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Bisbee daily review., 1909-09-23

Bacon, IA to IS cents.
 Cheese, American cheddar, IA cents.
 Butter, A to 26 cents.
 Flour, per pounds. 16 to 20 cents.
 Bread, per 4 pounds, to II cents.
 Coal, per 12O pounds, IS to "A cents.
 Beef. per pound, 15 to IT cents. Mutton. per pound, IS to IS cents. Pork. per pound, 15 to r cents.
 Meat, foreign, beef. 10 to 12 cents.
 Meat. foreign, mutton, s to 10 cents.
 The report shows that the average family having an income of less than $6O8 week spends S3.5I week for food; that the average family wohse ! weekly income is between $6.0S and 1 S7.30 spends $4.37 a week for food; that the family having an income be tween s7.50 and $S.52 and sS.73 spend $5.43 a week for food. The average cost for food of all families is $S.47.
 The difference between the cost of wearing apparel in the United States | and England Is so great that most Americans visiting England take back as much clothing as they can get past the American custom house officers free of duty. A tailor made suit of clothes costing from s25 to sSO in the United States can be purchased in any British city for from SIP to SIG. A pair of ladies or mems shoes that cost $4 and $5 in the United States can be bought in London for from $2.50 to s4. Ladies' or gentlemen's gloves costing s1.25 to s175 in the States can be purchased in England for from 50 to 75 cents.
 Not only have the actual money wages risen in England under free 1 trade, but the purchasing power of the wages has more than kept pace. Money wages are merely nominal wages. The goods the workingman is able to obtain for his money wages form his real wages.
 Carroll D. Wright, United States Commissioner of Labor, shows in his 1 report for 1908 that the British workman is the highest paid laborer in the world when his salary Is meas ured by its power to purchase the necessaries of life for one year with 205 days labor, while it takes 225 days labor by the American to buy the necessities for one year.
 Since the ordinary laboring man spends for his living and that of his family ali he earns, his chief con cern is for the purchasing power of his income rather than the number of dollars he receives.
 The man who can earn living with POS days labor each year would seem to have the advantage Of the man who has to work 225 days to do the thing.
Bisbee daily review., 1909-09-23
CHAUTAUQUAIS IS PLEASING ID
 DOUGLAS
10oGrzs, Sept. a. CspeoiaD :

DcUGEzS, Sept a. Cspecial) =
 There was real treat for thoss who went to the smphitheatre last night for the fourth number of the chautauQua series. 1t was what might be termed a double bill', for the attractions were a concert by the Royal Hungarian orchestra and a delightful address by Governor Buch tel, of the University of Colorado The concert commenced at 7:I5, as 1t will also tonight, thus giving a full hour and a quarter for the concert before the time for the introduction Of the lecturer.
 The Royal Hungarian orchestra is an excellent one. its program is one which cannot fail to charm and the result is a musical treat which no one in Douglas can afford to miss. Last night each number as rendered won the hearty applause which II deserved and the audience felt re. gret when the numbers ended all too soon. In the afternoon a free con cert was rendered for the school children, their parents. guardians and friends, and the teachers, which vas shorter than the evening pro- gram. In the evening every number net with an encore, the rendition Eas beautiful and the selection of he numbers left nothing to be de sired. Those who were not forum ate enough to hear the concert last night certainly cannot afford to miss such a treat tonight.
 Governor Buchtel was the lecturer ast night and his address on the opic of "Pleasantness of American lne." In clear logical manner, with Seasing style of address and an abundant supply of wit and humor at the opportune time, Dr. BuchteI contrasted the life oI the working man in America witk his brethren of England, France and Italy. The contrasts which he drew stood out as clearly as light does from shadow and he held his audience interested to the close of an excellent lecture.
 Tonight he will speak upon ''Theo- dore Roosevelt and once more com mencing at 7:15, the Hungarian or chestra will render a concert. The combined double number is one which all DougIas ought to attend.
Bisbee daily review., 1909-09-23
PEARSON WILL MAKE 4 GREAT
 IMPROVEMENT

