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The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1904-04-06
FIRE PREVENTED
At WORLDS FAIR
Package Of Waste Set Fire to
Machinery Building.
QUICK WORK SAVED IT.
EMpLOYE CRAWLS INTO TUNNEL
AT RISK OF LIFE AND Ex-
TlNGulSHES lNClPiENT
BLAZE.
Special to The Bulletin.

Special to The Bulletin.
st. Louis, April 5-Quick action by
W. f. Chapman, superintendent OF
construction of the Westinghouse
Electrical company, at the Worlds
fair, prevented what might have re.
suited in serious fire in machinery
hall at as this afternoon.
In the west end of machinery hall
is a tunnel, feet by IL feet, in which
are located various steam pipes. This
tunnel is covered with boards
In among the steam pipes Tuesday
some one left a package of waste
which iguitcd, supposedly from spon.
taneous combustion.
AS soon as the fire was observed
an alarm was turned in. and all the
Worlds fair engines and three city
companies responded.
Mr.. Chapman, however. without
waiting for their arrival, seized fire
eXtinguisher and ran into the tunnel
which was filled with smoke
He forced his way among the steam
pipes for 50 or 40 feet before he came
to the blaze, which he promptly ex
tinguished. The fire was out when
the first Of the fire companies arrived
In responding to the alarm EXposi
ton fire engines destroyed new
brick pavement that had just been
completed along the north side of the
building
sand and the drivers did not know
they were racing across pavement
until it began to sink. The entire
pavement must be relaid.
The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1904-04-06
LOST HIS REASON.
Special 10 The Bulletin

Special To The Bulletin
Oshkosh Wis. April 5.-Reaching
biz hand into a barrel supposed to con
tain potatoes. Rev Carl t. Hintrager.
of the German Methodist church, pick
Ell up q dead rat instead. and the
shock 80 crazed him. hat he commit
ted suicide. He placed a bedslai
across a scuttleway leading from his
room TO an attic. attached a rope to
the slat and his neck. and strangled to
death. He had been in feeble health
some time, and the experience in the
dark basement completely upset biz
reasen His three children this mefn-
ing found him swinging from the hole
in the attic.
The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1904-04-06
CLUE TO MURDER
COMES TO LIGHT
High Waters Wash Up Body OF
Man Into Corniield.
MISSING TWO WEEKS
WITH A LARGE SUM or MONEY
TOOK DRIVE LATE IN NIGHT
WITH TWO UNKNOWN
MEN.
Special to The Bulletin.

Special TO The Bulletin.
Delaware, Ohio. Opril g. Following
the death of Ched Westbrook, a
wealthy farmer OF Ashley. who left
his home March II and was not heard
of until last Saturday, when his body
was found two miles south Of Card
ington in corufeld. washed there by
high waters, come evidences which
lead relatives to believe that the man
was murdered. They state tnat at
fairs viii take sensational turn af
ter the funeral tomorrow,
1t develops that the week prior to
ST. Patrick's day Westbrook sold a
farm and from the sale realized ST..
500, which amount he deposited in
the Ashley bank lie negotiated for
the purchase Of farm two miles
south of Cardington and had signed
nm article of agreement and was to
pay cash for 1t. On March II he went
TO Cardington TO confer with agents
relative to the deal He also attend,
ed stock sale at Cardington that
day, He was seen by two boys In
company with two men In the rear Of
a Cardington livery stable, and at 10
o'clock, so the story goes, a rig was
hired and was returned at o'clock
the following morning II Is also
stated that the two men who hired
the rig wanted It washed at once, but
the liveryman refused. whereupon
they scrubbed Il out themselves.
All trace of Westbrook was lost
from March II to last Saturday. when
a lad named Roush found his body
Although two detectives were at work
on the case, and 500 reward had beer
offered hys Mrs4~ANestbrook, no clev
was obtained til the body was found
A relative Of the family said to
night that when Westbrook's body
was found II bore no marks to indicate
that the body had been lying in the
water since March II. as was AT FIRST
supposed This relative also stated
that Westbrook's skull was fractured
on the right side and deep hole was
found at the base Of the brain, and
the hair was cut off Bquarely across
the place where the wound was found
Westbrook had $4,000 deposited
equally In the Ashley. MI Gilead and
Delaware banks, and resided on a
two-hundred.acre farm. He was a
dealer in fine stock. On this trip 1t is
known that he took but $40 cash away
from his home. SIS Of which he spent
at CardiDgton. Westbrook's brain
and stomach have been analyzed by
the coroner of Morrow county, who
declines TO give any indication Of tho
character of his verdict until after
the funeral
Wcstbrook was 40 years of age. and
left wife and one son.
The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1904-04-06
like an American

