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The Detroit times., 1909-12-07
Unknown Man Kills Himself.

An unknown man staggered up the
stems of house on Champlin-st, near
Van Dyke-ave.. early Tuesday after
noon. a moment later toppled back
ward and fell on the sidewalk. He
was breathing his last when residents
of the neighborhood hurried to his
side and expired within few min
utes. An empty phial was found near
him and It Is supposed that he COM
mitted suicide.
The Detroit times., 1909-12-07
aoR p o. SAFE OF 500.

BRIGHTON. Mich, Dec. 1-feyS-
men blew open the safe IN tiie
Brighton postoffice about o'clock
this morning. the explosion being
heard throughout the village. Stamps
Ia the value of 800 were stolen The
rohhers gained entrance to the post
office by forcing in the front door and
then used nitroglycerine on the safe
windows we're shattered In the build
ing by the force OF the concussioI.
The Detroit times., 1909-12-07
- s,uno on diamond, Dentist Says

Alleging that Julius Melin. jeweler,
sold him yellow diamond as pure
blue white stone. DR. Stanislaus Weso-
lowski dentist. swOre out war
rant Tuesday charging Melin with OBJ
taining money under false pretenses.
The Detroit times., 1909-12-07
Man Killed BY Wabash Train.

Word reached police headquarters
at 2 80 Tuesday afternoon that man
had been killed by train on tine
Wabash railway between McKinSty
and Clark-aves.
The Detroit times., 1909-12-07
Ordinance Docket Is Record Breaker

The ordinance docket In the record
ers court next Monday will contain
over S1r cases. a number far in excess
Of any previous docket In the history
OF the court
The Detroit times., 1909-12-07
THE WEATHER

Detroit aud vicinity-Tuesd sdny night,
cloudy with snow and coideri Mednes-
day, partly cloudy. with snow nurrlcS
md cold waves brisk tO high northeast
to northwest winds.
Lower Micbignn-Snow and colder
tonight, Wednesday, partly cIoudyi
cold wave In southeast portion.
rnnA ~ -TE. MnE.Ii AII HES.
The Detroit times., 1909-12-07
BIRD ,S-E1E VIEW OF TAFT'S
FIRST ANNUAL MESSAGE

Z shall send special message 10
congress ON the subject Of the improve
ment of our waterways. the reeiamn-
tion and irrigation of land, etc.
There L. urgent necessity for addt-
ttonaI Legislation md greater exeeu-
tive activity to suppress the recruiting
of the ranks of fallen women from the
streams OF immig ration into this conn
try.
The Increase I'm population and the
more expensive mode OF living of the
people mny furnish reason for the
high cost OF living. Ia IL well to note
that the Increase In the cost OF living
IL not confined To this country, but pre-
walls NIL over the world.
The Detroit times., 1909-12-07
eNos LIEF eY SHOOTING

DEERFIELD. Mich, Dec. 7.-(Spe-
ciaD-Frank Whitmarsh, Of Lenawce
Junction. who shot himself Sunday
morning with suicidal intent, died this
morning.
The Detroit times., 1909-12-07
Rate Is 3 2.5 Cents.

II must be remembered that the rate
OF fare arrived at by the committee
of ffty, includes fair return on the
value OF the property as ascertaineC
This figure Is 3405S cents, while an
eight-for-a-quarter rate would be
1926 cents and seyen-tickets-for a.
quarter rate would he 3,57l cents. In
the Codd-Hutchins franchise the ID. T..
tCopfinued ON Page Nine.)
The Detroit times., 1909-12-07
EIGHT TICKETS FOR
QUARTER WILL Be
C|TY'S DEMAND
Mayor Determined To Take Nothing
Less as Result of Findings Of
Committee of Fifty, Now
Finally Complete.
Report Goes To Council Tonight and
Negotiations With Railway Are
Expected To Start Soon. 4

Physical property of the ID.
4. W........... siI.2si.500
Ernnchis~ values of the ID.
4. ............... 2,sIO,0f5
Total NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS.. sIS.O95.2tI
Operntinr eNpcnses, IpOS q 3,aS2.OO2
Less snisceiInnrous revenue 3,23S,Sto
Cost Of carrying each reNe-
nue. passenger ..... 2G258 cts.
Fare. including cost and
per cent. an PHI stcnl ana
franchise values. ......... 3.tOSs cts.
The Detroit times., 1909-12-07

ATTENTION. OUR PATRONS get IS
regular sc street car tickets for 25C,
Cut Rate Car Fare Co, 1913 Griswold-st.
The Detroit times., 1909-12-07

Alexander. UmbreIas. 90 Monroe
The Cairo bulletin., 1909-01-02
About the Same-Nit.

