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The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1909-09-13

tional championships are to be decid-
ed has created great interest. 1t is
said that the carnival will equal if
not eclipse any other motor boat meet
ing in this country or abroad All the
events on the program are to be decid-
ed on the Hudson, the start and finish
being off the New York Motor Boat
club at One Hundred and Forty Sew
enth street
The events will comprise series rae
ing of three days for the following
challenge trophies. donated to the
sport by the National association of
Engine and Boat Manufacturers; in
ternational worlds championship for
boats of high speed, twelve-me,er
class; national championship for high
speed boats more than 40 feet long,
and interstate championship for high
speed boats of 33 feet and less; cabin
launch championship for pleasure
boats more than so feet long. Aside
from these events will be classes for
| cabin launches of 40 feet and less, and
open launches.
The rowing season will close for
| the year with a regatta on the Poto-
mac at Washington next Saturday.
This is three weeks earlier than last
year, when the final regatta was held
at Philadelphia on Oceober 10.
Athletic Events.
The Metropolitan Senior champion
ships for 1909, involving in many
events the championship of the coun-
| try, will be held Saturday at Travers
| Island. The regulation gold, silver and
bronze medals will be given as prizes
| in all events, which will attract the
best amateur talent of New York city.
The Dominion championships will
| be held this week at Montreal, and
will attract many athletes from the
United States. From Montreal the
athletes Will so to Quebec, where the
principal championships will be decided
on Saturday.
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Brewermasters Open Session.

INDIANAPOLIS, Sept 13.-Brewing
interests of the country are well rep
resented at the twenty first United
States Brewermasters' convention
which began it's business session to-
day
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Gold Tournaments.

Golfers all over the country will
have a busy week of it. The Western
Golf associations open tournament
will be played at the Shokie Country
club on Thursday and Friday and
on Wednesday the fourth annual open
championship of the Metropolitan
Golf association will begin over the
links of the Wykagyl Country club
lasting through Thursday and Friday.
The professionals must take their
choice. and it is to be expected that
each will go to the tournament near
est to his home course. There is 1925
to be played for att EhOllie and $685. at
Wykagyl. If PLAYED in successive
weeks, the dozen Or fifteen best men
in the country would play in both
quality of the golf the craftsmanship
of each affair. and their value as a me-
dunn of instruction and entertainment
to the spectators.
The annual tourpament of the In
tercollegiate Golf association will be
held this week beginning today al
the Apawamis club at Rye, N Y, and
will continue through the week
Motor Boat Carnival.
The great aquatic event of the week
will be the National Motor Boat car
hnival which will begin Wednesday
and continue 10 Saturday, concluding
with a long distance race to Pough-
keepsie. The Hudson river will be the
scene of the carnival which. the water
speed craft enthusiasts say. will mark
the GROWING event of the year in mo-
tor boat racing The fact that the ma
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What WaIa WalIa wants just now
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class. He says if he arranges a fight
with the winner of the Driscoll- Moran
bout he will try and have it pulled off
here
The Cairo bulletin., 1909-12-28
MADRIZ WANTS TO
Concluded from First Page),

mander OF the reyolutionists in Mica
ragua which said IN part;
with profound appreciation We
view the charity and kindness which
characterizes your work for humanity.
The message which brought the
shocking news of the distressing con-
ditions which our captiyes arrived at
Bluefields. could but have reached
you ere your department directors
were given instructions through your
state department for the issuance of
supplies for the subsistence of the
Zelayan sick and weary The re-
sources of the revolution are suffi-
cient only to provide for its troops,
ana the many hundred forced upon
us BY the surrender of Zelayas entire
army at Recreo would have placed
us in a critical position had it not
been for your noble action.
"Nicaraguans are appreciative and
will not forget your prompt relief
FerNent prayers Of thanks for Your
bounty were offered Christmas Day in
our churches, Representing the revo-
luton, and personally, | communicate
eternal gratitude"
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LAUDER BECOMES A LAIRD
His Life Ambition Satisfied, But There
Is Painful Side TO the
Case.

