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The Owyhee nugget. ([Silver City], Idaho) 1905-1984, 1911-09-07
Arc und the World
In 10 Minutes


plish the feat, the New York
times, the other day, forwarded
a message of nine words around
the world by wire.
1t took exactly sixteen and one
hall minutes for the message to
make the journey of28, 613 miles
overland and under the seas of
the two hemispheres. In that
THAI time it passed through the
hands of eighteen different agen-
cles, operating land and sub-mar-
Inc linesin then and old world.
traversed the United States, and
touched at the Hawaiian Islands.
Guam, the PHILIPPINES, China, two
parts OF India, Africa, Spain and
the Azores. 1t flashed along the
bottom OF the Pacific, Atlantic
and Indian Oceans, the Red and
Mediterranean Seas and Suez
Canal and from Madras to Bonn
bay buzzed it's way through the
primeval forests of the man-eat-
ing tiger, panther, boa-constrict-
or and python. over the $50 miles
OF land lines owned by the Indian
Government.
The experiment had a special
significance in view of the fact
that tfty-four years ago this
month, Cyrus W. Field, saw his
dream OF electrical communica-
zion between England and the
United States realized in the sue
cessful laying of the first Allan
tic cable and the transmission of
messages between the two widely
separated nations. That achieve
ment, following the introduction
OF the land telegraph OF Professor
Morse, by thirteen years, moved
the world forward thousand
years.
With it's aid Dewey was enabled
to notify the world of the sinking
OF the Spanish Armada under
Montojo, 1900 miles away in
Manila Bay, an hour after that
historic disaster to Castillian as
tendency in the Far East.
AS we think of this marvel, the
picture of Nathan Rothschild,
riding at top speed on a fiery
steed over night to the coast of
Belgium with the first news of the
defeat OF Napoleon at Waterloo
and its dispatch by boat and re-
lays of trusted carriers, every
forty miles from Dover to Lon
don, unconsciously looms before
us, as a ghost of the wistful past.
Reverting in fancy to those prim-
tive days, as we felicitate on the
wonder of the modern ocean
greyhound crossing the Atlantic
in four days, the world now re-
calls in amazement how it took
eighty days for Ben Franklin, to
make the journey to France on
his mission for the American col.
onies.
From the introduction Of the
cable dates most of those cleo.
trical, engineering and. other
marvels which have since stirred
the universe and fred the imag-
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Idaho and Oregon
REAL ESTATE
and MINES
| Have

proved and Unimproved Stock Ranches; Hay an Grain
Farms and Fruit Lands OF any size to suit purchaser
Developed and partly developed Mining Properties that
are Excellent Investments
The Cairo bulletin., 1911-08-25
GIRL HOBO IS ARRESTED
I'm Adah Jones, Sister Of Casey
She Tells Kansas City !
Police.

Kansas City, Mo-. Aug. 24.--HeI
hair ruffled and her face and cloth.
ing begrimed with SCOT, nineteen-
year-old girl was arrested here to-
day as she climbed out of a box cal
In the Missouri Pacific yards.
( She said she left Denver two
weeks ago because her, widowed
mother married man she did moi
fancy She .hoboed it'' to st
Louis, she said, and was now bound
for the west again travelling the
same plan.
"Name?" i's
t"oh. yes, certainly. I'm Adah
jones' sister Of Casey Jones. You
sed all our folks took to railroadine
right from the cradle"
y This was the girls answer to the
question as to her identity. She
will be tried on charge of vagran.
cy tomorrow. 1
The Cairo bulletin., 1911-08-25
CAR men TAKE CONTRACT
Des Moines Street Railway EN-
ployes Ratify Action Of Execu-
tive Committee.

