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The Cairo bulletin., 1904-04-22
CAIRO TO Be VISITED SUNDAY
BY NASHVILLE AND LAWRENCE
Lawrence Back From Evansville Saturday TO Reon Nashville
both Laying Over Sunday and Leaving Monday
For ST. Louis.

visitors and is very probable that a
reception and supper will be rendered
the officers Of both ships upon their
arrival Saturday evening
The following is a description of the
Nashville taken from the report of
the secretary of the navy;
Displacement, 1871 tons, light
draught gunboat, steel hull, indicated
horse power, 1855, twin screw, as
signed to Caribbean squadron, arma-
ment, eight finch breechloading guns
in main battery, one of which, the
port after gun, was the first gun fired
in the Spanish war at Guam
tanama, Cuba, four six FOUNDER rapid
firers, two heavy p1under rapid firers
and two G-millimeters Colt automatic
rifles in the secondary battery,
The Nashville is schooner rigged,
built by the Newport News Shipbuild
and Dry Dock company, of Newport
News, Va. building from August g.
1894, to January %, 1896 and placed
in commission August 10, 1897 Her
length on load water lines is go feet
Extreme length So it. / ls in.She exhib
tied speed Of 1880 knots per hou
on trial She has bunker capacity
based on IS cubic feet per ton. of 400
tons of coal and possesses a steamlng
radius at 10 knots per hour with this
supply of coal of 1915 knots. The
cost of hull and machinery was $3.50,
600 Her full complement of crew
consists of / officers and lG7 men.
On the Nashville are Commander
John Hubbard Lieutenant Comman
der Iris NJ Witzel. Lieut.. Roscoe c
Moody, Ensign James G. Cress, En-
sign W. S. Case, Ensign John r Jack
son. Assistant Surgeon Herbert o
Shiffert, Paymaster H. G. Lamar, War
rant Machinist James Quill and Pay
Clerk H. Il. Conner
Commander Hubbard was assigned
the command of the Nashville. Febru
airy IA. 1908, relieving Commander n
b. Niles, L. S. N.
The Cairo bulletin., 1904-04-22
OLD BAY STATE DEMOCRATS
IN CONVENTION ASSEMBLED
Pass Through Scenes Marked By Great Turbueny-OIney and
Hearst Adherens Struggle For Mastery But Victory
Rested With the Former.

ity of its committee, on motion of
Josiah Quincy. voted that the unit
rule govern not only the support of
Olney. but all matters pertaining to
the convention
The platform adopted consisted IF
single plank. an endorsement. ol
Olney's candidacy and instructions 10
the aelegates to vote as unit tor
him.
The proceedings were marked al
times ty scenes of great Turbulence.
II wa during the reading Of major
ity thai the convention reached the
climax + its turbulence
The first mention Of Olney's name
evoked prolonged applause. but when
the intr1duction of the adop ion of
The unit" rule was made. there wa
an uproar
Shouts Of no. no" from Hearst del
egates rang through the hall and cries
of MS an outrage" could be distin-
guished IN The general noise and con
fusion Suddenly the Hearst dcle-
gates stood upon their seats and with
great enthusiasm gave cheer after
cheer for Hearst Tho spirit seemed
to infect Oiney men. for they, 100
stood and cheeced heartily for their
choice. When this demonstration
which lasted several minutes. had sub
sided John A Coulthurst read the
The Cairo bulletin., 1904-04-22
BY Associated Press.

BY Associated Press
Denver, Col, April 21,-President
Charles II. Meyer, of the Western
Federation of miners who arrived In
Denver today in custody of the state
troops after several weeks incarcer
alton ia Telluride, where martial law
is in force in consequence of labor
troubles, was taken before the state
supreme court this afternoon under n
writ of habea5 corpus, which bad
been issued in his case Attorneys
for the military stated that Meyer
was restrained of his liberty under
and pursuant to an express command
Of Governor Peabody and commander.
in-chief Of the military forces Of Col
Orado as military necessity in the
course of the suppression of an insur.
rection in San-Miquel county denying
the jurisdiction of the court and that
Meyer was presented not as an act of
recognition of the courts order, but
ls an act of courtesy on the part of
the governor to the court.
The court heard the arguments on
the motion of petitioner to be admit,
ted to bail pending decision on the
question of the courts jurisdiction
The Cairo bulletin., 1904-04-22
BY Associated Press.

