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The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1910-05-07

Here's the big bear. just as he looks
when he's a little bit sore at some
thing. Imagine then the face that
will glare at Jack Johnson when tho
two meet at Emeryville, July 4.
Jim Jeffries with a mad on isn't a
pleasant proposition for anyone to
buck UP against. and he's pretty sure
To be in just this shape when he stacks
UP against the present holder Of the
heavyweight title.
The amount OF love lost between
Jeffries and Johnson would never get
a reward for anyone who found II ly-
ing around loose. While Johnson pro
fesses 10 have nothing but the friend
lest feelings for his opponent, JET
fries refuses TO dissemble, and says
what he thinks about big Jack.
Just to get an idea Of how big JEFF
fries really ia. look at his thigh |;
resembles. more than anything else
perhaps. sturdy oak tree. It's i'm
mensity casts much doubt upon the
story that Jenries weighs but 23C
pounds, and gives color TO the story
that the big bear tips the beam In the
neighborhood OF $50 or ESQ pounds.
The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1910-05-07
GoTCH TAKES NO CHANCES.
is Fitting Himself For the Zbyszko
Match With 2o-Mile Runs.

CHICAGO. MAY Frank Gotch'
champion heavyweight wrestler will
meet Zbyszko here on May 30 without
fail, according TO a letter received to-
dav by his manager Emil Klank
The champion stated that he is
faithfully training eight hours per day
at Minneapolis with several mat part
ners and he realized the strenuousncss
# The coming match
"Zbyszko's defense will be hard 20
master" said Gotch Il am not going
ro take any chances as far as condl-
ion is concerned.
Tweutv-mlc Marathons, handball
and stiff mat exercises Is the daily
-outinc Of the champion.
The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1910-05-07
TELLS HOW SHE FELL
INTO MANS CLUTCHES
1e-Year.Old Girl Says loom, the On
nlpotent" Had Powerful lnflu-
ence over Her

ence over Her.
NEW YORK, May Alleging in
famous practices on the part OF Pierre
Barnard. alias Dom. the Omnipotent
leila Hopp, the l9-year-Old complain
ant against the so-called Hindoo teach
er. resumed her recital Of her expert
ences before Magistrate Breen yester
day She swore that Barnard. when
she went to him for treatment for "a
weak heart told her that he was next
20 the deity I'm the Tankrit religion,
and that. II she followed his instrUc-
tons. she would be restored 20 PEI
feet health.
At his suggestion her relations with
Dom became intimate and she swOro
that he secured such power over her
that she was unable 10 resist
She described her experiences with
Barnard in detail and said that when
she desired TO return 60 her people.
he compelled her 10 take an oath OF
secrecy not 10 reveal anything that
had happened.
The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1910-05-07
Es-Cop Watches Raymond.

Bugs Raymand of the New York
Giants is the only personally conduct
ed athlete in captivity. McGraw has
hired an ex-policeman to look after
his eccentric pitcher. Raymond kick
ed at first but he is obeying instruc-
tons now.
The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1910-05-07
7HE RfG-LEAGUE RACES
AMERICAN LEAGUE.

Yesterdays Results.
Chicago 8. Detroit O.
Cleveland {. ST Louis 3.
Athletics 4, Washington 3.
New York II. Boston q.
Todny's Games.
Chicago az Detroit
ST Louis at cleveland.
Washington IT philadelphia.
New York at Boston.
The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1910-05-07
Taft 5aseballs Common Now.

President Taft is kept busy auto
graphing baseballs for big league
players The latest TO get the presi-
dents signature ON ball are Frank
Chance and Johnnie Evers OF the
Cubs.
The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1910-05-07

Yesterdays
New York 3, Philiics
Boston y, Brooklyn >.
Pittsburg 6, Chicago
Today's Games.
Boston AZ Brooklyn.
Phillies at New York.
pittsburg at Chicago.
Cincinnati 81 -. Louis.
The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1910-05-07
Times Have Changed.

