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The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1904-12-19
JAPS BURNED BY
THE HUNDREDS
Fell Into Electric Morass Pre-
pared by Russians
IT DID NOT STOP THEM
ADVANCED OVER DEAD BODIES
AND AFTER DESPE RATE
FIGHTING GAINED THEIR
POSITION.
nv Tho Asaooiated prosg

fBy the Associated Press.
London. Dee. IS "a Toxic dls9ateh
re parss That the Japanese nasal bonn.
hardmeg5 Saturday sank a Russian
torpedo boat al Port Arshnr. Accord
ing TO the Daily TeIegraph's Chefon
messenger from the Japanese iia1s al
Port Arthur. the Russians had pre-.
pared around the fort al Pan Lung, 4
iaoat SIX hundred yards long ana 80
feet wide. which ;hey llled with PEI
cfcleum to a depth Of several feet,
then covered with wood ana straw.
In the cos. Of en- attack upon the
lort early in December tbs Japaneae
stoFming party sank into this morass,
which The Russians AIRED wish an cleo
trio Ease. The fierce consaeration
lasted all night ana dag and nun.
drods af japanese were bnned to
Iea.h,, bul The second night, the
teach having dried up, the iapane3a
advanced IN small deiacameats. prs.
tlcted BY Iarge woaden shiaias and
enragsd ia 4 savage baycnat fight.
The japanese, the iepo.t continues.
captured the position and made pris
oners 81 l51 Russian
The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1904-12-19
ESTIMATES FOR
PANAMA CANAL
CHIEF ENGINEER WALLACE SAYS
A SEA LEVEL CUT WILL COST
s2co,oooooo AND REQUIRE is
YEARS TO OPEN.
BY the Associated Press.

~ AAAb sAaS1tAdlNu II iESS.
Washington, Dec lS.-John r. wal
lace, chief engineer Of the IstAmian
Canal commission, has given 10 the
house committee Of the interstate and
foreign commerce the benefit Of his
Investigations so far as they regard
the engineering tasks to be perform
ed in the con truc,ion OF the Panama
canal Wallace takes mp in detail
four dlstinc, canal propositions which
are being considered by him and on
which he is 10 report to tka canal
commission.
Mr. Wallace said the best estimate
of the cost OF the various plans that
could be made at present would be
based on the estimate of The former
commission of two hundred million
for nine,y-foot level canal.
Figuring with this as a basis. a
sixty-fooi level canal which wenld
cost tgo hundred and twenty-five
million could be opened for traffic in
ten years. fully completed in twelve
years; a thirty.foot level two hun
dred and fifty millions, open for traffic
twelve years and fully completed
in fifteen year, sea level canal
would cost TWO hundred million. open
for traffic in fifteen years. completed
n twenty years
The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1904-12-19
ROOSEVELT PRO-
TECTS THE SOUTH
Sets Down Hard on Plan to Cut
Representation
WAS JUSTA MAKE SHIFT
CHICAGO PLATFORM PLANK
ONLY A SCHEME no CAP.
TuHE THE NEGRO
VOTE.

Warrington, Dec. 49, Reduction of
the southern representation in con-
gress has followed tarifg revision into
the sub-ceIlar Of the Republican par
-, where il viii remain with other
political junk creatad by the Repub-
liean national convention at Chicago.
Representative Crlmpacker of Indi-
ana, who has been lighting for this
alleged reform for several years, an
nonnced today that he had given up
the fight for this session OF congress.
II Is understood that Mr.. cnimpack-
81 is very much discouraged at the
sudden luke-warmness OF The presi-
dent on this subject lie was AFRO
equally discouraged because Of the
lack OF cooperation on the part Of
aeuator
But the greater disappointment 70
Mr., cnmpaeker has come from the
president Mr. Roosevelt ii not will
Ing % lake an emphatic stand Oh this
matter, and u IS becoming clear that
the resolution adopted at Chicago
WAS only put through as makeshift
for The paropsc Of capturing the me-
gro vote in the so-cailed doubtful
states. Al least that is what the Re-
publican representatives who are i'm
terested in the matter are intimatIng.
Senators Dick Of Ohio, and Plat OF
New York and Representatives Mo-
rel and 0lmstead are still In the
field, but there Is practically little
sentiment fer ang of the bills these
men are supporting
Southern Democrats were feeling
absolutely iubilant at the capital TO-
lay over the knockout to the scheme
to cut down Democratic representa-
lion because Of the suppression of the
negro vote.
The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1904-12-19
POPE SUFFERS
FROM THE GOVT
$4,000 PEOPLE CROWD THE BASIL,
IcA TO SEE HIM VENERATE
THE BLESSED DEL BUFFALO.
By the Associated Press.

