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The Cairo bulletin., 1909-10-19
BANK CASHIER
KILLS HIMSELF
HIS MoTHER-IN-LAW DIES FROM
SHOCK WHEN VIEWING
BODY.
AT HIS MOTHERS CRAVE
Official Of Suspended Mineral Point
Bank Took Carbclic Acid and
Put Bullet in His
Brain.

Mineral Point, Wis, Oct. 1S-Beside
the grave of his mother in Graceland
cemetery Frank e. Hanscome, cash.
cir of the First National Bank, suicid-
ed last night, taking carbolic acid,
then shooting himself. Mrs. John, Sr.,
Hanscome's aged mother-in-law, died
as result of the shock when she
viewed Hanscome's remains at the
residence of his brother-in-law, r. j.
Penhallengon.
The cause of the suicide is believed
to have been dependency caused by
losses and worry over the banks af-
fairs.
Phil Allen, Jr., vice president of
the bank, who is under arrest at his
home since Friday charged with the
embezzling of $168,0oO of the bank s
funds, stated today that Hanscome
was innocent of any wrong doing.
Hanscome was 53 years old, and had
been connected with the bank 2c
years Throughout the financial diff
The Cairo bulletin., 1909-10-19
ARMY OFFICERS
ARE COMPETENT
TO HANDLE AEROPLhN--PRovED
ABILITY IN SIX FLtai.TS
YESTERDAY.
RIVALRY IN ENG AND
Over the Blackpocl and Doncastcr
Aviation Meetings - Suggests
18th Century Rivalry Of York
and Lancaster.

College Park, Md. Oct. 1s.--In six
1training lights at the government ayi-
! alton school under the direction OF In
Htructor Wright. Lieutenants Lahm
and Humphrey today demonstrated
/ their ability to handle the govern
lments aeroplane purchased during
the summer Each accompanied
Wright in three flights. In practically
a dead calm Wright and Humphrey
| made flight of eleven minutes dura-
tion. The second flight, with Lahm as
q pupil, was the longest yet made II
the aerodome, eighteen minutes thir.
ty-seven seconds. In both these Wright
permitted the lieutenants to operate
the machine unaided.
The third flight. Lieutenant Humpa-
rey accompanying, lasted ten minutes.
Wright and Lahm then flew eleven
minutes and 81 seconds. This time the
machine was tossed by ten mile
wind. In the flight this evening. Hum.
iphrey handled the machine unaided
throughout most Of the nine minutes
and ~ seconds aloft. On the final
fight Of eight minutes Lahm was ~
lowed to guide the craft. While
abreast of swiftly moving express
train the machine was seen to gain
upon the train,
The Cairo bulletin., 1909-10-19
PIRATES GIVEN
GRERT OVATION
CITY OF PlTTS5uRG HELD MONS.
TER PARACES LAST NIGHT
HONoRlNG CHAMPIONS.
ADAMS IS THE IDOL
Pitcher Who Won Three Games OF
Series--Mayor led the Great
Parsde--Everbody Base
ball Mad.

Pittsburg, Oct. tS.-Pittsburg is
baseball mad tonight. During the
celebration of Pittsburg's winning the
worlds championship. traffic along
Fifth avenue down town was aband-
oned and the street cars ran by other
routes. This av.lue to Oakland,
where Forbes Field is located was
roped off for a monster parade. Led
by Mayor Magee, the members of his
cabinet and all members Of the Pitts.
burg baseball club. the Fourteenth
and Eighteenth regiments Of the Ma.
tional Guard of PENNSYLVANIA. formed
the vanguard of the most unique as
semblage that ever traversed the
srets of Pittsburg, Practically every
political club was in line, also a
hundred athletic cub in uniform,
Each section of the city constituted
division, while the business men
and trades unions marched in an
other class Every "rOoter' in this
section Of the couLsry had been pub
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JEFF IS COMING
WANTS A SCRAP
BIG FELLOW ON THE .SEAS-SAYS
HE WOULD NOT FIGHT JOHN
SON IF RESULT WAS DOUBT.
Full.

