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Total. 900. .............. SOS W
The father could not bear to think
of owing for the casket and the i'm
mediate expenses of the funeral, so
he drew out the entire savings from
the bank, amounting to $50, and paid
for the casket, the cemetery lot, the
undertaken the hearse and the two
CARRIAGES making exactly the entire
amount. For the balance, he had on
hand from his months salary enough
to pay the doctor $40, leaving unpaid
the balance of S173. Counting the
teachers salary at $50 a month for
eight months of the year is a total of
S44S. Subtracting the 173, leaves as a
balance for d years living, 1915.
But this American father and
mother, when they were able to talk
composedly, together discussed the
matter of the casket The young
man being 35 years of age, and above
the average of intelligence, having
spent five years of his young manhood
as a carpenter, and knowing some
thing of the cost of lumber, in his
spare moments, when he was able to
figure on it, reckoned that he could
buy for $l.59 at the nearest planning
mill, all of the material for the max
ing of such casket as he bought for
$40. His wife, who had been before
her marriage, a dressmaker in a large
furnishing esta blishment, figured
that the pique plush, even at the high
price of 81. % yard, would cover the
entire casket, including the lining,
for less than 81 in other words, this
one item in the cost of dying could be
easily cut down TO Sc or 81 at the out
side.
As to the surgeons fee, they asked
no questions, neither considering the
expenses at the hospital nor the
DOCTORS visits. Land to be buried in
is always expensive. People who
never rode in a hearse in their life
while they were Lying would naturally
be little surprised to have to pay
So 10 be carried in one when dead,
even the distance, as in this case, of
less than one-quarter of mile.
This is not a story out of book,
but story out of life. And one good
in mathematics can easily figure how
long it will take this young man to
pay the balance of the cost of his
child dying-that is, the S173 out of a
salary of a total of S44S a year. This
is the price the American people pay
some of the splendid young men and
of this country for teaching
their children. Some get more, some
less. Those who get less ought not to
get married. If they do, it is at their
own risk. If they have children, and !
these children occasionally die, then |
they must pay the price. Children |
come high, especially when they get
sick and have to be buried. But can
the American people give any reason
why they should Eaye to pay $40 for a !
box to be buried in, when the box |
could be made for about one eighth |
Of the price? Also it is in order to |
ask several other things, but life is too
short. Let us eat, drink and save
Tor tomorrow we die, and
may need the money to pay the cost
Of dying.
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OF the twelve thousand saleswomen
in New York department stores, one
third are wives and mothers.
The copper era., 1910-03-24

The Alaska Fishermens union has
recently decided by vote to affiliate
with the San Francisco labor council.
The copper era., 1910-03-24

The United Brotherhood of Car
penters and Joiners now has $4,000
members in good standing.
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SOCIETIES
Coronado Lodge No. ST. & Am.
CALENDAR FOR 1910

REGULAR COMMUNICATIONS.
April 23rd-
May 2Ist.
June 18th.
July 10Th.
August Doth.
September 18th.
October 18th.
November 18th.
December 10th.
Special meetings when blue flag is
hoisted.
Visiting brothers cordially INVITED.
By order of, W orshipful Master.
THOMAS SMITH Sc cretary.
The copper era., 1910-03-24
Forfeiture Notice.

First publication Jauuary 10. 1910 A.
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How Family is Robbed When Member
Dies.

In current issue of the New York
Independent, Charles NJ. Sheldon, the
well known Topeka minister, has a
striking article labeled "The Cost of
Dying" 1t is food for reflection.
In the first place, he was probably
to blame for getting married when he
did. But this has nothing to do with
the purpose of this story. AS a mat
ter of fact, he did get married, for
reasons which concern him more than
anybody else, and when this story
begins he had two beautiful children,
a girl of and a boy of 5.
He was an average country school
teacher in the grades, with salary
of $50 a month. Teaching eight
months il the year, and having an
unusually good manager in his wife,
he actually lived on the salary, and
sometimes put S. month into the
savings bank.
1t should be said at this point that
he was 80 years old and the savings
had reached the sum of $50 so far.
One night the little girl was sud-
denly taken i'll. A doctor was called
the next day. He called ten times,
apd then advised taking the child to
the hospital for an operation.
She was accordingly taken there
and, after five days, was operated
upon, apparently recovered from the
operation, but died seven days later.
The father went to the undertaken
to buya casket. The cheapest casket
in the place was S25. The next in
price was $40. The father took that
because the S25 article looked cheap.
A lot in the cemetery was next pur-
chased at 80 cents foot. Just ground
enough for one grave s by feet, cost
$40. After the man and his wife had
recovered from the heart shock, and
could count up the total in cold
figures, this is what they found it to
be-that is this is what the cost OF
dying is in one American family.
Doctor, ten visits at So visit. S 30 90
Hospital expenses, II days. % 90
Surgeons fee for operation. Us 90
Casket 40 OC
Services of undertaken. ... 10 90
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Notice For Publication.
Serial No. Oq242

Serial NO. U924S.
Phoenix, Arizona, Land Office,
March ,, 1910.
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WITHDRAWS PROTEST.
Brooklyn VIII Not Further Dispute
Mondays Game.