BY the ASSoCtdttu fTeSS.
Rome Dec. 1S.-St. Peters was es-
pecially decorated for ne formal an.
nouncemcnt this morning Of he beat
lfcation q Gaspare Del Buffllo, found
err Of the congregation of the precious
blood and canon Of san Marco under
Plus VII
This afternoon Pope Plus \. accom-.
panied by the cardinals OF The court
and all the bishops ana digntaries Of
the church at present in Rome. went
o yenerate the blessed Del Eunalo.
over thirty thousand people
crowded tae Ba ilica. 1t was much
remarked thet Pope Plus, instead of
wall ing to ST Peters, as has bean ar
ranged, went in he Zelda Gest.toria
although hat mode of travel invari
ably causes him nausea. He was I'M
able to walk. because of govt with
which he has suffered so much the
Ia. few days that he was Obliged to
it during audiences.
The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1904-12-19
NEW BANK AT ELooRAoo.
Officers and Directors of National
lrstitGti9n Chosen.


Eldorado. H., Dec. lS.-The organ
ization OF the National Bank of Edo
rada was completed Saturday when
the board of directors was elected as
follows A. II. Kinsall. NJ ]. White.
&c. c. SHELTON, James Manley, W. A.
Moore. John NJ. Berry and ]. J Nit
ehell.
The new hank. 70 succeed he we'll
known Bank Of Elaorado, was pro
NOTED By A. H. Kinsall who vas ehos-
en- as its president at the meeting Of
the board of directors today.
c. c. Skelton was elected vice-presf-
dent and VI. JWhite who has serv.
ed several years as cashier Of the
Bank OF Elde-aslo. was elected as
cashier.
The stockholders include. besides
The board Of directors, sone Ct the
most substantial business men and
farmers in the township ant the insti-
luton viii rank as one Of Saline conn
ty's foremost financial instita ions
The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1904-12-19
A REAL RUSSIAN HuMoRIsT.
Admiral eireleF Thinks RoIcstvensky
Can Whip Togo.
by the Associated Press.

by the Associated Press.
St Peter burg. Dec. 1S-Admiral
Bireleff who has gone to Libau TO sup
erntend the completion of the prepa-
ratiOn3 of the war vessels still in the
Bal ic sea VITA a view TO dispatch
them. in case of necessity. to the far
east. in . witty caustlc letter to the
press. administered a rebuke to taose
naval officers who have been engag-
cd in a controyer.y in ife newspaper
relative to the question whether Vic.
Admiral Rojestyeasky's feet is
strong enough to core with the ships
Of Vice Admiral Togo without rein.
forcemCn,s. Birleff expires es an az
iirnatisc opinion On his poia,.
The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1904-12-19
KILLED WHILE HUNTING.
BY the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press.
Springfield, H., Dec. 1S-During
hunting expeditions in Sanganon
county today. John Larson and -
seph Sankokus were accidentally shot
AMI killed. and Fred Hale seriously
injured.
The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1904-12-19
FRENCH REvoLUTIoNisT
WARMLY WELCOMED
Rv the Associated Pres.

By the Associated Press.
Par.s Dec 1S-Tss NaGonali {
leader. Marcel Hatert whose five
years banishmeat ter participation
in a plot to overthrow the govern
ment expired at midnight Saturday
night. was welcomed a. Orleans sta
ton here today by a crowd Of several
thousand. This evening there was =
great meeting al St. Pauts riding
school. where Habert formally resum-
cd direction Of the league patriots.
The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1904-12-19
lAps AFrER RUSSIAN oFFIcERs

By the Associated Press.
Shanghai. Dec. 18.-lt is reported
that Commander Pelem of the Rus
lian torpedoboat destroyer Rastorop-
ny, recently at Chefoo, with others of
he vessels crew, sailed for Vladivo'
stol on the British steamer Nigretia.
Il is said the Japanese viii attempt
0 effect their capture.
The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1904-12-19
STORM DRIVES IN STEAMERS.

b. the Associated Press.
Woods Hole. Mass. Dec 1S.-The
storm today drove fifteen schooners,
anchored in Vineyard harbor. on
sho1e. while Others were damaged
through collisions. It is believed no
lives were lost
The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1904-12-19
THE LAND FIGHTING.


By the Associated Press.
Mukden, Dec. 18.-Ariillery fire
still continues along the front of the
Russian army. It was particularly Sc
we're December 18th, when the Japan
csc made a demonstration against
the Russian advanced positions on
the railway.
The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1904-12-19
scALpED TO DEATH.


