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The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1904-04-01
UNFORTUNATE STATE OF THINGS

The situation Of the people Of Cairo
IN the matter Of public lighting il. al
present, unfortunate, to put it mildly
Admitting that all the complaints that
have been made regarding the high
prices for gas. and electric lighting
are true and just. the mayor has
himself baked all efforts at relief.
Had the mayor connived with the
Cairo City Gas Co. and with the Cairo
Electric and Traction company, for
the purpose OF strengthening and per
petuating such monopoly Of the light
ing privileges as these two corpora
tions now hold, and taken the advice of
the shrewdest business attorney on
tho subject, he could hardly have
adopted a more cffectual method than
he did adopt to bring about that re
suit.
BY his own admission, borne out by
facts set forth In the proceedings OF
every council meeting, the city IN In
no condition to purchase and establish
municipal lighting plant The only
other means, therefore, through which
rival lighting plant could be pro
cured would be through outside CAPT
tai This means has been talked to
death by the mayor and his several
organs. in their short sighted attempts
to wreak vengeance upon somebody
"Outside capital might have been In
duccd to come here TO establish gas
plant or an electric lighting plant
or both such plant as would givf
the people good service, and no other
kind would be worth having provided
assurance could have been given that
the city would patronize it for tern
OF years, so that the investment woulj
prove, If not profitable, at least self
talist of ordinary good sense would
think for a moment Of putting ten
twenty or thirty thousand dollars into
such a plant II he can get but one
years contract for public service?
Technically, and speaking from
strict law point Of view. contracts for
public service are good only from yeat
to year. But they are made for terms
Of years in various cities Of the state
based upon mutual GOOD faith because
the public interest Is served there
by obtaining lower prices for the
service and better quality Of service
as well Cairo has made them fire.
quently; Springfield, III has now
contract for ten years for its public
lighting service 1t owns the lighting
plant and the wires and operated
them for time so unsatisfactory that
1t has leased them to a company TN
der an agreement by which the city
Is to keep them W. make ali
needed extensions and repairs
and pay S. month per light besides
So far as the law is conc rned
the contract can probably be broken az
any time after the first year by either
party, but II Is based upon mutual
good faith. and as long as the service
Is satisfactory ON both sides 1t should
stand similar state of things. II
all important respects. would exist il
Cairo, under the contract voted by the
city council and which the mayor bas
refused to execute. BY accepting the
offer Of the lighting companies for .
term Of five years the people Of Cairo
would be saved 5000 year on The
present rates for street lights, anC
would be assured OF all reasonable ex
tensions of the service that might b.
demanded
The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1904-04-01
Eurrvl,r IVA Drsfre

"suany antumnal days. said Sage
Bpasoa. make me long TO run away
Tor r1mble in the woods over the soft
carpet Of fallen brown Leaves with
hoyhood's happy memories chasing
one another through my garnet"
The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1904-04-01

The Bulletin is entirely willing &c
give the mayor credit for an honest
purpose 70 procure cheaper lights for
the public, but no one can fail to sec
that the manner in which he has gone
about it lacks the essential elements
Of wisdom bringing about con lilionl
exactly opposite to those which he
sought for Had he recognized the
moral force Of a five year contract ir
the case Of the resident companies, he
could have used that as a potent fac
tor in an effort to induce outside CAPT
tai 70 come here to establish a light
Ing plant but in denying this and ir
that no binding contract ear
I made with any company beyond
one year. he has placed a club into tho
hands of the resilient companies Fhict
they can use most effectively agains
any attempt that may At any time be
mad to offer extraordinary induce
mems In the way Of long time servic
q any outside concern, And the /
would be very foolish if they did no, /
use this club if the opportunity is eve /
present 4
The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1904-04-01

Says the Argus, Half Of the stat
senators gp ont every two years. being
elected for four, and yet IT ia not
claimed that the general assembly g.
perpetual body But it rs per
oetual body Else why the provision
hat If for any reason the election
the end Of two years is not held. tb,
members whose terms would expire
are authorized 10 hold over unfit
their successors are elected and quail
fied?' This same provision is made
in the cases Of members Of the city
council Of Cairo A. a legislative body
its existence is therefor perpetual
intended 10 bee SO by what seems to b.
4 plain provision ot the law.
The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1904-04-01

