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The Cairo bulletin., 1909-12-24
ANN ARBOR IN
A QUEER FIX
JOY MILLER DECLARED lNELIG-
iBLE TO CAPTAIN THE
FOOTBALL TEAM.
LETTERS OF APOLOGY
Sent u Teams Which Played Against
Michigan This Season---Claimed
That MilIer Was Not
Enrolled.

Ann Arbor, Mich, Dec, 23.forof
George w. Patterson, chairman of the
board Of costrol OF athletics at the
University of Michigan. which today
declared Captain-eiect Joy Miller OF
the football team ineligible, and adj
dressed letters Of apology to Pennsyl
Faria7 Minnesota, Mar1t ette, Notre
Dame and Syracuse Universities
Michiean's opponents in games
wherein Miller played with Michigan
last season said toniehl.
rAs the matter stands any of the
teams Michigan defeated during the
year now have q right to protest and
may ask chat the game be Jeclare
no game, or it's resait reversed. IS
are expecting some such action.
The whole university is sick abou
the business. The board. in It's effo
to find some exteauating oiraum-
stanees or e,icit some explanation
from Miller, has kept the matter quiet
The Cairo bulletin., 1909-12-24

until today. Though Miller disre
garded our requests for an interview
it is quite probable. that the faculty
will have an interesting session
should he come to Ann Arbof. !"
The ground for the boamf's repudia-
tion Of Miller's election as captain
and his dismissal from the team, was
the discovery that Miller was not en-
rolled in any of the classes.
The question of his eligibility has
been under consideration for fort
night. Miller has. been absent from
Ann Arbor and letters requesting his
appearance before the board brought
no reply. 1t was stated today that
Miller appeared before the eligibility
committee during the season and
signed a statement that be was a
bonafide student While he reeisterd
in the engineering department he was
not enrolled in any classes until after
the close of the footbaii season, when
he induced several professors to ac-
cept his enrolment tentatively with
The Cairo bulletin., 1909-12-24
zELAYA WILL LEAVE.

Managua. Dec. 23.--Zelaya wi y
Aave tomorrow and probably go
board the Mexican gunboat Guerrero
,ing off Corinto Immediately. Owing
y the hostile demonstrations Zoaya
I'LL likely proceed to Corinto escorted
II strong guard
With the exception Of his appear
nee at the Inauguration of Madriz,
ielaya has been seen little in pubic.
News of the defeat OF the Ze!ayans
/, Rama is carefully guarded from the
|lblic. Various rumols are current,
1T alleged official dispatches from
onzales claimed g victory for tie
|oyernment troops. These are spread
'oadcast, but the Managuans now
'e learning that the reyolrtionists
on around Rama and will soon turn
eir guns IN the direction Of the car
al f-~J =
The government is in no condit on
oppose the advance of Estrada's
|'my. Madriz has strong political
Tree. brt few aghsing men. vaspnez
here ON sick leave. General Toledo,
khD recently commanded the Ze.ayaa
The Cairo bulletin., 1909-12-24
SENSATION IN
MURDER TRIAL
REF ORTER HEARD iNcRiMTNAT.
ING CONVERSATION IN JAIL
CELLS, AND TELLS THE
COURT ABOUT 1T,

Mankato. Mimi, Dec, 23.-In the
trial today of Mrs. H. j. Ledbetter,
charged with numbering her husband,
the crime whereof Frank Smith had
already been convicted, Frank Fran
cisons, reporter who hid in Smiths s
cell while Smith was conrersing with
Mrs. Ledbetter who was in an adjoin-
ing cell. read from stenographic notes
the conversation. the substance of
which was that Mrs. LedbetteF prom
seA Smith $1,000 if he would say fhat
Bill Garner, Smiths chum, killed
Lcdbetter. F.'
Smith replied:
"if we had buried him little deep
er in the barn. nobody would have
found him."
Smith promised to tell the Garner
story sa&a
Mrs. Ledbetter. according to The
witness. said: III had to do 1t over
again. | would burn him up in the
stove myself"
During the conversation, the wit
ness said, Mrs. Ledbetter threw candy
into Smiths cell and they waved
Kisses at each other. Il s
The Cairo bulletin., 1909-12-24

