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The Cairo bulletin., 1909-04-21
JOHN HERN.
JAMES PERRY.
JOHN MERBEROTH.
KINNEY NJ KAY.
The Dead:
UNKNOWN DECK HANI

The boat went to the bottom in ono
of the deepest spots Of the Straits of
Macinac ard will be a total loss to
gCther with her cargo OF corn.
When the boat struck, five of her
crew were caught without warniuy,
asleep in their bunks, and went to tIla
bottom cf the sinking steamer The
survivors who happened to be on deck
at the time of the accident had barely
time to float a yaWl in which they
rowcd away from the i'll latcd vessel
just as her upper works were disap-
The Cairo bulletin., 1909-04-21
MOST BIC GAMES
ARE POSTPONED
BAD WEATHER AROUND AMERI.
CAN AND NATIONAL LEAGUE
CIRCUITS CAUSE CLEVE-
LAND t2, DETROIT 2.

Chicago. April 20.-Rain and gener
ally cold and disagreeable weather
caused the postpCnement of all i'm
portant ball games scheduled fer TO,
day in both the National and Ameri
can leagues, except the Detroit Cleve.
land contest in Detroit
AMERICAN LEAGUE.
At Detroit.
Detroit. April 20.-Detrcit PLAYED
ragged ball in every line.
Score r II T.
Detroit ......... .......... 2 3 0
Cleveland ......... ........12 II
Batteries-Laftte and Schmidt /;
Young and Easterly.
The Cairo bulletin., 1909-04-21

pearing below the surface of the wa
ters.
They were picked mp by the steam
er Bennington and brought to this
point.
The Cairo bulletin., 1909-04-21
HILLS SWORN IN.

Washington April Charles n
Hills, Of Dobbs Ferry, New York.
was today sworn into office as ass s
ant secretary of une treasury. sue.
ceeding Louis A Coolidge, resigned.
The Cairo bulletin., 1909-04-21
FIVE DROWNED
As SHIP SINKS
WE'RE CAUGHT ASLEEP IN BUikS
WHEN VESSEL STRUCK ICE
FLOE.
on COAST OF MICHIGAN
Cher Ward ard Her Cargo Of Corn To-
tel Loss-Thcsc Who Escaped
Picked Up by Steamer
BENNINGTON.

MackinaW City, Mich, April 20Fiye
men were drowned today when the
steamer Eber Ward collided with q
heavy ice floe and sank five miles
west C here.
The Dead:
The Cairo bulletin., 1909-04-21
DEMOCRAT WINS.

Danviile. H. April 2e-Louis Plat.
democrat. running oa the cit'zens'
ticket. was elected mayor TO-DAY cvee
William ?. Baum reruhlicaa. hy SO
majority.
The Cairo bulletin., 1909-04-21
s5hnnn EIRE-

Salina. Kas, April 2o.-Almost the
entire business section Of Lacrosse,
Kansas. near here, burned today.
Loss $4,000.
The Cairo bulletin., 1909-04-21

The Associated Press. the greatest
news gathering organization in the
world, supplies the Cairo Bulletin
with its telegraphic news ssrvics.
The Cairo bulletin., 1909-04-21
AMERICAN ASSOCIATION.

Kansas City-St. Parl. wet grounds
The Cairo bulletin., 1909-04-21

ADD turkish sultan Vt
The American Embassy has not
learned of any Americans being en-
dangered through the weakening of
the administration in the province.
Few Americans are travelling in the
interior. Beside there has been no
demonstrations against foreigners. In
the Adana affair the two missionaries
were killed nthe race conflict. being
mistaken for combatants
Constantinople Safe Place.
Const3ntinople is quite safe. so FER
as life is concer1 ed. Many tourists
are taking in the sights and they have
been permitted OF visit the mosques
unhindered. Even tonight parties OF
Europeans. including women. MANY
on foot, are IL the streets watching
the enlivening scenes.
Constant communication is going OIL
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concluded or Sixth Psse.)
The Cairo bulletin., 1909-04-21
MISUNDERSTANDING, wet grounds

Louisville-ToIedo. wet grounds.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1909-06-26
LAST OF GOULD CASE.
1t Is Believed That Neither Party Will
Take an Appeal.

