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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1904-12-27
PAY FOR FRIARS' LAND
Complications Yet to Be
Strengthened Out.
MGR. AG1US' MISSION
WILL SAIL TOMORROW FOR THE
PHILIPPINE ISLANDS.
Two Of the Religious Orders Have Been
Recompensed-Delay in the Case
Of the Dominicans.
BY WIN. e. CURTIS.

BY VIM. E.. CURTIS
Written for The Evening Star and the Chicago
Record Herald.
Monsignor Agius, the new papal legate to
the Philippines. has left Washington for
San Francisco, and sails for Manila on the
Pacific mail steamer Mongolia tomorrow.
He has spent several weeks IN Washington
and has visited Chicago, New York, Phila-
delphia and Baltimore. SO that he has been
able to ascertain quite clearly the spirit
and sentiment Of the Catholic church in
America. which Is always a subject of curl
osity and surprise to European priests.
Monsignor Agius has also had frequent OPP
portunities to confer with the officials Of
the government who have to do with affairs
In the Philippines and leaves for his post
fully informed as to the disposition and
policy Of the administration toward eccle-
siastical matters in the islands. He was
delayed for a fortnight because Of the alb
sence Of Secretary Taft in Panama, but felt
fully repaid for waiting because Of the as
surances he received from the Secretary
that the government would assist him in
every possible way to perform the compli-
Gated and delicate duties intrusted to him
by the pope.
The Cairo bulletin., 1904-08-01
IN Every Room al Palmer t46lSe |,
Paducah--Wiia Take 100 In. n

within ten days every room In the
Palmer house will. have direct telet
phone Connection with locaT and lone
distance lines says The Paducah News,
Democrat. The work II ofsRinstallI
ing 4 branch exchange insthe building
was begun by the East Tsennassee Tel
cphone company this morning and
will be completed with all possible
dispatch The work is being done i'm,
der the supervision OF Al II Joynes.
local manager.
The work now in hand lis that of
wiring A modernly equipped switch
board has been ordered and will ar
rive from the shops at Nashville In a
few. days. This Will be placed In the
main office and booths will be pro
vi,isd for long distance service.
gTncludjng the office phones 400 in
struments will be installed. The com
pany viii keep an operator on duty at
the hotel during the busy hours
Paduoah, in telephone equipment. is
far in advance Of most cities Of lis
size. With the completion OF the work
now in hand at the Palmer house the
principal hotels of the city VIII be
With Telephone exchanges.
Ribs Ii true of Gerry few other towns
0f Ks size iii the country.
The Cairo bulletin., 1904-08-01
RAILROAD IMPROVEMENT
Mobile g. Ohio viii Soon Spend Sew.
erai Thousand Dollars Near
North Cairo

The Mobile and Ohio Railroad COM
pany Is preparing to make some inn
proyements in its facilities for inter
change of traffic with the Illinois
Central at North Cairo Just above
Davis along the main line of the NJ
& o. passing track 1900 feet long
will be constructed and adjoining this
there viii be storage track 1900
feet in length. A large amount of
earth filling will be required in con.
neetiou with this work an the tracks
aHaeto 'bs put up to the gEasie af the
present MAIN line.
Two other storage tracks with ca
pacity for about so cars win be built
on the property of the company be-
tween Davis and Bridge Junction. An
other connecting track will be pnt in
at Bridge Junction, also, This Will
run from the main line between the
foot Of the bridge approach and Da-
Wis. on afheavy curve TO the north to
the main line of the Central az a
point just south Of the county road
subway, q few hundred feet north of
the tower at Bridge Junction
These improvements win cost sew.
eral thousand dollars and viii greatly
promote the handling of business be
tween the Mobile & Ohio and the Illi-
nos Central The company'ss en-
gineers some time ago completed the
plans and at an early day the work
viii begin
The Cairo bulletin., 1904-08-01
! U. s. SURVEYORS
Are Busy at Columbus, ~, Estimat-
Ing the Cost and Means Of
Raising Levees.