inal data was made to Wake, Dr..
Cooks friend.
Schley's demand that Peary sub
nit his polar data to the University Of
Copenhagen for verification raises a
Storm of opposition in the National
Geographical Society,
Nothing could be gained by it,
said Pro!, Gannett. chairman of the
committee that passed upon Pearys
proofs. .[
"The committee which passed upon
peaFy's papers * fully qualified 10
reach an unbiased conclusion not
withstanding that almost every mem
be- is acquainted with Peary., ! neer
not say, the investigation was along
scientific lines, without regard to the
personality or standing Of either
claimant . ..r .
Admiral Chester who attacked
Cooks data some time ago, de
nouncedsSchley proposition as "ab-
srtj " declared he did not believe the
University of Copenhagen would con
slider making the request for PearY's
proofs, and cites the fact that the
Royal Geographical Society OF Eng
lan,l and the Geographical Society Of
Berlin lave already acknowledged
Peary as the. iiscoverer of the pole.
The Cairo bulletin., 1909-12-24
No AGREEMENT
WAS REACHED
At CONFERENCE ON SWITCH.
MEMS STRlkE IN EBER-
HART'S OFFICES.
COUNTER DISPOSITIONS
Negotiations Will be Re-
sumcd Today at
ST. Pail.

st. Paul, Dec. 23.--At a conference
today in the office of Governor Eber.
hart, attended by representatives OF
the railway council of the American
Federation Of Labor, representatives
of all of the Twin City lines affected
By the .switchmens strike, the gdv-
ernor, state railway commissioners
and Labor Commissioner McEwen.
propositions were made by the rail.
roads end switchmen towards set
tlement No agreement was reached,
but it was agreed to continue the ne
gotiations 'tS1aorrow.
The railroads proposition is as
follows:
"A conference between the repre-
sentatives of the railways in the Chi
cago district, and the representative
Of their switchmen is now in progress
for the purpose of determining Il
scale Of WAGES and the establishment
of working conditions fir that dis
The Cairo bulletin., 1909-12-24
M ,ney Comes From Red
CrGss--Estrada's S Pris-
oners Are Stary-
ing
u. 5. CONSUL TELLS
Of Their SUFFERING
Fcod and Clothing Much Needed
viii Be Sent to BIuefields From
Panama Without Delay--9o0
Were Killed in Battle
Of Rama.

Washington, Dec. 23HlTnder or
ders of Secretary Knox Red Cross
funds will be expended in feeding and
caring for the sick and wounded
of Estrada and the Zelayan armies
more than 1900 of whom are in.
capacitated in Bluefields.
This move Is e&nected to be more
efficacious than to dispatch a strong
force 1t is believed that the pros
poets of food and medical attention
ment ranks than any other plan.
Knox tonight cabled as follows to the
L. s. consul at Bluefields
The National Red Cross will tele-
graph you tomorrow five thousand
dollars and will send another five
thousand If needed, Captain Shipley
has been instructed to land whatever
surplus supplies can be furnished
from our ships at Bluefields The
Prairie, at Colon, has been ordered to
transport Immediately to Bluefields
from the marines stores or from the
Panama Canal commissry depart
ment, such supplies as YOU may ask
for within the limit of the five thous-
and dollars to be cabled you tomor-
row. Cooperate with Shipley in the
| distribution OF the supplies, payment
for which will be recouped from the
: Red Cross Fund 49,.
The foregoing closely followed the
receipt of the following from Consul
Muffatt: ~s
Two thousand starved, emaciated
prisoners were brought here from Ie
Iayas surrendered army. The sight
Of the sick and weary, totterng
Trough the streets, Is horrible; half
Bare mere boys. The emergency hos
litals established by the Des Names
md Tacoma contain 80 wounded and
he city hospital Co. Few of the suf-
endered army had shoes or blankets.
X Scores are almost naked and all in
pitiable conditions. Estrada is
H furnishing them blankets, clothing
a hoes and food the best ne can, Flour
)eans,. rice, sugar coffee and con
Il ensed milk are needed instantly to
: eed the starving zelayan soldiers.
Disease and death threatens unless
hey are properly given the best food
md care.
"The great and sudden demand for
proper clothing and food for the suf-
ering is a problem for the provisional
government, whose resources are eX-
Aausted. their own men numbering
hree thousand we'll fed and clothed,
3ut they cannot find the means to
are for the increased burden.
Il have discussed the situation
18th Capt Shipley of the Des Names
nd suggest that the ship be. sent to
olon Immediately to bring here suf-
cient quantities of provisions to feed.
600 men thirty days.
"The present situation threatens
tarving and disease. 1t is estimated
ow that over. 900 men We're killed
n both sides"
The Cairo bulletin., 1909-12-24
COTTON PRICES SOAR
May Delivery Reached 16 Cents Per
Pound on New York Exchange
Yesterday.