Boston, Mass, April 2i-By an
overwhelming vote the Massachu
sctts Democratic convention today
instructed four delegates at large and
twenty delegates from districts TO sup
port Richard Olney. of Boston. for
presidential nomination at the ST.
Louis convention.
Four delegates at large who are
pledged To the support of Olney were
elected and the supporters Of Hearst
as the presidential nominee were de-
feated by a vote of about six hun
dred 10 two hundred Resolutions
endorsing the candidacy of IIearst
we're voted doSn by large majority.
The following were elected delegates
al large. William A. CASTOR. of Bos-
ton Patrick A. Collins, of BOSTON.
William L. Douglas. of BroCktOn. Jno.
r. Thsyer. of Worehester George
Fred Williams. leader of that faction
IF Massachusetts, Democracy support
made a vigorous protest against the
adoption Of the unit rule. hut ;hc con
ventian by vote of nearly three n
me. refused TO strike from the plat
form the clause calling for unanimous
action with reference 10 the presi-
Dental nominees and after adopting
the resolutions presented by major
The Cairo bulletin., 1904-04-22
CHICAGO POLICE
MAKE A CAP TURE
OF Four Men Guilty Of RObberies
and HOId-Ups.
CONFESS OTHER GRIMES
AMONG WHICH WAS THE ROB.
Berry OF TWENTY MEN IN
A MEMPHIS GAMBLING
HOUSE.
BY Associated Press.

Chicago, April 21--Four men.
Frank Howard, Albert Schoeppe, Will
liam McFadden ana John Mack, were
arrested tonight on the charge of hav.
ing committed numerous burglares
and hold-ups in the city
After they had been locked up, the
men confessed numerous crimes Of q
similar character committed in the
south, the principal one being in a
gambling house in Memphis, whore
they said. they compelled twenty
men to line up while they searched
them, but got less than 800,
Later they planned TO rCb the State
Bank of New Orleans, it is said, but
gave ap the undertaking when they
found it would be necessary to kill
two clerks. I'VE would have killed
them, said Mack, "if it had not been
for the work in the case of carbarn
bandits in Chicago | would not stand
for murder after that, and we gave
up the job"
The Cairo bulletin., 1904-04-22

Special to The Tulletin.
New York April 2l,-The stock
holders of the Northern Securities
company held special meeting In
Hoboken. N. j., today to vote on the
proposed pro rata plan of distribu
ti0n of assets as recommended by the
directors. Officials Of the company
who were present included President
]. ]. Hill. Fourth Vice President ana
General Counsel w F. Clough, Secre.
tary r. r. Nichols and Nicholas Ter
hume. director Others present in.
cluded Winslow S. Pierce and r. S
Lovett, the legal representatives Of
the Hartman interests.
Less than half dozen stockholders
attended the meeting. One of these
George H. Richards, of Washington
ID. c., said he owned 100 shares Of
stock, and declared himself before
the meeting opened in favor of the
pro ,ata liquidation plan President
Hill presided and Secretary Nichols
issued the call for todays meeting
There was then brief whispered
conference between President Hill
and MIR. Pierce. The latter read a
formal protest in which he said that
the Northern Securities company is
not now and never was the owner OF
the stock sold by Il. II. Hartman and
Winslow 3. Pierce, and that the
Northern Securities company had ne
right to distribute the stock under
the plan proposed There was then
another whispered conference be
tween President Hill and Messrs
Pierce and Lovett. In the meantime
inspectors had been appointed to
count the number of shares repre-
sented at the meeting.
Messrs. Pierce asd Lovett then re.
tired from the meetisg aud Secretary
Nichols read the minutes from the
last annual meetings and of the sev-
eral meetings of the executive com.
mittee of the Northern Securities
company These we're adopted with
out a dissenting voice Stakeholder
Richards wanted to know by what
process Of calculation the figures
1927 for Northern Pacific and s30l7
for Great Northern had been arrived
at
by ratable distribution" said Vice
Presidest Clough. and Mr.. Richards
was satisfied. Mr.. Richards then
voted his 100 shares for the announc
ed plan of distribution. No ether out
The Cairo bulletin., 1904-04-22