CHIHUAHUA, Mex, Sept. 22.-
 Dr. F. S. Pearson, president of the Mexico Northwestern Railway Co, and his attorney and personal repre- sentative, Walter Cow, were arrivals here last Wednesday morning from Mexico City. After spending, the better part of the day here, they were joined by H. C. Ferris and T. R. Ryan, general manager and tratnc manager respectively of the Pearson roads in this state, and H. R. Kicker son, and all went out to Madeira or Wednesday night. Hiram c. Smith, manager of the lumber department at Madeira, met Dr. Pearson here. The latter and MT. Cow left yester- day morning tor Fl Paso.
 When asked yesterday morning a. bout the company's plans. Mir. Cow summarized substantially as follows:
 Our company has surveyed two lines, both feasible, for the railroad from Terrazas station, Chin, which is the southermost terminus of the Rio Grande Sierra Madre and PacI- fic railroad which runs from El Paso and c. Juarez and which we recent ly bought, to our lumber tofn of Ma dera, a distance of about 1O5 to 1lO miles.
 We have not determined which of these lines We shall adopt yet but we have engineers making the sur veys for permanent location and in about three weeks we expect to have determined on one or the other hne and to have taken steps 10 com mence construction work.
 As to the sawmin at Madeira 1t is expected to commence turning out lumber next month.
 As to the proposed railroad west through the SIerra Madres to the west coast, we have men gathering data both from an engineering and business point of view for such a road. Our first object is to get the road from Terrazas on the Rio Gran de, Sierra Madera and Pacific road to Madera and on that we expect to have construction work commenced very soon now"
 As is well known, the Pearson com pany has given up the old W. C. Greene route from Nueye Casas Grandes on the Rio Grande, Sierra Madre and Pacific road to Sta. Tomas on the Chihuahua & Pacinc road for a route farther westward and direct for the lumber town ot Madera so as to get as near to the northern part of the company's 5000 UO0-acre timber tract as possible. The two routes surveyed and refer red to by Mir. Cow are much farther west of the old Greene route. They are said to run close to the thriving colony of Juarez and through the San Dieso ranch of Gen. Terrazas.
 As to the proposed line through the Sierra Madres to the west coast, the plan at present is to run 1t west from Minaca on the Chihuahua and Pacific (which road runs from this city) through north of Ocampo and on wes to strike the Cananea, Yaqu River and Pacific railroad (Harriman road) at or near Tonichi in the val ley of the Yaqui river. This would give a direct route from the city Of Chihauhau westward to Gusymas, and according to all the information so far obtainable it is much the most feasible route from an engineering point of view from here to the Paci- fic coast
Bisbee daily review., 1909-09-23

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Bisbee daily review., 1909-09-23
An Emernsncx Exit

Miss Criehton pluckily extinguished the blaze, while Herr Eckhold pulled the orchestra through a difficult pas, sage."-London Caily Express.
The San Francisco call., 1909-09-09
Gossip of RailWaynen

ception of the ticket Office of the South
ern Pacific and Santa Fe, will be closed
all day today. The ticket offices of the
above named companies will close at
noon.
There were 24.000 idle cars on the
Pennsylvania system September l. and
the tendency is to a further increase
of cars in service on not only the Penn
syivania, but on all lines
The special train of the Eagles. the
largest excursion to go out of this state
this year, left for New York last night
over the Santa Fe via Kansas City
The special will be conducted as far as
Chicago by General James B. Duffy Of
the passenger department of the Santa
Fe- At the convention members will
speak for the 1911 convention of the
order for San Francisco.
The Union Pacific will today move
its freight Offices into a portion of the
offices now occupied by the passenger
department. The combining of the
freight and passenger offices of the
company is a part of the general plan
OF General Agent Booth to place every
department under his supervision in
one Office.
The San Francisco call., 1909-09-09