like an American
Mrs, Wong says she was born in
Bloomington, ILL.,. but went with her
father To san Francisco several years
ago Her father grew wealthy. she
says, and two years ago gave her the
choice OF travelling or taking a course
of medical study She chose the lat.
ter, and went to Chicago, where ghe
enrolled in medical college.
A year ago. she says, she met Wong
and fell in love with him he has
been courtiug her ever since, and their
marriage Is the result They will live
in ST. Louis
The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1904-04-06
A CANVASS MADE
OF VOTES CAST
AT the Recent Republican Con-
gressional Primaries.
C. 0. PATIER OF CAIRO
LEADS IN RACE FOR DELEGATE
TO NATIONAL CONVENTION
SMITH HAD NO Op.
POSITION.
Special to The Bulletin.

Special TO The Bulletin.
Carbondale, April 5-A canvas was
made in this city today of the votes
cast at the receul Republican pri,
maries by the congressional commit
tee and the result was found to be as
follows;
For congressman-Goo w.
Smith, of Murphysboro, 1857 votes.
For member of the state board of
e.'. :. tlon--CarfJl Moo. Ben
ton. 7,25G votes
Delegates to the national Repuhl-
can convention at Chicago Charles
o. Patier, of Cairo, 5,4Sl; w. o. Pot
ter, of Marion. 1850; C, r. Davis. of
Pinckneyville, 3.5i1.
The committee named Patier ana
Potter as delegates and Davis and
George Bell, of Golden. as alternates,
Both delegates and alternates are
strong Roosevelt men,
The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1904-04-06
INDEX TO CONTENTS.

PAGE ONE~Assooiated Press
news, Special teIegrsphie ser.
vice. Important local matter
PAGE TWo--Assooisted
Press news, Special teicaraphio
service, important local matter
and Peoples column.
PAGE THREE Correspond.
encc from nei1hboring towns
and Animal stories.
PAGE Editorial. Use.
tul information, Fun and Phil.
osophy. Fashion Plate. OF Pub
tic interest. How the Trains
Run, City and County Directory
and Personal Opinion.
PAGE FlvE-SeriaI story.
PAGE 5iK-Sporting (esse-
bali and Rseingl and Miscellsn-
eous.
PAGE SEvEN-Gfsin and
Stock Markets.
PAGE EICHT-Chronologicsl.
Personal Items, General Local ,
News. Amusements, Weather.
River Column Peoples Forum
and Daily Menu.
The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1904-04-06
FIVE PERSONS
ARE DROWNED
High Wind Overturned the Boat of ?
Party on Pleasure
Bent.
BY the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press.
Tampa, Fla. April 4.-President
Walker, of the Methodist college of
Sutherland. Fla. took a party out for
cruise on the gulf and a high wind
coming up overturned their boat with
the result that five of the party we're
drowned off Anclotc lighthouse last
night. OF the party, President Walker
and Miss Newton managed to reach
the beach alive The dead are as fol
lows.
Mrs. Walker. wife of President Wal
ker; Miss OConnor, of Atlanta; Miss
Slaughter, Of Sutherland: Miss Nc
CRAY. of Sutherland, and Mr. Bouland.
of Sutherland
The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1904-04-06
SOCIETY LEADER
LATEST SUSPECT
In Connection With The Page
Murder Mystery.
THE MOOSE T|CHTENS
ABOUT THE NECK OF ONE OF
BOSTON'S ELlTE-NO ONE
ELSE COULD HAVE
DONE 1T.
Special to The Bulletin.