Des Moines, Iowa. Aug. 24.-By
a virtually unanimous vote the car
mems union today ratified the action
Of the executive committee of the
union In accepting the terms Of the
new working contract, already
agreed to by officials by the street
car company.
BY this action all danger Of q
strike on the point that caused the
recent trouble finally disappeared.
The car men, It is understood, are
granted in the contract evsvything
In the way Of an arbitration clause,
which they desired.
The Cairo bulletin., 1911-08-25
Comes Within Twenty-Five Miles Of
His Goal, New York, When Bear
ings Are Troublesome And He
Makes Landing.
.A0LDS VORLO'S RECORD
Atwood Has Made 1910 Miles From
St, Louis, Which is rs Longer
Than Any Previous Flight--Goes
To Gotham Today.

Mack, New York, Aug. 81
Another delay incident to aviation
brought disappointment to thousands
Of persons along the lower Hudson
river and in New York city today
when Harry N. Atwood in his fight
from St. Louis failed to sail over
New York ard landed in Sheepshead
bay, but because Of a defect in HIS
engine was. compelled to land here,
within twenty-five miles of his desti-
nation. 4s
Tomorrow Atwood expects to re-
5sume his trip and in one hour finish
the longest aeroplane flight ever
achieved D
Atwood's position tonight is 1910
miles from st. Louis and Just 25
miles from the heart Of New York.
The actual flying time for distance
covered in eleven days is 27 hours
and As minutes.
! Despite his failure to land in New
York the days sail of 109 miles down
the Hudson gave Atwood by 76 miles
is the worlds longest distance record
formerly held by European aviators.
"- Flies Down Hudson. 81
Atwood's fight down the Hudson
before noon was full Of incidents
He covered the 100 miles from Cas-
tleton, where he assembled at 1885 a.
m. to Mack where he made his final
landing at 1888 a. m. in a actual
flying time Of hours and 81 min
utes. One hour and three minutes
living brought him te Kingston, OPP
Iposite Rhine Giift which rnarlged his
having surpassed By thirteen miles
the previous worlds record of 116i
miles.
4 At 1l.05 a. M, Atwood started
from Kingston proposing to make
his last start for Sheepshead Bay and
thus complete the trip but he had
not gone far when he discovered
that bearing metal on his engine
had worn away and the machine was
wabblings.
The Cairo bulletin., 1911-08-25
MRS. MARY lOFL|N DIES
Funeral Of Pioneer Resident of
Cairo to Be Held To-
morrow.

Mrs Mary A. Loflin died at 1:15
O'Clock yesterday afternoon at hei
home, 1900 Washington avenue. af.
teE an illness of several months
caused BY apopiexy With i eofnbiii
cation OF other ailments. .f
Mrs. Loflin was born in New York
City Dec %, 1881, being in her
eightieth year She was married
to Henry G.. Loflin May. 81, 1857
and removed to Cairo Feb. 8, 1858,
where she has resided ever since
Her husband died Feb. 20. 1897. He
was for many years engaged in the
book and stationery business, at 23O
Eighth street. Four children sur
vive: Mrs. w. r. Mckee of Minot. N.
D.; Miss Nellie Loflin and Miss
Maude Loffin I,add. wife of J. ID.
Ladd, both of this city, and William
Loflin of White Plains, N. Y She
has been consistent member of the
Presbyterian church for 81 years
and UP to the time of her illness had
been a constant attendant for 81
years. WA
The funeral will be held tomor-
row afternoon. Services will be con
Quoted at the Presbyterian church
by the pastor Rev. Alfred M. Eels
and interment viii be In villa Ridge
cemetery
The Cairo bulletin., 1911-08-25
NO ADJUSTMENT.
/ Of SHOP fight
Vice President of Hartman Line
and Head of Blacksmith Union
Held Long Conference Illinois
Central Involved

