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ruary last, have been sold. These houses
consist OF six and eight rooms. two sto-
ries, hot-water heat. electric hgnting'
quartered oak floors, colonial front
porches. rear two-story concrete and iron
porches. The transaction involved about
$4,000.
The sale OF these houses Wss eHecteo
through the ONCE of Floyd L. Davis.
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WILL ON HOTEL PAPER.
Son Who Wouldn't Leave Mother to
Wed Gets Nearly Million.

PITTSBURG, August 20.-By a brief
will written on a small sheet Of paper Of
the Waldorf-Astoria Hotel. New York.
and bearing no date. an estate estimated
10 be worth $SJO.OOO IL disposed OF by
Florence N. c. Nimick of Pittsburg, who
died July %.
Alexander X. Nimick, a son, gets the en-
tire estate. with the exception of few
minor requests, and a pretty story was
brought out OF how the son refused TO
leave his mother and marry. though Ions
in love with a beautifut society girl.
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DEMAND FOR RENTING HOUSES
IS IN EVIDENCE THIS EARLY
Belief Had Prevailed That Houses and
Apartments Were in Excess OF
City's Needs.

showing q tendency toward being over.
supplied with houses, and also In part to
the contraction in the amount Of loansois
funds.
1t is not known whether there II much
expected there will be on the approach
OF the fall months, and IL Is possible for
men to get a clearer outlook 80 as to be
reasonably sure Of the conditions that lie
in the immediate future.
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was watching h.s ner at work In the
rear OF her apartnis--, on the second floor
Of the building at No. 525 East 13Sth
street He climbed over thee window sill
and started down.
A pillow case pinned on q ciothesline
In the back yard was blown open by a
gust Of wind The child was caught by
the bag Pillow case and boy continued
to the ground. but the force OF the tall
! had been broken and only a bump was
the childs penalty for being careless.
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Dome district. the land is thus cut up to

Dome district, the land is thus cut up to
an almost incredible extent.
AS far back as 1885, In the department
of the Bases Pyrenees. the parliament
of Pau declared every inhibitant was
a land owner. The Basques are the only
prolific race left in France, and many OF
their young men are enisrans 70
America. but after earning sufncient
money almost all Of them return TO
France, buy a lot and settle down.
The mountaineers OF Savoy cherish the
land SO much they will let u remain
fallow rather than sell 1t.
The experience In France seems TO IN
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THIRTY HOUSES SOLD.
Rows in Clifton and Shepherd
Streets Were Started in February.

All NJ the thirty houses. ten on Clifton
s,r.e, be,veen nth and 18th streets and
twenty at 14th and shepherd streets.
which were built by George c. Humphrey,
the erection Of which was started In Feb
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FELL INTO PILLOW CASE.
Clothes on the Line Saved Child In
Second-Story Tumble.

NEW YORK. August 20.-By falling
into a pillow case from . second-story
window Willie Ruckmiller. three years
cid, made q new record in the game of
dropping without dying. The little fellow
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A well defined case OF infantiIs
paralysis has developed AZ Hsrrison-
burg, Va. Carl Argenbrigh. three
years old, SON Of Letcher ArgehDrisns
was suddenly stricken a nignt OF We
ago. losing Completely the use OF oota
legs
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dictate that the drift to the. cities In
America is equally likely to result there,
IN, IN h,r,b rate. not only in the cities, but
also in the country districts.
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FRANCE IS HARD HIT
BY DRIFT TO CITIES
Birth Rate Falling Even in
RuraI Communities Among
the Farmers.

PARIS, August 20.-France, like the
United States. IL suffering from drift OF
farmers boys to the towns and cities.
This has brought about q decrease Of the
birth rate even In the most rurn COM
munities.
In the department Of the Disc. for ex-
ample, the falling away in the births
threatens the existence of the small hold
ings. 1t Is possible to exploit the land on
a large scale-as is done in the western
part of the United States-only when la
Dor Is plentiful and easily procurable. but
the disappearance OF large families in
France is rendering farming more and
more dificult.
CONSUMPTION Il Blamed.
CONSUMPTION Is held partly responsible
for the drift from the country. The young
soldiers are initiated into the pleasures
Of city life. and when their term Is over
they will not return to their native fields.
Another cause Of the exodus is the
ravage OF the vineworm, which for TWEEN
ty years has destroyed vineyards. A third
reason for the scarcity of labor IN the
craze to own land. To satisfy 1t the field
laborer buys as soon as he has saved
the money. When he gets enough land
to make q living on as gardener he set
ties there.
The land, too. is growing too valuable
for ordinary farming with standard crops.
Plough land brings from $50 to 81 600 an
acre and pasture land fetches $500 an
acre. In mountain districts il is worth
500 an acre. Meadows planted with
fruit trees range from $3.50 to $500 an
acre Hop plantations are worth up to
81. 600 an acre, and basket willow plan
tations sell for as much as 81 800 an acre
Values Of Vineyards.
In Burgundy vineyards are sold for
$1,000 an acre. Along the River Loire
vineyards may be purchased at $1,000 an
acre. Land for market gardens ranges
from $500 TO $500 an acre. All OF these
prices are lower than those which pre-
vailed twenty years ago.
The adjustment of primogeniture a
century ago has gradually led to the par
ceiling out Of the land in small plots
On the coast of the department Of Nor
bihan II has come to be considered a
degradation not to own land. According
Nv no one will sell. and II Is not rare
to see a single field with forty or nifty
owners. In Limogue, In the Puy de
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Fear OF an Oversupply.