II HREE general agents, all repre-
senting companies that handle
= large part of the country's trans
continental business, weEe con-
gregated in a certain Office along rail-
road row several days ago when a
poorly dressed man, evidently a labor
er, entered and inquired the fare to
New York.
Il don't know, I'm sure. Do you.
Mr.. ---?
Lets see. The fare to New York
What is it, Mr.. -?"
Yes, the fare to New York; why
it's now-er-blamed If / haven't for
several days.
1T is s77.2O." spoke up clerk be-
hind the counter
Sure, that's it," chorused the three
The decision of the Santa Fe officials
TO build a cutoff in central Oklahoma,
40 miles long, between Cushing and
either Tulsa or Sapulpa, will give the
oil section of the state a direct line to
the gulf.
The eastern Oklahoma division of
the Santa Fe runs through Cushing
and the Bartlesville branch has been
extended eastward as far as Tulsa
The connection of these two lines will
give the Santa Fe system a more di-
rect route from the gulf to st. Louis
and other middle west points, making
the distance between Kansas City and
the gulf 100 miles shorter.
At the fall meeting of the Central
passenger association a warm fight
over differentials is expected. The
Pennsylvania, it is said, viii demand
that the differentials of the Pittsburg
and Lake Erie be reduced.
The feeling between the passenger
departments of the two roads IS not as
friendly as it has been in former years.
and 1T is stated that the cutting of the
time on the -Pittsburg train
caused the strained relations.
The Denver and Rio Grande has is
sued a program of the celebration of
the opening of the Gunnison tunnel,
September Il, %. %. "a. at which Pres
ident Taft will be the guest of honor.
A. NJ. FELTON, on September l sue
ceeded A. B. Stickney as president of
the Chicago Great Western. Since his
succession to the presidency FELTON,
has appointed Joseph ". Bladeon vice
president in charge OF traffic. succeed
ing l. s. Cass Bladeon Will devote
his entire time to the ma ma cement and
development of interurban railways in
Iowa. John Barton Payne is appointed
general counsel to succeed Frank B.
Kellogg. The other officers named
are;r ]. W. Newban, auditor; r. O..
Barnard, treasurer, and G. F. Phileo.
secretary. IL is reported that FELTON,
has decided to establish the general
offices of the company at Chicago in
stead of st. Paul.
The Chicago, Milwaukee and Puget
Sound eastbound tariff applying from
San Francisco and Oakland to eastern
points was made in error to Rapid
The San Francisco call., 1909-09-09
MANAGER OF MINE
ACCUSED OF THEFT
Alleged to Have Refused TO Give
Up Valuable Rock When
Asked by Company

NEVADA CITY. Sept. S--In a COM
plant fled in this city by Fred Ka-
lisky. Ernest II. Wilson. manager and
superintendent of the Sierra Wonder
mining company of the famous Sixteen
10 one Nine at Allegheny. Sierra eoun-
~ is charged with felony embezzle-
ment and a warrant for Wilson's ar
rest has been issued and forwarded TO
san Francisco TO be served
The specific charge is that Wilson
refuses 10 turn over 10 the company
owning the Sixteen TO One mine ore
valued at s261, which was deposited
in q bank vault in this city. II is
said that the ore is part of a large
amount said 10 be valued at s25O,00o
and which was also stored in the bank.
Wilson mined the ore for the COM
panv. fl is alleged. and now refuses TO
give up the valuable rock
The San Francisco call., 1909-09-09
BANKS OF STATE SHOW
BUSINESS INCREASING
San Francisco Clearings for the
Week Were S20. .2O6.54o