The building of the levee in Mis-
.sissfppi county will cause the ,,gauge
of the water at Columbus TO register
deeper channel and government
surveyors are here to determine just
that difference, in order that we may
build our levee higher and protect
the city from overflow, says the Co,
Mmhus. Ky, Critic. Rough estimates
place the body of water two fee. high
er. and if this proves accurate, II
means that our levee must be raised
more than two feet, and broadened
at the base. This will require several
thousand dollars. and elsewhere in
this issue we point out two means OF
Securing a part or all Of the needed
money. The raise of two feet owing
Ito the Mississippi county levee. will
place the people OF Belmont in the
danger line, and Wolf Island win be
completely submerged.
A slight current of six feet depth
has been extending from tne bank of
the. river on the Missouri side to
point about Is miles inland, In high
water, and the swelling OF the volume
of water in the main channel two
feet, viii cause a faster current to
pass the land this side OF The Mis-
souri, levee. and no one can tell the
damage thar such a water VIII cause.
NE advise the people outside the
levee district to be prepared for the
worse.
The Cairo bulletin., 1904-08-01
A NEW RAILROAD.

The Columbus, Ky, Critic says:
Surveyors are in the fell selecting
a route for railway to run from May
field to Columbus to intersect with
our two railroads and river route The
line Will be built by private capital,
as Mayfeld has suffered for years ON
account Of the oppressive freight
charges it has been paying, being on
one line only. We do not know wheth-
er such a railroad viii ever be built
but if Il is Mayfieia will get relief
and grow far greater than is most
hopeful citizens eyar contemplated
b. A.,Neil aud Prosecutor. Hester were
here Tuesday in charge OF the SUR
vcyings party, AMI they speak very n
couragingly of the outlook, and give
II as their opinion that the survey
plans will be accepted and the COM
pany organized at once for the build
ing OF the road
The Cairo bulletin., 1904-08-01

Capt. John Hodges Roy Given That
IL han1s ny COMMITTEES Of
Friends. M

A1few days ago ceremony took
place at The residence OF Capt John
Hodges ofwhich no mention seems "a
have .beensmade m CAIRO newspapers
Capt, gJacKs friends had learned that
he was expecting 10 give his young
boy a name and d committee was an
pointed tai see that the baby was
named With due regard forHihe for
'maIity WHICH should attend such an
occasion.
4 l.. n. Parker, John IT@ Jones and
Reed; Green were tie committee. II
IS claimed&fhat II Vas @elfappoint.
ed commiftee.sbnt that IL d matter Of
little consequence These gentlemen
constituted THE committee Sf any
rate. They caFledsat ths~captain's
residence one evening after dark and
were promptly invitei vi to seeNfhe
little man. Jack called attention TO
the 'etiflds good points and they were
numerousS and insisted that each
member OF the conmtfees in turn
should hold the baby Parhers and
Johnny Jones had done that s6rt sof
thing before, bur for Reed ii was a
new experiepee. The friends who.
suggested q cali from this beard LOT
visitors shoRld have been there when
Senator Green had the baby In his
arms. They would have enjoyed II It
even more than did the baby or the
senator.
Z After long consultation the com
mittee decided that the child should
be called Nelson. This was Mrs.
Hodges family name. Appropriate
ceremony attended the bestowalsof
the name upon the baby and the com
mittee shortly thereafter left the
house feeling that they had done a
good work well. They learned the
next day, however, that Mr.. and Mrs
Hodges had really named the boy
Nelson several days before, they had
called.
The Cairo bulletin., 1904-08-01
Submarine CABLES.

There are 100000 miles OF subma-
zine cables, enough to go eight tines
around the globe. Their cost was
ibout 5000. 600 900. Their present
value Us O0,00o,000. Deep-sea cables
ire solid investment The shortest
cable is one-fourth mile in length:
the longest is $4,000 miles. The total
number is 100.
The Cairo bulletin., 1904-08-01
STORk VISITED OFTEN
Cairo Woman the Mother of Twenty
three children--oniy TWO Are
Living.

