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The Cairo bulletin., 1909-10-09

A work train composed of four
nat cars was backing into Topeka
with fifty Mexicana riding the fiat
cars. As the train was rounding a
curve q nerthbound freight crashed
into it.
The engineer and fireman OF the
freight jumped after setting the air
brakes but it was too late for many
Of the Mexicans.
The feright engine ran over four
fiat cars and almost score of men
were pinned down. 1t was several
hours before they were extricated. IL
is said the wreck was cause,t by tue
crew of the work train ,disregariins
orders.
The Cairo bulletin., 1909-10-09
MORE MAYRRAlTEs CAUGHT.

Seattle, Oct SACK Carroll, wrest-
ling promoter and for long time
Frank Goteh's manager; Bert War
ner, of Minneapolis, mlddleweight
wrestler; and Winn 5narris, OF Spo-
kane, were arrested at CIrfew, WASH,
today as members of the Mahray
gang of alleged wrestling and foot
race swindlers, indicted in Omaha and
Council Bluffs.
The Cairo bulletin., 1909-10-09
BRITISH WOMAN GOLFER
Wins in Semi-Finals ard viii Meet
Philadelphia Woman For Amerl-
can Championship.

Philadelphia, Oct S.-By defeating
Mrs. Caleb Fox of Philadelphia, 3 up
. to go, Miss Dorothy Campbell, the
British champion, will tomorrow meet
Mrs. Ronald II. Barlow, of Philade,
phia, in the final f>lnd for the wom-
ems golf championship, Mrs. Carlow
beat Miss Margery Phelps of Boston.
q up. 5 to 90.
The special event this afternoon
was the best ball fouraome, won By
Mrs. Fox and Miss Louisa Wells oil
Boston. Their score was 81.
The Cairo bulletin., 1909-10-09
IN TWfNTY-FOUR HOURS
After Killing His Wife, Indiana Man
Pleads Guilty and is Given
Life Sentence.

Kokomo, Ind, Oct S.-Wlthin "a
hours from the time he killed his wife
William Robinson today pleaded
guilty to murder In the second degree
and was sentenced to prison at Michi.
gan City for life. Robinson was ad,
vised that he was entitled to an AT.
torney. but said: 81 don't believe a
lawyer could do me much good. did
not mean to % it,.
The Cairo bulletin., 1909-10-09
PROVISION MEN MEET.

Chicago, Oct s--'The demand for
the publicity of holdings of cold
storage warehouses and an appeal for
equitable freight rates was made By
the national poultlS', egg and butter
association in convention TODAY.
Harry Dowie OF New York, was elect
ed president.
The Cairo bulletin., 1909-10-09
WALSH MAKES INSPECTION.

Indianapolis. Ind. Oct S.--John r.
Walsh, son Of John r. Walsh, OF Chi
eago, is making tour of inspection
over the roMte of the proposed Indian
apolis division of the Southern Inii-
ana Railroad This division was in
the course of construction when John
r. Walsh became involved In his
financial troubles.
The Cairo bulletin., 1909-10-09
MUlLlN PITCHING FOR DETROIT,
PLAYED GOOD GAME, BUT
SUPPORT WAS NOT
THERE.
29,265 PEOPLE PAY
TO SEE THE CAME
Manager Clarke, Of Pittsburg Made
Home Run in Fourth Inning,
Which Started Pirates
Scoring Leach
Saved Game.

