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The Cairo bulletin., 1904-03-03

Editorial Note. The Flahcrty re
ferred 10 above Is none other thar
Barns, the Golden Bank burglar Az
ter Dennis and Burns effected thei
escape from JonesbOro, they went &
Chicago. where shortly afterwards
they We're arrested but not without q
fierce fight with a detail Of police. in
saloon for another burglary Both
men gave bond which they forfeited
About two months ago Burns or Flah.
erty. as he Is best known to tn police
was arrested on a train in WHcon
sin for tho robbery Of the Superiol
postoifice The two men made des
perato fight against odds. not less
than eight officers. who entered the
car in which the pair were seated by
the front and rear doors, with royOl
yers in their hands taking active part
In th capture.
The tgo were in jail 81 Madison
awaiting trial before the United
Stat 8 district court Of Wisconsin
when FIaherty made his escape 1t
Is presumed. since no mention is
made Of Dennis in the dispatch that
he was confined in separate cell
and therefore unable To make his es-
cape with Flaherty.
The Cairo bulletin., 1904-03-03
Jury Stood Seven For Acqniital
aud Five For Conviction.
ASSAULT TO KILL EcAA
Is CHARGED AGAINST HIM NOW
GAVE BOND AND LEFT
THE CITY.

AT 5;25 yesterday morning the lilrv
"a the ease Of Thos ONea accused
II the murder Of Cornelius shephaii
declared him not guilty" after AZ
lberatng all night Il ia stated ap
good authority that they stood seven
or acquittal on first ballot and four
i tile other five came over TO the ma
Iority by 1880 Ia the morning. The
me remaining member who favored
conviction. was Ed Stegmiller. hut
le yielded TO the others arguments az
he hour named Judge Butler was
notified ana he received the verdict
about z O'Clock and later discharged
the jury
The prisoner was brought into court
when the court convened regularly for
The day and ne received the verdict
with evident pleasure He was dis.
charged from custody, but immediate.
~ rearrested upon a warrant charging
him with assault 10 Kill Mike Exam
Upon this warrant be- was arraigned
before Justice Ross. who held him 10
hail in the sum Of $500. which he gave.
bis aureties being his brother and
Mr. Chas Feuchter
In the evening 0'Neal and his wife
efi the city. accompanying the for.
mef's brother to his home in ar.
kansas His trial on the new charge
Is set for hearing al the next term Of
court
The jury in this memorable case
was composed Of three negroes aud
nine white men. the former al from
Cairo as follows
Henry Bass. Delta
John t. Brown. cairo
James Douglass Cairo.
John - Strpp. cairo
J r. Foster Beech Ridge
William Heplcr. Beech Ridge
Reuben Fozzard. Elco
John Allen. Elc0.
Edward Stegmiller. Elco.
r. S Rambo. Olive Branch
VIM Coward Jr. Olive Branch.
John " Smithey. Elco
The five men who held oat for cor
yleti8n at FIRST were Reuben Fozzard
Edward Stegmiller. Jno Allen. Jno
Smithey and } l. Brown
The trial lasted nine days. including
one Sunday
The Cairo bulletin., 1904-03-03

