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The Cairo bulletin., 1909-02-21
WELCOMING OF THE BIG FLEET
MONDAY WILL BE THE PRiN-
CiPAL EVENT.
WAS iINCTONS BIRTHDAY
Will Be Observed With Usual Ceie'
brations--Doings in Congress
Several Big Conferences
and Conventions.

Washingten, Feb. 20.--FofmC st On
the news calendar of the week, and
eoincident ~with the celebrate n of
Washingtons Birthday throughout
the United States, will be the vel.
come home OF the American battlf :
ship feet that has toured the word
The event will be made the occasi n
for a great naval spectacle at Hamp-
ton Roads. which was also the point
of departure for the feet a year ago
last December. As on that occasion
the battleships viii pass in review
before the president and the secre-
tary of tn navy who will be aboard
the yacht Mayflower.
Presdentelect Taft will deliver the
oration at the Washington's Birthday
celebration by the University of
Pennsylvania In the evening he will
he the guest of honcr at tha annual
dinner of the University of Pemnsyl-
vania alrmni association
Tuesday is the date fixed for he
ginning the retrial in Chicago Of the
rebate case against the Standard Oh
Company of Indiana. This Is the
case in which Judge Lands fine oi
S29 100000 was reversed by the az
pellate court.
The Brownsville affair will again
occupy the attention Ct the s nat
Tuesday when the compromise meas
ure for the re.enlistment of TIE Is
charged soldiers of the Twenty
firth regiment will come UPS for
vote.
In New York Friday night the
Peace society is to give a lanqu I &c
Senator-elect Elihu Root In retogni
ton Of his notable services to the
cause of international peace while he
was secretary of state. Scheduled
speakers at the banquet include
President-elect Taft, Andrew Carne.
gle, Governor Hughes Jos IN
Choate and Baron Takahira, the Jap
anese ambassador
The Vanguard, Englands' seventh
vessel of the Dreadnought class, Is
to be launched at Barrow MONDAY
The Vanguard viii be the heaVi st
and most modernly equipped Of shil $
of her class in the British navy.
Conventions and conferences OF
the week that will attract more OF
less public attention will be the
Trans Missouri Dairy Farming con
gress at Cheyenne, Wyo., the annual
session of the department of superin'
tendence Of the National Educational
association at Chicago, and the an
nual convention of the Presbyterian
brotherhood of America, to be he'd
at pittsburg.
The ucstcmary Mardi Gras earn
va, will attract thousands of visitors
To New Orleans the early part of tn
week. Similar festivities VIII be heio
at Mobile and Pensacola.
The Cairo bulletin., 1909-02-21
BRIDE Of FOUR
DAYS MURDERED
ASsAILANT UNKNOWN, BUT A
FORMER SUlToR WAS SEEN
LEAVING THE HOUSE SOON
AFTER SHOOTING.

Chicago. Feb. 20-Mrs Thomas
cooper. keeper of the boarding house
at A233 Emerald avenue. bride of
,nIy four days, was murdered in her
ZONE today by an unknown assassin.
There were finger marks on her
.Lroat, indicating struggle. but
ieath was due to a bullet wound in
he head.
Several boarders were arrested,
ut released when the police wer told
hat a formr suitor had been seen
eaving the house shortly after the
'ound Cf two shots had been heard
ny two little girls who were playing
the neighborhOod.
Another story given the police was
hat the former suitor had been
gwen a ticket to New York by
Cooper ON the day of his (Cooper's)
wedding. hut that he apparently had
ret used it,
The Cairo bulletin., 1909-02-21
SOLVES NEGRO PROBLEM.

Lawton. OKLA. Feb. 20.-G. v.
Washington. colored. of this city.
chairman of an organization 70 col
ored citizens Of Oklahoma, has pro
posed migration to Liberia. Africa. II
all negroes now in America as the
most feasible solution Of the negro
problem He wants the government
to pay she expense OF sending ne
Toes te liberia
The Cairo bulletin., 1909-02-21
TO REDUCE SALARY.

Washington, Feb, 20.-The cen.
ferees of the senate and house on the
legislative, executive and judicial
appropriation bill have reached an
agreement on the item relating to the
salary of the secretary of state, To
make it possible for Knox to accept
that office they have agreed to recon-
mend that the compensation be re-
duced from $4,000 to $1,000 a year.
The Cairo bulletin., 1909-02-21
STEVENSON RECOVERING.

