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City Engineer of said city in the SAND
building. The bids or proposals mast
be for the construction Of the inn
provement in strict conformity to the
terms and provisions of the said CT.
dinance.
All bids must be accompanied by
cash or by cheek payable to the or
der of the President of said Board in
his official capacity and certified by
responsible bank, FOR an amount
equal to ten t10l per centum of the
amount of the Did, and without such
cash or check, no bid will be consider
ed. The bids or proposals shall be de-
ligered to the Board at the time and
place first above mentioned and at
said time and place, the said Board, in
open session viii open. examine and
publicly declare the said bids or pro.
posass.
The contractor whose bid shall be
accepted shall enter into a contract
with the said City of Cairo for the
construction Of the said Improvement
IL accordance with the terms and re-
quirements of the said ordinance, and
shall also enter into a bond payable
to the said city, in the sum of fifty
bis bid, with security to be approved
b. the said Board, conditioned for the
faithful performance, in all respects.
Of his said contract and for holding
the said city harmless, etc, and he
shall also bind himself In his said
contract and bond to guarantee his
said work fer the period of two (2)
years from and after the acceptance
Of the same by the said Board and its
confirmation by the court.
The contractor to whom the con
tract for the construction of the inn
proyement shall be awarded and who
shall do the work, will be paid in
bonds of the city bearing interest al
the rate of five 90 per centum per
annum from their respective dates
Blanks for bids or proposals will be
furnished on application to the City
Engineer at his office aforesaid.
The Board reserves the right to
reject any and all bids.
GEORGE PARSONS.
President Of the Board of Local I'm
provements of tho City of Cairo, hi
noi3.
Attest: ERNEST WORKMAN,
Secretary Of Board.
Cairo, H., March I'd, 1908.
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The Panoe of Hunger.

Hunger is one OF the trials that
explorers of the polar regions have
to encounter very often. Captain
Scott in his recent volume has this
description of an unpleasant expert
ence in the farthest south: my COM
panions get very bad food dreams;
IN fact. these have become the regu-
lar breakfast conversation. 1t ap-
pears to be a sort of nightmare; they
are either sitting at a Widespread
table, with their arms tied. or they
grasp at a dish and 1t slips out Of
their hands, or they are in the act of
lifting q dainty morsel TO the mouth
when they fall over a precipice."
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Anything
BUT that
BY s. e. KIser.

Father" said the millionaire's love
ly daughter, Il wish TO speak with you
about very important matter, if your
mind is thoroughly composed. | can
wait if you are bothered by business
affairs so that you cannot give me
your entire attention. This Is some
thing that want you to consider with
a clear mind"
go ahead Business amt botherin'
me any more just now that it is ever
likely to. What's the matter?"
q am loved"
ooh"
"And I love"
well, If the fellow has never been
caught in anything crooked and there's
no insanity in his family, / guess I'll
have to let you have him"
But wait, father dear. You have
not heard all There is insanity in
his family. His grandfather was crazy,
two of his uncles died in the mad
house, and his only brother is a hope
less lunatic. Even he has been called
eccentric"
Merely that, and nothin more?"
ALAS, there is more. He has a
withered arm and a clubfoot, and his
cLln recedes In such way as to make
his upper teeth project somewhat like
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The Irish Maid tainted.

An Irish housemaid was employed
at New York hospital the other day.
The morning after her arrival she
was sent to the lecture room in the
nurses building to sweep and dust.
The maid, while working. noticed
something at one side of the room
which was covered with sheet. She
thought 1t was statue, so, when she
had worked around near 1t, she de-
cided to dust it. One touch OF the
buster threw the sheet aside and
the Irish girl stood face to face with
a grinning skeleton. The girl faint
ed. One of the cad nurses found
her lying on the floor just recover
Ing from her faint. t
why what's the matter?" asked
the head nurse, as she assisted the
girl out of the room.
"Th' bony mon,' she replied. "Oi
niver seen mon as bony as him in
all me loife before
Then she sighed. "No room will
iver be big enough TO held me an
him at wanst no more" she declared.
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Earth as Food,