1t is now settled beyond further
yasonable doubt that the gunbOat Nash
tille will arrive at Cairo some time
Saturday, in all probability in the
evening and lay in our harbor until
Monday, when she will resume her
Journey to St Louis, accompanied
by the torpedo destroyer Lawrence,
which will return here Saturday even
ing from Evansville and the light
house tender Lily now laying here
under orders to accompany the boats
to st. Louis.
Captain Eagan. Of the Lilly, vou-
chsafed the information that he, act,
ing under orders, Is awaiting the
Nashville, due here Saturday even.
irg
Taking into consideration that the
Lawrence made remarkable fast
run yesterday to Evansville, leaving
here precisely at $40 a. m and ar
irving there at 5;2S p. m, consuming
- hours and Is minutes, the last
hundred miles of the journey being
covered leisurely, it is probable that
the scaled orders" given her com
mander instructed him to leave Evans
vile Saturday morning, allowing her
plenty of time to reach here before
dusk on Saturday.
The message that Mr.. Aisthorpe
wired Commander Hubbard at Mem
nhis, arrived there after the Nashville
had departed, was delivered to the
Captain of the lighthouse boat. who
in turn forwarded it up the river,
IN connection with the anchoring II
two warships, and their SO hour stay
in our harbor. the Big Four railroad
has arranged for an excursion from
Vincenncs to Cairo, leaving the start
ing point at 6 in the morning and ar
irving here at noon, the fare for the
round trip being PLACED at one dollar
In addition. the Dick Fowler will
bring down big excursion from Pa
ducah and way landings. Both war
ships will be open for inspection by
The Cairo bulletin., 1904-04-22

Springfield, H.. April H. Mrs, Van
Dine, mother Of one OF the condemn.
ed bandits, was on the point OF de-
parturc for Pittsfeld to see Governor
Yates to make personal plea for
clemency. when she changed her
mind fearing that If she were not sue
cessful she would not arrive in Chica-
ga in time to bid her son good bye.
She accordingly sent Gov. Yates 4
telegram 10 that effect. and asked thar
respite of few hours al least be
granted In order that she could bid
him farewell She left for Chicago at
noon Governor Yates telegraphed
Sheriff Barrett. of Cook county. -
allow Mrs. Van Dine to see her son
tonight no matter how late she might
arrive at the Jail Mrs. Van Dine re-.
ceiyei copy of this message when
her train arrived at Joliet
The Cairo bulletin., 1904-04-22