Pttsburg, Oct. S--Pittsburg, Ma
tional League champions, won the
first game of the worlds championship
series by score of A to /, on Forbes
field today. After the early innings,
Detroit was outelassed in every de-
partment of the game, in the first ses-
sions the American leaguers outplay-
ed their opponents.
Twenty-nine thousand two hundred
sixty-five paid admissions, new
record for the worlds series games,
Witnessed the battle. Every avail
able inch OF seating space In the i'm
mense amphitheatre was filed. A
great majority were Pittsburg support
ers, but a large delegation Of Detroit
eI's made plenty of noise in the early
innings
Manager Fred Clarke and Tommy
Leach were the stars of the Pittsburg
aggregation. Clarke broke apparent
ly the impregnable wall Of Mullins
wonderful pitching with smashing
ers in the forth inning and tied the
scofe. This smash seemed to take the
heart out of the Detroit team and
scoring was comparatively easy for
PittsburG thereafter.
Leach Saved Game.
Leachs sensational catch of a ter.
rife drive from "Ty' Cobb's bat with
two Detroit men on bases in the
seventh inning saved the game. Leach
was playing deep for cobb, but this
drive went almost to the center field
stand and it was only after a hard
backward run that the diminutiye star
was able to make the thrilling catch
Both Mullin and Adams pitched ad
mitably. Mullin allowed only five
hits. The Pittsburg youngster was
hit safely six times. Adams was un
steady in the opening round when he
gave two bases on balls, and allowed
two hits. After that Detroit was un
able to get more than one hit in an
inning
Mullin was complete enigma dur
ina the first three innings, when h:
did not allow a hit and gave but one
base on balls. He had retired two
Pittsburg men in the fourth, whel
Clarke made his corking home run
Delehanty made ridiculous error a
the beginning of the fifth inning, ant
Aastess,n made t.Ird1 bases on it
This was followed by q two Dagger b,
Gibson, and another error by Busl
gave Pittsburg two runs and tht
game. It was not Mullins fault as hi
pitched a remarkable game through
Out.
In the fifth inning Mullin hit Byrnt
in the head with pitched ball. Th'
crack Of the ball against the head o
the third baseman was plainly heard
He sank to the ground. but a few mo
ments later rose and trotted to frs
base
Pittsburg played with machine-lik'
precision all the way In the fell
the winners fairly shone at times
Byrne and Gibson started with cleve
bits OF fielding.
TWO Best Batters.
The presence of the leading bate
of each league-Cobb and Wagner
created great interest. Many bet
were made as to which would hit bel
ter during the series. Wagner had tn
better of today's hitting as he made
two hagger and was hit, in four time
up, giving him an average of .33:
I Cobb failed TO make a hit as Leac
The Cairo bulletin., 1909-10-09
GERMAN EDITOR DIES.

Kansas City, Octtl S.--Frederick
Gehring, editor of the Missouri Staats
Zeitung died today Gehring was con
nected with German-.meriean news
papers for fifty years.
The Cairo bulletin., 1909-10-09
SMITH AND MAcklE WIN.

Rye, N. Y, Oct. S--Aleck Smith
and Isaac Maekie defeated Herbert
Strong and Tom Vardon, the British
professional, in sc holes profes.
sional four ball golf match today, q
up, to play.
The Cairo bulletin., 1909-10-09

his first ride in the aeroplane, which
again repeatedly cir, ed the field and
returned
ut is m"ch more pleasant than
automobiling remarked Humphreys.
I'VE had a s"lendid view OF the coun.
try"
The Cairo bulletin., 1909-10-09
suRPLUsAeE OF CARS.

Chicago, Oct, S.-The fortnightly
bulletin Of the American Railway As
sociatlon shows a reduction Of sur.
plusage of cars TO 53,3sS, third less
than two weeks ago
The Cairo bulletin., 1909-10-09

in splendor and mac litude the reeep.
ton | received at Copenhagen"
Tonight the SymEaony orchestra
and the German-American a,lano e
united in demonstration at the Co l.
scum. The calisthenics drill ana male
choir OF 400 voices We're the fea,
lures. There was also band concert
and dance in the court of honor.
The Cairo bulletin., 1909-10-09
HEARST ACCEPTS NOMINATION.

New York, Oct s--Hearst an
nounced at midnight that he would ae-
eept the nomination for mayor tender
ed by the Independent mass-meeting
Wednesday night.
The Cairo bulletin., 1909-10-09
FOOTBALL.

Franklin. Ind. Oct S. Butler col
fege rs; Franklin College D.
4 81. Louis. Oct. S-Eiaskell is.
Barnes s.
The Cairo bulletin., 1909-10-09
COOK PRAISES PEARY.

COOK PRAISES PEARY.
Chicago Oct. 8.--Dr. Cook told the
story OF his discovery of the north
pole to an enthusiastic audience at
the coliseum toni -, Cook aga
named Peary as one of the greatest of
the galaxy of polar explorers.
The Cairo bulletin., 1909-10-09
winners were all fAvorites.
Summary.

Johnson stake, $4,000. 2:24, three
The Cairo bulletin., 1909-10-09

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The Cairo bulletin., 1909-10-09