Frank Neal and wife. residing at
3Si2Is Poplar street are. the parents
Of twenty flTse children according to
the statement ofthe wife. DeIsle Neal.
0f this number ninetaen were girls
AMI four sere boys aIsl only 1w6 are
living both girls. Only one set OF
twins were barn.
The mother OF SO many fchildfun
was sitting on the elevated wooden
sidewalk in front of her home near
Tairty-nlnth street yesterday after
noon and was apparently taking life
easy wbea she was approached by a
reporter regarding the visits OF the
sinrk
She was barefootedf and looked hap
~. 10 reply to ths question She said
'jes one less en- two dozen nineteen,
girls and TO boys 81
After much questioning she said
u first child. girl was born during
The administration OF Hays and Wheel
er.or about twRnty-efght years ago. at
Lake Providence, Miss Since thai
line twenty-two more children )were
Dorh. but only two, are Aov, htings
girls Of about ieaandf2 Years.
The mother was born near New OF 4
cans. during slavery days and wa
sgned BY maR named Bell, = She
believes she was only about two years
,ld when the Ciyil war began. but
ioes pot know her exact age. She
nd her husband have lived IN Cairo
fifteen yeats. where nine of the-twen-
y-thrpe. children were born She is
,robabls between IS and 80 years (
Id and looks strong and healthy. Shesf
avs The woman Who claims % be her
aother resides near her Frank Neal 4
) employed At the Cairo Mill AMI
amber compasy's plant.
The Cairo bulletin., 1904-08-01
DIED YESTERDAY.

Arthur Clyde. thesseyentoenmonths
OLD baby boy OF Mr.. ana Mrs. 7. D,
Wilson, died yesterday morning at
$50 O'Clock. at the home of his pa
rents, 4zG Seventh street, after an
illness Of about a week with dyson
terry.
Arrangements for the funeral have
notyet been made.
The Cairo bulletin., 1904-08-01

The teacher of a primary grade In
one Of the public schools in the Eigh-
teenth ward was made the cenGdant
BY Young pupil of the follow inE hard
luck story. The little chan Is noted
for. q slowness Of speech, which Is OF
set. however. by directaess Of state
merit that goes straight to TIE mar
NV Of any subject. lie safe p
Miss Jones, pos,wuz easl.in' a
horse last fi,sbs, an ne dro pped
dead" ts
That's too bad. Johnnie. l-"
{ Yes, man. an h. 'ad i.us' pal d
six-tynine dei-lars Fer I'm interrupt
ed and conei.saed the youpxsferl
Philadelphia TELEGRAPH.
The Cairo bulletin., 1904-08-01

A curious custom has just teen cels-
brated at kim. near Moscow. All the
manageable girls in the town lined
~ in tie principal street. decked out
inStheir simple hnery. many OF them
also having with them the stock Of
linen, housshold sand personal, which
forms part of their dewery. The young
men contemplating matrmony then
walked down the serricd ranks of
beauty as they moved toward the
church, and selected the girls of their
choice. A formal visit 20 the parents
TO arrange details was then made in
each case. and a date f,td fer the
ceremony.
The Cairo bulletin., 1904-08-01