ChlcasO, April 2l.--Peter Neider
meier, Harvey Van Dine and Gusta,
Marx, the youthful car barn bandits
began their last full day on earth this
morning, apparently Indifferent TO the
fact that they are to die on the gal
lows tomorrow.
Neidermeier has so far recovered
from his aelG-inflieted wounds and the
effects of the phosphoroHs he swal-
lowed that he was permitted 10 eat
poached eggs today at noon. He also
asked for and smoked cigarette, but
the guard lighted the match for him
and held il SO that Neidermeier could
not set fire to his bed clothes and
thus eyade the penalty the law has
docrccd he must pay for his crimes
Jailer Whitman made the announce.
nent al noon that Neiiermeior would
walk to the gallows on Friday This
announcement vas made with sighs
Of relief, for the iailer and uis aids
did not relish the th ught that Neilcr.
meier might have to be carried there
IN a stretcher and supported to his
feet and held while the moose was
adjusted The law, however com
mands that this be done If there Is d
breath of life remaining in the con
demned person, and MIR Whitman had
completed the arrangements for this
detail on the gallows.
Sheriff Barrett arrived in the city
from Memphis. Tenn. at 1880 O'Clock
,his morning and went at once TO tho
county Jail, where he had private
conference with Jailer Whitman Up
on coming out Of the iailer's room,
where the conference was held, The
sheriff expressed himself as well
pleased with the present condition Of
Ncidcmcior
"rhe prisoner is in a much better
condition than had expected to find
aim He will be able TO walk to the
yalows on Friday, but If he Is unable
to do so he will be carried even il
! stretcher has to be provided for that
purpose"
Mrs Van Dine has procured tht
names of her sons employers 70 q
aetitlon 10 Gov, Yates for respite
md today Eas still engaged In pro
,uring Information for the state board
Df pard MS II is understood she has
allied upon members of the bandit
jury" aud procured five of their
names to adj TO the petition
Neidermeier's mother, still mum
bling threats against the attaches of
The pail, and the police was permit
ed to visit her son last night She
ravel so when she saw him lying
white and apparently unconscious
that she had 20 be put out Of tho hos
pital for the time being because OF
the effect her talk had upon the other
inmates of the hospital. Today she
visited the Jail accompanied by a
nephew. who pr missed that his aunt
would be quiet If permitted to visit
her aon .Iailer Whitman acted as
their escort and took them TO the Jail
hospital
Ncidermeier smiled when be saw
his mother aud conversed with her
IN German When she departed his
pirts seemed tn have risen consider
ably and he renewed his requcs; for
1mothing TO cat Earlier in the day
he had warned his guards that he
would yet defeat them and starvc him
elf TO death.
Before an hour had passed. how
ever. he had asked for some food and
the nurses informed him that ai
O'Clock In the afternoon he would be
permitted to pariake of some broth
and vegetables At noon the request
for food was repeated and poachcd
eggs we're given him Jaler Whit
The Cairo bulletin., 1904-04-22
WHOLESALE
CONVICTIONS
Growing out Of the Wreeking Of 4
National Bank at In
dianspolis.


indianapolis. April 2i-Walter
Brown. director of The Indiana Ma
ticaal bank Of Elkhart. and memb~r
of the Republican state committee
aud q member Of Governor Durbil :
stan. was sentenced 20 eight years IN
the p nltcntiary for participation in
wrecking the bank James Broderick
president. was given ten years. AMI
Y. L Collins. cashier ia years.
The Cairo bulletin., 1904-04-22
SENTENCED TO DEATH.
Bv Associated Press

Rv Associated Press
Hsrhin. Mancburia April 2i.-Two
officers Of the Japanese general star
colonel and captain. arrested by
the railroad guard eighteen miles
from this place. April 18th. we're
found guilty by court martial. and
sentenced to be hanged. They lis
The Cairo bulletin., 1904-04-22
RUSSIANS ARE FLEEING NORTH
BEFORE ADVANCING JAPANESE
Seeking Safety Opposite Bank Of The iau RvePOrt Arthur
Is Undoubtedly EifeeuaIy Bocked-NO Hope For
The TO1mcd Fortress

by hssoeisted preas
in
hoatsa nd are losing hundreds
Standard
troops eubarkng
Telegraph Port
comed
The Cairo bulletin., 1904-04-22

tened quietly 10 the sentence Of the
coart. hut subsequently asked that
their lives be spared General kHro-
patkiu confirmed The findings Of the
court. but. taking into consideration
the fact that the accused we're snl
The Cairo bulletin., 1904-04-22
BY the Associated Press.

Chicago. April u With all hope Il
clemency gone. the three murderers
tonight seemed resigned "a their fate,
and retired early.
The Cairo bulletin., 1904-04-22

Continued on sixth ragel
Belding banner. (Belding, Mich.) 1889-1918, 1904-05-26
GET WESTERN FARMS
Rosebud Indian Reservation To BE
Opened Up This Year.
building.