For four day week. there being
two holidays. the clearings of the
banks of California cities. as reported
by the California Promotion commit
tee, show good gain and good busi-
ness Los Angeles and San Jose failed
TO report this week
San Franeiseo's bank clearings for
the week ending Wednesday noon.
September s, 1909, amounted to
s2s,206.54s.94 gain of Is per cent
over those of the same week of 1908.
Oakland gained 10.S per cent over last
year. with clearings for the last week
OF s1.410.290.75
Sacramento's gain was 21.39 per cent
over last year, with clearings amount
ing to sS52.179.94. and San Diego gave
it a close race for total with a greater
per cent of increase. San Diego's
clearings for the last week amounted
to sS1T, ,406.55, a gain OF 1857 per cent.
Fresno gained 1897 per cent. with a
total of S50S. .S24.42. Stockton gained
81 per cent over last year. its total
for this year being s491,732
The San Francisco call., 1909-09-09
Sacramento and San Joaquin Valleys
TRAGEDY FOLLOWS
SUIT FOR DIVORCE
Farmer Fatally Wounds His
Wife and Ends Own Life
With Bullet

HANFORD, Sept S.-James L. Crye,
a we'll to do grain farmer of the Tu-
lare lake region, fatally wounded his
wife today and killed himself because
she had filed a suit for divorce for
failure 10 provide. Mrs. Crye was
struck by two bullets. one. in the arm
and one in the abdomen. She is not
expected to recover.
Crye learned of his wife's action
while in town today. The suit was filed
by her attorneys a few hours earlier
and as soon as the rancher was told
of it he fastened to their home, eight
miles out of town. A few moments
after he entered the building two shots
rang out, followed by a third.
When neighbors rushed in they
found the woman writhing on the
floor with two bullets in her body
and the husband dead.
The San Francisco call., 1909-09-09

City, S. D., as one of the points taking
the S1.10 rate on dried fruit and a
rate of 81 on canned goods. BY using
these rates a much better eombina-
tion could be made TO Deadwood. s. D.,
and points intermediate than was in
tended, and for this reason Rapid City
will be eliminated on September 20 as
one of the points taking the above
named rates. Between the present
time and September 20, however, it is
presumed that the merchants will take
advantage of shipments to Deadwood.
The New York Central lines have is
sued a handsomely illustrated booklet
containing a complete program OF the
with interesting historical data regard
ing Henry Hudson and Robert Fulton.
The Lackawanna has issued a similar
folder.
1t is reported that George Gould
will spend s140.o0O.0o0 for improve
ments on the Missouri Pacific lines
The Union Pacific has issued a cir
cular permitting stopovers on all kinds
of through tickets reading by that road.
Under this new order stopovers of 10
days each can be made at Ogden,
Cheyenne, Denver. Topeka. Kansas
NitS, L4HSoih, OhidHd anu SVuHSii
Bluffs.
Plans practically have been COM
pleted by engineers of the Pennsylvania
lines for a great railroad yard to be
located at Sharpsburg. which will in
volve an expenditure of s2,OoO,oOo.
A. C. Jackson. advertising manager
of the Southern Pacific at Portland,
is spending his vacation in San Fran
cisco.
H. Cover. freight traffic manager of
the Rock Island. is in the city on
business for the company.
The first salmon shipped from Alas
ka, consigned to the Alaska packers
association, arrived in San Francisco
Monday, and the cargo was all loaded
on the cars bound for eastern points
at noon Tuesday.
]. l. Marens. commercial agent of
the Cotton Belt route. with offices in
Kansas City, Mo-, who is touring the
Pacific coast in the interest of his
road, left Saturday night for Seattle.
after week spent In San Francisco
The apple crop at WatsonvilIe. while
normal is the largest for several years.
The prouucl Is Oh SOOu Qudlity anu the
eastward movement has just begun.
This, with other deciduous fruits. lum-
Der. canned goods and dried fruits,
will keep the railroads busy. for at
least 10 weeks.
d. L. Mcclellan. assistant freight
traffic manager of the Southern rail-
way, is in the city for the purpose of
establishing a Pacific coast freight
agency. He has secured an Office in
the Sheldon building and will place it
under the supervision of H. r Higgins.
The railroad Offices. with the ex-
The San Francisco call., 1909-09-09
NO ONE WILLING TO
UNDERTAKE THE RISK
Scientist Wants Some One to
Die to Test Elixir