CONTINUED on Eighth Page).
New-York tribune., 1909-03-07

fust powers from the consent OF the governed,
were freshly brought to mind. These words
mean more to the world to-day than they did
when they first penned. The original
American supporters OF this theory were as
handful compared with the nations of the earth,
but like the circles set in motion the sur
face Of a placid pool, the idea has travelled
sntil il has affected nearly the entire civilized
world even the Chinese and Russian govern
nents recognizing that the governed must 5e
reckoned with.
While all modern governments show the ef-
fects of the growing popular consciousness Of
The fact that governments should exist for the
benefit OF the governed, yet the best illustra-
ton Of this growth is found in the number OF
republics which have come into existence IN
modern times. When the PEOPLE of the Ameri
can colonies asserted that Mother Britannia was
not treating thcm as they deserved to be treated,
and made the British lion eat his words Swift
zerIand WAS the only independent country which
did not have monarchical form of government.
To-day there are twcrty-four republics. There
have been governments, democratic In form, al
most from the dawn Of history, but never be
fore has there been a time when large
portion of the population Of the earth was equal
to conducting popular government
With the exception OF Canada. some of the
New-York tribune., 1909-03-07

colonies which are almost autonomous and are
governed largely by a representative body Of
officials
The republics are Argentina Bolivia, Brazil
Chill, Colombia, Costa Rica, Cuba Santo Do
mingo, Ecuador, France. Guatemala HaytL Hon
duras Liberia, Mexico, Nicaragua, Panama,
Paraguay, Peru, Salvador, Switzerland the
United States Of America. Uruguay and Venez-
ueIa- The total Of the earth's surface under
this form of government IS 12,437.955 square
miles. This is almost one-fourth the entire land
area of the globe, which is 5123S,SO0 square
miles. The republics are less thickly populated
than other nations, apparently, for slightly less
than one-seventh Of the population OF the world
lives under this form OF government The num-
Der Of persons inhabiting the globe according
to the statisticians, is 1.522.7o0.oOo while the
population of the twenty-four republics is ap-
proximateIy 2OO.OOO.OOo. The largest and most
New-York tribune., 1909-03-07

islands Of the West Indies and the Guianas in
South America, every part of the American con-
tinent Is under a republican form of govern
ment, the constitutions In many cases being
modelled upon that which President Taft the
other day swore to uphold
The people of Canada also practically govern
themselves. France, one Of the great powers Of
Europe, after a century Of struggle. has emerged
apparently as a successful republic, and Africa
also contains a republic, Liberia, besides British
New-York tribune., 1909-03-07
WEALTH OF REPUBLICS.
In Three Is Double Per Capita That
of Nine MOnGrcMeS.

Last Thursday William II. Taft took the oath
sf Office as the twenty-second President of the
Republic of the United States, and the words Of
sfs Declaration of Independence, deriving their
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1909-02-03

No doubt that most Of us who are
fond of winter fishing are very nice
and gentlemanly chaps who are des-
tined to become shining angels IN the
hereafter, though this does not hlnoer
a majority of us from being closely al
lied to very selfish human beings when
we are on fishing excursions, and while
there may be self denial Of kind and
much weary contemplation in standing
out on the ice of a, cold day and mani
pulating a line that runs downthroush
a hole in the ice, we confess to the
fact that there is small pleasure IN
fishing unless a reasonable amount OF
fish are caught. Men go fishing 20
catch fish-not for oxygen or Hol-
land gin, or for the exercise. Without
any fish in the ponds and without the
fish bite we'll, most men would prefer
to stay in camp and play high-low-
lack. or read the proceedings OF Con-
gress or the Maine Legislature.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1909-02-03
The Death Penalty.

letter written from Lewiston 10
one of orr Maine contemporaries re-
ports that there is a sentiment in some
sections of the state in favor of the
re-establishment of the death penalty
in capital cases in Maine The feeling
is said to be due to the number of par
dons which have been granted to per-
sons convicted of murder. Inc report
is interesting because it calls atten-
ton to the way in which Maine mas
dealt with this veXed question IN the
past. There is little interest IN the
matter itself, however, for 1t may De
set down as a fOregone conclusion that
the death penalty will not be re-esta-
lished here. When Maine was made a
state in 1920, the death penalty was
applied to various offences including
murder, arson, burglary, robbery from
the person and other crimes of vlo-
Ience, but it was not long before the
state began to limit the scope of the
law In 1929, most of the crimes pre-
yiously punishable by death were re-
moved from the list. In 1887, it was
provided that year and day should
eIlpse between sentence and execu-
ton. More than that, this enactment
of 1887 left the execution of the death
penalty practically in the hands of the
Governor as no time was fixed within
which he must sign the death warrant.
The result was that as the years pas
sed, the state prison began to fill up
with persons condemned to death, sue
ceeding Governors refusing or neglect
ing to order the executions. In 1867,
al1a1 tho attention OF
the legislature to the fact that there
were ten persons in the prison under
sentence of death and that one Of
them had been there for twenty years
This prompted the legislature to pass
law making it the duty of the Gov
ernor and Council to examine the re-
cord Of the trial in a capital case and
to commute the sentence or order 1t
carried out within a certain length of
time. But Governors and councillors
promptly objected on the ground that
this law imposed upon them the duty
of court So in 1875 the legislature
tried again and passed law making
it obligatory for the Governor to sign
the death warrant within Is months of
the date of sentence. This was not q
popular solution and in the next year
the death penalty was abolished to be
re-established for murder alone in 1888.
The passage of the act of 1885 was fol-
lowed by series of murders and thus
having evidence that the death penalty
did not deter from crime of this kind,
the Legislature in 1885 repealed the law
again and it has not since been re-
enacted. For quarter Of a century,
Maine has not had the death penalty
upon it's statute books. The tendency
of the times in other states seems to be
to follow the example of Maine and
abolish punishment of death. Under
such circumstances and in view of
past experiences, it is not likely that a
movement to revive capital punish
ment here will be taken seriously.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1909-02-03
YACHTING FOR WOMEN
A Delightful Sport-Eaeh Year It
Grows More PopuIar-The Un-
capsizable Modern Yacht.