Pittsburg, Pa, May l3.-Pittsburg' s
protest of Mondays game here has been
withdrawn. 1t is said that President
Ebbetts and Manager Dahlen had not
words over the matter. Ebbetts accused
Dahlen of acting hastily, and Dahlen
made the counter charge that he was
not being accorded the support he de-
served by his employer.
Dahlen protested the game as soon as
1t was over. He Informed President Eb-
belts Of what. he had done upon the
)atter's arrival here on Tuesday, and
claims that Ebbetts said the course was
proper.
Today the Brooklyn president said:
while We feel reasonably sure that
Miller never touched third base before
he scored the run which won Mondays
game, and in spite of the fact that sew
"ral P1ttsburg fans agreed to make at
fidavit to that fact, we have withdrawn
the protest. because the umpires say
they called the player safe and that
gives us no ground for a protest"
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the covering of short contracts and INV
chases by European consumers. The re-
port of the Copper Producers association
showed an increase of lS.l59. 2s5 pounds ~
the surplus supplies in this coointrv d., VI
ing April. While this is an unfavorahia
showing, it is not as bad as had heen az
pected Exports fell off about 900 oo
by over 100000 pounds. so that total de
liveries were only about 1000 S01 yo,,ns
below those of March.
An examination of the Producers fig
ures in conjunction with those OF H.
foreign visible supply brings to light tbo
fact that consumption has edualled n
not exceeded production for six mnn,h.
past. On Dec. the stocks of copper in
this country, combined with the fnreiem
visible supply were greater bv S,5 ~
pounds than they were May l. In H."
first four months of this year tho worIdie
surplus Increased 2,Sl2,4is pounds. ThiS
latter Increase is readily explained -
the fact that consumers were in a nouDh
more confident frame Of mind in ~
closing months of last year than ,bn
have been for several weeks past. and
were then carrying larger working stool
of copper which did not figure in the viS;
BILE surplus. Therefore, one who is hmli
lSh on copper does not have to strupoia
or deceive himself to get encouragement
out of the published statistics While m
situation grew steadily worse in the fire,
| 10 months Of last year. the tide apparan,
| iy turned in November and Decemher
since WHlci lHefe mas been no increase
| in the surplus.
, 1t is to be expected. however, that Tho
May and June production will he Larger
| than that Of April. and Tins tend IA
check the tendency towards improvement
| in the statistical position of the metal
| on the other hand, consumers were evi
IDENTIFY impressed favOrably by the Pro.
| ducerS' statement as they have bought
| q large amount Of copper in the agere-
gate since it appeared. If this buying
movement continues it viii more than
offset the probable increase In produc-
| ton. The immediate future of the metal
situation is difficult to forecast: but if
the confidence Of consumers has been re-
stored, the price of copper will advance
| The present outlook foi the metal is
clonded and uncertain. Prices may be
marked down; but if they are il viii he
| due largely 10 the lack OF an agreemen,
| amon& the producing interests The
world Will consume, at ~ cents per
pound all the copper that can BE- pro-
tduced; bnt of course the demand for the
metal cannot be expected to Increase and
decreas" in precise harmony with the
| huctua, ions in the output of the mines
If there were general agreement Of all
| producers that they would not sell any
"copper" At less than l3 cents. this would
| in my opinion. solve the problem.
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R SSS MN WORLD OFzSPORTS MES Ss
Baseball Notes

