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The Cairo bulletin., 1910-12-10
WILL CLOSE CASE TODAY
state Completes Its side IN Tria' OF
Attorney Erbstein on Charge
Of Jury Brlblng'

Chicago, Dec. 9-The lawyers Tor
the state iu the trial OF Attorney
Charles E. Erbstein, on charges of
Jury bribng, stated late today thai
they would close the case tomorrow
morning.
This tatement was made alter
Grant Mccu,cheon, The Jiror who con
fesed to accepting a bribe. bis VIE
and daughter, Charlotte, had testified.
NcCutcheon was corroborated by his
wife, and his daughter aided 70 the
chain testimony which the state
hopes viii Iroye Erbstein d briber,
Surprise was evident IN judge Bre-
tano's court when the counsel for the
defense declined to cross quest on
Mrs. McCutcheon and her daughter.
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WILL ANNOUNCE
TOTALS TODAY
POPULATION UNITED STATES Ex
PEcTED TO BE ABOUT
so,5oo,ooo PEOPLE.
FIVE STATES TO COUNT
Believed Washington viii Show In.
crease Almost 100 Fer Cent
Z City OF Tacoma Cut Down
BY the Recount.

Washington, Dec. Sit was an
n3uncei by the census bureau al
noon today that the total population
Of the United Saes will be approxi-
mately 91,500,0o0.
This computation covers all states
except Georgia, Montana, Washing
tor, Wisconsin. and Wyoming, Tie
states so far given have an aggrega. e
population of 1885,, 725. This Is an
Increase OF 20.4 per cent over the ag.
greeate population contained BY the
same states in 1900.
The five states not included in the
computation had an aggregate popu.
alton OF 5.13S,336 in 1900. If they
maintain the growth of the otaer
states, their aggregate will re
brought up to 6,1SS,774, giving a
grand total population of the Un'tcY
States 9i,54S,5o3. Even II there
should be no gain the total would
be 90,502,01l.
Washington is expected to slow an
Increase of almost 100 per cent and
Georgia is counted on to sustain the
average, but while Wisconsin will
score gain, 1t is net believed it will
each 20 per cent. The population of
Georgia, Wisconsin,, Washington and
Montana, the only lies for which
the figures have not been announced,
Will be made public at noon tor Nrrow
together with the total populG - O.
the United Staes.
Population statistics were issUcd
tonignt as follows:
State OF Wyoming, 1896. an in.
crease Of 5S,43i, or 57,7 per CENT
Territory 9t Alaska. et.25G, Increase
7eac
Hawdfian Islands lat.o9s increaie
1905 or 246 per cent.
Superior, Wis, i0,3S4, an increase
Of 9,293 or 299 per cent
Tacoma, Wash, 8$,7A3. according to
the revised figures. This is all lin
2roase Of 46,029 or 122 rer cent.
Director Durand isped a state 'ent
,laiming his original charge that the
Tacoma figures had bcep padae 70
frs extent OF more than $4,000 names
1ad been substantiatel by the re-
,onnt. As originally returned, t"ege
was shown a population Of i1G,27o.s
Utah, 374,351, an increase CT 96,902
Jr $40 per cent,
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ally since 1900. Extraordinary expen.
litures aInder tne naval law are ap-
proachiig and tTe reduction in the
expenses for new construction will
disappear t,le secretary said. IN 1917
The Improved financial position Is
brought about by new taxes, inlicat
"a NY reductions efn treasury bills
from $i5s,oo0,ooo IN May 1909 to $4o
n0o,o00 at the present time. The sec
retary said he Is convinced that tho
time is near when finances OF the
country would be on q, sound basis.
The Cairo bulletin., 1910-12-10
CHAMP CLARK BOOSTED
Kentucky Coneressmen Formally En-
dorse Him For Speaker Next
House--t5t Pledged for Him