As everyone who has ever met hin.
knows, Harry Lauder is thrifty sort.
of Scotchman. wise as to the values
Of dollars and dimes. and never over
looking good investment. Not lonE
ago, Lauder proudly announced to asl
his friends, he bought a fine old SEQ
fish estate near Dunoon, and thus be
came real laird after years of say
ing and planning
Every Scot hopes and dreams that
he will some day be laird. and the
trucst proof Of Lauder's Caledonian
blood is shown IN the eagerness with
which he bought the old estate, and the
pride with which he assumed the new
dignities.
Harry's thrifty soul, however, was
doomed to a joyous jar before he had
long been a laird Of Dunoon
A dav or so after he acquired ire
old place, he summoned one OF Ire
tenants. a gray old cotter and dnes
toned him as to the lives and HABITS
of the previous lairds.
We wull ken, Sandy mon" said
Harry, that I weesh Ia follow a the
auld customs o the lairds o Dunoou
Win We speek to me O these Gus
toms?'
That wull, an gladly" said tho
old fellow First o. a., it haze been
the custom O ilka laird o Dunoon TO
gia grand supper to a the lads an
1asses o. the estate When wull u
please We ia baud the first one?'
~ " say in America" says Harry,
ruciully, = waur the goat The fes
tival was duly held, and AFR LADDERS
tenantry4 say that the new laird fell
item well but Harry has been careful
since about inquiEing as to the, al.
Client customs
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Wants His Money.

deacon Of one of the Pittsburg
churches was reading his paper after
dinner few evenings ago when he
was interrupted by his Is yeat-old
daughter
Pa said she, does our church
owe MIR. Blank (meniouirg the pas
tors uame) any money ~
Wen, | couldn't say n this mo-
meht Just how much is duo the rroech
err replied the, father, lusaing
slightly. But why do yon ask2'
THE other night we had party
over at Nellie Smiths house Dufiug
the evening we got up a spelling
match and as DR.. Blank was there
We had him give out the words 10 be
spelled The first three words he
gave us were pastor salary and
overdue Two or three of us noticed
II, and | just thought maybe you
would know II 1t meant anything
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Good eronositlon.

The greatest trotter in the world
for his time, was being sold at auc-
ton, says Ainslee's Magazine H.
was finally Knocked down to a loca'
millionaire for $4,000 The purclias-
er strolled out Of the ring and over 70
unch-counter where he ordered a
chicken sandwich
The attendant sliced off postage
stamp wafer Of chicken and inserted
it between two slices of bread The
horseman passed over a dollar and
the attendant nonchalantly handed
back a half The horserhan looked al
the change with a puzzled gaze for a
few moments and then pushed it back
with the remark.
u will bet you"
Bet me what?" asked the attend.
ant.
The halfdollar"
"On what?"
I'm bet you that the chicken brings
more than the horse | Just bought"
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lt Saves Them.

The American has the saving grace
OF humor. Seldom in the real pinch
does II fail to come to the uppermost
and he gets good laugh out of what
men born under other skies would
construe as nothing else than a fight.
The head gent of I. I. t. show
playing at Holton recently handed out
a warm one to the audience. There
was so much going on in Holton that
night that the theatrical business suf-
fered, but the aforesaid gent seemed
to think that the people did not ar-
preciate the high-class histrionic art
served up by the company, He frank
" stated In curtain speech that in
his opinion the plays presented were
too refined for Holton. But" he ado
ed 1--WE will try to get down to your
level by presenting The Whole Dam
Family which does not contain sen.
sihld line I think this play will ar,
peal to you" ''
The audience" says Frank farrell
in telling the matter, instead of gel
ting mad and lynching the actor, saw
the funny side of the case and laughed
long and loud at him. He didn't say
any more s-kansaascity Journal.
The Cairo bulletin., 1909-12-28