BY the Associated Press.
Chicago. Dec. 1S.-Arthur Kcrr. FIRE
man. was scalded TO death and four
fellow workmen seriously injured here
today when a defective gasket on the
boiler of the steamer Bethlehem blew
off. allowing steam and hot water to
ncod the eng,re room where tie men
we're al work.
The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1904-12-19
RUSSIA RURRYINc WORK
ON THIRD SQUADRON
BY the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press
Libau, Dec. lS.-Work Is bong hur
ried upon the vessels OF the pros,
pectiye third Pacific squadron. All
are being stripped and tFe ma
chinery ovcrhauled in preparation for
the long voyage
The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1904-12-19
VOTE FOR ARBITRATION.
BY the Associated Press.

Sy the Associated Press.
Fall River, Mass. Dec. 1S.-The
textile council voted today to submit
the arbitration proposition for a set
Element OF the strike in the Gotten
mills to the individual unions. and in
case of their approval, by vote Tues
day, 10 ask the civic federation to
choose a board of arbitration.
The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1904-12-19
THREE THOUSAND STUDENTS
RAISE CAIN AT MOSCOW
By the Associated Pros.

BY the Associated Press.
Moscow, Dec. 1S.--Police and Cos
sacks today dispersed demonstra
ton by three thousand students who
assembled in the principal streets and
in front of the governors palace
Three hundred students were arrest.
ed: sixty injured.
The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1904-12-19
100000 FIRE AT CHICAGO.
BY the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press.
Chicago. Dec. lS.-The sash ami
door factory of the Philip Rim com
pany was destroyed by fire today.
Three firemen were seriously injured.
Loss, a hundred thousand.
The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1904-12-19
NO NEWS AT cHEFoo.

BY the Associated Press
Chefoo Dec. 1s.-No news from
Port Arthur today.
The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1904-12-19
MARCUS D. GROVER DEAD.

BY the Associated Press.
ST. Paul. Dec. 1S.-Marcus d. Gro
yer. general counsel for the Great
Northern railway, died today. aged CO.
The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1904-12-19
Tiny Watch Screws.

The smallest screws made are for
the fourth jewel wheel af a watch. :
thimble VII hold e 600 Of them.
The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1904-12-19
CONGRESSMAN GOING
HOME FOR cHatsTMAc.
Believed That There Will Not BE
Enough For Quorum Today.
N the Associnted Presh.

BY the Associated Press.
Washington, Dec. 18.-The exodus
CT the members Of the aonse from the
city since adjournment Friday indi-
Gates that the lower branch of con
gross will be without a quorum when
it meets tomorrow Should tails be
the case, and should any who meet
make the point on the floor of The
chamber, the only thing that can be
done is to adIoarn -4rom day to day
until , Wednesday, ghea Inc
-ehrtstmas holiday recess untiI Janu-
AIRY begins.
The question Of where the inaugu'
raj han viii be held is the only matter
of Legislation in sight in the house for
the week
The Senate.
The senate adjourns Wednesday
for the Christmas holiday. and no
business will be attempted previous to
thai time. A largo number Of sena,
tors have already lef, for theif homes
to spend the holidays and there is All
understanding that Immediately after
being called to order Monday the gen
ate will adjourn until Wednesday, and
Wednesdays proceeding viii be con
fined TO mere formalities.
The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1904-12-19
GRAND DUKE BORIS PROMOTED


By The Associated Press
St Petersburg, Dec. iS.-The pro.
motion Of Grand Duke Rors to be
$500 4 aaitau aas !epn gss tted He
also Ms aeat Wa4e !. e gi!.l a gold
IN s%Ca IA. AVE
The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1904-12-19
Better t. Aece., Then.

The ways If wonaa and Providence
ar IA, n2lefst-,aI lag
The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1904-12-19

Dec. StOeSsel reports:
THE twelve days assault which
commenced November 20 was def
nltely repulsed last night. The Jap
anese. according TO prisoners and
Chinese. lost at least twenty thou
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1904-02-11
MR.. MCUMBER SPEAKS
FOR ADMINISTRATION
North Dakota Senator Calls New Urea
ty Better Than Old One.