Bloomington. H.. Feb. 20-Former
Vice President Stevenson is reeov-
aring from a recent severe bilious
attack, which has kept him confined
his room for several weeks past
and which caused alarm for some
time among his friends. Stevenson.
ii is stated is almost completely re-
covered
The Cairo bulletin., 1909-02-21
ADDRESS LEGISLATURE.

Denver Colo. Feb. 2O,-William J.
Bryan addressed the Colorado legis-
lature tonight urging the members to
fulfill the Democratic platform pledg
es by enacting a direct primary and
bank guaranty law.
The Cairo bulletin., 1909-02-21
FOUR THOUSAND BOYS
Az Under Sixteen Years of Age, En-
gage in Modified Marathon
Race-3,ooo Finish.

rittsburg. Feb. 20.-FCur thousand
bows pnder 16 years of age. competed
here today in a modified Marathon
race of ten miles and more than 000
Of the contestants finished the Tace.
receiving prizes ranging frcm theatre
tickets to medals John l. Sylvester.
aged II, came in first, his time being
one hour and one second.
The Cairo bulletin., 1909-02-21
SEVERAL BILLS
WERE PASSED
INDIAN BILL GOES THROUGH
SENATE WITH 100000
APPROPRIATION.
WATT RWAYS MEASURE
Passed BY House in Face of Fill
buster by kefer--House viii
Eluonize Allison. Lait-
mer and Wiley.

Washington. Feb 20.-The Indian
appropriation bill occupied almC st
the entire time Of the senate today
and wa1 passed with appropriations
aggregating over $4,000, 600 OF this
amount $l,500,000 was added to the
bill by senate amendments.
The Cairo bulletin., 1909-02-21
CANAL oNE-THlRD FINISHED.

Washington, Feb, 20-The latest
estimates of the amount of work
necessary TO complete the Panama
Canal show the work is over one
third finished
The Cairo bulletin., 1909-02-21
PATROL WAGONS
FULL OF OFFENDERS

Chicago. Feb. zq.-In raid on
building occupied by the ALGONQUIN
Club tonight. where boxing match
was said TO be in progress, enough
men TO fill fifteen patrol wagons
we're arrested one man in attempt
ing to escape fell and suffered a
fractured skull.
The Cairo bulletin., 1909-02-21
rAEr PASSES PlrrseuRo.

Pittsburg. Feb 20.-President-elee.
raft arrived here at II o'clock to-
light on the Pennsylvania railroad
ard left at 1l:Il for Philadelphia
The Cairo bulletin., 1909-02-21
Review BY President.

Promptly at II s. III. the hagship
Connecticut will lead the column OF
battleships past the Tail Of the Horse
shoe at the entrance 10 the Roads.
The ships viii steam in review past
the presidents yacht MayGower.
which will be anchored in exactly the
same position she vas when .the feet.
under command OF Rear Admiral EF-
ans, started on its voyage around tho
world. Accompanying the President
win be Secretary of the Navy New
berry. Admiral Dewey and many eta-
er navy representatives. members 81
congress the 5plomatic corps and 9th
The Cairo bulletin., 1909-02-21

Concluded on Fourth Pase.)
The Colorado statesman., 1909-12-11
GENERAL NEWS.

Plans for twenty-six bar mills to be
built at Girard near Youngstown, o.,
have been announced by the Carnegie
Steel Company.
The appellate division of the SUI
preme Court of New York has upheld
the section of the Armstrong law, linn
iting the new business of life insur-
ance companies in any year to $780,
100000.
Ten persons were killed and thirty
nine injured, six probably fatally, in
Ohio during the three weeks hunting
season which closed December 4th.
OF those injured, many were crippled
for life. Several lost foot, a leg cr
a hand. A few were blinded
Walter Lonsdale, secretary to DR..
Frederick A Cook, arrived at Christ
iansand, Denmark, on the 5th inst,
aboard the steamer United States. lie
said he had with him all of DR.. Cook s
records,
Prince Frederick Won Sayn Witt
genstein. of Prussia, who renounced
his princely rank in pursuance of a
family agreement on account of hav-
ing married below his rank, has re-
ceived from Emperor William the title
OF Baron Won Altenberg. Frederick
married Marie Louise Vertling, a
woman of the middle class.
The Colorado statesman., 1909-12-11