SOUTH NORWALK. Conn, Sept. s.
Thaddeus Tietse, a Hungarian scien-
list. who has spent nearly his entire
life in an effort TO discover an elixir
that will restore life to a human be-
ing any time within several hours OF
an unnatural death. claims to have &C
complished his ambition and is ready
TO submit himself as patient ior
the test.
So confident is Tietse that he as
serts that he is willing TO give him
self TO any death save one that re
rnoyes part. or from acid. such as
vftriol. that eats away the flesh.
The mere removal Of the blood from
the body. until respiration stops. suf-
location, drowning, and ike means OF
ending life. have no te-fors for him.
vet he has not been able to find sub
fect willing to submit himself to
convincing experiment.
The San Francisco call., 1909-09-09
SEAWALL LOTS WILL
BE SOURCE OF REVENUE
Five Years Rent to Be Paid i'm
Advance

This being a legal holiday the har<
Dor commissioners held their regular
weekly meeting yesterday in the ferry
depot. The most important action
taken was the rejection of the SOUTH
ern Pacific and Associated oil com
panyS bids for leases of SeaWal lots
on the ground that they were not ac-
cOrding 10 the specifications set forth
in the advertisements. The lots for
lease will be readvertised with specih-
cations so amended that the state
will Immediately receive from the ten
ants the hrsJ five years rent IN ad-
cient TO pay the cost OF street work
and belt railroad construction in the
vicinity of the leased land. and will
relieve the shipping of this burden.
The lots wanted by the Southern
Pacific are seawaIl lot % and section
of seawalI lot p. The Associated oil
company wants to lease subdivision A
OF lot "a. The leases are for % years
and the rental will be fixed on a basis
with an increase OF , per cent every
five years. The original agreement
called for the last years rent in ad-
vance. The amended specihca tiOnS
will call for the first i've years rent
in advance.
These lots We're created by filing in
the land behind the new seawan con-
structed at the south end. and the
for the cost OF building the new rein
forced concrete Wharves- The rent for
FIVE years on the two lots which the
Southern Pacific will pay in advance
amounts 10 S121,5oo.
Secretary Thorpe was directed 10
notify the board OF supervisors that
the city sewers having Outfalls into
the bay added materially 10 the neceS-
sity for dredging and TO suggest that
the city share in the expense of this
dredging.
The San Francisco call., 1909-09-09
CANCER CARRIES OFF
MAJOR II. E. HACKETT
Former Military Instructor to
Be Buried Today
TSnecioI Dispofch 10 The Cali

BELMONT, Sept. S.-Major H. E.
Hsckett until recently recorder and
commandant al Belmont school died
al the Gardiner sanatOrium in Bel
mont yesterday. He was at one time
military Instructor at 81. Augustine 5
college at Benicia and afterWard in
sLrucJor OF military tactics at St
Matthew's military school, san Mateo.
For some months he had been suffer
ing with cancer. which caused his
death Major HackeIt was once a non
commissioned officer in the regular
rnv and later member Of the ma
rionaI guard OF California. A widow
and son survive him. The funeral will
take place at Benicis tomorrow.
The San Francisco call., 1909-09-09
TEACHER RESIGNS JOB
AFTER GETTING MONEY
GAINESVILLE Trustees Without ln-
structOr for School Children
{ Special Dispoioh 10 The Call

GAINESVILLE. Sept. s.-After secur-
ing SO advance on her salary as
teacher OF the school of this place, Mrs.
X .. Fulton resented the hint sent by
the school trustees some time ago that
IL was about time she was returning
and opening school, and politely sent
in her resignation Now the town
school is without z teacher and Mrs.
Fulton is enjoying her vacation and
the $40 advance money IN san Fran
cisco shortly after securing the po-
sirfon as teacher Mrs. Fulton Went TO
san Francisco 70 spend the summer
months She became short Of funds
and on writing 10 the school trustees
persuaded them 10 send her $50.
The San Francisco call., 1909-09-09
EFFORT TO EXTERMINATE
JOHNSON GRASS PEST
[Speeial Dispoteh 10 The Call