Special to The Bulletin
Boston, April with q new sus.
pect in the great Page murder mys.
terry, an arrest Is expected today that
will startle all New England,
The suspect is society woman
prominent not only in Western socie
ty, but in Boston's elite circles as
we'll.
AT first. when Miss Mabel Page
daughter of a millionaire retired iron
master. was found stabbed to death in
her room last Thursday the detectives
suspected a neighborhood woman a
woman who, they believed, was in
sane. They have abandoned that the
ory now and arc working on new lines
that involve the society woman.
The first suspect, it has been dscov
cred. Is not insane. She Is not even
irrational, but she is mistreated wife
pathy and advice.
The second suspect is a woman Of
such prominence that the police are
slow to act They know that hlun
der will ruin the case against her and
they fear to make move,
Suspicion has turned toward this
woman because of statements she has
made to friends. What these state
ments were have not been made pub
lie. nor is il likely they will be until
they have been proved true and the
woman suspect arrested with a web
Of circumstances closely woven about
ner
II Is said that the woman would
have been arrested before this had
the police of the state not learned q
lesson when they placed Allan Greg
ory Mason, son OF a prominent Back
Bay family, under arrest. charging
2 him with murder 10 which Geo, Lee
Orange Perry, negro. later confess
ed he committed.
The woman Is said TO be under the
closest surveillance Her every move
Is watched by detectives, and II she
knows Of the murder or has suS
pcion as TO the murder. II Is said that
it will be drawn from her by close
questioning.
While this woman Is under suspic
ion, the police are untiring In THEN
efforts TO bring others into the case
who may lead to finding the real cul
prit.
AS might he expected there Is new
story ailoat every hour. but as the
comes apparent to the police that Miss
Page was murdered by a woman. that
this woman carried the false news Of
the accident to Harold Page. who was
said to have been injured in Boston
and lying in a Boston hospital that
the woman was friend Of Miss Page
and of the father and brother; that
she was admitted TO Miss Pages room
while the latter prepared for the trip
10 Boston. and standing before the
glass and stabbed her to death
The statement that Miss Page could
not have helped seeing anyone enter.
ing her room as she stood before the
mirror has been borne out by police
investigation,
The fact that she was stabbed in
the back first proves, SO the police
say. that the person was in the room
with her. and the fact that she was
dressing when she met her death con
vinces them that this pergon vas a
woman
The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1904-04-06
EMBRACED BRUTE HUSBAND.


Special to The Bulletin
Marion. Ohio, April when Ar
thur Sprst, of East Marion. was
brought into court. hh wife was wait
ing for him. and as soon 1s he entered.
Mrs Sprstt astonished him by throw.
ing her arms around his neck and
kissing him tenderly Spratt had ex-
pected TO find his wife ready TO prose
cute him. He was arrested at Rich
wood Saturday, charged with beating
bis wife while she vas in bed sick.
Mrs. Spratt admitted that her hus-
band struck her, but stated that she
could not live witho,h him.
The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1904-04-06
FIX STATUS PANAMA eoapa.


Special to The Bulletin
Washington. April 5Tbe senate
committee on finance today auth,tized
Senator AIdrieh to report an amend.
meHt to the bill for the government
of the Panama canal zone. giving 10
the canal construction bonds all the
rights and Priyel ges Of outstanding
. per cent government bonds The
the bonds as basis for circulation.
The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1904-04-06
DECLINED THEIR OFFER

BY the Associated Press.
Belgrade. April s.-The committee
which has been enrolling volunteers
for service with the Russian army IN
the far east. has been dismayed by
the receipt Of telegram from the
czar thanking the members of the
committee and volunteers for Their
Russian sympathy. but declaring the
services of Servians would not be re-
CURED
The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1904-04-06
WHOLE FAMILY STRICKEN.

Special ii The Bulletin
Owensyille. Ky, April 5-The en-.
tire family of Peter TIonlker, eight in
number. ara III with what is said "a
be small pox Quarantine will be
established
The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1904-04-06
SKIPPED WITH THE MONEY.

Special 10 The Bulletin
Wooster. Ohio. April 5.--Last Thurs
day Samuel l.. Dennis aged "a and
married. received $4,000 fer a small
farm A few hours later Dennis went
to a brothcr-in laS. handed him come
documents. Gaid he was going away
and disappeared Since then not q
word has been heard from him, and
II is feared that he either lost his
life in the foods OF was murdered.
The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1904-04-06
FOLK FOR VICE PRESIDENT.