Temperance leaders at the nationrs
headquarters OF the various anti-sa-
loon force in New York City declare
that no doubt exists but what Uncle
Sam will soon entirely abolish alco-
holic stimulants in any form in its
army and navy.
The leading express companies have
issued circulars advising the public to
express all packages as early as Dos
sible. If senders will start their pack
ages early. the express companies VIII
be glad to put labels on each package:
do not open until Christmas"
Announcement is made at Bradford.
Fa., that the sixty hand-blown glass
plants of the country will apply for ar
ticles of incorporation under the laws
of Pennsylvania for company to be
known as the Imperial Window Glass
Company of the United States. 1t will
be capitalized at $10,000,000.
The Orphans Court at Philadelphia
sustained the validity of the will OF
the late Anna r. Jeanes. who left
much of her fortune to charitable and
educational institutions. The estate
is estimated to be worth between $4,-
100000 and $S.000.000. The will was
attacked by thirty-six heirs-at-law.
Eighty thousand persons are starv-
ing in Armenia, according to advices
received at Worcester, Mass. by EN-
lily G. Wheeler, secretary of the Ma
tional Armenia and India Relief AS
sociation, and 5000 orphans need aid.
She says that unless aid is sent speed
lily from America, large number OF
Armenians will perish.
Owing to imperfect patching of q
defective part in his machine, Antonio
Fernandez, an aviator, met death at
Nice, France, on the 9th inst, while
flying for the first time in an aero
plane of his own invention. The ma
chine turned over at great height
and the driver fell under it and was
crushed to death.
Captain Palmer E. Pierce of the
United States army, who is president
Of the International Athletic Associa-
ton, has issued a call for the annual
meeting of that body in New York
City on December 2Sth and has an
nounced that the subject of football
revision will take up a considerable
portion of the program.
The New York Times has printed
the remarkable narratives of two men,
made under oath, declaring that they
were employed by DR.. Frederick A.
Cook to fabricate astronomical and
other observations for submission to
the University of Copenhagen. DR..
Cooks records arrived at Copenhagen
on the Sth inst.
In the prosecution at New York of
six former employees of the American
Sugar Refining Company, James Con-
Ion, former customs weigher. testt-
fled that although he had apprised his
superiors of the existence of fraud
more than ten years ago, nothing was
done to punish the guilty persons until
after the death of H. o. Havemeyer.
A large part of the Gould interests
in the Western Union Telegraph Com
pany retired at meeting of the di-
rectors in New York and they and 9th
ers affiliated with the Goulds were
succeeded by men representing the
American Telegraph & Telephone
Company, the Hartman and the
Moore interests. George j. Gould,
chairman of the board and until re-
Gently accredited Che largest individ-
ual stockholder, did not retire.
The Colorado statesman., 1909-12-11
NEWS FROM WASHINGTON.

The secretary of the interior has ap-
proved the Colorado indemnity school
land selection for 7,194 acres in the
Pueblo land district.
William ]. Calhoun of Chicago has
been appointed minister to China and
has signified his acceptance of the
office.
Representative Taylor has secured
the issuance of an order from the
commissioner of the general land Of
flee which will result in expediting
action upon the rights of way applica-
ton of the Plateau Valley railroad in
Western Colorado. The application
has been tied up for nearly two years.
Representative Taylor, who has
been working to secure modern field
guns for the Colorado militia, has re-
ceived notice from the War Depart
ment that four modern three-inch
rifled guns will be placed at the dis
posal of the militia Immediately. The
four guns, with their equipment, are
valued at $9S,000.
Secretary Ballinger has temporarily
withdrawn approximately 2,734 acres
of land along Chicago Creek, Colorado.
thought to obtain power site possible
| ties. This withdrawal is made for the
| purpose of enabling Congress to enact
such legislation with respect to the
disposition of power sites as ii may
see fit.
Secretary Ballinger has announced
the restoration to the public domain
of approximately 1,976,000 acres OF
land in the states of Wyoming, Idaho
and Utah, withdrawn from settlement
as phosphate lands and found not TO
contain phosphate with such reasona-
BILE depth as to make them workable
| The examination resulted in finding
391 900 acres of land in Wyomong and
Idaho not heretofore withdrawn con
tanning valuable deposits of phosphate
and these lands have been withdrawn
from entry. The total area of land in
wyoming, Idaho and Utah withdrawn
as phosphate land is now 2.551, ,0GO
acres.
The Department of Agriculture on
the 7th inst. estimated that the newly
seeded area of winter wheat is 10 pei
cent greater than the revised estimat
ed area sown in the fall of 1908
equivalent to an increase of 2,449,OOC
acres. the indicated total area being
33,4S3 900 acres. The condition o1
winter wheat Dec. 1st was 95.S
against S5.3 the same day year ago.
On the opening of Congress. Foun
tain L. Thompson, Democrat, was
sworn in as senator from North Da
kota. He succeeds the late Martin
Johnson.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1909-02-09
THE BURDEN OF PROOF