Queenstown, Oct. I8.-When James
j. Jeffries, the American heavyweight
pugilist, who is passenger on the
steamer Lusitania bound for New
York, after period of training in a
suburb of Paris, heard of Jack John
sons victory over Stanley Ketchel at
San Francisco, he said that this in no
wise would affect his plans. Ketchel
he added, was only a middleweight
and not by any means the best of
middleweights.
"Ketchel,' continued Jeffries, lis
trying to feed hin, elf Up to maze the
heavyweight class, but it will only
weaken him. Johnson is not much OF
fighter, and he never met a good
man. His fight with Burns was no
test. Burns is a newspaper fighter.
81 can only hope" Jeffries went on
that Johnson will cover my money.
| would not fight him if did not
think | could beat him."
One of Jeffries' friends who is
travelling with him remarked that the
fight between Jefiries and Johnson
would be joke Jeffries now weighs
230 pounds, and he says he will fight
at 210 or 212 pounds.
The Cairo bulletin., 1909-10-19
RIVALRY IN ENGLAND.

Blackpool, England Oct ls-The
| Fifteenth century rivalry which made
York and Lancaster historic, seems 10
have been revived by a clash Of the
aviation meeting dates here and at
Doncaster The qualification of tho
ILancasterans at the Oppressive open
ing Of the Yorkshire events is poorly
disguised, The French ayiators Far.
man, Paulhan, Rougier. and Leblanc.
are here and Latham, Fournier and
Fernandez are eroute. Fourteen Eng
lish entrants are also announced All
the machines are monoplanes except
two biplanes and one triplane. The
contests begun today consisted of the
long distance flight with a first prize
Of 100000, the speed contest for three
circuits about the aerodome, first prize
$4,000 Farmau led today in the speed
contest, and covered 171a miles in 30
minutes Rougier made the longest
flight, 221a miles in 81 minutes.
The Cairo bulletin., 1909-10-19
FINDS COOKS EVIDENCE
Captain Of Cansh Ship Has Talk
With Eskimos al North Star
Bay.

Copenhagen, Oct 1S.-The Danish
ship Godthass, Capt. Serhoubic, has
returned from Greenland. The cap
tain has seen DR.. Cooks records and
is convinced of their truth
He found at North Star Bay, north
of Cape York, Eskimos who had heard
Dr. Cooks Eskimos tell about Cooks
long walk across the ice. After his
observations one day he danced with
the utmost gladness and shouted, ito
morrow We will be there"
The Eskimos believed that theil
two countrymen had been to the
north pole. DR.. Cooks Eskimos, ht
says. seeing the Godthass, ran ava,
supposing that Peary was coming.
A native priest of North Star Ia,
intends to seek DR.. Cooks Eskimo,
this winter,
The Cairo bulletin., 1909-10-19
CLAIM IS CHALLENGED
Records Of Balloon Trip BY Prof
Lowe in 1861 Discredit Claim
cf lambert

Union, s, C., Oct. 18,-The claim
that Lambert and Won Publ estab.
lished records for long distance ana
speed in their balloon trip from st
Louis is challenged by the records OF
Prof. Lowe, head OF Lowe Observa
tory of California. who in 1861 as
cended in q balloon at Cincinnati and
the same day landed at Pearidge, this
county.
Although up oniy nine hours, Lowe
covered an air line distance of SEQ
miles, not inclrding several miles adj
ditional. caused by the balloon being
carried over Virginia. When Lowe de-
sceDded he was suspected Of being
a Yankee spy"
The Cairo bulletin., 1909-10-19
DEATH THINNING
VETERAN RANKS
CAUSED 48,312 NAMES TO BE
DROPPED FROM PENSION
ROLL UP TO LAST YEAR
WARMERS REPORT.