Special to The Bulletin.
st Louis. April members of the
national committee. who came 20 81
Louis for the purpose OF completing
arrangements for the national Demo
cratic convention. discussed with
much interest today the availability
of Circuit Attorney Joseph " Folk es
vice presidential candidate.
The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1904-11-29
some d Customs,

Although a Japanese bride e
white, the color is not worn as a sign
Of rejoicing. In the Flowery Kingdom
white is a sign Of mourning, and
therefore the bride is dressed as a
corpse to indicate that thereafter she
10 dead to her own family.
A would be bridegroom in Kamchat-
ka has to serve some time in q mental
position in his prospective father-in-
laws household in order that the
brides family may have an opportuni-
ty Of observing whether his habits and
temperament are worthy Of her.
Among some of the ancient Mexican
tribes the husband left his people and
dwelt with his wife's family, where he
seems to have been considered of
minor Importance.
The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1904-11-29

To be the recipient of as many bou-
quets as r finding their way to Sena-
tor Cockrell is almost worth the loss
OF a senatorship. Whatever doubts
he may have entertained heretofore
on the subject, by this time he must
be fully satisfied of his immense per-
sonal popularity regardless of geo.
graphical divisions and the esteem in
which he is held by all parties. Be-
sides assurances of a good job as soon
as he shall step out from his present
position is another thing that ought
to lessen the pangs of defeat.
The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1904-11-29
Tuesday, November 70. 1904.
MATTER AND FORCE.
Their Indestructibility Proved by
NewtOn's Famous Axiom,

Their Indestructibility Proved by
NewtOn's Famous Axiom.
Mr.. Spencer has said ("First Princi-
PIES" page 1922 that 1.-THE veriflcation of
the truth that matter is indestructible'
rests only upon "a tacit assumption of
it." "A tacit assumption" with no ra-
tional basis for the assumption, would
be no %veriflcation; 1t would be a guess.
The truth that matter and force are in
destructible rests upon a better ground
than an assumption. 1t is the inevita-
BILE corollary of Newton's Third Law
of Motion, which is accepted as the
fundamental axiom of physics, ITO
every action there Is m equal and OPP
p0site reaction" If there could be q
single case in which matter and force
are annihilated, then Newton's axiom
would be untrue, for in that case re-
action would fail to follow action. The
turning Of something into nothing by
the destruction of matter or force
would break the succession of
and effect, Of action and reaction, and
consequently the theories of the indie
structibility of matter and Of force
have their roots in Newton's axiom, in
the great law of consequences, Of.
equivalence, Of compensation, of bal
ance.-From Balance: The Funda-
mental Verify" by Orlando j. Smith.
The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1904-11-29
THE WORD !"
It Had Its Origin In the Old EngFish
Word "Eke."

It Had Its Origin In the Old EngFlslb
Word eEke."
The word nickname has it's basis, In
the old English "eke," an addition or
prolongation, as used in 1.-The Mer-
chant of Venice" TITS to piece the
time to exc it and to draw 1t out at
length" Beekeepers still cali a wood
en- cylinder added to a hive to increase
its capacity an 'teke," and we speak
Of eking out an income.
A nickname, therefore, is an exc
name, or one added, which gained it's
present form through the transfer Of
the IN Of the indefinite article. used
with It from it's proper place to the
front Of the noun. Thus IAN ekename"
became first a "a nickname" and then
"a nickname"
There are some similar cases in Eng
lish of which the word newt" is an
example, having been originally a
ewt.' Sometimes the M has left the
word and become attached to the arti-
Gle, as in apron, which was in olden
times. a "napron,'' while "a nauger''
has come down to us as IAN auger."-
Saturday Review.
The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1904-11-29
FREEBooTERs.

In England They Were Moss Troop
ers, In Ireland BoEtrotters.
Moss troopers in olden days in Eng
land infested the marshy country Of
Liddesdale and subsisted chiefly by
rapine. Such freebooters in Ireland
were called b~ogtrotters, apparently for
q similar reason.
Sir Walter Scott, in the LAY Of the
Last Minstrel introduces the word
thus:
A fancied moss trooper. the boy
The truncheon of a spear bestrode
And round the hall right merTily
In mimic foray rode.
This name was also given to maruud-
ers upon the border. Mr.. Camden
calls them borderers and describes
them as q wild and warliker people.
'sThey are called nos troopers says
Fuller in a long account Of them In his
"Worthies Of England because they
dwell in the MOSES and ride In troops
together. They dwell in the bounds
or meeting Of two kingdoms, but ehey
the laws of neither. They come to-
church as seldom as the 20th Of Tebru-
airy comes into the calendar."-Pear-
sons Weekly.
The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1904-11-29
ExAcTIoNs.

