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The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1911-12-07
HIT. Lstls, Lumber Man, Takes
Overdose OF Morphine
At Rooming House
NOTE EXPLAINS HIS SUICIDE MOUND CITY BOYS DONATE
Declares He Tried Hard To Make
II But Could Not And .
Had To End Life

".'ecauac the world was against
lin" II r. Let's, a lumber ie-
spector, committed suicide some
time during Tuesday night BY taxi
ing an overdose or morphine at his
fNom, 5l5 Ohio street.
ne left a note which he placed In
ais vest pocket so that it could be
~oGBy seen which he had written 4
'' tine before he took the fatal
lr II reod: Bury me and SAL
t''lr. I have tried hard bu.
ev' w2ke t, Yours as ever. II
Tits, You cant find any of my
1pn. The world is against pe.
DO net look for my people You
can't find them"
Let's was found dead in his bed
yesterday morning about . o'clock,
upstairs in the rooming house OF T..
G. Baxter, SIS Ohio street. BY
Thomas Smith, an attache of the
house who was sent to see how he
was getting along, as he had goIa
TO bed early in the afternooa be-
fore, complaining Of teothacha Il
Let's had been rooming at this pla .
The ffast ta@o years or moro. fic had
not been regularly employed for a
long time. The last work he had
done in his line was for IIynes
Pros, OF Anna, H., which was done
the past week or two.
Letters in Pocket.
In his pockets were found two let.
ters written him by his sons wife
Mrs. Charles A. Let's, 905 West
Michigan street, Duluth, Mimi, Oct
was written Oct 20 and the Other
Nov. s. Both were cheering letters
which showed that he had been
writing her very despondently OF
his condition and had intlmated thai
ho had thoughts OF ending hh
earthly career. The daughter-in-
law wrote very comforting and
cheerful letters and spoke OF thu
troubles his wife had been havins
recently in financial way. She
also upbraided him for saying in
one of his letters that the forty-fifth
of his marriage, which
occurred recently, was the most un-
happy day of his life.
Coroner McManus held an IN +.
quest over the body at the roomlnp
house. In Investigating for the
cause of Let's death the room and
the premises were searched and n |
small round paper box labeled NOR
phine" was found in the hall in tho
trash box. The box was empty. Hc |
had evidently taken the contents Of |
the box, sat down in his room and |
wrote his last message and lad |
down to die.
Man of Happy Disposition.
Let's was man about 65 years OF |
age, spare built and of apparently |
a happy disposition. He has beer
residing In Cairo the past twent, |
years or more, engaged at variou
Tines by number. of the local lun.-
Der firms as a lumber inspector
With the exception of a few days
work recently for an out-of-towr
lrm he has been unemployed foi
ome time and not being able tc
meet his obligations and the fact
hat he was separated from his wife
ed him to believe "the world was
.gainst him"
Coroner McManus sent a message
o Charles A. Let's, son Of deceased
{ Duluth, MINI, apprisine him of
lis fathers suicide. He received 4
Message last night telling him tc
old the body. He will be 1T
afro as soon as he can get here
he body is in charge of M. T.
'oith's undertaking establishment.
4
The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1911-12-07
Nearly Fifty Dollars Collected
Yesterday, Fourth Day
OF Campaign
Five Brothers And Sisters Received
At Childrsn's Home
Yesterday

Previously acknowied led Silt rs
I:s Thomas McEar-
iard LuL.her Co. 80 90
List led. D. Matthews
Lumber Co. .. 12.O0
Harry and Herbert Hand
ley 80
The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1911-12-07
National Deep Waterways Associa.
tien 0p,ns Convention al
Eationsl Capital.
WATERWAYS PASSAGE SURE
President RansdeII Declares Lead
ers Have Promised Him
Their Support.

