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The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1904-02-13

An arrangement or practice ON 4
part OF county judges by which &
law terms OF the county courts n
be held open from one term to
other, thereby enabling the states
toney to file, at any time IN SD
court, inrormations against perscl
presumably guilty of the commissi
Of misdmcanors ana effect the spec.
determination of all such cases
tribunal rather than wait for
grand jury, with its expensive ii
chincry to return bills of indictmc
for these minor offcnses, is one Of d
economical means of stopping ono
the great leaks in a county's trcasul
Business is expedited, jails relievd
the dieting bills for prisoners al
the fifty dollars per day for the graz
jurors are saved; the sherilf's, ba
iff's and Witnesses costs and 4
penses, mileage and fees is obviat,
and justice and business are exl
ditcd.
The judge can. and do exercise
decisive influence along economic
lines, yet much remains to be dol
by them.
The grand jury with all its W
nesses to appear before it should
summoned to meet promptly on Il
first day of the term, and for the fir
two or three days of each term Il
states attorney could devote his who
time and attention in placing befo
it all matters proper for its eonside
alton
All defaults, motions. orders, slip
lations and all pleadings possib
should be settled while the grand jul
with its witnesses Is at work, al
prior to the day in which the venil
for the petit jury is made returnabl
The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1904-02-13
JACOB MARTENS.
II. c. BALDRIDGE.

The delegates were reminded by
President Armstrong and several 9th
ers to secure copies of The Bulletin
of the dates of February 10, II aud
t., as they contained the only com.
plete report of the proceedings of the
convention. This was. necessary as
the book containing the official pro,
ceedings would probably not be ready
for distribution for several months,
and by the distribution of the copies
of The Bulletin among their friends
at home while the subject was still
fresh would do much to further the
objects and purposes of the conven-
ton. Several highly complimentary
remarks were made relative to The
Bulletins energy and push, and the
declaration was made that no other
paper. during the seventeen years Of
existence of the ASSOCIATION. had given
its proceedings such exact, faithful and
wide prominence.
Adjourned at 1850 to meet at Gales
burg on the second Monday in Feb
ruary. 1905.
The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1904-02-13

so that when the trial jury is in court
/ the bar will be ready for its ser
vices. and the needless delays and
4 the worse than needless expense in.
Cured in keeping body of twenty
| four men sitting around the court
room or being compelled to excuse
them for half a day or day at IA
time to await the settings of plead
ings or the preparation of counsel
would be obyiated,
The calling in of tailsmcn to com.
pete pannel when part of the rcgu-
lar jury Is out celebrating as to the
verdict in case should be avoided
In SO far as possible when. by wait.
ing short time, the pannel could
be filled out of the regular panneI Of
jurors and the expense incurred there.
by could be thus avoided
AS occasion demands the times
when juries are out celebrating their
verdict can and should be used In
settling such pleadngs and other con-
troverted matters as 100 frequently
take up the time of the courts at tho
expense of the tax payer.
These suggestions are among those
which have impressed me most for.
chilly in which reforms and good cxccu
tive ability are needed There is
plenty of the ability. but custom has
so long dictated the methods of pro
ceedure in courts that the chosen of.
fcials adopt things as they find them
and thus concur in the weakness Of
a practice or custom as well as in its
strength
There grows up in every communi.
ty, an ditch more populous the county
or city, the more patent the custom.
Of a considerable army of adherents
of the successful office holders hang
ing around waiting for special ser.
vice in and around the courts in
some of the capacities recognized IN.
der the law. These adherents arc not
noted for their special fitness, or
ability in any direction but are looked
upon as necessary loyal adhercnts
whose interests must be looked after
without the outlay OF personal or pri.
vate means, and the county treasury
is therefore the mecca towards which
longing eyes are cast and tagging feet
are urged into greater activity.
These errors exist everywhere and are
so common that anew name has been
coined for them. the euphonious name
OF "grafters"
These defects are all patent aud
easily remedied and should be
The saving of one or two hundred
dollars per week in the management
Of the courts in the average communi.
ty is easily accomplished, and while
the mite when placed in contrast with
what could be done in the larger coun.
ties. yet a consistent effort along
these inees. persisted in for a time.
will soon create new custom and the
leaks which ultimately have caused
many counties to permit their scrip
10 be discounted at alarming rates
would soon be changed and par
basis of county business would he
soon established.
The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1904-02-13
HON. w. N. BUFFERS ADDRESS.
PRACTICAL ECONOMY IN The
MANAGEMENT OF COURTS.