Harry Kellar, the retired magician
was talking about stage magic.
1T is not" he said, so good as il
used 20 be. The younger magicians
do not study and practice as we Of
the previous generation did. Hence
nowadays stage magic appears rather
tame.
But the young magicians don't
think So They are like an elderly
fat man whom | saw at my tailor s
the other day.
Let me see. sir said the tailor
you haven't been in for two or three
years. Perhaps | had better remeas-
ure you
"'All right said the fat man.
You'll find no change In my figure,
though
The tailor got to work with his
tape. The measurements were called
out and jotted down. The fat man
said at the end
Well, the measurements are about
the same as they used TO be- eh?'
Yes, sir. about the same, was the
reply. Chest trifle lower down,
that's all, sir"
The Cairo bulletin., 1909-01-02
Simple Menu Of Queen.

Queen Alexandra, who is retaining
her beauty marvelously, makes her
daily menu something like this: Be
fore rising she eats few thin slices
of brown bread, spread with unsalted
butter. Her II O'Clock breakfast con.
sists OF fruit, a couple Of coddled eggs
and dry biscuits. A little delicate fish
or chicken. a salad and fruit comprises
her luncheon. With her four O'Clock
glass Of milk she eats a couple OF
honey cakes. She never eats the
heavy elaborate dinner served to the
rest Of the family. Instead, she has
little private dishes of tiny French
oysters grilled on toast, stewed eel,
cry and a green salad dressed only
with oil and salt. She never eats ant
mere elaborate sweet than apple baked
with honey. When at Sandringham
she makes butter in her own churn in
the dairy every day, and than has a
luncheon Of whole wheat bread and
buttermilk. which she says. is meal
1T for the goddess" and the most
wholesome any pretty woman can eat
The Cairo bulletin., 1909-01-02
MISS SCHUTTER DEAD
Passed Away Peacefully at Home OF
Major Halliday in San Diego,
California.

Late last night a message came to
Meior L. w. Halliday here from hi:
practice writing 1909.
lows:
Lillian passed away peacefully at
8 Friday night
MARTHA"
The Lillian referred to was Miss
Lillian Schutter who left Cairo some
weeks ago on visit TO Major Han,
days family In San Diego. in the hope
Of regaining her failing health The
message given above will he read
with sorrow by many Miss Schuttcr
was one of the ablest and most popu
lar of the teachers in the Cairo
schools, and had a host of friends in
Cairo society. She leaves three broth
ers and three sisters all residents of
Cairo excepting one of the latter, Mra.
W r. Korsmeyer of Colorado Spring
Funeral arrangements will be an
uounced later
The Cairo bulletin., 1909-01-02
LOVE, THE MAGICIAN
FOR ITS SAKE WOMAN WILL EN-
pURE AND FORGIVE ANYTHING.
Eastern journal Makes a Few Conn
ments on the Position of the
Average Wife-Works for
Board and Clothes.