The Chicago National League Club
Friday traded Outfelder Miller, re-
crult from San Francisco. TO Boston,
in exchange for Pitcher Richie.
When Hugh Dufy's Providence friends
invade Boston on Nay - TO attend the
opening game of the White SoX' series
they Will hold 4 banquet that evening at
the Hotel Lenox 1t is expected that
there Will be about 80 guests.
EXCEPT. Steve Philbin has so far re-
covered from his injury, sustained in
the Easter vacation, that he is eX
pected 10 re;oin the Yale nine in three
weeks. 1t is doubtful if he Will play
in the Princeton game on June 4.
Manager McAleer said Thursday that
all the American League clubs having
waived on Tom Crooks. substitute lirst
baSeman, that he would go TO Jersey
city of the Eastern League. Cantillon
picked up Crooks last season from the
Reading team Of the TriState League.
Pres Navin of the Detroit American
League baseball team announced Thurs
day that William Lelivelt. who joined
the pitching stan of the Detroit team
the middle Of last season, has been SOLD
10 Minneapolis
Owing to the bad weather this spring
the clubs are finding difficulty IN pick
ing cut the players they want TO keep
when tie time limit is up for cutting
to hard pan. In several leagues the
time has been extended g week or 10
days.
Jimmie Collins got The reception Of his
life at Buffalo this week when his ProVi-
dence team beat Buffalo before the larg-
est crowd that ever attended game in
that city. 1t is Collins home city, and
they are certainly proud of him.
The National Baseball Commission
decided Thursday that a 90-day promis-
sorry note for $3.50 was not sufficient pay
ment by the New Orleans Club Of the
Southern League for Robe and Dundor
sold to it by the Chicago American
League Club two years ago Pres. Com
iskey of the White SOx had complained
to the commission that he had been I'M
able to collect the money due him eX-
cept in the form of the note. The COM
mission found that the n0lo was con-
elusive evidence that the claim was valid
and ordered that the New Orleans Club
pay the money within 10 days.
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The Markets.
NEW YORK STOCK MARKET.
Features of the Days Dealings In All
The Leading Stocks.

New York. May l3.--Idleness and neg
lect eclipsed all signs of interest in the
stock market today. The traditional mid
summer dizziness rarely finds a parallel
for the long waits for single transac-
ton which We're the rule today Some
OF the lighter minded of the trading fra
the abstention from the market than the
fact that 1t was Friday the 18th. The
lmmlnence of two-dayS holiday inter
val in London furnished a more rational
explanation, which gained added force
from the after interruption Of the late
Kings funeral to follow. The foreign
exchange market was rather disordered
and fluctuated with violence at recoveries
from the recent low points.
Highly speculative conditions have
grown up in the foreign exchange market
in New York in common with practically
every other salable commodity and the
present strength of exchange is attrib-
uted to an uncovered short interest which
sought to take advantage of the expected
supplies growing out of, the bond sales
The strength of exchange however, serv-
ed to heighten the effect of the harden
ing tendency reported in the London
money market.
Preliminary estimates pointed to anoth-
er large gain in cash for the week by the
clearing house banks, the movement from
the interior having been supplemented by
gains on Sub-treaSury operations. The
money market showed no change in con-
ditionS.
stocks supplied the only features of in
terest in the market. Only rumors could
be pointed to as explanations. The sharp
rise in Canadian Pacific was coupled with
reports that disbursement of profits out
of land sales was intended. The Wa
bashes were affected again by revived
reports of control passing to the Rock
Island interests Texas and Portland trust
certificates We're run up on a few trans
actions for no other reason than a report
that they We're being bought by the trus-
tees. The halt in the speculation was
due partly to the Inconsistencies of crop
conditions.
Bonds We're irregular Total sales. par
value. $1,S43,000. United States bonds were
unchanged on call
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DAYS Financial
News and Gossip.

Boston May l3, 1910
AT l9OM. the high price touched by
Canadian Pacific this week, the stock
not only made a new high record for
this year, but is selling higher than
at any previous time in the last three
wears. and within u points of the high
record price of 20ll2 made in 1906 The ,
strength in Canadian Pacific is a re-
Election of the remarkable showing in
bolh gross and net earnings which il
is making Last year gross earnings
of Canadian Pacific We're within So
600 600 of Union Pacific. This year UP
to the END of March. Canadian Pacific
has already exceeded Union Pacific
earnings for the same period by s.
100000 and promises to close the Year
with still greater lead. For the nrst
nire months of the year ended March
81, Canadian Pacific earned gross of
500, SIS, 600 as compared with $56,S5SOO0
for the first nine months Of last year
an increase Of nearly $4,000, COO, or
22.5 per cent. For the entire IL months
of last year, which moreover. was the
largest in its history. gross was only
S76313. 900. or less than 5000 000 ahead
OF the first nine months alone, this
year. The same rate of increase for
the remaining three months would
show gross for the year Of S94 900, GOA
though officials of the road are esti-
mating $1OO,000,000 gross for Canadian
Pacific the current year.
HoughtOn, Mich.-Ncw Baltic'S No.
drill has cut an unidentified lode 20
feet wide and carrying 10 feet of
heavy shot copper, with about two feet
of exceptional richness. The core.
which is 21@ inches in diameter, shows
this lode TO be a true amydalod. ana
though not 50 wide as the So-called
New Baltic lode cut some time ago in
the No. . hole, easily its equal in point
of richness.
New York-The average price of %
active stocks at the close Thursday
was l21.51, a decline of 90 compared
with Wednesdays close. year ago
the average was 1257S.
At foreclosure sale Of Metropolitan
Street Railway no bids were received
for the property Foreclosure proceed
inGS will now go back TO the courts,
ana Judge Lacombe will set another
date Of sale.
Paris correspondent Of Journal of
Commerce says: The list of American
loans ready to he launched shows
nearly 500 zoo, 600 francs To be publicly
Confined on Page Twelve.)
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Sporting Notes

