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The daily morning journal and courier., 1904-08-19
OBSTRUCTION OF PALLADA.

Japanese Captain Reports Torpedoing
 Cruiser August 10.
 Tokio, Aug lS.--3 p. mt probably was the fifth torpedo boat destroyer hotilla under the command of Captain Mathuoka that sank the Russian cruis- er Pallada on the night of August 10. Captain Mathuoka. reports that he ap- preached cruiser of the Pallada type and at distance of four hundred yards fired a torpedo which he saw hit the cruiser and explode.
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WALLER NOTIFIED.
Uncertain, However, as to Whether
 He Will Act ms Chairman.

He Will Act ns Chairman.
 New London, Aug. 1S.-Mayor Bryan F. Mahan of this city, Attorney Joseph F. Futile of Hartford and Judge Thorn- as D. Coulter of Essex, a committee from the democratic state central con1- rnittee, notified ex-Governor Thomas M. waller of this city of his nomination as temporary chairman Of the democratic state convention to-day. The notifica- ton took place at the Ocean Beach cottage of ex-Governor Waller. Owing to the condition of his health MT. Wal Ter was unable to say definitely wheth- CT he would accept the honor, but he took the matter under advisement.
The daily morning journal and courier., 1904-08-19
ACTIFE WORK ON CANAL.
About to Begin in Earnest-Requisit-
 ions for Dynamite.

Washington, Aug. 1s.-Active work on the Panama canal is about to begin in earnest, At the headquarters of the commission in this city large requisi- #tions from the isthmus for dynamite and powder for blasting purposes are being filled. %ss.s
 To meet the demand for the consid- erable amount of printing required in connection with the enterprise, a full printing outfit has been authorized and this will be forwarded at the earliest possible moment.
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' JAPAN FIRM.

VIII Not Give Up Destroyer "Cut Out''
 et Chefoo. London, Aug. 1S,--Japan has officially notified Great Britain that she does not propose to give Up the Russian torpedo boat destroyer Ryeshitelni, captured in the harbor of Chefoo on August 12.
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HARTFORD WINS GUN SHOOT.
New Haven Second in the State Tourna-
 ments

Waterbury, Aug. 1S.-- Hartford has won the tournament of the Connecticut Gun clubs association, the final shoot being teld here this afternoon. The to- tai scores for the season were:
 Hartford, 472; New Haven, 46S; Wa .terbury, 45S; Rockville, 457; Manchester, 3S9; Willimantic, 336.
 The scores made this afternoon were: New Haven s2, Waterbury 79. Hartford .76 Rockville 75, Manchester 66.
 The Willimantic team did not put in an appearance. x
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ANoTHER GoLF SURPRISE.

Former Western Champion Defeated by
 an Ex-Caddie.
 Chicago, Aug. 18.-Play in the second round of the Western Golf champion ship at Highland Park to-day furnished another surprise, the defeat of former national champion, Louis N. James of GlenvieW by D. E. Sawyer, a former caddy at the Wheaton links, who was + up at the finish. It was the hardest fought match of the tourney. That Saw yer's victory was truly won was attest ed by his medal score of IT.
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GRAND CIRCUIT MEET RACES
MORNING STAR CARRIES OFF S5, ,OOO METROPOLITAN STAKE.