II il reported that the president
iays he is sorry that when he enact
ID tho law giving Sc "a all veterans,
he didn't make 1t $50. The speaker of
he house has no veto. and it would he
20 easy for him to make It $50 that he
mas a great mind to DO ii now.
The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1904-04-01

Oskaloosa, Iowa March 81 Loral
mining camps received orders today
10 prepare for a strike Workers for
Inc Consolidated Coal company and
The Northwestern railway will prob,
ably not strike
The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1904-04-01

If Illinois Democrats feel that they
must instruct tb state delegates for
some faVerite son just as the New
York Democrats did in the case o.
Judge Parker. why not instruct tor
Congressman Williams. who is receg
4ized as one IF their ahleqt represent
ltiFes in congress. belongs to South
erB lllinois. and is in every way a.
available man. He has received Al
ready The instructions Of several coun
les in this half Of the state
The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1904-04-01
NEW CRUISER LACKS SPEED.
nv Associated Press

~ Associated Press
BOSTON March ST. The cfai ef
Denver faiie1 q make tbe contract -
auirement NJ " knots Tho averaca
ptcd At todavs trial was lGIi Tn
der the contract the cruiser mret he
accepted If she made 1850 knots, hut
the price is TO be reduced by 100000.
The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1904-04-01

Or, panysz of the pastepf institute
In Paris finds that rats can contract
special disease to which other an.
imals are not exposed. lie has sue.
ceeded In obtaining TIE bacillus Of
the disease. II is necessary only to
soak bread or grain in a borilon Of
the miCrObe culture and allow the rat
to eat If, when they contract the NAL.
ady and usually die within five to
twelve days. A number Ct expert
ments have already been made with
the new method. especially In the sew
ers Of Paris, which are full of rats.
and very good results have been OBJ.
tanned. II was proved during the ex.
periments that the young rats are the
most sensitive to the action Of the
microbe The new rat.extorminating
culture Is coming into practical use
in Paris and especially at the Bourse
de Commerce. where it i5 used to pro
tect the deposits of grain.
The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1904-04-01
TIN MILLION FOR LIBRARY.

By hsaociated Press.
washington March al-The hou e
committee today authorized a faycr
ahio report on tho bin To ineerporat Q
'he Carnegie institution. Waahinr-
ton. p. G The Institution will be ca.
italiznd at gleoo0 oe from Andrex
earn g.s
The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1904-04-01
tx DeAp-FWE BADLY HURT.

IS the Associated Press.
Scranton. N March 3l.--ssix per
son are known 20 have been killed
and Eve fatally injured by an cxplo-
sion IN the Dickson Sqmb factory. at
Pficchmg today II IS said the cxhlo-
sion was caused hy on Of the girls
throw inc "a aqnfb into the stove Tire
factory ahd ten adjoining buildings
Here burned
The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1904-04-01
CITY AND COUNTY DIRECTORY.
Cairo, Alexander County Illinois, Pop
ulatlon i6,t47.

Mayor. CLAUDE WINTER.
Clerk, II. a. HATCHER.
Comptroller, i, H. Powell
Police Magistrate. j. H. ROBINSON,
Chief Of Police I. b. PRICE
The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1904-04-01
Alexander County, Population 22,965.

County Judge. VIM. s. DEWEY.
County Clerk. JESSE Il. MILLER.
Circuit Clerk, LEE b. DAVIS.
Sheriff, JAS, s. ROCHE.
Coroner, DIR JAS. M McMANUS
Assessor and Treasurer, FRANK Il.
DAVIS,
The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1904-04-01
WABASH EIGHT MILES WIDE.

By Associated Press.
Princeton. ind, March 51,-The
Wabash river isroight miles wide
west of here. one hundred and sixty
people were rescued tonight and are
campcd in the fair grounds Forty
thousand acres of wheat will be lost
in southwestern Indiana.
The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1904-04-01

There are i4G797 teschers and pro.
fessors in the United States. They
earn more money and yet less than
any other class Of high grade workers
In the land
The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1904-04-01

That General Bristow he super.
ieded was fiercely demanded BIZ l5t
congress nan until it was Grmored
that he had something else gp his
sleeve
The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1904-04-01