=. asiington Dec. 9.--The first STAKE
delegation boom for Champ Clark, "a
Missouri, the present minority leader,
for speaker Of the next house. was
launched today when the Kentucky
Democrats formally endorsed him for
the office.
Friends OF Clark say his election to
~e speaRefsEfp OF the next house Is
assured They say Clark has already
received positive pledges from 15l
Democratic representatives.
The Cairo bulletin., 1910-12-10

I Washington, Dec. 9--New York and
Texas will 1'be the names os the two
lIeY battleships authorized at the
last session of congress. Texas will
be the name of the vessel which, as
provided by the last naval bin, win be
constructed by a private contractor,
while I've New York Drea4nough will
ne built by tho goverpin&f1&M the
New York navy yard. .Thyly ysxhaection
of names for thes Two nsosf4sEpwerful
vessels in the ls1ed Statess atavy.
which was made BY a5eretarspSs Y the
Navy Meyer. will Fh@,eseState' the
The Cairo bulletin., 1910-12-10
BANK ROBBERS FolLEo.

jacksonville. H., Dec. s,-fivc
masked bandits this morning blew
the safe Of the Continental National
Bank. Virginia, ILL.,, after they had
bound and gagged the night police
man, The door was jammed and u
was impossible to get into the vault
until this afternoon No money was
taken. The bandits we're evidently
frightened away
The Cairo bulletin., 1910-12-10
REVOLT EXPECTED ANY TIM!

New Orleans, Dec. o. According Il
advices received here Polcarpo To]
lila, former president OF HondurassN
plotting to overthrow President 4
villa. His agents are said to hn NJ
curing arms and ammunition, ami N
revolutionary movement mas reeelre
q Point where an uprising may cccs,
All any time. %
The Cairo bulletin., 1910-12-10
DUEL WITH REVOlVERS
Fought by Two Cuban congressman
Yesterday--one Dead and Other
Probably Fatally Shot,

Havana, Dec. 9.--Severo Moleon
and Gen, Sanchez Fignera, both mem.
bers of the house Of representatives.,
the latter negro, had duel with rel
volvers today In a crowded street in
the rear Of the palace.
Moleon received a bullet In trs
neck and died shortly after. Fignerl
was wounded In the stomach. prob.
rbiy fatally. Two passers-by were
struck.
a long standing political feud be
tween the two congressman was the
cause Of the aifray
The Cairo bulletin., 1910-12-10
SUIT AGAINST COAL TRUST
TO BE CARRIED HIGHER

Washington, Dec. 9.-The covers
ment's case against the Fo-cailed an
thracite coal tr,lsa ;,fobably will be
carride to a higher court James G.
McRaynods, who argfed the case for
aths government ay special counsel
had a long conference with Attorney
GeneraI Wicbersaan today, ard il
was tentativel understood that this
agreement was reached.
The Cairo bulletin., 1910-12-10
SHOT sTEPFATHER.

Rock Rapids, Ia, Dec .. Harry
Jordan was shot and killed this
afternoon by his stepson, John Wub
bens, aged 10. jordan, who had sep.
arated from his wife, went to his
vife's home in East Rock Rapids and
smashed in the door Wubens inter
fered and during the fight shot Jor.
dan through the heart
The Cairo bulletin., 1910-12-10
N. { 0. PASSENGER
TRAIN WRECKED NEAR !.
SOUTH COLUMBUS, Ky.

South Columbus, KY, Dec 10. Mo
bile and Ohio passenger train No. 4.
north bound, was wrecked at Stubs
Station. near here, early this morn
ing. All the cars but one sleeper
we're overturned, and the passengers
more OF less cut and bruised. Que
,man, an express messenger, was
ser ously injured. The accident oc-
CURED on step grade, but the exact
cause could not be determined,
The Cairo bulletin., 1910-12-10
suEs The cuhARp LINE.

Chicago, Dec. 9.-Mrs. Rose Doug
las Lewis, wife of Col. James Hamil
ton Lewis, the attorney, today filed
suit in the superior court for $4,000
damages from the Cunard Steamship
Company. She charges that in 1909
while she was making European
trip, jewels worth that amount were
stolen from her stateroom.
The Cairo bulletin., 1910-12-10
KILLS DRUNKEN FATHER.