Chicago, Aug. IA long con.
ference between vice-P President
Kruttschnitt of the Union and
Southern Pacific railroads and J. w
Kline, international president of the
Blacksmiths' Union. was held hero
today without any steps being taken
toward settlement OF differences in
yolying $4,000 shop men of the Har-
riman lines.
Both declined to discuss what was
done at the conference but 1t was
said the subject of the, railroad IS re.
fusal to recognize the United Rail-
ways Union instead of separate
unions was discussed at length.
Follows Directors Instruction.
X was said Vice President .Krutt-
schnltt followed instructions of the
directors for recognition of the fed
Grated organization.
shortly after the meeting Vice
President Kruttschitt left for the
west where he will spend two weeks
investigating the labor situation. lie
will visit Omaha, Ogden, San Fran
cisco and other cities and may con-
fer with labor representatives at
San Francisco next Wednesday.
The roads involved in the present
fight are the Union Pacific, South
ern Pacific, Central Pacific, Oregon
Short Line, Houston and Texas, Gem
tral OF Oregon Railroad and Navi-
cation Co., San Pedro. Los Angeles
and Salt Lake railroad. Shop work.
ers at the Illinois Central have also
presented similar requests.
The Cairo bulletin., 1911-08-25
YOUTH HELD FOR
KILLING THREE
Is Arrested on Eve of His Marriage,
After Bodies Of Relatives Are
Found X with Crushed Skulls
, Lynchers Are Feared.

Boonyille, lnds, Aug. "a In
stead of being married tonight as ht
planned William Ice. 81 years old
is in jail charged with the murder
Of his father, Richard Lee, his
mother and his younger brother
Clarence, whose blackened bodies.
the skulls crushed with an axe 'oi
hatchet, were found early today in
their burning home.
Because of threats of violence
against him Lee may be taken to
Jail at Evansville for safe keeping
Will Not Talk,
Lee refuses to make any further
statements other than that he was
awakened early this morning by fire
and that he had dressed and run
from the house to give an alarm and
returned to rescue his father
mother and brother.
An axe and hatchet. the heads
of both covered with blood, were
picked up in the house after firemen
had put out the flames. Traces OF
Kerosene were found on the beds
and floors of the rooms
In table drawer were insurance
policies on the lives of the father,
aged So, and the younger son. aged
II. Cash amounting to 5000, the
proceeds of the sale yesterday of
some property at Newburgh had dis
appeared.
The prisoner was to have been
married tonight to Miss Minnie Tay-
lor, daughter of a farmer living
near here s~s
Witnesses at the inquest told the
coroner that Lee had quarreled with
his father because the latter, had not
given him as much money as he ex-
pected. .ny Yt
The Cairo bulletin., 1911-08-25
Texas Hen Breaks Record.

San Antonio. Texas, Aug. a.
Mrs. Grace c. Norton, of this city,
has q Rhode Island pullet which ap-
pears to have broken all records In
the matter Of beginning to lay. at a
tender age. This pullet was hatched
from an egg on June Goth, and has
been constantly kept in covered
run where other chickens could not
intrude. On August 18th, two days
less than two months from the date
of Matching, the first egg was laid
The egg has been shown to a number
of experienced chicken raisers and
none OF them ever heard of a pullet
SO young beginning TO lay. The egg
has been blown" and will be kept
for exhibition purposes at poultry
shows.
The Cairo bulletin., 1911-08-25


New York, Aug. 24-Percy Sholto
Douglass, marquis Of Queensbury, Ia
here loking around for some place or
position in. the United States where
he may seek his fortune, ist
The head of one of the oldest and
proudest Scottish families, he is dis
gusted with his native land because,
as he AYERS. 1t gives him no chance
to get ahead The Marquis is forty
three years old and has two Eons,
both of whom are lords.
He says that but for the fact tina:
it might impair the careers of his
boys he would become naturalized
and remain a citizen OF the United
states to theend of his days. l
The Marquis is decended from "Old
a., who inthe time of George ILL
promulgated the famous Marquis Foi
Queensbury rules for boxing con
tests. II.
The Cairo bulletin., 1911-08-25
MRS. POWERS IS DEAD
Funeral Will Be Held Today From
the Christian Church.