the Rock Island has acquired control
OF the Moffat road
The report was based on the as
sertion that the stock of the James
Peak Tunnel project had been with
drawn. This was five million dollar
corporation. the object of which was
to drive a bore through James Peak,
thus reducing materially the heavy
grades on the Moffat road
There is not a word of truth in
il, said Moffat to the Associated
Press. The MoFat road is not sold.
There never was but $2,50 worth Of
stock Of the James Peak tunnel pro-
ject issued; that is in the safe of the
Moffat road, 1t is going to stay there.
Nobody from the Rock Island system
has seen me about the possible sale of
the road and don't expect any one
to.
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in HOT ARGUMENT
MoToRMAN AND DRIVER HAD !
DIFFERENCE.
Stalled Passengers Found They Wer'
Up Against the Hen and Hall
Problem and They Were
Indignant.

A trolley car on one of the Brook.
lyn surface lines was making its way
toward the outskirts of the borough
on a recent morning when belated
itheatergoers in Manhattan who had
! tarried for supper were trying to get
home before daybreak says the New
York Times The car had been stalled
for few minutes, and from the
sounds heard by the passengers II was
inferred that some vehicle was fast
In rut in front of it. The conductor
went forward and slid the door open.
But you haven't got it right, Bill, '
a little while afterward came the
voice of the motorman, speaking to
some one in front of the car. II said
ii hen and half lays an egg and a
half in a day and a half how long
will it take"
"Cut it out and go on" yelled one
of the passengers, and all the others
were of the same mind
] How long will it take" resumed
the motorman earnestly. "a hen and
i a quarter"
4 The rest of the problem was lost
in the uproar of protests from tho
men passengers, and several Of them
got out and went forward to find out
more about the cause of the delay
Did We ever see a hem" the pas
sengers inside heard a voice ask
More hens than you are years old
replied the motorman
"Yis; stacked up in the windows Of
meat shops"
Never mind, but if hen and a
half lays"
Did We ever see a half a hem"
Il don't have to tell you"
well, most likely ye did--in the
windows where We saw the hens But
did We ever see live half hem
1T amt what I've seen Have you
no head for mathematics? Now, II q
hen and half lays an egg and hall
In a day and half"
AT this point the conversation out
side ceased, there was a jounce or
the front platform. the motorman's
signal changed and the conductor gave
| him the bell.
Thank goodness said one Of the
women passengers, as the car started
on, that we didn't have to stay here
| tin they settled it,"
The men who had gone outside
swung on TO the car as it was start
! ing What they had seen was a good
natured Irishman trying to get bis
| butter and eggs wagon out of the Why
! Of the car. The motorman. equa y
| good natured, had been lifting or tbs
| spokes of wheel while the butter
| and eggs driver had been co8x NJ
| the nag to make another try to pun
the wagon out of the rut, There had
| been no extra delay because OF iaaii
| banter
~Gettup, Jenny; and to the civye
| wild i'm and his hens and half aha
| his eggs and halft" the passenger
heard the wagon driver saying az The
two vehicles drew apart.
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Miss Caroline DeYere, who has
saot, meteorIiEe across the theatrical
borizan during the past two years, is
tire chief moving snirit in Sidney W.
Fasos' Just a Womans Way" ap-
paarjng as Resale Wellington This
reduction is booked to appear at
tie operahouse matinee and night
SUNDAY. Jan. End Prices Matinee
9l and SO cents; night %, 80 and rs
cents. Seats ON sale Saturday
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Paul Gilmore.