How did YOU know that I went 70
Arizona?' she put i'm quickly.
Why, that's where Mrs. Snow
How do YOU know anything about
Mrs snow cried Bess, as the man
caught himself and began to stammer in
confusion.
'WeIl-er-you see.' he began. ITS
been talked of so much around town
and Ive-er-heard about"
but no one has heard about Mrs.
snow. VINO is She, Tom?' the girl per
sisted "Is she the mother of Harvey
Snow2"
Why how am I to known he cried.
You told me all knew about him.
lie stammered, tried to reply. finally
found the water too deep for him and
changed the subject
After few minutes of talk about
triies, Bess brought the subject back
TO Mrs. Snow. Tom was plainly per
turbed He excused himself abruptly
saying that it was quarter past six and
he would have to get home to dinner.
when he had gone. Bess sat IN
brown study for some minutes. She
was thinking of Tim and wondering who
was TO undertake the mission to
Arizona this second time. She was also
thinking of Tom, and wondering Just
how far ne was guilty.
Another thought came to her. Who
was the man Brander that was SUD.
posed to live in Dewitt? There were
many things she must ind out in very
little time.
The clock struck half past six, and
a maid announced dinner.
Bess started She was hos and con-
fused. Before appearing at the table
she would have to wash and recover
her usual appearance in order not 10
excite her aunts curiosity.
Rushing TO her own room che threw
open the window to get a breath of
air. 1t was already black night out
side. the day being one Of the shortest
ia the year
As she stood for a morent at the
window, she stared into re darkness
in the direction Of the Staies prison,
three miles away. thinking on Jim.
At that moment her ears seemed to
catch tha sound of a bell tollIng, borne
on the wind. What did it mean at that
hour2
Boom!
A dull ugly roar came across the
fields.
Boom.
Tine sound was repeated.
"Coud heavens cried Bess, going
cold. futterIng sensation coming over
her. cit is the cannon at the jail. a
convict has escaped from prisonr'
What If it zyeTe Jim7
The Continuation Of This story VIII
BE Found In FOIuOrrOyv's
Issue OF This Paper.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1909-02-09

boone s.:ssirious I think the fellow
could be bought. He would hold his
tongue about the story for a fair price,
7 am sure"
do you suspect that any one has
been tamDeriug with him since then?'
Gordon inquired
Bess hesitated for few minutes.
then she answered slowly:
saw Tom go in there just after
had left"
And it's Tom that you suspect
Yes, I'm pretty sure from his ac-
lions that he's back of the whole at
lair. Buc / wouldn't say that to any
o'dy else. 1 can't be sure, you know"
Wen, then maybe you had better
see that tramp this afternoon. IN see
about the money for Jim and get It
10 TIE place he mentioned before six
thirty. its half past tour now; I won't
have much time
Ress left him at once, mounted her
horse, ana went to tire town Jail to see
the tramp.
A sudden change had come over him.
hess feared that she was too late. that
some one had fOrestausd her and eff
IecJually closed mis- mouth with money.
After ten minutes conversation with
him she was certain that was the case
lie was taciturn and uon-comnittal. II
was perfectly evident from his manner
that he had been tempered with
Bess tried all tie strategy at her
command. but 10 10 avail: the tramp's
mouth was sealed and now he even
denied that he had mentioned the bur
glary TO Miss Brown.
Bess did not know how to cope with
this situation. So after some further
futile talk she took her leave, deter
mined, however, TO work upon the
tramp until the last minute. In the hope
that he would change his mind and ten
what me had seen. If argument did no
good she would Try 70 buy him.
Discouraged by her unsuccessful in
terview, Bess mounted her horse and
returned 90 her auuTs. a bitterness
against her cousin Tom growing within
her. Now she was almost certain that
he was back OF the whole affair and
that he had bought on the tramp.
Arrived at her aunts home. the girl
turned her horse over to stable bow
and entered the houre.
A greeting came 10 uer as she PASSED
the front room. she stepped I'm to see
who was there
Tt was Tom Griswold.
Wy nat are YOU doing hereE' she ask
ed, In q worried tone.
You said you'd see me here at five
tonight, her cousin reminded her.
ON, so / did But I'm very busy
What is it you want, Tom? go she Queried
lmpaueuJly.
The man looked at her earnestly
There was an auectatiOn in his earnest
ness, bess knew. but she made no sign
''I want 10 plead with vCu.~ he be.-an
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CHAPTER XXXVIII.
- - III TOLLED.

