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The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1904-06-27
1. z. MeIkleham aid thaL nolMIt.

l.. +. Meikleham said that notwtl.
standing the Massachusetts, mill IN
Georgia is in tine co,tOn belt yet the
companys mill in Massachusetts can
Eaul cotton across the country up to
the extreme northeast manufacture
il into cloth and lay down the mann.
iacturod product in New York al IA
cheaper rate than thc Massachusetts
mill in Georgia can The cost 10 the
Massachusetts mill in laying down
these goods is Siig c-nts, whereas Il
60 IS the Georgia mill g. cents Tl4
Mas aChusctts mill in Georgia us.s
10000 bales of cotton per aunum o.
this amount some 10000 bales is So
cured FROM Rome and vicinity. ami
the rest is shipped to liulalc from
such comparatively nearby points a.
Columbus. Montgomery and Opelikl
It lis claimed that The rates 10 LfndaIa
from these points are entirely too
high
a committee of the association
composed of H. z. Me'bleham Of
Iinlllc; Charles y Tullor of AfIu-
"a. ana G. b Scott Of Atlanta. was
appointed 10 confer wi b tine railroa ls
rceariiug rat.f on cotton aHl cotton
goods This committee viii confer
with tie responsible officials of tae
southern railroads at an early date
going into details concerning these
alleged discrimination Il is asruu
"a thar their efforts tp bring about
absolutely fair trcaimen viii meet
With earnest support On The par e.
the southern railroad men for c1r.
tainiy the railroais cannot afford ~
permit any obs 8cie 10 fani .u tEe
way Of rha con. n.i8Hed deyelo1m-nt of
the manufacturing industries iu thiG
section.
The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1904-06-27
PROHIBITION
CONVENTION
WILL MEET TuESDAY--0ENERAL
MILES HAS GIVEN NO DEF
lNlTE STATEMENT or
INTENTIONS.
By the Associated Press

By the Associated Press.
Indanapoli1, June 2G-The national
Prohibition convention meets in Tom
inscn Hall Tuesday State Chairman
NeVlin who has charge of the ar
rangements. says 1t will be the most
euthusial9c national gathering the
party has ever had. Nominations for
pre- ident and yice-pre ideut viii not
be made until Thursday afternoon 1t
is stll an open que tion whether Gen
Nelson A Mile would accept the
nomination for the presidency He
has loft for summer resort without
la wing q definite statement
The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1904-06-27
BY Associated Press.

St Petersburg, june 2G Under
da.e of June 2G, Ntceroy AleXicG telc-
graphed to the car Our Port Ar.
thur squadron, commanded by Rear
Admiral Kithoft consisting Of six bat,
ueships, five cruisers ami ten torpedo
Goats. put out to sea at 8 O'clock en-
the morning OF june 23.
According to reports received from
the ign3l stations On Liao Tishan
the ships went out without accident
The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1904-06-27
MEXICAN CENTRAL WRECK.

By The A 'c'J,cd Press
Mexico Ci0y. June -G-FIve pr
sons ipf their lives in wreck or
the Mexican Central railroad near
Tampco when a freight train COLI T
p1 with a yard engine n-f outside rhe
yard limits The dead include four
trainmen and tramp Several per
sons we're injured none fatally
The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1904-06-27
CHURCH BAN ON BOOKS.

Rome, June 2G.-A decree Just ~.
sued by the CONGREGATION Of the index
publishes the titles Of several woras
recently condemned. among which
ire to he found Able Houtin's works
IN "Amerioanism and a novel found
ed on The life of ST Francis. which is
'orbidien a. being irreverent.
The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1904-06-27
YALE'S COMMENCEMENT.
~ The Associated Press.

}v the Associated Press.
New Haven. Conn. June &c
Idle's commencement week was for
nlliy opened today when President
Arthur T. lladley delyere5 the baccl.
laureate address in Woolsey hall
iale's new auditorium There are a
'arge number of commencement
guests here from all parts of the
country
The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1904-06-27
SOAP vATS
DESTROYED
A1olph Luetgert's Sausage Factory
Building Destroyed BY Fire
Yesterday.