Work of surveying the fourteen-foot
channel between ST Louis and Chica.
go was started Thursday Engineer
Alexander Thompson of st. Louis whe
has been with the government dredg
ing feet in the lower Mississippi. ar.
rived in Alton ON Wednesday evening
to take charge Yesterday n corps OF
surveyors from The steamer Venus
and quarterboat which have been al
Alton for several days started running
the lines.
According to- Engineer Thompson
the government viii build an i'm
mensc dam in the Alton harbor. The
dam viii Nc 200 feet long and VIII
have a concretc base and moyea1le TOP
Win wicker weir At the opening
of the danr canal. which will dlVerge
from 1he Mississippi river and shich
viii be NS0 feet wide and twenty
milss long will bS dug. II will FELLOW
che COMMANDMENT Of the Chicago. Pco1I
ria and ST. Loais railroad .from Alton
10 . point 4500Sfeet Move the east
shore pier Of the Merchants bridge.
whore II will again ting into the river.
AT the end of the canal costly
deck will be constrnc,ed, Goo fees
long and - feet WIG, Ibis look
VIII make the third iiizlie pxpposaI |
from ST. Louis IL Chicago.
the ether being At CanpsriiIe snI
la Grange
The dam IN the Alton harb0r will (
,onfine all the wafer of the Missfs sip I
Di river and VIII rSsse the Iscsl low
rater. level six feet The present
oyi water mark Is $40 The work Of
inrseying VIII t,lke several weeks
md Engineer Thompson aid not know
ust when the construction u the ca.
lal will be started.
The Cairo bulletin., 1904-08-01
NEWS OF The WEATHER
Results Of Government Observations
With Prospects For Cairo and
Vicinity Today.
weather Yesterday.

Maximum temperature, 80 degrees.
Minimum temperature, III degrees.
Temperature at u. m. rs degrees.
Rainfall in twelve hours. 10.
The Cairo bulletin., 1904-08-01

! Notss Vi interest hSlsfns 70 citizens,
Il 1ssIr Fflsndn add Rsia-
ss1dr. MI Es Smith wdnt 10 Chicago

Mr.. MI nj Smith went to chicag
4 MT Mt n BY mess.
MI. sB. X, ThistIewoad has returnel
II from trip to st. Louis.
] Nd. Kate Nichart has retngne'
from I visit to the Worlds fair.
Miss QuindAra Jones has returne,
from 4 VISIT To the Woridsssfair.
Mrs Charles Hartman II reportes
quite i'll at her home en Eighth street
MI Elmer Kennedy Is III at ST
Mary's infirmary threatened with "
phoid fever
Mrs. J. II. Davis and Miss Zephia
Smith LETT yesterday for Colorado
Springs to spend several, weeks.
Mr.. Alvin Parker, salesman at Geo
Carnes' dry goods store. il visiting
relatives at olney, m, and St. Louis.
Misses Clara and Stella Smith 81
ST. Lonis. are guests of their amt,
Mrs. Rose Steinhonse of Tenth street.
Miss Bruce Wearen OF Paducah Is
the: guest OF her brother, Mr. CT b.
Wearen and family of 1911 Washing
ton avenue.
Mrs. NJ Spann returned to her
hoaan iua Anna yestarday a wish
\ ieF her ION, Mr. Rplla Spann
n III 2n ~ iisi & III vi s
Misses Maud and Anna Gilman,
tffelen Lippitt and Margaret Deneen
leave for St Louis today to visit the
Worlds fair.
Messrs w II Tanner and Sanaue
Hunter. prominent citizens OF Skies
ton, No, were IN Cairo yesterday en-
route to Chicago
ms III, b. spiller returned % he,
home III Murphysboro yesterday. al
ter y visit Win her sistersindaW Mrs
fRs Hartfnan
Lester X enaedy the populal
DIV clerk at The Halliday hofea. lefi
for Chicago ana Dubuque Ia. las
night to spend q ten e5 vacation
Mr.. Oris Capesehas arrived from
Alva, South Dakota. and accepted
position as salesman ID the dry goods
store Of his uncle George Carnes
Misses Mary smith. Nellie o,Don-
nell and Maud pacres. Messrs. Geo.
and John 0'l1oanull spent the day in
Paducah yesterday VISITING the for
mer's sister Mrs. J. W Stokes. 4
Mr.. Charles AFTER Jr.sF aged y
years. Us very low with lung trouhh
at the home Of his parents, s813 Eight
street and his condition Is pronounc
I'd hopeless by the attending physi |
clan.
Mr., N. LYMAN and niece, Miss Sa
lie Hyman, of Philadelphia, will go II |
81 Louis tomorrow TOD visit the |
World'sRfair. Miss LYMAN viii re
urn 70 Philadelphia direct from 81
Rev Fatber James GilIen of st
church left Yesterday foI
r6led0s>0 4 near which place he will
'isit his parents, His father Is g.
ears old and his mother a. A Fran,
iscan friar from Sc, Louis win attend,
Q Father cIilen's duties during his
bsence' |
The Misses Grace Mckinney. GcoF
la Ware ana Susie WiIlcockson OF Il
'aragopld. ARR are at the Halliday
'fey leave this eyening on the Cityf'
savahhah for a visit 70 the Worlds
liz at 81 ksuiss <
The Cairo bulletin., 1904-08-01