New York, June 26.-It is not believed
that any appeal will be taken either by
Mrs. Howard Gould or her husband
fl ON the decision of Justice Bowling
yesterday, granting Mrs. Gould the sep
aration for which she sued and $50, 900
a year alimony.
Mrs. Gould, who has expressed her
qualification over the verdict of the
court will soon leave New York for her
farm at Lynchburg. Va. While it is
possible for either Mr.. and Mrs. Gould
to bring an action for divorce. counsel
for Mrs. Gould evidently regards this as
ter Justice Dowling's disposition of the
charges mode by Mr.. Gould against his
wife.
In the belief that the case is ended,
Mr.. Shearn, counsel for Mrs Gould, will
sail for Europe in a short time.
Mr.. Shearn asked for an extra allow
ance for counsel fees and the court
gave him $1,000. This together with the
$40, 900 allowed recently and the original
allowance of $1,000 will bring his fees
to $4,000 with an additional sum of 49,
900 for expenses.
Mrs. Gould's dowry right in Howard
Gould's real property amounts to SS.-
oo0, 900 and was unaffected by the sep
aration. MRS. Gould has issued the
following statement:
cause I have been so completely vindi-
Gated before the entire world of all
these horrible charges Not one Ittle
pang shot through my heart at the
smallness of the allowance-only su-
IRENE Joy and the deepest gratitude.
I send a thousand loving thanks to all
who have helped me-"
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1909-06-26
Relief IN RATES.
Wichita Shippers Seek Reduction
From Gulf Ports.

Several Wichita members of the
Southwestern Shippers assoclatlon'
Mayor c. L. Davidson among them:
appeared before the railroad boaro
and asked for relief in the matter OF
rates from Gulf points to Kansas. me
board, after hearing the evidence. DE,
cided to intervene, so the ra1lroao
boards of the three states of Kansas.
Oklahoma and Texas will back the ac-
ton of the shippers before the inter
state commerce commission. Inc
shippers will base their case on the
Droposition that the points in the CEN
trail west get little or no benefit from
their nearness to tidewater; that the
railroads control the rates In sucn
manner that it is as cheap to snip py
rail to the Atlantic as to the Gulf sea-
board and that both way rates are
now too high.
c. w. Colt, engineer for the state
railroad board, is here this week after
a. tour of inspection of the missouri
Pacific and Rock Island lines he
saws that the Rock Island is improving
it's Horton-Topeka line by laying 75-
pound rails, putting in new ties ana
otherwise improving it's line.
The Union Pacific has secured per-
mission from the state railroad board
to issue $s,402,0o worth of bonds,
the money raised from the sale there
of to be spent in the Improvement or
the Kansas lines of the road. It is the
intention of the company to also buy
more real estate and repair and en-
large its shops. Nearly all the leading
roads of the state have secured per
mission from the board to issue bonds
for this same purpose.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1909-06-26
Wichita People Inquire About
Stopping Beer Wagons.
Visit Attorney General and Ask
for Opinion.
Topeka CLUB CASE.
Right to Keep Liquor in Lockers
Will Be Tested.
Visitors Would Like to Know
Their Rights.

A delegation of Wichita citizens,
headed by Mayor Davidson and the
chief of police, called at the office of
the attorney general seeking for in
formation regarding the new prohib-
itory law in general and the proposed
plan to run beer wagons in their city
in particular. John Marshall is writ
ing an opinion regarding this phase
of the law, and the peculiar connec-
ton with this opinion is that it will
be based upon a United States su-
preme court decision which con-
strues the law to the effect that the
seizure of Intoxicating liquors ship
ped to a prohibition state from an
other state is premature, unlawful
and a violation of the interstate COM
merce law. Several cases were cited
in the courts decision, one to prove
the point that liquor taken from the
station platform and stored in the
freight depot was still in process of
delivery, and another to show that
the goods continued in course of de-
livery under the interstate law until
they had been delivered at the street
and number written upon the package
and received by the consignee.
Mr.. Marshall, however. in basing
his opinion upon this decision. inti-
mated that he would be inclined to
place a slightly different construc-
tion upon the law.
The assistant attorney general was
not positive that the proposed plan
to deliver beer to consumers in Wich-
ita by direct delivery from the station
could be stopped. Certainly the Unit
ed States supreme court decision up
on which he is to base his opinion
holds that it cannot be done. If the
practice of the delivery of beer by
wagon as a part of interstate ship
{-, ~,
practice will be followed in the other
cities of the state.
The Wichita visitors also wanted to
know what steps the attorney gen.
erals office will take in regard to the
operation of the Topeka club as re-
CARDS the locker system.
When pressed today for an answer
to the question Mr.. Marshall replied
that he could not speak authoritative
ly on the subject but that it was his
opinion that a test case would be
made of the Topeka club and thresh-
ed out in the courts. He thought the
case would be started through the
channels of the county attorneys Of
flee where it should properly begin
from, but the attorney generals de-
partment will be in close touch with
the proceedings and likely take a
hand.
If the Topeka club continues the
locker plan the other clubs of the
state, now closed, will again resume
the locker system and the local au-
thorities will await the initiative from
the attorney generals office.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1909-06-26
STORY OF THE KILLING.
AS Told i'll Letter Written by Boil
Eastman.