The let-up In the volume OF building OF
this sort and also of apartment houses
which has been noted during the past
season is attributed In part to what was
believed to be the condition Of the market
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The HOUSEKEEPING season has not ar
rived exactly. but in spite OF that cir
cumstance q good deal Of business Ii
being done. The season does not reg
ularly open until about the middle OF
September or the first OF October. at
which time leases for the most part ex-
pire, when they are to be renewed or
else new tenants found. But even these
dates are not universal, as sometimes
leases are made to end the first of Sep
tember, SO that owing to the lack OF
uniformity in this particular there Is no
Aged time for the beginning of the sea-
SON for renting houses and apartments in
this city.
In fact. 1t is sometimes the case there
is an all round the year Market ou1
after all, the bulk of the business Is done
during August and September.
Demand Promises Well.
Under such circumstances 1t Is dimcui'
and in fact impossible to form at TINS time
a very accurate notion of the state OF the
market. The important question Oh
whether houses and apartments are IN
excess OF the demand is answered "
some extent by the result OF the rentihs
season, but exactly how that ID soins ~
TURF out it is impossible to say al TINS
ear ate.
II be said, however. that the eA-
peri ce Of some of the brokers thus ia.
conyinces them there is good demand
both for houses and apartments one
ONCE succeeded in renting NUMBER =,
rather high priced houses which they mac
iust withdrawn from the sales marker
and which were taken up almost as SOD
as offered. In this case the tenants were
army and navy officers and also some III
the public service.
There is another sign Of the course OF
the market. which may be found In the
permits taken out by Harry WardmaI
during the past week for the erection o.
| twenty-six two-story houses on Ifti
street extended, and also on Parkwooc
place Ii may be concluded that MT
Wardman would not be building houses
unless there was market for them.
Fear Of an Oversupply.
The Detroit times., 1910-05-19
PARIS KING OF DANDIES
RIDICULES OUR ATTIRE
Andre de Fouaeires Determines TO
Come over ere to Reconstruct
Our Sartorial Ideas.

PARIS, May 19--Early next Autumn
Andre de Fougeires, who is known in
Paris as "the King of Dandies," will
go to the United States to lecture
both in private salons as well as in
public on mems clothes, society man
ners and the elegancies of life.
This French Beau Brummel has no
words strong enough to express his
dislike for the clothes worn, by Ameri-
can men who don't have London or
Paris tailors.
There is no American style" he
says. THE American wears shape
less, clumsy, loose-htting suits which
are wholly inartistic. American shoes
are broad and hulging and equally un-
beautiful. Excepted from this criticism
are those American men and women
who have lived abroad long enough
to learn the wisdom of getting their
clothes made in the European fash
ions OF London and Paris"
Another year or so, Fougeires be-
lieves. will see men attired In fancy
evening dress-not of such loud col
ors as red or yellow, but of soft, har-
Inonious neutral tints which will
make an admirable background for
women's bright colored evening
The Detroit times., 1910-05-19
(sy Prof. Harold Jacoby. rutherford
Professor Of Astronomy a
Columbia university.l