! To the average attendant upon the
| courts. as conducted throughout I'll.
raj communities whether he be there
| as litigant. witness, counselor o.
causual observer. many things pre-
| cent themselves which suggest need
! I'd notifications, and none more pre-
/ ceptibly than the need Of practical
economy in their management.
| Officials. attorneys and those
charged with the management Of the
,ounty's affairs and its FINANCES.
honest and anxious to serve the peo-
pie well and conscientiousy, fall into
and adopt the precedents which GUS
tom has made and which. having ex-
isted from the time whereof the
memory OF man runneth not to the
contrary" have become part Of the
local comon law. in practice at least
The three most expensive branches
in the administration of justice over
which the courts exercise dominion
are. the grand juries the petit iuries,
and the prisoners confined in the
county jails.
To the average county, grand jury
with Us forty-six dollars per diem,
a petit jury with a per diem Of forty.
eight dollars. making at total of nine
ty-four dollars per day as a minimum
for jury service alone, to say nothing
of the milage allowed to each under
the statute, while very modest and
most usually a small compensation to
those who are chosen to serve in
either of these capacities will in
short time. If the business which UNI
der the law falls To their settlement
is not expedited in some manner, Gre
ate deficiency in the revenues Of the
average county.
Added to this the dieting bills of
Jail filed with prisoners who are
bound over to await the terms of
courts which are held at long timer
walls. and the extra compensation and
mileage paid To talesmcn. will SOM
make collection of figures on the
debit side Of the c0unty's ledger
which is hard To explain TO the ordin- /.
airy taxpayer.
A few suggestions, some Of which (
are being carried ont in some Of the /
counties Of the state. may not he out /
Of place
No county officer can exercise a /
greater degree or higher quality of !
executive ability and accomplish bet
ter economical results than the
states attorney. His powers and OPP.
portunities are wide and necessarily
must be SO. and though he is ofttimcs
4 much abused official yet all efforts
On his part for the economical and
inst administration of the law meet
with prompt and hearty responses
On the part of the people vino bear
the burden of taxes.
Careful attention on his part To all
of infraetion of the Grim
NAL code: the exercise OF wide and
wise discrimination as to what should
I've done and how and when to- do II
20 as to best serve the public interest
and in doing so to do 1t as econom-
ically as possible will enable him 10
acc npIish more than any one officer
# tho county.
The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1904-02-13

Upon the subject Of imprisoning
women he quotes from the police
court proceedings: The officers OF
the Humane Society brought William
Hogan, his wife and four children into
Justice Rs court yesterday for
disposition They had been existing
in hoyel at the corner of State street
and Armitage avenue, in the most
squalid poverty and restitution. There
was no food or fuel in the place, and
little or no bedding The family were
in rags were dirty, and were all Gov.
cred with yermin, Their condition as
they appeared in the court room was
at once disgusting and pitable, Mr..
and Mrs Hogan were sent to the
Bridewel. and the children, aged five,
seven nine and eleven years, were
sent to the Home for the Friendless.
Think Of a system that will send a
woman to the penitentiary simply be
cause she is the mother Of four small
children, aud has husband who
either can not or will not support her.
As to the husband ii he was unable
to do anything. he should not have
been sent To the Bridewell; and, ii
able. then he should be required to
earn something for his family. We
have already too long kept mp the
practice of crowding our prisons with
those who ought not to be there, and
as consequence we find that pris-
ons no longer have any terror for
those who should be there
In the study OF reformative insti
mtions the science of criminology
claims no small amount Of attention.
for It Is branch Of sociology treating
OF those actions thoughts and feel
ings which are especially dangerous
either to the individual or to society.
Drill SAYS that Crime is sensible
measure OF the degree Of health
strength and prosperity Of given
society in given amount Of its ex.
istence"
The social organism suffers from
disease just as the individual does
Thus there Is q pathological sociology
which considers the morbid states Of
societies and the anomalies opposed
to nature and shows their co.existenca
and the derivation of one from the
other
Crimnology is science Of recent
date The first international Congress
was held in Rome in 1885 less thar
twenty years ago The second Con
gress met in Paris 1t is said that if
was at first looked upon with more
or less suspicion Today It receives
the earnest consideration Of many
OF the best thinkers Strange TO say
the Italians have the credit Of being
the first to take the initiative in the
scientific study Of this subject
It is claimed that the study has at
least one advantage not at first recog
nized-namely the subjects are in tbs
prison, and are usually ready to an
swer questions relative TO their in
dividual cases which were they az
large they would not consent 10 an
swer. And since the criminal for
The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1904-02-13