Omaha. Neb., Dec. 9,--IIenry Wal
ther. Jr., tonight shot and killed nis
father, Henry Walther, Sr. Accord
ing to reports the elder Walther came
home intoxicated and stuck his vie
Tie son fired five shots at his r.
tner.
The Cairo bulletin., 1910-12-10

changing of the designations Of two
warships already in commission, for
at present there isethe Texas, a see
.oDd class baftieshjp, which will be re-
mar ell San Marcos in, honor Of a
city OF Texas. Her displacement is
only 6,3a5 tons, while the new Texas
VIII be Of 27,0od ,tons displacement,
The present cruiser New York will
be rechristened the Manhattan, The
New HampshiressRne Of the crack
SHIPS Of Uncle SaRs navy, viii DC a
dwarf beside the New York and tine
Texas. The two new battleships will
be nearly 10000 tons heavier
The Cairo bulletin., 1910-12-10

tion. on the streetS~and .snaonnded
the counts Jail, where other mefbbers
are ,heing he1f. Demands swefe made
that the industrial workers ng7turned
oversfo the mob but no effort was
made to enter the jail.
The Cairo bulletin., 1910-12-10

William G. Giunmere is chief JUS
tice Of the New Jersey supreme court.
He has been selected to he member
OF the United States supreme caurS
according to persistent reports from
Washington, Some politicians have
even said that he will be chief JUS
tiae. Judge Gummerc was born In
Trenton, N. j., and is fifty.two years
Of age. He is famous for giving de-
cision that child's life was worth
si.25. This case was where a father
brought suit against a railroad for
killing his child. Judge Gun mere al
lowed SIPS damages. Politicians de-
clare President Taft cannot afford to
appoint Judge Gummere. But many
conservative Washington correspond
ents declare ne is on the slate. Pres
ident Taft is keeping his list care
fully guarded--so carefully, in fact
that Justice McKenna asked news
paper correspondent few days ago
If he knew who would take Justice
Fuller's and Justice Mooly's places.
The Cairo bulletin., 1910-12-10
MOB
Eurn Headquarters Of Industrial
Workers of the World at Fresno,
caI.-Several Men Beaten.

Fresno, Cal, Dec "a mob here
tonight burned the headquarters OF
the Industrial Workers of the World,
beat several members of the organiza.
The Cairo bulletin., 1910-12-10
GEN. FIREMAN. DEAD.

New YORK. Dec 9--Cenersl Henri
Edwin Tremain. one Of the founders
rf the Grand Army Of tho Republic.
died here tonight, aged N,
The Cairo bulletin., 1910-12-10
Will FIGHT ExTRADlTloN.

New York, Dec. o. Edwin r. Smith
counsel for Porter Charlton, said in
Jersey City tonight that the extra
dition of his client would certainly be
opposed.
The Cairo bulletin., 1910-12-10
MICHIGAN PIONEER DEAD.

Detroit. Dec, 9.--James r. Hurst,
iiinberinan and politician. died a
Wyandotte today, aged 81.
The Cairo bulletin., 1910-12-10

TACOMA POSTMASTER DEAD. II
Tacoma, Dec. 9.--Eienry l. votaw.
postmaster Of Tacoma, died toby,
aged 81. He came here from Iowa %
years ago.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1910-04-30
Heaven on Earth.