Considerable interest has been
aided to Paul Gilmore's annual en-
eagement at the opera house matinee
end night New YeaTs, Saturday Ian.
tet by the announcement that his
Offering has been changed to the new
comedy The Candidate in which
he will be seen only for short tour,
starting with its initial performance
al Nashville on Christmas Day for
he will soon go to New York for a run
in this new Offering Prices for both
performances 25,.5e 75c, 81 and $50
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ADJUSTMENTS
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How CIvde Fitch cane to write
The Bachelor the Shubert PLAY
which comes here next Wednesday.
Dec. 18th, one night only at the opera
house, gives an intimate insight into
the manner IN which an author will
yield to the suggestion or advice Of
his friends. You see. it was this
way" he said. with fraukness. AS |
was leaving for Europe about two
years ago, CHANGED to read in a
New York paper the comment of how
Singular it was that Clyde Fitch hal
never seemed able to write a light
comedy He is forever bringing in
some dramatic scene that is lifting
the piece 'out of its genre. Well |
made up my mind that sometime !
would show that could keep away
lrom anything EXCEPT the purely
everyday on the one hand and farce
on the other. and TIE Bachelor is
tie outcome Prices Last three
rows lower floor ST. balance lower
Goor $3.50; first two rows balcony
75c: balance balcony 53c: gallery 25e,
Seats an sale today.
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STOCK EXCHANGE HAS A
Concluded from First page}

Of the whole The stock huctuatad
between i9s and 81, its top price Of
the first half hour, and closed at 51h,
with a net gain of Ia points. An eff
Ger Of the First National Bank, which
has intimate relations with the Rock
Island, expressed the belief tonight
that the whole matter hal its mcep
tion in buying for European Interests
who are supposed TO have been short
in the stock
The Cairo bulletin., 1909-12-28
LOOKING Ones Best.

Its woman's delight to look her
best bat pimpies.s skin eruptions,
rores and boils rob life Of joy. Listen
Bucklen's Arnica salve cures them;
makes the skin soft and velvety. tt
lorifies the face. Cures Pimples.
Sore eyes, Cold Sores, Cracked Lips,
Chapped Hands Try it. InfallibIe
for piles 25c at all druggists
The Cairo bulletin., 1909-12-28
Shakespeare's Wish.

Bacon had just handed Shakespeare
the final revise of Hamlet"
Its fairly good stuff, Me Lud,''
said the manager but do you know,
cant help wishing George NJ. Cohan
would hurry MP and get born before
our first night. 1t will need lot more
ginger before # will be fit for Broad
way"
The Cairo bulletin., 1909-12-28

UT U IIN CUiIsIdUt Is tVIT IUsI IIVtIItIII NInIVT
Ycn lie little children being quarrelsome The staple
.H.e II li2t here is some inoxicant.
.iasl one block away members of these same fami-
les brothers, sisters and daughters-lve in peace
anj eutt in block having good drainage and fair
p.Hmeug Ii certainly would seem that mody wall
aer and moldy morals 60 hand in hand, and
a sn undermined house foundation sooner or later
esuits in an undermined home foundation
The Cairo bulletin., 1909-12-28
FIVE TRAINMEN KILLED IN
FREIGHT TRAIN COLLISION

Seymour Ind. Dec. 27.-Five train
men were killed and two fatally hurt
today in collision on the Baltimore
and Ohio Southwestern railroad be
twen freight trains near Fort Ritner.
The Dead;
LAWRENCE AAlICK, engineer.
]. l., ROuTT, fireman.
The Cairo bulletin., 1909-12-28
stunn for Is Years.

by Indigestions pangs-trying many
doctors and $4,000 worth OF medi-
cine in vain, b. F. Ayscue, of Ingle-
side. n. c., at last used DR.. Kings
New Life Pills. and writes they
wholly cured him. They cure CoRSti-
patton, Biliousness, Sick Headache,
stimach, Liver, Kidney and Bowel
roubles. CSC at all druggists.
The Cairo bulletin., 1909-12-28
ADAMS SIGNS CONTRACTS.