Washington. Oct. 1S.-Death's in
vasion Is fast thinning the rnaks Of
the war veterans and has caused 49,.
312 names to be dropped from the pen
sion rolls up to last year. OF these
32,S31 were survivors of the civil war.
The total loss to the pension roll Is
51,581.
In striking contrast to these figures
comprised in the annual report Of
Pension Commissioner Warner Is a
statement that the government paid
pensions for the fiscal year ended
June so, s161 ,97S,703. the largest
amount ever disbursed in one year.
The number of pensioners on the
roll at the close OF the year was g46,-
1874 decrease of 5,493, The surviv-
ors of the civil war on the roll mum
Der 59396l Warner explains the In
crease in the amount paid due prinai-
pally to the large nGmoer OF pension
ers created under the act of 1907,
granting $12, $l5 and $40 to survivors
of the war with Mexico and civil war
on reaching the ages of 62, 20, rs re-
spectively.
II Ia also partly due to pensions
granted under the act of 1908 to Wild
ows of the civil war veterans without
regard to their pecuniary condition.
The Cairo bulletin., 1909-10-19
De LAMBERT IN
PRETTY FLIGHT.
FLEW FROM JUVISY TO PARIS
AND BACK WITH PERFECT
EASE.
PROFOUND SENSATION
Greater Than When Eumont Sailed
Skies, Caused when Aeroplane
Seen Hovering Over
EiffeI Tower.

Paris, Oct. 18.-Count De Lambert
this evening accomplished one of the
most remarkable and daring feats yet
credited to the hcavier-than- ma.
chimes.
Starting from the aerodrome at
Juvisy, he few to t.aris, t3 miles,
After manoervering over the city at
height of four hundred feet, he as
cended in gradually diminishing
circle, passed several hundred feet
above Eiffel Tower, then returned to
Juvisy.
Thousands who were watching from
the streets in Paris could barely
credit their senses when they saw a
tiny aeroplane far above the tower,
The sensation created was more pro-
found than when Santos Dumont
circled the structure in his dirigible
balloon in 1900.
The count was gwen tremendous
ovation on his return to Juvisy Or
vile Wright, who was there, wrung
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culties he worked night and day He
was also bondsman for Allen on sever
al occasions and worry incident to the
recent disclosures preyed heavily on
Hanscome's mind.
Hanscome started yesterday for a
walk. AS he did not return home at
might, his wife summoned friends who
searched for her husband.
William Bliss and Penhallegon
found the bankers body in the ceme-
terry seated at the head Of his mother 5
grave with bullet wound in the TEN.
pie and revolver with one chamber
empty, clutched in his hand.
No definite statement of the bank S
affairs is expected within several
days.
The Cairo bulletin., 1909-10-19
TAFT REACHES GREGORY
Declares he is Going to Do as He
PIeases For White-On
Brothers Ranch.

Gregory Texas, Oct. 1S.-President
Taft arrived tonight and will spend
four days on the ranch of his brother
Charles. When asked what he was
going to do here the president replied
hat he was going for once to do as
he pleased This means that he will
golf in the mornings and ride in the
afternoons, and may go duck shoot
ing. The ranch faces three bays of
the Gulf of Mexico.
The Cairo bulletin., 1909-10-19
COUPLE SEPARATED
Daughter Of Millionaire Egan and
italian Band Master Had Quite
Romantic Marrisre.

Cincinnati, O., Oct. 1S.--Band Mas
ter Orestes Vessella and his young
wife the daughter OF Thomas p.
Egan, millionaire manufacturer and
former president of the Chamber of
Commerce, are separated.
Five years ago during summer
visit with her mother at Atlantic City
Miss Egan fell in love with the Italian
band master, who welded the baton
on the steel pier there. Vessella
dedicated a waltz to Miss Egan and
played it daily. When Miss Egan re
turned here Vessella conducted q
courtship by telephone daily at dol
lar a minute.
The Cairo bulletin., 1909-10-19
WOMEN GOLFERS MEET.

Brookline, Mass, Oct. 1S.-Nearly a
score of prominent women golfers
completed the first round today at
at the Brookline club. The best net
score was SO by Miss II. S. Curtis
who played from the scratch. Several
foreign players who competed in the
national championship at Philadel-
phia entered, including the British
golfer, Miss Dorothy Campbell, who
won the American championship
The Cairo bulletin., 1909-10-19
ARRESTED FOR LARCENY.