Articles Of agreement were signed
Thursday at Claremont, ~ H., lor
wrestling match Saturday, May u, be
tween "CyclOne" Burns OF Boston ana
Joe Folgier of Buffalo. The bout IS
to take place at Pine Grove park.
A. l.. Atwood who will graduate
from Amherst this June, has been en-
gagged as field football coach at HaVer-
ford next fall Atwood goes to HaVer-
ford primarily as assistant athletic m
structor, but that position will carry
with il this year the coaching of the
football eleven. Atwood was captain
of The Amherst eleven, last fall, ana
enjoys the unique distinction of being
one OF the few Varsity football play Z
erS TO participate in every game in
his Varsity eleven during the entir"
four years of his college course.
Harry Faulkner Of Boston. one Of the
practically sure point winners in the
coming meets of the Exeter Aca denny
track team, met with an accident re-
Gently which will keep him ont of prac-
tee for long period, and may be the
means Of keeping him ont of athletics
ioi ti' ItiildiilutT ol. me term. ne
strained tendon in his thigh while
practicing putting the shot. He was
the winner in this event in the recent
Harvard Freshmen dual meet, and
would probably have been winner in
the same event i'll the Andovcr meet.
lie was also regarded as a sure point
winner i'll the running high and run
ming broad jumps. He was promi-
nenr athlete at the Boston English
High school before coming to Exeter
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Boston Curb Market.
New York Produce Market.

New YORK, May l."
FLot R-Quiet but steady; receipts lG.-
i3U. shipments 1905.
WHEAT-S Steady; No. . red 1lGa +;
No. northern l2ll nominal o b: receipts
ii,400; shipments 135,39S.
CORN-Spot firm: No. 20 nominal
elevator; natural white 26M32 lbs. 46f' As. :;
clipped white 3i@i2 lbs. 4Sa52!; receipts
A., l15.
PORK-Steady.
BEEF-Steady.
LARD-Firm; middle west prime 1890
1910.
SUGAR-Raw steady; muscovado 50
test 374; centrifugal So test 424; molasses
sugar SO test 349: refined sugar steady.
BUTTER-Generally steady: receipts
6l13: prices unchanged.
EGGS-Firm; receipts lj,505: state, Pa
and nearby hennery brown 23lM24 gath
cred brown 22023; fresh gathered stor-
age packed selections 22G22a; regular first
extra 22022aa firsts 20a@2ll.
POTATOES-Jersey sweets 5Td1OO per
basket: Delaware 4Gm5J.
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AT WORCESTER
TODAYS GAMES.

Higgins Classical Insttut" VS.. Brewer
High at Brewer.
Skowhegan High Us. Oak Grove Of Vas
salboro.
Madison High VS.. Abbott School at
Madison.
Coburn Classical Institute VS. Edward
Little High at Auburn.
Watervine High VS.. Lewiston High at
Waterville.
Rockland High vs.. South Portland at
South Portland
Winthrop High VS.. Hallowell High at
Winthrop.
Gardiner High VS. Edward Little High
at Auburn.
Cony High Us. Good Will High at Au-
gusta.
Colby VS. New Hampshire State College
at Waterville.
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Boston Produce Market.

" Boston, May L.
BEEF-F'resh firm: whole cattle MAE
BRAN-Firm 23Gi23,5O
BuTTER-Steady northern 31d3l; west
ein 30630a.
CHEESE-New steady. l3a.
CORN-iIieher; No. yellow r.
EGGS-Unchanged; choice y western
2362i.
FLOUR-Unchanged mill shipments,
spring patents. 560m62j
HAY-Unchanged; No %
LAMBS-Firm, l5NiiG
LARD--Firm pure H.
MIXED FEED--Firm "a 5Od27.
OATS-Cnsteady No. clipped white
PORK Steady; medium backs q. 75GG
2s25.
POTATOES-Steady; white 6GN65
SUGAR-lInchanged granulated $40
NEALS-Unchanged llml5.
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Chicago Produce Market.

