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The Colorado statesman., 1908-09-12
NEWS FROM WASHINGTON.

Lieut.. Col Louis A. Lagarde, medi-
cal corps, has been detailed as mem
ber of the. army retiring board at Den
yer, vice Capt. George H. Scott, medi-
cal corps, relieved.
Labor Day was very generally OBJ
served in Washington. All public
buildings, banks and most places OF
business were closed. There were
many sporting events, including re-
gatta ON the upper Potomac river.
Bids were opened at the Treasury
Department on the 9th inst. for con-
idan, Wyoming The bidders were:
Ferguson & Pearson, Sheridan, s146,-
500; H. Weise, South Omaha, $131,-
420.
The recent agitation in Washington
over the Early leprosy case and in
Arizona over the case of Mrs. General
Wardwell, who was similarly afflicted
will. it is believed by officials of the
public health and marine hospital SER
vice, lead to a renewed effort to OBJ
tain the establishment at some place
in the United States of national lep'
rosarium for the isolation and treat
ment of leprosy.
Surgeon Gen. Wyman of the public
health and marine service, has issued
in pamphlet form a paper prepared by
Assistant Surgeon Gen. j. NJ. Eager,
giving a history of the spread of bu-
bonic plague during the last fourteen
years. 1t appears by the report that
during 1907, 156 cases of plague with
rs deaths occurred at San Francisco.
There were also a few cases at Oak
land and other close neighbors of San
Francisco At Seattle the report says
three fatal cases occurred last October
At Fort Myer on the 9th inst, Or
vile Wright made three successful
flights, breaking all aeroplane records.
The first flight, made in the morning,
in which the machine circled the drill
grounds at the fort fifty-seven times
in 81 minutes and 81 seconds, was sur
passed in the evening, when flight of
62 minutes and Is seconds was made
Later Mr.. Wright took Lieut.. Frank p.
Lahm, the aeronaut of the signal
corps, for a spin around the drill
grounds, making a new record for
two-man flight.
Provision is being made at the War
Department to increase the garrison at
Yellowstone National park. 1t is pro-
posed to Gouble the force. The recent
holdup by lone highwayman Of seven
tourist coaches with 120 passengers
calls attention to the necessity of more
thorough supervision of the park pre-
cincts.
The monthly statement OF the circu-
lation of national bank notes on Aug.
1st shows an increase as compared
with August, 1907. of $S1 ,269,7S7, and
as compared with the previous month
a decrease of $6,762.S83. The total cir
culation outstanding Aug. 31st 1908.
was $685., Jos.
The Colorado statesman., 1908-09-12
GENERAL NEWS.

Miss Annie S. Peck of Providence,
R. l., the mountain climber, has sue
ceeded on her second attempt within
a month, in reaching the summit of
Mount Huascaran in Peru. She cal
culates that the height of the summit
is 10000 feet.
According to reports from Rheims
the vineyards throughout the entire
champagne region, have been devas-
tated by mildew. The crops have been
practically destroyed and the output
will be only 100000 bottles, instead
of 45,0O0,000, which represents loss
to the growers of nearly $20,000,000.
The Lehigh Valley railroad has is
sued instructions to the conductors di-
recting that they see to it that per
sons suffering from consumption car
ry their own drinking cups and proper
utensils for their use. The company
has placed on sale at all stations pat
ent paper cups and other utensils and
have requested that all passengers suf-
fering from consumption purchase
these for use on the cars.
Navy yard officials at Vallejo, Cal,
have received instructions to change
the name of the monitor Wyoming to
Cheyenne, the change to be made when
the vessel which is now undergoing re-
pairs is put in commission. Oct. 1st.
The change is made in order to allow
the department to name one of the big
battleshipG now building In the East
after the state of Wyoming.
1t is said that Orville Wright intends
to go after the fifty-thousand dollar
prize offered for an aeroplane flight
from London to Manchester, England,
after the official flights at Fort Myer
have been made.
The Colorado statesman., 1908-09-12
POOR GIRL HEIR TO MILLIONS
Restaurant Cashier Entitled to Part
of Soldiers $5o,ooo,ooo.