The President has issued procla-
nation for the entry of the ceded
lands Of the Rose bud Indian reserya-
tion in South Dakota, beginning Aug
ust s n xt. The lands viii be selected
by lot, and drawing will be estab-
lished for the purpose. There are
a bout 100000 acres OF the ceded land
some Of it Is very fertile. sMuch IN
terest has been manifested on the
part of the would-be settlers, and
Commissioner Richards of the gener-
al land office laid that he had receiy
ed no less than thousand letters of
inquiry concerning the opening. For
the purpose of greater convenience to
entrymen the land Office at Chamber
lin will be temporarily moved to Bone
steel, which is only four miles from
the reservation. The entries at Bone
steel will continue from August Sth
to September 10th, and afterward
will be continued at Chamberlin.
Opportunities for registration for the
drawing will be afforded at Chamb r
lin, Bonesteel, Yankton, and Fairfax
and registration will begin July next
and close July %. The drawing will
take place at Chamberlin, July %, un.
der the supervision of committee of
three men. The uniform price of the
land during the first three months of
the opening will be 81 Oh per acre, and
the choice of the sci ctions will be
regulated by the drawing.
The proclamation provides the lands
shall be entered un1er the general
provisions of the homestead and town
site laws, and al entries under the
homestead law are to he made in per-
son, except in the case of ex-soldiers
and ex-sailors, who may employ an
agent. Entries under the homestead
law will be permitted at the rate of
100 per day from the day of opening.
Persons desiring to establish town
sites on the reservation will be per-
mitted to make application at any
time before the opening, and their
applications are TO be passed upon by
the commissioner of the general land
office.
Belding banner. (Belding, Mich.) 1889-1918, 1904-05-26
WHO WILL Be QUEEN?
OF The juno Festival Held June
18th to 18Th.
The X. of Il. Carnival In This city
VIII BE uummer-Large
Crowds Expected.

The X. p. Carnival committee are
very busy this week making the pre-
liminary arrangements for an exten-
sive advertising OF the great event,
which is to be held in this city, June
18th TO 18th inclusive. Advance
agents of the Carnival Company are
IN town and some very fine posters are
displayed calling attention to the at
fractions that may be seen all the
we, k of ! stay.
n novel feature of advertising it
was hit upon by members Of the com
mitlce in the use of natty white
cap labeled X. p. Carnival. A. & ID.
Friedman ordered lot OF them and
the white cap is prominent on our
streets.
The committee have succeeded in
securing reduced rates of the Pere
Marquette for two days from Grand
Ledge, Howard City, Edmore and
Elmdale. Tickets to be on sale June
I6 return limit June IL. Our citi-
zens should get ready for large crowds
every day of the festival, as all roads
will lead to Belding during the
week.
A queen of the carnival will be
chosen and the most gorgeous spec.
tacle will be the grand parade and
coronation which will take place in
front of the large arena at $50 o'clock
Saturday evening, June Is. The can
didates for this high honor selected by
the committee, are Mrs. f. w. Ranney
Mrs. j. T. Ferguson and the Misses
Susie Preston, Della Dupuis and
Kittie Walker.
Ballot boxes will be placed at con-
venient points where friends of the
respective candidates may show their
preferences for FIVE cents vote, the
one getting a majority will be crown
ed Queen and presented With hand
some diamond ring now on exhibition
in Hull's store Results of the ballot
will be posted daily.
Belding banner. (Belding, Mich.) 1889-1918, 1904-05-26
WHERE WAS MOSES
When the Lights Went Outs-M. T..
Congregation Led to ask same
on sunday Evening.

Last Sunday evening just as the
audience had got nicely seated in the
church preparatory to listening to
one of the eloquent efforts of Rev. j.
w. Sheehan, crash of thunder and a
binding flash of lightning put out the
electric lights and the audience was
left where Moses was supposed to be
when the lights went out.-In the
dark
The congregation all joined in sing
ing a number of familiar hymns In
hopes that the lights would soon re-
appear, but the lights they longed for
didn't come and after an extended
singing spell lamp was brought in
from a neighboring resident and Rev.
Sheehan gave his sermon for the eve
ming, just as if nothing had ever hap
pened to mar the solemnity of the oc-
casiOn.
Belding banner. (Belding, Mich.) 1889-1918, 1904-05-26
Voted for Fremont.