A floral presentation TO Umpire Tim
Hurst was the scene witnessed at the
Newark-Toronto game Yesterday. This
is getting TO be civilized world
There have been times when umpires
were greeted with Irish confetti
(bricks) Newark Call.
The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1910-05-07

Tho British navy recently built n
light draft gunboat in ten sections
each Of which will float separately,
for shipment on a larger vessel 10 a
colonial possession
The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1910-05-07
Overlooked.

one thing the census man overlook
ed In his cross-examination blank
was the eternal question. Who is the
greater player, Cobb or Wagner"
The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1910-05-07

Two-base hit--Cubh Sacrifice hltS
Stanage. Purteu 2. Block. stolen bases
Zeider. First base on balls pn L,t-
welt 3 off YouuE Q First base on yr-
rors-Detroit l. Chicago 3. Lctt N
bases-Detroit 70. Chicago g. struck
out--By I.ellvelt .. by Young % Double
piays-Cohb and simmons pclehdn,Y
and OIeary. Ielivclt. SthnaEe. 90 Ltdry
and Delehanty. Wild pitch LclivctD
Time AS tmplres-oLouEh and
Pcrrine Attendance-6.529
The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1910-05-07

Look for no more pitchers is the
hectic order that Bobby Lowe recent.
" received from one OF the veteran
twiriCrs And really II doesn't look
as if Lowe would need TO be particn-
larry yigilant in this respect IN view
Of the teams present wealth Of talent.
The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1910-05-07
HEART
-TO---
HEART
Nth the
Sporting
Editor.

A debt on the part OF basebali's pop
ulace is due that distinguished third
sacker and entomologist DR.. James
The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1910-05-07

Pitcher Vance is living up 10 the
unique record which he has estab-
lished during his prior career in base.
bail lie has already changed handa
twice this season and is due for an.
other shift In a few days.
The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1910-05-07

Talk in racing circles seems to agree
that Mr. Marklein was altogether too
raw about II.
The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1910-05-07

Casey. me one
time captain Of the
Tiger team he 5
added an express
sive word 10 base
which already has
The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1910-05-07

After huge toll and much solicitn-
ton, his friends have raised $4,000
for Young Corbett. Perhaps, under
his revised scale Of expenditure. this
NAV last the one-time champion a
month
The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1910-05-07

colonial possession.
Lower coast gazette., 1910-09-17
P0U[ n
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PROFIT IN RAISING PIGEONS


"On two hundred pairs Of pigeons I
have cleared 5000 q year for the last
four years." declared the wife Of a
Pennsylvania farmer living near Har.
rtsburg. when asked about the chances
women on the farm had OF making
money. Il had been a school teacher
when ! married. and having cen q lot
81 farmers and their wives while
teaching In rural communities ! deter.
mined that ] would be different. I
would keep a hired girl. paying her
wages BY money earned by keeping
bees and chickens for profit.
y stuck to that idea for nearly ten
years, and during that time never
cleared more than $50 a year On my
chickens. II was always the bees that
paid my girl. Finally ! heard Of a man
In Montgomery county. this state. who
was making q fortune raising SQUADS.
The children had always had q few
pairs Of pigeons flying around the place
eating up the garden and doing every.
thing else We didn't want them to. but
had never thought Of making money
by raising the birds. Being discour.
aged By my experience as q chicken
raiser ! determined to pay the man In
Montgomery county . visit. Again. 1t
was the bees that paid expenses.
There were several thousand pairs
OF pigeons on this Montgomery county
farm, and II was quite evident that the
Lower coast gazette., 1910-09-17
HELPED COTTON
CHECKED SHEDDING IN SOME
STATES EAST or RIVER.
Rainfall Not General, But Benefit IT,
Central and Northern Districts
Will oe Considerable.

