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The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1904-04-13
REPEATS FIRST
NIGHT SUCCESS
DR.. Flint pIeaSeS a Select and
Critical Audience.
AN EVENING OF FUN
WITH A GLASS OF ELEVEN SUB
JECTS-TWO GREAT FEA-
TuRES LAST PERFoR
NANCE TONIGHT.

Or Herbert L. Flint, the hypnotis;,
easily demonstrated last evening at
the theater before a select audience.
the right TO the title Of King Of Hyp.
notlsts
His performance was replete with
humor and matchmaking episod S
tina; kept the risibilitits of the an.
diencc excited from the initial act 70
the climax of the evening,
Many yolunJe rs responded when
the cali was made for subjects From
these Dir Flint selected a class Of
III, some of whom had been on the
stage the previous night
Tha program given was entirely
different from the opening night and
furnished no end of fun and amaze.
ment. Two features are worthy OF
particuIarziug. The first being a
grouping Of eigh; al the subjects IN
Sem-circle They were hypnotizcd
given short brooms, first being told
they were banios. Then followed
suggestion from Or Flint to sing
INN dately all broke out in a popu,
lar refrain Upon the conclusion Of
II another ana still another followed
Each subject, while the las, song was
in progress was awakened until only
one remained, he singing in a l0ul
voic:, Just Because she Made Them
Goo Goo Eyes all Of the Tin going
through the motions OF playing upon
4 banjo. The scene presented caus-
ed the audience to respond with p2als
Of laughter and applause.
The final climax to the evenings
entertainment was the hypnotizing Of
ven Of the subjects and arraying
them in garments Of a Spanish dan.
GER Tambouyines we're placed in
their hands. the piano softly playing
the seductive air of a Spanish waltz
The lights our, and a calcium biaz.
ING upon the stage mad pretty
ensemble as The subjects danced
danced about the stage, the colared
light shimmering and rhectint slis-
,ening rays from their spangied and
bejeN eled costumes ne Of the sub
jecti was particularly graceful In his
imitation Of Carmencita.
This act. as with all OH rs. wound
M with a mdicrous ending as the
The subjects were awakened and
when a realization daSned upon them
OF their position and the attira, each
made such undignied haste TO ef.
feet an exit that 1t served to heighten
the ridiculiusness.
Dr. Flint will give his last perfor.
nance tonight with an entire change
of program and. perchance may IN
troduce something new, provided the
five dollars is not found today, il be-
ing popularity supposed to be secre.
ted in or about the opera house
The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1904-04-13
The Staircase.

A badly constructed staircase Is Of
ten responsible for broken limbs and
other accidents The best architects
say that the threads" Of a stairway
should not he less than ten inches IN
width and the "risers' not more than
eight in height. Although the steep
stairway with narrow treads Is dam
gerous, 1t Is not nearly so dangerous
as the spiral or winding stairway
which so many buildings adopt In or
der to save space and lumber. The
staircases that are being built today
by intelligent architects are vast i'm
prorement on those Of forty and sixty
years ago, when the stairway was
looked upon purely from a ntilitarian
point of view and built in the smallest
space that would hold IT, In fact. it
is only within the last score Of years
that the value and beauty Of a pretty
hall and safe. artistic staircase have
been realized. The best architects
now design their stairways with small
galleries and landings that are most
picturesque.
The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1904-04-13

An area of low pressure or storm,
centers in the northeast The north
western high has moved southeast
ward and now centars in northern
Kansas
The temperature has fallen in the
upper Mississippi and Missouri val
leys and in the middle Rocky noun
tain region. and risen in the south
east Freezing temperatures We're re-
ported yesterday morning from the
upper Mississippi valley Kansas. Ne,
hraska, the Dakotas, and northern
Montana
Within the last Sc hours light pre-
cipitation has occurred at scattered
points in the Ohio valley, in middle
and eastern Tennessee, Illinois Iowa
eastern Nebraska and North Dakota
The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1904-04-13
LAST NIGHTS LECTURE.

The lecture given az the NJ. T.
church. South. last night by K. &
lin Ledbotfer on the subject OF
Beauty" was attended by a large
tudence
The speaker said in part that Cod
has 50 designed that there should NOT
le an ugly person Oh the face of the
'arth: thar sin is deformlty and an
lsly Fisage is the inevitable result
external preparations for beauty
soon away. Sometimes in streaks
'eaying worse deformity exposed rr
he critical eyes of gazing world
Internal preparation is az lasting a.
sternity. that is. the culture Of the
lesri and the mind.
The concluding thought was that
God should help us cultivate the in.
aer mind more than the onter.
The lefasare vas greatly appreciat
ed by Jose present.
The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1904-04-13
PERSONAL MATTERS
Notes Of interest Relating to Citizens
Their Friends and Rel.
atives.