Nv Associated Press
Chicago. June 2G---The building
used az a sausage factory By Adolph
Luetgert. who died IN the Joliet penl-
truuary. while serving a life sen
tenco for the murder Of his wife. was
ao troycd by FIRE .oaay The vats in
which Lueigert is supposed TO have
male soap of the body Of his wife.
were burned with the rest of the
raIling Loss 100000
The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1904-06-27
USED a SHOE KNIFE.
Bv Associated Press

HT Ase0CI1fpG FreHs
Des Mcines. IA June 2G-Thomas
Callahan was found deal today on the
foor Of his cohblers rhop. where he
Hr'5 alone Hts head bad been al.
no covered from The body with
hoo knife which ssf ifousd cienched
in his hand II is thcs.sht he has been
deaf geveral DAYS The police are
working on the theory .tf murder as
tbr room presents slfe appearance OF
having bCcH the sccue of a struggle
Efforts are being made to end his
daughter, living in Nevada. Iowa.
The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1904-06-27
MOTOR RECORD BROKEN.
BY the Associated Press.

By the Associated Press.
New York. June 2G.-J NJ Moran
# Chelsea. Mass today broke tho
nile motor pace record covering the
distance in l:2G %, in the FIRST mile
Jf the fnal heat Il the five mile mo.
tor paced bicycle race on the Mania
an beach track
The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1904-06-27
THREE RUSSIAN
SHIPS DESTROYED
japanese DecOyed Them From
Port Arthur.
CHASED THE RUSSIANS
AND DROVE THEM BACK INTO
THE HARBOR-EiGHT SEP
ARATE ATTACKS WERE
MADE.
BY the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press
Washington, June 2G "A cable re-
ceiyed at the Japanese legation today
from Toxic says: Gen Oku reports
that our casualties at Tell au were
III killed, including seven officers.
and 9lG wounded including i3 Off
GERS.
The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1904-06-27
DIED OF HEART FAILURE.

Manila June IT, Monsispor Gui IT,
fHe ieiic dol gaze tp ihe plHliv"in e
liei to-day Of hear failure The f1
neral will take place here f.uiay a1d
The body be- received later al Rome.
The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1904-06-27
DOWlE IN NEW YORK.
Bv Associated Press.

Sew York, June 2G.-On his first
otblic appearance after his trip
Lound The world, John Alexander
p5Nie today attacked the character
IF King Edward, declared fbat he
loved President Roosevelt and dc
loinced reporters. lie spoke ar Car
lagie hall in the morning aud in The
llternoon making two addresses at
"a Oh session.
The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1904-06-27
PERDICARIS'
THRILLING TALE
Bandits Treated Him and His
Companion Kindly.
WILL COME TO AMERICA
FEELS GRATlFlED FOR THE IN,
TEREST TAKEN IN HIS BE-
HALF BY THIS GOV
ERNMENT.

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The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1904-06-27

Lon ION. June 27.--The Central
Now has received the following dis
patch from the Toxic correspondent
dated June 2G. "a detailed accour'
Of the NAVAL battle IT Port Arthur h.s
iu { he'l Published. The Ru@i1r
batfleshipa Peressiet Poiaea and So
ydstopol and the crm.or7 Bay1u. As
krl1 and Novik attempted tp emerge
from the harbor at dawn on June -
II by the steamers u 81 for clearing
mines. At fl am The battlcstip
Clarevifch. Rctrizln md p Ii Ia
Joined the others. All the shipa then
advanced endeayoring tp displsc o.
the mines lail by The Japanc= bit
they were hindcrej by two ianaaese
torpedo boat destroycrs which had
been guarding the mouth of th- h9r
bor
AT ptrs japanese torBed bot
exchanged hots Sifh even Rus siar
dc 'royers. which were covering the
clearing operations one B0s Jan De-
troyer was set on dre ami rctlreI i1-
siIe the h4rboF.
Subs nquCntly. the Japanese ,scov
ed he Russi ns ont te "a an awai.
ed an opportunity &c begin a general
action bat between 8 and pm tn
Russian ships made for tho hlrboT
The Japone e tTpedo boat d. troy
CContinued On Eighth PAGE
The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1904-06-27

when our vc sells rgaehcd the ,pcn
water The pnemys feet, consisting of
nine large ships. OF which three were
b brtleships, and twenty-five torpe 10
/, ats, was sighted on the horizon.
orr squadron attacked the enemy Up
h. the present have received no neyf
Of the result &C the fighting
The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1904-06-27
RIVER