NEW YORK, May 1.-The fact
that the comets tail was not visiblo
at the time OF its contact with the
earth. which II now past, must be re-
garded as vindication for the gam
eral belief OF astronomers that tho
tail Is so thin that its presence II un.
detachable. The wonder of the comet
then becomes. why such an attenuats
ed body can be seen when on in dis
tant space.
After comparing the prints OF the
comet made In 1885 with observations
made during the last few days It
seems that there Is little change IN
the comets appearance. And that
brings up an interesting question
about that abnormally long tail II
the comet Is shedding its core out
into that filmy veil all the way I'm
through its journey II is hard TO-
hgure how II has lasted as long rs
II has, with It's many periodic returns.
never materially more inspiring than
the present.
AS we figure from that and other
data about 1t, II 10 quite probable that
comets grow tails only within thin
particular solar system. II II possible
to imagine tailless comet or In
space on the far end of its orbit.
When we first locate them they are
only blur. There appears to be NO
tail. Then the tail begins to grow, In
creasing constantly as the sun IL APP
preached. It may be then, the sun
makes te tail. by making the comets
head boil with its heat, or driving the
particles on by friction OF its rays.
The Detroit times., 1910-05-19
RICH WIDOW DRANK
WHISKEY BY THE GOBLET
Waterman Testifies Mrs WOOD Did
High Kicking and Other "circus
Stunts"

SIuHkbs
PHILADELPHIA, May 19.-The
idiosyncrasies OF Mrs. Meta Josephine
Conor Wood. the wealthy widow who
was found dead on Oct. Is, 1908. NJ
her home, No. 1889 North Broad-st.,
were again paraded for public review
In the Orphans court In connection
with I e petition OF Mrs. Della Cos
tello of Baltimore, half sister, who
seeks TO have set aside the will made
by Mrs. Wood.
Henry A. Schierke, Waterman for a
district telegraph company. told of be-
ing summoned to her home at night
on numerous occasions by a burglar
alarm. Frequently he found her In
such an intoxicated condition that he
had to carry her to bed Schierke said
she often sent him othe cellar 20
get bottles OF whiskey or champagne,
which she made him open so she could
drink the contents. Other OF her do
ings he described as circus stunts, =
high kicking, somersaults and imag-
mary bareback riding"
A former coachman said she bought
Ave gallons OF whisky at one order
and always consumed q tumblerful at
a time. s&hilaAanethsE swftmess told Of
Mrs. Wood playing tunes on string
OF beer bottles.
The Detroit times., 1910-05-19
BODY is PETRIFIED.
Remains Of Marquette Woman Elk
humed After ~ Years.

MARQUETTE, Mich, May lex
humed for the purpose Of being trans
ferred from the old to the new Roman
Catholic cemetery here, the remains OF
Mary Elmore. who died Al years ago.
were found petrihed.
The body was contained In a her.
metically-sealed casket Through the
glass lid Il was noticed by the work
men that the remains were In per.
feet state Of preservation. The facial
features we're as clear and as un-
marred as when the woman died. The
relatives were notified and Il was de-
termined to open the coffin. Sexton
Fred Yungbluthe opened the casket
and was astonished to discover that
the body was petrihed. The surface
responded TO the sense Of touch pre-
cisely similar TO stone. The wax
flowers and the shroud also were In a
perfect state OF preservation. The de-
ceased was the sister Of Mrs. William
cleary and Mrs. William Greene, both
living here.
The Detroit times., 1910-05-19
AUTO ALTERS cITY's NAP.
Postmaster Warren Tells Of Changes
Being Wrought In Detroit.

5SiH0 wrought IN OotroWs
ut is almost impossible to estimate
the increased valuation of Detroit real
estate as the result OF the centering
OF the automobile industry here" says
Postmaster Homer Warren, who IL
president OF the Warren Motor Car
Co., and one OF the city's best known
real estate men.
II don't know Of any parallel to the
case OF Detroit" continued Mr.. War
rem. THE motor car has materially
altered the map of the city and has
changed the complexion of woodward
ave. entirely. Residential sections
have been affected. because people
may now live further out than here.
tofore. Farm values in the vicinity
of Detroit are going up steadily as q
result OF the demand for residence
property within easy motoring dis
lance of the city.
cit is absolutely astounding to go
back through the records OF the sales
of three or four years ago and note
the prices paid for certain sections
then. Factory sites for the big com
panies have been gobbled up at tre-
mendous rate, and with the purchase
the land for a mile around has adj
vanced i'm value. The downtown dis
trict has been altered greatly by the
demand for salesrooms, garages, etc.
This has tended to boost rentals all
around. We of today cannot realize
fully the miracles that are being
wrought by the automobile"
The Detroit times., 1910-05-19
Prof. Jacoby, Of Columbia Univssit5,
Says Matter in It Is So Thin That
Its Presence Is IN 4
detachable.
Head Of Comet Crossed Disk Of snn
About s:so P. N. Wednesday
and Is Now in East.
SUN SPOTS on AURORA
NOT DUE no COMET.