In New Caledonia, New Guinea and
in the Malay archipelago the consump-
ton of earth as food is comparatively
common. In Java and Sumatra a GER
tain kind of clay uniergoes a prelimi-
nary preparation, being mixed with
water, reduced to a paste, and the
sand and other hard substances re
moved. The clay is then made into
small tablets or cakes about as thick
as lead pencil and baked in an iron
saucepan. When the process is over
the cake of earth resembles a piece Of
dried pork The Javanese eat small
figures roughly modelled from clay,
made to initiate animals, birds or men.
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those of a squirrel. | discovered al
most at the start that | did not love
him for his looks"
Huh. l guess you didn't have to
be much of a discoverer either, did
your"
Let us not be flippant, father. The
matter is too serious for that. l love
Batczhenyonyi"
"Bat-what?'
"Batczhenyonyi."
Are you talking about the fellow
now or something to drink"
81 am speaking of the count"
"Oh, the count? / see. This Bat
what-youcall-him a count, is he?"
Yes. Count Batczhenyoni Przchz-
stetics."
Hold on, now, Lil--hold on right
there. You know I've always tried TO
be kind father TO you. I've tried to
do everything | could to make you
happy, and I'm going to keep on in
that line if youll let me. If you want
to marry a man that comes of a crazy
family and Is half crazy himself, it
amt for me to say no, because as the
poet says It's a mighty little way from
the temple of fame to the bughouse,
after all, or words to that effect
amt goin' to run man down because
he has bum wing or a game foot.
either, for such things are acts of
Providence, and not for us to hold up
against anybody. AS for his face,
will say that one Of the best men
ever knew had to wear whiskers to
keep people from findin' out that he
hadn't any chin worth mentionin'
Some folks have an old-fashioned idea
that a man cant amount to much if
he amt got chin that takes longer
to pass a given point than he does,
but that's all fol-de-rol 1t amt the
chin that makes the man. It's the
cheek. So, as I've said, l don't lay
his personal appearance up against
him, But you can't have him"
"Father-don't-d say that.
am sure that he loves me for myself
alone"
'Mebby he does; but I've thought
about this matter good deal, and
long ago / made up my mind that if
you was bound to marry foreigner
with title I'd stand the fun the news
papers would poke at us-I decided TO
stand it for your sake Anything to
make you happy You can imagine
what they'd say If you was TO go ana
marry such a count as this one you
speak Of; but I'd stand all that If l
knew | was maxim you happy"
"Why do you say, then. that can t
have him."
Because I want you to understand,
LII. that I'm too gol burned good an
American to have a son-in-law with a
name that l couldn't no more pro
nounce than I could say the Declare
ton of independence backward That IS
where | draw the linel"-Chicago Rec
ord-EIerald.
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DISCRIMINATING LADIES.
Enjoy Using Herpicide on Account OF
Its pistin ctiyeness.

The ladies who have used Newbro's
Herpieide speak OF il in the highest
terms. for it's quick effect in cleansing
the scalp OF dandruf and also for it's ex-
cellence as n general hair-dressins II
makes the scalp feel fresh and IL allays
that itching which eandruff will cause.
Newbro's Herpicide effectively cures
dandruff., as It destroys the germ that
causes It. The same germ causes hair TO
fall out. and later badness: in killing IT,
Herpicide stops falling hair and prevents
badness It is also an ideal hair dress
ing, for 1t lends an aristocrauc, charm 70
the hair that is cutie distinctive. Sold
by leading druggists. Send Zoe. in stamps
for sample TO The Herpicide Co.. Do
troit. Mich.
Two sizes-50 cents and $l00.
Paul G. Schulz & Sons, Special Agents
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The Ear Limit.

The lawyer said sadly to his wife
on his return home one night: People
IS EN- very suspicious of me. You know
old Jones? We'll, did some work for
him last month. and when he asked me
for the bill this morning | told him
out of friendship that | wouldn't
charge him anything, He thanked me
cordially but said he'd like receipt"
Montreal Herald.
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Inconsistency.