st. Michaels. June 26.-The full
text of the letter found on Eastman
and addressed to Winnie Bradeombe,
his wife, giving his circumstantial
version of the killing of Mrs. Woodill
by another woman, was made public
today. Eastman claims the murder
was committed in the bungalow in
stead of in a launch as at first suppos-
ed. The letter follows:
winnie: Take this money and go
at once to Mcdaniel, Talbot county.
Maryland; and claim my body and
all my property. The property con-
sists of % acres of land and a bum
galow. There is also a motor boat.
thing into cash. l don't owe a cent
excepting for the paint and pump,
etc, which Shanahan & Wrighton. of
Easton, will be glad to get back as it
is not broken, just as it was shipped.
Little girl I had no hand in the
tragedy. 1 was there and removed
the evidence after the other two cou-
pies fled. 1 did this for self preser-
walton and am haunted. The victim
was my particular friend and we we're
we'll mated. Have only known her
three weeks. We all, that is, two
napolis, went to the bungalow for a
time. Everyone got full excepting
Edith and myself. Edith tried to win
one of the girls fellows and was hit
three times on the side of the head
with a full bottle of champagne and
the fellow hit once. She fell over on
the floor and died.
THE man did not come to for an
hour. / was left with the corpse and
can not take a chance for trial. Life
to me is very bitter and l will put
down the shades and say good bye.
You can claim my property and say
as little as possible but get 1t. am
awfully sorry for you and our boy,
and 1 have been hustling madly to
make your path clear, but fate is
against me.
(Signed.) BOB.
Take Pennsylvania railroad to Eas-
ton. Md, and then change to B. c. 8,
A. Don't neglect this. This property
is Valua ble.''
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1909-06-26
ANOTHER BY WILSON.
Secretary Blames Farm Hands for
High Priced Foodstuffs.

washington, June .26--Secretary of
Agriculture Wilson, who has just re-
turned from a trip through the west
ern states, says that lack of farm
hands. is the chief cause of the high
nrice of foodstuffs. sAn through the
west and northwest the same situa-
ton exists said Mr.. Wilson. The
country is as healthy and prosperous
as ever it was, but thousands of acres
of valuable and fertile land are lying
idle because the owners cannot hire
labor although wages paid farm
hands in these states are the equal
of those paid to the laborers in our
large cities.
.aThe immigrants who land on our
shores all flock to the larger cities,
and those of them who have done
farming in their own countries are
incompetent and nearly useless to the
American farmer because they do not
understand the modern machinery
used on the farms in this country.
prices of grains and vegetables;
therefore are bound to be high. and
of course, with these staples selling at
high prices the value of meats IS
thereby raised
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1909-06-26
CLUBS MUST CLOSE.
Indications Are That Leavenworth
May Become Dry.

Leavenworth, Kan, June 26.-The
clubs of Leavenworth where liquor is
handled will have to close that part of
their business by July /.
Lee Bond county attorney, and Chas.
Shukers assistant attorney general,
held a conference Friday night In con-
nection with the club matter and it was
announced at the close of this meeting
of the ofAeials that the handling of
liquor by the clubs would no longer be
permitted by the state authorities.
Notice will be given the clubs by the
county attorney
The government stamps held by the
clubs will expire on July l. and none OF
them will be renewed" said Lee Bond.
The club order will affect a number
of organizations, among them: Elks,
Eagles, Lions, Antlers, and Leaven-
worth Turnverein.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1909-06-26