Mr. 4, Q Phelps, Of Creal Springs.
is in the city
Alderman James Meehan is in 81
Louis on business.
Mr. John Glynn was in St Louis
yesterday on business.
Mr.. C. n, Buchanan has returned
from bushes trip to New Madrid
Miss Vera Geisenhod remains quite
i'll at her home. tel5 poplar street.
Mr.. G. r. $. Pennebaker went to
his farm near Columbus, Ky, yester-
day. to spend short time.
Mr.. George Martin wcnt ID Union
City yesterday in the interest Of the
Three States Lumber company.
Mrs. Louise Koehlcr has returned
from st. Louis. where she attended
the funeral Of her hrotherin-law
Mrs. NJ Barry Is In 81. Louis where
she Went to attend the trial of her
son. William Barry for manslauehter.
Mr., Fred Lind has accepted the po
sition Of mixologist at the soda foun-
tain in the drug store Of Fl " Henck-
ell.
Mrs Joseph r. Roberts and sister.
Miss Lou Ozburn. left for Carbonate
yesterday where they win make their
future home
Mr.. and Mrs George Gibson. Miss
Hattie Gibson and Mr. Frank Gibson
are III Mt Carmel whore they went
to attend the funeral Of an aunt
Airs. +. w Moore and little son, Ed.
ward, have returned from a visit Of
seyeraldays with Mrs. Moore's sister.
AIRS. Joshua Thorp of Murphysboro.
Miss Earl Patier returned from Nash
vile yesterday, whore he was called
by the serious illness Of his mother
inlaw She shows improvement now,
AIR. r. ]. Eichenberger and family
are cnronte to Cairo from Arizona,
where they went for Mrs. Eichenber-
gers health She is reported i'm
proved.
Captain John ". King is at Reel
foot Tenn. looking after the proper
tn interests Of the st. Louis and Miss.
issippi Valley Transportation com.
pany at that place
Miss Lotte Schaaf has accepted
position as stenographer for the
Franklin Insurance company Rev
Sickles is the local manager and the
company has Offices in th Gilbert
block
Mrs Louisa Wilson who for the
past few DAYS has been D guest at she
home Of her daughter. Mrs Joshua
Thorn, of Murphysboro. has gone to
st. Louis. where she viii spend a
week 81 the home Of Mr. and Mrs
Rebel Emboden
Mr. w F Gibson, Of The Big Four
shops at Cairo. was called here Fri
day morning by the dangerous Illness
of his wifs's sister. Mrs. ] r. Robin
son. Tie returned % Cairo this morn
ing. Frank has scores Of friends in
Mi Carmel and they are always ela6
10 see him. Mt Carmel Register
The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1904-04-13

plate glass mirrors, tile faclngs and
hearths, with fireplace fixtures in hall
and parlor. The pantry is fitted with
large dressers and shelving The bed
room closets have one wide shelf and
wardrobe hooks The kitchen and
bathroom have modern plumbing and
fixtures, as shown on plans. The attic
Is open, with finished floor and stairs to
same
This makes coy and complete
home and Is well worth consideration
by intending builders.
The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1904-04-13