Mrs. Jennie Powers. aged 55, died
at her home, 413 Nineteenth street
yesterday morning at II o'clock, af.
ter an Illness of several months.
She leaves two sons, j. r. and s
j. Powers, and a daughter, Mrs. J
r. Burnwell. all of this city. The
funeral will take place this after
noon at 2 o'clock. Services will be
conducted at the residence by Rev
Darnell of the Christian church. The
remains will be taken to Beech
Grove cemetery by interurban..
The Cairo bulletin., 1911-08-25

Chicago, Aug. 24.Mrs. F. p.
Ellsworth, 35 years old, who for sew
eral weeks has rented her automo-
bile as a public vehicle and acted as
chauffeur, was arrested by the po-
lice today charged with operating a
public vehicle without a license,
raxicab owners In Hyde Park did
not relish having q woman competi.
tor and complaihed to the police
and Mrs.. Erlsworth's arrest fol.
lowed.
The Cairo bulletin., 1911-08-25
mine fire KILLS SEVEN
Rescurers Hope to Save Three Other
Miners Imprisoned BY
Flames.

Ely, Nevada, Aug. 24--Seven men
met death and three others were SER
iously injured today in fire which
swept the new five compartment
shaft OF the Giroux Consolidated
Mines Company here
The bodies remain In the mine but
there is hope that the men may be
found alive.
Both shafts of the mine have been
sealed in order to smother thehames.
AS the flames died down the
crowd slowly dispersed, The body
was burned to a crisr
The Cairo bulletin., 1911-08-25
Real Estate Transfers.

William w. Orr to John C. Ghol.
son, warrantee deed, lots II and 1S
block 81 first addition city. Con-
slderation, 81 81 600.
William w. Orr to George B
Wearen, warrantee deed, lot 36
block &c, first addition city. Con.
sideratlon, $500.
George w. Miller to James #. Pal.
mer, special warrantee deed, lots II
and is, block 3. first addition city
Consideration $3.50.
The Cairo bulletin., 1911-08-25
GA. R. ELECTION TODAY.
Judge Harvey M. Trimble Of Illinois
Has Smooth Path for Head of
Organization. lsF

Rochester. N. Y. Aug. 24.-On
the eve Of the election in the annual
encampment Of the Grand Army Of
the Republic it is practically assur-
ed that Judge Harvey w. Trimble,
of Illinois, will be elected COM
mander-in-chief. a
1t was expected that his opponent,
General John McElroy, would with
draw tonight but he has not done
so though he may do SO before the
vote is taken tomorrow Next years
encampment city will be chosen to-
morrow. Los Angeles is the only
city mentioned.
The Cairo bulletin., 1911-08-25
MANY SEE FREAK CALF
Baby Bovine With Six Legs Attarcts
500 To Iron Mountain Mountain
Yards.

A slx-legged COW in a box car in
the freight yards of the Iron Noun
tain railroad attracted much atten-
tion Yesterday afternoon. Probably
500 people had q look at the freak
of nature. The COW was enroute
south. The animal was apparently
suffering from lack of drink and
food The attention of the Humane
Society was called to thecase, but the
car was switched out of the yards be-
fore the information had been re.
ported ),
The Cairo bulletin., 1911-08-25
GIRLS CAMP N WOODS
Eighteen Young Wickliffe Misses
Living Close To Nature
Near River,
Girls Canning Out.

A merry party or Wickliffe young
ladies have gone into camp in the
woods back of East Cairo, Ky. where
they intend to spend several days.
Three Of the young ladies, Misses
Hopkins. Jessie Worthington and
Elala Norwood were sent to Cairo
yesterday morning on the launch
Adolph, to procure supplies for the
camp.
The rain of yesterday afternoon
may have had the effect Of causing
the yound ladies' to break camp.
The Cairo bulletin., 1911-08-25
Works Three Shifts in Harvest.

Argyle. Minn... Aug. 24.-Eugene
Lavine, a Marshall county farmer, is
harvesting 500 acres of wheat with
one machine. working day and
night. The binder is run with eight
horses. four to shift and head
light is used at night. The night
shift OF horses stand the work much
better than the men in the heat Of
tip9a1ey and Lavine predicts night
o9 p will become general tn the
n2rg1Mest -
The Cairo bulletin., 1911-08-25
Mol Takes Black, Charged With. At
tacking Farmers Wife And Gre
mate Him While Thousands Shout
Approval,
WOMAN IS NEAR DEATH
Peter Carter Is Captured By Three
Of His Own Race After Escaping
From Constable Sheriff And STAFF
Locked In Cell.