Washington, Dec G.-The early
completion Of the Panama canal and
its probable effect on transportation
in the United States featured the adj
dresses Of nearly every speaker. at
the. eighth annual meeting ,ol the
National Rivers and fiarbofs Con-
sress here today.
Secretary of War Stimson wei
coined the delegates and spoke on
the relation of the canal to foreign
trade.
In the afternoon President Taft
received the members of the At
lantic Deep Waterways Association
who are delegates at the congress.
All Sections Represented.
Every section Of the country was
represented in the thousand dele
gates in attendance and every ses-
sion had an advocate among tho
speakers who pleaded for unity in
.he efforts to impress upon Congress
the need for nayisable waterways.
Representative Ransdell Of Louis
lana president of the organization
in his annual address expressed the
belief that Congress would call at
tention to the demand for waterways
legislation and declared he had re-
celVed the promise of Democratic
leaders that the House NwQnld take
up the waterways bill early In the
session
representative Sparkman Of Flor
ida said that by 1925 the govern
ment will have expended more than
a billion dollars for waterways i'm
Wants Deeper Canals
representative Moore OF Pennsyl-
yania urged the widening and deep
ening OF all canals along the At
lantic coast and Joseph N, Teel of
Portland Ore, spoke on the probable
effect of the Panama canal on the
lumber trade of the country.
Other speakers were David Kin
ley, director of the University Of
Edgar Ellis, of Kansas City,
w x, Kayanaugh, st. Louis, and
Edgar ). Savage.
Speakers at tomorrow's session
include Secretary OF the Interior
Fisher, Senator's Jones Of Washing
ton and Fletcher OF Florida, General
Rixby, chief army engineer. Judge !
Bland Of Kansas City and August
Belmont OF New York
The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1911-12-07

Previorsly acknowied ,ed Silt rs
I:sr 357- Thomas McEar-
iaEG Lulsher CO. 80. 90
List led. D. Matthews
Lumber Co. ... H.
Harry end Herbert Hand
ley .. so
Iotal .... .,...,... $3.50 20
Every school child in Cairo will
have an opportunity to play Santa
Claus for the Children's Home. The
Bulletin. through the kindness or
Supt, T. G. Clendenen, yesterday
placed a Christmas Fdnd List in
each room OF every school, including
the High School, and every pupil is
asked to eontributs something. The
names OF the contributors will be
published as socn as the lists are
retarncd ITS The Bulletin office.
Even II the most you can spare is
a penny do not hesitate TO place your
name on the list Just think of all
the presents one cent from every
school child in Cairo would buy for
the Youngsters at 1.-THE chiidrenss
Home! Why, II would huy each of
h2m nice present and then there
would be enough left over to provide
them with a few articles of clothing.
And another thing just think Of
how much better you will feel Christ.
mas il you have added something to
the happiness OF those motherless
and fatherless girls and boys!
Brothers Send Money.
Two little brothers. Harry End
Herbert Handley, who live in Moand
city and who say they have the
dearest mamma and papa" have
forwarded postal order for fifty
cents to The Bulletin, with the fol-
lowing letter.
Dear Editor:
We take your paper and am in-
terested in the little orphans. | am
s years cd and brother is A years
old. inclose please find so cts.-25
cts. from each tD help pay Santa
Claus for his visit Christmas we
wish them all a merry Christmas
and Happy New Year. We remain
two little boys
Harry and Herbert Handley,
Mound City.
P. s.-We have a dear mama and
papa
Harry and Herbert are fortunate
to have a good mamma and good
papa. Not all children are so for
at least not those who are
being cared for at the Children's
Home.
An entire family of children
five of them--were received as in
mates of the Home yesterday from
Willard. Alexander county to be
cared for until their papa can take
care of them himself.
Their Mother Leaves.
Two months ago the mother of
-hese children. who range from 6 to
10 years in age, disappeared. and ac-
,ording to statements made by the
'ather, who is laborer. she ran
lway from her family The man
ried his best to keep the little fam
ly together. The oldest of the chill
lren remained at home and cared
or the rest OF the family while the
ather worked. The family was get
ing along nicely, despite the abb
enCe of the mother. but on Thanks
living Day, their home caught fire.
n a few minutes the dry wood was
n flames and the children narrowly
scaped. Nothing was saved from
he house-not even stitch of
lothing. Only a few charred en-
ers remain to mark the former
ONE of this unhappy little family.
The father built the home with
loney he had been saving from his
leager wages for years and now he.
a addition to being homeless. also
J penniless.
Woud Keep Them Together.
II want you to keep my children
or me- he told Matron McEwen
/ the Home yesterday Il want you
o keep them together for me, and
The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1911-12-07
Woud Keep Them Together.