Business in this port was quite tuit
vest rday There was butt two ar.
rivals. the daily Dick Fowler and the
island Queen. The Boeekler is laid
up making some Slight repairs Nearly
all the landings are under water be
low here and the packet business is
very much hampered on account of III
The Georgia Lee lays over tin We'd
nesday q, Memphis
Capt Hendricks is taking adyant
age If his boat being out Of business
on account of high sater TO put a new
deck frame and deck on her The Nc
Greeor recently had thorough repairs
to her huh on the Mound City ways
and when this last job is finished she
will be in good shape
The island Queen had COOL crowd
last night on The X NJ x G excur,
sion Notwithstanding the unfayorably
cool weather There was ample op
portunty for an kinds of people to
keep warm The young folks kept
aarm dancing
Mr. jeff Byme has gotten all bis
levels marked accurately by this
years high water, with refer nee TO
.he new town Of Enterprise Tie with
81 able to tell just what water conli.
tions can be depended upon with 4sl
on the Cairo gauge He knows just
how high to put up bis store Some
people. who like -uch names as Paw
Paw. Pulkight and Hardscrabble
wanted no call this town Josh.own,
bit Byrne said no re Is to be the
first mayor and leading merchant and
aid not want such an illsounding
name OF course, people would get
used 10 il and call the place Josh, for
short Such a name would fail 10 "a
tract outside attention and the town
would be regard d As a Josh, when
in fact If is to be a real live town
in line with dry conditions which have
been made possible by the leyecs and
the success of the dry element at the
last election. The next high water
viii see Enterprise dry and serene be-
hind the leyee. unless Dr. Rawls
opens drug store, as he is reported
to be contemplating
The Island Queen not the steam
boat, but her majesty on the wheel
house. is sad and pensive-look-
ng female As the louagers along
the stone wall Yesterday looked into
her sad face they pitled her AMI said
he ought 10 be taken down and sent
q a sanltarum There was a mute
appeal in her sad blue eyes Her
emaciated face and generally detect
"A appearance was not inviting She
aoked like she hal grown heartsick
If the scenes Of gayety she was CON
1elled 10 witness The gay and siddy
lance which appeals SO strongly to
he tb0ughtless Young had pallcd on
her and she longad to- tell them there
eore better things for Them 70 do
The half drunken swagger Of young
men. tete a-tetes I'D dark corners,
ehich seemed TO have heeu provided
or the purpose, She was witness to,
laJ aroused her womanhood and she
seemed upon the point Of addiction
The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1904-04-13
CHRONOLOGICAL
April IL In History.

General Alexander Macomb, nero OF
plattsburg born In Detroit; died lSii.
1893 The British stormed and captured
Magdala. Ahyssinfa, King 1heoee.e.
roputed descendant of solomon and the
oneen nj Sheba, killed himself
,sso Rejection Of the Alabama CLAIMS
treaty hy the United States senate ana
\ serious war alarm in America md
england The senate vote stood % 70
/. The dispute was finally settled py
arbitration, England paying the Unit
"a states an indemnity Of Sl55e9V0
1soe-- Samuel Jackson Randall statesman.
5lsd Ia washington; born ms
fs94-General Joseph Rrerard hershaw,
distinguished Confederate veteran diea
a. Camden. 5 q, born 1870 David
Dudley Field. eminent American JHrist'
a,ea IN New York city; born ic05
isT-Mrs Elizabeth + Tilton wife q
Theodore Triton, died in Brooklyn
born 1885.
The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1904-04-13

terror trim is light gray, body white,
gables and shingles light terra Gotta
and blinds bronze green
The floors are Of narrow yellow pine.
and the walls are plascrcd with hard
patent plaster, white finished The IN
terror trim is Of clear kiln dried white
wood, with yeneered doors. The stairs
are OF quartered oak, finished ia the
natural wood properly rubbed between
coats The hardware is Of real black
Iron The house is lighted by gus
The parlor, hail, library and dining
room contain cherry mantclS With
The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1904-04-13

floor The coal bins, storeroom and
steam boiler which heats the house are
also located in the cellar The frame is
of hemlock lumber sheathed, papered.
sided and shingled. as shown in the
exterior yLew. The main roof is slated,
the piazza and extension roofs are of
tin. and The windows are fitted with
outside blinds Of clear white pine and
hung With wrought iron angled blind
hinges and spring back hooks. The ex-
The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1904-04-13
A So 800 DWELLING.
Has Eight Rooms ana All the Modern
improvements

Copyright 1904. by Dennis & Gastmeyer
80 Broadway New Yorkl
This attractive eight room house has
every modern Improvement and can be
erected at cost of 22,S00
There is under the entire house a
cellar seven feet high, with brick walls
laid in cement mortar and a concrete
The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1904-04-13
Washington Bulletin.

by Associated Press.
Washington. April l2-Illinois-
Fair. warmer Wednesday Thursday
fair variable winds
Missouri-Fair, warmer Wednes-
lay; Thursday fair
The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1904-04-13

Low rates 10 Worlds Fair on April
2s, via Mobile & Ohio railroad. On
regular train. good returning May 2.
Apply to ii. & o. Agents for paT;.e
ulars.
The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1904-04-13
BRlcKLAYERs NOT UNANIMOUS.
MlchlIne. Ky. April Il. 1901.