Yachting is a sport that is each year
growing more popular among women.
The yachts in use fifteen years ago
were not fit boats for them to manage.
They carried large sails, requiring the
moving about of many heavy sand
bags to keep them from upsetting, and
in stiff breeze pulled so hard on their
tillers as to tire out even a strong
man. But the modern yacht, with it's
outside keel of lead, is uncapsizable,
and so nicely is it adjusted that when
the sails are once hoisted they require
no attention other than that of haul
ing them in or letting them out to the
proper angle to catch the wind, ac-
cording to the direction the boat is
going. When women sail, men are
generally carried to pull these ropes.
but if they intend to handle them
themselves thew will find soft cotton
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1909-02-03
Half Through the Winter.


II is a question which all the news
papers and almost all the people. no"
that Tuesday brings us Candlemas
day. are discussing: Is winter nan
over: Well, it is hard to tell although
easy to predict, if we were In the pus-
mess of posing as a prophet.
There are many traditions, ana
mvths. and superstitions, which come
in with Feb. 2. The old adage that on
this dav farmers should have half their
hay and pork and fire wood IS a good
and comfortable rule. When the day
comes spring is nearer, for the days
are becoming longer and the sun rulls
higher in the heavens. 1t would pc IN
natural if it was not nearer spring
than when the first snow made It's ap-
pearance. So far, however, as the
weather of any particular season or
period of the year is concerned, the
weather simply exhibits a beautiful
disregard of precedent and the anna
nae. and is early or late and mild or
severe, according to the dictates OF us
own sweet will. Indeed, the lnconsls-
tencv is not infrequently emphasized
bv departures from the rule in one d.
rectlOn In one part vi Iie Sou''' ~
in the other direction in another.
While caution should be resorted TO
in the rash act of foretelling what the
future Of winter may be; there Is a GER
tainty that the seasons are not chang-
ing and that the law of compensation
will certainly come into play sooner or
later to offset the past mild fall and
the present mild winter; but it would
be folly to try to say whether 1t VIII
onerate within the next two months
or will wait two years.
Let US put aside weather lore and re-
sort to the poets Shelley asks: IF
winter comes, can spring be far be-
hindu, We believe not And when
Cand!emas day comes, the answer is
easy to give.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1909-02-03

the efforts of this enthusiastic and tire
less ctudent in putting the facts of that
early history into proper form before
the world. Some writer's have dealt
with that early period of Maine history
in a way to bring the actual facts into
confusion by mingling tradition, legend
and romance with actual history. They
have belittied and obscured the truth
and hindered instead of helped real
right kind of a historical student. In
his first report he reviews what has
been done in some of the other states
in this matter Of preserving the early
records and the public documents and
urges similar action by Maine. In the
enlarged State House there will doubt
less be provision made for ample vault
room for the preservation of the pub
lie archives, SO that they will be safe
and at the same time accessible. 1t is
difficult to do now what has been long
neglected in this matter, and CORES
pondencc and records carelessly lost or
deliberately destroyed to prevent &C
emulation cannot now be restored
But it is better late than never in this
as in other matters, and Maine, with
such priceless wealth of historical
material, cannot afford to be behind
it's sister states in preserving it for pos
terity
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1909-02-03
Where Fortunes Grow on Trees.