SACRAMENTO. Sept. S.-Awakened
to the serious problem this county is
facing because of the rapid spread OF
johnson grass. the supervisors have
authorized the county agricultural
commission to employ an inspector at
500 a month for two months for the
sole purpose of invading the down river
section and eradicating the plant de-
stroying weed. This decision was
reached when il was reported that the
grass was getting beyond control on
several river ranches.
The San Francisco call., 1909-09-09
OFFICERS ARE ELECTED
BY STOCKTON w. c. T. u.
Mrs. Addie Estes Made Presi-
dent of Organization
[Special Dispatch 10 The Call

STOCKTON. Sept. S.-The Woman's
Christian temperance union OF this
city last evening elected officers for
the year as follows: President. Mrs.
Addie Estes; first vice president, Mrs.
Georgia Reynolds: second vice presi-
dent Mrs. Maud Woodruff; recording
secretary, Mrs. Ethel Stephenson; cor
responding secretary. Mrs ISadore
White: financial secretary, Mrs. Mar
tha Garside; board of directors, Mrs
Allie Estes Mrs. Ethel stephenson,
Mrs. Jennie Newton Mrs. Georgia Rey-
nolds, Mrs Maud Woodruff, Mrs. Abbie
Colt, Mrs. Bina Fifeld, Mrs. Lizzie
Wolf Mrs s Miller.
The San Francisco call., 1909-09-09
WILL NOT ATTEMPT
TO SAVE OLD BUILDING
Sacramento Hall of Records to
Be Demolished
I TSpecial Dispotch to The Call

SACRAMENTO Sept. S.-The super
visors have given up the idea of seek
ing TO save the hall OF records build
ing. a landmark erected in the early
seventies.
With the time close at hand for the
construction of the proposed half mill
lion courthouse il was proposed TO
move the building and use it for Of
fees.
At that time it was said 10 have
cost $4,000. The actual cost OF the
building. however, has been found To
be about $4,000, and it would cost
as much again to move it. A new nall
of records is therefore favored.
The San Francisco call., 1909-09-09
PRIVATE MESSAGES
DIVERTED, IS CHARGE
Western Union Superintendent
Is Arrested

PHILADELPHIA. sept. John p.
AIrberger. superintendent of the Phila-
delphia district OF the Western Union
company was arrested here this after
noon and held in $4,000 bail on the
charge Of diverting private informa-
ti0n from the Western Union COM
pany's wires
Il Is understood that the Chica go
board OF trade. the New York cotton
exchange and the Western Union COM
pauy are back Of the prosecution
The San Francisco call., 1909-09-09
DREDGES FOR GOLD IN
LIMITS OF OROVILLE
Company Is Warned to Cease
Work Forbidden by Ordinance
[SpecidI Dispatch TO The Coul

dredging company, one Of the largest
companies mining in the vicinity OF
this city, is encroaching on the limits
of the city with its largest dredger, and
al the meeting of the city board of
trustees last night a resolution was
presented by citizens setting forth the
nature of the encroachment and that
fl was against a city ordinance. The
dredger people have been notified TO
stop mining city property or an In
junction will be, sought.
The San Francisco call., 1909-09-09
WINE GRAPES ARE
SENT TO CHICAGO
Growers Make Money Even at
the High Cost of the
Freight

FRESNO. Sept. Swine grapes are
being shipped from Fresno TO Chicago,
where they are being made into wine,
and during the last 10 days several car
loads have gone east
The freight rate is s23 per ton and
SIS per car for refrigeration. bringing
the total cost to $50 per ton.
The cost of shipping is six times as
much as the grower receives from local
wineries and yet it pays him TO ship.