sa3 Canadian Horse, Angus Pointer. Second
 --The 2.O7 Mile Dash. Furnishes the
 Surprise of the Day-swift, the Fa-
 yorite, Could Do No Better Than
 Third-NIcKInley Wins With Caspian
 Close second.
 New York, Aug. IS. -The weather was perfect for the fourth day of the grand circuit meeting at Brighton Beach and a well filled grand stand saw the sport. The card, however, was weak with only one stake event, the 5000 Metropolitan for the 2:ls pacers Morning Star the favorite won both heats, with the Cam adian horse. Angus Pointer, second in each. The winner Is a son, and the sec fond a grandson of Star Pointer, 1:59 l-4. The surprise oe the day was ill the 2:07 trot, q dash of 2 mile, on the strength of his victory in the same sclass at the Empire City track last week, ISwift was the savorite. Mckinley had the pole and he held 1t to the wire, with Caspian close second. Swift third. Tn the stretch Swift made his l. l.effort but showed none of his old time speed.
 Summaries:
 2:1s Class, Pacing; Purse, s5,oOo; Mile
 Heats, Two in Three. Morning Star, b. h., by Star Point l er--Fahny Egthorne by Egg thorne (lIeDonald) ! Angus Pointer, D. B. (McPherson. China Maid b m, lsno1W2;;;;i;. o1x;sa,,i SSas Sass
 Time :07 7 2:05 T
 l2,t2 Pace: Purse, $500 Dash, t $ Miles.
 Eestatie. T;ss b. nj. bv oratorio thel wynn by Harold tI.ang ] Legal Wood, b. m I iornbergerl A ..... { I Alice Niapes, D. m. tCurryl Daphne Direct I Earl Scott :. : '.'5. s ' Ttme-2:25.
 1a;t7, Tfot; Purse Misiss' ssee' Dash l.ls Alexander Campbell; D. B, By IGIl Baron ! John Caldwell, br. g. SThompson) Leonort D. m Ryder ..s.a, i Belle Sligo .....$3 Sl sEarline 5. j Time2::20.
 l2:07. Trot; Purse, 5000; Dash, One Mile # MeIinley. b. g., by George St. Clair I Maggie B. lBoone) =I =ICaspian, b. g. (Shankl &tSwift, b. Ii. lTicehurst) Wentworth, blk. g, tSpear) 4 Hawthorne ..5.5..#. al Idolira ... al Time-2: 2:0914
 I 2:O7 Pace; Purse, s7oO; Dash, One Mile Il Cascade, br. g.. by King Pilot--Dam
 by Mascot 1Wail; }, ,a.; ;f @l Albert TO. g., lMcDonald) ......s.. tSnfreet, blk. m, (Wilsonl ISphinx s. .s.5. lEerva Patchen
 Eudora ..S.5..8. | ,iif,ae..-
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NOTICE TO RUSSIANS.
iWarships at Shanghai Given Notice by
 the Chinese. rEs 5~ ~

Shanghai, Aug. 18.-Upon the recom- Inendation of the chief of the customs, the taotai of Shanghai, will allow the Russian cruiser Askold and the Russian torpedo boat destroyer Grozovoi to re- main iii port until August 23, when one days notice to leave or disarn will be given them. The arrival of Chinese men of-war is expected. .--.
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BOARD OF FINANCE.
stenographer's Bill Not Touched at
 Meeting Yesterday.

The board of finance held it's regular weekly meeting yesterday afternoon and transacted nothing but routine business. The stenographer's bill for the police in- vestigation, which was tabled a week ago, was not touched. simply being talked over informally
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Iz.II 1NIusS, IIVlEIIIS1 uISei @0UV. -@. Oracle Keller, b. m.. {. ...3... l Fl Millargo, b. g. ............. sydney McGregor, D. h.. ......... Ruth M. b. m. n...5s.s.......,.4.. dis Lady K.4 blk. m. ,..,..3........ dis
 Time-2:141ls, 2:13hs 2:14h.
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9.2e c.Jass pacing: Purse s5do