Boston. Oct. lS,-Charged with lar
eeuy OF s50,000 through forged notes
on the town of birmingham. Charles
S. Cummings. treasurer OF the Ameri
can Banking company Of Boston, and
Edward A. Mead. agent Of the same
concern, were jailed tonight. The
officials decline TO discuss the evil
dence against the men.
The Cairo bulletin., 1909-10-19
BoNDHUS GETS 5 YEARS
Man Who Tried to SwindIe Franklin
Trust Co. Sentenced to Sing
Sing.

New York, Oct. 1S.-Samuel T..
Bondhus, who recently attempted to
swindle the Franklin Trust company
out of $4,000, was sentenced today to
five years in Sing Sing.
On the strength of the representa-
tions of his son, M. T. Bondhus, of
Omaha, he induced the trust company
to accept draft for $4,000, payable
tc himself, on collection from the es.
tate. and received pass book BY
showing the book he was able to get
a Brooklyn merchant to cash his check
on the Trust company before his draft
was dishonored at Omaha.
The Cairo bulletin., 1909-10-19
NEW ANGLE TO
THE CAMP PA|Gh
GIVEN BY HEARST WHEN HE DE.
NouNcEs BOTH BANNARD
AND GAYNOR.
MACHINES RULED BOTH
Is Hearst's Cry-Heretofore Main.
tanned Truce With Barnard to
Defeat Tammany-lvns
Scored Again.

New York, Oct lS.-Wm. r. Hearst
the independent candidate for mayor
and Barnard the republican nominee
both of whom are heading fusion tick
cts, each delivered series of speech,
es in Harlem tonight. Barnard con
fined himself to business issues.
Hearst continued his denunciation
of Gaynor, but said:
81 have gotten into this fight to de.
feat both Gaynor and his Tammany
machine. Also Barnard and his Wood
ruff machine, and don't want Ban
nard to forget that he is just as much
machine candidate as Gaynor. He
is not the candidate of the same ma.
chine, but a candidate of the same
kind of machine, and | cannot see
any difference in the blackness be
tween the Tammany kettle" and the
Woodruff pot.
Barnard was not nominated at a
fusion conference, The fusion confer.
ence was broken up. He was not nom.
mated at a Republican convention,
That had not been held. He was ap-
pointed and annointed candidate OF
the Noble Order of Woodruffians
and created Knight of the Checker
ed Waistcoat" at Jacks in the early
hours on a September morning
Barnard is not only not an indie.
pendent candidate, but he's not even
an anti-Tammany candidate. If Par
sons statement of the deal between
Cannon and the Republican machine
with Murphy and Tammany can be
believed, Barnard was nominated, not
to defeat Tammany, but to elect Tam
many. If Barnard is elected. Wood
ruffs pet trusts will get the city; if
Gaynor is elected, the Tammany pet
thieves will get the city"
Hearst defended himself against
the thrust that he was endorsed by
Tammany for governor, saying:
Cleveland was consistent foe to
Tammany', yet he ran for governor
on the Democratic ticket
Hearst's attack on Barnard gives
the campaign a new angle, for hereto
fore both have maintained truce rs
both were attempting to defeat Tam
many. Barnard refrained from criti.
cising Hearst,
William NJ. WINS having been accus
ed by Henry George, Jr., Of trying to
persuade Georges father to withdraw
from the mayoralty race in 1886, in
consideration of seat in congress of
fered by Tammany, faced sworn
charge made today by Colonel Amory
former secretary of the Third Avenue
Railroad Company.
Amory attacked WINS as represent
ing Thomas F. Ryan in blocking the
traction Investigations in New York
and declared Twins was paid $4,000
by the commission for shielding Ryan
in the public service investigation"
WINS said: Il am sorry for Amory
He could not take such an oath if he
we're really responsible. I've not seen
Mr. Ryan nor his associates fol
months except as | met his counsel in
court as an adversary"
Gaynor, with personal liberty
Hearst and police misrule as his prin
cipal topics addressed crowd at the
commercial Travellers League a
letter from the Democratic nominee
was made public which says:
Never did have any consultation
with any one concerning the race
track bill. | cannot heed reckles!
liars"
The Cairo bulletin., 1909-10-19
U. S. SUPREME COURT
Heard Many Motions and Petitions
Yesterday--Peckham and Moody
Still Absent.