lyss About 200 tickets were sold on the
Dick Fowler excursion to Paducah
yesterday and ninety tickets we're
sold BY the Illinois Central
The Cairo bulletin., 1904-08-01

Six years ago a woman in Carmel,
Me-, lost q valuable gold watch. vari-
Qua peraonss feii under suspicion. but
here*Eas no proa against anybody.
spd at length the watchl WAS given up
Agone. Recently. for three nights in
succession. the woman dreamed that
thu watch vas IN certain part Of .
certain drawer OF an unused bureau.
Rising hastily on the morning follow.
ing be third dream. she went TO the
burean. fund t1e watch and then re-
memo4rsd that she herself bad placed
It there for safe Keeping
The Cairo bulletin., 1904-08-01

Warrants were issued by United
States Commissioner Gardner Friday
against Arthur A. Peck of PaducaIi
and John S. Summers of Parkersbnrg.
w Va, as owners of the steamboat
Henrietta. and against A. a. Peck In
Individually, charging them with a VIC
lation of the navigation laws of the
United States, says the Paducah
News-Democrat The warrant against
the owners Of the boat charges them
with allowing her to be run without
the regular quota Of licensed officers
On board II Is specifically charged
that there was no licensed pilot or
mate. The warrant against Peck IN
diyidually charges him with acting as
a pilot ard having charge as such OF
the steamer Henrietta, without hav-
ing obtained a government license
A libel against the boat and against
CAPT. Peck was flied several days ago,
fixing fine Of $500 against the cap
tain and Of s20Okagainst, the boat.
These fines have not been paid. hence
the issuance OF the warrants. This is
the ordinary way OF getting actions of
this sort before the district court,
where they are tried on their merits
The Henrietta is now in the upper
river. seugaged in towing. but will put 4
into port here in short time The
warrants have been placed in the
hands Of Deputy United States Mar
shall Hubbard and win be served i'm
mediately upon the arrival of the /
boat 80
The Cairo bulletin., 1904-08-01

Brief Msntior o. Events Concerning
the People Of Cairo and
N Vicinity.

A fine ten-pound baby boy arrived
at the home Of Mr. and Mrs. w. r..
Edmunds, 800 Third street, Saturday
night
The Cairo bulletin., 1904-08-01

John M Moore Of Ballard county Is,
soon to start newspaper at la Cen
tor KY the new' town on the 4 g.
hetweem Patncah and Cairo, Fulton
Leader,
The Cairo bulletin., 1904-08-01
PROHIBITS IMPORTATION.
By the $50 press.

Bucharest, Roumania. July il
Drought has almost destroyed the
maize crop and the government has
prohibited the expectation of naize.
The Cairo bulletin., 1904-08-01
ne. Toe, Had title for Sermon.