Vice Regal b. g....@.. ......ts. Count De Orsey, b. g..........@4 May H., ch. n. ....s,...,.. Merrill Hawkes., TO. h.......5.. Eola, b. m .5.s.$8#.......... 3 5 Fanny Purcell, b. m.. 2dis
 Time--2:l91z, 2:l5A, 2:i4&
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2:O7, Trot; Purse, 5000; Dash, One Mile. Mckinley, b. g, by George St, Clair
 Maggie B. CBoone) ] Caspian, b. g. Shank z Swift, b h. Ticehurstl ] Wentworth, blk. g. tSpear) ........ Hawthorne .5.5.# 3 Idolita <. .,. x x
 Tinle--2:09 1a.
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2;07. Pace; Purse, $7o0; Dash, One Mile Cascade, br. g, by King Pilot- Dam 5 by Mascot (Wa1I1 ..8. V. .s.# !. Winfield Stratton, b. H., lNTcGuirel Albert TO. g., (NcDonald) Snfreet, blk. m, (Wilson .....s.5.3.. Nerva Patchen .... '. ... Eudora .#... .8... ... .5..s.=.5s#.s..
 Time-2:07.
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2;12. Pace; Purse, s6Oo Dash, 1 $ Miles F,csfatic. b. nj. by Oratorio thel-
 wynn by Harold tIaang l Legal Wood, b. m. EIornberg Roy B., b. 8. (Rosemire Alice Mapes, b. m. lCurry0 Daphne Direct ? ? Earl Scott x. < ' '
 Time2 ::25.
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ENGINE HOUSE HEARING, ]
MEETING OF THE SPECIAL COM
 MITTEE LAST EVENING.

Very Little New Matter Came to Light Evidently Ii New Chemical Needed-- Many Personal Grudges Aired--Com- mittee to Hold Another Session Mon day Afternoon.
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PIT, Trot; Purse, $500; Dash 1-l6
 Miles. Alexander Campbell, D. 8, by Baron s,rn r--- fElcrilla M. by Elorida lConl----

nlings) , .Tohn Caldwell, br g. (Thompson) ... I I,eonort, b m. (OeRyde Ter 5 Ruth c, gr. m. (Kenney) Belle Sligo ... .s. Earline 5. .#..
 Time2: 20.
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Nothing has been received from any other source confirming the foregoing.
The Cairo bulletin., 1904-03-19

But there is another point which
the mayor and his spokesman chost
utterly to ignore, but which they vii
be compelled TO meet for it stand
against them in black and white. /
is what purports TO be the mayor
own mcssags--the only one he ha;
delivered to the council In it he
touches at length upon the subject o
municipal Ownership" concluding
as follows:
cit is SURGE of regret that | car
not offer any great encouragement
IN the Instance of Cairo on the subjec'
Of immediate city ownership Of theit
public Utilities. | have investigated
the subject and find that in thS
present condition of the laws in this
state, cur city is not in condition tt
take any aggressive step in that direc
ton. The present Indebtedness o;
this city and the expenses Of our cit,
government are such that we are not
in a financial condition TO take steps
in the matter of the ownership Of its
own lighting plant water works ane
ctle- public Utilities. However. there
nay Re ouch changes in the law that
nay enanIc &c to take steps in that
direction.
II Is immaterial whether the mayor
was the author of that message OF
not He fathered it after it was writ
ten, he delivered it to the council a.
his message, and presumably he ap
proved its uttorances. Certain II ii
that the message represented the
condition of the city correctly; Il
presented the whole subject conserya
lively, sensibly and in business.like
way.
What has caused the mayor e
change his mind on the subject
There has been no amendment Of the
state law, which he declared barred the
city from taking any action in the
matter If there has been any chang.
in the financial condition of the city
it is worse than II has ever been be
fore Then what has induced the
mayor to eat his Words What has
prompted him to abandon his Origi
nal attitude of a coolheaded broad,
minded, sensible business man with
some knowledge of affairs and REGARD
for public interest for that of wild
ass colt bent on raising the devil and
running the CITY into the hell Of
reputation, with a reckless disre
gard Of consequences. Were aldermen
right in declaring that it is all for the
sake Of creating a string Of cheap
electioneering buncomb?
To assume that the people of Cairo
can be bamboozled into accepting
the shallow pretentions Of the mayo
and his spokesmen on this subject
to inau-nce them in casting Their
votes al the coming election. is an in.
suit to the people.
The Cairo bulletin., 1904-03-19
MENUS FOR TWO DAYS