A young man not many years ago
began calling on a girl, he kept her
out on the front porch late at nights
he made life torment for her II she
| looked at any other man: and finally
| he married her.
He Is poor and her father is in fair.
ly good circumstances, 50 that for the
first time In her life she began to
taste priyation and self.denial. She
cooks for him. cleans. sews, mends
and slaves for him and their two chill.
dren.
Why has this man put this woman
In position where she must exrnr
ence such hardships in addition to his
tyrrany?
Because he loves her.
This Is common Interpretation ot
love. the sweetest word In the la l.
guage.
Because he loves her, many man
has brought many woman down to
hell which she has Loyalty striven 10
turn into heaven.
Woman is so constituted that SO
long as she believes herself loved and
appreciated she can forgive anything
and endure anything and still be
happy.
A wife is the only laborer on earth
who works for her board and clothes
and Is expected to be grateful for the
privilege
But even she appreciates trip and
a day off now and then.
The husband who doesn't econo-
mize on expressions OF affection or
stint his wife on praise may do as he
will without friction or argument
So long as he doesn't sink the lover
in the husband he need fear no rival
He may forget every other rule, but
if he remembers this all will be well
Even when the steak is leather and
the bread a cinder he must merely
remark that the meal isn't quite up TO
her usual high standard of pertec-
tionand it doesn't happen again.
Every woman is an idealist, and she
will break her neck trying to live up
to what she thinks loving husband
expects of her.
There are worse things than work.
1t is generally the lonely hungry
hearted women who are trying to
amuse themselves and feed their
starved lives on the froth of parties
and the dry husks of club papers.
Sitting alone at night waiting for a
husband to come home doesn't thrill
woman bit more than it would a
man.
But any woman can be broken of
the club habit by husband who will
stay in of evenings and try to enter
tain her in spirit of love anything
like that of courtship days.-Philadel.
phla Telegraph.
The Cairo bulletin., 1909-01-02
Secret Of STYLE,

Style is in very small degree the
deliberate and designed creation of
the man who therein expresses him
self. The self that he thus expresses
is a bundle Of inherited tendencies
that caSne. the man himself can never
entirely know whence. It is by the
instructive stress Of highly sensitive
or slightly abnormal constitution that
he is impelled to distill these tenden.
cies into the alien magic of words. The
stylus wherewith he strives TO write
himself on the yet blank pages of the
world NAV have the obstinate vigor of
metal rod. or the wild and quaver.
ing waywardness of an Insects wing
but behind 1t 10 forces that extend
Into inhnity. Il moves MS because il
is itself aaoved W pulses which. in
varying II assure, ve also have in
herited
The Cairo bulletin., 1909-01-02
tanning a Refractory River.

Since the timber has been stripped
from its mountainous drainage basin.
embodying an area OF $1,000 square
miles. the foods of the Susquehsnna
have been extremely sudden. Violent
and destructive. Such a particularly
outrageous stream is the Susquehanna
that II is difficult TO find room upon IL
even TO navigate a ferry boat comfort.
ably One of these quiet reaches Is
McCall's Ferry. where part OF
Washington's army crossed on its
way to do up CORVALLIS at York.
town. The commander himself
crossed at Conowlngo ford. II miles
below. At this historic spot some
clever engineers are demonstrating
that the Susquehanna is good for
something. after all. for they are
building a hydro-electric power plant
which lie remarkable not only for it's
size but in many other respects As
well-Technicsl World.
The Cairo bulletin., 1909-01-02
FISCHER IN CHARGE
GENERAL MANAGER OF ILLINOIS
TRACTION SYSTEM COMES
TO CAIRO.
.WIl Direct Railroad and othsr Inv
provement Schemes of Nc
kinlev People in This
Section,

| l. r. Fischer until yesterday man.
| lager Of the Illinois Traction syste II
for the Mckinley company. arrived
| in the city last evening Mr. Fischer
yesterday assumed his new position.
taking personal charge Of the newly
acquired properties and plans of the
| mckinley people here and in this
section of the state which include
the building of the interurban rail
way to Mounds or Mound City and
thence to East st. Louis A great
deal of preliminary work has been
already done by Mr. Fischer's assist
ants The work OF rebuilding the
Cairo Gas works on greatly enlarged
plans is we'll Under way; the site fer
the new power house has been S
ected as has been announced. aud
preparations to begin work on this
viii now be pushed with much
energy.
Surveys have been made also fer
right-of.way for the interurban rail.
way both to Mounds and Mound City,
several routes being gone over with
a view to choosing the most salts
factory.
Nj. Fischer will be with us a great
deal henceforth and the effect of his
presence will be noticeable.
Ii is understood that MIR. Fischer
will have a conference today with
members of the Cairo Interurbau
company to adjust some matters of
business between them
The Cairo bulletin., 1909-01-02
GIVEN
DEATH SENTENCES
ACTION OF RUSSIAN MILITARY
CoURT-MosT OF CONDEMN
ED WERE INVOLVED IN GREAT
STRIKE M 1905.