Washington.-Miss Flossie e. Sin.
gleton, cashier in a restaurant on
Pennsylvania avenue, has received
word that she is one of the heirs OF
Joseph Ball, revolutionary soldier
whose estate is said to have accumu
lated until it amounts to $50000,000.
This seems altogether too good to
be true. of course" said Miss Single
ton. "In fact, l do not even know
my great-grandmother's name. What
would 1 do with few million dollars?
Well. it will be time enough to talk
about that when l find some evidence
that the money is coming my way"
The Ball estate is said to comprise
now $1.S50,000 in cash and some $3.50
acres of land, containing iron, in
Meadville, Pa, and other towns in
Pennsylvania and the Carolinas. Ken.
lucky and Virginia.
The Colorado statesman., 1908-09-12
LIVE ON BUTTERM|LK
TWO BROTHERS TRYING TO RE
DUCE WEIGHT.
One Had Previously Tried It for Fiji
teen Days and Had Lost Twenty
Four Pounds-SoIid Foods
Barred by Agreement.

st. Louis.-The "Buttermilk Broth.
Joe Weisman, tailors, are now known
to their friends. Sam, after fasting
for Is days and taking a weeks rest
has induced his brother to enlist in
the ranks of the starvation army, and
they are trotting along side by side on
the road to Thinville.
Under the terms of their agreement
all they are permitted to take is one
gallon of buttermilk each day and all
the water they care to drink. All solid
food is barred.
Il am going to stick until reach the
reasonable and gentlemanly weight of
les" Sam said to a reporter Fat
may be all right for Mr.. Taft, but I'd
rather be lean than be president.
When l started on my first fast, a
month ago, l weighed 202 pounds
When I gave up, because my good old
mother was afraid 1 would starve to
death, 1 weighed 1S1 pounds and never
felt better in my life.
"All of my friends told me to be
careful not to eat too much after
breaking my fast. They were afraid
l would founder. But there was no
danger. l couldn't eat much. l didn't
banker after double porterhouse steaks
like 1 used to. l think that's the best
appetite. I feel ashamed when 1 re-
member what glutton I used to be.
And Joe was worse.
In the week that l was back on the
food wagon l lived mainly on soft
boiled eggs. l ate chicken once, to
please my brother, and ate some fish
that my wife cooked, but 1t didn t
taste SO good to me. was glad to
get back on a buttermilk diet. It's
great, but don't let anybody tell you
that it's fattening. l now weigh 176
pounds. Maybe I'm not as strong as
l would be on a diet of beefsteak. po-
tatoes au gratin and things like that,
but 1 am healthier"
But Joe is having a harder time.
Originally he was even heavier than
his brother.
IF l don't die trying I'm going to
stick to buttermilk until l get down
to 10. Before l started to fast l
weigher 204 pounds. I've lost about
nine pounds so far"
MY head aches all the time" said
Joe. 81 was never subject to fits, but
l feel one coming on every time any
body says that sweet word 'beefsteak.
Everybody tells me that after the
fourth day l will be all right. It's
pretty hard pulling. but 1 can stand it
If Sam can"
Friends enticed him into restau-
rant the other night. He sat there
with a glass of buttermilk and
watched them eat good things.
'It nearly killed me, but 1 stuck, "
says Joe, proudly.
Many faddists and physicians have
written letters to the Buttermilk
Brothers. DR.. ]. c. Eales of Belle
vile, who tasted 81 days, sent them a
copy of his book on starvation as an
aid to health. He suggested that they
might last longer if they drank lemon
ade instead of buttermilk.
The Colorado statesman., 1908-09-12