A BRAN Wheeler of this city is SO
years old and voted for John G. Fre-
mont for president, he would willing
ly enroll his name as one of the Ionia
county club of Fremont voters and If
possible would like to attend the "Un-
der the Oaks" reunion at jackson in
July. Mr.. Wheeler desires to know If
there are any others in this vicinity
who voted the first republican ticket.
at was al most a miracle. Burdock
Blood Bitters cured me OF terriblc
breaking out all over the body. l am
very grateful Miss Julia Filbridge.
West Cornwell, Conn.
Belding banner. (Belding, Mich.) 1889-1918, 1904-05-26
FINE IMPROVEMENTS.
The Peoples Savings Bank Making
Some This Week-New Metallic
Vault Fixtures Added TO Its
Equipment.

The Peoples Savings Bank of this
city is ever on the alert TO keep up
with the times and in order TO sim
plify the work and add a certain de-
gree of safety to the books and papers
used in the transaction of their busi-
ness, they have just placed in COM
mission complete outfit of modern
up-to-date metallic vault fixtures that
will not only reduce the amount of
work necessary in the transaction of
their business but will do much to re-
duce the danger from loss 20 books or
valuable papers in case the bank at
any time should fall victim to the
ravages of the fire fiend.
With this recent equipment, the
bank is now better able than ever
before to handle the constantly in-
creasing volume of trade which Is
now coming their way, and they are
ready TO take on an additional amount
which can be easily handled by means
of the new labor saving devices re-
Gently placed in commission.
Belding banner. (Belding, Mich.) 1889-1918, 1904-05-26
FOUR GENERATIONS
Sat for Phots In This city on Tuesday
an Uncommon Occurrence In
Most Places Nowadays.

Mr.. and Mrs. William Mercer of
Bowling Green, Ohio, are making a
short visit with their daughters, Mrs.
S Sutherland and Mrs + p. Ham
man, of Orleans. On Tuesday he en-
tire group came 10 this city and while
here went TO one of the photograph
galleries and sa: for their photos and
there we're four generations repre-
sented in the group.
The hand of tin has not fallen
very heavily upon the heads of the e
great grand parents and they are ap'
parently hale and hearty. lnasmuch
as events of this kind are few and far
between, the Banner takes pleasure
in giving little of its space TO the
recountal of this happy family gath
ering in the township of Orleans.
Belding banner. (Belding, Mich.) 1889-1918, 1904-05-26
A WILD STORM
One OF the Fiercest Ever Known In
This Vicinity.

Belding was visited Sunday evening
by one of the fercest electrical storms
ever known in this vicinity. The can
nonading of the artillery of Heaven
began about o'clock and continued
almost necessarily until midnight.
The Spencer Electric Light Co (,
and Telephone compenies were dam
aged to quite an extent but aside from
this we have as yet heard OF no dam
age from the storm in the city. A
large fire in the southeast was seen
from here abou, II o'clock aud we are
Informed it was barn belonging to a
man named Clark. The barn was
struck by lightning and was soon in
flames, Mr.. Clark rushed out to re-
lease his stock and found that four
horses had been killed by the death
dealing current as well as number
OF hogs in pen near tire barn. We
have as yet been unable to learn the
amount of loss suffered by Mr.. Clark
but it will undoubtedly be quite a
large one
A large barn in Fairplains was also
struck by lightning and burned to the
ground, but owing to the condition of
the telephones we are unable to learn
who it belonged to. The house of F..
Stokes in the same township was
struck and the paper on the walls was
ripped off and three pictures on the
wall we're turned black, the inmates
of the house receiving terrible shak.
ing up.
The barn of Chas. c. Wright on his
farm jlst out ide the city limits, was
also struck but fortunately the cleo
trio current did not set fire to the
building.