Mrs Cornelia Botkin died in the
California penitentiary the other day.
And the day after she died they took
her body up to a little village in the
green hills of California and buried it.
There was a funeral at the little old
house where her parents lived, and
her mother and father sat together at
the head of her coffin, and the neigh
bors came and brought flowers, and the
preacher from the little country
church preached a simple, kindly SER
the Sweet BY and By and Come
Ye Disconsolate" quite as II the wom-
an whose body lay IT. the coffin had
been a good woman all her life and
had never been tried and sent to the
penitentiary for murder.
For Mrs. Botkin's father and moth
er did not know that she had died in
prison.
They did not know that she had ever
seen the inside of a prison anywhere,
and they never heard of the Botkin
case, which was one of the most ia
nous criminal cases ever tried on the
Pacific coast
There is 4 little paper in the little
village where Mrs. Botkin's old father
and mother lived, and the paper print
ed every day accounts of the trial while
it was going on.
But they called it the Dunning case
and spoke always of Mrs. Botkin as
the accused, and the old man and the
old woman read the paper and talked
the famous murder case over together
and never even dreamed that 1.-The ac-
cused" was their own daughter.
And all the little village took hold
of hands and formed around the old
people Gordon of silence, and woe be
to any one who dared to try to break
through.
We are prone to think of heaven as
place far removed from everything
we know here on this earth. But oh,
that little village out there, nesting in
the green, green hills of smiling Cali
formal 1 wonder If the angels do not
look down uIon 1t and smile.-Wini-
fred Black, in the New York American.
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and ye shall find; knock. and II snail pc
opened unto you. St Matthew VII e.
In these words which form part of
Christ's wondrous sermon on the
mount, the great truth is made clear
that no man is going to gain anything
he may desire by just sitting still and
waiting for 1t to come to him. But
conveyed in them, also. Is the more Inn
portant truth that every honest en-
deavor is certain to be merited with
reward. This philosophy is applicable
to each and every one of hfe's acttv-
tiles And occupying q prominent place
among them Is the continual yearning
of every person for that rather chimeri-
cal thing, called happiness.
The longing to be happy is intense
among people of every class, of every
race, of every creed, with the heather
as we'll as the Christian, with the saw
age as well as his civilized brother. 1t
is inherent with humans. Too many Of
them, however, think that 1t should be
extended to them, or that they should
be provided with 1t, without any effort
on their part. And that's why they
don't have more of 1t. Anything that
is worth having is worth striving for,
and in this category comes happiness
along with all other things.
No hard or fast rule can be laid down
for the attainment of it. Happiness Is
generic and is significant of almost
every kind of enjoyment, Because of
this fact and because of the differing
temperaments Of men happiness for one
might even be misery for another. But
happiness can be found by any man, If
he is only earnest in making the search
for it. And some excellent general adj
vice on how to find it was given long
ago by that rare, old, philosopher, Ben
Franklin when he wrote:
There are two ways of being happy
we may either diminish our wants or
augment our means-either will do, the
man to decide for himself, and do that
which happens to be easiest.
IF you are idle, or sick, OF poor, how
ever hard 1t may be to diminish your
wants, 1t will be harder to augment
your means.
IF you are active or prosperous or
young or in good health, It may be
easier for you to augment your means
than to diminish your wants.
"But If you are wise, you will do both
at the Same time, young or old, rich or
poor, sick or well; and If you are very
wise you will de both in such a way as
to augment the general happiness of
society"
Think this over
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JOURNAL ENTRIES

Many men seem to have the faculty
OF doing the wrong thing at the right
time for the other fellows.
rs
Some people. who can not properly
be classed as savages, appear to take
keen delight IN torturing others.
a = u n
With many folks, and men especial
ly, there's no place like home when no
other places are open to hang around
in.
It is well within the truth to say that
it Is hard, indeed, for some parents
to lose their daughters by matrtmony.
4 y X
A girl never sees any room for Inn
provement in her sweetheart until
after she marries him. Or, If she does,
she keeps quiet about it.
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AYHAWKER JOTS