President Roosevelt's vacation Will
end September 22nd, when he will re-
move with his family from Oyster Bay
to the White House.
Mrs. w l.. Gilman of Roxbury, Mass,
was elected national president of the
Woman's Relief Corps at the conven-
ton in Toledo.
There were sixty-six suicide cases
in st. Petersburg last week. A large
proportion of that number were work
ing girls between the ages of eighteen
and twenty-five years.
It is expected that William H. Taft
will make a travelling campaign during
the month of October, devoting his time
principally to those states which the
national committee considsE doubtful.
Lionel sackville west, second baron
of sackville, died on the 3rd inst. He
was British minister to the United
States. 1881 to 1888. At the request
of President Cleveland he was re-
called in October, 1888.
At Dorpat, Russia, sergeant of po-
lice and six warders of the prison
have been convicted of torturing pris-
oners with the idea of extorting con-
years Imprisonment.
Several sailors from the Presidents
yacht Sylph, which is stationed at
Oyster Bay under Lieutenant Roger
Williams for the Presidents use dur
ing his vacation, were refused admis-
sion to a dancing pavilion in the vii
lage Saturday night.
1t is stated in Pittsburg that at a
recent conference held in Skibo castle,
Scotland, Mr.. Andrew Carnegie made
arrangements for the Carnegie School
of Technology of Pittsburg on a scale
which will make that institution in
every way worthy of his name, having
authorized an expenditure of 100000
000
More than s4,OO00OO is left to chari-
table institutions, the Metropolitan
Museum of Art and Yale University by
the will of Frederick Cooper Hewitt
who died at Oswego, New York, on the
Both ult. To relatives and friends less
than 100000 is left The estate is es-
timated to be worth from $5,000,000 to
$S,000,000.
Col. Henry NJ. Nevins of Red Bank,
New Jersey, was elected commander
lH-CHlel VI Ine GIduu ARMY VI tue Nc
public at the national encampment in
Toledo, Ohio Other officers were
chosen as follows Senior vice COM
mander, ]. Kent Hamilton, of Ohio;
junior vice commander, C. c. Royce Of
California; chaplain-in-chief, j. F..
Spence of Tennessee; surgeon-in-
chief, G. Lane Tannehill of Maryland.
In full sight of 10000 merrymakers,
principally children, at the Richmond
County fair in New York state on the
9th inst, William CODY, an aeronaut,
eighteen years old, of Milwaukee,
Wisconsin, fell fifty feet while making
balloon ascension with a young lion,
striking the ground with the lion on
top of him. The boys spine was
broken. The lion, uninjured trotted
off, but was caught by Coby's assist
ants.
In the United States Circuit Court
at ST. Paul on the 4th inst, Judge
Vandeventer granted the injunction re-
quested by the ST. Louis, Iron Noun
| tain & Southern and three other rail-
roads operating in Arkansas, against
the Arkansas State Railway Commits
sion. The injunction restraints the
commission from enforcing the new
two-cent fare law and from interfering
with the railroads in raising their
freight charges on interstate traffic
until final hearing.
The Cairo bulletin., 1908-07-12
MURDER TRIAL
COMES TO END
KANSAS WOMAN SENTENCED TO
LIFE IMPRISONMENT FOR
MURDER OF WIFE OF HER AT
FiNITY.

Ottawa, Kansas, July 1l.--Mrs. Mol
lie Stewart was tonight found guilty
'of numbering Mrs Jane Schneck ami
sentenced to Imprisonment for life ia
the penitentiary.
The conviction of Mrs. Stewart fol.
lows that of Frank Schneck. husband
of the murdered woman, and marks
the ned of the prosecution of one Of
the most brutal murders ever commit.
ted in Kansas, the killing of Mrs.
Schneck and her little son and dauga.
ter on the night of February 8, 1907.
In their home near Centropolis, Kas.
The state proved that Frank Schneck
and Mrs. Stewart, who was married
and the mother of a family, drove
from Ottawa to Centropolis and that
Schneck there cut the throats of his
wife and two children as they Sept.
Schneck was infatuated with Mrs.
Stewart
The Cairo bulletin., 1908-07-12
MEXICO WATCHING FIGHT.