5Ho3t retaining his seat a4 q senator
from utah.
President Joseph d smith, the
highest Official of the church wa on
tho stand ali day He was questioned
closely iu regard to The principles Of
divine rey laiiuns. He said he al
hered absolutely to all the teachings
of the church in that regard and that
ne himself had been visited with di-
zine inspirations from God directing
hin as 10 details in matters pertain
ing to the welfare OF the church.
Though no angels had come to him
as in the case of the revelation to
Uncle JAS. Smith Jr. the founder of
the church. He subscribed to the
standard of authority for the church
in relation to the revelation command
ing polygamy as made known to the
first president in a visit from angels
in black he also said that he still
believed in poNgamy
tSilHoly Was ulTtCltu III SllSnt
degree at Smoot ana no attempt was
made by the defense 70 curtail the
admission of testimony until Presi-
dent Smith was questioned in rela-
ton to the polygamous co-habitation
of certain officials Of the church be,
fore the manifesto of 1890
The committee went into executive
session and after full discussion il
was determined to allow the utmost
latitude to the hearings which means
that court practices will be avoided,
The Cairo bulletin., 1904-03-03
OCCUPY TELEGRAPH OFFICE.
BY the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press.
Toxic. March 2-It has been learn
ed here that the Russians have occu
pied the telegraph Offices at ANUS
and Yong Pyon, north OF Ping Yang
They have imprisoned the district
governor and coniiscaied the official
papcrss. The Russian force near Aniu
numbers only about 40 men. The
main Russian force Is concentrated at
Liao Yang. The Russians near An
tung aggregate 10000 No important
engagement is expected south of Yau
river, which il is believed, the Rus
SLAMS will make their main line Of de.
Tense.
The Cairo bulletin., 1904-03-03
In Transfer OF Panama Canal
Property TO United States.
THE INVENTORY MADE
or THE ASSETS AND PRICES
PLACED AT 100000 BY
COMMISSION, TWO
SUITS PENDING.
BY Associated Press.


Paris, March 2-The officials OF
the United States embassy here share
the view of the officers of the Panama
Canal company, that there is nothing
now in the way OF the actual trans
farring of the concession and the com.
pany's property,
AT recent conference between
Ambassador Porter ana President 30
of the Canal company, the latter point
ed that two suits are now pending,
one involving Colombia's rights to
hold the shares and the other the
general question Of company's right
10 transfer the concession to the Uni.
ted States. BO was inclined to be-
lieve in on2, and predicts that both
suits, might be protected for several
months but Porter was satisfied at,
ter hearing 30 that even if the suits
are continued they did not constitute
my N mace to the United States,
md requiring any delay in the trans.
fer II this view prevails at Wash.
,ngt0n II Is expected the details OF the
transfer win soon be arranged
through the Canal companys repre-
'antatiYe there.
Inventories Of the eompany'8 prop,
arty vas made today and the Canal
commission fixed the price at 100000
700 These, and practically all the
property, except the archives and
some maps, are already in United
States, so it is expected the formal
ties of the transfer will not occupy
much time
The Cairo bulletin., 1904-03-03
LATEST RUSSIAN REPORT.

BY Associated Press.
ST Petersburg, March Am offic.
ial dispatch from Major General plug,
dated March End, says that according
to the reports of patrols, Hing Yang
has been occupied by 600 japanese, in
Guiding 200 cavalrymen No particu.
lars have been obtained concerning
artillery. It has been learned that the
japanese bring troops by sea from Flu
san to Chemulpo, whence they come
to Ping Yang. Between ] 900 and 1000
Korean troops have been sent to Ping
Yang from Seoul.
The Cairo bulletin., 1904-03-03
A BETTER UNDERSTANDING.
BY Associated Press.

BY Associated Press.
st. Petersburg, March 2.-The Rus
sian government earnestly desires d
conservation of the ancient friendship
between the United States and the
empire. Opinion is expressed here
that the two countries are now on the
eve of better understanding on
points concerning which differences
have existed The campaign of re.
elimination, which is progressing in a
norton of the press of both countries
is deprecated. and the government
specifically disavows any responsible
ity for the utterances of some of the
Russian papers against the United
States, which in turn has inilamed a
The Cairo bulletin., 1904-03-03
CHINESE TAKING THE FIELD.
BY the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press.
Paris, March 1.-THE Hardin, Man
churia correspondent of the Matin
says II Is rumored the Chinese gen
erals Ma and Thilng have asked per.
mission to ally themselves with the
Japanese. 1T is now certain" the
correspondent continues, that at the
beginning of hostilities the japanese
Kwan and the Chinese prevented
them. Large numbers of alleged Chi
nese pilgrims are assembling along
the Mongolian frontier of Manchuria
and General Naderoff is watching
their movements"
The Cairo bulletin., 1904-03-03
RULED AGAINST BRYAN
The Sealed Letter Must he Reserved
for a Decision in other
Suite.
by the Associated Press.