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Saturday, March 10.
Breakfast.
Fruit
Cream of Wheat
Sugar and Cream
Broied Liver Potato Straws
Gems Coffee
Lunch.
Dreamed Fish en- Coquille
PIN Olas Salad
Rice with Maple Sugar Tea
Dinner.
Campbell's Muligatawney Soup
Beef Stew with Dumplngs
Mashed Potatoes Parsnips
Red Cabbage Salad
Waters Cheese
Tapioca Custa.d
Coffee
Sunday, March 20.
Breakfast.
Fruit
Cerea Malta Sugar and Cream
Hamburg Steak
Demonico Potatoes
Vienna Rolls Coffee
Dinner.
Raw CLANS
Roast Duck Currant Jelly
Sweet Potato Croquettes
Dreamed Turnips
Lettuce French Dressing
Waters Cheese
Apricot Ice
Coffee
Supper.
Toast with Cheese Sauce
Lettuce Salad Fancy Cakcs
Coffee.
The Cairo bulletin., 1904-03-19

He told the engineer to give the
alarm when he got up stairs so he
could observe with what alacrity the
men got to their posts. The captain
went up stairs and waited. The drill
had begun to fall intodisuse and the
engineer was rusty on the proper sig
nal, and did not remember IT. IN the
quiet and Stiffness OF The fOgy night
he ran through the cabin crying;
Fire, Fire. The passengers burst
from their state rooms in great
alarm. The ladies' in their nightrobca
Paiamas were not in fashion then
and the ladies' were In very abrevlat-
ed costumes, and oil but panic en-
sued II took the combined efforts of
the officers to allay their fears and
no one slept souDdly on that boat af-
ter that That was the last drill on
the Dexter On the Hopkins. on one
occasion. a lady passenger was 50
alarmed by the drill AMI the iush OF
the crew to their posts. that she near
~ lost her life. A suit for damages
followed that and that was the last Of
IL in the line. It was soon after re-
poalod
The Stacker Lee arrived from
Memphis With 100000 feet Of lumber
as one item Of her cargo. at 10 a. H.,
and LIT for 81 Louis about noon yes
terd2v The white rousters on her
are doing very vel u1deF the ciFcun-
stances, bit will it be permanent or
The Cairo bulletin., 1904-03-19

is it being used as a club to whip the
negro into line? Ii is not a small
matter to substitute green labor for
experienced, especially when the
green labor does not understand the
language, hut is II not worth while
tn educate the Dago and eliminate
the negro rouster. The whipping into
line experiment has been tried and
found ~ be only a temporary expedi.
emf. The Dago is the physical supcri.
or of the negro and should be hailed
hy steamboat owners as a deliverer
from the uncertain and unreliable Ia.
Dor from which they have suffered so
much. Have officers, through whom
il must be accomplished, got the pa
thence and tact to do it? Green labor
makes life harder for them. Would
they not rather light a stogy and be
more at ease with the negro rouster?
4 new schedule Of wages was form
ulaled by the marine engineers in
February, effective March Is. The
Lee Line refused to pay the rates de-
manded. which is for chiefs. 500 and
seconds S7j per month. The Kate I'D.
am and all the Les lire boats are re.
ported 10 have left Memphis on time.
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USEFUL INFORMATION.

In this department all manner of useful in
formation will be briefly given every day, any
question asked by readers concerning any Of
the multitudinous affairs Of daily life viii re-
ceive careful consideration.
To-day the sun viii rise at Cos and
set at 6:10. The moon will set at
$40 p, M.
Adelina Patti is 81 years old. Su
san B. Anthony 50.
In Illinois the legal weight for a
bushel of coarse salt is so pounds; in
Pennsylvania it is so pounds. Fine
salt is reckoned at G. pounds in Penn.
sylvania, in Kentucky and Illinois at
s. pounds, per bushel
According to statistics a man
reaches his full development in the
matter of weight at about 40 years of
age,
In 1902 the mills Of this country
took 3.500.77S,7G3 bales Of cotton and
there were exported POI $50 bales
After the St Louis exposition will
come the jamestown Tlfcenttlnial
exposition, in. 1907, to commemorate
the 30Qth anniversary Of The first
English settlement in America.
To restore faded ink. moisten the
paper; then brush the ink with sui
ammonia solution The
iron OF the ink unites. aking black
The Cairo bulletin., 1904-03-19
General River News.

