The Cairo bulletin., 1904-03-20

ties yesterday
Fred HartWte arrived from Ross
Clare with two bsrges O. rock yester
Gay al 1 30 . N wAIeh she viii take
20 Natchez Clarence Nichols did not
80 up the Ohio on her. lie stopped OF
20 look after a string Of horses. Tie
has an interest IN them
The Spread Eagle passed to ST
Louis with the Eagle whartboat at
/ 40 D IA, yesterday rithoat landing,
A man who was sitting on the stone
wall at Sixth street yesterday after
noon looking at the Annie Russell.
said to party who asked what boat
II was; That is a Japanese torpedo
boat going to the Worlds fair
The Rees Lee arrived from St
Louis at p. m She had the largest
trip OF the season Her white rousteis
are doing good work. They are stall,
wart young men and the superior of
the negro roustcr and do their work
well, There is not crowd around to
Josh with, and there is not a contu.
sion and din of voices as under the
old regime The leyee is not lighted
up with red mother hubbards and
white aprons when the Rees Lee
blows her whistle. Amt got no man
IN dat boat
In the palmy days of stramboating
some attention was paid to appear
ances The American flag had a place
on the river Every boat had a stand
Of colors When she was in port She
put up her c0lors. \ Union Jack
streamer With her name the Ameri-
can dSg. ana two side flags, which IN
dicated her trade When she backed
out. upon signal tap Of the big bell
down came every flag together 1t
was q very picturesque sight. which
has not been seen o. late years The
Lee line is the best line OF boats call
ing at this port. and Il is safe To- say
that not one Of their boats has an
American fag. They have not the
poles for a stand OF colors Economy
and retrenchment have Of late years
Ho doubt, become necessary. but some
attention should be paid to appear
ances Is not its effect worth the
cost2 No circus man would eIimin
ate red and yellow paint from his
wagons or FURNISHED pendants from
the harness Of his horses H wishes
to impress the people DO not boats
want passengers?
The controversy in the Lee line
with the engineers upon the question
Of wages is not vet settled, az 10 the
Stacker and Rees. The Stacker had
her old engineers going up and they
stated the matter would be settled
upon arrival in st Louis The Rees
had her old men going down and ex.
poets to settle the matter upon arriy
Al at Memphis
low hong win that horrible and
blood curdling story of the Sultana be
rehashcJ by river journals? Now
comes enc j Pope with a long story
Jf his life. in tne Waterways Journal,
in which be dwells upon the heroic
and miraculous escape of Pope. not
forgetting to weave in the horrible
details Of the Sutana horror Tell
as something pleasant and let the
Sultana story Of 'Gj rest in its grave
Some years ago, when Jim Hart
vas pilob0n the Dick Fowler and Ben
Howard was captain. she ran quite
close 10 shanty boat, lying at the
foot of Cache island, and shook 1t up
with the swells. The shanty boat
man objected and made threats, but
Hart could not resist the temptation
to hold close 10 get tue benefit of the
dead water there. which helped him
into Paducah earlier. One night the
shanty boat man fred a gun into the
air. as the Dick went by. as a bluif |
After that Hart gave him more room |
for a while One night the clerk and
he steward fixed up joke on Hart |
one of them stood on the Texas |
the pilot house with lot /
lf glass, while the other took a posi- |,
ion on the boiler decl; abreast of the |
pilot house with a gun. When they |
got abreast Of The shanty boat the |
1ne below fred the gun and the other |
threw the glass against the pilot |
house sash Hart fell on the floor and |
'ried Shootn' again, and let the |
Dick shear ont into the river.
A dispatch OF yesterday states As |
she was entering the mouth of the |
Big Sandy river last night the boilers |
IF the steamer NJ b Gohle exploded |
Hith report which could be heard |
.eyer1l miles
Charles Mains, the engineer and |
WIN BARLEY. the cook, were drowned |
Captain Charles Mace, Pilct john |
Black and three members Of the crew |
we're rescued from the floating wreck
The steamer Is a total loss