Yekatcrinoslav. Aussia. Jan. 1-Th,
military court to-day pronounced forty
one death sentences of which min,
we're for recent crimes. Thirtytwo of
the condemned men were strikers in
the railroad trouble OF October. 1895
I'm addition TO the death sentences
welye strikers were condemned &,
penal servitude for life. forty eight &c
lesser terms Of exile and thirty nine
were acquitted
These zencences grow out Of the
events IN 1905. when striker. mum
herring hundreds and thousands
throughout Russia. attempted 10 iie
up the whole railway system. tslo
graph lines and gas and electric light
plants.
The demonstrations at Yekaterino-
siav were particularly desperate
many persons being killed AMI inilr
cd. Criminal prosecution in these
events was only recently commenced
The majority o. the strikers until late
Iy enjoyed full liberty. some Of them
being in the employ 81 the municipal
.ty.
The Cairo bulletin., 1909-01-02

Ibid anybody ever see a onearmec
woman asked the gray-headed man
Il never did. Almost every day | meet
one-armed men, but have yet TO en-
counter woman with that pitifully
empty sleeve. Are there no women
who have suffered that mutilation
If not, why not, and If so, where are
they? Yesterday | heard It argued
that there was no cause for a woman
to lose an arm. Women do not 60 to
the wars, they are not engaged in oc
equations that are likely to carry away
a part of their body. But that reason
ing is not sound Many women work
in mills and factories. and they are
as liable 10 accidents in the street
and public conveyances as men. Ere
quently they figure in these accidents,
but although men in the same sitna.
ton would lose an arm, women never
do. What is the cause of their immu.
nity?"
The Cairo bulletin., 1909-01-02
TO WHOM IS HONOR!
RECORDS SILENT AS TO AMJRl
CAS- FIRST HUMoRisT.
Proeenitor OF Long Line Of Worlds
Most Distinguished Men Has Yet
TO BE ldentifed--ls II Ma
thsnieI Ward?

Who cracked the first joke In Amer
lea? The early records do not state
We are not even quite sure as to the
first AmeMcan who tried TO be funn,
on paper. OF course some of the very
earliest colonists in both Virginia anc
New England wrote humorous anc
sarcastic accounts back home.
One might cali to mind John Pory
of the jamestown settlement, whose
letters TO the home folks were quaint
ly witty; Francis Higginson, sturdy
cid New Highlander, sometimes dan
gerously near joking, and some would
say that William Wood of Massachu
sets by his sprightly New England
Prospect $3.50 deserves the place as
first Of the numerous fathers Of Ameri
can humor
But the first man to do 1t with NAL
ice aforethought and with the inten
ton Of publishing also seems to have
been the New England preacher. Ma
thaniel Ward (157S-1652l. 1t was he
who wrote the first American hook OF
humor, The Simple Cobbler of Aga
wan" Other books he composed, but
as they deal extensively In promises
of volcanic landscapes in the next
world they cannot with propriety be
called funny.
Ward was a widower Of consider
able standing in point Of time when ne
perpetrated the Simple Cobbler," a
fact which may have some bearing on
the tenor of his remarks, Of which
there are many. concerning women
ITO speak moderately" says he, Il
truly confess 1t is beyond the ken OF
my understanding to conceive how
those women should have any true
grace or valuable virtue, that have SO
iittle wit as to distigure themselves
with such exotic garbs, as not only
tismantles their native lovely luster,
but transslouts them into CANT bar
geese, i'll shapen, shotten shelltish,
Egyptian heroglyphics, or at best into
French furts OF the pastery, which a.
proper English woman should scorn
with her heels II is no marvel they
wear drailes on the hinder part of
their heads, having nothing as 1t
seems in the forepart but few SOUR
rels brains to help them frisk from
one ill-fayored fashion to another.
The world is full of care, much like unto
a bubble.
Women and care. and care and women
And women and care and trouble.
1T is a more common than convenient
saying that nine tailors make a man;
Il were we'll that 10 could make a
woman to her mind. 1t is no little la
Dor to be continually putting up Eng
lish women into outlandish casks;
who, If they be not shifted anew once
in a few months, grow too sour for
their husbands. What this trade will
answer for themselves when God shall
take measure of tailors' consciences
is beyond my skill to imagine. i
He that makes coats for the moon, |
had need take measure every noon, |
and he that makes for women, as
often, to keep them from lunacy. Sc |
vance Review.
The Cairo bulletin., 1909-01-02
REALIZES Lire IS UNCERTAIN.
Something Happened TO the Man Who
Followed Precedent.