The head OF HaIIey's comet A.
east OF the sum today. II eroane&
the disk OF the sun, "Wednesday
night, about ESQ o'clock.
day that the enrth pasae1 akrot,rrh
the tail OF the comet. ~
spectacular display 90 noRfh~|
ern lights, or auforn boremflH. saote1
ESQ o'clock last night, aeeorElnU -
observations made by the Her7<es
observatory, Williams Hay, Wa.
Prof. Mitchell, OF New YORK. &C..
clared the phenomena had no direct
comet to the east OF the san.
Prof. Hussey, OF the Unayernffy %
Mfehtgan, observed some nn0fs On
the sun "Wednesday afternaon. 1hene
other parts az the country, but thex
agree that the spots had n0fktnH o.
do with HalIey's comet.
The Detroit times., 1910-05-19
EXPLOSION HURLs
100 TO DEATH
Barracks at Pinar del Rio, Cuba, Is
Wrecked by Dramatically
Have Been Plot.

HAVANA. May 19.-Two almost
simultaneous explosions of dynamite
supposed to consist of 5000 pounds
completely demolished the rural
guard barracks in the city of Pinar
del Rio. yesterday afternoon.
Fully 100 persons were killed and
nearly as many were wounded.
Most OF the dead were rural guards,
but the entire families OF several Of
the officers OF the rural guard; II In
Reported, We're Killed also. as well as
several employees or the public works
department and residents of the city,
on which fell deluge of masonry
and debris from the blown-up build
ing.
II is not known yet whether the ex-
plosion was the result of an accident
or was due to an act of conspirators.
The Detroit times., 1910-05-19
FIGHTS TWO HoBoEs.
Sheriff Of Oakland Finally subdues
and JaiIs Them.

PONTIAC. Mich, May 19.-George
Sherwood and Edgar Daley, hoboes,
gave Sheriff Harris the hardest fight
of his official career yesterday. The
hoboes were making disturbance In
the Vicinity OF the Rapid factory when
the sheriff's office was notified. Harris
and Deputy Furman answered the call
and while the latter started through
the factory the sheriff went around.
He encountered the pair. Daily re-
sisted. but was overpowered and hand
cuffed. Sherwood put up a fight and
rolled on the ground with the officer.
Soon Daily jumped into the fray kick
ing the sheriff. Despite the disAd-
vantage Harris overpowered both and
landed them In jail Justice North
sent both to the house Of correction
for 65 days
The Detroit times., 1910-05-19
WOMAN OFF TO COAST
ON MANLESS AUTO TOUR
Miss Scott VIII Even Shoot Her Own
Hlghwaymen, II She Has To, on
the Way.

NEW YORK, May 19.--Miss Blanche
Stuart Scott has start defrom Times
SO. for her cross-country automobile
tour to San Francisco, running her
own machine without chauffeur, Miss
Stuart lives In Rochester, N. Y, and
says that the distinguishing feature
OF her tour will be that 1t will be an
entirely "manless" affair.
AS far as Chicago Miss Amy l.. Phil.
lips, of Boston, will be her companion.
and she expects TO travel the rest or
the way alone. She will make all
necessary repairs herself, manage all
stop-overs, and even shoot her own
|highwaymen IL necessary.
She went from Times-sq. up Broad
way and along Riverside drive to the
Claremont. There Mrs. Gertrude
Hoffman, OF Rochester. gave her a
farewell luncheon, which was attended
by about sixty motor enthusiasts OF
this city. The car was decorated with
the flags OF the American Automobile
association, the Automobile club OF
America and the newly-organiZed
Touring CLUB, Miss Scott being a
member of all three organizations.
At 1880 she left the Claremont and
started across the One Hundred and
Twenty-seventh-st. viaduct toward
Poughkeepsie, She will proceed as
directly as possible to Chicago, from
there to Denver, and then on to the
coast, stopping at Salt Lake. Laramie,
Yellowstone Park, the Grand Canyon
and other places Of interest along the
route.
West Of Denver she will spend her
nights on the road in a tent. for the
sake OF the mountain air. She says
that she Is taking the trip "for
health. for pleasure, and to show what
woman can do all by herself when
she sets out"
The Detroit times., 1910-05-19
"2-yAGS-A-YEAR BILL"
NOW IN HANDS OF MAYOR
To the CONSERVATION Of the Cornwall.
ly Inclined, No One Appeared
Against II at Hearing.