Memphis, Tenn.-A moderate i'm.
prOyement in the cotton crop is in.i-
Gated during the week in all states
east Of the Mississippi river and in
Arkansas. Rains fell in nearly all sec.
tons and the plant was stimulated to
better growth and shedding was
checked where it had begun. Owing
to the growing condition Of the plant,
cotton in all this territory is opening
slowly. There are sections in the east.
ern ard central bet which have had
little or no rain and these complain OF
severe shedding and expect a short
crop.
In Texas 1t is shown that the rain.
fall was not general. being confined to
northern central, northern and west.
ern counties. The benefit in the cen.
trail and northern districts will be
considerable ii the frost date is suff.
GENTLY deferred.
Oklahoma was helped by rains, but
there is rather widespread complaint
Of boil worms.
Outside Of Texas cotton is opening
slowly. In the latter state the re.
verse is true and the farmers are sell.
ing as fast az the gins turn out the
bales. Elsewhere the early cotton il
being sold at prevailing prices.
Lower coast gazette., 1910-09-17

YEARS COTTON CROP
VALUE OF COTTON, INCLUDING
SEED, IS 1907, se4. oss.
Yield 3.215. 400 Bales Unoer Last Year.
South Holds Lead for Cotton
Consumption.

New Orleans.-ln spite of q short
crop year, the South obtained more
money tor its cotton during the past
season than ever before in its his.
tory, according ~ the seasOn-cnd sta.
tls1ics put out by Gel. Henry G. He's.
ter. secretary and statis,ician OF the
New Orleans Cotton Exchange.
The money value OF the crop. not
including cotton seed products,
amounted to S7'>.S9l.,y5 sho wing
that while the quantity of cotton mar.
Eeted was, in round figures, 3,2lJ.oOD
bales less than last year. better prices
for cotton resulted in its bringing $.5.
VJ9,C"l n1ore. The neares, approach
to this record was made in the sea
son OF l3VG-O'. when the total value
OF the commercial crop WAS s,lG,SS55o,;
2Co. When the value Of the cotton
seed, $l24.o0o,V>O. is added, the actual
wealth producing capacity OF the
Southern cotton lands is shown to
nave been 1902. s94.O?5 during the past
During the prveious season, that OF
1?oS-V?, the value OF all cotton pro.
duced was $GS3,'94,i94. and the cotton
seed was valued at $9..Oo0,O 900. making
a total OF $..5..9l,4?4. Thus during
the past cas- the value of the cotton
and cotton seed combined surpassed
the previous season by more than
$l25. 900. 900.
Lower coast gazette., 1910-09-17
LaF0llETTE IS WINNER
MAJORITY Is Owe RWHELMlNc
WILL CONTROL LEGISLATURE.
Senator julius Caesar Burrows Beaten
Returns Show Townsend Wins
Hands Down.

Milwaukee, Wis.-Returns from for
ty out of seyenty.one counties give
United States Senator Lafollette an
approximate majority q $4,000 votes.
McGovern, %anti-county option. and La
Toilette, Republican. leads %Fairchild,
regular Republican. by $4,000.
Weisse, Democrat, for the United
States senatorial nomination, has a
plurality OF about 1000 owe; Williams
Of Ashland.
In this county the senior senator's
plurality will easily reach beyond s..
OOO, aud estimates are given OF his
nomination over his opponent by g
vote OF ) to l.
There is no doSst that LaFollette
will have control Of the candidates
platform convention and that he will
have the next legislature back Of him.
Senator Lafollette said:
1T shows that the people are awake
to their interests. determined to re.
store representative government. This
splendid victory Is nothing personal.
It Is the declaration Of the people that
they choose to rule themselves and
will no longer suffer themselves to be
dominated BY special i~nterests."
Lower coast gazette., 1910-09-17
PROMISED A LIVELY TIME
Mark rwain's Outline Of Editorial
Policy He Had Made Up His
Mind 20 Adopt.