Mexico City, July 11.--Mexico is
watching the developments in Central
America with the keenest interest. 1t
is understood that this government
and the United States are prepared to
intervene as soon as Honduras makes
the request. AS far as can be learned
that request has not yet been made to
the Mexicon state department
A startling rumor, which at this
time lacks official confirmation, is to
the effect that Puerto c. -rtez, on tt
Pacific coast of Honduras and near
the Gautemalan border, has been in
yaded by a force organized in the
latter country If this report proves
true, it is declared that the whole
of Central America will shortly ba
involved in hostilities. Intervention
on the part of both Mexico and the
United States as provided in the past
adopted by the recent Washington
peace conference Is freely predicted
here.
The Cairo bulletin., 1908-07-12
HOTTEST IN SEVEN YEARS.

Chicago, July 1.-THE highest tenn
pefature In seven years was recorded
in Chicago today, two deaths and
numerous prostrations resu't'ne. Only
the fact that the humidity was ner.
NAL kept the death list from mount.
ing for what breeze there was came
ladenv with heat waves and even In
sthe shade small relief was to be
found The hottest day Chicago has
ever experienced was July 81. 1891.
when lo3 degrees was recorded. To
day the record was 90 but ON the
xsaeas Level the thermometers reels.
tered from four to seven degrees
hiRher In the ten.rent districts the
heat was unbearable and all persons
who copld moved to the parks to es.
cape the torriA air OF the eongested
sections Of the city. The first drop IN
temperature came shortly after
O'Clock this afternoon when a ut.
west wind blew heavy clouds over the
sun. The ercury descended but SOW.
ly, however, SO being recorded early
in the evening.
Some slight break In the tempera.
tufe is expected tomorrow. but the
chances OF lasting relief before Mon.
day are dim according TO the official
forecast The police and health dc.
partents of the city are preparing fer
a busy day tomorrow All hcsritals
have been notified to prepare for
eergeney work.
The Cairo bulletin., 1908-07-12
MOUNDS PHfoIGiAN
APPOINTED To ILL.
BOARD OF HEALTH

Springfield, July 1i.-Df, Charles A.
Boswell q Mounds, today was ap-
puinted a aimember Of the state board
of health BY the movement of Deneen,
to succeed Or. J. C. Sullivan, of Cairo,
whose teln has expired.
DR.. Sullivan has been confined in a
sanitariur in St Louis for the past
several lpnths, suffering from a men.
tai ailmest, and his ultimate recovery
is still dtlbtful. He has been mem.
ber of IT, state board of health for
some ya's and was regarded as e
physiciafof exceptional ability.
DR.. Bewell, who succeeds DR.. Sui
liyan, fsyell known in Southern Hi
nois as professional man of good
merit, q fully deserves the appoint
ment I'd be board of Health.
The Cairo bulletin., 1908-07-12
TIME TO cHLoRoFoRm osLER.

London, July 11.-Dr. William Osler
who, while professor of medicine at
Johns Hopkins University had fame
thrust upon him by his reported de-
claration that sixty years was the
limit of mans usefulness. viii himself
enter upon his sixtieth year tomorrw.
1t is evident however. that the emf
nent physician and instructor has no
immediate intention of resorting tn
the chloroform bottle, for he has con
sented to run in opposition to VIA
ston Churchill and George Wyndhsm.
ex-chief secretary for ireland. for the
Lord Rectorship of the University Of
Edinburgh next November.
The Cairo bulletin., 1908-07-12
NEWS FORECAST
FOR The WEEK
MUCH FOREIGN AND HOME NEWS
PROMISED - CONVENTIONS
AND OTHER EVENTS.
OLYMPIC GAMES START
At London Tuesday -- King Edward
Opens Stadium TomorroW-Pro-
hlbition National Convention
at Columbus, Ohio.