Washington, Oct. 1S.--The supreme
court of the United States today
heard many motions, granted seven
petitions certiorari heretofore present.
ed and denied seventeen.
Among the new petitions presented
was that of the Burlington railroad
company VS.. the United States, rails
ing the question of whether the rail.
road safety appliance law requires rail.
road companies to keep appliance in
repair. Justices Peckham and Moody
are still absent on account OF illness,
but both are reported improving.
The Cairo bulletin., 1909-10-19
ExPoUND CHICAGO PLAN.

Washington, Oct. t8-AssIstant Sec,
rotary of the Treasurer Norton will
deliver before the Commercial Club at
Boston, Thursday, speech outlining
the great work of reconstruction plan
ned in his home city, Chicago Norton
is chairman of the general committee
which planned the project. d. II. Bur.
ham, architect, will speak with Nor
ton on the Chicago Plan"
The Cairo bulletin., 1909-10-19
FORGER CAUGHT.

Peoria, ILL.,, Oct. iS.--Benjamin
Roberts. alias Booze, wanted at
half dozen Illinois cities for alleged
forgeries aggregating more than sS,-
900 was arrested here today The
latest charges are made by the banks
at HeyyoFth and Leroy Mclean
counts, where small checks are al.
legged TO have been forged.
The Cairo bulletin., 1909-10-19
NO HOPE FOR LOWER PRICES
ON MEAT GIVEN BY PACKERS

Chicago, Oct. 1S.-No hope for per
manently lower prices of meat was
given by the delegates to the annual
convention of the American Packers
Association, which began here today.
Michael Ryan president. said prices
might drop slightly in short time, as
an Increased number of cattle was
The Cairo bulletin., 1909-10-19

raised recently, but added:
Unless many. many more cattle
are grown there can be no hone of
lower Prices. When prices drop, pro-
duction will diminish, and prices rise
again. Unless great many more
cattle are grown, America will find
itself an importer of meat.
The Cairo bulletin., 1909-10-19
WILL SPEND HER FORTUNE
TO GET VOTES FOR WOMEN

tinued, "and see if | cannot get him
TO do what Lincoln did, but by peace
able measures. I'll call the attention
of the president to the fourteenth
amendment of the constitution. The
constitution says only idiots. insane
and convicts cannot vote, | want to
know if that bars women. King Ed.
ward is in sympathy with us and SO
was his mother Queen Victoria"
The Cairo bulletin., 1909-10-19

New York, Oct. 1S.-Lady Francis
Ccot. better known In America as
4 ..1Ssee Clailin, who arrived to-
day, says she is ready to spend her
fortune, aggregating $1,000,000, il
rn"essarv to win votes for women.
She will place the money, she say 5,
with New York bankers.
I'm going right to Taft, she con-
The Cairo bulletin., 1909-10-19
TO JOIN TAFT PARTY.

Washington, Oct. 1S.-Secretary Ma.
gel will leave tomorrow to join the
presidential party in st. Louis on Oct.
%, continuing with the president until
the 31st.
The Cairo bulletin., 1909-10-19
MRS. FRoHMAN FILES SUIT.

Reno. New. Oct 1S~Mrs, Daniel
Frohman, (Margaret illingtonl. today
filed suit for divorce. alleging that her
husband for two years failed to con-
tribute TO her support.
The Cairo bulletin., 1909-10-19
M'CARREN SIGNS CHECKS.