But where does the arbitrary action
Of the mayor leave the city Of Cairo
In this respect
Barred from all possibility of get
ting a lighting plant of its own for
some time to come. or Of procuring
outside capital to establish one. the
resident companies are reasonably
SURF Of their position.
The public lighting service is done
without any contract from day to day
or from month TO month al rates
which take 5000 out of the public
treasury every year. that might a.
well +. saved to the people.
The lighting companies viii refuae
10 make any important exteugione Of
The service, such as ARE sure to~he
asked for as the city Is built Hp
The resident lighting companies
could. il they were 50 inclined. throw
the eaty into darkness at any time. o.
enforce any demand they inIghi feel
disposed 10 make. however extrava
The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1904-04-01

giant (which, however. we may rea
sonably suppose viii be less likely in
a resident concern than in one c1n
troIled by outsidcrsl
The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1904-04-01

While Professor Clendenen and his
ASSISTANTS seem to have attended to
everything else that might contribute
The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1904-04-01

Board of County Commissioners.
JOHN A, MILLER Chairman,
JOHN A. BOURGEOIS,
Dir. J. Il, CAUSE.
The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1904-04-01

We can't all be school teachers. but
we can all be their friends.
The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1904-04-01

Mrs. Simple NewieyWei ! VAN
gou to send around gallon Of mid
The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1904-04-01

Cenlenen native Ohio He horn Chicothe
Of Illinois
the and his education founded the rural schools and concluded
University Illinois been actively
Illinois May Cendonen
committee of the s T. 1888 and
elected the Illinois
i he Methodist
The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1904-04-01

He laid his true heart at her feet,
His rival better planned.
Vino laid. with shrewdness hard e
beat
His cheekbook in her hand
-Piiila leiphia Press.
The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1904-04-01
PARKER AND WILLIAMS.

4 One Of the rtain results Of the De
cision Of New York Democrats il
favor of Judge Parker and a very
gratifying result az Wells that tall
If Mr. Cleveland as a prospective
candidate before the St Louis con
vention win grow less and cease en-
tireIr Ia due time As The Bullatir
said some weeks ago the talk for Mr.
Cleveland was unwise, for II tended t
bring discord into the party ranks
That the sentiment for the expresi
lent was strong, and was growing
stronger every day, especially in tht
south, in spite of his repeated declar
ltions that he was out Of the race l.
rot to be denied but il vas due large
IL to the impression that he would BE-
New York s fayorite. and New YorI
was conceded the right to nam the
nan. New York has spoken. and tht
effect vii be 10 check or stop all tan
If Mr. Cleveland. But the Democrac.
Is not necessarily compell.i to accept
New York s caoiee There arc othe
good men, and in the last few day
Congressman Williams OF this stat
has come prominently hefor the PEG
nle. All the Democrats in congress
from this state. are for Williams, al
we'll as number from other parts o
the country. Some suggest that he hf
fha party nominee for vice president
with Judge Parker or some Other
Eastern man for first place.
The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1904-04-01
THREE MEN DROWN AT cARmi.
lly Associated Press.

Carmi. H. March 3l.--Three men
are reported drowned in a food at
Golden Gate. on the Little Wabash.
The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1904-04-01

Give not thy tongue toe Great lih
.ffy leet II tai.e thee prisoner
euarles.
The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1904-04-01

4 policeman told = Greenwich No1
'on) magistrpte tnat the prigeuar
zane M 10 him and aeked him to
odd lamn pest till he vent past a.
: kept moving
The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1904-04-01
HOW THE TRAINS RUN.
Trains Arrive. Trains Depart.

Trains Arrive. Trains Depart.
-
". from North &c. going South
No. 203, 3:0S am Mo ., ll:42 am.
No, 3, 4.23 amino. A. 1880 am.
No It, 1850 amino. 6, 800 pm
No. 5, 1916 pm No s, 9;05 pm.
No I, Gol pm, No.20i. Els IN.
No 20, 1885 pm No "a, $50 am.
Inc, from South /. c. going South
No t. 2;0G am No. /. 5:32 pm.
No, 2oi, Eli am. No. 3, S;35 am.
No, 2, 1915 pmINo.203. 3:15 am.
No. 4, 1855 p,m,INo 2. LOG pm
No. s. 900 pm No SO. $50 am.
' No, A., 1l:25 am. .*No e. 600 am.
fNo a, $50 pm, aNoll, G:15 pm.
*Paducah.
NJ 4 Q. from North NJ. & O.going Nth
No. /, 1881 pm No. 2, 1881 pm.
No. . 2;0l am. No, g. 2;25 am.
n, & Q. from South NJ. & O. going S'th
No. 2, l;2G pmlNo. /, 1886 pm.
No, I, 2;20 am No. 3, 2:09 am.
bl@ from East. Big I going East
No. 3, 1900 pm. No, s, $50 am.
No, 9, 700 pm,iNo., 2. 300 pm.
Cotton Belt Cotton Belt
from Southwest going Southwest
No. 1t, ti5 pm.iNo. IL. BIS pm
Iron Mountain Iron Mountain
from West going West
No -, 1895 pm, No. Il, $50 pm.
All Illinois Central, Mobile & Ohio
and Cotton Belt trains arrive and de-
part from Central station corner Of
Second street and Ohio l.cyee.
An Big Four and Iron Mountain
trains arrive and depart from the
Union station, Second street and Com.
mercial avenue.
Mail may be deposited IN the box at
the transfer station, located at Cen
trai station. 20 minutes before the de.
parture Of any train.
The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1904-04-01