oaughter was the result of the murder
Oh the husband and father when little
Anna Pearl Wirtz was less than 1 year
oio. The family at that time was living
on Couse creek. nine miles above Ase-
TN TN The father was shot by Henry
Grayson in dispute over wages.
AFTER my daughter was adopted by
MRS. thompson, her name was changed
[; Edith May Thompson" said Mrs.
kight- II heard from her quite fre-
quently for the first two wears. Mrs,
thompson keeping me informed as to
her growth and education The last
heard, my daughter and Mrs. Thomp-
son were in New York. Mrs. Thompson
writing that she was taking her to
Europe to complete her education. /
have since heard Indirectly that my
daughter was great singer, but know
nothing of her life for the past IA years.
She was the only child by Mathew
Wlrtz. my first husband, to whom !
had been married less than two years
at the time of his murder
Captain Humphreys View.
Baltimore, June 26-Detective Captain
Humphrey, of the Baltimore police, who
mas been engaged in work upon locat-
ing those connected with the Woodill
tragedy, secuted the idea today that
woman committed the murder.
From what 1 have discovered he
SAID, Il have no doubt that Eastman
ard Mrs. WoodilI were old friends I
cont think it mere coincidence that
brought him to live within a stones
throw, practically of her foster faith
er's home. I believe Eastman was in
California recently and that he had
come to the eastern shore of Maryland,
knowing Mrs. Woodil soon was coming
east
Mrs. Woodill had intended returning
west few days after her husband left,
but when she found Eastman domiciled
rear her fathers home, she could not
resist playing with fire. in my opinion.
We know that Mrs. Woodill saw a great
deal of Eastman. I believe at last Mrs.
Woodill informed Eastman that she in
tended to rejoin her husband and that
he became insanely jealous and for
bade it.
We're mutual therats. Mrs. Woodill had
been told much of Eastman's past life
and she could easily have threatened
tc disclose his identity to the authori-
ties
Captain Humphrey said it would be
useless for him to send men to st.
Michaels. 1.-The man who committed
the murder is dead" he declared, 80
what is the use of sending men out
simply to rake up scandal"
A. s. Rosenthal. New York lawyer,
who says he represented Eastman at
the time he was charged with grand
larceny, passed through Baltimore to-
day en- route to st. Michaels.
Mr.. Rosenthal says he cannot imagine
where Eastman got the money to buy
the property on the eastern shore.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1909-06-26
FREE WOOD PULP.
Entire Paper and Pulp Sched-
ule Is Adopted
With the Amendment Offered
by Senator Brown.
BACON'S AMENDMENT
Places Agricultural Implements
on the Free List.
Is Defeated by the Customary
Stand Pat Majority.

Washington. June 26.-The entire
wood pulp and print paper schedules
were agreed to by the senate today
with an amendment as proposed by
Senator Brown making wood pulp
free of duty.
When the consideration of the tar
iff bill was resumed in the senate to-
day the pending question was the
amendment offered yesterday by Sem
ator Bacon placing agricultural i'm
plements on the free list. Senator
Stone of Missouri, Immediately took
the floor to continue the speech be-
gun yesterday in which he outlined
the testimony taken by the attorney
general of Missouri in his prosecution
of the International Harvester COM
pany as trust. He asserted that a
number of companies had been merg-
together to constitute this trust, de-
cent of the business of the country
in supplying agricultural implements
and contended that it was q trust and
monopoly notwithstanding the denial
of Aldrich. Soon after Mr.. Stone be-
gan his speech he was interrupted by
Senator Davis of Arkansas with a
statement that the company had been
driven out of his state by legal pro-
ceedings under the state antitrust
law.
Stating that his lnSpectlOn OF consul
lar reports had shown that the Inter
national Harvester company sold its
products at home cheaper than abroad,
Mr. Beyeridge said this extraordinary
claim led him to believe it would not
be injured by placing agricultural inn
plements on the free list. He did, how
ever. believe that such action would
injure some of the independent manu-
facturers.
A lively colIoquy took place between
Senators Overman and Smith of Michi-
gan on the attitude of the North Caro-
lima cotton manufacturers toward the
tariff. Mr.. Smith claimed three con-
gressional districts of the old North
state had embraced the protective
tariff principles in the last election.
YES" retorted the North Carolina
senator. @'They believed you were go
ing to revise the tariff downward. I
heard it all over the state.''
Mr. Overman insisted that the North
Carolina manufacturers did not need or
want any protective tariff.
BY vote of 26 to As Senator Bacon's
amendment placing agricultural imple-
ments on the free list was rejected and
the paragraph as reported by the
finance committee was agreed to.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1909-06-26
"MOB WAS ORDERLY.
Masked Men Simply Took Negro
From Jail and Hanged Him.