Wichliffe. Ky. April H., 1904
Editor Of The Briletin We are IN
receipt OF clipping from your pa
per speaking OF the action taken by
the bricklayers Of Cairo in regard 10
the building in course Of construction
Oh Eighth ana Ohio Leyee street, and
beg 20 state that you have been mis-
informed In regard to the unanimous
vote to place it upon the unfair list 4
ballot vote was taken. ~ being cast,
9 in favor OF putting the job upon the
unfair list Hoping this may find a
prominent place in your columns. we
beg 10 remain Respectfully
f. VI NICHOLSON.
JAMES a. MURRAY.
The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1904-04-13
Low Railroad Fare in india.

First-class railway fare in India Is
.sss than one hall a cent mile.
The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1904-04-13

People who are hypocrits are sci.
tom understood.
The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1904-04-13
NEWS OF THE WEATHER
Results of Government Observations
With Prospects for Cairo and
Vicinity Today.

Indications for Cairo and vicinity
today; Fair, with rising temperature.
The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1904-04-13
French vintane.

M total vintage Of France in 100
"a vAned at about sISs.G76 $50.
The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1904-04-13
f. VI NICHOLSON
JAMES A. MURRAY.

Members of cairo uni9n Of BrickIay.
ers.
The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1904-04-13

Mexico produces more silver than
any other country.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1904-05-15
PurifoatIon Differs.

On the stock exchange, or "big board" as it is sometimes called, the method of purificaton is different from that con- ducted on the consolidated. In the latter institution members are expelled for be- ing caught in the practice of flagrantly dishonest schemes On the ''big board they do things differently. When a case
 is made out against a member heis called in and advised of his situation and the suggestion offered that now would be a good time for him to sell his seat Ne glect to heed the warning would be fol- lowed by formal trial and expulsion and that would carry with it the loss of the price of a seat, which at this time is ap- proximately $G5,000. The victim takes the hint and gets out. By adopting this quiet course public scandals are avoided and, at the same time, riddance of dishonest or offending members is secured.
 Within the last two or three years not less than half dozen members of the big board have been thus allowed to withdraw. On the list was one of the most conspicuous professional operators in the market-a professional trader whose extensive operations were almost invariably on the bear side. For that and other reasons he was very unpopular with the mass of specutators and there was general rejoicing when he was driven off the exchange
 Half a dozen more members are now under fire and in all probability will be forced to retire. The rules of the ex- change for the government of it's mem bers are very strict and their violation brings offenders sharply under the lash of discipline The New York stock ex- change has a membership of 1899. The original membership was HOO. One expul- sion has reduced the number to the form- CT figure.
 It is held to be strange that an organ izaUon so rigid in the enforcement of rules for the regulation of its mem- bers and the maintenance of individual integrity in floor transactions should be so remiss in ways and means for the protection of the public against the fiota- ton of watered stocks and traffic in their shares. But for the machinery of the New York stock exchange 1t would have been impossible for promoters and syndi- cates to have worked off upon the public the thousands of millions in the shares of inflated enterprises, and hundreds of thou sands of investors would have been saved the heavy losses about which they are now complaining and for which the kings of high finance are held largely respon- sible--which served ultimately to bring dscredit upon the entire financial com munity.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1904-05-15
Jay GouId's Coun.

It is within the memory of many active traders on the exchange when Chicago and northwestern sold under 30. That was when Jay Gould was alive and in the heyday of his activity. He was director in Northwestern and was trying to get control of the property. To accom- plish his ends he organized a bear cam paign and. sold heavily of the stock. He lost $300O,000 in the campaign and closed out the last of his contracts around S5.
 Among Gould's friends in those days was General Thomas J. Brady then at the height of his fame as a practical politician of nation repute. Gould gave him the inside tip as to what was going on in Northwest and induced him to go
 short of the market Brady didn't play as heavily as Gould, of course, but he made good sized plunge nevertheless and when he bought his shorts around 35
 and 60 he was $300,0C0 to the bad General Brady died in a hospital in Jersey City two or three weeks ago without a dollar to his name He went completely 'broke" about two years ago. He was worth more than $1000.000 at one time. A fact known only to a very few of his intimates was his early connection with the telephone It was his money that enabled Alexander Graham Bell to complete his development of the phone. The General had one-third l of New York He did not have much | faith in the device and sold out his in- | terest very early in the game cleaning l up $250 900 on the deal He fattered him
 self that he had gotten about the lasi | dollar that VI 10 be made out of his
 interest. TetaavJthat interest would be worth $i5, 000NO0g
The Birmingham age-herald., 1904-05-15
Wheat Scare Temporary.