Washington. d. c., July ll.-Thera
promises to be no dearth OF big news
events the coming week, either in the
heme or foreign fields, The Olympic
games abroad will attract keen atten-
ton on this side Of the water, while
at home there will be a multitude of
big conventions and other events to
interest pubic attention.
TomorroW's peridential election in
the Republic Of Panama promises to
result in the choice of Senior Obaldia
the candidate of the independent
party. A large force of United States
marines has been distributed over the
little republic to prevent threatened
disorders at the polls.
King Edward will formally open the
great Olympic stadium in shepherds
Bush Monday The games will begin
next day. and from then until July 25
the greatest aggregation Of athletes
the world has ever seen viii strug gle
for the mastery
During the week officers and nj IN
Of the American battleship fleet wiz.
be entertained on a magnificent scale
at Honolulu.
Commissioners, representing Uni
ted States and France will meet IN
Paris to discuss the proposed new
commercial arrangement between the
two countries
Canada win be interested in the
completion Of the preparation for the
Quebec. Tercentenary celebration aud
sggvtr-St r. ufsr~ ts~s-l~.rr vi uFtF
notables who afe coming 10 tako par.
In the program OF festivities
The week promises to be one Of
comparative inactivity for the presi
Dental candidates of the two leading
parties, though conferences will be
numerous and the plans for the real
work Of the campaign will be put in
shape.
At Columbus, Ohio. the Prohibitions.
lists will meet in national convention
Wednesday to adopt a platform and
name candidates for president aud
vice presidents. A number of names
have been suggested for the head nj
the ticket and the ultimate selection
Is problematical.
Two big reunions, one north AMI
south, will attract attention during the
week. In St Paul the Mobiles Of the
Mystic Shrine will hold forth. while ut
Dallas thousands of members of the
order of lks will gather for their an
nual national convention. Another
gathering of interst, though OF small.
er proportions, will be the annual s 5
sion of the Jewish Chautauqua Assem-.
bly, at Buffalo.
The Cairo bulletin., 1908-07-12
Yesterday Was the Hottest Day in Chicago for
Past Seven Years
TWO DEATHS AND NUMEROUS
PRosTRATtoNs RECORDED
IN THAT CITY.
MERCURY WENT OVER SO
Keller Promised Monday--Hot Wave
Predicted in Atlantic statee
Today-Des Moines and
Milwaukee Suffer.

Washington, July Warning
that the crest of the hot wave vii,
stretch over the Atlantic states tomor-
row was given by the weather bureau
tonight Out In the central and lake
states, there was sweltering wea hpr
and the official thermometers, ma
terially lower than these In the street.
checked up SO degrees at Chicago and
Dubuque.
A cool wave with an accom- ans-
ment # showers is closely press .ng
= warm wave in its course and VII
pass over the central and lake regions
Monday and bring relief in the east
Tuesday
The Cairo bulletin., 1908-07-12
NO TROUBLE IN PANAMA.

Panama, July H. Present indica
tions are that the election OF presi.
dental electors tomorrow will. take
place III an orderly manner AT the
same time the authorities are pre-
pared to promptly suppress any dis.
orderly demonstrations A victory for
Domingo de ObaIdia, the Independent
candidate for the presidency of the
Republic, seems assured The elect
ors chosen tomorrow will meet August
! to elect the president
The Cairo bulletin., 1908-07-12
BRYAN CREETS RETURNING
DELEGATIONS AT LINCOLN
Minnesota Men Give Three Cheers for Democra-
cy's Chosen Leader