Wilburton, Okla, June 26.-A mob of
fly masked men took Sylvester Stem
nian, negro known as Alabama
Red" from the Jail here early today
and lynched him. The negro last
Thursday had shot and killed Albert
Turner. a deputy constable, who had
attempted to arrest him.
The mob was orderly. The sheriff
was out of town and the night watch
man was temporarily absent from the
Jail Members of the mob cut the tele-
phone and electric light wires to pre-
vent interference, then broke open the
door Of the Jail without opposition and
hanged the negro from a telephone pole
in front of the Jail. Without firing a
shot they then dispersed quietly. The
body was cut down today and later a
coroner's jury rendered q verdict to
the effect that the negro had come to
his death at the hands of persons un-
known.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1909-06-26

father worked hard to support his
mother and brothers and sisters. His
friends declare he never had any
school training after he had reached
the age of IT or Is years. Today he
is one of the foremost national
legislators.
William T. Vernon, of Kansas
register of the treasury, delivered the
commencement address before the
graduating class of Wilberforce uni
versity in Ohio one day this week.
Kansas postmasters commissioned:
John w. Hooper, Bernal; Frank w.
Kern. Drury; William A. richardson
Aetna; Joseph E. Stead, Calista. Dan
iel Imthurn, Hilltop; Joseph A. Wiggin'
Otego.
The postoffices of Wellmanville,
Ness county, and Ulysses, Grant
county, Kansas, will be discontinued
July 15.
The postmaster general has re-
scinded his order abollsh1ng tne
postoffice at Monett, Chautauqua
county, Kansas.
F. NJ Rogers, a Kansas youth. has
passed all mental examinations and
will soon be examined physically for
admission as a midshipman to the
naval academy.
Capt. F. A. Barton. of the Third
y s Cavalry, has arrived 1,n;f from re1at,Sas San
Shortly he will go to Fort Leaven-
worth.
Mr.. and Mrs. Mullinix of Topeka.
are registered at the ST. James notei'
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1909-06-26
FOR A SANE FOURTH.
Ministers and Priests Work for a
Common Good.

Chicago, June 26.-"Sane fourth .
pamphlets were sent yesterday to
ministers. priests. Sunday school
superintendents, and others In a posi-
tion to warn the public of the in
dependence day perils.
The recipients of the pamphlet
which explains the ordinances reg
ulating the sale of fireworks. are
urged to give its contents the widest
possible dissemination. The papers
were distributed by s'The Sane Fourth
association which also will hold g
mass meeting next Thursday.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1909-06-26
BETTING FAVORS CROSS.
Much Interest Displayed in His Fight
With Hyland.

New York. June 26.-Considerable
money was bet here last night on the
fight which will take place at Colma,
Cal. between Leach Cross. the Bow
cry dentist, and Dick Hyland. There
was more Cross money in sight than
Hyland and the betting ranged from
even to five to four on Cross, with ten
to nine being about the average odds.
This As round battle is the first fight
that Cross has had away from the inn
mediate vicinity of his own home on
the East side and his great army of
East side followers will observe the
returns with much interest.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1909-06-26
TOPEKA MAN LEADS
HI. L. Armstrong Probably New State
Golf Champion.

In the state golf championship con-
test t B. Griffith of Wichita and H.
L. Armstrong of Topeka are fighting 1T
out for the honors. During the morn
ing IS holes were played with the re-
suit that Griffith stands Z up. The lat
ter covered the course the first round in
A strokes but narrowed it down to 80
points in the second clash.
In connection with the consolation
contest D. c. Hammatt and C. r.
Guibor are wagine battle against one
another The morning session gave the
latter three up advantage. Hammatt
has the reputation of being a strong
finisher and has just a fighting chance
of winning this afternoon. A total of
Sc rounds is being played in these in
three contests.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1909-06-26
col. ]. c. Hasken Dead.

Columbia, s. c., June 26.-Col. Jno.
Cheves Haskell. soldier. planter,
legislator and financier. grandson OF
Langdon Cheves, and son-in-law of
Wade Hampton, died here today. He
suffered a stroke of apoplexy last Fri
day Col Haskell and his brother
were for years the chief figures in the
state politically.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1909-06-26
CUSTER AT WEIR CITY.
City officials Charged With Permit
ting Joints to Run.

Weir City, Kan, June 26.-County
Attorney A. L. Majors has opened an
inquiry here, investigating the charges
that the CITY officials have been per-
hitting violations of the prohibitory
law.
The inquiry was adjourned until
next Wednesday. The proceedings
were Instituted at complaint OF the
w. c. T. U. 1t is stated that custer
proceedings will likely be brought
against the city officials.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1909-06-26
Daylight Robbery at Pittsburg.

Pittsburg, Kan. June 26.-One of
the boIdest daylight robberies ever
pulled off in this city occurred dur
ing the noon hour, when the home of
Mark Schlanger, 407 West Euclid
avenue, was entered and purse con-
tanning four diamond rings. value at
$500, a s5 bill. some small change
and valuable papers were taken.