'M
equaled in quality and value.
Bottled Coea-Cola is the most deli
cious and refreshing drink on hot
day, when yeu are tired and restless.
AT any soda fountain, five cents. Ha-
waiian Soda Works; phone SIC.
Tomorrow is the big opening day of
belts and bags at Sachs Items are
marked a half and less Every
woman should see these bargains.
The demand for the Mercantile
Printing Company's Happy Homo
lulu" has been SO great that larger
edition of the company's next house
publication viii be printed.
Wash belts; Csc quality 15c., soc.
quality 25c., tomorrow at Sachs
The board of control of the Harrison
Mutual Association has reduced the
membership fee, for the months of
May and June, to IS for adults and
$3.50 for children. Kapiolani building.
The Germans are the recognized
judges of beer quality, and the fact
that ninety per cent of them in Ho-
nolulu and all the per cent of every
other nationality ask for Rainier beer,
counts for something,
Seventy-five-cent bags doc, s1.50
bags 90c., s. bags $1.25, tomorrow at
Sachs Co.
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1908-05-03
HENRY BEWs' DEATH
WAS VERY SUDDEN

Some particulars regarding the death
of the late Henry Bews. formerly the
manager of the Royal Hawaiian Hotel
here. which occurred IN San Francisco
on April 10, were received by mai. on
Friday. His death came very sudden
lv. being due to rupture Of the heart.
He had retired TO his room in the hotel
where he was living and died without
anyone in the house knowing that he
had been seized with any serious ILL.,
ness, some slight groans noted by the
one occupying the room next to his be-
ing heard but without particular atten-
ton being paid TO them. The fact that
Mr.. Bews was not at his accustomed
seat for breakfast was commented on,
his regular habits being well known,
and a bell boy was sent to call him.
The boy reported that he could get no
answer TO his rapping and the land
lady becoming frightened went to his
room. The room was locked and the
key was in the keyhole inside, making
it necessary to force in the door. when
the body was found. Death had &C.
CURED some hours before.
An effort was made to locate a
younger brother of the deceased,
known to be in some place in the State
of Nevada, the Masonic order notified
of the death telephoning to nearly ev-
cry mining camp in the neighboring
state before the brother was found and
notified He arrived in San Francisco
on the following Thursday and took
charge of the funeral arrangements.
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1908-05-03
FLEET TRANSPORTATION
COMMITTEE ORGANIZED

Another subcommittee of the Fleet
Reception committee was organized
yesterday morning, that having To do
with transportation. The meeting,
which was held in the office of J. NJ.
Dowsett, was presided over by F. E.
Richardson. with William Thompson in
the role OF secretary. At the meeting
it was announced that already a num-
Der of automobile owners had rendered
the use of their machines to the COM
mittee, among these being J. B. Castle,
E. ]. Lord, F. E. Richardson and J. A,
Kennedy, an example which the COM
mfttee hope 10 see all other machine
owners follow. The following sub-com-
mittees were named:
Railroads. c. Smith, s. r. Jordan
and w. H. Smith.
Rapid Transit systemic. G. Ballen-
tyne, Ct. f. Hensnal1, Captain Soule.
Automobiies-E. J. Lord, ]. A. Ken
ley Kennedy.
Horses and Carrlages-C- H. BeIhna,
c. j. Mccarthy and ]. c. Quinn.
Steamers-F. E. Richardson, William
Thompson.
MEETINGS CALLED.
The members of the sports committee
will meet in the Bungalow this morn
ing at nine o'clock to report on the
work of the week and elaborate then
program. The names of one or two
prominent sportsmen who have been
omitted in some way from the list of
this committee viii probably be added.
The subcommittee on entertainment
will hold a meeting tomorrow morning
at eight o'clock at the office of F. l..
Waldron, Spreckels building.