Il want you to keep my Children
for me- he told Matron McEwen
at the Home yesterday, Il want you
to keep them together for me, and
The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1911-12-07


V0uR WANT AD will get
you in touch with home
seekers. Always, i'll this city,
there are enough Of these to af-
ford a market for any desirable
home property.
The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1911-12-07

Concluded on page six. !,
The Seattle Republican. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1???-1915, 1911-02-17
HONESTY BEST POLICY

When Claude Bannick, after ten years continuous
service on the police force of Seattle named chief
of the police by Mayor George W. Dilling it an
other verifcation of the old adage Honesty is the
best policy" Since Bannick has been member of
the force it must have often seemed to him that it
did not really pay to be honest, as he has seen men
grow immensely rich on the force and yet they were
supposed to be getting only the ordinary salary allowed
policemen He had seen them not only grow fabu-
lousy rich but he has seen them rise to power and
lead him three or four times The tenderloners
all say 'Ofcer Bannick is the only man on the force
that YOU cannot buy" which may may not be true,
and the statement is seriously doubted as there must
be others on the force just honest as Bannlck Re
CARELESS of others he has honestly done his duty
on the force and never stopped to graft though
it may have meant fortune in his hands He fearless
y defed his superior officers in the Gill administration,
who seemed willing to do anything in the way OF H.
nancial remuneration for him. if he would only and
vet not see things and forget what he did see but
Bannick was not built that way, and when he was
called before the investigating committee to explain
certain things that took place in the restricted district
he seems to have told the whole truth and nothing but
the truth but he had not the remoest idea chat his
stand for right would be instrumental in making him
chief of the police anything else save straghttor-
ward policeman but he built better than he had planned
for his statement before the committee went long
WAYS toward crystaizing the recall movement which
resulted in the election of Dilng and in ibis appoint
ent as chief of the police with the view of organic
the force along honest lines instead of grating lines
Let's hone that the life Claude Bannick has lived will
be the an aspiration young men just beginning to
travel the long road of life and that they will be better
men for having taken him as their example
The Seattle Republican. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1???-1915, 1911-02-17

The surprising thing, however concerning this start
ing piece of news is the attitude of Prosecuting At
torney Johh F. Murphy, who has worked in absolute
harmony with Burns in gatheing this damaging evil
dence, to ask the superior court for grand jury
grand jury might be necessary to ferret out other
graft that to only await the lynx eye OF
the law but certainly there is need of grand jury
for Wappenstein's case, if Burns and Murphys re-
ports of their secret Investigations have been correctly
reported To have grand jury called means the ex'
pendture of the tax payers money to the tune of be-
tween S. 600 and $10 900 to find out what the prosecut
ing attorney declares his own signature he has
already If the detective and the prosecuting attorney
are correct, they have caught Wappenstein with the
goods him, then it to the proper thing for
the prosecuting attorney to do is to file informa-
ton direct in the superior court and the county
the unnecessary expense of grand jury inquistion
No one doubts but that graft has riot in Seattle
from the very day that Gill became mayor of Seattle
to the day he left but the public has no proof of
it, hence be made to bring the guilty
parties to justice but if Detective Burns and Prose-
cutting Attorney Murphy have the evidence then such
evidence is in the proper hands, at least in the
hands of the the people have elected to guard
their interest, and they should move the law
breakers as the law has made provisions, and not
wait for the enquiry of grand jury. AS said above,
so far as Wappensten is concerned there is need
of grand jury and the tax payers should be saved
that expense but he should be proceeded against by
direct information filed in the superior court by the
prosecuting attorney.
The Seattle Republican. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1???-1915, 1911-02-17
RAMSAY TALKS OF THINGS