The stage of the river at p. m.
yesterday was 3G.1. showing a rise OF
0.2 in twenty.four hours.
The Bonanza arrived from Cinein-
natl at a. H. and left for Memphis
at 2 p. m yesterday,
The Carrie ", arrived with one
barge of logs from below at l1:45 a.
m. and left for Buffalo Island at p.
m. Yesterday. She will bring a raft
ont for the Wies-Peterson Box com
paEy
The Barrett departed for St Louis
with three barges of logs for Liebke
at 2:t0 p. m. yesterday
The Paepcke arrived from below
yesterday afternoon with logs, and
went right back with one empty
The Wisconsin Chair company and
the WilIiamson-Kuny company each
have 1000, 900 feet Of logs out in the
Kentucky bottoms which they eX-
poctcd to float ont Willow creek to
the river, but the water Is insuffic
lent by several feet. If there Is not
another rise greater the logs will
have to be hauled and that cannot be
done until June.
The laws made for the government
Of steamboats, are often, as to some
of them. very unnecessary and i'm
practicable. They seldom eminate
from steamboatmen and are often,
after boats have gone to the expense
to comply with them, repealed Some
country member of congress makes
trip on a boat and has to pay his fare,
when he conceive3 the idea that the
boats need further regulating. and he
goes before his constituency. which
is in the mountains, as a regulator OF
the operation of the river boats, One
of these regulations was developed
nv the old Evansville Packet com.
pany to quite 4 degree Of perfection
and was pride of the line for a time.
There was a station bin posted IN the
cabin. in which the post of every Of
licer was designated in case of acct
dent When an alarm Of FIRE, or any
other accident was given al nook
either posts in charge Of various fire
apparatus or life boat or other ap-
pliances as designated in the station
bill. The Evansville packets conduct
ed regular drills under this regulation
and the officers and men became
quite proficient. On one occasion the
Dexter was laid up in fog. II was
? O'Clock in the morning and the
watch below and the passengers
were asleep Everything was still,
and the watch nodded at their post.
The captain thought it would be a
good time TO test his crew on the
drill and spoke to the engineer about
II. The signal used by the engineer
for an alarm vas the nigser whistle.
The Cairo bulletin., 1904-03-19

morning In the middle Mississippi
valley Areas Of low pressure, or
moderate disturbances. center in the
northwest aud in the northern slope
of the Rocky mountains
The temperature has risen in the
upper Ohio valley. in middle Nebras.
ia, Colorado western Texas, and IN
northern and eastern Montana else,
where II has fallen or remained near.
ly stationary
Within the last sc hours light to
moderate heavy rains have occurred
In the Ohio valley, in eastern Iowa
eastern Missouri, southwest
ern Montana, eastern South Dakota
Tennessee, and in the western gulf
states.
The Cairo bulletin., 1904-03-19

The decision of the coal miners
that there shall be no strike and that
they win accept the reduction in
wages agreed upon by their represen
tatiyes, is very much to their credit
and strengthens their organization a
great deal more in the minds of the
general public than a successful strike
could possibly do II shows that the
men have confidence in their own
leaders and that they will stand by
those leaders even when to do SO
means a sacrifice 10 them. 1t means
hereafter, that if those leaders shall
meet the operators in a conference,
they can speak with greater force
their demands will have greater weight
their agreements will have deeper res.
pect, because it has been demonstra.
ted that behind them stand the toilers
in the mines, who will do their bid.
ding at any cost. 1t Is to be regretted
that so many of the workers in South.
ern Illinois chose not to accept the
decision and advice of President
Mitchell
The Cairo bulletin., 1904-03-19