AT Cairo 4 p. m. yesterday:
26O feet; fell O.6 in a hours
The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1904-06-27

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The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1904-06-27
WEATHER

For Cairo and vicinity today:
Probably Showers.
Chariton courier. (Keytesville, Chariton County, Mo.) 1878-current, 1904-08-26

8, 1904, at 2 o'clock in the after
noon, for the purpose of organ
izing a Parker and Folk Demo
cratic club, and to transact such
other business that may be for
the best interest of the Demo-
cratic party.
All Democrats of this township
are earnestly urged to attend
this meeting. Don't fail to come
and take part in the organization
of an active and enthusiastic
club. Respectfully,
M. w. ANDERSON,
Democratic Committeeman Key
tesville Township.
Chariton courier. (Keytesville, Chariton County, Mo.) 1878-current, 1904-08-26

landing to the Jail stairway he
saw the two Gauldings getting
over the fence, and the deputy
sheriff pulled his pistol and fired
at them, but the shot only served
to raise the hair on the head of
one of the fugitives to such an
extent as to throw off his hat
which was found in the jailyard
a few minutes later.
Mr.. Veatch lost sight of his
man, near H. H. Miller's, and
the last Mr.. Shaughnessy saw of
the other fellow was just below
j. W. Veal's.
The alarm was at once given,
and all the neighboring towns in
every direction were telephoned,
but so far nothing has been
heard from either of the escapes.
Geo. Smith, an old man who
had been serving out a fine of 81
and costs, imposed by Justice A.
B. Crismond for breaking into a
dwelling house up about Bruns-
wick, was released from Jail Fri
day morning, and when he got
to Brunswick he told Prosecuting
Attorney L. N. Dempsey that
the Gauldings had a couple of
saws and intended to saw their
way out of Jail. Mr.. Dempsey
Immediately 'phoned Mr.. Veatch,
and he and Deputy Sheriff
Shaughnessy made search of
the Jail about 5 o'clock in the
afternoon, but failed to find any
saws or anything else to lead
them to believe the Gauldings
were trying to get away.
The escape of the Gauldings
seems to be a case of the old
story of overconfidence and care
lessness in dealing with crimi-
nails, and of which so many
kind hearted official are guilty.
Then, too, the ''trusty" nui-
sance is by no means blameless,
for had there been no ''trusties'
to put in Jail after 8 o'clock at
night the Gauldings would
doubtless now be in confinement
instead of being at large to ply
their nefarious vocation.
Chariton courier. (Keytesville, Chariton County, Mo.) 1878-current, 1904-08-26
VOLUME XXXIV.
School begins
September 5th

We are headquarters for
tablets, ruled and unruled) }
both for pencil and for ink,
not the cheap grade but the
best. We also have pencils,
ink, pens, erasers, rules,
chalk, pencil boxes, lunch
boxes, etc.
Be sure to see us before
you buy, as our stock is
new and good values.
Come in and see if you do
not want to buy.
Chariton courier. (Keytesville, Chariton County, Mo.) 1878-current, 1904-08-26
Escaped From Jail.