Mr. Plane tgho is fond OF dog,
Miss Waite. don't you think you
)ught to have an intells Mt animal
about the house that would protect
ION and Miss Waite oh Mr.
Plane, This Is 50 sudden "
The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1904-04-01

As to the Hearst boom, 1t il vcr.
plainly on the wane 1t never hae
my existence in the south I'm states
Tor in any III the pivotal states whicl
are necessary to Democratic sucecss
rhis has been a development of the
last week or ten days That we'll
Known newspaper man, Walter Well
nan. has made an exhaustive inquir'
regarding this boom among Demo
cratic congressman and elsewhere
Talking with democratic senators wiz
had been worried by the Hearst boom
Mr.. WelIman was assured that tn
LANCER was at an end They canno
lind that he Is likely 10 control NOR
than 200, or at most. ESQ votes In thu
convention, BY giving him all he
claims with any reasonable basis, l.
would have no more than 800 dele
gates. while there will he about 9St
5otes In the convention. On this il
based the conclusion that he canno'
possibly ret ene-half of the two-third,
necessary to nominate
The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1904-04-01

When you keep ono sin in the closet
You may expect a brood in the parlor
The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1904-04-01

God wants men TO live for their fel
'ows rather than 10 die for their
attn.
The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1904-04-01

BIG from East Big going East.
No, 3, 1900 pm. No s. $50 am.
No, 9, ZOO pm.tNo., 2. 400 pm.
The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1904-04-01

", X Q. from North NJ. & Ogoing N til
No. /, 1881 p.mlNo. 2, 1881 pm.
No, s.. 2;Ol am. No 4, 2;25 am.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1904-10-23

1t, and do really believe that the pub- lie is getting sick of 1t. too. believe they are willing to be entertained in more rational and legitimate way, In my opinion were other actors to come to the same conclusion 1t would be a blessing all around. the actor and the auditor would both be betteer off.
 "It is all a dramatic nightmare that impossible German character acting, but the public is about due to wake up.
 Tn music hall work you must be funny on the jump. If you don't get them to laughing somehow or another in five minutes you might as we'll go home You are a dead one then. There is no chance or time to work up fine point or get & laugh from a thinking standpoint. That is why music hall work is much more laborious than straight comedy.
 One is the expounding of physical hUmor, the other of mental humor."
 His Restricted Smile.
 Are you going to drop that ever present and infectious smile which be- came almost a trademark with your
 'I use 1t only occasionally. It Is most effective that way; it makes the smile much more conspicuous than when I grinned all the time. It is a fact that the late John T. Raymond as Colonel Sellers used the expression There's millions in it. only three times in the whole play, and yet that express sion will always be associated with him. I. will live as long as his memory does. Ask any one who had seen the play how many times Mir. Raymond used it., and the answer would be at least a hundred. Three is the exact number, however
 Now, in this play I use the words Eat 'em alive but three times also, yet the average person in the audience goes away with the impression that repeat 1t frequently. That shows the effectiveness of restraint"
 And now as to the rosy future, what will happen after The Music Master?'"
 A WarheEd Portrait Gallery.
 Mr. Belasco edged further along the divan and took hand in the conver-
 T will teA you" said he; "a portrait gallery. Thdt's what MT. Warfleld is to create He has painted his first picture in "The Music Master" After that he will paint other characters un- til the gallery is complete. What the nationality of his next character draw ing will be can't say, but 1t will be the delineation of some familiar type. I believe MT. warfield is a great nat uraI character actor. That's what he win stick to, and his pictures should grow better with practice.
 Throw him up in the air with a
The Montgomery advertiser., 1904-10-23
ITS UP TO GOVERNOR
WILL NAME A JUDGE FOR HIS
 HOME COUNTY,
Called Upon to Appoint Successor to Hon. Sam .Greenc--Birminxham Delegations Already Visit
 ing Capitol.