were confronted with marked diffeG.
ence OF view, and while some contea.
tions urged by part of my associates
were contrary to those Of my eduCa-
tionlapd belief, yet | could not but feel
that they were as sincere and honest
in their convictions as | was in mine.
The. one dominating sentiment was
to formulate a platform which would
state honestly to the public the view S
of its trainers
1t was suggested to Parker TIA,
since he had dssented from this pre-.
vision Of the platform, he and his
friends might hesitate to sapport the
ticket
viii Give Loyal Support
Not at all" he replied, ION the con.
trary we will give our loyal support
to the action of the convention, and in
this our action will be entirely consist
ent. We have already accomplished a
great deal, for the vote in the commit
tee showed a very narrow margin of
only four votes against us on this
important provision on which We dif
fered. On the other hand. the Rocse-
veyt administration is committed ire
parably to central domination over
states. Our choice, therefore, is
plain. 1t is with the party whose ira.
ditions are for the constitutional de.
fense of the states against federal en-.
croachment. We will not only support
the ticket, but our only hope of pre-
serving the status quo on these dot
trines Is to elect the ticket Those
who feel as do will understand that
the Republican senate will never con
sent to turn over to a Democratic pres
ident any further extension of power.
And thus the present situation Will be
continued until we shall have another
opportunity to fight another battle
within party lines"
The Cairo bulletin., 1908-07-12
JUDGE PARKER DECLARES he
AND HIS FRIENDS WILL SUP
PORT TICKET.
BRYAN EXPRESSES HOPE
OF Carrying New York and Bell says
Coast States Will Go Democratic
Nebraska Delegations
Cheers Feeble.

Fairview, Lincoln. July i1.-Wm. j
Bryan opened door step campa g1
today with a brief speech touching
onthe publicity of campaign contrib
utions. the platform and candidates.
Nebraska delegations, returning
with their banners, after vociferatlons
unequalled in political or other his
tory, having participated riotously in
the convention proceedings, did not
deliver what might properly be Gale!
a cheer at all.
Minnesota Cheers.
Minnesota however. having less call
for the. exertion of their lungs at Den
yer, delivered a full three, as a seal
on Governor Johnson promise to sun
port the ticket in every way possible
In this they were ably assisted by the
North Dakotans who came on the
same train, Iowa too was in line.
The reurnlng New York convention
workers had no time to make the four
mile trip from Lincoln to Fairyiew, SO
Bryan, accompanied by Mrs. Bryan
and his private secretary Robert
Rose, made the trip to town in the
family carry-ail
Meets New Workers.
At the railroad station he saw first
w. J. Conners. chairman of the New
York state central connntttS~' ' ''-'--
he cong stll.soer1 ION New YORK Shals
in making the platform and the selec
ton of vice presidential candidate
AT the Rock Island depot there was
a larger crowd, including c. f. Muir
ply. leader of Tammany, Lewis NiN'
on. f. B. Harrison, Orlado Thayer,
Robert f. Luce, Martin Littleton, ID. l.
Coholan and James Cassidey.
Moore Visits Bryan.
Among the Bryan callers today was
G. w. Moore of Michigan, who attend
ded the convention and brought the
first description of the demonstrations
and confident temper of the delegates
which made Bryan glow with pleas
ure. Moore expected that Michigan
would send a additional Democratic
congressman from Michigan and
promised a hot fight to elect Demo
cratic legislature.
Expects to Get New York.
In the course of conversation to
day Bryan said that he expected tt
carry New York aud there was nc
other state in the npion in which i
could be said he had no chance.
Theodore A. Bell, who was temper
ary chairman of the convention, SAL
he expected Bryan to carry the coast
The Cairo bulletin., 1908-07-12
MANS BODY is FOUND:
DISAPPEARED MONTH AGO.

Munising Mich, July 1.-THE body
of George Genery, keeper Of the North
Light on Grand Island, who disap-
peared mysteriously a month ago, was
found this afternoon on the beach 20
miles from MunisnE The body was
bodly decomposed There were no
marks of violence and death was un-
doubtedly due to accidental drowning