The unfav, fabe report on winter wheat threw a scare intos a good many peo- pie in the Wall street quarter, but the sensation was only momentary. It was more than offset by the reports of the splendidy favorable conditions under which most of the crops were being plant ed throughout the length and breadth of the country. The crops- on the big aver age are having a much better start than last year when the season was month to six weeks behind Last spring at this time comparatively little corn in the great surplus states was in the ground Now 1t is estimated that two-thirds of the area has been planted.
 It can, therefore, be said that the general crop situation Is bright and that there Is no sign in any direction of agri- cultural calamity. This fact must in- evitably have beneficial effect upon the investment markets. The outlook Is for betterment all along the line, and con- servative sentiment is crystalizing on the bull side. There may be excitement and disturbance over the political situation until the two conventions are held, but in sober truth it can be said that the moneyed interests are showing no alarm or any disposition to take fright over the presidential campaign.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1904-05-15
APATHY IN STEEL EASILY EXPLAINED Small Dealers Scared by Bucket
 Shqp Failures HE PANIC IS TEMPORARY Ratification is Now In Order and Dis honest Brokers Will be ousted.
 Low Prices Prevail in
 Stock Market.
HE PANIC IS TEMPORARY
BY w. G. NICHOLAS.
Stock Market

New York. March 14-Wan street does not have far to go to find an explanation for the prevailing distressing apathy in the speculative markets. There is noth- ing academic in the problem. The simple fact is that the outside public. or that portion of 1t which has any money left for gambling opposes, has for some time been in a semi-panic to draw down it's accounts
 To the multitude one Wall street name is as good as another, and the failure of concerns like Floyd. Crawford 6 Co. and w D. Woodend & Co. seems almost as important to the miscellaneous crowd of outsiders as would that of a banking house of international standing and high repute. To the trader in 100 shares of stock 5000 bushels of wheat, 1000 bales of cotton, 25O barrels of pork or q few bags of coffee Dr. Woodend Is as big q man as J, Pierpont Morgan, put and call' trafficker on the curb is as weighty an individual as Javob Sehin. To the tens of thousands of men who speculate all Cohens in Wall street look alike.
 Hence when the news flashes over the  country of series of bucket shop fail- ures followed by a dozen or so expulsons of members from the Consolidated Ex change and investigation into the business alliances and standing of members of the big exchange, there is aroused among outsiders a feverish desire to save what may be left of margins on deals in stocks or speculative commodities Every brok- craze and commission house in the finan- i cial district has felt directly and imme- | diately the effect of this scare. Thous- ands and tens of thousands of accounts have been closed and the money trans
 ferred to individual bank accounts or 1 soaked away in the strong boxes The scare is absurd and a 'reappearance | of activity in the speculative markets | will cause 1t to be forgotten in an hour. | it, nevertheless( has present tangible form and cannot be ignored There has
 rarely been time when the rank and | file of commission and brokerage houses | and banks in the New York financial dis trict have been in as sound and safe
 condition as now. The vigorous efforts of
 the exchanges to purify their own moral
 atmosphere and to go through the form
 of a general house. cleaning will, in time
 aid materially in the restoration of pub
 lie confidence. While the process Is going | on, however, the dust raised has a terrify-
 ing effect.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1904-05-15
LONDON SILK HAT PROBLEM.
Does Mems Headgear Affect Attend
 ance at Church?

From the London Mail.
 It is stated as a fact by regular att tendant at church, and confirmed by in- quiry, that few, If any, places of worship in London provide due accommodation for the silk hats of the male congregation. As the spring Is approaching and new hats must need the spring sunshine, men are reluctant to expose them to damage from dusty floors or the incosderate feet of fellow worshipers. Whether this fact will affect church attendance is debata- ble question, but the testimony of a Pic cadilly natter may be called in support of the damage dcne. T receive more hats to block on Monday morning than on any other day in the week. he said; and judging from the observations I hear, I should say that the owners benefit very little by going to church. If they place their hats under the seats they are kicked by the occupants of the pews behind, la dies being almost as careless as mischiev- ours boys in this respect. Then if they deposit the hats on the seats, some one probably the owners themselves-is sure to sit upon them. Why can't every West End church have a cloak room where gen. tlemen can leave their hats? This sug- gestion has often been made. A small sum could be charged and devoted, let