WASHINGTON, d. c., Feb. 10.-The
major portion of the time Of the senate
today in open session was devoted to a
speech by Mr.. McCumber, who sup
ported the Panama treaty and justified
all the acts of the administration in
connection with the recent revolt. He
laid especial stress upon the require
ments Of the Spooner act, which, he
said. made it incumbent upon the pres
ident to secure a canal route at Panama
If possible. He contended that there
had been no time when the president
could have turned to the Nicaragua
route.
He also declared that the president
could not have done less than recog-
nize the independence Of Panama after
the revolt because there was no other
government there with which to deal
He construed the treaty Of 1916 as an
implied grant to build a canal at the
isthmus of Panama. Mr.. McCumber
said that the canal treaty is hundred
fold more advantageous than the Co
lornbian treaty, and he drew the con-
clusfon that the president would have
been fnexeusable IL he had failed to
take advantage of this most advantage
GUS opportunity to secure the fsthmian
canal
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1904-02-11

ners, and the wickedness of q revenue
system which does not adjust its two
ends in better harmony. One of the
very worst features of President Roose-
velts administration is the conduct Of
the treasury by Secretary Shaw. He
has made it practically part Of Wall
street, and all Of his policies and acts
have been based upon the idea that 1T
is the proper function OF the treasury
to NEEDLE in general finance and to re-
lieve the money market first and han
die its own affairs afterward. To put
the United States treasury back in its
old position of stern independence
must be one of the first and greatest
and most necessary works of success
full Democracy.
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1904-02-11
THE GOVERNMENT AND THE
BANKING BUSINESS.

The Objectionable character of a close
treasury and the banking business of
the country continues to demonstrate
itself with every change in financial
and commercial conditions It is al
most equally bad, whether money be
tight or plentiful. The moral of it Is
that we should seek such an adjust
ment of revenue to expenditure that
there shall be no continued oscillation
between surplus and deficit.
Under the unwise and Unnecessary
exactions of robber tariff, a huge
surplus was piled UP when business
was on a boom. TO get rid Of this
money-or, rather, to keep it in the
channels of business cfrcuIation-it
was deposited with designated national
banks, United States bonds being
given as security and state and mu-
nicipal bonds accepted by Secretary
Shaw at his own pleasure and with
out warrant of law. The times are
different now. There is treasury def
icit instead of a surplus, and $50, 0OO, 900
are to be paid out for the Panama bust
ness. The banks, therefore, must be
prepared to pony up.
This contraction Of the resources of
the various banks at time when bust
ness is already suffering, and when the
money market has scarcely recovered
from the effects of severe stringency.
can hardly fail to affect the country
unfavorably. Fifty million dollars is
quite little pot of money, and when
the banks are pledged to furnish it
they must call in other loans and con-
tract their credits in other directions
to an equivalent amount The burden
of the change falls naturally upon
commercial credits, and those upon
business. Banks received the money
at a time when cash was flush. when
speculation was rife and when its de-
post did nobody any particular good.
They will give it up at time when
the surrender will be as hurtfuI. proba-
bly,, as it ever could be to legitimate
trade.
The incident emphasizes once more
the improperly of running the treas
ury and the banking business as part
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1904-02-11
NATIONAL PAPER TRADE
COMBINE EFFECTED
Officers Are Elected, a st. Paul Man
Being of the Number.

NEW YORK, Feb. 10.-The National
Paper Trade Association of the United
States has come together here in it's
first annual meeting. The association
was placed on a permanent basis.
There have been heretofore six organ
izatiens in different sections of the
country. Each of these took in sew
eral states, with headquarters respect
lively at Boston, Chicago, Baltimore,
Columbus and Minneapolis. These
bodies now become subsidiary organi-
cations to the national association. The
association starts out with about $50
firms as members. The membership
includes jobbers only, but the mer-
chandise which they handle embraces
all kinds of paper, from the choicest
wrapping paper to the choicest art
products. The object, it is stated, is to
protect the interests Of the jobber in
his relations to both the manufacturer
and the retailer and to put an end to
what are regarded as abuses now ex-
listing.
Officers were elected, including o. A.
Miller, of Columbus, Ohio, president,
and F. l.. Mcclellan, of st. Paul, mem
Der of the executive committee.
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1904-02-11
A BAD MARKET FOR HUMoR.

The Hon. J. Adam Bede, now at the
height of his fame, should at once re-
sign from congress and take advantage
of the opportunity to make an honest
competence. He has had more adver-
Using than a street car poet by reason
of his attack upon-or plea for-the
deficiency bill. Once before prosperity
stopped at the door of Mr.. Bede. but
ne chung to politics and prosperity
went on and camped with his neigh
Dor. Now fame joins hands with pros
perity and beckons to him. He will only
have himself to blame If he fails to
take the chance that is offered him to
set himself right with the world.
For Mr.. Bede is, just now, the most
discussed man in the country-and it
is to be said for him that the discus
sion is not unkindly. But we invite his
attention to the fact that other gentle
men who did things in the halls OF
congress that invited attention are now
engaged in the hopeless task of trying
to make their unheeding fellow citi-
zens believe that no statesman SHOULD
lack a job. There was Flanagan. OF
Texas, and Watson, Of Georgia, both
Of whom contributed to contemporaries
Gus hilarity, where are they "at ..''
Echo answers "where?"
Sunset" Cox, of New York, was for
some years the wit Of the house-and
they made him minister to Turkey.
And who shall say that they will not
treat our Jadam in the same scurvy
fashion?
This is the sort of fate that Jadam
should escape by getting away from ii
all now. For not all the wits of the
country could redeem congress and the
man who makes its proceedings funny
mistakes its mission. Like Punch the
mission of congress is to make TRACE
dies of jokes.
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1904-02-11
TODAY'S WEATHER