CnlcaSO. May 10
Frightened over the idea that the mar
ket had been oversold on recent declines,
operators who were short grabbed all the
wheat in sight during the final hour to-
day. There was not much to be had. the
big holders having managed to gather up
large quantities on slight break earlier
in the session. The close was at an adj
vance of gal cent. Corn finished sMi to
aMs down. and oats aM4. Provisions show
ed gain of 1a0l0 to 22l.
WlIEAT-May 1l4l; July l043Ms; Sept.
1929
CoRN-May eoa@s; July G2Sms3 Sept 6s3
az; Dec 5S..
- oATs-May 42ll: July 4oi; Sept. Se.; Dec.
MESS PORK-July o. 72l: Sept 22G.i.
LARD-July 1855; Sept. 1252aM 50.
SHORT IlBS-July 12.50; Sept. 12f2i.
FLOUR-Slow.
RYE-No. 2 7SMS0
FEED-Or mixing barley 49G5i
MALTING-Fairt TO choice 606I65
FLAX SEEDING. l southwestern "3l ;
No. ] northwestern 23l
TIMOTHY SEEDED
CIOVER--l1.2J.
MESS PORK 70fI23G0
ARD-l3 NIiIl3 10
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New York Cotton Market.

New York, May T..
Spot closed quiet 10 points advance.
Middling uplands 1906; do. gulf 1870. Sales
IA 1874 bales
Galveston firm. l5s; New Orleans firm.
15s; Savannah firm, 49,; Charleston firm,
Is; Memphis steady, Is.
Net receipts for seven DAYS 1924.
Exports to Great Britain 1903: TO
France 6459 to the Continent 44Ol1: TO
Japan $40.
Stock lOl 90
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Lon Scholes, the Canadian sculler,
has started light training with a view
of winning the title in the Diamond
Souls at Henley again. James COS
grave, one OF the most sensational
oarsmen Canada has turned ont in
years, is also contemplating a trip
across in quest Of the big aquatic
trophy.
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AT CINCINNATI.

Cincinnati .....O 0 0 o 0-2-ll-0
Brooklyn ......1 2 0 0-8-l'-l
Batteries-Anderson, Caspar and Nc
Lean; Barger and Erwin. Time. LAB.
Umpres, Rigler and Emslie.
AT PITTSBURG.
Pittsburg .......0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0-0-3-3
Philadelphia IL ! o 0-4-9-0
Batteries-Powell and Gibson; Ewing
and Doom. Time, 40. Umpires, john
stone and Moran.
AT ST. LOUIS.
st. Louis .....0 0 l 0 0 3 / x-13-14-3
New York 20 0 0 0 0 l. a. 8-5
Batteries-Lush and Bresna han; Dick
son, Mathewson and Snodgrass, Myers.
Time, l.52. Umpires, O'Day and Bren-
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w no Expects soon to Be Back in the
American League.
work in Milwaukee seems to prove it..
His fielding, hitting, batting and base
running are the sensation of the Aneri-
can Association. 1t is believed here
that if Jimmy can hold the elm long
enough TO prove his claims he will he
back in the American League before
the season ends.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1910-05-14

ard, Sweeney. Sacrifice tiy--Herzog. Dou
bic play-Frock. Graham and Graham.
Left on bases-Chicago Z, Boston 6. Struck
balls-OT Brown ., off Frock 4. Hit by
pitcher-By Frock, Steinfeldt. Passed
ball-kling. Time. l,35. EMPIRES. Klein
and Kane
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BOSTON.

Two base Wagner. Three-base hit
,-Stahl. Hits-On Powell 8 in innings:
off Stremmell in 1. Sacrifice ly-Dem
mitt Sacrifice hts-Gardner. Niles,
Hooper. Stahl. Stolen base-Speaker.
Double plays-C;ardner, Wagner and
Stahl: Griggs, Hartsell and Crisis; Stre!n-
nell; Hartscll Grlggs and Crisis Left on
bases-St Louis 5. Boston 4. Struck out
BY Wood d. by Stremmell L. Time. LA.
EMPIRES, Evans and Egan.
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Walkers Copper Letter.

Walkers Copper Letter in Saturdays
Boston Commercial. will say: Copper is
more active and prices are firmer. Lake
is j. to 1874 cents and electrolytic is le"s
to IL cents per pound. Foreign specua-
tive quotations are advancing. indicating
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CONNECTICUT LEAGUE.

At NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. 5, Water
bury 4.
Al New Britain-New Britain Is, Hol-
yoke 2.
AT thampton-Springfield 4, North
ampton 3.
AT New Haven-New Haven G, Hart
ford