Mark Twain took the editorial chair
on the Buffalo Express in August,
1869, and this is the paragraph In
which he made the readers acquaint.
ed with his new responsibility: Il only
wish to assure parties having a friend
~ interest In the prosperity OF this
journal that | am not going to hurt
the paper deliberately and intention.
ally at any time. I am not going to
introduce any startling reform or II
any way attempt to make trouble.
am simply going to do my plain, un.
pretending duty-when | cannot get
out OF 1t. | shall work diligently and
honestly and faithfully at all times
and upon all Occasions-when priva.
ton and want shall compel me to do
80. In writing | shall confine myself
to the truth. except when It is attend.
ed with Inconvenience. I shall with
erjngly rebuke an forms Of crime and
misconduct. except when committed
by the party inhabiting my own vest.
! shall not make use of slang or vul.
garity upon any occasion or In any
circumstances and shall never use
profanity except in discussing house
rent and taxes. Indeed. upon second
thought, | will not even then, for It 70
inelegant, un.Christian and degrading.
| shall not often NEEDLE with politics.
because we have a political editor who
Is already excellent and only needs q
term In the %penttentiary to be perfect.
| shall no write any poetry unless I
conceive a spite against the subscri.
bers.
Lower coast gazette., 1910-09-17
FEARFUL FAMILY FIGHT
First Wife Kills Second Spouse-hus.
band Gets Into Game.

Campbell, MO.-The divorced wife
Of Clarence Stanley killed his second
wife because she demanded possession
OF the children by the first marriage
Crazed by the tragedy, Stanley armed
himself. wounded his brother twice
fought a pistol duel with his uncle.
when they tried to restrain him. aud
terrorized the town all night.
The second wife demanded Stanley's
two small children. who had bees
awarded to the mother when she OBJ
tanned a divorce. The first wife GOT
two revolvers and eAptied them a,
her rival. continuing to fire after she
had fallen dead.
Stanley arrived a few minutes later.
He bore his wife's body outside and
then set fire to the house. which was
burned down. His former wife had
escaped with the children.
His brother attempted to disarm
him and was wounded twice. An. un.
Gle, who tried to pacify him. was his
target for three shots. but was not hit.
Stanley Ia q years old.
Lower coast gazette., 1910-09-17

Holes in the Atmosphere Often
Cause Disaster.
Aviator Files into Empty Space ard
Without Warning Falls Like
Stone-0angers Of Aerial
WhlrlpooIs and Collisions.

Parts.-ln regard to flying accidents
In general. they may be roughly div!.
ded into those due to IA faults In the
machine; co. atmospheric difficulties
and dangers; (c) We human eQua.
lAon."
AS to 'a). the %aeroplane may be-
faulty In principle and construction. or
the materials may be to blame. As q
rule. where the aeroplane Is at fault
the engine is the root of the evil, and
one great danger to aviatOrs Is over.
heating Of the engine or some part OF
It. You see, an aeroplane engine has
practically TO work at full pressure the
whole time the aviator is In the air. 4
railway engine driver who gets a hot
bearing can slacken or send his fire.
man to put things right.
The aviator's greatest safety lies In
maintaining a high specific slacken
may mean disaster: he cannot attend
to the affected part himself and he
has no one to help him. The practical.
" unavoidable overheating of the en-
CINE. with the result Of q sudden stop
page or loss OF power. followed by .
headlong dash to earth. Ia q frequent
cause Of disaster.
Turning to (b). the sea. with all Its
known and charted currents. tides,
rocks. and SO on. still wrecks ships,
but the air Is a thousand times more
battling than the sea. lts density and
Its pressure are constantly changing:
the aviator may at any moment. fly
into an aerial whirlpool, o gust Of
wind. the configuration OF the land
over which he is flying may Introduce
sudden dangers not previously encoun.
tered. upset all his calculations and ex.
perience and send him smashing to the
earth.
Personally I have a theory which
may explain n or two hitherto inex.
plicable flying accidents. says a writer
In Pearson's Weekly. I believe that
Lower coast gazette., 1910-09-17
VOTE TO FIRE DAluNeeR
Nelson Gags Committee and Hsarinp
70 Adjourned.