In the Rogue River valley in South.
ern Oregon, F. II. Hopkins, in 1907,
made profit Of $4,000 off IL acres Of
winter Nelis pears-sl, 1880 an acre.
IN the same valley, G.. H. Hover bought
10 acres Of pear orchard at $3.50 an acre.
Fifteen months later the crop brought
him $4,000
Eight years ago ]. l.. Dunass set
set out 80 acres OF apples near Dayton
in the Walla Walla district of South.
eastern Washington In the summer
of 100. Ea bought so acres of apple
orchard adjoining his property, at an
investment of s1S,0oc The apples he
Dicke,! from these so acres that sea-
son sold for $4,000, and the total crop
from the 100 acres realized $4,000
return 20 the owner of $4,000.
The statements are incontrcvertible.
but you instantly demand: What Is
the explanation.
a climate and soil that are capable
of rearing such monsters as the red
wood trees and the sequoias, which
render measurements of vegetable
growth in other regions of this coun.
try puny and scant, account in part
for these bewidering figures.
But there are obscure valleys, nar-1
row and iiminutive, mere pockets, be.
tween huge mountains, where in The
past no plant worthy of cultivation
has found SO much as a roothold. And
1t is in just such spots as these that
the returns per acre are the hugest
Irrigation, in such cases. is the re-
naming factor that explains the ynys-
tery-irrigation, which brings to the
barren soil, full Of wonderful potential
tiles, water, that element which is to
render it so marvelously productive
Technical World Magazine.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1909-02-03
CRATER LAKE,

The new Crater lake National Park,
in Oregon, already bids fair TO rival
as resort for the tourists the famous
Yosemite valley. People are beginning
to visit in great numbers. attracted
by the unique and spectacular scenic
features which it offers, and the APP
proach to it. hitherto somewhat diff
cult. is being made much easier by
railroad now Iii process of construc-
ton.
Crater lake gets its name from the
fact that it occupies the crater of an
extinct volcano. Five miles in diameter
ana nearly circular in shape, it is the
deepest body of fresh water in America.
Soundings have fixed its depth at 1000
feet. Only one lake in the world. that
of Baikal, is deeper-by 400 feet. In
other respects, however. it is altogether
unique. Encircled as it is ty almost
vertlca! cliffs, which are reelected In
the clear and brilliant blue Of the
water. it presents to the eye a specta-
Gle unsurpassed.
AS great natural and scenic feature
OF this country, Crater lake ranks
with Niagara Falls and the Grand
Canyon of the Colorado. 1t is unique,
ana In its way unrivaled. There are
IN the United States hundreds Of ex-
tlnct volcanic craters, but this Is our
only great one.
Think Of Ii! This mighty hole In tho
summit Of the Cascade range is nearly
SIX miles in diameter and over two
thirds of q mile in depth. once upon
time it was filled with boiling lava:
To-Day 1t contains a beautiful lake OF
1resn water, which is encircled by .
ring of precipitous cliffs from 500 to
$500 feet high, without break or out
let.
The extraordinary depth Of the lake
naturally led to a widespread popular
belief to the effect that it had no bot
tom. It Is a familiar kind Of delusion.
ANY small body of water, wherever
found, whose bottom is beyond reacn
by the longest fish lines, is sure to gam
the rerute Of being bottomless. With
IN two miles Of New Haven, Conn,
cleft in the hills that is occupied py
large pond called Lake Saltonsta'.
Though considerably less than zoo fees
IN depth. it is declared by people VIM
live III its neighborhood to have Nv
bottom. No wonder, then, that Crate.
lake, with an actual depth Of wv
feet, should be imagined to posses
no floor whatever.-Technical WOrid.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1909-02-03
The "Log Rolling" Season.
portland Argus.)


In his recent address to the Massa-
chusetts Legislature Speaker Walker
expressed his opinion that much of
the unnecessary legislation and some
of the bad legislation which this body
enacts is due to the practice of log
rolling by which one member agrees
in return for another members vote to
support some measure in which that
member is interested" That this
opinion is perfectly correct cannot be
questioned. And this practice of log
rolling is not peculiar to Massachu-
sets. It is in evidence in all legisla-
lures, that Of our own State included
No doubt large percentage of the ap-
preparations which bulk SO large at the
end of the session, is the result of this
"log-rolling" process. 1t is time that
some effort were made to stop or at
least check it.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1909-02-03
Snuff.

Snuff taking disappeared from so.
cicty and from literature about half a
century ago. Who now excent tho
collector is 'of his amber snuff box
justly proud? What hero of con-
temporary fiction takes a pinch of
maccaboy or rappee? Yet the extent
to which the habit persists in humber
life is shown by the s2.S9O,5s6 of earn
ings Of the American Snuff COMPANY
last year. In the eight years Of the
company's existence it has earned
s16,ssO.1sa applicable for dividends on
its capital stock Of $4,000. 900.
Snuff came to Europe from America
IN the sixteenth century by way Of