Chicago News: Railroad rates as
a rule have not been advanced d.
rectly. Indirectly, however, through
new classifications, increases that are
extensive and oppressive to shippers
have been made. On January l next
another new classification" is sched-
uled to go into effect. This means adj
ditional hardships for the public. Ac-
cording to the petition submitted in
the matter by the American Shippers
association this new arrangement
limits the service heretofore rem
dered by the carriers without reducing
the rate, thereby diminishing the
value of the service to the shipper
while maintaining the accustomed
charge" For one thing, if the ship
per elects to ship his commodities
subject to the common law liability
of a carrier, a rate of 20 per cent in
advance of the published rate is to be
paid for the transportation. There
are other new conditions almost as
onerous.
1t is outrageous that the railroads
should thus be able to impose at their
The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1904-11-29
Carrier Pigeon Me.ory.

I have known the pigeons imported
from Belgium and kept prisoners for
years, which, when liberated, struck
out for home, only to be drowned In
the Atlantic or picked up by some ship
at e This proves that no distance
appalls them.
During the Franco-Prussian war the
French caught a homing pigeon which
was being sent to transmit informa-
ton out of the besieged city Of Paris.
The bird was made a prisoner Of val
and kept In confinement for ten years.
When given its liberty 1t at once re-
turned to it's old home. showing that
ten years was not sufficient to drive
from its mind the memory Of home
Country Life In America.
The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1904-11-29
BAROMETER OF PROSPERITY.

Boston GLOBE: We shall print more
than $500, 100000 postage stamps
this year. We have a bureau of en-
craving and printing which strikes off
20,80O,OOO stamps every day. The
daily shipment of stamps to the up
ward of 10000 postofices throughout
the United States runs from 100000
to 7O,0OO,OOO. The stamp production
of the country is probably a better
gauge of it's prosperity than any other,
for the country cannot possibly be
%lourishing when there are few
stamps used. There is no more accu-
rate barometer of the financial and
industrial condition Of the nation than
the order sheet for stamps. About
100, OOO, 900 are always kept on hand
for an emergency.
The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1904-11-29
MUST NOT BE PERMITTED.

In the news columns of this issue
of The Gazette appears an article
bound to arouse the indignation of
every real friend of national irriga-
ton, for it unfolds a plan for political
graft" which, if successful, will un-
%doubtedly mean complete failure OF
the grand purpose for which the law
was enacted. Instead of permitting
the money obtained from the sale Of
lands in the arid regions to be ex-
pended honestly, scientifically and lie.
| ultimately, the men behind the new
| scheme intend that it shall be used
in a manner entirely different. While
it might be wrong to say that they
intend to so shape matters that they
will be directly benefited financially,
still it is very apparent that it is
their intention to take the work of re-
clamation out OF the hands into
which it was placed when the bill be-
came a law and make 1t an adjunct
to a political machine. The moment
this is done the whole thing will be-
come a farce, the money will be frit-
tered away and no one will receive
any benefit. This will produce a nat
ural result-a demand will arise all
over the country for a repeal Of the
irrigation act and the men and bodies
that had come to think they finally
saw their years of earnest, hard, loyal
work crowned with the success prayed
for will find that all has been in vain.
It is difficult to conceive that the
men who are promoting the present
scheme will be given a hearing, much
less be encouraged, but no chances
should be taken. Let those who
worked and strove for the law as it
now stands take warning and be on
their guard to Illustrate at the outset
any such selfish and dishonest
scheme as is in mind.
The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1904-11-29

will new conditions upon shippers
without regard to the reasonableness
of those conditions. There is only
n way to remedy the situation. That
Is for congress to give the Interstate
commerce commission the power
which 1t has long sought-to pass
upon the reasonableness of all rates
and conditions imposed by the carry
ing corporations and to make new
rates and conditions whenever that is
necessary to protect the public from
unreasonable exactions.
The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1904-11-29

Notwithstanding the recent land
slide that caused the eyes of the en-
time nation to be directed. in that d.
rection, the old spirit is not yet dead
in Missouri. Two of the southern
counties of the state are %petitioning
for annexation to Arkansas. Since
the state went republican they say re-
spectacle men can no longer acknowl-
edge citizenship in it without shame.
It would be interesting to hear what
the shade of Colonel Peter DOMAIN
would have to say to the men of those
counties could it place itself in COM
munication with them.
The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1904-11-29
THE BILLINGS GAZETTE.

committee has set about to bring
then in conjunction. At this time it
would seem that it will succeed, to
the manifest good of all parties on
cerned. It may be said that in the
course it is pursuing the committee
is inclined to take advantage of the
selfish element inherent in all, but it
must also be said that it is with q
most laudable object in view.