New York, Dec 23.--There was
bullish enthusiasm in the cotton mar
ket today when that staple realized
for the first time in five years, iG
cents pound for cotton. While the
May option was the only one to reach
that quotation, the entire list holds
higher than at any time since the
Sully boom of 1904. The bull cam
paign is headed by former associates
Of SullX also by James A. Patten
the Chicago grain operator. The ag
gregate profits Of the big four con
cerned in it are rumored to amount
to $4,000 600.
The Cairo bulletin., 1909-12-24
JEALOUS MANS DEED
Killed His Wife, Mother-in-law, An
other Man, and Then Com
mited Suicide.

London KY, Dec. 81 AT Pittsburg,
Ky. a mining village, late today. vii
liam Murray, miner, shot and killed
Ebert Cole. Mrs, Murray, the s,ayer's
wife, and her mother, Mrs. Chestnut
then killed himself Murrays obibe
tions to the alleged attentions Of Cote
toward Mrs, Murray i. given as the
cause.
Murray entered Coles store and
fred, killing Cole, then went to his
home and shot his motherin'law and
his wife, The two women and Murray
were' found in a heap in the yard.
The women We're dead, but Murray
lived an hour, He refused to make a
statement.
The Cairo bulletin., 1909-12-24
FOR CAILDREN's HOME
Another Subscription to Christmas
'Furd fer cairos Worthy Estab-
lishment-Today Last Day.

L, This morning the Childrens's Hone
Christmas fund amounts to $32, sub
.scription of IS being received yester-
day from M. Hyman.. Today is the
last dav on which subscriptions will
be received at The Bulletin office.
The money on hand this evening will
be turned over to the ladies who have
charge OF the establishment. The sum
on hand will do very nicely, every.
thing considered, being quite sufft-
eient to meet the needs of the oc-
casion; but the establishment must
be kept up all ,the year round, and
any sums which citizens may be able
TO spare for this purpose will be
thankfully received. The cash fund
stands this morning as follows:
The Cairo bulletin., 1909-12-24
i, INDICTMENT INSUFFICIENT.

Springfield, Dec 2S.-The supreme
court today declared Insufficient the
Indictment returned from Chicago
against William H. .,Tilden and
ghauneey l.. Graham. who were con
vieted OF defrauding the Milwaukee
Avenue State lFank Of 5000 b.
forged notes. anl sters sand. pes
ident OF the bank. who afterwards dis
appeared. was castured, at Algiers.
and is now serving Eentence in pris-
on as an embezzler. Tilden and Gra-
ham were ordered discharged III.
The Cairo bulletin., 1909-12-24