Minneapolis, Minn.-COndemnati0u
Of the course Of Richard A. Ballinger
in the administration Of the depart.
newt Of the interior, OF which he is
secretary, and a declaration that he
should no longer be retained in that
Office are contained in q resolution
adopted BY five members Of the con.
gressi0nal committee. which has been
investigating the Ballinger.P inchot
controversy. These five. four Demo.
Gratis and one Republican, claim that
their vote is binding upon the commit.
tee rs q whole. This, however, is dis.
puted by the other three members of
the committee. who were present.
But five Of the twelve members Of
the committee voted for the adoption
Of the resolution, which was offered
BY Representative E. H. Madison OF
Kansas, an i~nsurgent Republican, as a
substitute for one previously present.
cd by Senator Duncan U. Fletcher.
Of Florida. Consequently.
the question has arisen as to what
II any, the full committee.
when It 10 present. will take later.
Lower coast gazette., 1910-09-17
80 60 DOWN TO DEATH
80 SURVIVE eouNpE RING OF THE
PERE MARQUETTE VESSEL.
Wireless Brings Aid, But Not Soon
Enough to Save Al Of the Crew.
Eight Bodies Recovered.

Ludington. Mich.-Thirty lives were
lost when Pere Marquette car ferry
No. Is. bound from L.udingtOn to Mil.
waukee, went to the bottom OF Lake
Michigan. half way across the lake.
The dead include Capt. Peter Kitty
Of Ludinston, S. F. Sezepanck. purser,
and wireless operator, whose signals
OF distress brought assistance to the
sinking steamer, and two members o.!
the crew Of "a ferry No. II, who lost
their lives in an effort to rescue the
crew Of the No. Is.
The steamship company issued q
list Of %thirty.fve names Of survivors
ri the wreck, all members Of the crew.
The sum total of the catastrophe is
told in the loss Of twenty.nine lives
aud a financial loss exceeding halt q
million dollars.
The story Of the loss Of car ferry
Perre Marquette No. Is constitutes the
most tragic and thrilling chapter yet
written In he hisory Of the Lake Mich.
lsan marine.
Leaving Ludington under a fair but
stilR wind. and t%wenty.nine loaded cars
on deck. the ferry made good weather
for five hours on its course to Mil.
waukee. At 1850 o'clock word wac
sent to Capt. Peter Kitty that his boat
was rapidly taking water aft and that
he pumps were unable to keep within
dow.
With great difficulty nine railroad
carS were dropped OF the stern Of No.
Is, but this gave the vessel only tenn.
porary relief, for the ship was doomed.
Not outstanding this apparent fact.
and in the hope Of saving both crew
and craft, the captain crowded his
ship to the utmost limit. hoping to
reach shoal water. but the effort was
futile.
Lower coast gazette., 1910-09-17
~8Iaekmaners Threaten.

New York.-A Matchmaking band
sought to blow up and burn the house
OF Frank Masetetta, a contractor. be.
cause he would not pay $4,000 de.
manded. Mrs. Masetetta had fled to
Europe with her children. fearing they
would be kidnapped. Firemen checked
the flames and threw two %unexploded
bombs out Of the window. Black Hand.
ers ignited a can Of explosives against
the front door Of Giovanni Palermo.
The fuse burned out without exploding
Lower coast gazette., 1910-09-17
INDIANS ARE IMPROVING
Gaining eootins With Whites In
" Civilization.

Washington, d. C.-Great progress
generally Is being shown by the Amer.
lean Indians toward gaining q footing
with the whites in the matter Of ciyi.
lization, according to- Assistant Com
missioner Abbott. of the bureau OF
Indian affairs, who has just returned
from a 2,0OO-mile tour OF inspection of
Indian reservations in twelve states.
Mr.. Abbott spent six months in the
field. particularly investigating ware.
house. transportation and industrial
conditions.
THE system Of education taught IN
the lndian Schools said Mr.. Abbott,
rs at least twenty-five years in ad.
vance Of the present public school sys.
tenn In industrial training. The BOYS
are taught farming and the relate.
Industrial arts, the girls domestic SCI.
ence.
Lower coast gazette., 1910-09-17
shrewd sehem. Stopped Run.