New York, Oc,., 1S.-McCarren inn
proved sufficiently today to sign two
checks, one a campaign contribution
and one gift to charity. His heart
is stil weak. d
The Cairo bulletin., 1909-10-19
AT pONCASTE

Doncaster, Oct. lS.-~-In today's avla-
ton contests LeBlon, driving a Bleriot
monoplane, won the Bradford Gun and
the prize Of 5000 for the fastest time
in ten circuits Of the course,
The Cairo bulletin., 1909-10-19
CHILDREN BURN TO DEATH.

Ironwood, Mich. Oct lS.-Three
small children of John Treiak. a Slav
miner. were burned to death in their
home today. The parents We're abb
sent
The Cairo bulletin., 1909-10-19
SEATTLE AMATEURS TO
CLIMB MT. M'kINLEY

Seattle, Oct, 1S.-Steps are being
taken in this city to organize party
of amateur mountaineers to climb Mt
Mckinley. us,
The Cairo bulletin., 1909-10-19
COAL MAGNATE DIES.

Oakland City, Ind, Oct, 1S.--David
Ingle, a wealthy coal operator, died to-
night. He was heavy stockholder in
Ayrshire, Jasonyille, Clinton and Ter
re Haute mines.
The Cairo bulletin., 1909-10-19

the hands of the aviator as he
alighted The crowd cheered De
Lambert and cried Long live Russia
De Lambert bein. ii Frenchman of
Russian extraction.
The count held up bis hand and
shouted cry long live u. S. A., for
it is TO her 4 owe this success"
The aviator said he had entire con
troll of the machine throughout The
time of the flight was 49 minutes, 80
seconds. Distance 81 miles. The
height varied from 800 to 1880 feet.
The Cairo bulletin., 1909-10-19
ESCAPED coNvIcTs
ARE RE-CApTuREp.

Salem, Ore, Oct. 1S.-The remain
ing two of the conyicts who escaped
Friday were captured today, after one
was wounded.
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AN ACCIDENT AT IuvIsY.

AN ASGtOENi ~ 1oNl0T u
Juvisy, Oct. 1S.--Shortly before De
Lambert returned from his flight to
Paris. Blanc, Frenchman, attempted
his first flight in Bleriot machine.
Concluded o. Sixth Page.)
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Concluded on Sixth page.)
The citizen. (Honesdale, Pa.) 1908-1914, 1909-02-10
The Gettysburg Address

Remarks the Dedication Of the National Cemetery
November TO- 1868.
EOURsCORE and ago fathers brought upon
this continent nation conceived liberty dedicated
to the proposition that all men created equal
Now we are engaged in great civil testing that
nation or any nation conceived and dedicated long
We met great battlefield Of that We to dedi
cate portion Of that field final resting place for here
their lives that that nation might live altogether fitting
and proper that should do this
But in larger cannot dedicate oonsccra
cannot haOw this ground The brave living dead who
struggled here have eonated 1t far above
tract The world will little note we say hare
but 1t forget what they did here u.s. the living
rather to be dedicated here to the unfinished w they who
fought here have thus far nCb advanced fOr m 70
here dedicated to the great task remaining Om
these honOred dead take increased devotion causo which
thy gave the last full Of AsvOOn; that highly M
SOve tnAs sne dead sha not have died In vain sa uuasr
0o ShAu have now birth Of freedom ana that government q the
Ss Sy the people and for tie psSp Sha ps m s earth
The citizen. (Honesdale, Pa.) 1908-1914, 1909-02-10
Household Hints.

The quickest cleaner FOR q sticky
bread or cake pan is a crust Of stale
bread.
A dish of water kept on the radiator
will improve the nir Of a steam heated
room.
A scratch on polished furniture can
be almost obliterated by rubbing Wig
orously with linseed oil.
Fringed doilies are kept in better
condition II the fringe is brushed with
small nail brush rather than with a
comb.
The darkest stain ON mirror OF win
dow pane can generally be routed
with flannel dipped in spirits Of
camphor. Rub until dry.
A good silence cloth for the dining
Ia BILE can be made with double thick
ness of white flannel laid with the soft
side on the inside and quilted on the
machine. Edge with a binding of
white tape.