Bnrcell. Okla, Aug. 24--Whilt
3,000-men. women and children stood
by shouting their approval Peter
Carter, negro" who had previously
been captured, BY. three members ot
his own race and Unidentified as the
maii who last might attacked Mrs.
Minnie Straggins, wife of farmer,
was burned TO death ona brush pile
in the main street of Purcell this
afternoon. Deputy Sheriff Hayes
aud Under Sheriif Farris, who at
tempted to rescue the negro we're
oyerpowered and locked In the court
house.
Mrs. Spraggins, who is not ex-
ptcted to five was assaulted while
alone in her home, one mile south of
Purcell. After the deed the negro
set fire to the Spraggins' home.
Husband Saves Wife.
Mrs. Spraggin's husband saw the
flames while working in the fields
and rushed into the house In time to
rescue his wife.
Carter was arrested and turned
over to a constable but on the way
to Jail escaped When 1t became
known the negro was free, farmers
of the neighborhood organized and
and an all night search was made.
This afternoon Hiley Henry, a
negro janitor noticed strange negro
hidilg. under o. box near the Okla
homa Central railway station. With
Z the aid or two other negroes, who
had armed themselves to aid In fthe
search for Carter, the negro ianitor
pulled Carter from beneath the car.
Crowd Gathers in Street.
He was taken to the main street
of Purcell where great crowd had
gathered.
Carter was taken across the street
and In an instant many men and boys
were gathering brush and placing 1t
at his feet. e.
Farris pleaded with the mob de-
'claring the negro would get an in
slant trial and that there would be
no chance for him to escape. After
the sheriff had concluded officers
were led to the court house, presum-
ably to confer with some of the
negroes.
AS they entered the room the
key was turned and locked and the
officers were held prisoners until
the negro was dead.
Lock Officers in Cell.
As soon as the sheriff and his as
gistants had been locked up the
negro was led oft and placed on an
oil soaked brush heap built around q
telephone pole.
He was tied to, the pole and the
torch applied. Cheers came from
the crowd as the flames licked the
victims face and men and women in
motor cars watched him die.
AS he was lashed to the pole the
negro shrieked for mercy.
After the negro's body had been
burned to a crisp the mob quietly
dispersed and no arrests were made
The Cairo bulletin., 1911-08-25
Fatally HURT in RUNAWAY,

Bloomington. Ill, Aug. 24--Al-
fred Bayless Of Macomb. ILL.,, former
State Superintendent Of Public In
struction, was fatally hurt near
Wccdbine, Iowa, late today when
his horse frightened at an aatomo-
bile ran away and threw him ont.
The Cairo bulletin., 1911-08-25
Resumes His Studies,

Frank Schoembs, who has held
the position of collector for the Gen.
trail Union Telephone Co. has re-
signed his position to resume his
studies at Cairo High school,
The Cairo bulletin., 1911-08-25
Studied New Millinery STYLES.

Mrs. r. B. Armstrong and Mrs,
Hattie Parker. who have been at st.
Louis several weeks studying the
fall and winter styles in millinery,
returned home yesterday.
The Cairo bulletin., 1911-08-25

Continued On third page
The Newport miner. [volume] (Newport, Wash.) 1899-current, 1911-08-10
OFFICES ORDERED TO MOVE
Sound Army Supply Posts Likely to
Be Dropped.

Tacoma - Orders received by
United States Quartermaster's Agent
Savage, transferring the major part
of his clerical force from this office
to San Francisco, and the report that
similar orders have been received at
the Seattle quartermaster's Office, are
taken here to mean that tie govern
ment is eventually gong to abandon
its army supply agencies on Puget
Sound, and centralize the work of the
quartermaster's department in San
Francisco and Portland Consider
able indignation Is felt at the move,
and the local commercial organiza-
tons are planning an appeal through
the congressional delegation from this
state
The transfers come in line with the
new policy of the army. VIII CHI is to
centralize all military affairs in three
divisions, with headquarters at New
York, Chicago and San Francisco.
The Newport miner. [volume] (Newport, Wash.) 1899-current, 1911-08-10