st. Paul = Yesterdays observations
taken by the United States weather bu-
reau. ST. Paul. w. q. Oliver observer. for
the tWenty-four hours ended at O'clock
last night-Barometer corrected for tenn
perature and elevation. Highest tempera-
ture, g; lowest temperature, 10; average
temperature q; daily range, Is; barom-
eter, 30. "a; humidity, SO; precipitation
%; p. m. temperature. 8; zSp. m. wind
northwest; weather, partly cloudy
Minnesota-Fair Thursday; not so cold
in west portion. Friday fair; warmer;
probably followed by snow In northwest
portion; variable winds. becoming south
easterIy. a
Upper Michfgah-Fair; continued cold
Thursday. Friday warmer and partly
cloudy fresh north winds. becoming va
Tiable.
North Dakota-Fair; not so cold Thurs
day. Friday warmer; probably snow.
South Dakota-Fair; warmer Thursday
and Friday.
Iowa-Fair; continued cold Thursday
Friday fair; warmer
Wisconsin-Fair; continued cold Thurs
day. Friday partly cloudy; variable winds,
becoming fresh Friday.
Montana-Fairi warmer Thursday, ex-
cept snow in northwest portion. Friday
probably snow.
g Tom
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1904-02-11
HEDGING.

Perhaps the eminent Mr.. Volstead
regrets his early appearance as maid
en- orator in congress. He has found it
necessary to hold out his speech for
plentiful revision and emendation. He
would have been wiser. apparently. if
he had held it out altogether.
His argument is that the price Of
wheat is not fixed in Liverpool, that
there is cheaper land and more wheat
in Canada, and that if this were allow
ed to come in without a duty it would
lower the prices in Minneapolis and in
the tributary farming country. This is
the sort of nonsense that tariff advo-
cacy breeds. 1t is not really worth
while to say word about it. Con-
gresham Lind diminished Mr.. VOL
stead completely in a question and
supplementary statement injected into
his speech.
II a man denies the most obvious ana
established facts Of commerce, how
reason with him? There is no fact bet
ter fixed than that the price of wheat
is established in Liverpool. The trad
ing in the markets of the world is a
reasonably solid fact, and dealers
there know what they are about We
of Minnesota are familiar with the
preposterousness of the assumption
that the price of commodity which
we raise in large quantities for export
could be affected by imposing a duty
on imports. This is part of the gen
eral humbuggery of the tariff, intend
ed solely to fool the farmer into con-
tinued support of the Republican
party. AS public opinion now stands
in the country at large, and in Min
nesota in particular, we think that Mr..
Volstead has done Democracy a service
in bringing to the front the idiotic ar
guments which are all that the stand
patters have to rest on.
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1904-02-11
Contemporary Comment
OIneY Wanted.

The Journal wants Republican vic
tory always, but 1t also wants both
parties. all parties, to nominate good
men, so that business will not be par
alyzed because Of the chances of q
bad man being elected. No business
men would haFe lost sleep over the
possibility of Mr. O1ney being presi-
dent as they did when Mr.. Bryan ap-
peared to have a chance. We hope
the Democracy will nominate as good
a man as Mr.. Olney on such a platform
as Mr.. Olney would approve-then the
country will vote quietly on general
policies and not on the personal char
acteristics Of the candidates.
City Journal
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1904-02-11
Among the Merrymakers
MankInd,s Narrow Escape.

Mid modern conveniences though we
may roam,
Be it ever SO high toned, it's no place
like home.
The charm of the janitor pals on us
there,
Which, seek through the world, we don't
meet with elsewhere
Home? Ho-ome? Call this a. home?
It's no place like ho-ome! It's moo place
like home!
John Howard Payne had written thus
far. and was about to attack the second
stanza, when misgiving struck him like
a wet blanket.
mol" he said. IF I turn it out In that
shape Patti will sing it as a topical
songt"
So. with shudder. he tore it up and
wrote in its stead the immortal doggerel
with which everybody is familiar. Chi
cago Tribune