he time is in a sense a ward OF the
state he may be utilized for carrying
nut any rational pan OF study for as
S very apparent. the paramount OBJ
ect of such a searching inquiry is
for the purpose Of lessening crime,
thereby beneitting the race II is
further claimed that the study of the
criminal is in a measure a study of
the normal man; for most criminals
are so by occasion or accident and
differ in no essential respect from
other men An individual under the
impulse of the moment may strike a
fellow man with the nearest object
within reach; if it is a hammer, he
becomes criminal; if it is book
he is not a criminal
Possibly no one either in Europe
or America has more justly earned the
enviable distinction of being leader
in the study of criminology and prison
reform than has Superintendent z. R
Brookway in charge OF the noted re-
tormatory located at Elmira. New
York. According to Mr. Brookway the
indeterminate sentence is the pivot
OF prison reform. The one paramount
idea involved in prison reform is that
confinement is for the purpose of cor
rection of the erring course, and not
the punishment for the crime com
mitted, although that must not be
overlooked. 1t is generally conceded
that the thought of the punishment
to be inflicted has less of a restrain
ing power than was at first imagined.
BY the time the individual is willing
To make the effort at wrong-doing. he
has prepared himself for the crime by
gradual growth in degeneracy yet
he imagnes he can refrain from
further immoralities at his will.
The most serious factor to deal
With in prison reform is the moral
condition Of the subject When it
is possible and easy apparently, for
the individual Of a good character,
with helpful environment to step aside
from the path of recitude. how much
more easy must it be for the one who
has already gone astray to repeat his
steps. In a psychological sense they
IRE not only morally weak. but in an
abnormal state: and if so. they de-
serve our pity rather than our con
iemnation However. it is the duty
VI the state to protect the public by
he restraint of certain and p rompt
punishment and yet in many instances
his is done more effectualy by re-
orming the guilty ones than to keep
hem within certain limits and con
inemcnt and compel them to labor.
rot that these arc Intellectual but they
IRE not sufficient
In commenting on this phase Of
prison reform Mr. Altgeld says
Granting that he has completely re-
ormed and is anxious to lead an
honorable life he is then still no
jetter. nor can be be morally stronger.
han The honest man VINO never was
prison And even such a man would
3e IN great danger Of becoming a Grim
nal should he suddenly be left without
money. without work, without friends.
The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1904-02-13

As fitting close to the convention
the following resolution was presented
and unanimously adopted after being
amended to include County Commits.
sioner j. A. Miller, County Clerk
Jesse T. Miller. Miss Lavina Scho-
field, the association stenographer and
the citizens of Cairo in general;
The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1904-02-13

serve humanity. to remember the par
able of the shepherd who went after
the one sheep that wandered away.
having the ninety and nine that went
not astray.
The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1904-02-13

Newton linus Of LaSallc an orator
OF ability, called upon for speech.
declined in a few breezy words assert.
ing that the delegates remaining were
tired and there were yet a few matters
to be attended to,
The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1904-02-13
Resolution.

Resolved, That we, the delegates in
convention assembled do by a rising
vote. express our thanks and appre-
citation to the mayor and citizens of
Cairo for their kind and hospitable en-.
tertainment during our stay in this
city
Evening journal., 1904-05-07

i5c. Muslin, trimmed with cam
brio ruffie and lace; also with deep
hem and cluster of pieats; also
with deep cambric rufie and hem
stitching Only three TO a buyer
25c. Muslin, deep cambric ruffie'
trimmed with hemstitched pleats'
Cambria, trimmed with deep rune
and lace.
SOC. Muslin. cambric rune. trim
med with hemstitehing. Camoric'
trimmed with plcats and lace.
Muslin. trimmed with embroidery
and cluster OF pleats.
SOC. Nafnsook. deep rune trim
med with hemstitched pleats.
Cambria. trimmed with embroid-
erv and cluster of ine pleats.
Nainsook, trimmed with lawn ruf.
ne. lace and cluster OF pleats and
ribbon. Cambria, lawn rune. trim
ned with heustitched pleats and
embroidery. Cambria, trimmed with
hemstitched pieats and rufle OF
blind embroidery. Cambria, trim
ned with lawn ruffie and two rows
OF lace
&c Nainsool. trimmed with
clusters OF pleats and blind EN-
brojdery: or ruffle OF embroidery
7sc. Cambric. trimmed with hem
] stitched piests and embroidery
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GLASS MANUFACTURE.