During one of Lady Battersea's adj
dresses on prison life lady in the
audience mentioned that she had once
lectured in Holloway. What was the
subject?" asked her ladyship, Il am
afraid you will think it rather iron
ical, replied the lady, but it was en-
titled Public Holidays, and How to
Keep Them. M a. P,
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Public notice Is hereby given that
until ten G0) O'Clock a. m. Monday
March 1c. 1908. at the city council
chamber Ct the City Of Cairo. Illinois.
the Beard Of Local improvements of
said city viii receive sealed ltemi2ed
bids for the construction of a vitrified
tile pipe sewer, catch.hasins and
house-connections in Sycamore street,
In the sad City Of Cairo, Illinois, for
filling said street with earth and for
the construction of vitrified brick
pavement on said street from the east
line Of Washington Avenue to the
north line of Thirty-Fourth street. In
accordance with the terms and condi
lions Of Ordinance No. l47 of said
city, adopted September TO- 1907, and
approved September S 1907 now of
record in the office Of the city clerk
Of said city, No. I'LL Commercial
Avenue, where printed copies of the
said ordinance may be obtained on
application to the said clerk. The
specifications of and for the improve
amined at the office OF the City Engi-
neer of said city at said No. iii Com
mercial Avenue. The bids or pro
posals must be for the construction Of
the improvement in strict conformity
to the terms and provisions of said or
dinance.
All bids must be accompanied by
cash or by check payable to the or
der Of the President of said Board In
his official capacity and certified by
a responsible bank, for an amount
equal to ten 00) per centum of the
amount of the bid, and without such
cash or check, no bid will be consider
cd The bids or proposals shall be de-
liyered to the Board at the time and
place first above mentioned, and at
said time and place, the said Board, in
open session, will open, examine and
publicly declare the said bids or pro
posas.
The contractor whose bid shall be
accepted shall enter into contract
with the said City of Cairo for the
construction of the said Improvement
IN accordance with the terms and re-
quirements of the said ordinance and
shall also enter into bond payable
to the said city, in the sum of fifty
t50) per centum of the amount OF
his bid, with security to be approved
by the said Board. conditioned for the
faithful performance. in all respects,
OF his said contract and for holding
the said city harmless, etc, and he
shall also bind himself, in his said
contract. and bond to guarantee his
said work for the period of two (2D
years from and after the acceptance
Of the same by the said Board and its
confirmation by the court.
The contractor to whom the con
tract for the construction of the I'M
provcment shall be awarded and who
shall do the work. will be paid in
bends of the city bearing interest az
the rate of FIVE (5) per oentum per
annum from their respective dates.
Blanks for bids or proposals will be
furnished on application to the City
Engineer at his office aforesaid.
The Board reserves the right to
reject any and all bids.
Dated az Cairo, Illinois, this fourth
day OF March. 1908.
GEORGE PARSONS.
President of the Board of Local Im-
Iprovements of the city Of Cairo, iii
nois.
Attest ERNEST WORKMAN.
Secretary OF Board.
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Ne Mrs.-Bridget. Vol aid NOT

The Mrs.-Bridget, you did not
dust the parlor this morning.
Bridget-Sure and Oh did, mum.
The Mrs. (angrily) But you
couldn't have! l can write my name
In the dust on the piano!
Bridget (admiringly) Well. look
at that now! Don't It show what
an idication i'll do fer yeG-Harvard
Lampoon.
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Work.

whether thy work be fine or
coarse, planting corn or writing epics,
so only it be honest work, done to
thine own appreciation, IL shall earn
a reward to the senses as we'll as to
the thought; no matter how often de-
feated, you are born to victory The
reward of a thing well done is to have
done Emerson.
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Wasted,

Brown 0aying down the newspaper
after reading the details of the
latest domestic-fnancial tragedy
Sad story, sad story. What does it
profit a man If he gain the whole
world. and has one or two surplus
women thrown in9--Life.
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His Case.

When you were married did your
wife promise to obey"
well, / should say not" respond
ed the careworn citizen. II can't
even get my children to do that"
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His Opinion.

What is your opinion of love at
first sight. Mr.. Oldbach?" queried the
girl with the fluffy hair, who type
writes between meals
Love at first sight" growled Old.
bach, rs an optical illusion"
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Here's to the mule,
OF the old-fashioned school.
The mule with a kick and bray!
He says not word
And yet can be heard
From Munice clear out to Bombay.
Washington Herald,
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OF Atheism.

They that deny God destroy
mans nobility; for certainly man Is
of kin to the beasts by his body; and.
if he be not of kin to God by his
spirit, he is base and ignoble crea-
ure-BacCn.
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t1nrses for herman army.

Germany neds 100000 horses for
her army on a war basis. This is more
than any other nation of the world
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NOTICE TO CONTRACTORS.
STREET PAVING, SEWER AND
STREET FILLING.

Sycamore Street from the East Line
of Washington Avenue to the
North Line Of Thirty-Fourth
Street, in the City Of Cairo, llli-
nois.
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ILLINOIS CENTRAL
Corrected to March LIST, 1908.
THE FAST MAIL ROUTE
Trains Leave Cairo:

1882 4. M Daily Chicago Vestibule
Limited. arriving Chicago 1880 a. m
1928 a. m. Daily ST Louis Night
Limited. arriving St Louis 7:0S a. m
Sleeping car open at $50 p. m.
500 a. m. Chicago Daylight Express
except Sunday.
500 a. m. st. Louis Morning ex
press. except Sunday.
11:t5 a. m. St Louis Fast Mail.
1t:t5 a. m. Chicago Midday Special
2:35 p. m. Daily st. Louis Limited.
2:35 p. m. Afternoon Express for
Odin. Effingham. Mattoon, Champaign
$40 o. m. Thebes Accommodation
7:15 p. m. Chicago and Eastern Elk
press.
Pas a. m. Memphis and Nashville
3:15 a. m. Memphis and New Or
leans Limited
600 a. m. Paducah and Louisville
t:4t p. m. Daily Memphis and New
Orleans.
1:41 p. m. Daily Nashville, Chatta
noOga and Atlanta.
4:3o p. m. Fulton Accommodation.
$50 p. m. Padueah and Louisville
600 p. m. Memphis and New Or
leans Special.
For through tickets, sleeping cal
accommodations and further informa
ton apply at Illinois Central Passen
ger Station, Cairo Ill.,
j. II. JONES, Ticket Agent
S. A. HATCH, G. p. A.
a. n. HANSON, Pass. Traffic Mgr.
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valve automatic 250-horse power en-
ginc in first-class condition. Call or
write Roberts Cotton Oil Co, Cairo,
ILL.,
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One Use for the Desert.
Dates thrive On the Colorado
desert.
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HELp WANrft,.--gEMaLu.

WANTED--White girl TO do general
house work Apply at POO CONNER
cial avenue.
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SITUATIONS WANTED


Advertisements OF not exceeding
three lines will be accepted free to-
enc weeks time from any reader Of
The Bulletin to be filed by advertiser
10 person. on regular form, at the of
fee OF The Bulletin Company, 70s
Ohio street The Bulletin Company
assumes no responsibility for any ad
vertisement or statement made there.
i'll and will not accept under this
heading the notice of any person
known to lie employed
WANTED Position by young man
as steneographer or clerk. Two years
railroad experience References. Adj
dress r. r., this office.
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OFFICERS.

Accounts OF corporations and Indiyid-
uals especially solicited. Exchange
furnished to any part of the world.
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FOR SALE,

FOR SALE-Four choice lots in
Feuchter & Lansden addition, Swo-
boda Bros.
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MOBILE & OHIO R. R.
Southbcund
Time VI Trains at
CAIRO

Southbcund
No. I, Express daily, w.. ..2:o4 p.a1
No. 3, Express daily Iv....t:37 am.
Northbound
No. 2, Express daily lv....f:25 pm.
No. 4, Express daily, V,...2:o6 am.
J. n. JONES, Ticket Agent,
March /. 1908, Cairo, M
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DIRECTORS.

Interest Paid on, Time Deposits.
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EXCURSION BULLETIN 1907-19os
Winter Tourist Rates via the Illinois
Central Railroad.

And many other points south and
southeast. Tickets sold daily until
April 30th and good until May 31st,
1908.
Inquiries cheerfuIly answered.
j. H. JONES,
Ticket Agent, Cairo.
S. c. HATCH,
Gen'l. Passenger Agent, Chicago.
A. n. HANSON,
Passenger Traffic Mgr, Chicago.
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FOR Cheap, Russell four,
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statesmen WANTED.
MISCELLANEOUS.

ROOMS and Board at 110G Walnut
street
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depends upon the position you hold. We offer
yon a responsible service reaching every lead
Ing employer IN America, We can consider you
for hundreds Of positions Ambitious men with
laleS office or technical ability or experience
wishing positions paying S700- 0,000. Write for
list Of OPPORTUNITIES.
HAPGOODS UNc.), Brain Brokers
Suite 400. Chemical Bldg, st. Louis, Mo.
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TO HOLD INQUEST.
Coroner Will Investigate Death OF
Bow Killed by Car.

An inquest over the body of Howard
Johnson. colored twelve years of age,
killed by a street yesterday after
noon at 18th street and Louisiana ave
nue.. will probably be heldatthemorgue
tomorrow morning.
Johnson. who was ward of the board
of childrens guardians. resided al Az
Louisiana avenue. With another boy
ne was playing in the street, and. when
pursued ran across the tracks directly
in front of car No. 139 OF the Washing
ton Railway and Electrct Company, in
charge of Motorman r. E. Gaylor and
Conductor j. NJ. Jenkins. The motorman
applied the brakes, but could not check
the car in time TO keep from striking the
lad. vino was pinned beneath the wheels.
After securing a Jack at 9th and +
streets the motorman and conductor
with the assistance of others raised the
car from the body. The ambulance of
the Emergency Hospital was summoned
and quick run made 10 that institution
Death occurred about one hour later
from internal hemorrhaees.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1908-11-23