trict.
THE rate of wages in the Chicago
district and in Minnesota cities for
the switchmen has been identical and
|the working cnditions similar,
Representatives Of the Twin City
lines have confirmed, by majority
vote, the. report to your excellencT
that these roads represented will
agree sto re-employ such former yard
employees as the roads may have
places for, at the rates aof nay ami
under the working cnditions in effect
Nov. | and at the termination of the
Chicago conference the lines here
represented will meet any additions
in rates of pay or working conditions
that may be granted by the Chicago
lines to their swtchmen, and that a
differential of two cents per hour in
wages of switchmen will-apply in ter
ritories of Billings and west ON the
Northern Pacific and Havre and west
.on the Great Northern railway"
The switchmen's counter proposi
tion follows:
1--WE. are aware that a conference
is being held between the represen-
tatiyes- of the railways in the Chicago
district and representatives of their
swtthmen We have no information
with relation to, the questions be-
tween the railways and their em-
ployes in the Chicago district being
likely to be submitted to arbitration.
"The representatives of the switch
men employed on the Twin City lines
are willing that the differences be
tween the emDloyes and companies
be Submitted to arbitration under the
terms Of the arbitration act of 1898,
with the stipulation that both sides
agree to abide by the arbitrators'
awards. Furthermore. that the hear.
ings be conducted without the aid of
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The Cairo bulletin., 1909-12-24

Brussels, Dec 22.--Albert | was
crowned king today. With his queen
Elizabeth, and sons, the Princes
Leopold and Charles, the new king
rode in state from Laekea to the par
liarent, acclaimed by thousands
along the gaily decorated streets. The
oath of office was administered before
Joint session OF the nouses of par
lament and the feeble attempt OF the
socialists to sound discordant note
was drowned by the cheers OF the
kings supporters
The Cairo bulletin., 1909-12-24
WILL FIGHT FOR WILL.

Indianapolis, Ind. Dec. 23.-Upon
information that, woman called
Elma Dare. formerly Mrs. George
Rhodius, had "A second will of
Rhodius, the millionaire who died
Monday, supposed to convey his for
tune to her she was made co-defendant
today in the suit filed by relative Of
Rhodius to prevent probating any
will Many relatives viii contest the
WILL on the ground that Rhodius was
insane.
The Cairo bulletin., 1909-12-24
BRYAN IS VERY SICK
Though Not In Serious Condition
Pneumonia aThrcatens-=is Now
-, =. @+- at Jacksonville, Fla. .-.

Jacksonville. Fla, Dec. 70. William
u BRYAN, who has been here several
days. the guest of his cousin, William
:. Jennings, Is too i'll tonight to de.
liver the scheduled address for the
benefit of local hospital. Bryan is
suffering from a severe cold. with
threatened unermonia He has can
cclled his fuure dates and win re-
rdain here several days.
Bryan is resting easy. His condl-
ton is not serious, hut the physicians
say it will be necessary for him To
remain within doors Tor several days.
The Cairo bulletin., 1909-12-24
SAYS HE WAS ENROLLED.

Detroit Dec. 23.- Jey Miller said to-
day that lie submitted his enrolment
card two weeks after the opening Of
notified, he said, that the card was not
notified, he said, that the card was not
on file and he then enrolled with the
respective professors again He said
he is now carrying twelve hours Of
work with 'eevrS expectation of pa $
ing TIL examination at the close Of the
semester !.
The Cairo bulletin., 1909-12-24
!. CROWNED KING
OF BELGIUM YESTERDAY

In his speech from the throne tlSe
king said
Il pledge myself to do my duty
scrupulously, and concentrate all my
strength, devote my whole life TO the
service Of the fatherland.'
Tonight the city is alive with mcr
.ry-niaking. contrasting with the de-.
preston and signs of mourning fol-
loving the death of Leopold. An eX-
PLANTATION is found in the popularity OF
Albert and Elizabeth, and the high
position they hold In the esteem Of
the nations. III
The Cairo bulletin., 1909-12-24
Lives Of Four Hundre d
Men Imperilled by Ae-
cident at Herrir,
Iil.
UNPROTECTED LAMPS
Gauss D IXptt 81 n
Prompt Action Resulted In sac EXT
of Hundreds Who Were in
Workings--Rescuine Party
Did Valiant Work--NoW
Fighting the Fire.