He. Too, Had Title for a Sermon.
There is a weIl.known divine up in
the Oil country who is given 20 the
sensational in sermons once in a
while. This is especially true of the
titles, which he announces in advance,
so as TO work up interest. He is a
BAPTIST. and on one occasion gave il
out that the subject for the following
Sunday would be "sitting Mary This
rather aroused curiosity. and so a
newspaper man who had to get up
the sermons went TO noted Presby-
terrain divine. who is also something
of yag The reporter told him the
subject the Baptist was to hold forth
on spd then asked what his title
would he. Quick. as fash the minis
ter aids %Sundihg Pat, Pittsburg
~
The Cairo bulletin., 1904-08-01

The Stacker Lee arrived at 1885
yesterday morning from Memphis and
lett at4 a. m. for Sc. Louis with 1886
The Cairo bulletin., 1904-08-01
NEWS or THE RIVERS
Results Of Government Observations
With Prospects For. Cairo and ~
Vicinity Today. .
General River News.

The stage of the river at 4 p. M.
yesterday was l7.2, showing fall OF
0.9 In twenty-four hours
The Cairo bulletin., 1904-08-01

E The Herman Paepcke arrived from
the lower Mississippi yesterday al
3s30 with three barges of logs for the
Chicago Min andI.umber eompany'
The Cairo bulletin., 1904-08-01

A change will be made In the man
agementsof the Chester on August i,
a half interest In the boat having
been bought by the st Louis and
Tennessee River Packet company
says the Cape Girardeau Democrat
The boat will run between this city
and Cape Girarleau as at present.
making three trips week, but will
land at the Tennessee river wharf
boat She will BIZ under the manage
ment 81 Capt. John f. Massengale,
general manager of the st. Louis and
Tennessee River Packet company
The boat Is owned by the ST Louis,
Chester and Grand Tower Packet
company. and with the addition to-
the st. Louis and Tennessee River
Packet company, the personnel of the
company remains the same. each OF
the four original stockholders having.
sold half of his stock.
The Cairo bulletin., 1904-08-01

N Only small Snrowd ATTENDED the
band concert yesterday afternoon,
threatening clouds keeping many
people at home, The shower about 2
O'Clock made ST Mary . park dis,
agreeable place 10 spend the after
noon.
The Cairo bulletin., 1904-08-01

Elsewhere in this issue appears the
advertisement OF Jennelle q Roe.
ieatists, announcing IA reduction In
,rfces Tor all classes of dentistry.
rhis firm has recently furnished ana
sQuipped an additional room to their
7arlers. which viii be used exclusive
y for the practice Of operative den
tistry, and which contains all modern
and improved appliances for this
class of work DR.. Jennelle is. in
point OF practice aud experience. per-
laps the oldest dentist in Southern
Illinois, and his work has always Civ
en- perfect satisfaction DR. Roe has
practiced dentistry several years and
has made many friends during the
hort time he has been in Cairo. The
pew equipment will assist materially
In completing work espeditiously and
with the perfect satisfaction which
has heretofore characterized the work
1f this firm.
The Cairo bulletin., 1904-08-01

It Is reported, that a movement Is
being agltated by some OF the prinei-
pal colored citizens Of Future City TO-
sell their property at d sacrifice aud
leave the United States in body for
Africa, where 1t Is proposed to form
a colony.
The Cairo bulletin., 1904-08-01

A rough aud tumble, free-for-aH
fight occurred early last evening at
the corner Of Sixth street and Com
mercial avenue which was participat.
ed In by about dozen men white
and black.
The Cairo bulletin., 1904-08-01

Capt. WI r. Greaney of Company X
received a dispatch from Col Mack
Tanner yesterday saying that sixty
uniforms, guns and other equipment
for Company X win be shipped today.
They viii arrive in short time.
The Cairo bulletin., 1904-08-01

Conductor j. r. Tillman brought the
ilrst Cotton Belt train to Cairo yes
terSiay under the new schedule and
Conductor Ed Lynch took charge of
the outgoing train. Heretofore the
same conductor that brought the train
tx Cairo returned Whit making the
round trip from Maiden Two con
lilcsors are now used. one bringing
the train from Fair Oaks, which is
about 100 MITES distant from Maiden,
anil the other taking il back to Fair
Oaks Ed and J. r. Lynch will be
the regular conductors
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