1t is the belief of the Sedgwick
Paragraph that as a man grows OLD
there is always some comfort in And
ing people older than he is.
when poverty comes in at the door,
love should fly out of the window and
look for a job" Is some good advice
from the Winfield Courier.
This Is cruel. The Kansas City Star
takes the distinction of having the
worst newspaper artist away from the
Wichita Beacon and the Salina Journal
and gives it to the Coffeyville Journal.
Now watch the Journal gloat.
The only reason the city of Larned
put salt on her streets is because 1t Is
harder on the weeds and draws fewer
flies than sugar. AS far as expense
goes, the territory of which Larned is
a part can put anything on its streets
it wants to.-Ottawa Herald.
'I'n bet a hos" remarked the ex-
change 1end, who is a constant reader
of murder trials and patent medicine
ads, chat I've had diverticulitis 20
doctor who could tell me what made
that pirnDle on my laig.
Gazette.
A young wife phoned her husband
one evening recently to bring some
oysters, relates the Pratt Union. He
quart" He answered. isn't that
too many" Then she said. well,
maybe three Dints will be enough
then"
Here is how Halley's comet has af-
fected the Eldorado Republican: Nine
ty-eight million miles away, but COM
ing at the rate Of two and one-half
million miles a day. Get up early and
take a look at it. and then go to
church Sunday and worship God, who
made the sun. moon and stars, comets
and all. and holds us safe in the hol-
low of His hand''
There is only one way for the ordi-
nary Informed individual to get or give
an idea of the numbers of the serial
editorials on Concrete Bridges and
Soft Water which Ralph Faxon is run
ming in the Garden CITY Telegram.
This is to say that the Soft Water
spasms were labeled the other day as
being an TX ahead or behind those on
Concrete Bridges, The former is
scheduled at CCXXXIX and the latter
at CCXXX. Nobody but Brother
Faxon and a few others OF the ultra
learned set were ever taught to count
up that far In Roman numerals.
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POINTED PARAGRAPHS.
[From the Chicago News ]

L
1t goes without saying that two
women never do.
IT'S the easiest thing in the world to
be suspicious.
A man isn't necessarily sharp be-
cause he has good points.
Never judge a man by the company
his wife invites to their home.
A man might be able to have money
II his wife didn't have relations.
Self preservation in a man Is the
worst law of 7nture-so says woman
A woman likes to have her husband
think she is jealous when she isn't.
And if some men didn't boast they
would be unable to keep up faith in
themselves.
But few men get credit for being
hard workers unless they start the
story themselves.
What has become of the old fash
toned pedagogue who used to find a
bent pin on his chair occasionally?
Every man expects to go to heaven,
and he Will be awfuliy disappointed IL
he happens to meet any Of his former
neighbors thare.
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GLOBE SIGHTS.
[From the Atchison Globe. ]


The talk Of q lover should be taken
one way, and the talk Of q husband an
other.
A woman does love the notion of a
Secret Sorrow, and when she has one
she makes 1t public.
The disadvantage of being in the con-
fidence of some one is, he expects you
to take up his fuses.
Talk with any little man long enough,
and he will remind you that Napoleon
was of small stature.
1t is human nature not to pay much
attention to warning sign until one
runs into something more substantial.
1t is your enemies who keep you
straight. For real use, one active,
sneering enemy is worth two ordinary
friends.
With some people, everyone accused
of a crime is guilty. Others nearly al
ways sympathize with anyone in trou-
BILE.
When Mother writes a letter, every
child in the house manages to carry on
enough of the correspondence to get
inkstains on its clothes and fingers.
When a man keeps everlastingly at
it. the people admire him for his ZEN
ergy and persistence" but let a woman
keep everlastingly at 1t, and they say
she is a nagger.
When a woman marries a man who
makes a failure Of life, and she finds 1t
necessary to go to work, she has
mighty tough luck; but when she mar
ries successful industrious man, who
is willing to work all the time, and le,
her devote her energies to society, lit
erature, dry goods stores, etc., she has
mighty good luck.
In these times when every one seeks
for More Beautiful Thoughts, don't say
as white as g. sheet" Sometimes
sheets are made of unbleached muslin,
and 1t is therefore. a more beautiful
thought to say "as white as a tuberose."
At least that is what the Kansas City
Post says of the wife of DIR. Hyde, and
the Post is doing some Beautiful Writ
ing about the Hydes.
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QUAKER MEDrTATToNs.