BANKRUPTCY COURT-Justice Barnard
In re IsadOre Kahn: hearing on dis
charge set for December 10.
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Postal or phone us if the Plumb
ing needs attention. Well send
man at once to put it in perfect
condition.
Won't cost much.
Hutchinson & Mccarthy, 1917 18th
no2l -1Od
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For the District of Columbia, partly
cloudy and warmer tonight Tuesday
rain and warmer; light southerly winds.
Maximum temperature past twenty-four
hours. IS; year ago, Al.
Pressure is low from the Mississippi
valley westward to the Pacific, and rains
and SHOWS have fallen over the greater
portion of this area, except in the plains
states. There were also rains in the
upper lake region.
High temperatures are general, except
in the middle plateau.
The eastward movement of a depression
over the plains states will result in
rains tonight and Tuesday in the Ohio
valley. the lower lake region and the east
gulf states, and on Tuesday in the At
lantic states. 1t will be warmer in the
Atlantic states, colder Tuesday along
the lower lakes.
The winds along the middle Atlantic
coast will be light to fresh southeast to
south; on the south Atlantic coast light
to fresh northeast to east and on the
east gulf coast light to fresh east to
southeast.
Steamers departing today for European
ports will have light to fresh southerly
winds, with partly cloudy weather to the
Grand Banks.
The following heavy precipitation lin
ineheso has has been reported during the past
keokUk, 116; Fort Smith, 1.SO.
During the twenty-four hours ending
s am. Sunday: Portland, Ore, 10;
North Head. 1.20; Seattle. 100.
Records for Twenty-Four Hours
The following were the readings OF the
thermometer and barometer at the wealth
er bureau for the twenty-four hours be-
ginning at pm. yesterday:
Observation-Disclosures %, p.m 81;
pm, AZ: II midnight. 30. November %.
4 a m. 36; am, 30: IL noon. 46: pm,
IS. Ma ximum, IS. at pm. November %;
ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS %. pm. 302s:
pm. 3O.37: II midnight 3O36. Novem-
Der %. 4 am. 1924: s am, 3O.36: noon,
3031; pm, 80 %.
Tide Table.
Today-Low tide. $40 am. and 1876
p M; high tide. 7:25 am. and 7:34 pm.
Tomorrow-Low tide, 2:23 am. and 2:17
pm; nigh tide. 500 am. and $40 pm.
The Sun and Moon.
Today-Sun rose, 6:o1 am; sun sets,
4:41 pm.
Tomorrow-Sun rises, 6:j2 am.
New moon, 4:45 pm.
The City Lights.
The city lights and naphtha lamps all
lighted by thirty minutes after sunset;
extinguishing begun one hour before sun
rise All arc and incandescent lamps
lighted fifteen minutes after sunset and
extinguished forty-five minutes before
sunrise.
Up-River Waters.
Special Dispatch to The Star.
HARPT.RS FERRY, November %
Both rivers clear.
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DISTRICT COURT-Justice Anderson.
In re opening of alley in squares 1928
and $3.50: order to summon jury
In re extension of alley in square 2S47;
jury sworn and hearing set for Decem-
Der J.
Ambrose agt. Yacht Gretchen order to
return deposit.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1908-11-23
Cracksmen Loot Missouri Bank

SEDALTA. Mo-, November o3.-The
Bank of Sweet Springs. Mo- was robbed
of $500 in currency early yesterday by
cracksmen who blew open the vault with
dynamite. The bank building was wreck
ed. Three men. supposed to be the rob
bers were seen going east on foot soon
after the noise OF the explosion aroused
the town.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1908-11-23
Car Shortage in Canada

WINNIPEG. Man. November 22-Ths
ear shortage is SO critical along the 500
line III Saska enc wan that Canadian
farmers living near the border are ship
ping grain in bond a Ambrose. " OAK
As many a. SX cars daN Of Canadian
u heat arr receiving IN outlet through
United States shipping points.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1908-11-23
WEATHER FORECAST.
Partly Cloudy and Warmer Tonight;
Tuesday Rain and Warmer.

For the District of Columbia. partly
cloudy and warmer tonight. Tuesday
rain and warmer: light southerly winds.
Maximum temperature past twenty-four
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former resident of this city, but now OF
New York. She told Inspector Board
man she had been visiting friends here
and yesterday morning returned to New
York Last night when she opened her
trunk, she stated. she discovered that
channels bag containing her diamonds
had disappeared The woman had no idea
where the supposed theft was committed.
She was certain she had put the da-
monds in her trunk.
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Reports Loss Of Valuable Diamonds

Report was made tn the police this
afternoon of the loss of about 5000
worth OF diamonds by Kate Anderson, a