6y the Associated Press.
New Haven Conn, March p JUDGE
Thayer, with the superior court, today
sustained the demurrer fled by coun.
sci for Mrs Philo 5 Bennett to suit
lrougnt by William j Bryan for the
construction Of Benefits viii In the
ietion brought in behalf OF Bryan.
fort was made TO have a sealed letter
left by Bennett giving $4,000 to Bry
m enforc Il as a declaration of trust
Sustaining the demurrer the court
iecided that the question OF the sta
Tue of the sealed letter cannot be
Diet rminod in the present action but
must be reserved for a decision IN
other suits.
The Cairo bulletin., 1904-03-03
Collapsed Kills Five, Injuries a
Score and Many Missing.
FELL WITH A TERRIBLE CRASH
Into Dining Room of Adjoining Hotel Kill
ing Lady While Her Companion
Escapes Unhurt.

fell with a crash,
A portion of the steel frame fell
upon the rear Of the Hotel Patterson.
crushing in the wall Of the dining
room and killing Mrs. Ella Lacey
storrs, wife Of Frank Storra. veal
thy resident 81 I'VE, West Chester
county as she wa sitting al luncheon
with another lady who escaped un.
hurt
The other dead are Frederick Nor.
rilla Foreman Robbins OF the con
struction company three nuidanti.
fed men The cause OF the disaster
generally accepted is the overload.
ing OF noors.
The Cairo bulletin., 1904-03-03
ENGLAND DISPATCHES TROOPS.


BY the Associated Press
London, March 2--Orders were is.
sued to despatch 1000 troops TO rein
force the British garrison at Malta. H.
is believed this movement is made to
facilitate the reinforcing of the stu
atoms in China later, should the ne.
cessity arise. Four hundred troops
also are ordered to China to raise the
local stations there to war strength.
The Cairo bulletin., 1904-03-03

Cessre LambFose, who has been
studying American aiilliOaaiFeS gives
the foilUwlng as essential 10 the max
ing Of a millionaire in America: Quick
perception % the value Of deal. quick
decision in making II. perfect mental
equilibrium. thrift approaching to
stinginass. absence Of general culture.
Unsuitable thirst for proft. compare.
tive honesty.
The Cairo bulletin., 1904-03-03
THE WISCONSIN BLIZZARD.

By Associated Press.
Superior. Wis, March "A fierce
blizzard with the mercury at six be
low zero is raging here today. Schools
and courts have been compelled TO
close and all local traffic is at a stand
still
The Cairo bulletin., 1904-03-03
THE POLY CAMIST
NOW ON TRIAL
Case OF Reed SmOOt, Of Utah,
Before Senate Committee.
NO ANGELS IN BLACK
VISITED PRESENT HEAD or NOR
MON CHURCH AS IN THE CASE
OF THE FOUNDER OF
FOUNDER OF CHURCH,.



Washington, March 2-An effort 10
air the innermost secrets OF Norman
faith was manifested in the first days
proceedings before the senate com
mittee on privileges and elections in
yestigating the protests against Reed
The Cairo bulletin., 1904-03-03

Denver. March High winds in
some localities. approaching the pro.
portions of a hurricane, prevail q
along the eastern slope Of the Rocky
Mountains in Colorado and Wyoming
today In Colorado Springs the winds
reached a velocity Of 60 miles and
several buildings were damaged st
Pryor tae store in which Is located
the p1stoGicc and coal company's Of
fee vas wrecked Several persons
buried in the ruins were rescued
without serious injury IN Southern
Wyoming and North m Colorado q
blizzard Is raging
The Cairo bulletin., 1904-03-03
DESTRUCTIVE PRAIRIE FIRE.