St Louis, Dec 23--Eight men were
killed nnd the live o. rour hundred
mperilled by an explosion of gas in
mine "A" of the Chicago and Carter
willie Coal Company, at Iier.ia, ILL.,,
late today
Open lamps carried by the mines
engineer and his assistants CAUSED
the disaster, according to telephone
message from the mine office to the
Associated Press. There were three
men and a boy in this party and all
lost their lives.
Prompt action resulted in the safe
lexit of the hundreds who We're work
ling below. Within five minutes OF
the first renorts Of the explosion,
miners IN tIle Immediate vicinity Of
1.-The accident Mere started toward tic
suf-faceA--atsn- the return trims of the
4cases the reacuers were lowered into
i entries seven and eight west of
7 where the catastrophe occurred.
The Dead. ...
| w. r. PfEPCE. mine engineer,
/ EUGENE BARRETT, assistant en-
gineer.
! THOMAS WILLIAMS. assistant
] manager
/ UNIDENTIFIED Roy, tG years old.
/ GEORGE SNYDER.
/ SALVATORE GRECO
/ THOMAS HARDER,
PIETRO ROMEO, laborer.
/ James Guinney superintendent of
| the. mine, and Robert Hueston, man
ager headed the fist rescuers De-
/ spite the black damp flowing into the
chambers adjoining those wherein
the Pierce narty We're killed, these
men plunged into the workings The
Eprosrate, bodies. of three men who
were alive blocked their path. They
EveFe r9shed to the surface. They
are All. Huestop, the managers
1 brother. Charles KLEIN and Albert
| shelton All We're revived and are
expected 20 recover from the effects
OF The das
The reseuers next found the dead
bodies Of snyder Greece and Romeo,
None had beel burned
THO efforts of the rescuers to pene-
trate further We're repulsed by the in
creasing banks Of after-damp.
The ventilating apparatus was I'M
damaged but could not cone with the
| gases. The rescners retreated, leav.
ing the bodies of Pierce and his com
| panions. The fire also began to gain
!, ,headway and it Is not expected that
the bodies will. be recovered before
Tomorrow Tonight all efforts are
directed to nghting the flames. 1t is
hoped that the will be confined to
the two entries affected BY the ex-
plosion..
There was a rrsh Of hysterical
women and crying children to the
shaft house. but as the cage emptied
load after load of rescued miners,
sobs became cries Of Joy These
were hushea to murmurs Of sympathy
as the deal were brought up,
State Mine Inspector Little, of Car
bondale, has arrived and is overseeing
| the fire fighting
Pierce, the dead engineer, was for
lmerly a student in the engineering
school Of the University Of Illinois,
and also served as Inspector of gov.
Iernment work on the Mississippi
river The mine officials are unable
to account for his seeming lack of
caution in using unprotected lamps.
They say, however. that gas was not
known 10, exist In the west entries.
The Cairo bulletin., 1909-12-24
PREMIER APPOINTED.

Buda Pest. Dec 23.-Emperor Fran
els Joseph today appointed Dr. Won
Hungarian premier. Lukacs viii
negotiate with the various political
factions with view to forming
cabinet
The Cairo bulletin., 1909-12-24
ONE STILL MISSING.

Negaaness, Dec. 2%.-The crushed
body Of Victor Makki was recovered
today from Negauness mine Of the
four men entombed one has been res
eued alive. two bodies recovered and
another is still below.
The Cairo bulletin., 1909-12-24
KNOX ORDERS
FUNDS TO FEED
NlCARAGUANS

forces at Lreytown, is also here. Z
lriGs resigned today as minister
general. His unropularity was shown
at recent public gatherings, when he
was Kissed and hooted. The Mexican
The Cairo bulletin., 1909-12-24
FoRTNER TRIAL.

st Louis. pee. 23.T TO expedite the
trial OF NJ Dwight Fortner, the former
real estate dealer, charged with forS-
ing an endorsement to $4,000
check, a court session was held 70.
night. H. G. Tulley. whose name was
charged to have been forged to the
cheek, declared ne had not endorsed
Il.
The Cairo bulletin., 1909-12-24
A WALKING MATCH.