VIM. and Henry Gaulding,
who were arrested at st. Joseph
and committed to the Charlton
county Jail by Justice G. w.
Cunningham of Brunswick We'd
nesday, August 3, 1904, to await
trial at the September term of
circuit court at Salisbury for
burglarizing a Santa Fe freight
car at Dean Lake the night of
the 26th of last June of Is pairs
of shoes, two boxes of white
rubber sheetiRg and one cabinet
file case, all of the total value of
S93, both made their escape from
Jail shortly after 8 o'clock last
Friday night.
At the hour named, Deputy
Sheriff S. j. Shaughnessy went
up to the Jail to put in a couple
of negro TRUSTEES, Raymond and
Willis Williams, who were serv-
ing a jail sentence for disturbing
the peace of Lou Banks, COL, of
near Dalton.
There is an outside and inner
corridor in the Jail, and during
the hot weather the prisoners are
given the freedom of the outer
corridor. This was the case last
Friday, and when Deputy Sher-
iff Shaughnessy opened the out
er door the two Gauldings rush.
ed suddenly upon him and one
of them knocked him down with
club or a brickbat and
then made dash for liberty
over Mr.. Shaughnessy's pros
trate body.
Sheriff Veatch, who was sitting
out in the front yard at the jail
and heard some one running
down the Jail stairway, started at
once to make an investigation,
he saw two or three men
jump over the south jailyard
fence and he says he supposed
at the time that one of them was
Deputy Sheriff Shaughnessy in
pursuit. Mr.. Veatch joined in
the chase, and one of the men,
who had jumped the fence, went
west and then south toward H.
M. Sigloch's residence, and the
other east and then south toward
j. w. Veal's.
Mr.. Shaughnessy, as soon as
he could recover from the shock
of the blow he had received, fol.
lowed the man who had gone
east, while Mr.. Veatch was run.
ming after the one who had gone
west.
At a point, near H. M. Sig.
loch's residence, the man Mr.
Veatch was after turned and shot
at the sheriff three times. frs
having snapped the weapon {
couple of times before it wen
off.
When or how he got the pisto
is not known, but a brother tt
the Gauldings was up in the jai
to see them the day before.
| Mr.. Veatch rather inclines t,
the opinion that the Gauldins
who came to see his brother
Thursday secreted himself abou
the premises expecting hi
brothers to attempt an escape
| and that he was the third NAL
seen to jump the fence and wa
the one who did the shooting. Mr.
!; Veatch was not armed and coult
not return Gaulding's fire.
Just as Deputy Sheriff Shaugh
: messy got up and reached the to]
Chariton courier. (Keytesville, Chariton County, Mo.) 1878-current, 1904-08-26
ANOTHER MURDER.
VIM. Brdmmer Shoots John Anderson to
Death, near Guthridge Mills.
BOTH MEN HAD Been DRINKING
Slayer Pronounced Unustifabe by the Coroners Jury
Murderer Surrenders and is Now in JAIL

| IL becomes Cne pa1nIul anu
humiliating duty of the COURIER
this week to record another
murder in Charlton county.
John Anderson, a man with a
wife and several children, was
shot and killed in front of the
home of Ben Stephens, about
one-fourth of a mile west of
Guthridge Mills, Monday after
noon, August %, 1904, about 3
o'clock, by VIM. Brammer, a
lyoung man % years of age.
The murder is directly traceable
to red liquor and the diabolical,
cowardly practice of carrying
concealed weapons.
Sheriff F. M. Veatch was at
once notified by phone of the
killing, and that Brammer had
started to Keytesville to give
himself up. Deputy Sheriff S.
j. Shaughnessy was sent after
Brammer and found him on his
way to town, brought him on in
and lodged him in Jail while he
was pretty we'll under the in.
fluence of rotgut whiskey.
| DR.. Hughes, coroner, accom-
panied by Deputy Sheriff
lShaughnessy, went out about 8
o'clock Monday night and held
an inquest and postmortem ex-
animation on Anderson's dead
body. The story of the MUIR
der is best told by the testimony
taken before the coroner's jury
and is as follows:
Mrs. Bette Stephens, wife of
Ben Stephens, testified: l live
near Guthridge Mills; at about 3
o'clock this afternoon, right after
we got through eating dinner,
Bill Brammer came and fixed
his dinner; he sat down and ate,
and in about half an hour Mr..
Anderson came and called Bill
Brammer out to the gate, and
then said an ugly word at the
gate and Bill told him that there
was lady in the house, and Mr..
Anderson went on down the road
and then came back and said:
cd d-n you, will get
you;" Mr.. Anderson had
!, John Walker up behind him
and went down the road and
staid about five minutes and
then came back and said: 81
came back to kill you;" Ander-
son said this to Brammer, and
Brammer said: "Let's apollo
gize," but Anderson would not
, do it; Brammer kept hold of Mr..
: Anderson's hand and tried to
+ get him to apologize; Anderson
: jumped at Brammer and Bran
, mer said: 81 don't want to kill
you;" Anderson ran to get a
slab and Brammer the pistol ;
Anderson started with the slab
and then Brammer shot; Ander'
son kept coming and Brammel
Y shot the second time; Anderson
Q dropped the slab and died in
about 20 minutes; Brammer ther
j. came in my house and gave me
Q the pistol and said he was sorry
: he had killed Mr.. Anderson
Q Brammer then left for Keytes'
7 vile to give himself up, 80 ht
said; Brammer was drinking anc
s so was Anderson.
8 Willie Anderson, son O.
i John Anderson, the man killed
t testified: l live two miles ives
!. of Guthridge Mills and was pres
: ent at the shooting; l was at Mr.
f Stephens about 3 O'Clock thi
j, afternoon aed went out to th'
fence to talk to Nelson Wheeler
and pa rode up and told me t.
Chariton courier. (Keytesville, Chariton County, Mo.) 1878-current, 1904-08-26