81 am delighted to again be in Seattle said
Claude c. Ramsay day this week, who has just re-
turned from tour of the eastern and southern states
81 went from Seattle to Washington City, thence to
New York city and from there to my old home IN SAILS
hurry. North Carolina where I spent month or such
matter with relatives and old friends. From there
T went to New Orleans, thence to California and from
there home | had splendid opportunity to OBJ
serve the financial and general condition the OF country
during nv travels and while have seen times betters
vet thew are not half so worse at present and cond
tions will begin to improve with spring. While am
ALWAYS delighted to visit the SOUTH yet under no cir
cumstances wcnuld | think of making it my home
again. Northern capital however, is slowly but sure
w finding lucrative investments in the SOUTH and espe
callv in North Carolina Labor is not quite so hard to
handle in that section in the west and still they
have some trouble in that direction In Louisiana
great many Russian Jews and Italians have been i'm
ported and the owners of the lands not apprecat-
ing the change from Negro to Italian help The ltal
ians are sury lot and give the land owners consd-
cradle trouble. Yes, there seems to be more or less
friction among the whites and the blacks down there,
hut on the whole the blacks and whites seem to get
along better than do the whites and the Italians
am however inclined to lean to the theory that, the
black folk will have to scatter all over the United
States and even to the South American countries in
der for them to overcome the long standing infe
roritv with which they have so long been branded.
While it is an undeniable fact that the black folk OF
the south are making manly strides in the arts OF CIV
ilization from the white mans viewpoint yet am OF
the opinion that those living in the far west are dong
better as they are learning the progressive ways
of doing things and from which they will soonerreacn
the goal of success
The Seattle Republican. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1???-1915, 1911-02-17
WAPPENSTEIN AND CRATE

Detective VIM ]. Burns declares he has sufficient
evidence against Charles W. Wappenstein to convict
him of graft and bobery of the most henous and ne
farous type which evidence is in the form of confess
sons and corroborative evidence If he speaks truly
and it is not doubted, then the taxpayers should be
unanimous in demanding his arrest and conviction.
The Seattle Republican. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1???-1915, 1911-02-17

Dan Landon, senator from the thrty-second dis
trct, has developed into great minority leader in
the senate and he is making speeches that really
astonishing himself and that is saying good deal
The Seattle Republican. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1???-1915, 1911-02-17

An alleged detective is said to have spent some
thing like S. 900 wnng and dining the gang in Seat
tie with the view of getting next. That seems to us
as one thief trying catch another Any ferret
ing out crime that has to resort to such tricks and
sculduggery ought himself be sent 10 prison.
The Seattle Republican. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1???-1915, 1911-02-17

Howard D. Taylor, speaker of the house of repre-
sentatyes, was made Elk last Monday evening and
already the members of the body to think that
horns have begun to sprout him that will be foot
long by the time he is reelected speaker.
The Seattle Republican. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1???-1915, 1911-02-17

While Representative Todd of Whitman, is bit
freaksh in the legislature he is having good deal of
fun with himself trying to pose a statesman. Todd
is neither farmer lawyer at home and so some
of his fellow members have referred to his occupation
as what is it?''
The Seattle Republican. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1???-1915, 1911-02-17

Representative Louis Toomer writes from Olympia,
''Antagonism to the contrary Notwithstanding, am
still right side up with in Olympia and doing bust
ness at the old stand. "
The Seattle Republican. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1???-1915, 1911-02-17

Representative Beech of Mason county is of the
opinion that the day is fast coming when brains will
cease be at premium in the legislature of this state
That will depend solely DOCTOR whether it's beech
or beef brains.
The Seattle Republican. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1???-1915, 1911-02-17

Elwocd C. Hughes spoke at the banquet of the
Young Mems Republican club last Saturday evening
and again demonstrated that he is very brilliant
speaker and chock full of wit and humor.
Had Mr.. Hughes different temperament and diff
ferent manner of meeting his fellow men he would
simply clean upn political ay and the United States
senate would be his home long he desired to live
there
The Seattle Republican. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1???-1915, 1911-02-17

Mayor Gill of Seattle charge part of his defeat
up to his newspaper backing The Times unblushng-
ly says that conducted very shrewd campaign, but
most people think its campaign policy of bluff,
and that the bluff has been called Gle Elum Echo.
The Seattle Republican. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1???-1915, 1911-02-17