NO. I'm not going to commit sui
said the man with the strips of court
plaster across his nasal organ; but
I'll tell you what am going to do aft.
or this. I'm not going to believe
there's anything in luck any more, and
that things In this life are as uncer'
tain as going out to milk a COW in the
dark. You may find the COW, or you
may find yourself alongside OF a
mule"
Something must have happened"
was queried.
Yes, something has: and maybe I'll
feel better to get IT off my mind. Six
months ago friend OF mine was In
Boston He was walking along the
street behind a lady when he noticed
that one of her shoes was united. He
overlook her, and, raising his hat. in.
formed her of the fact She not only
thanked him In the sweetest manner,
but took his address, and what do you
suppose followed?'
She sent him a Teddy-bear.
mo, she didn't; she sent him a
check for $4,000. and he's just gone
into the shoe business
"Well?"
well. ! was in New York last week
and | found myself following lady
on the street. am just as good
looking and courteous and cmvalric
as my friend. A gust of wind took
the lady's hat off, and all her false
hair with 1t. | overlook her. raised
my hat and expressed my sympathy
that she was bald-headed She took
her property from my hands, and then
hauled off with the umbrella she car
ried and broke my nose. No smiles,
no sweetness, no check for $4,000 or
any other old amount. was entitled
to 1t just as much as my friend. and
really more than he was, and yet he's
hustling in the shoe trade, while |
am hanging around the country with
broken nose, and the doctors say | will
never be handsome again"
The Cairo bulletin., 1909-01-02
NOT ONLY FOR INDIGESTION BUT
ALL STOMACH DISTRESS VANISHES

There would not be a case Of Indi
gestion here If readers who are sub
iect 70 Stomach trcrhle knew the
tremendous digestive virtue con
taiHed ia Diapepsin. This harmiezs
IRE aration viii digest = n"aNy meal
without the slightest russ or discom
fort and relieve the sourcst. acid
stCmach 90 five minutes. besides over
coming all foul. Nauseous doors from
the breath.
Ask your pharmacist to show You
the formula plainly printed On each
50-cent case Of Pape's Diapepsfl.
then you will readily understand why
this promptly cures Indigestion and
removes such symptoms as Hear,
burn. a feeling Ike a lump Of lead
in the stomach. Belching Of Gas and
Errctations Of undigestsd food. water
brash. nausea Headache. EfIious-
The Cairo bulletin., 1909-01-02

mes and many otheT haI symptoms
and besides sou viii not need laRs
tivez % keep your stomach and in
teztfnes clean and fre D
Or YOUR stomach Is sour or vour
food doesn't digest. and your meas
don't tempt you. Uny not Ert a -
cent case today from your drug gels
and make life worth living Ahsolui b
relief from Stomach misery AMI ger
feet digestion Of anything sou eat b
sure 10 follow five minutes aft e.
ami besides. one case Is often suHi-
c5,nt to cUre a whole family n such
trouble
Surely, a harmless. inexpensive
preparation like Diapersin. which
will always. either a. DAYTIME or
during night relieve your stomach
misery AMI digest your meals. is
about a. handy snd valuable q thing
Is vou could have IN the house
The Cairo bulletin., 1909-01-02
Artificial Clouds,