Kearney. Neb., March "A Dc
stmctive prairie fire is raging b.
tween this place and Wood river car
riel on by a nfty-mile an hour gale
The buildings on several ranches
have been destroyed The wind car
ricd the fames across the Union Pa
ciGc tracks. giving the FIRE "A clear
field and it licked up buildings and
everything elac in its path
The Cairo bulletin., 1904-03-03
HAM ARRESTED AGAIN.
By Associated Press.

BY Associated Press.
Boston, March "A warrant cbarg
ing Wallace II Ham with embezZIe
ment of $4,000 from the funds Of
st. Luke's Home" was issued today
Ham was arrested last week charged
with the embezzlement of 100000
from the American Surety company
of which he was the Boston manager
He was also treasurer of st. Luke's
Home
The Cairo bulletin., 1904-03-03

Wray. Colo. March 2.,-The Bdriing
ton railroad bridge over the Republi-
can river near the Colorado Nebraska
line was burned this Afternoon Il
was nearly a mile long and cost $500
The Cairo bulletin., 1904-03-03

Madison, Wis. March 2--The Cap
itol Commission today decided 90
recommend that the state build q
new capitol An extra session OF the
legislature probably will not b. called
the matter being allowed to 20 over nm
til the regular session next January.
Meantime a portion of the burned
capitol sill be repaired So that prac
tieally all the departments Of the
state government can be atcommoda
ted.
The Cairo bulletin., 1904-03-03

Fort Smith, Ark. March 1T is
reported here that two white men
were KILLED and one white man ana
tao negroes seriously wounded in a
race riot at Bokasheu, l. TTbetwecn
laborers ON the Midland Valley r. Il
A further ella h is feared before morn
ing as the n gr0ea are reported to
have fortified themselves In the woods
and seem determined to- resist efforts
10 dislOdge them
The Cairo bulletin., 1904-03-03

Somehow We never have much
faith in the busin IS ability of u
man who has pink cheeks and yellow
hair.
The Cairo bulletin., 1904-03-03

Bessmcr. Mich. March "A terrific
snow storm has prevailed here all day
twelve inches have fallsn. No trains
out Of the city
The Cairo bulletin., 1904-03-03

It sometimes happens that a man
who fails at everything else marries
well
The Cairo bulletin., 1904-03-03

One swallow does not make cock
tail or a highball
The Cairo bulletin., 1904-03-03

ROBBED A POSTOFfICE
AT SUPERIOR AND WAS AWAIT
ING TRIAL EEFORE UNITED
STATES COURT. DENNIS
STILL a PRISONER.
BY Associated Press.

BY Associated Press.
Madison. Wis. March 9. Patrcl
Flahcrty, CHARGED with rohhlng tht
superior 20 atolrice broke jail here b!
saving the bars Of the cell.
The Cairo bulletin., 1904-03-03
Boston Lidhts,

In Boston there are one and one
half electric lights for each person.
The Cairo bulletin., 1904-03-03

New York. March 2-Alonzo Woods
manager Of the new Armstrong Hot j
Is dead al the age Of g. lie was a
native Of Illinois and at different
times was employed by the Chicago
and Northwestern, Cir at Northern
and Michigan Central railroads
The Cairo bulletin., 1904-03-03
eco It caught fire from Goals from
a passing engine

Cripple Creek. March q Sherman
Parker and Thomas Foster, miners
union leaders. accused of attempting
to wreck a passenger train were ac
quilted by a jury tonight.
Immediately following the acquital
Of these two the district attorney noll.
cd the cases against all the other
union men held under various charges
The Cairo bulletin., 1904-03-03
TERRIBLE STORM RAGING.