come out there-he wanted to
see me; Bill Brammer followed
me out and l stopped;
Bill Brammer told pa to
come on-he wanted to shake
hands with him; pa and Bran
mer were then about 40 feet
apart; they shook hands and
started to talk to pa and Bill
said: sect off, you Cd id
s-n of b-h, and l will whip
HI out of you;" pa got off and
told Bill to strip himself, and
Bill took off his coat and took
his gun out of his pocket and
threw it on his coat and then
walked up to where pa was and
pa told him to hit him, and Bill
drew knife on him and pa
started to where his horse was,
and Bill said: ''Go on, you son
of a b-h, or will shoot you;
and right then he reached to his
coat and got the gun, and pa
picked up a slab and Bill shot
him; then pa put the board in
front of him, and Bill shot again;
then pa fell and said: "Get the
horse, Willie, and we will go;"
he never said anything more;
pa was on the horse when he and
Bill Brammer shook hands;
think both had been drinking,
but neither was drunk.
J. W. Robertson testified:
live one-half mile west of Guth-
ridge Mills; l was riding along
the road about 3 o'clock; as
came up from the sawmill l saw
three men standing at Ben
Stephens fence, two on the
ground and one on a horse, and
just where the road bears off to
come to the Mills; I looked up
again and heard man say
cd d-n you get down, 1 will
whip you any old way; the man
who made this threat was the
man who did the shooting; Mr..
Anderson got down and they
walked across the road and walk
ed up to each other like they
were going to fight; Mr.. Ander-
son told him to make his break /;
the man who did the shooting
left him all at once and went
back across the road and picked
up his pistol and said: "You
get down the road or l will kill
the last ID one of you; Ander-
sou then broke and ran in front
of Mr.. Stephens home, which
was about 80 feet, and came
back with a slab or board;
heard Mr.. Anderson say:
"Shoot, shoot, if you want to,
and he did shoot right then, and
then in an instant or 80 shot
again; the slab was about Z fl
long by Z or 8 inches wide; Mr..
Anderson fell; the men were
about 30 feet apart when the first
shot was fired, and about so Feet
when Mr.. Anderson fell; that is
all I know about the case.
Chas. Salvidge testified:
, live at John Bushn ellis; I was a
Ben Stephens about 3 o'clock
I was in Mr.. Stephens house
when the first shot was fired
and then l walked out and saw
Bill Brammer in the act of shoot.
ing again; l said: 'For Gods
sake, Bill, don't do that and a,
I said that he shot again; aftel
he shot the last shot he came il
the house and gave Mrs. Steph
ems his gun and said he wa
going to town to give up;
then went out to where Ander
son was lying in the road, dying