The Art Goes Hack to Time Re
yond the kuowtedee OF Man.
The art Of glass manufacture goes
back into antiquity 10 time when
the mind OF man rtInneth not to the
contrary" a" yet we cannot penetrate the
mists which hang over the infancy Of
what has for ages been useful indus.
try. It's original discovery Is alleged.
on the authority OF several reputable
writers. TO have been the result Of an
accident in which some nitrum (suppos-
ed by some 10 have been salD was
fused with sand. The dste Of this
event IS not even approximately given,
but is said TO have taken place on the
banks OF the Belus, in Palestine. where
some mariners had landed and were
cooking their meals, using blocks Of
nitrum to hold their pots in position.
Sir Gardner Wilkinson gives a cut
OF a piece Of Egyptian sculpture work
which represents two glassblowers ply
ing heir art In a manner which strikes
one as being surprisingly like that
practieed az the present time. Sir
Gardner informs us that this sculpture
was executed about $500 years aKo
during the reign OF Rsni HRssan. The
ban paintings and sculptures which
are known 70 date back to the time ot
the exodus, l400 b. c., show Rlas
drinking vessels OF delicate PATTERN
and nne workmanship. IN some 10
stances rivaling similar vessels Of mod
ern make.
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Chennises

55c Muslin. trimmed With en-
broldery, clusters Of fine pleats
and canbric RUNE. only three 20
a buyer.
5Oc Cambria. trimmed with lace
and ribbon; also with embroidery
and insertion: also with hemstich-
inE. lawn rune.
Zoe. Cambric. trimmed with lace.
ribbon and insertion Nainsook,
trimmed with embroidery and rib
bon
s5c. Nainsook. trimmed with lace
and ribbon.
~. Nainsook trimmed with lace,
three rows OF ribbon; trimmed
skirt. Fine muslin. trimmed with
embroidery. ribbon ana insertion
trimmed skirt. cRmbric. Trimmed
With lace and Ribbons trimmed
skirt.
H.a5. Nalnsook. trimmed with
lace. ribbon and embroidery inser'
tion.
$3.50. Nalnsook. trimmed with
lace. two rows OF ribbon and IN
sertion: also with lace. ribbon and
heustitching; trimmed skirt.
si.T5. Nainsook, trimmed Will
lace. ribbon and embroidery; trim
med skirt. Soft camDnc. trimmed
with lace and ribbon: trimmed
skirt. Fine nainsook. pointed yok'
trimmed with embroidery, lace an
ribbon. Lawn. trimmed with lac
and ribbon; trimmed skirt.
81. Nainsook. trimmed with lac
ana ribOon: trimmed skirt.
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Short Petticoats

Csc. Muslin, trimmed with cam
brio rune. hemsutched. only
three 20 e buyer.
s5c. Muslin. deep cambTic r1fne,
hcmst.tehed also with cambria
rune and clusters OF pleats
6Oc. Muslin. umbrella rune o.
lawn, trimmed with hemstitched
pleats. Cambria. trimmed with
blind embroidery and pleats.
Csc. Cambria. lawn rune, trim
med with cluster Of hemstitchet
plsats.
SIC. CAmbric. lawn rufie, trim
med with hne embroidery and
cluster OF plsats; also with nm
orella rufiis OF lawn. trimmed with
hsmst.tched pleAts.
81. Cambria, trimmed with hem
stitched pieats and lace; also viii
lawn rurfs, trimmed with cmbroid
cry and hrsnstitched pieats.
SAYS. Csmbric. trimmed with EN-
or0loery and hemstitehsd p,eats.
g55 soft Cambrie. lawn rufn'
trimmed VITA rafiie % lace Rn'
clusters " pleats.
Evening journal., 1904-05-07