Racine Wis March "a down
pour Of rain tonight flooded the
streets The suburban tracks wer
covered with water causing much
troable ia running trains kenosha
is also reported flooded
The Cairo bulletin., 1904-03-03

Spear Fish, S. D. March miss
w. Henrietta CarlisleKent, a wealthy
and excentric English woman. died
at her ranch in Crook comfy Wy.
omlng, near Spear Fish, aged 90
Once lecturer and with ample means
and prominent connections in I'm
gland, she preferred to live in an
isolated. but a well stocked western
ranch She took occasional trips E,
the old world where she was enter
tanned in royal courts Death wa
due TO blood poisoning caus by be
ing bitten by a pet doe.
The Cairo bulletin., 1904-03-03

lloughion. Mich March THE
widest st0rm 81 the winter is raging
tonight ia The copper district. with a
heavy fail # saos
The Cairo bulletin., 1904-03-03
TELEGRAPHIC NEWS BREvITIES

Philadelphia, March Russell w
Davenport, one of the leading metal
urgists Of the country Is dead aged
50 years. He was one Of the best
known authorities on the manufac
ture of steel for guns and armor plate
Az the time OF his death, he was gen.
eral manager of the Cramp company
The Cairo bulletin., 1904-03-03

Marquette. Mich. March The
worst blizzard ct the winter Is raging
in upper Michigan. train and wire
service is completely demoraizod
The Cairo bulletin., 1904-03-03

Burlington. Iowa. March The
temperature dropped 20 degrees in
two hours here tonight. A furious
storm Of leet and snow Is prevailing
The Cairo bulletin., 1904-03-03

Lincoln, Neb, March 1.-TWO
March records were broken in Ne
braska today At o'clock. this at
ternoon in Lincoln the temperature
was ~ degrees the highest for March
of which there is any record At
Z tonight the reading was lG degrees
above zero a fall in six hours Of &C.
degrees, a descent likewise without
precedent in the state
The San Francisco call., 1904-03-02
POLO PRACTICE
At BURLINCAME
Periods Are Double the Usual
Length and Ponies Are
Changed Quite Frequently

The polo match on the Burlingame
Country Club field yesterday afternoon
was called practice game, but it af-
forded all the excitement of a regular
set contest. The periods were of twen-
ty minutes duration and they were
played With frequent and random
changes of ponies. This afforded an
exhibition of lightning change equal to
the old-time pony express. Players
would quit the field at pleasure for
this purpose and get back in the scrim-
mage as fast as they might.
Some of the players also shifted sides
and others did alternate stunts that
each might have a go at the fascinat-
ing sport. Messrs. Haig and Carolan
for the Reds and Walter Hobart for
the Whites did not change sides nor
miss period.
In the first period the Reds were:
Captain Neil Haig, Chaplin, Garland
and Carolan. Whites-Hobart, Duval,
Mackey and Walter McCreery. The re-
suit was tie Of to 1.
Second period: Reds-Haig, w. Nc
Creery, Carolan and Garland Whites
Williams, Clagstone, Hobart and
Mackey. The Reds forged ahead, bring
ing the score 5 to 2.
Third period: Reds-Haig, Carolan,
Clagstone and Chaplin. Whites-Gar-
land, Duval. Hobart and Williams.
Final score, to 4 in favor of the Reds.
Williams horse fell with him in the
second period and both horse and rider
sprawled in the dirt, but neither was
injured. Tomorrow morning the gen
tlemen will begin training their ponies
on C. w. Clark's track for the racing
at Tanforan.
The San Francisco call., 1904-03-02

DECISIONS BY CIRCUIT
COURT OF APPEALS
Judgment In Three Cases Reversed.
I'm One Modified, and Affirmed
In the Remainder
In the Remainder.