Governor Cunningham will shortly have before him a local matter from his home County of Jefferson which Ull give him considerable concern to settle. He will have to name a Judge of the Criminal Court of Jefferson County and already a number of prom inent citizens of Birmingham are eith- CT active or prospective applicants for the place.
 Judge Samuel E. Greene has been nominated for Probate Judge of Jeffer- son County. Judg@M Greene has not yet resigned from he Criminal Court bench but he will have to do so. prob ably in November. The Governor however. has not his resignation in hand and there is usually more or less embarrassment in the Executive De- partment when applications are made for offices which are not vacant.
 But the aspirants from Birmingham know that there will, sooner or later. De vacancy and they have gone af- ter the place in the usual earnest. Birmingham manner.
 Hon. 8. L. Weaver, one of the ap- phcants for the place, and who is largely endorsed, saw the Governor yesterday and presented his claims. MT. Weaver was nominated in the April primary for one of Jefferson County's Circuit Judges under the con- solidated court act. This act was knocked out by the Supreme Court and MT. Viewers victory in the primary was a barren one. Mir. Weaver came here yesterday morning from Birming- ham and was soon afterwards closeted with the Governor.
 On the same train came State Sana- tor Jones G. Moore and former Rep- resentative !. A. Reilly from Bir- mingham. These gentlemen are rec ognized as friends of W. P. McCrossin, another aspirant for the honor. They. too, saw the Governor and went over the situation.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1904-10-23
David Warfield Talk.r
 of "The Music Master"

Up little flight of four iron steps. opposite the second entrance on the 70. F." side of the Belasco Theatre stage. says The New York Herald. is the dressing room where David War field does not make up" for the part of the delightful and charming old music master in which he has suddenly set all New York to wondering at and admiring his genius. He dresses in that room for the character, but. bar ring a little No. grease paint so that the footlights will not make him look too pallid. MT. Warield uses no make up" whatever. The remark ably effective expressions he assumes are all natural and achieved without any artificial aid whatever.
 He neither puts lines on his face. paints up his lips. darkens his eye brows or underlines his eyes. Of course any one can sep from the audi ence that he does not indulge in false whiskers or false nose: moreover. what every one probably thinks is g. wig is his own hair. It Is so long. so bushy and stands up in such a Liszt- like pompadour that few can believe 1t to be real. Even the gray streaks in it, which might be taken as the re- suit of powder, are natural, for MT. Warfield, although stiIl a young man. is getting a not unbecoming silver tInge to his black locks.
 Penalties of Reality.
 T have not had my hair cut since last sr1ing." said he, just so as to be rea1y for this part. It was extremely uncomfortable "a hot weather and peo- pie were given Co making sarcastic re- marks about my ability to become 8 football player. But I stood 1t, said nothing, smiled and let my hair, keep on growing longer. It was worth while"
 My warheld sat before the big. square mirror. with the fringe of vari- colored electric lights around it, on the make up" table in his dressing room. up the little night of iron steps. It is the star" dressing room, occu- pied in turn by the other Belasco stars Mrs. Leslie Carter, Miss Blanche Bates and Miss Henrietta Crosman. The different colored electric lights framing the mirror correspond to those in the footlight row, so the star can make up" to at the light scheme as put down in the stage managers prompt book and see by a glance in the mirror just how he or she will ap- pear from the front. That is a very important factor in stage tricks. for a wrong light will nearly always work havoc with the most careful and artis- tic bit of face painting.
 The curtain had just rung down on the last act of "The Music Master" and the newly famous star was wIpinE the cold cream from his face with squares of cheese cloth which his dresser handed him. MT. Warield
The Montgomery advertiser., 1904-10-23

ELDER DOWN DRESSING
 SACQUES.
 You will be agreeably surpris- ed at the remarkable values you'll find among these Sacques. There are too many kinds to at- tempt to quote prices, but they are all marked plainly at from 1-3 to 1-2 their real values. There are colors to suit all tastes too. Notice them on center ta- bles.