EErom the Philadelphia Record.1
The great failing of other people is
that they talk too much.
Sick bed repentance seldom lasts
long enough TO pay the doctor.
When a ginger loses her voice she
still manages to do lot of loud talk
ing about it.
The fisherman who relies on liquid
bait is not the most successful, by a
jug full
You can't make a small boy believe
that a switch in the hand is worth two
in the bush.
Many a man who boasts that he is
making history is really making 1t out
of the whole cloth.
This is the time of year when the
office boys grandmother seems to have
very little to live for.
1t doesn't pay to cry over spilled
milk, nor to grieve more than a dol
lars worth over a lost dollar.
Blobbs-''The country seems to be
waking up." Slobbs-'Well, at least it
is coming to its census"
Consistency may be Jewel, but any
girl will tell you she can't wear II on
her engagement finger.
Wigg-tA nan never knows what he
is going to run up against. Wagg-
Eyes. especially when he is learning to
run an automobile"
New Minister-"Your husband is in
cIined to be b.bulous, Is he not?" Mrs.
Twistum-''No, sir; he don't know no
more about the Bible than snow
bird
much reading maketh a full man.
quoted the Wise Guy. And that's
about the only way It can be accom-
plished on Sunday here In Philadel-
phia." addsd the Simple Mug.
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HUAOR or THE DAY

Stranger-what do you do with the vast
swarms of immigrants that land your
shores every year? Prominent Gothamits
We don't have any trouble, sor In
assimplatin' thim.-Chicago Tribune.
How did that story that George Wash
ington couldn't tell lie get started?|
asked the inquisitive youth IT don't
know" replied the irreverent person; ''un-
less he had a press agent that could
Washington Star.
The old woman who lived in shoe ex-
plalned. II thought I could kick to the
1anitor easier" she said. Considering the
size Of her family II was plain that help
was needed.-New York Sun.
Yes" said Colonel Oldbeau. IT feel
like fighting every time I see two good
colonel" queried Mrs. Peachly. what
makes you feel that way2" "Oh, IT'S the
result Of my military education, I sup
pose" answered the colonel. IT never
like to see good ammunition wasted -
Chicago News.
Modern Girl-Father. / long to be indie
pendent-to rely upon my own exertions
for support. What trade or profession
would you recommend? Wise Father
First-class cooks make 5000 a year
Modern Grill don't like cooking IT'S too
feminine!-New York Weekly.
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BALLADE OF BYGoNE BEAUx.

BALLADE OF BYGONE BEAUx.
often wonder. as I grow old,
Along the street Of any city
WalkS there q swain yet unconsoled
OF all whom once could but pity?
6ark while tune my plaintive ditty:
Where is Bruce of the brow severe2
His bride is good, but she never was
pretty.
Where are the beaux of yesteryear7
Where is Edwin with eyes of gray.
Many year a faithful piner7
Quite content with his fiancee,
This years debutante Angelina
Once to David / seemed diviner
Than any saint in the calandere:
Now, he's married a girl in China.
Where are the beaux Of yesteryear?
Where Is Hal OF the stormy haSte7
Gone as he came, by the fast express;
Now a maiden Of better taste
Hears the tale of his loneliness.
was bridesmaid for Bob and Bess-
Nobody seemed to think 1t Queerl
wonder how many of them confessl
Where are the beaux of yesteryear?
RENVOI.
Tell him mo" and away he goes;
Somebody else says Yes, my dear"
How she must love me-if she knows,
Where are the beaux of yesteryear?
Amelia Josephine Burr, in the Bellman.
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pense of the grade or grammar
schools. Even admitting all that is
claimed for the advantages of higher
education. he still contends that the
same money. spent in educating the
masses up to higher standard would
be of infinitely more benefit to the
general public. I'VE are never going
to reform society from above down
ward" is the almost unanswerable
argument he presents. 1T must be
done from below upward"