Pittsburg Pa. Dee. 81 Pitcher
Adams has signed contracts with the
PittsburF club for Two years. The
herr Of The worlds series games last
fall signeathe articles To-Day
The Cairo bulletin., 1909-12-28

: was much impressed, writes Maud
Howe, in IIarper's Bazaar, by what the
head Of large and prosperous bourgeois
French family said TO an American friend ::
During the day we are all busy with orr
various ayocations, The evenings are de-
voted to more serious things reading, mu-
sic, conversation. society This is surely
the normal point Of view Of civilized man
living in civilized society.
In Italy, where social life, as in France,
is taken somewhat more seriously than
with H., il is usual for the women promi-
nent in society to receive in the evening.
The Cairo bulletin., 1909-12-28
TIME CARD CAIRO fIECrgic MS

nnN TsnD cars due to leave Stco1o ~. DC
HGks LSuC tng north on Com 10 ers \. Ace
every Id MINUTES from s q. M. to Ia p. N.
.ioinE n, rth.on " inut St.evary ih cnsnutsa
from sos d. M to 1888 p. N
P0pIdr u. Line 10 leave ssoond 81. 70
ing north on Holhrook: ct SIT; 6:2T; sa2: Bs51
7.12 a. 70. and on the same minutes every hear
until i942 and ll:l2 .. N.
Going west on Twenty-E Eighth ST. Ut E;<s;
6l9; 6.34, S:45 and 7:04 q. m. and on sAme min
utes every hour until 1924 ard l1:ot p. m.
Poplar st. cars due to pass 1T. Mays pRss
10 minutes after leaving Second ~
He'll Line Owl lars ii:so ,. m. isst
M; 1870 q M; 2:so =, M. $50 ., M. 40 .. ~
b.S9 q. m.
m o. m. 4 q. m. q, N.
Belt and Owl oars are duH 70 pEss WHf
Thirsy-fourth 81 10 minutor afssr sssvso
Sec nd 81
The Cairo bulletin., 1909-12-28
CIRCULATION STATEMENT.

Average number complete and
perfect copies Of The Cairo
Bulletin printed daily and Sun
day during the year 1908 .....2oS4
Average number OF complete
and perfect copies Of The Cairo
Bulletin printed daily and Sun
day during the month OF No
vember. 1909 ...............'.2 4S9
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OFFICIAL DIRECTORY
Cairo. Alexander County, Iil,Rsis
Population 1917.

cairs. Alexander County, IiliRsis
popuistlon 1917.
Mayor, GEORpy PARSONS
Clerk, r. A. harCHEH
Treasurer, FRANK p AKR-
ETRON
City Attorney HUNTHR BrHD
Conlptro)leF ERNEST N8aEMAfs
Magistrate, ANDREW WHITCANr
Gnitf Of rcl,e- NJ g etsAS
Alexander County Population 27.Sss
County Clerk, JESSE e. MILLER
Circuit Clerk, ALFRED BROWN
sheriff. FRANK Il. DAVIS.
States AtorneA ALEX NJ VT soR
County Superintendent Of scbos,s
PROF g. " QUTT
Assessor and Treasurer, FEED II
NELLIg.
Coroner. DIR. JAS. M'MANug
3sars Of County con,m'u1.ensss
]. J. JENNELLB, Chairman
G. v. NEFF.
DIR. KDWIN GAUsN
The Cairo bulletin., 1909-12-28
MoFFAT MAKES DENIAL.

Denver Dee. 27-D. n. Moffat,
president Of the Denver, Northwest.
ern and Pacific railroad, emphatically
denied the story published here that
The Cairo bulletin., 1909-12-28

old Mexican legend the amalo direct the
ayers Of the devou people who long resided in part Of Mexico
Aich badly infested with snakes The inhabitants
sed Almighty reef suddenly all the serpents seemed
have vanished earth going about the region
adv plagued the could find pqssums but instead
am that seemed TO be except that his back shell This
his amor which brought immunity from the bite OF snake and
eaeforh armado began make unrlnng warfare all
onous reptiles He is still bis reputation and wherever found
ID the job Of suake-klmg as he centuries ago Old Mexico
The Cairo bulletin., 1909-12-28