Bobby Boyce private secretary to Recall Mayor
Hiram Charles Gill, must have left the office, which
he has held for the past eleven months with an aw
fully bad taste in his mouth judging from his article
in the Argus last Saturday. parting shot of his
opinion of the recall of his chief Boyce is one of the
most pleasing writer's in the Northwest and even the
article referred to couched in such choice and
charming language that those differing from him
could not but read it with a good deal of pleasure
Joe Smith, candidate for one of the councnlanic
nominations before the coming primaries has been
selected by Mayor Dling and his private secretary
which gives him double shot at feeding at the public
crib Joe is rather brilliant newspaper correspond
ent and has considerable publicity as we'll as no.
torety exposer of public corruption and on a
few occasions has likewise won a pretty good drub
bling from the other fellow but he has gone on in the
even tenor of his way exposing what he thought to be
public corruption and for all these years of expose
work he has been named by Mayor Dillng as his pr-
vate secretary and still hope of being nominated
for councilman 1t is better late than never
Eugene w. Way has clean public record "
The Seattle Republican. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1???-1915, 1911-02-17

Gov. M. E. Hay denies possessing any of the quail
tiles that go to make up successful politician, but
those who have observed his actions since he has been
governor of the state, do not wholly agree with him.
He to be trying to pattern after former Gov
ernor Hughes of New York and is making very re-
spectacle blunder in that direction.
The Seattle Republican. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1???-1915, 1911-02-17

A. v Fawcett, mayor of Tacoma is certain of hav-
ing to through the trials and trbulatons of recall
election. Fawcett is Of the most erratic creatures
that elected to public office and the won
der is among those, who have known him for many
years. that he was ever elected to office after once
having done time in that capacity. Both the saloon
and the antisaloon displeased at his actions
and are making united effort to have him recalled
The Seattle Republican. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1???-1915, 1911-02-17

Moritz Thompson one of Seattles foremost business
men, who has been soourning in Mexico for the past
six weeks returned home few days ago. but expects
to return within a few days. When asked if he
not bit eary of going that country with the
insurrectionists the warpath, he laconcay replied
"Rats!"
The Seattle Republican. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1???-1915, 1911-02-17

Frank H. Rudkin, took the oath of office last Sat-
urday in Seattle as u S. district judge for Eastern
Washington. Judge Rudkn has occupied three differ
ent Judiciary positions within the past decade He
was first elected superior court judge of Yakima
county, then he was twice elected a member of the
supreme court of the state and now he has qualified
for federal judge life long position. 1t is said by
those who toknow whereof they speak that Judge
Rudkin will be heard from again along The line of jul
dical promotion.
The Seattle Republican. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1???-1915, 1911-02-17

J. w. Bullock is one of the most philanthropc men
in the whole city of Seattle and needy person
leaves his office without being assisted. Though max
ing no religious pretentions, he has helped
churches even before he went into politics than any
other man. perhaps, running for the city council
in Seattle
The temperament of thetwelfth legislature is most
decidedly anUi-E W. Ross and if other state senates
had have been of like temperament the state would
be millions of dollars better off. Now let the house of
the twelfth legislature do it's duty has the senate
and may perhaps. the balance of the state lands will
be saved.
The announcement in the daily papers that an hon.
est man had been put at the head of the police depart
ment of Seattle was of such startling nature that
hundreds of persons went to the city hall for great
err object than to look such parsonage The times
and the customs, how changed
Upto February IA, the 36th day of the session of
the Washington legislature there had been 351 bills in
troduced in the house and 81 in the senate. Eleven
bills have been signed by the governor and 10 others
have passed by both houses and ready for approval
There are 81 bills passed by the senate pend
ing in the house awaiting action of the house and 80
which have passed the house awaiting action in
the senate So far during the session Al bills have
been killed in one body or the other
The Seattle Republican. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1???-1915, 1911-02-17

Eugene W. Way has a clean public record.
BoletiÌn mercantil de Puerto Rico. (San Juan, P.R.) 18??-1918, 1911-12-20

estos casos para ell d1a trece de Diciem-
bre de 1911.
Corte Suprema.-
El Pueblo de Puerto Rico, apelado, VS..
Claudio Rivera. No. 391.-Se confrma
la sentencia que dict6 La Corte de Dis
trito de San Juan, Secci6n Segunda Ell
dla de Agosto de 1911.
BoletiÌn mercantil de Puerto Rico. (San Juan, P.R.) 18??-1918, 1911-12-20

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.utomovil. una joys, algo de valor de
arte ofrezcalos quien pueda COM
prarlo
" quien puede ccm prar ELL dlnero'
La xente que IL tesse tee El. FOl.G
TIN MERCANTIL