- ESS left the prison grounus and
- gaIlOped back to Marshall on
her way she drew up near the
water tank and easily located
the tree 10 which Jim had referred,
II was a big trunk that stood out
prominently. Bess could see the edge
OF the woodpecker's hole Jim had re-
ferred TO.
1t bothered her greatly to think that
she had failed in her mission and that
another was TO take aer place. she
racked her memory trying TO think of
any person Jim knew sufficiently well
OF whom 10 ask such a favor. il could
not be Gordon for he knew nothing
of the matter
Bess wondered If it could he one of
is-e prisoners that Jim had met ina jail
That seemed hardly probable
Instead OF going home, Bess stopped
at the house where Gordon lived and
gave him Jim's message After he han
agreed 10 get the balance of Jlm's
money from his lawyer and the $500
that Bess held I'm trust, they fell TO
wondering together what this sudden
move ou tAe prisoners part could mean.
cit must have come to him an az
once" said Gordon, "but I can't imagine.
for the life of me, who IL is that Ie ls
intrusting with this mission There's
nobody except you that ne woul- be
WILLING 10 trust, unless il were L and
le hasn't said a word 10 me about it,
"It is funny" replied Bess thought
fully. "IIe said the man would be a
desperate fellow. and 7 can't iTns sine
what he wants TO get anybody of that
description Tor
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1909-02-09
OFFICIALS DECLARE
WAR AGAINST FLIES
Health Department to In
sPeCt Stables, Breeding
Places for Pests.

a war against the house Gy ana incl
deHtaIiy against iusauitary stables.
which rs declared to be the principal
breeding place OF The pest. has been
declared by Health O1ncer w. G.. Wood
ward.
For the purpose Of wagiug an o-gan-
lied campaign the Commissioners. upon
recommendation OF DR.. Woodward. have
amended the health regulations SO as
10 require the registration al the Health
Department of every stable iu the Dis
trLcL These viii be regularly ina
speated
Dr. Woodward has received from
Shirley T. Murphy. medical officer OF
health for London. report showing a
dimfuutiou OF 100000 iu the number or
flies within 200 yards Of "a stable follow
ing the cleaning of that building.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1909-02-09
Synopgis Of Chapters Already PubEshed

Synopsis of Chapters Already Published
Bess Brown. daughter Of a banker In
the town of Marshall refuses at the eIev-
euth hour e. eIope with Jim Holden.
After leaving her Jim comes upon
tramp, who turns out 10 be Harvey snow.
an old schoolmate. Together they board
a freight train bound for Dewitt. where
snow dies of an injury he has received,
after Jim has promised 10 deliver q Ger
tam envelope 80 the tainps mother az
AtckeuburE, Arizona, and has taken oatA
NOT 20 reveal his identity Al Dewitt
Holden IS arrested ana searched. and the
envelope ls found 10 contain HEty one
hundred dollar bills. As two sleh tnEe--
3Ies have been stolen lLe Hls4L leLoLa
from Brown bank IN Marshall De l5
held un suspicion OF tne robbery anu tL
lie murder of Harvey snow In ms sait-
case leIt beside the mllToad track a man
named Barlow discovers AlrtArl thiitll.1
against him. Jim's lips are sealed uy MS
cath to SNOW. and Icy his fear OF I'M
Hllauug Eesa brother. George, whom NE
suspects of the robbery. bess also sos
poets her brother and believes tAal per
cousin. Tom GrlsWoll, knows something
.fir is convicted of murder and SEN
fenced GO death. three weeks being allowed
Htm fl which 60 carry Out his last WISH
af sending s. luu 10 Arizona. tle chooses
H~se ETuUu AS his messcugeT On her
cousins desk B1ss ana note signed
Harvey. which she keeps as important
evidence for JIu On the train to Wick
eluulc she meets q young woman. Mlss
Jackson. who CieYerly manages % suosA-
lafe her suitCa Sc for Eess' containing the
HL5uey and note. In Miss Jacksou.s suit
case Bess hnda two letters sgned ''B.
Tier search tor Mrs. snow results In Iall-
ure. Later she succeeds in recovering her
property and also learns from Miss Jack
20 OF a man named Erauder, ia Dewitt
tlo had planned % employ Harvey snow
CO. rob Jhe Marshall oanh. she returns
Fl. Dewitt. where her steps logged by
carlow, she tries In vain 10 trace Bran
der.
UeaclinE home Jim's friend. Gordon,
..Es her of a tramp now En- Jail who,
r.. feels sure knows much about the rob
a.rg. Eess interviews The man and he
promises 70 ten heT the whole story but
fore he mas time 20 do so the guard re
.HIns and with him an attendant from
rFE uTlE0u.