sSe. Camhric, trimmed with hem-
stitched picats and embroidery.
Muslin, trimmed with clusters OF
pleAts and hemstitchlng. Only
three 10 a buyer
soc. Cambria. trimmed with laco
and pleats; or With hemstitched
pleats.
csc. Cambria, trimmed with
clusters of pleats and hemstltch-
ing: or with lace. short sleeves.
75c. Cambrlc. trimmed with EN-
broldery and hemstitched pleats.
or with yoke Of hemstitched pleets,
lawn RUNE on neck and sleeves;
or with embroidery and hemstltch-
ed pleats.
soc. Muslin, trimmed with hem
stitching and tiny pleats; or with
embroidery. ribbon and hemstitch-
ing, short sleeves; or with lace,
insertion and ribbon. abort sleeves.
81. Nainsook, trimmed with lace.
ribbon and pleats. low neck ana
short sleeves. Soft cambric, trim
med with embroidery. insertion,
and ribbon. low neck and short
sleeves. Nainsook. handkerchief
yoke trimmed with lace and rib
hon, short sleeves Muslin. trim
med with embroidery and clusters
OF tiny pleats. Soft nainSook'
trimmed with embroidery, inser-
tion and hemstitched pleats. Main
eook, trimmed with clusters OF
plcats. square neck with rihbor
bow. Cambria. square neck, trim
med with embroidery and ribbon
u.as. Nainsook, trimmed viii
embroidery. insertion, lace ans
ribbon. round neck and shor
sleeves: also with square neck
trimmed with embroidery, inser
tion and ribbon; elso with square
neck and short sleeves, trimme'
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with fagotlng; also with lace and
ribbon.
$3.50. NainsooS, yoke OF blind en-
broidery. trimmed with ribbon, low
neck and short sleeves; also trim
med with emDroiuery, lace and rib
bon. low neck and short sleeves. /.
also with yoke OF embroidery and
trimmed with ribbon.
Si.75. Nainsook. trimmed with
lace and insertion and ribbon. low
neck and short sleeves. Soft main
sock, pointed yoke OF lace. trim
med with ribbon. short sleeves.
81. Soft camhric. trimmed with
fne embroidery and ribbon. round
neck and short sleeves, also with
lace. embroidery and ribbon, low
neck and short sleeves.
S2.25. Nainsook, trimmed with
lace and ribbon. low neck and short
sleeves. Muslin, yoke OF emhroid-
cry and hemstitchad pieats and
ribbon. Nainsook, trimmed with
lace, embroidery and ribbon, low
pointed yoke and short sleeves.
$3.50. Nainsook. pointed yoke Of
embroidery and cluster OF pleats
trimmed with ribbon; also Will
hne embroidery, pleats and ribbon
short sleeves. low neck; also witt
lace and ribbon and pleats, Low
neck and short sleeves. ...
Sa.75. Nainsool. yoke OF emhroid
erv. V-neck, trimmed with ribbon
also With lace. insertion and medal.
Hons and ribbon. low neck and
short sleeves.
50. Nainsook. trimmed with lac'
medanlons and ribbon. square necl
and short sleeves; also with EN-
broldered yoke. trimmed with lac'
and ribbon. square neck and shor
sleeves.
Evening journal., 1904-05-07

sleeping and dining cars leave daily
cor Pittsburg. Cincinnati ST. Louis.
and Chicago without change and at
those points connect In Union depots
for an Western points. Through day
coaches OF the latest designs are so
run through, thus giving patrons the
best coach service Il they 60 not care
TO occupy Pullman sleepers.
For time tables and full information
write or apply 10 n. a. Miller. Tray.
Passr. Agent Wilmington. Del. or call
on ticket agent. MO
Evening journal., 1904-05-07
Corset Covers

The SC corset covers are
really remarkable-the trim
ming strong and neat; the
stitching beautiful, and the
material good.
As we believe, however,
that most people will want
nainsook corset covers with
lace and ribbons 10 wear
under the thin lingerie waists
that the summer calls for,
we haVelaid in the greatest
supply Of that sort.
Sc. Cambria. trimmed with en-
broidery; also low neck, trimmed
with lace. Only three TO a buyer.
l5e. Cambria, trimmed with en-
broidery.
2bc. Cambria, low neck, trim
med with embroidery: also with
lace and ribbon. Cambria. V-neek,
trimmed with embroidery and
hemstitched pleats.
s6c. Nainsook, trimmed with laco
and ribbon. Nainsook or cam
brio. trimmed with embroidery
and ribbon.
Zoe. Nainsook. low neck, trim
med with lace and ribbon; also
with lace. hemstitohed pleats and
ribbon: also with embroidery and
ribbon.
CSC. NainsooK OF esmbrie, trim
med with embroidery, ribbon and
insertion.
7be. Nainsook, trimmed with LACE
and ribbon; also with lace, en-
broidery, insertion and ribbon.
s5e. Cambria. trimmed with lace
embroidery, insertion and ribbon.
81. Nainsook. trimmed with lace
pleats and ribbon. Soft cambrie
trimmed with lace and thre'
rows OF ribbon. Nsinsook. trinnrne'
with nne pleats, embroidery sn'
ribbon. NalnFooiS. trimmed viii
. lace. ribbon and insertion.
J aB. Nalnsook. trimmed witt
lace. medsiiions Of embroidery AM
ribbon.
- tlte. Cambric. trimmed with lacs
emhroiderS insertion and ribbon
Nainsook. trimmed with lace, rib
bon and rows OF insertion. Main
/ sock. trimmed with lace. inseftlol
| ana two rows Of ribbon.