Stage at Cairo March is, 1908, sos.
River Forecasts.
The Obio-At Evansville, will con
tinue falling during the next three
days At Paducah. will continue fal-
ling during the next four days or
longer At CARO-, will show fall
Of few tenths Of a foot by Saturday
morning. will continue falling for an
indefinite period,
The Tennessee. From Florence tc
the mouth, no material change dur
ing the next Sc hours.
The Mississippi--From below St
Louis to above CAIRO, will rise dur
ing the next Sc hours.
p. II. Smyth, observer
The Cairo bulletin., 1904-03-19

1898 The payments under that sys-
tenn in 1896 Cthe latest date contained
in the United States consular reports)
amounted 10 about sS000000 Now
let us see the result According 70
the report Of the Unitei states con
sui at Hayre, Of sept g. 1890, the
total increase Of French mercantile
Tonnage in the five years from 1892,
The year of the enactment Of the
new law, until 1898. was GG,9Gl tons
the increase being limited to vessels
which received no benefits from the
bounty law OF 1885. while the steam
tonnage engaged in meeting foreign
competition actually showed de-
crease. After eighteen years of boun.
ty payments committee of French
parliament in 1898 reported as fol
lows:
We do not hesitate 70 say with
out fear of contradiction that our
merchant mlr.no is in such
state of decldonca that there is
reason to be uneasy about our
naval fleet
This is taken from tie report Of
he United States consul at Havre
to the state department Of Sept G
1899. who continues as wollows
Many other extracts may be
quoted from the reports of var.
ious chambers of commerce, from
the speeches made in the two
houses Of parliament and from
lectures, delivered by experts in
economics, all lamenting the de
pressed state OF the merchant
navy of France
AS appears from the figures given !
n the report the French government /
rays postal subsidies, premiums on
he construction Of French ships and |
premiums on voyages made by French /
hips. The effect of the policy is 1
hus described by the United States 1
'onsul at Marseiiles in his report /
0 the state department July 20, 1899; /
The ship-owners found the ship
buildefs constantly increasing
their prices. until the point was
reached where the builders were
accused of calculating the amount
which proposed constructions
command and adding that amount
to their own cost price. thus alb
sorblng the premium for naviga-
ton and the one for construc-
ton
This consul concludes that The
merchant marine of France Is In an
condition, and gives
/ as his opinion that the nferiority
4 the French merchant marine Is at
ributable to the timidity or indif.
erence of French capital" The ex
,erience of Italy with ship subsidies
las not produced any better results
t remains for the American people
0 decide whether to adopt the ar
ificial expedent of the subsidy sys-
EN-, which must be continued indef
nitely at ever increasing cost, or
whether to approve the more logical
principle announced by Mr. J. J. Hill
n the New York Journal Of Com
nerce Nov 19:
Who pins his faith to the natural
advantages Of the country and the
enterprise Of its people,
md not the paternal care and cod
Hing OF the government which can
lelp one interest only at the expense
f others. All that really live bus.
ness men ask of the government is
hat it shall not put difficulties and
distinctions in their way, and shall
,fford such protection of the laws
IS will give them a fair field for
heir energies. What they cannot
hen succeed in they are willing to
cave to others.
The Cairo bulletin., 1904-03-19

Anna Ii agitating the subject of fire
service since the destructive confla-
grafton which visited it a few days
ago, and has procured statistics con.
corning the service in various cities
from which 1t appears that In the
matter OF rates for fire hydrants
Cairo is very fayorably situated. The
Democrat gives the following list Of
rates: Cairo pays $40 per year each
for $50 iifeplugs; Murphysboro pays
SEQ Uer year each for nearly like
number; Marion pays $50 each per
year, Mt Vernon pays $50. and Belle
vile $15 per year each for 100 fire.
plugs. This in an average price Of
s52.2 oper year. not taking the nun
Der of plugs into consideration. But
If this Is done, in the cities named
the average would be much greater.
Whereas Marion pays $50 each for
only rs plugs. BelleviIle pays SIS
each for her 100 plugs, The average
in these two cities for 1876 plugs is
S7iG2 The question for the Anna
city council to decide is, what would
he fair price for plugs in this city
and how many should we get for 81
600?