ID. l.. Murphy, United States consul
at Bordeaux, reports the invention Of
NJ Lestout, French grape grower,
Of process for producing artificial
clouds for the protection Of vineyards
from frosts and the heat of the sun.
The report says it has been tested
under various conditions and proved
practical success. 1t consists OF fll-
ing small wooden boxes, open at the
top. with iniammable composition. re.
duced to fine powder and pressed
into compact mess. When this com
position, witch consist Of equal parts
of resinous )apf earthly matter. is set
alight a den ~ clend of smoke is
produced, haghg over the vineyard
long enough Vprotect the plants from
the April sun rays, and give them a
chance to recuperate from the dan
gerous effects of the frost. The in
ventor claims that by his method 50
acres may be protected at a cost OF
about two dollars.
The Cairo bulletin., 1909-01-02
! NEWS OF THE RIVERS /
Observation-Disclosures

The river marked 12.4 feet on the
Cairo gauge last evening showing a
fall of i of a foot in "A hours.
The Fritz went to the lower river
with empties to bring up lumber.
The Herman Paepcke came up with
two barges of logs for the Chicago
mill
The Sadie Lee came into port yes
terday morning from Memphis, de-
layed by fog. She returned leaving
here at noon.
The Dick Fowler was in part yes
terday from Paducah. She has had
a good holiday trade. The report
that she would pull out of the trade
fer good was not true. The Dick Is
there to stay.
1t Is not likely that Y. 8. Engineer
Mitchell's assurance tina There Is
steamboat water to ST. Louis now
will start any steamboats, for the
present. That water is not likely to
last long and soon may be filled with
ice.
The Cairo bulletin., 1909-01-02
Boats and Bridges.

The New Orleans Daily States
says: In 1896 the government had
in the service of the engineers de.
partment on the Mississippi river SCI
vessels. including steamers, tenders.
launches, towboats. snagboats, der
rick pile drivers, dredges, quarter
boats, repair boats and other varie.
ties. Their value was s5.43s, 226.
There are thirty-six bridges, high
ways and railroads on the Mississippi
river. These are at the following
places: st. Paul Z, Hastings 2, WI
mona 3, Red Wing, Reeds Landing,
La Crosse 2. Prairie Du Chen. Du
buoue 3, Sabula, Clinton 3, Muscatine
Burlington, Fl. Madison, Keokuk.
Davenport 8, Keithsburg, Quincy. Al
ton. Louisiana, st, Louis 3, Mem
phis |.
The Cairo bulletin., 1909-01-02
DEATH CLAIMS
HERMAN JUST
FORMER RESIDENT or CAIRO
FOR YEARS COMMISSIONERS
OF ILLINOIS COAL OPERA.
TORS ASSOCIATION.

Chicago. Jan. Herman Justi
commissioner Ct the Illinois Coal on.
orators Association. Is dead. aged Sc.
Mr. just was q resident OF Cairo
fsr lime during Capt W. p. Ha.l..
days later years. having charge Of
seine part Of the coal business Of The
Cairo City Coal Company. It was
Through Capt Halliday's influence
that Mr.. JUST later became commits
sioner Of the Illinois Coal Operators
Association which position he hell
till bis death. Mr.. JUST was a bright
man and had done much to promote
peace between operators and opera.
fIres a. various ffrnes1
The Cairo bulletin., 1909-01-02
Precaution.

The melancholy visitor peereC
about the grocery store.
You keep the only commercial ON
pormm in the place, do you not?" he
asked OF the proprietor.
Il do. What can | do for yeh7"
sell me all the stale eggs you
have"
"Haw. hawl Must be going 10 the
show tonight"
! am billed 10 play Hamlet in this
benigbted village this evening re
piled the caller with dignity.
The Cairo bulletin., 1909-01-02
A Modern Instance

Now. MARY" asked the Sunday
school teacher. can You tell me Vba,
King Solomon did when both women
claimed the bsby?"
"Yessum." responded the little girl
q whose home the stork had recently
rome with a double burden, he made
twins OF it
The Cairo bulletin., 1909-01-02
plessure Of Givinn

The Millionaire was explaining how
70 hestow gifts
Make them conditional upon others
giving as much he said
But supposins the others can't az
ford it,
In that care you have the pleasure
~ seeing them husile.s replied the
Millionaire And besides he added
Handy. ron may get your money
basI