Against II at Hearlngs
NEW YORK, May 19.--In many re-
sorts along the Great White Way last
night, suspense over the bill limiting
all residents Of the city to two Tags"
year, exceeded interest In Halley's
comet. Men who had organized them
selves into comet parties forgot the
object OF their vigil, because bartend-
ers and walters demanded expressions
of opinion as to the fairness of Homer
Folks's bill, providing that any man
twice arrested for intoxication within
twelve months may be committed to
incbriates' farm and detailed to catch
potato bugs for a period Of not less
than year.
Scores OF persons, who believe in
more than two sprees year, went to
the city hall to. see the bill knocked
TO sFntfkefgs4g at the heoFing beSore
the mayor To their establishment not
q soul arose to oppose the measure
and before they realized the delicacy
OF their position the time for speech
against the bill had passed, and Hon
er Folks, who drew the bill as 1t pass
ed the senate and assembly, was tell
ing the mayor what good bill II Is
and how necessary it is for the peace
and comfort of the city.
Mayor Gaynor argued briefly
against it, He asked Folks IL he didn't
know that there were less arrests for
drunkenness today than five years
ago. but Folks insisted that this bill
was necessary.
The mayor did not act on the bill.
While he appeared hostile TO the bill
during the hearing, he told several or
those interested in the measure that
he had not yet determined what to do
with it. and would not decide for q
day or So
The Detroit times., 1910-05-19

TERRE HAUTE, Ind, May 19.-
When Winfield Fox, school superin-
tendent at Orleans. Ind, Tilted Miss
Elva Close OF Terre Haute, young and
pretty, marrying another, Miss Close
was Frustrated with grief and her
friends feared she was going to die.
And then she got mad, real angry,
and 1t was surprising how quickly she
got well.
A suit for $4,000 for breach OF
promise is the way Miss Close ex-
pressed her anger at her former
lover. Now that | have fled the
suit" remarked the fair plaintiff, Il
feel so much better. | don't care for
the money. but know he does, that
why | want to win the case"
The Detroit times., 1910-05-19
MoNo-RAIL FOR ALASKA.
1oo-Mile Line to Be Built at Once and
Extended to Mining Districts.

LONDON, May ia Brennan gy-
roscopic mono-rail will be constructed
In the near future in Alaska. Major
John e. Bellaine, the founder OF the
city of Seward, has been in negotia-
tion with Louis Brennan for some time
and has acquired the exclusive rights
of the invention for Alaska
At least one hundred piles will be
constructed at once, and this will be
extended and followed by other lines
in various directions In order to open
up the gold mining and other districts
where there is not sufficient traffic to
warrant the building OF ordinary rail
ways. n
The Detroit times., 1910-05-19
GIRL FIGHTS WITH RoBBER.
Skaters Cup on His Head az He
FIees House.

MIDDLETowN, N. Y, May a.
Miss Mabel Hector, the 17-yearold
daughter of William III. Hector, was
attacked and choked by a robber In
her home here. The man escaped
after the young woman had put up q
brave struggle.
Miss Hector heard noise In the
basement and went down to invests
gate. She was confronted by q
stranger, who seized her. choked and
shook her. finally throwing her aside
and starting for the door. The girl
struggled to her feet and, seizing =
cup hurled Il at the mans head. The
cup was shattered and the man was
evidently wounded. but he got away.
He had ransacked most OF the house.
He was evidently in search Of money,
but did not find any.
The Detroit times., 1910-05-19
PAVING ELECTION TODAY.
Highland Park Will Decide on Ma
terlal To BE Used.

The long drawn out squabble over
the bids for paving Woodward-ave.
through Highland Park will be settled
today by the voters of the village.
The contest Of ballots promises to be
u warm affair because for weeks the
community has been flooded with ru-
mors OF all kinds in connection with
the letting of the paving contracts.
The claim is made that the ballots are
so arranged that creosote block is
given every advantage over the lower
bids on brick.
The creosote bids represent a total
of $145,000, which is $4,000 higher
than the lowest bid on brick. The
heaviest taxpayers in the village all
favor creosote block and are working
hard to have the other voters see the
proposition in the same light. Asphalt
block and various grades of brick are
all candidates for the approval of the
villagers
The Detroit times., 1910-05-19
WORKS OUT HIS FINE.
Rich Man Refuses To Pay IS and
Costs and Does Time on Street.

STEVENS POINT, Wis, May 49,
Joseph Richie, one OF the wealthiest
men in central Wisconsin. has been
working out fine by doing hard labor
on the street unloading and piling
bridge plank to be used in replanking
the city bridge.
His predicament grew out OF an
alteration In Forest cemetery with
Walter Kline. Richie was endeavor-
ing to hire a man to work for MIN,
when, it is alleged, Kline cut in with
a few remarks which Richie resented,
and Kline had him arrested on a
charge of using language tending TO
provoke a breach OF the peace and
also for assault.
Richie pleaded guilty and was fined
S. and costs, with the alternative OF
90 days In jail. Richie declined 10
pay the fine.