Rear Admiral Hugo Osterhaus, U. s.
NJ. commands the largest battleship
feet ever brought together under the
United States flag. The feet assem-
bled off Cape Cod for the summer
maneuvers is composed of twenty-one
battleships. In addition. the armored
cruisers in charge Of Rear Admiral
Sidney A. Staunton, consisting of the
Tennessee, Montana. North Carolina
and Washington. are attached to the
feet as fifth division. The Atlantic
torpedo fleet. in command of Com
mander Edward W. Eberle. consisting
Of sixteen or seventeen destroyers and
seven submarines. is also in attend
ance. bringing the number of fighting
craft In the feet to more than fifty.
Night battle attacks. with searchlight
drills. besides steaming trials at full
speed and landing detachments on
shore as infantry and light artillery,
will be included in the summers work.
Rear Admiral Osterhaus has had d
distinguished career in the navy. He
was graduated from Annapolis in 1870
and reached his present grade in 1909
He is a native of Illinois and. was ap-
pointed to the service from Missouri.
He is sixty years old and will be re-
tired in 1918.
The Newport miner. [volume] (Newport, Wash.) 1899-current, 1911-08-10
WATER CAUSED TYPHOID

Justice Court Jury Finds Power and
Light Co. CriminaIIy Careless.
North Yakima-The Pacific Power
& Light Co. was held guilty by a jury
in justice court of being criminally
negligent in allowing the Cascade
Lumber Company to pump polluted
water into the city mains, causing a
typhoid epidemic in May.
The complaint was sworn to by
County and City Health Officer
Thomas Tetreau, who charged that
the defendant had allowed the Cas-
cade Lumber Company to pump pol
luted water into the city ma MS. The
defense submitted no testimony The
prosecution was the result of infor-
nation given out by mill employees
as to what had happened, the alleged
act of the defendant having been
committed last March, followed by an
epidemic of typhoid fever in that
neighbOrhood in May.
The Newport miner. [volume] (Newport, Wash.) 1899-current, 1911-08-10
Shaw an Economist.

Shaw an Economist.
Leslie M. Shaw, formerly secretary
Of the treasury. was in Washington
recently visiting his old friends at the
capital and in the departments.
SHAW" said cabinet officer. was
one Of the mysteries of the Roosevelt
administration. From the time he be-
came secretary of the treasury until
he went into the banking business we
were unable to decide whether he was
a second Russell Sage In the matter of
personal expenditures l ran across
Shaw in big western city. and for
the sake of spending a pleasant even
ing together we got suit of rooms
at the same hotel.
AT lunchtime proposed that we
go down to the dining room. but Mr.
Shaw could not be induced He said
he thought we would eat In his room
Thereupon the secretary of the treas
ury opened up his travelling bag and
extracted couple of apples. He Of
fered me one. but declined and has
tened to the restaurant.
cabinet officers who served with
Shaw discovered that it was regular
habit with him to I'll his bag with ap-
pies before starting on journey
Washington Times.
The Newport miner. [volume] (Newport, Wash.) 1899-current, 1911-08-10
TIME TABLES
N EXPORT

IDAHO & WASHINGTON NORTHERN q.
No. 41-From Newport toSpokane 7:2O q. m.
No. AZ From Spokane to Meta
line Falls. 9:37 g. m,
No. 45-From Metaline Falls to
Spokane .. 4: so D m.
No. 46-From spokanet Newport I ~ p. m.
The Newport miner. [volume] (Newport, Wash.) 1899-current, 1911-08-10
Fill Largest on Coast.

Aberdeen. - With average good
weather and barring accidents the Ia
coma Dredging Company will com
plete the largest t:deflat fill ever un-
dertaken on the Pacific Coast by
March 1, 1912. When fin: shed, nearly
one-half of the residence portion of
Aberdeen now on "stilts" will be
filled, streets paved and other i'm
provements made The work will cost
nearly $1,000,000.