The United States Circuit Court of
Appeals yesterday handed down de-
cisions as follows:
J. M K. Letson and F. W. Burpee vs. The
Alaska Packers Association: and The Alaska
Packers Association VS. ]. NJ. K Letson and
F. w Burpee-District OF Washington-Deci-
sion that the eleventh claim Of the patent is
infrfnged and that the decree of the Circuit
Court will be modified in accordance with the
decision
Alaska Fish and Lumber Company VS. Ed
ward A Chase-District of Alaska, Division
No. Judgment reversed and cause remand
ed for further proceedings.
Isaac T. Lewis and Georgiana Lewis, his
wife, VS. NJ. c. Clark, receiver of hte
American Savings and Loan Association-Ds-
trict OF Idaho. Central Division-Decree of
Circuit Court affirmed.
The United States Of America vs. Matt
Blendaur-District of Montsna-Judgment of
District Court reversed
Ella NJ. -Weisshaar VS.. Kimball Steamship
Company-Northern District OF California
Judgment reversed and cause remanded with
directions TO the court below to dismiss the
petition at petitioners cost. leaving the ad-
ministratrix of the estate of the deceased
Weisshaar at liberty TO pursue her action for
damages in the State court. The decision of
the District Court that the decision had been
guilty Of contributory negligence reversed
and the case was remsnded
The San Francisco call., 1904-03-02
GEORGE Z. WOLFE TAKES
DEADLY .CARBOLIC ACID
Manager: OF American Tea COmpany's
Store i'm the Mission Dies in
Quarry:

George. r. Wolfe. manager of the
American Tea Company's store at
32s5 Mission street. ended his exist
ence yesterday by swallowing carbolic
acid He. resided with his wife, Cora,
at 5e Luhdy lane on Bernal Heights.
Wolfe left the Missien-street store
at 9 O'Clock yesterday morning, saying
he was going 10 the main store. 81
Market street, and that was the last
time he WIS ever seen alive. Twenty
minutes after noon May Dempsey, a
14-year-old girl, saw the dead body
OF a man lying In quarry near Court
land avenue and. when an investiga-
fiOn was made by the neighbors the
body was recognized as that Of Mr..
Wolfe. A broken bottle that had con-
dained carboIic acid was lying near
the corpse. The quarry is only a
block from the Wolfe. residence.
Mrs. Wolfe stated to Deputy Cor
pner Michael Brown that she knew of
no reason why her husband should
have taken his own life He had been
sick for about a year, but she had
never known of his having threatened
20 commit suicide
The San Francisco call., 1904-03-02
The Layman May Know Law.

Quite a number of changes have
been noticed in the method of draw
ing bills in Congress. Measures which
are intended to become a law now con-
tain shorter sentences, and wherever
possible commas and semicolons are
omitted and periods used instead
This is for the purpose of making it
easier to interpret a law and avoid
mistakes. Several times questions have
arisen whether a comma or semi
colon was in the right place. In some
instances it has been found that the
misplacing of comma in the law has
changed the entire meaning of the sec
tion and rendered the act nugatory
If the laws that are enacted could be
stripped of the verbiage and much of
the indefinite words, along with the
commas that are being eliminated, the
average layman might be able to un-
derstand them better.-Washingto
Post.
The San Francisco call., 1904-03-02
PHILADELPHIA
ON DEFENSIVE
California Boxer Gives Him
No Respite From the First
to the Last of the Bout
TRIES FOR KNOCKOUT
Decker Manages to Avoid
These and Is Not Sent to
Floor at Any Stage ofFight

PHILADELPHIA, March Eddie
HanIon of California outpOinted George
Decker of this city tonight in six
round bout at the National Athletic
Club.
HanIon had an advantage in weight
over his antagonist and the local man
was kept on the defensive from the be-
ginning to the end Of the bout The
Californian tried hard to put Decker
out, but the latter always managed TO
avoid the Knockout blows and was not
once sent to the floor. HanlOn' did
much roughing- In one round, while the
men were in a clinch. they fell through
the ropes.
Decker has big reputation here. be-
ing considered the best of the local
featherweights. 1t was thought he was
too fast for Hanlon and would out.
point him, but the contrary proved the
case
Having done so well for the first time
out and being we'll handled by Billy
Delaney, it IS the general impression
that HanlOn Will be hard boy to beat
in all his future starts in the East