Man1 years ago. In consequence q
, commercial panic. there was q severe
run on q bank In South Wales, and
the small farmers j0stled each other
In crowds to draw out their money.
Things were rapidly going from bad
to worse. when the bank manager. \
, ht OF desperation, suddenly b.
thought him Of an e~xpedient. by bio
directions q clerk, having heated some
sovereigns In 4 frying.pan. paid them
over the counter to an anxious appll.
cant. why. they're quite hot" said
the latter AZ he took them up. "Of
course was the reply; what else
could you expect? They are only just
out Of the mold. We are coming them
BY hundreds AZ fast a. We can"
Coming them" thought the simple
agriculturists: then there Is no fear
Of the money running Short" With
this their confidence revived, the pan.
ic abated, and the bank was enabled
to weather the storm.
Lower coast gazette., 1910-09-17
Vail stsrm In 1sx.s,

Galveston. Texas "A record break.
ang hail storm. accompanied b. hign
wind and followed by rain, swept over
Brazos. Grimes. Burlcson and Houston
counties and destroyed about 24O.O 0
acres OF cotton In the field and other
crops.
In many places the cotton was de.
stroyed by ~hailstones. while in other
Places the rains washed the fieecy sta.
pie from the fields into the Brazos
river and other oyerfl0wed streams.
The greatest damage. however, was
done by the hail.
Lower coast gazette., 1910-09-17
Die psles for oovsrnorshiu.

Atlanta. Ca.-For the Democratic
nomination for governor Of Georgia.
HoSs Smith. successful candidate In
the recent primary election, paid ST..
OS7.47.
Gov. Brown spent $S,905.75 in an
unsuccessful ecort to secure a renomi.
nation. OF this amount members Of
MS family contributed 5000.
The office Of governor pays a salary
Of $4,000 annually, and the term Il
Two years. Gov. Browns tern expiroA
June /
Lower coast gazette., 1910-09-17
12.Year.old Wjelds Gun.

Gainesville, Ga.-After holding of
his father and two other men with ;
shotgun while he attempted to shoot
a neighbor named Mrs. Robertson.
who had given him a whipping, Frank
Loden, II years old, has been placed
in jail here. Franks first attempt at
shooting occurred last Sunday even.
Ing, but the lad was released Sunday
night on the death OF his mother, and
Immediately went home. found his
hidden gun and started on I hunt Tor
Lower coast gazette., 1910-09-17
PRESSED hARo.
cetsss's Weight On Old Az.

When prominent men realize the b,
furious effects Of coffee and the change
in health that Postum can bring. they
are glad to lend their testimony Tor
the benefit OF others.
A superintendent Of public schools
In = Southern state says: MY moth.
er. since her early childhood. was On
inveterste coffee drinker, had been
troubled with her heart for a number
III years and complained Of that weak
a!l over feeling and sick stomach.
Some time ago I was making an Of.
iicial visit to . distant part Of the
country and took dinner with one Of
the merchants Of the place. l noticed
q somewhat peculiar flavor Of the COT.
fee. and asked him concerning II. He
replied that Il was Postum. I was %
pleased with 1t that. after the meal Wa
over. I bought q package to carry
home with me. and had wife pre-.
pare some for the next meal: the
whole family liked 1t SO we'll that We
discontinued coffee and used Postum
entirely.
Il had really been at times very
anxious concerning my mothers con.
dition, but We noticed that after uSine
Postum for a short time. she felt 80
much better than she did prior to its
use. and had little trouble with her
heart and no sick stomach: that the
headaches were not SO frequent, and
her general condition much improved.
This continued until she was as welt
and hearty as tho rest of us.
Il know Postum has benefited my.
self and the other members of the fam.
lily, but in a more marked degree IN
the case Of my mother. as she was q
victim Of long standing"
Ever read the above lettePI A rev
y appears from time "a time. They
are genuine tf0es aad eUll Of bumaD
interest.