.n01c beng lower level than lie surrounding ground
here had spent at least three months of the in hosp-
all and crippled by rheumatism be completely incapacad
THE of the block dry and the people compare
hel healthy.
district the financial depression has been severely felt
a work for the which employs 10000 men
g normal years. but which has kept but 1000 during the last year
@ b. $4,000 of work all living in close proximity TO one
aoe result continual despair and the
eh qurlels i'll feelings and mpcrs But il most noticeable
living in the healhfu wholesome houses making
daye weather the storm in ceerfuue and decency.
block containing 46 families three had committed
Idle tan These lived the three houses where
ao flooded cellars and the walls moly ampncss An
A,r Mock damp that paper will cling
plaster falls without the destruction Of
,,1 The inhabitants here constant OF
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MURDERED HER CHILDREN.

Loyelaud, Ohio, Dec. 27--Charged
with numbering her two children am
setting her home aGre to conceal the
crimes, Mrs Paul Sonnecalf was ar
rested this afternoon. She is ap
Uarently demented. The bodies OF
her two little boys, aged six and three
years respectively. were found IT.
tEeir home after the fire was eXtin
guished, with their heads beaten BY
q blunt instrument
The Cairo bulletin., 1909-12-28

M sieu can believe what say. He
is a very honest man. would leave
my purse with him any day"
Tim that's going rather far, isn't
~"
No, m'sieu. It's true, there's moth
ing ever in it,
stqptsets 800. .. ~
The Cairo bulletin., 1909-12-28
Sanitary
Plumbing;
Its Effect
ON Health
and Morals
BY G. WELLESLEY BRABBIT

recent housing investigation in one OF the eastern
several facts brought light that never can be
shown by figures and tables The striking fact dlseov-
cred the dsgceful condition Of the plumbing and sanl-
y arrangements of the and houses, surface drain
@ Being not all unusual in the districts bordering
business and fine residence sections The effect of damp
and rekng houses the health temper and morals of the
inmates be oyer-emphasized.
One small block was found where at end surface
The Cairo bulletin., 1909-12-28

Not long ago ! was travelling in The
southwest and was greatly attracted by Ed
wards county in that wild and remote
region Of western Texas, rot far from the
Mexican border.
1t is a singuIarly beautiful table land,
1000 feet above sea level and very shrsely
inhabited The rich prairie lands are still
the open pastures Of thousands Of cattle
horses and sheep. for the man with the hoe
has hardly begun 10 invade that section.
was at a ranch where | saw 1000 goats in
one acck, and il was very pretty sight.
The climate is dcIIghLlnI. for whie the
The Cairo bulletin., 1909-12-28

I don't suppose that there are many
Of them left, but in the old days, when |
lived III western Texas, the arlnadilo was
one OF the conmtonest animals of the
plains. Civilization, no doubt, has caused
his disappearance, just as it has eztin-
guished many a species that used 70 be like
the sands Of tho seashoro
The armad'lto is fmny-looking little
creature that looks for all the world like
an opossunl with a Shell on his back. How
did he come by that shell, which is also a
shield or piece Of protective armors In
the pret.icst way imaglnlbIe According
The Cairo bulletin., 1909-12-28

The Methodist Sunday school elect
ed officers on the evening of January
18th Among the elected were Phil
g. Barclay, secretary and treasurer
and w. T. Bristol librarian
The Cairo bulletin., 1909-12-28

Advertising in The Bulletin pays the
advertiser because It circulates among
the people that have money 10 spend
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here
The
Cow Man
Is King
by PROF. ]. /. MONROE

down with fierce eat during the summer months the air is
Try there little suffering and the nights always cool The
run small place named Rock springs Is 50 miles from any
railroad Uncle Sans mail to couple of hundred
dwarf live frontier style Lands still
heap 81 10 S. acebu they fertile and productive to stay
IT that hgurelong,