Elmira, N. Y. Dec 2S.--William A
doagland. champion heel and toe
walker of the world defeated r. Fl.
Hubbel, champion of Pennsylvania.
tonight In ten mile walk True
t2s:45. Hubbell was given a handi-
rap of a quarter Of mile.
The Cairo bulletin., 1909-12-24
EIGHT KILLED
BY EXPLOSION
IN COAL Mine

the understanding that he would
make up the work he had mscel.
The Cairo bulletin., 1909-12-24

Where might Is Eight.
The opinion ol the. strongest Is a.
ways the bestsLa Fontaine.
The Bon Homme County independent. [volume] (Tabor, S.D.) 1904-1913, 1909-05-20

from Elne scrap bOoh.
Fos the last 30 or 40 years a good many
persons nave been trying to simplify the
accepted spelling OF the English language.
They say that It's ~irregularity Is a STUN
bling block 10 foreigners who wish 70
learn It. and that 1t Is, moreover, IN ltselr
illogical 1t is rather remarkable that no
one has suggested simplifying the gram
NAUTICAL and verbal forms, since these are
much more irregular and difficult than
the spelling. To say II am" Il was, 4
have been,' and to say that these dirIer-
ent forms belong to the single verb be"
is strange enough. So in the present tense
of the same verb. We say II am, You
are" HE is" A really scientific language
would let the verb run; II am, you
am HE ans" Twenty centuries g
the A~lexandrian Greeks formed a scheme
for getting rid OF the irregular verbs IN
their language; but, naturally, the people
at large stuck to the old usage. The tr-
regularity of English, however, Is more
marked than that in any other tongue;
because we have drawn upon SO many
different sources-Anglo-Saxon, Norman
French, Latin, German, Italian, Greek ana
Spanish, not to mention stray contribu-
tons from Turkish and Hlndustani. The
apparent absurdity of our noun system
is very we'll set forth in the following
clever rhymes written by some one VINO
has preferred to remain anonymous:
Wen begin with a box. and the plural Is
boxes, ..
But the piiura! of OK should be oxen, not
oXeS. ~
Then n fowl is a goose, but two are
called geese,
Yet the plural OF moose would never be
meese. .. . .....s.
You may find a lone mouse, or a whole
But the plural Of house is houses. not
hice.
II the plural of man Is always called men
Why shouldn't the plural OF pan be called
Then COW in the plural may sometimes
But a bow IL repeated is never called bine,
And the plural OF vow is vows. never vine.
II I speak of a foot, and you show me
And 1 give you a boot-wouId a pair be
II one is a tooth, and a whole set are
why couldn't the plural of booth be called
beeth?
II the singuiar's this. and the plural is
Should the plural OF kiss ever be nick
named kese?
Then one may be that, and three would be
those, .
Yet hat i'm the plural would never be hose;
And the plural of cat is cats, not cose:
We speak Of a brother, and also OF
brethren,
But though We say mother, we never say
Then the masculine pronouns are he. his
and him:
But imagine the famine. she. shis and
go SHIN.
So the English, I think, you all will agree,
Is the queerest old language you ever did
see.
Author Unknown.
The Bon Homme County independent. [volume] (Tabor, S.D.) 1904-1913, 1909-05-20
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The Bon Homme County independent. [volume] (Tabor, S.D.) 1904-1913, 1909-05-20
Wisdom 81 Jeferson.

We owe gratitude to France, justice
TO England, good will toward ali, SUBJ
servience to none.
Were we directed from Washington
when to sow and when to reap we
should soon want bread.
to our Independence.
The whole body OF the nation is the
sovereign legislative, executive and
judicial power for itself.
Education is the only sure founda-
ton that can be devised for the
preservation of freedom and happiness
1t is better to keep the wolf out OF
the fold than to trust to drawing his
teeth and claws after he has entered.
The press is the best instrument for
enlightening the mind OF ma and i'm
proving him as a rational. moral and
social being.